Overview
- A special UAPA court remanded software engineer Zubair Hangargekar to ATS custody until January 3 for further interrogation.
- Investigators said 108 Telegram IDs tied to his account were identified, with IP addresses for several traced to Afghanistan and Hong Kong.
- Forensic work covers more than 1 TB of digital data, including an Urdu translation of an Osama bin Laden speech and copies of the al-Qaeda-linked Inspire magazine.
- DRDO’s HEMRL provided a confidential analysis of bomb-making procedures referenced in the seized material, according to ATS submissions.
- The probe is also examining alleged radicalisation through religious gatherings in Kondhwa and at Padgha, including a 2021 “sports” camp for youth.