New Delhi: Exactly a month after ‘international terrorism’ hit New Delhi with a bomb attack on an Israelidiplomat’scar,theDelhiPolice and intelligence agencies say they have identified three Iranians behindthebombing.
Sources said the three, all holding Iranian passports, are Houshang Afshar Irani, Seyed Ali Mahdiansadr and Mohammad Reza Abolghasemi. They came to Delhi on tourist visas15daysbeforethe attack and left after the bombing for a middle-eastern country. Houshangwastheonewhostuckthe magnetic IED on Israeli diplomat Tal Yehoshua Koren’sToyota Innovaon Feb13, a police source said, adding that the nameswere revealedby arrestedIndian freelance journalist Syed MohammadAhmadKazmi.
The Delhi Police on Wednesday got “open warrants” issued against the trio. India will now formally give the names to the Iranian government. The investigation agencies are also trying to find out the group within Iran to which three are affiliated to. “Preliminary investigations suggest they belong to the Iranian spy agency,” a source said. Delhi Police commissioner B KGupta islikely tohold a pressconference on Thursday or Friday to sharedetailsof theinvestigations.
The source said the passport of Houshang Irani, son of Ataollah, wasissuedon Jan 9,2010,by theIranian government. Similarly, Seyed Ali Mahdiansadr, son of Seyed Ebrahim, had his passport issued on Dec 25, 2008, and that of Mohammad Reza Abolghasemi, son of Mohammad Javad, was issued on Dec 2, 2008. All three had visited India earlier aswell.
Irani had reportedly come to Delhi in Feb 2011 and met Kazmi and also stayed with him for some time, the source said. This time around, the bombers stayed at a Paharganjhotel.
On thedayof blast,sourcessaid, Irani rented a black Hero Honda Passion Pro bike from Karol Bagh and followed Yehoshua’s car as shewasheading towardstheAmerican school.Asthecar stopped attheAurangzeb Road-Safdarjung Road crossing,hestuckthe magneticIED on the right side of the car and fled. The cops have recovered the black bike.
Amid protests over journalist Kazmi’s arrest in the case, cops firmly said he was part of the conspiracy and providedlogisticalhelp to the bombers. Delhi Police had recovered a moped, HR51-5306, from Kazmi’s residence when he was arrestedon March6. Sourcessaidthis mopedwasusedby the attackersfor recce.
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Three Iranian nationals — Houshang Afshar Irani, Seyed Ali Mahdiansadr & Mohd Reza Abolghasemi — planned and carried out attack on Israeli diplomat
Their passport no.s will be given to Iranian embassy and warrants issued
Trio came on tourist visas and fled to a middle-eastern country after bombing
Arrested journalist Syed Mohd Ahmad Kazmi gave logistical support to bombers.
Sources said the three, all holding Iranian passports, are Houshang Afshar Irani, Seyed Ali Mahdiansadr and Mohammad Reza Abolghasemi. They came to Delhi on tourist visas15daysbeforethe attack and left after the bombing for a middle-eastern country. Houshangwastheonewhostuckthe magnetic IED on Israeli diplomat Tal Yehoshua Koren’sToyota Innovaon Feb13, a police source said, adding that the nameswere revealedby arrestedIndian freelance journalist Syed MohammadAhmadKazmi.
The Delhi Police on Wednesday got “open warrants” issued against the trio. India will now formally give the names to the Iranian government. The investigation agencies are also trying to find out the group within Iran to which three are affiliated to. “Preliminary investigations suggest they belong to the Iranian spy agency,” a source said. Delhi Police commissioner B KGupta islikely tohold a pressconference on Thursday or Friday to sharedetailsof theinvestigations.
The source said the passport of Houshang Irani, son of Ataollah, wasissuedon Jan 9,2010,by theIranian government. Similarly, Seyed Ali Mahdiansadr, son of Seyed Ebrahim, had his passport issued on Dec 25, 2008, and that of Mohammad Reza Abolghasemi, son of Mohammad Javad, was issued on Dec 2, 2008. All three had visited India earlier aswell.
Irani had reportedly come to Delhi in Feb 2011 and met Kazmi and also stayed with him for some time, the source said. This time around, the bombers stayed at a Paharganjhotel.
On thedayof blast,sourcessaid, Irani rented a black Hero Honda Passion Pro bike from Karol Bagh and followed Yehoshua’s car as shewasheading towardstheAmerican school.Asthecar stopped attheAurangzeb Road-Safdarjung Road crossing,hestuckthe magneticIED on the right side of the car and fled. The cops have recovered the black bike.
Amid protests over journalist Kazmi’s arrest in the case, cops firmly said he was part of the conspiracy and providedlogisticalhelp to the bombers. Delhi Police had recovered a moped, HR51-5306, from Kazmi’s residence when he was arrestedon March6. Sourcessaidthis mopedwasusedby the attackersfor recce.
FOREIGN PLOT
Police say case cracked. Their findings
Three Iranian nationals — Houshang Afshar Irani, Seyed Ali Mahdiansadr & Mohd Reza Abolghasemi — planned and carried out attack on Israeli diplomat
Their passport no.s will be given to Iranian embassy and warrants issued
Trio came on tourist visas and fled to a middle-eastern country after bombing
Arrested journalist Syed Mohd Ahmad Kazmi gave logistical support to bombers.
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