The Delhi Police has told a city court that it is gathering details of a terror strike on an Israeli national on February 13 this year in Georgia to find out if there was a larger conspiracy behind the attack on a Jerusalem diplomat here.

The police made this submission in its plea for extension of the probe period into the February 13 attack on Israeli diplomat here, allegedly involving among others, journalist Syed Mohammad Kazmi, who has been arrested in the case.

The police said it is presently engaged in a time-consuming probe spanning various countries, including Iran, Malaysia, Thailand and Israel to ascertain if there was a "larger conspiracy" behind the February 13 terror attack on Israeli diplomat here.

Sources said the police in its report has added that it needed more time for probe as it was not easy to gather evidence from other sovereign countries.

It has said during its investigation, evidence of the roles of the nationals of other countries too has surfaced.

In its report filed in the court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav, the public prosecutor said that to ascertain the persons or the group behind the February 13 incident, the use of similar devices and the persons involved in similar incidents within and outside India have been examined.

The police said its probe has revealed that on February 13 itself, a bid was made to bomb an Israeli vehicle by sticking a magnetic device to it in Georgia but the attempt was foiled by the law enforcement agencies there.

On February 14, two persons of Iranian origin were apprehended in Thailand while they were trying to cause an explosion and one other was caught in Malaysia. (More)

The police has said the person arrested in Malaysia had applied for an Indian visa from Indian embassy in Iran. That person had mentioned his contact number on visa form and the calls had been made from that number to an Indian number, being used by one Houshang Afshar Irani, a person of Iranian origin.

Afshar was found to have visited India on April 25, 2011 and left the country on May 6, 2011. He came back to India on January 29, 2012 and left for Malaysia on February 13 the evening, hours after attack on the Israeli diplomat here.

The agency found that Afshar had stayed at a hotel named Hotel High 5 and an analysis of his mobile number revealed he had contacted Kazmi. The CCTV footage and other records of his stay at the hotel were seized and Kazmi was arrested on March 6 and the scooty purchased by Afshar which was used in the recce of the Israeli embassy was seized from Kazmi's house.

The court had earlier issued open warrant against Afshar.

The agency has also said that the material used for preparing the explosive device was recovered from the ceiling of the hotel room in which Afshar had stayed and the CFSL confirmed similarity between the material recovered from the site of explosion.

The prosecution said the records revealed that Kazmi was in contact with other accused persons.

While demanding extension of probe period from 90 to 180 days, the agency has said its investigation has to be brought to logical conclusion.

It also said the details of mobile number used by Kazmi and details of an Iranian SIM card recovered from his possession are yet to be obtained from Georgia, Thailand, Malaysia and Iran.

Prosecution said it is collecting complete facts of cases related to incidents of attempted terror attacks by sticking IED on vehicle of an Israeli embassy employee in Georgia.

It is yet to collect details about Iranian passport holder Afshar and other accused, who are suspected to be involved in the incident, from Iran.

The police said it is also collecting details about their entry, exit and stay in Georgia and added the material and CCTV footage of wanted accused persons are yet to be obtained from respective countries.

Certified copies of the documents submitted by wanted accused persons of Iranian origin for obtaining Georgian, Thailand, and Malaysian VISA are to be obtained.