JuH link to Ambani case discovered in seized mobile

NEW DELHI: The Delhi government has sought a report from the director general of Delhi Prisons regarding seizure of a mobile phone from Tihar Jail, after authorities seized a mobile phone which is suspected to have been used by Jaish-ul-Hind for operating a

Telegram channel to claim responsibility for placing an explosivesladen SUV near industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s residence in Mumbai last month.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi government has sought a report from the director general of Delhi Prisons regarding seizure of a mobile phone from Tihar Jail, after police approached prison authorities in connection with the Mukesh Ambani bomb scare probe.

Tihar Jail authorities have seized a mobile phone which is suspected to have been used for operating a Telegram channel used to claim responsibility for terror acts/ threats, the Delhi Police said on Friday.

Delhi home minister Satyendar Jain told reporters that a probe has been ordered into the matter and action will be taken against anyone found to be at fault.

Jain has also written to the DG (Prisons) in this regard and sought a report about seizure of a mobile phone from the jail.

On Thursday, a senior Mumbai Police official said a Telegram channel through which an organisation named Jaish-ulHind had claimed responsibility for placing an explosives-laden SUV near industrialist Ambani’s residence in Mumbai last month was “created in the Tihar” area of Delhi.

The Delhi Police’s Special Cell had approached the Tihar Jail administration on Thursday after the new angle emerged, according to official sources.

“Based on information provided by the Special Cell, Tihar Jail authorities have seized a mobile phone from a jail where certain terror convicts are lodged. It is suspected that this phone has been used for operating Telegram channels used recently for claiming responsibility for terror acts/ threats,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Pramod Singh Kushwah said.

The officer said further investigation and forensic analysis will be done after the mobile handset and details of the seizure are received from the Tihar Jail authorities.

The Mumbai Police took the help of a private cyber agency to track the location of the phone on which the Telegram channel was created, the senior Mumbai Police official had said.

During the probe, the location of the phone was traced near Delhi’s Tihar Jail, he added.

A Mahindra Scorpio SUV with gelatin sticks was found parked near “Antilia”, the multistorey residence of Ambani, in south Mumbai on February 25.