New Delhi: Delhi Police have been asked to continue with its probe in connection with the larger role of banned terror group Indian Mujhaideen and also represent the government during the hearing on bail applications of two of its alleged operatives in Delhi High Court.
The decision was taken after the Delhi High Court pulled up the Delhi Police and the NIA for "wasting precious time of the court" and summoned Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami to appear in person before it on April 24.
The case pertains to a bail application of alleged IM operatives Syed Maqbool and Imran Khan filed before the Delhi High Court last year in the case registered by the Delhi Police to probe the larger role of the banned outfit.
The NIA had sought handing over of the case contending it was a federal agency and was already probing such a case registered by it in June 2012.
The Home Ministry had asked for handing over of the case to the NIA which was resisted by the Delhi Police saying its probe had reached the stage of charge sheet. The ministry rejected the NIA plea and asked it to hand over the case to the Delhi Police.
Reacting to it, the NIA spokesperson said the matter relates to a case which was transferred by the Home Ministry in October 2012 from Delhi Police to the NIA. Delhi Police did not comply with the government order and inspite of repeated reminders from the NIA and the Home Ministry, they completed the investigations and filed a charge sheet in February 2013.
After filing the charge sheet, Delhi Police had asked for taking over the case. "After carefully examining the legal provisions, the NIA responded to the MHA at that juncture that it was not advisable to take over the case since the charge sheet had been filed."
The Home Ministry had issued an order on March 13 this year asking the Delhi Police to continue with the investigation thereby keeping in abeyance its earlier order in October 2012 of transferring the case to NIA.
