The NIA has moved a Delhi courtseeking custody of two alleged operatives of banned terroroutfit Indian Mujahideen to interrogate them in connectionwith the twin blasts in Hyderabad which claimed 16 lives.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) moved a pleabefore District Judge I S Mehta, who issued productionwarrants for tomorrow against Syed Maqbool and Imran Khan.
The two are lodged in Tihar Jail under judicial custodyafter being arrested by the Special Cell of Delhi Police inconnection with the August 2012 Pune blasts.
The court has directed the Tihar Jail authorities toproduce both the alleged IM operatives before it tomorrow whenit will hear the NIA's plea seeking their custodialinterrogation.
According to NIA, Maqbool and Imran had in July, 2012allegedly recced Hyderabad's Dilsukhnagar, where the blaststook place, on the instructions of IM's Pakistan-based founderRiyaz Bhatkal and their interrogation will help them to knowthe exact plan envisaged by Riyaz.
NIA prosecutor Ahmed Khan said they require the custodyof the duo to interrogate them regarding the recent Hyderabadblasts as they are suspected operatives of IM and could givethem details and more clues about the executors of the blasts.
On February 21, Hyderabad was rocked by two blasts in thecrowded Dilsukhnagar area.
The blasts triggered by Improvised Explosive Devices(IED) took place outside a roadside eatery near Konark andVenkatadiri theatres in the area.