Antilla Bomb scare case: Mobile used by ‘Jaish-ul-Hind’ seized from Tihar jail

In the latest development in the Mukesh Ambani bomb scare case, the Tihar jail officials have seized a mobile handset and SIM card, from the barrack of Tehseen Akhtar alias Monu, a suspected key Indian Mujahideen operative, on which a Telegram account in the name of ‘Jaish-ul-Hind’ was created, the Delhi Police said on Friday.

Officials said that further investigation and forensic analysis would be done after the mobile handset and details of the seizure are received from Tihar Jail authorities.

“Based on the information provided by Special Cell, Tihar Jail authorities have seized a mobile phone from a jail where certain terror convicts are lodged. It is suspected that this phone has been used for operating Telegram Channels used recently for claiming responsibility for terror acts/threats”,  Special cell of the Delhi Police said in a statement.

On Thursday, a senior Mumbai police official said a Telegram channel through which an organisation named Jaish-ul-Hind had claimed responsibility for placing an explosives-laden SUV near industrialist Ambani’s residence in Mumbai last month was “created in the Tihar” area of Delhi.

Tehseen allegedly involved in several bomb attacks, including blasts in Mumbai, Hyderabad and Varanasi, was the chief of IM since the arrest of its co-founder Yasin Bhatkal in 2013. “After taking legal opinion, the police are going to move an application before the Delhi Court for the production warrant of the suspect in coming days,” a source said.

A Mahindra Scorpio SUV with gelatin sticks was found parked near “Antilia”, the multi-storey residence of Ambani, in south Mumbai on February 25. According to police sources, the Telegram channel was created on February 26 and the message claiming responsibility for placing the vehicle outside Ambani’s residence was posted on the Telegram messaging app late in the night on February 27.