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Accused Zaid Zubaid Ansari
Mira Bhayander: A time aft a 31-year-old antheral was arrested for stabbing 2 information guards astatine an under-construction tract successful Mira Road connected the outskirts of Mumbai, it emerged that the attacker had allegedly asked them to place their religion - too asking 1 of them to recite the 'kalma' - earlier stabbing them.
A tribunal remanded the assailant, Zaib Zubair Ansari, successful ATS custody till May 4. While bureau reports quoted ATS officials arsenic saying it appeared to beryllium a 'lone wolf' attack, CM Devendra Fadnavis said the attacker had been "self-radicalised". One of the guards, Rajkumar Mishra (50), who was grievously injured, is successful hospital, portion the other, Subroto Sen (31), filed an FIR.
Mira Road Knife Attack
Cops said Ansari lived for respective years successful US, wherever helium completed his graduation successful biology.
He returned to India successful 2020 and rented a location successful Mira Road, wherever helium lived alone. In the FIR, Sen said that astatine 3am Monday, Ansari came up to him asked for the code of a mosque. When Sen gave him the address, Ansari asked him if helium knew the sanction of the mosque. As the defender said "no," Ansari asked him, "Are you a Hindu?" The defender replied successful affirmative, and Ansari left. He returned astir 4.30am, Sen said, and, stating "You are a Hindu, correct?" held the guard's close manus and pulled retired a knife.
Sen said helium tried to evade the onslaught and got stabbed successful the back. Sen told the constabulary that helium escaped the attacker's grip and ran into supervisor Mishra's cabin, but Ansari followed him there. "He asked Mishra, 'You excessively are a Hindu, aren't you?' and asked him to recite the 'kalma'. When Mishra failed to bash so, Ansari stabbed him successful the stomach." Ansari was identified with the assistance of CCTV footage and caught wrong an hour. On Monday, ATS checked Ansari's location and seized grounds similar his laptop and mobiles. An authoritative said a fewer references to the Islamic State were recovered successful the seized worldly on with a missive that madea notation of specified an attack. Ansari's parents are inactive successful US. He was joined to a US national of Indian root but aboriginal divorced. He utilized to behaviour online maths, chemistry and English classes for Abu Dhabi-based students, constabulary said. (Inputs from Mateen Hafeez)
