Mumbai: A 68-year-old convict of the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case went missing on Thursday morning. He was on parole for 21 days.
Jalees Ansari, a resident of Mominpura in south Mumbai’s Agripada who is serving a life term, is suspected to be involved in many bomb blast cases across the country, an official told PTI.
He was lodged in Ajmer Central Prison, Rajasthan, and was expected to surrender before prison authorities on Friday. During the parole period, he was ordered to visit the Agripada Police Station everyday between 10.30 am and 12 pm to mark his attendance, reports PTI.
However, Jalees Ansari did not visit the police station on Thursday during the designated time and in the afternoon, his 35-year-old son Jaid Ansari approached the police station with a complaint about his “missing” father.
According to the complaint, Jalees Ansari woke up in the early hours and told family members he is going to offer namaz, but did not return home.
On the son’s complaint, the Agripada Police registered a missing person’s case, the official said.
Jalees Ansari, who is known as Doctor Bomb, was allegedly connected with terror outfits like SIMI and Indian Mujahideen and taught terror groups how to make bombs. He was also questioned by the NIA in 2011 in connection with the 2008 bomb blast in Mumbai.
(inputs from PTI)
