Gujarat ATS told to produce Jundal in Delhi court

Security officers escort Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari, who also uses alias Abu Jundal, center in mask, a suspect in the 2008 Mumbai attacks arrested two weeks ago, to a court in New Delhi, India, Thursday, July 5, 2012. Jundal has corroborated evidence given by American terrorist David Coleman Headley during his trial in Chicago last year that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency and the Islamic militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba worked closely and had cooperated in planning the Mumbai attack. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)

Gujarat ATS was on Saturday ordered by a court here to produce one of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack handlers Abu Jundal before it on November 26. Special Judge I. S. Mehta issued a production warrant against Jundal for his appearance in court after jail authorities said he continued to be in the custody of Gujarat ATS, court sources said.

Gujarat ATS had earlier taken the custody of Jundal for questioning to probe his alleged role in the 2006 Karnavati Express train blast at Ahmedabad station. Jundal was in judicial custody till Saturday in connection with a case registered by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) relating to an alleged LeT conspiracy to conduct terror strikes across the country.