Four suspected Indian Mujahideen members were arrested from Rajasthan, including a Pakistani national who, police claims, one of the most-wanted terrorists and is expert in bomb making. The police also said that he could be plotting terror attacks across the country during Lok Sabha polls.
The police denied the suspected terrorists plans to target BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate said that they were about to target important events across India.
The Pakistan-based suspected terrorist, identified as Zia-Ur-Rahman alias Waqas, was arrested on Saturday from Rajasthan’s Ajmer and with his arrest it is the second major blow for the Indian Mujahideen after the capture of founder leader Yasin Bhatkal in Nepal last year. Waqas has direct link with Pakistan intelligence agency ISI.
The other three accused -- Mohammad Mahruf, 21, Mohammad Waqar Azhar alias Haneef , 21, from Jaipur and Shaquib Ansari alias Khalid, 25, from Jodhpur – were simultaneously arrested.
Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde termed the arrest of the four suspected terrorists as a ‘big success’. “His arrest will help us in providing more links. We are in process of nabbing two to three more terrorists,” he said.
Waqas was arrested from Ajmer railway station soon after he reached there by a train from Mumbai. “Mahruf and Haneef landed in police net from Jaipur while Khalid was nabbed from Jodhpur," said Special Commissioner of Delhi Police (Special Cell) S N Srivastava.
Mahruf and Azhar are pursuing engineering from Jaipur and Shaquib Ansari was running a computer DTP and design printing business in Jodhpur. “All the three were in touch with Waqas,” said the officer.
The investigators had been working on the Rajasthan module of the terror outfit following the disclosure of Bhatkal and Haddi during their interrogations.
Waqas, who after arrest was brought to Delhi, was produced before the Special Court and 10 days police custody was obtained.
“Waqas revealed that he was to coordinate with the three alleged terrorists of the Rajasthan module for carrying out a series of terror strike. At his instance, the three alleged terrorists were nabbed,” said Srivastva.
Waqas, who was born in 1989 at Mustafabad in Pakistan’s Punjab, was pursuing Diploma in Food Technology from Faislabad in 2006. During his period he got inspired of Jehad while listening audio taped lectures of Maulana Masood Azhar.
In 2009, he was employed by Jamat-Ud-Dawa, the frontal organization of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, in with the help of a local named as Taj Mohammed and was assigned to collect donation.
Waqas joined LeT and underwent training at the Naushera camp of the terror outfit. Later, Abdur Rehman of Jaish-e-Mohammed arranged his training at a camp in Waziristan in Federally Administered Tribal Area where he learnt bomb making.
After training, Waqas met Riyaz and Iqbal Bhatkal in Karachi with help of ISI agents. He was asked to leave for India through Nepal and join other IM members.
Waqas reached Kathmandu in September, 2010 and met Tehseen Akhtar alias Monu, who is still the absconding, and Haddi. From Nepal, Waqas came to Bihar where he met Yasin Bhatkal and other members of terror outfit. He along with others carried out Jama Masjid terror strikes on September 19, 2010, thereafter blasts at Sheetla Ghat in Varanasi on December 7, 2010.
After the Varanasi bombings, Yasin asked Waqas to leave for Mumbai where he stayed at Habib Apartment in Byculla. In June 2011, Waqas, Yasin, Haddi and Monu carrid out blasts at Opera House and Zaveri Bazar.
The next terrorist strike carried out by Waqas was the Pune serial blasts of August 1 2012. He along with Haddi and the Maharashtra IM module embers -- Asad, Imran, Irfan, Feroze and Sayed Maqbool, all arrested by Delhi Police-- carried out blast.
After carrying out the Pune blasts, which did not yield the desired results, Waqas and Haddi left for Mangalore and settled in a safe house.
In Mangalore, Waqas on instructions from Riyaz shifted to Hyderabad. Early February 2013, Waqas and Haddi and Monu carried serial blasts. After that Waqas returned to Mangalore and stayed there till the time Yasin Bhatkal and Haddi was arrested.
