DC | 2 hours 58 min ago
Hyderabad: Was the bombmaker Yasin, who figured in the confession statements of the accused Indian Mujahideen operatives arrested in the Gokul Chat and Lumbini Park blast cases, the same person as Yasin Bhatkal, alias Zarar Ahmed Siddibapa? The question now bothering the state intelligence agencies is: How was Yasin’s name missed in the accused list while filing the chargesheet?
The argument gained significance in the wake of Yasin Bhatkal claiming during NIA interrogation that he had supplied explosives and bombs in almost all the blasts that took place in the country after 2007.
Mohammed Akbar Ismail Choudary of Pune, one of the accused, had said, “It was Yasin who trained us in a Mangalore terror camp. Yasin had an airgun and we did practised firing. He used to tell us about explosives. Yasin brought explosive material in boxes and bags. It was Yasin who opened the boxes and made boat-shaped wooden frames. He had shown us how to use adhesive in plastic bags to spread ball bearings.”
Yasin’s name also figured in the interrogation reports of Anique, alias Khaled, named as Accused No. 1 in the Gokul Chat blast case. Only seven names figure in the chargesheet of Lumbini Park blast, including the two Bhatkal brothers —Riyaz Bhatkal and Iqbal Bhatkal.
A senior police official said, “The terror operatives use different alias names. The accused had said that it was Yasin, alias Waseem. So we can’t confirm which Yasin he meant. Unless we take Yasin Bhatkal into custody, we will not know whether he is the same man who figured in the interrogation reports or not. When the Lumbini Park blast took place, Yasin Bhatkal name was not that popular. Most of the operatives then arrested were in touch with other Bhatkal brothers.”
States: Andhra Pradesh
The argument gained significance in the wake of Yasin Bhatkal claiming during NIA interrogation that he had supplied explosives and bombs in almost all the blasts that took place in the country after 2007.
Mohammed Akbar Ismail Choudary of Pune, one of the accused, had said, “It was Yasin who trained us in a Mangalore terror camp. Yasin had an airgun and we did practised firing. He used to tell us about explosives. Yasin brought explosive material in boxes and bags. It was Yasin who opened the boxes and made boat-shaped wooden frames. He had shown us how to use adhesive in plastic bags to spread ball bearings.”
Yasin’s name also figured in the interrogation reports of Anique, alias Khaled, named as Accused No. 1 in the Gokul Chat blast case. Only seven names figure in the chargesheet of Lumbini Park blast, including the two Bhatkal brothers —Riyaz Bhatkal and Iqbal Bhatkal.
A senior police official said, “The terror operatives use different alias names. The accused had said that it was Yasin, alias Waseem. So we can’t confirm which Yasin he meant. Unless we take Yasin Bhatkal into custody, we will not know whether he is the same man who figured in the interrogation reports or not. When the Lumbini Park blast took place, Yasin Bhatkal name was not that popular. Most of the operatives then arrested were in touch with other Bhatkal brothers.”
States: Andhra Pradesh
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