The Union Home Ministry on Friday held a meeting with the officers of the Delhi Police and the National Investigation Agency to clarity their stands in the wake of the recent Delhi High Court order asking Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami to appear in person on April 24 to explain which agency is probing the “larger conspiracy” of the Indian Mujahideen to foment terror activities.
According to sources, the two agencies put the facts before the Home Ministry regarding the sequence of events leading up to the High Court order that came in connection with a hearing on the bail application of two alleged outfit members arrested by the Delhi Police, Syed Maqbool and Imran Khan.
The two accused were arrested for alleged involvement in multiple cases of terror attacks. As decided, the Special Cell of the Delhi Police is handling the case.
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“The Delhi Police did not respond stating that NIA is probing the case. As a matter of fact, the case was transferred to NIA about eight months before the Delhi Police filed a charge-sheet in the case, this without transferring the case papers to the NIA. After the issue came before the Home Ministry, it passed an order on March 13 stating that the Delhi Police would continue to probe the case. Since the Delhi Police had already filed its charge sheet in a general case of conspiracy by the Indian Mujahideen, the NIA filed a separate charge sheet pertaining to the main accused Abu Jundal,” said an official.
The Delhi Police had earlier opposed the transfer of the case to the NIA.