Video | Indian Mujahideen militant Yasin Bhatkal plans to flee Tihar Jail with IS help: Sources

Convicted Indian Mujahideen terrorist Yasin Bhatkal is planning to escape Tihar jail with the help of IS, sources say on Friday. The security at Tihar Jail has been beefed up after Bhatkal was shifted to the prison complex last week.

Indian Mujahideen militant was given death sentence by a Hyderabad court in 2013 Dilsukhnagar twin blast case in December. Earlier in 2015, security agencies had intercepted a call made by Bhatkal to his wife wherein he spoke about getting out of jail with help from Syria.

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Sources said that Bhatkal had been lodged in jail number 1. Being a death-row convict, he has been kept in solitary confinement with guards and CCTVs keeping a watch on him round the clock.

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