The Bihar Police on Wednesday spurned the Intelligence Bureau's (IB) repeated suggestions to take Yasin Bhatkal on remand after one of India's "most wanted" terrorists had been apprehended in Nepal.
According to sources, IB had requested the Bihar Police to take Yasin on remand on Wednesday night. Senior officials of the IB involved in one of the most successful counter-terror operations emphasized Yasin's role in raising the 'Darbhanga module'- one of the several sleeper cells of Lashkar-e-Taiba's (LeT) Indian proxy Indian Mujahideen (IM) — whose members have been accused of being involved in terror strikes in different parts of the country, including Mumbai.
Sources in central agencies told TOI that IB officials pointed out that at least 15 members of IM had been arrested from the Darbhanga region and this gave Bihar enough basis for arresting Yasin under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.
The pitch, however, failed to persuade the Bihar Police brass, leading IB director S A Ibrahim to personally reason with the Bihar Police authorities. This was also to no avail, with Bihar officials expressing their inability to explain their reluctance.
Finally, the IB decided to rope in the National Investigation Agency (NIA) which took Yasin on remand on Thursday.
The hesitance of Bihar Police contrasted starkly with the manner in which agreed to take the custody of the leader of CPI (Maoist), Jagdish Master, after he had been tracked down along with his three members of the central committee of the Maoist outfit by the IB.
"No police force would fight shy of joining such a spectacular success against terrorism," said a senior source in one of the central agencies as he expressed puzzlement over what might have led the Bihar Poice to behave in such a manner.
According to sources, IB had requested the Bihar Police to take Yasin on remand on Wednesday night. Senior officials of the IB involved in one of the most successful counter-terror operations emphasized Yasin's role in raising the 'Darbhanga module'- one of the several sleeper cells of Lashkar-e-Taiba's (LeT) Indian proxy Indian Mujahideen (IM) — whose members have been accused of being involved in terror strikes in different parts of the country, including Mumbai.
Sources in central agencies told TOI that IB officials pointed out that at least 15 members of IM had been arrested from the Darbhanga region and this gave Bihar enough basis for arresting Yasin under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.
The pitch, however, failed to persuade the Bihar Police brass, leading IB director S A Ibrahim to personally reason with the Bihar Police authorities. This was also to no avail, with Bihar officials expressing their inability to explain their reluctance.
Finally, the IB decided to rope in the National Investigation Agency (NIA) which took Yasin on remand on Thursday.
The hesitance of Bihar Police contrasted starkly with the manner in which agreed to take the custody of the leader of CPI (Maoist), Jagdish Master, after he had been tracked down along with his three members of the central committee of the Maoist outfit by the IB.
"No police force would fight shy of joining such a spectacular success against terrorism," said a senior source in one of the central agencies as he expressed puzzlement over what might have led the Bihar Poice to behave in such a manner.
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