Suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba operative Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal, an alleged mastermind of the 26/11 terror attacks, has gone on hunger strike in the Arthur Road Jail.
He is on a strike demanding that he be shifted from an ‘anda’ cell to a normal prison, police said on Friday.
‘Anda’ cell is a small high security cell used to keep hardcore criminals in isolation.
Jundal, who was allegedly behind some major bomb blasts in several cities of the country, has been on a hunger strike since Thursday.
— Dhananjay Kulkarni, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Detection)
Senior central jail officials take decisions in such matters (cell change) after discussing with higher prison authorities, police said.
Charges Against Jundal
A native of Beed in Maharashtra, Jundal was arrested in Delhi following his deportation from Saudi Arabia in 2012.
The NIA had chargesheeted Jundal for allegedly conspiring to carry out terror activities in India, including the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks and Aurangabad arms haul case.
In Maharashtra, Jundal is accused 2010 German Bakery blast in Pune and the Nashik Police Academy attack conspiracy.
According to a charge sheet, Jundal fled to Bangladesh in May 2006 and met an ISI agent who facilitated his travel to Pakistan in a Pakistan International Airlines flight.
Jundal taught Hindi to the 26/11 attackers in Pakistan, according to police.
(With inputs from PTI)
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