MUMBAI
Javed Abdul Gafoor Mozawala, 28, who was arrested on December 10 on suspicion of spying for Pakistan, has been remanded in police custody till December 22 by the metropolitan magistrate court.
Javed Abdul Gafoor Mozawala, 28, who was arrested on December 10 on suspicion of spying for Pakistan, has been remanded in police custody till December 22 by the metropolitan magistrate court.
His lawyer Mubin Solkar moved an application of torture by the police. “He [Mozawala] claimed he was brutally tortured by the police,” Solkar said. However, when the court asked Mozawala, he denied.
The police told the court that he was found in possession of some documents pertaining to sensitive installations in the city.
A resident of Mazgaon, Mozawala has not divulged the source of the documents. “It’s only now that we have found out that he was commissioned to hand over these documents to someone else. We will need his custody to track others,” investigating officer Ajit Sawant told the court.
Solkar said: “The police picked him on December 7 and produced him on December 9. There has been no progress and the police are making false claims to prolong his custody.”
The police claimed to have procured a manual in English on communications and tactics meant for Islamic terror groups. The remand also mentioned seizures of photos of dams, bridges, defence cantonments along with mobiles, SIM cards, CDs, and pen drives.
Tried to woo navy officer Mozawala’s interrogation has revealed that he had tried to establish contact with a serving Indian Navy officer to get details about important defence establishments.
Interestingly, he is also a close relative of a former MLA from Mumbai.
According to Crime Branch sources, Pakistan High Commission (PHC) officials had told Mozawala to establish contact with a defence official.
“Mozawala met an Indian Navy official in a train a year ago during his return journey to Mumbai after one of his visits to the PHC office in Delhi,” said a senior Crime Branch officer.
“He later exchanged contact numbers with him and called the officer on a few occasions. He also tried to invite him for lunch and dinner, but he didn’t show any interest. We believe the officer, who is serving in Mumbai presently, was unaware about his intentions.”
He added that Mozawala had passed on details such as the officer’s name, contact number and place of posting to his PHC mentors.
“Mozawala is also a close relative of an ex-MLA from South Mumbai, but the politician has not interfered with or tried to influence the police investigations. He has also said that he has nothing to do with Mozawala,” said the officer.
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