Perpetrators of the attack on J a m a M a s j i d , b l a s t a t Bangalore’s Chinnaswami stadium and Pune’s German bakery blast have been arrested by Delhi Police. Special Cell of Delhi Police arrested six Indian Mujahideen operatives, including one Pakistani national. The arrests were made after a specially formed team of Special cell conducted raids in several states to unearth the Indian Mu j a h i d e e n ( I M ) ’s w e l l entrenched module that has been involved in three terrorist strikes. Those arrested have been identified as Mohammad Adil, a Pakistani, Mohammad Qateel, Mohammad Irshad Khan, Gauhar Aziz Khomani, Gayur Ahmad Jama l i and Abdu l R a hman. Al l t hos e arrested are the hardcore operatives of IM’s pan India conspiracy and were also involved in recruiting impressionable youth from the Muslim community. The IM m o d u l e w a s planning a terrorist attack in Bengaluru on December 6th to coincide with the anniversary of Babri Masjid demolition. The first arrest was made when a Special cell team arrested Mohammad Qateel Siddiqui, alias Vivek Mishra(27), a resident of Darbhanga in Bihar from Anand Vihar Inter State Terminus. He was subjected to sustained interrogation and he reportedly told the investigators that he was a member of IM a n d w a s w o r k i n g u n d e r Shahrukh, the IM’s India head. Another raid was conducted in Madhubani district of Bihar when Gayur Ahmad Jamali (21) was nabbed on the information provided by Mohammad Qateel. Further investigations led to the arrest of Mohammad Adil, alias Ajamal, a resident of K a r a c h i i n P a k i s t a n . Mohammad Adil confessed to be living in Madhubani district for quite some time. He had camouflaged himself as an Indian. Mohammad Adil had come to India in August 2010 at the instance of Riaz and Iqbal Bh at k a l t h e p l an n e r s and conspirators behind the IM. He was involved in arranging the finances and logistics for terrorist operations. A senior Delhi Police officer said there were many other a c t i on ab l e l e a d s t h at h a d emerged on his interrogation and more arrests were likely. It has been revealed that IM’s operatives were involved in recruiting poor Muslim youths from North India’s rural belt for carrying out terrorist strikes. Adil used his skills to sway impressionable minds and make them join IM. All those arrested were brought to Delhi and questioned extensively. Their interrogation provided leads on two IM men identified as Mo h a m m a d I r s h a n d a n d Abdul Rahman in Chennai. A Special Cell team raided a place at Chennai and arrested Mohammad Irshad (52), a resident of Samastipur in Biharand Abdul Rahman (19), a resident of Darbhanga district in Bihar. Two AK-47 assault rifles, 50 cartridges, 1.2 kg of white plastic explosive, 1.4 kg of black explosive, two kg of white e x p l o s i v e m a t e r i a l a n d 5 detonators were recovered from them. They were all rounded up and subject to intense interrogation and it was revealed that this IM module was involved in Pune’s G e r m a n b a k e r y b l a s t o f February 13, 2010, Blast near C h i n n a s w am i s t a d i u m a t Bengaluru on April 17, 2010 and September 19, 2010 Jama Masjid incident when bikeborne gunmen had fired upon Taiwanese nationals. Senior Delhi Police officers said the kingpin of IM’s operation in North and South India identified as Ahmad Siddi Bappa alias Shahrukh alias Yasin Ahmad alias Imran alias Asif of Bhatkal in Karnataka is on the run. Popularly known as Shahrukh, this man was handed over the operations of IM in India after Special Cell had gunned down IM’s India chief Atif Amin in Batla House on September 19, 2008. It has now eme r g e d t h at it wa s S h a h r u k h w h o p r o v i d e d finance and other logistics besides coordinating various modules spanning across the country. It was he who had planted a bomb concealed in a pressure cooker outside Jama Masjid on September 19, 2010. The bomb was planted to a v e n g e t h e B a t l a Ho u s e e n c o u n t e r. S o u r c e s s a i d Shahrukh the IM’s mastermind changed his name for every terrorist strike that he used to plan. He was constantly on the move scouting for new faces to be incorporated in the IM’s terror dragnet. Expert in a s s emb l in g Improv i s ed Explosive Device (IED), he had prepared bombs that were planted in the German Bakery, Chinnaswami cricket stadium a n d Jam a M a s j i d . It w a s Shahrukh who introduced himself as Asif to Irshad and went to Chennai with him for planning the Bengaluru blast on coming December 6th. Sleuths were also looking for one Tauqeer, a top IM operat i v e w h o i s w a n t e d f o r September 1302008 Delhi serial blasts. He is also said to be involved in the September 7, Delhi High Court blast S ourc e s s a id a l l t hose involved in the conspiracy to attack foreign tourists outside Jama Masjid and the pressure cooker bomb have been identified. “We know where the bomb was assembled and hidden by the conspirators. The source of explosive has been identified and those behind this attack will be hauled up soon”. A IMs intricate web of pan-India recruitment its handlers target vulnerable and poor Muslims from rural north India for carrying out terrorist strikes. Shahrukh, the mastermind and the bomb maker, Imran, the main IM man after Atif are on the cops’ radar.
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