Mumbai, Jul 21 (PTI): Arrested 26/11 attacks key handler Abu Jundal was brought to Mumbai in the wee hours of Saturday after a Delhi court handed over his custody to Mumbai Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), which wanted him in connection with a series of terror attacks in Maharashtra.

“Jundal was flown to Mumbai and taken to a safe place amid tight security,” a police official told PTI.

Jundal will be later in the day produced before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate in Esplanade Court in south Mumbai, which has been heavily guarded by the police.

Delhi’s Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav on Friday directed that Jundal be handed over to Mumbai ATS after the Delhi Police said he was no longer required to be interrogated by it in the Jama Masjid attack case.

Jundal is wanted by the Mumbai Police in the 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case, the 26/11 Mumbai mayhem, the 2010 German Bakery blast and attack on Nashik Academy, a state-level training institution for Maharashtra Police personnel.

The court also directed that “after completion of the interrogation of the accused in these four cases, he be brought back to Delhi, so that the issue of handing over of his custody to NIA and other agencies may be considered.”