No bail for German Bakery blast suspect Abdul Samad

His police custody ended on Tuesday. Seeking judicial custody,the ATS team said he was not co-operating with the investigation,but added,“we (ATS) do not need his custody as of now so he may be sent to judicial custody…if needed,we will take his custody later.”

His lawyer Mobin Solkar claimed,“We will move the sessions court only after getting a copy of the court order. The investigating team did not have even a jot of evidence to book him… He was picked up in connection with another case (Pune German Bakery blast),as a suspect. Now,they (ATS) aren’t able to bring in any evidence against him.”

Solkar confirmed his client “had been questioned by the ATS on his whereabouts on February 13”.

Abdul Samad’s uncle Yakub Shamshuddin,speaking from Bhatkal,said,“We left for Bangalore in a Karnataka State Road Transport Volvo at 9 pm on February 13 from Bhatkal and reached Bangalore at 7.30 am on February 14 and went to Isnu Bhavan,a lodge. Though the lodge register says ‘Yakub Shamshuddin plus one’,the staff at the lodge can say that they saw me and Abdul.”

He said they left for Bhatkal in a cargo bus,Mokashi Express,on February 15 night and reached Bhatkal the next morning. “We showed receipts of the lodge and the bus tickets to the team which came to inquire…”