26/11 accused to be quizzed to track down ‘absconder’ | India News – Times of India

MUMBAI: A special trial court on Monday granted permission to police to question arrested 26/11 Mumbai terror attack accused Abu Jundal while in custody, to help establish the identity of a key absconding accused. Jundal is the sole accused on trial in the case.
The Crime Branch sought permission to question Jundal about freshly acquired information received on the identification.Jundal has been in custody in the case since his arrest in 2012.
“Prosecution filed an application for permission to interrogate accused Sayyed Zabiuddin Sayyed Zakiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal… Application is hereby allowed,” special judge RN Rokade said.
The judge said that the Taloja Central Jail superintendent is to permit officers to confront Jundal with the information and to record statement, if any, in presence of jail authorities. The judge granted the permission from Tuesday till Saturday from 10am to 5pm.
The officers… are also permitted to carry laptop, digital device and other requisite stationery in jail, and authorities to make arrangement, the judge said.
In 2016, a special trial court convicted 12 persons, including Jundal, and sentenced them to life in the Aurangabad arms haul case. Jundal is suspected to have been a handler of the 10 Pakistani terrorists involved in the attacks.