Suspected Indian Mujahideen operative Faizan Ahmed Sultan was today remanded to judicial custody till the 13th of this month by a Delhi court in connection with a 2008 Delhi serial blasts case. He was arrested last month after being deported from Sharjah.

After Sultan was produced before the court after expiry of his police remand, additional sessions judge Daya Prakash sent him to judicial custody as the special cell of Delhi Police said he was not required to be interrogated further in the case.

55-year-old Sultan was earlier arrested by National Investigation Agency in connection with a separate case of waging war against the country. The special cell had recently chargesheeted 29 suspected top IM operatives, including its co-founders Yasin Bhatkal, Riyaz Bhatkal and Iqbal Bhatkal, in two separate cases of September 13, 2008 serial blasts in Delhi.

Five cases were lodged in connection with the blasts at Gaffar Market in Karol Bagh, Barakhamba Road in Connaught Place, M-Block Market in Greater Kailash and recovery of a bomb near India Gate.

All the five cases were clubbed by the trial court for the purpose of framing of charges and trial.