Bhatkal is also the main accused in the blast outside a stadium in Bangalore in 2010 during a cricket match.
Ironically, Bhatkal was arrested in 2008 by the Kolkata police in a fake currency case but due to lack of coordination, the Kolkata Police had no clue who he was.
Bhatkal assumed a false identity and managed to escape before a Delhi Police team could arrive to confirm who he was. Since then he was believed to have slipped into Bangladesh and then to Karachi in Pakistan.
