By TCN News,
Mumbai: Abdul Samad Bhatkal, who was picked from Mangalore airport in Pune blast case on May 24, was today remanded to 14-days judicial custody by a local court here in connection with a 2009 illegal arms seizure case. The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) did not seek his further custody.
Samad is said to be a prime suspect in the Pune German Bakery blast of February 13, 2010. His arrest was described as major breakthrough in the bakery blast case in which 17 people were killed. Union Home Minister P C Chidambaram had patted Maharashtra ATS for catching the prime suspect of Pune blast. However, the ATS did not arrest him that case, rather a 2009 arms case. And now he has been sent to judicial custody in the same arms case after being in police custody for a week. ATS has not named Samad in the Pune blast case.