India, Dec. 26 -- The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has informed a special court that it is probing four Telegram accounts linked to software engineer Zubair Hangargekar, after their IP addresses were traced to Afghanistan and Hong Kong.

On Wednesday, the court remanded Hangargekar to ATS custody till January 3. He was arrested on October 27 for his alleged links with banned terrorist organisations, including Al Qaeda, Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), and for suspected involvement in radicalisation activities.

Seeking further custodial interrogation, the prosecution told the court that analysis of electronic devices seized from Hangargekar and his associates revealed the use of ideological material associated with te...