India | Updated Jan 02, 2012 at 10:17am IST

IM operative Bhatkal 13/7 Mumbai blast mastermind: ATS

Shoaib AhmedShoaib Ahmed, CNN-IBN

Mumbai: Nearly six months after the serial bomb blasts in Mumbai on July 13, investigators may have made a breakthrough in the case.

Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) sources told CNN-IBN that Yasin Bhatkal, the most wanted Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative is allegedly the mastermind behind the 13/7 blasts.

Sources said that Bhatkal alias Shahrukh was present in Mumbai during the blasts and had a role to play in the serial blasts which claimed 26 lives.

Bhatkal is wanted in several blast cases since 2005.

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