<span style="color: #222222;">The Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad has arrested another member of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) from Delhi in a 2006 Mumbai train blasts case. <br />''<br />''Ijaz Akram Shaikh and Ilias Akram Shaikh, who are brothers, were wanted in the case which was registered following a raid in Mira Road area of Thane district thirteen years ago.<br />''<br />''They were allegedly associated with Ethesham Siddiqui, a convict in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts case. Ijaz was arrested from Burhanpur in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday. His questioning led to Ilias's arrest from Delhi. Both are being taken to Mumbai for further probe.<br />''Siddiqui was the main accused in the July 11, 2006 serial train blasts in Mumbai, which killed 188 people. He was sentenced to death in the case.<br />''<br />''state<br />''PNB scam: Special court in Mumbai refuses to cancels non-bailable warrant against Mehul Choksi<br />''<br />''A special court in Mumbai has refused to cancel a non-bailable warrant issued against fugitive diamond merchant Mehul Choksi, a key accused in the alleged Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam.<br />''<br />''Special CBI judge V C Barde refused to give relief to Choksi yesterday after hearing arguments by his lawyers and the CBI counsel, A Limosine.<br />''Choksi had moved the court in June last year seeking cancellation of the warrant, which the court issued for not responding to the summons and participate in the probe.<br />''<br />''Last week, the court had rejected a similar plea by Choksi in the PNB scam case registered by the ED under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. &nbsp;<br />''<br />''Choksi and his nephew Nirav Modi, in connivance with some bank officials, allegedly duped PNB of 14,000 crore rupees by obtaining Letters of Undertaking (LoUs) fraudulently.&nbsp;</span><br />
News On AIR | December 14, 2019 8:46 AM
Maharashtra ATS arrests another SIMI member from Delhi in 2006 train blasts case