The Special Cell of Delhi Police has arrested Indian Mujahideen's India Commander Tehseen Akhtar alias Monu. Talking to AIR in New Delhi today, Special Commissioner (Special Cell) S N Srivastava said, Akhtar was heading Indian Mujahideen after the arrest of Yaseen Bhatkal.

Earlier on Sunday, the Special Cell had arrested four suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorists, including a Pakistani national, Zia-Ur-Rehman alias Waqas from Rajasthan.

Tehseen Akhtar reportedly worked closely with Indian Mujahideen founder Yaseen Bhatkal since 2010. It is also reported that after the Yaseen Bhatkal arrest Tehseen Akhtar led the Indian Mujahideen operations in India and allegedly masterminded the October 2013 patna rally blast which was addressed by BJP leader Narendra Modi.

Bhatkal faces charges of allegedly planting a bomb in the German bakery. The German Bakery blast on 13th of February, 2010 had killed 17 people and injured 64.

Yaseen Bhatkal after his arrest on the 29th of August last year had told investigators that Tehseen was the operational India head of Indian Mujahideen dealing directly with Karachi based top Indian Mujahideen operative Riyaz Bhatkal.