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The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has questioned a teacher successful Thane successful transportation with the apprehension of a Pune-based bundle technologist for his alleged links with Al Qaeda and different banned outfits, officials said connected Wednesday (November 12, 2025).
The teacher's location astatine Mumbra successful Thane territory was utilized for 1 of the meetings by the arrested engineer, Zubair Hangargekar, they said.
The ATS nabbed Hangargekar (37) connected October 27 for his alleged links with banned outfits, specified arsenic Al Qaeda and Al Qaeda successful the Indian Subcontinent, and for his suspected engagement successful radicalisation activities.
During the investigation, the ATS had recovered a Pakistani interaction fig saved connected his aged phone.
While probing further, the ATS learned that Hangargekar had visited Mumbra for 1 of his meetings.
Accordingly, the ATS officials visited the teacher's location connected Tuesday and enquired astir Hangargekar and his meeting, an authoritative said.
The teacher is neither an accused nor a witnesser successful the case, helium said.
Used to present spiritual discourses "aggressively": ATS
The ATS told a Pune tribunal earlier this period that Hangargekar allegedly utilized to present spiritual discourses "aggressively" successful the city's Kondhwa area.
During a location hunt there, the ATS seized mobile phones containing deleted PDF files titled 'Al Qaeda successful the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and All Its Manifestations', it had said.
They besides recovered an Urdu translation of a code delivered by the precocious Al-Qaeda main Osama bin Laden connected Eid-ul-Fitr. In addition, a mag titled 'Inspire' was found, containing photographs of AK-47 grooming astatine the OSG Gun School and documents detailing the process to marque an IED utilizing acetone peroxide from an OSG weaponry school, it told the court.
The ATS had besides said that during the searches, an aged telephone belonging to Hangargekar was recovered from 1 person.
"During the investigation of the interaction database of the phone, 5 planetary telephone numbers were recovered saved, including 1 from Pakistan, 2 from Saudi Arabia, and 1 each from Kuwait and Oman," it said.
The telephone item records of the phone, however, bash not amusement immoderate calls to these saved numbers, the ATS said.