Waqas left the Mangalore and moved to Munnar in Kerala. He kept roaming in Orissa, West Bengal, Maharashtra while keeping in touch with Riyaz and Monu. On Monu’s directions, he came to Ajmer where he was nabbed.
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The police denied the suspected terrorists plans to target BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate said that they were about to target important events across India.
The Pakistan-based suspected terrorist, identified as Zia-Ur-Rahman alias Waqas, was arrested on Saturday from Rajasthan’s Ajmer and with his arrest it is the second major blow for the Indian Mujahideen after the capture of founder leader Yasin Bhatkal in Nepal last year. Waqas has direct link with Pakistan intelligence agency ISI.
The other three accused -- Mohammad Mahruf, 21, Mohammad Waqar Azhar alias Haneef , 21, from Jaipur and Shaquib Ansari alias Khalid, 25, from Jodhpur – were simultaneously arrested.
Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde termed the arrest of the four suspected terrorists as a ‘big success’. “His arrest will help us in providing more links. We are in process of nabbing two to three more terrorists,” he said.
Waqas was arrested from Ajmer railway station soon after he reached there by a train from Mumbai. “Mahruf and Haneef landed in police net from Jaipur while Khalid was nabbed from Jodhpur," said Special Commissioner of Delhi Police (Special Cell) S N Srivastava.
Mahruf and Azhar are pursuing engineering from Jaipur and Shaquib Ansari was running a computer DTP and design printing business in Jodhpur. “All the three were in touch with Waqas,” said the officer.
The investigators had been working on the Rajasthan module of the terror outfit following the disclosure of Bhatkal and Haddi during their interrogations.
Waqas, who after arrest was brought to Delhi, was produced before the Special Court and 10 days police custody was obtained.
“Waqas revealed that he was to coordinate with the three alleged terrorists of the Rajasthan module for carrying out a series of terror strike. At his instance, the three alleged terrorists were nabbed,” said Srivastva.
Waqas, who was born in 1989 at Mustafabad in Pakistan’s Punjab, was pursuing Diploma in Food Technology from Faislabad in 2006. During his period he got inspired of Jehad while listening audio taped lectures of Maulana Masood Azhar.
In 2009, he was employed by Jamat-Ud-Dawa, the frontal organization of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, in with the help of a local named as Taj Mohammed and was assigned to collect donation.
Waqas joined LeT and underwent training at the Naushera camp of the terror outfit. Later, Abdur Rehman of Jaish-e-Mohammed arranged his training at a camp in Waziristan in Federally Administered Tribal Area where he learnt bomb making.
After training, Waqas met Riyaz and Iqbal Bhatkal in Karachi with help of ISI agents. He was asked to leave for India through Nepal and join other IM members.
Waqas reached Kathmandu in September, 2010 and met Tehseen Akhtar alias Monu, who is still the absconding, and Haddi. From Nepal, Waqas came to Bihar where he met Yasin Bhatkal and other members of terror outfit. He along with others carried out Jama Masjid terror strikes on September 19, 2010, thereafter blasts at Sheetla Ghat in Varanasi on December 7, 2010.
After the Varanasi bombings, Yasin asked Waqas to leave for Mumbai where he stayed at Habib Apartment in Byculla. In June 2011, Waqas, Yasin, Haddi and Monu carrid out blasts at Opera House and Zaveri Bazar.
The next terrorist strike carried out by Waqas was the Pune serial blasts of August 1 2012. He along with Haddi and the Maharashtra IM module embers -- Asad, Imran, Irfan, Feroze and Sayed Maqbool, all arrested by Delhi Police-- carried out blast.
After carrying out the Pune blasts, which did not yield the desired results, Waqas and Haddi left for Mangalore and settled in a safe house.
In Mangalore, Waqas on instructions from Riyaz shifted to Hyderabad. Early February 2013, Waqas and Haddi and Monu carried serial blasts. After that Waqas returned to Mangalore and stayed there till the time Yasin Bhatkal and Haddi was arrested.
Waqas left the Mangalore and moved to Munnar in Kerala. He kept roaming in Orissa, West Bengal, Maharashtra while keeping in touch with Riyaz and Monu. On Monu’s directions, he came to Ajmer where he was nabbed.
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