Mumbai: An explosion in a state transport bus in Latur district of Maharashtra on Friday evening left several injured.
According to sources, the cause of the blast was unknown. Nearly 10-15 people are believed to have been injured in the blast.
Sources said a bomb disposal squad has been rushed and the Maharashtra ATS is on its way to the site.
Initial reports said that the blast took place between 7:15 pm and 7:30 pm. However, there is no confirmation yet on the number of the injured and the nature of the explosion....
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07:57 PM, May 10, 2013
Mumbai: Nearly a year after four low intensity blasts ripped the Junglee Maharaj (JM) Road in Pune, the Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) has filed its chargesheet before a special MCOCA court in Mumbai. The 3,857-page chargesheet was filed on Tuesday before special MCOCA Judge Y D Shinde against eight arrested accused and five absconding accused. According to the chargesheet, the blasts were allegedly hatched by members of terror group...
03:51 PM, May 01, 2013
Mumbai: There may be embarrassment for the Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad in the 7/11 train serial blasts trial. The phone records of four alleged bombers have shown that they were not at the blast site when the bombs were planted. The ATS had arrested five alleged bomb planters in connection with the case and had claimed that they along with seven wanted Pakistani men had planted bombs at the Churchgate station...
01:18 PM, Apr 27, 2013
Authorities on Tuesday told the special MCOCA court that they are contemplating shifting the suspected LeT operative and key plotter of 26/11 terror strikes Abu Jundal from Arthur Road jail to a facility at Taloja in Navi Mumbai. ...
09:03 PM, Apr 02, 2013
Suspected LeT operative and key plotter of 26/11 terror strikes Abu Jundal has threatened to go on hunger strike if not taken out of solitary confinement. He said this in a letter submitted today by authorities of Arthur Road jail, where he has been lodged, to the special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crimes Act (MCOCOA) court which is trying him in connection with the 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case. ...
10:04 PM, Apr 01, 2013
In a freak incident, a police officer in the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) shot himself dead in front of his family at a restaurant in Thane on Saturday evening. The officer was dining out with his family when suddenly, he pulled out his service revolver and shot himself. The reason for his suicide is not clear. ...
07:00 PM, Mar 23, 2013
Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) on Monday announced a Rs 10 lakh reward for anyone providing information on Indian Mujahideen chief Yasin Bhatkal and three of his aides, accused of the 2011 Mumbai triple bombings, an official said. ...
01:21 AM, Feb 12, 2013
Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad, which on Thursday arrested three more members of terror outfit Indian Mujahideen in connection with the August 1 Pune blasts case, said the conspiracy began after the murder of Qatil Siddiqui, an accused in German Bakery blast case, at Pune's Yerawada jail. "The plan to carry out blasts started immediately after Siddiqui was killed," said ATS chief Rakesh Maria. ...
11:51 PM, Dec 27, 2012
Mumbai: The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Maharashtra police on Saturday filed a supplementary chargesheet against alleged LeT operative and 26/11 Mumbai attack handler Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari, alias Abu Jundal, in the 2006 Aurangabad Arms haul case. "We have filed a 3,650-page chargesheet against Jundal, and named him as key accused," said an ATS official in Mumbai. On May 8, 2006, a Maharashtra ATS team had chased a Tata Sumo and...
06:48 PM, Nov 03, 2012
Mumbai: Maharashtra's Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) probing the 2006 suburban train blasts, filed an affidavit in the Bombay High Court on Monday saying that it had destroyed call data records (CDRs) of all the 13 accused. The affidavit, filed by Sunil Wadke, who was then a police inspector attached to the technical unit cell of ATS, said that a year after obtaining the information in the form of soft copies, it...
09:39 PM, Oct 22, 2012
New Delhi: Key 26/11 attacks handler Abu Jundal's police custody ends on Monday and the matter is set to come up for hearing at a Mumbai court. The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) was given the custody of Jundal for their investigations into the 2006 arms haul case and the 26/11 attacks. In May 2006, the ATS chased down two vehicles on the Chandwad-Manmad Highway in Aurangabad, one of which was...
