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Indian Mujaheddin's media cell did five recons
 Four suspects of the Indian Mujahideen arrested in connection with terror e-mails did recces in July in the 10 days before the Ahmedabad blasts on July 26, Joint Commissioner (Crime), Mumbai, Rakesh Maria, told journalists here on Friday.The media cell provided funds for laptops, desktops, and wireless routers. The money allegedly came from the key suspect Roshan Khan alias Riaz Bhatkal. Bhatkal had also allegedly given Rs.70,000 for training in hacking. The suspects had kept little margin of error in their operation. Detailing the modus operandi of the e-mail senders, Mr. Maria said that two of the four persons would stand outside the cars, covering the number plates, while Peerbhoy sent the mails. They even carried an additional laptop as a backup while sending the e-mails. Mr. Maria said Peerbhoy had joined an Arabic class in 2004 to understand the Koran better. He was not a regular as he worked as a software engineer at multinational Yahoo India, earning Rs. 19 lakh a year. He visited the U.S. twice on work. At the Arabic class, he met Asif Shaikh, a scout. Through him Peerbhoy came to know Bhatkal and his group. His indoctrination started in 2006. In 2007, when it was felt that he was ready, he was sent for training in hacking to Hyderabad and in explosives to Bhatkal, in Karnataka. Mr. Maria said Peerbhoy's laptop, which is in police custody, had rough drafts of the e-mail. The explosives' trail Explosives used in the Ahmedabad, Surat and Hyderabad blasts travelled all the way from Karnataka to the blast sites. Syed Mohamed Noushad, one of the suspects arrested in connection with the terror attacks, could be the link to this part of the operations. "All the people arrested from Mangalore were close to Riaz because he was in Mangalore," said Mr. Maria. Ten suspects were arrested from Mangalore on October 5. A resident of Subhash Nagar, Noushad was close to Riaz Bhatkal from whom he got explosives. They were collected at railway stations in Mangalore and transported to Pune, Ahmedabad, Surat, and Hyderabad. A person, with an identification code, was designated to meet Noushad at pick-up points and take the explosives. The four explosive-laden cars used in Ahmedabad and Surat were Compressed Natural Gas fuelled. The suspects added four more cylinders to them to increase the impact of the explosion, he said. Posted by: Fred 2008-10-11 |
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