The police claims two co-accused Mohd Saif (in custody) and Mohd Khalid (absconding), had travelled to Udupi, Karnataka, on August 28 by rail to bring back explosives. They came back with the consignment on August 31.

The chargesheet says Saif and Khalid were received at the Faridabad station by Atif and Junaid, who is absconding. The explosives were kept in Batla House, the police have said.

Investigations show Saif’s number (9718664537) travelled out of Delhi on August 28 and was in roaming at Manipal, Karnataka, till August 29. It was found active in the Capital from August 31.

Further, Saif’s number while on roaming, had received several calls from Atif’s number 9811004309.

Call records have also established that Atif accompanied Shakeel and Saquib Nisar (both in custody) to Ghaffar Market on September 3 to determine where they would place the bomb. On September 6, Shakeel visited the market again and called Atif from there.

Shakeel’s disclosure statement is corroborated by the call history of his number, 9899284784. The chargesheet says Shakeel and other members were instructed by Atif to leave behind their phones on the day of the blasts.

The Special Cell had tapped Atif’s number fromSeptember 2 to 10. However, the chargesheet says there were no intercepted calls to this number between September 11 and 14.

The chargesheet admits: “From September 2 to 19, there were many calls to this number. However, at that stage, the relevance of those conversations could not be understood. However, after the serial blasts in Delhi on September 13, these calls were analysed again and from few of these conversations it was being indicated that there was some conspiracy/planning going on relating to the Delhi blasts.” Apparently conversation also centred on the auto-rickshaw which had the bombs for Ghaffar market.

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