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Yasin Bhatkal, the alleged chief of the Indian Mujahideen, has been arrested in Bihar and will be brought to Delhi today on a special plane.

The BJP has accused the Bihar government - from which it was forced out recently - of a weak role in the arrest of Yasin Bhatkal, one of India's most-wanted men.

Yasin Bhatkal, accused of heading terror group Indian Mujahideen and engineering some of India's most deadly terror attacks, was produced in a Delhi court on Friday after being flown in from Patna on a special plane.
NIA gets 12-day custody of Yasin Bhatkal and his associate Asadullah Akhtar.
National Investigation Agency likely to seek 14-day custody of Yasin Bhatkal and his associate
Yasin Bhatkal and his associate Asadullah Akhtar has been produced in Patiala House court. The court will conduct in-camera proceedings. The National Investigation Agency will provide preliminiary details of his involvement in terror attacks.
Arrested Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal brought to Delhi, likely to be produced in court today.


Bodhgaya blasts show others share our goal, Yasin Bhatkal allegedly said
Yasin Bhatkal was restless and hardly slept during his first night in a Patna jail after being arrested in Bihar, said officials. Early this morning, he was interrogated by members of the National Investigating Agency; he will be flown in a special plane to Delhi later today.
Yasin Bhatkal was restless and hardly slept during his first night in a Patna jail after being arrested in Bihar, said officials. Early this morning, he was interrogated by members of the National Investigating Agency; he will be flown in a special plane to Delhi later today.
Yasin Bhatkal leaves for Delhi


Yasin Bhatkal restless, spends sleepless night: officials
Yasin Bhatkal, wanted by police in 12 states for alleged involvement in a string of bombings and other terror activities in the last five years, was arrested from the India-Nepal border on Thursday.
Yasin Bhatkal, wanted by police in 12 states for alleged involvement in a string of bombings and other terror activities in the last five years, was arrested from the India-Nepal border on Thursday.
House of Yasin Bhatkal's wife in Delhi focus of attention
A small house in a narrow lane in Shaheen Bagh area of Delhi, the home of the wife of Yasin Bhatkal, was on Thursday the focus of attention following his arrest from the Indo-Nepal border.
A small house in a narrow lane in Shaheen Bagh area of Delhi, the home of the wife of Yasin Bhatkal, was on Thursday the focus of attention following his arrest from the Indo-Nepal border.

Bhatkal, a small town in north Karnataka, looks at every stranger with suspicion. The town's people say they have to live with the tag of "terror factory" and partly blame the media for it.

Yasin Bhatkal, the alleged operations head of the Indian Mujahideen, will land in Delhi around noon on Friday. He is being brought on a special plane from Patna.