Mohan told the court that the police was trying to break into his email accounts and collect more information from his diaries, which were being deciphered as the text was in Urdu and Arabic.

The police said he had received funds from Italy to carry out terror activities in India and an initial probe relating to his bank account in Nepal revealed that Rs 25 lakh was recently transacted through this account. “We had taken him to Patna and Aligarh to ascertain his links with other operatives of militant organisations and a further remand is sought to take him to Jharkhand and Rajasthan to get new leads,” said the prosecutor.   

Metropolitan Magistrate Manish Yaduvanshi allowed the plea and granted another seven days of police remand to the Special Cell. During the hearing, the magistrate asked Madni if he wanted to say anything. “I am guilty and a sinner. Please, send me to jail,” he responded.