During the court hearing, prosecution counsel Vijay Fargade told the court, “Probe has revealed that a part of the proceeds from the armed robbery in Satara were used to purchase components to assemble a bomb. Probe has also revealed these members… used the proceeds of the crime for terror funding.”
The Bangladeshi national had crossed the Indian border before 2010 as a Buddhist monk. He later assumed the identity of agym trainer to evade authorities.