The Special Task Force (STF) of the Crime Branch, which took over the investigation about the five suspected SIMI operatives arrested on Wednesday from Nala Road area here, took them on a 13-day remand on Thursday.
Though CB DSP and Investigating Officer (IO) of the case Tapan Kumar Mohanty moved the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM) court pleading for a 30-day remand, the court granted 13 days to the probe agency.
“As per the court order, the five accused will be produced again at the SDJM court March 1,” said Assistant Public Prosecutor Satya Sharma.
An eight-member team of STF led by STF chief and IG Arun Bothra has already started quizzing the five suspects at an unknown place.
DGP KB Singh said along with the STF, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and police from other states would interrogate the five arrested persons to unearth information about their terrorist activities across the country.
Prior to taking over of the STF, the Rourkela police had presented all five suspected SIMI operatives at the Panposh SDJM court and had got a seven-day remand.
Sources said, during this remand period, besides STF the police officials of other states like Madhya Pradesh, Telangena, Maharashtra, etc., would also interrogate these accused persons, since they are allegedly involved in series of crimes in these states.
Meanwhile, the Rourkela police on Thursday arrested one insurance agent, who was in question for extending support to these five suspected SIMI operatives by preparing fake documents like PAN cards and Voter Identity card, etc., for them.
“During interrogation, it was established that insurance agent Nabin Sahoo, who runs a Xerox shop had helped these accused persons in developing fake identity cards, with help of some forged documents. He was arrested on charges of cheating,” said western range IG RP Sharma.
Police also cordoned off a house rented by Zakhir in Nangamahal area of Bhadrak district to the five arrested persons a few months back.
A joint team of Special Operations Group (SOG), Telangana, Odisha police and Intelligence Bureau had on Wednesday arrested Mehboob Khan alias Guddu, Zakhir Khan alias Sadiq, Amjad Khan alias Dawood, Saliq alias Sallu and Najma (Mehboob’s mother) from a rented house in Rourkela.
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