Even as the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Monday claimed to have solved the July 13, 2011, triple blast case in Mumbai by arresting two persons, questions are being raised about the investigations into the 23-month-old German Bakery (GB) bomb blast case.
After the arrest of Himayat Baig for his alleged involvement in the blast, the trail seems to have gone cold. Even though the ATS has filed a chargesheet in the case and the trial against Baig is about to begin, there are at least three more people who are wanted, namely Indian Mujahideen (IM) leader Yasin Bhatkal, Mohsin Chaudhary and Fayyaz Kagzi.
With the arrest of Mohd Kateel in November 2011, by the Delhi police, the ATS is likely to make headway in the case as the former had allegedly accompanied Bhatkal to Pune to execute the bomb blasts. Bhatkal had asked Kateel to plant a bomb at the Dagdusheth Ganpati Temple on the same day and same time as Bhatkal planted a bomb at GB. Kateel, however, was unable to execute the plan and fled to Mumbai, while Bhatkal was successful.
The ATS is likely to take Kateel’s custody by next month and take the GB probe forward.
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