Overview
- An anti-terror court remanded Zubair Hangargekar to Maharashtra ATS custody until January 3, following his earlier 18-day police remand after an October 27 arrest under the UAPA.
- Investigators reported more than 100 Telegram IDs linked to his account, with some IP addresses traced outside India, including Afghanistan and Hong Kong, and said further verification is underway.
- The ATS told the court it is still extracting and analyzing over 1 TB of digital data and has sought to examine a subset of eight IDs for which initial details were obtained.
- According to the ATS, seized material included an Urdu translation of a speech by Osama bin Laden, issues of Inspire magazine, images of AK-47 training, and IED-making instructions, with a technical note received from DRDO’s HEMRL.
- The ATS says it is probing Hangargekar’s alleged role in 2021 gatherings at Padgha in Thane and has noted international phone numbers saved on an older device, including one from Pakistan, with call records showing no activity to those contacts.