08:04 AM, Sep 10, 2012
New Delhi: A Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court on Monday extended the custody of key 26/11 handler Abu Jundal till September 10. The court also allowed Jundal to meet his parents for about ten minutes to arrange for a lawyer. Jundal was brought to Mumbai in July after a Delhi court gave the Maharahstra ATS his custody. The ATS, in turn, handed Jundal over to the Mumbai...
12:23 PM, Sep 03, 2012
Mumbai: A Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court will on Monday decide whether to extend the police custody of key 26/11 handler Abu Jundal. Jundal was brought to Mumbai in July after a Delhi court gave the Maharahstra ATS his custody. The ATS, in turn, handed Jundal over to the Mumbai Crime Branch. ...
08:32 AM, Sep 03, 2012
Mumbai: Key 26/11 handler Abu Jundal was on Tuesday allowed to speak to his parents on the mobile phone after a court allowed permission. Jundal had reportedly sought permission from the court to speak to his parents. Jundal was on Monday sent to ATS custody till August 24 in connection with the Aurangabad arms haul case of 2006. Jundal was in the custody of Mumbai Police since July 21, when...
01:03 PM, Aug 14, 2012
Pune: Two of the Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) that did not explode in Pune have been sent for forensic examination, Home Secretary RK Singh said on Thursday. He added, "Investigations are still in the preliminary stage. The initial investigation is being done by the NSG post-blast team." The NIA and the CFSL teams reached the explosion site at 3:30 am, he said, adding, "If planning has happened, that means there...
11:34 AM, Aug 02, 2012
Pune: The protesters of India Against Corruption on Thursday suspended their agitation for a day in blast-hit Pune after the police told them to pack-up and leave so that investigations were carried on smoothly. IAC member Deepak Bharadia said, "We have suspended our protest for today." Meanwhile, the man who was detained for questioning in connection with the blasts turned out to be a local tailor. Dayanand Patil, who was...
10:11 AM, Aug 02, 2012
Pune: Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil on Thursday said investigating agencies were probing all angles to determine whether any terror outfit was behind the low intensity serial bomb blasts that rocked the city on Wednesday night. "Whether it was a terrorist act or not will be determined only after proper investigations are carried out by Maharashtra ATS, city crime branch and central agencies," Patil told reporters after visiting the four...
10:02 AM, Aug 02, 2012
Mumbai: After Mumbai Crime Branch, the Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad has also produced a production warrant in Delhi's Tis Hazari court for key 26/11 conspirator Abu Jundal's interrogation. An ATS team will soon go to Delhi for other procedures. The ATS wants to question him regarding the Aurangabad arms haul case of May 2006 and the German Bakery blast case of February 2010. The ATS also wants to question him regarding...
10:56 AM, Jun 27, 2012
Mumbai: The murder of Pune blast accused Qateel Siddiqui inside a high security Yerawada prison has thrown up many questions. Siddiqui, was murdered by two other inmates in Pune's high-security Yerawada prison on Friday. A day after the shocker, while Human Rights groups plan to register a complaint with the National Human Rights Commission, several glaring questions remain unanswered. If the 27-year-old high value accused was in solitary confinement, how...
09:44 AM, Jun 10, 2012
Mumbai/Aurangabad: Two more terror suspects were arrested from their hideout in Buldhana district of Maharashtra on Tuesday, a day after state ATS apprehended a man wanted in 2008 Ahmedabad blasts following the gunning down of his accomplice in an encounter in Aurangabad. Akheel Khilji (45) and Mohammed Jafar Hussain Qureshi (32), former members of banned outfit SIMI, were apprehended by ATS from their rented house at Pimpalgaon village in Buldhana...
10:37 PM, Mar 27, 2012
