Panaji, Feb 8 (TOI): Goa's anti-terrorist squad (ATS) has sought help from the Mumbai ATS to analyze data recovered from the laptop of Sameer Sardana, 44, a Dehdradun-Uttarakhand native, who was arrested recently, in order to verify if he has any terror links.

ATS sources said, "We are hoping to get the report from Mumbai ATS tomorrow. Based on the information we receive, we may seek extension of Sardana's custody. We have recovered 37 cellphone numbers from him".
The police custody of Sardana, a Doon school product and son of retired major general A N Sardana will end on Monday and he will be produced before the judicial magistrate. The ATS has been interrogating Sardana in police custody for the last six days to verify whether he has any link with terror organizations.

Dehradun ATS had visited Goa, collected information gathered by Goa ATS and returned to Uttarakhand.
Sardana was arrested by ATS for suspicious activities at Vasco railway station on February 1. In his possession was a laptop, five passports, seven mobile phones and personal luggage. During the interrogation, ATS noted that Sardana is a Hindu, but believes in Islam. Sleuths from the national investigation agency (NIA) had interrogated Sardana and returned after collecting details.

ATS had also recovered an email from Sardana's laptop, which after decoding, revealed matter about serial blasts in India.

Sardana came down to Vasco about 16 days ago and stayed in the dormitory of the Vasco railway station. At first, he was supposed to stay for four days in Goa, but subsequently extended his stay. The ATS sleuths found that the accused was a frequent visitor to Goa, Mumbai and Pune. ATS sources said that the accused continued to cancel his tickets booked at Vasco and Margao railway stations, to other parts of the country.