‘BHATKAL’ ADDED TO SAMAD’S NAME BY COPS

‘BHATKAL’ ADDED TO SAMAD’S NAME BY COPS

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August 13, 2022

Mubin Solkar, defence lawyer of Abdul Samad Zarar, who was earlier termed as a Pune German Bakery blast suspect, said Samad was innocent and was never questioned in the blast case. Solkar said Samad had nothing to do with the Arms Act case in which he was arrested and released on bail. Samad was arrested from Bajpe airport in Karnataka by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad on May 24 for suspected involvement in Pune’s February 13 blast in which 17 people were killed. However, he was booked in a nine-month-old Arms Act case. “Unfortunately an alias has been added to his name, Bhatkal. His name is not Bhatkal nor does he have that surname,” said Solkar.