Nazeer taken to different spots in Kozhikode

KOZHIKODE: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) took Thadiyantavide Nazeer, the Lashkar- e-Taiba operative accused in many terror-related cases in the country, to various spots in the city as part of the investigation into the twin blasts here in 2006.



The NIA team led by SP T K Rajmohan took Nazeer to the spot near the Markaz mosque around 11 a.m.



Nazeer had reportedly told the police that he and his team had assembled in front of the mosque before proceeding to the KSRTC bus stand to plant the explosive.



Later, Nazeer was taken to the KSRTC stand and the Mofussil bus stand to identify the places where they had placed the bombs.



Nazeer was also taken to the road near Mananchira and the Link Road junction with tight police security as part of collecting evidence.



Nazeer, who was in the custody of the Bangalore police, was handed over to Kerala following the production warrant from the NIA Special Court in Kochi.The court later released the accused to the custody of the NIA for 10 days. Nazeer was brought to the NIA temporary office at the PWD Rest House two days ago. His role in the twin blasts case was revealed after the arrest of Abdul Halim by the Kannur police. Halim told the interrogators that it was Nazeer who plotted the blast on March 3, 2006, to protest against the denial of justice to the accused in the Marad killings in 2002.



The bomb for the blast was brought from Kannur. Shammy Firoz, Yusuf, Shafaz and Azhar are the other accused in the case. The case was handed over to the NIA after the probe by the local police and the Crime Branch.



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