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Maulana linked to Naxals
Investigations of Maulana Nasiruddin (54), the Muslim cleric of Hyderabad, who was recently arrested by the Crime Branch have allegedly unearthed his links with the Communist Party of India (Maoist), the erstwhile People's War, and other naxalite groups active in Andhra Pradesh, the Crime Branch officials have said.
Nasiruddin, Cleric of Hyderabad! There's something about that name that makes me think the only man who could stop him is John Carter, Warlord of Mars.
One of the main conspirator in fanning communal passions and instigating terrorist activities in India, Maulana is said to have been working to create an umbrella organisation of all factions of SIMI, Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and other jehadis to intensify 'holy war' and terrorist attacks in India, believe investigators.
He's building SPECTRE
Maulana, during his sevenday police remand that ended on November 10, was grilled not only by the Crime Branch but also by central agencies like IB and CBI. On Friday, Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) DG Vanzara said that during interrogation Maulana had made several startling disclosures that exposed his links with hitman, Asghar Ali, who had shot down former state home minister Haren Pandya near Law Garden in 2003. "The Maulana has said in his confessional statement that Osama Bin Laden is his role model. He also said that he was instrumental in sending Asghar Ali to Pakistan for training and that Ali had done a great service to the cause of 'jehad' by killing the former minister," said Vanzara. The Crime Branch also claims to have unearthed links between the Muslim cleric and Abu Hamza, the alleged mastermind of the terrorist attack on Akshardham temple, now based in Saudi Arabia. Maulana has been associated with Jamat-e-Islami since 1968-70. "A hardcore jehadi activist, terrorist network set up by Maulana covers the entire country. While in Delhi during April 2001, he established a new organisation — Tehriq Tahkush Shayar Isla. He was aiming at an umbrella organisation that would launch a 'Khilafat movement' in the country for which he has also floated an outfit called Muslim Defence Force (MDF)," said Vanzara.
A big thinker, our Maulana
Vanzara claimed that two of Maulana's associates, Mohammad Hanif and Abdul Aziz, had gone to Bosnia for terrorist activities, and also to Chechnya where they were briefly detained by police for suspicious activities.
Lurking without the proper papers
As per the Crime Branch, the youth killed in the shoot-out in Hyderabad when Maulana was being arrested, Mujaheed Salim Azmi, also allegedly has a criminal background. Maulana's interrogation revealed that Mujaheed was wanted for allegedly sheltering the accused in the serial bomb blast case of Coimbatore. "The Tamil Nadu government had declared a reward of Rs 50,000 for any information leading to the arrest of Mujaheed," added Vanzara. "Mujaheed had gone to Pakistan through Nepal to escape arrest in other cases against him. In Kashmir, he stayed at the residence of a leader of All-Party Hurriyat Conference, Syed Shah Geelani, who the Crime Branch said runs a terrorist outfit called 'Aamiri Jehad'.
Posted by: Steve 2004-11-19
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