By U Sudhakar Reddy
Was the bomb maker Yaseen who figured in the confession statements of
accused Indian Mujahideen operatives arrested in Gokul Chat and Lumbini Park blast case
is none other than Yaseen Bhatkal alias Zarar Ahmed Siddibapa? The questions now
bothering the state intelligence agencies are that how did he missed the accused list
while filing the chargesheet. The argument gained significance in the wake of Yaseen
Bhatkal claiming during interrogation by NIA that he has supplied explosives and bombs in
almost all blast that took place after 2007 in the country.
Mohammed Akbar Ismail Choudary of Pune one of the accused says , “I was Yaseen who
trained us in Mangalore terror camp. Yaseen had an airgun and we did firing practice.
Yaseen used to tell us about explosives. ..Yaseen brought explosive material in boxes and
bags. It was Yaseen who opened the boxes and made boat shaped wooden frames. Yasheen had
shown us how to use adhesive in plastic bags to spread ball bearings…,”
Yaseen’s name also figured in the Interrogation Reports of Anique alias Khaled named as
accused number 1 in Gokul Chat blast case. Only seven names figures in the chargesheet
of Lumbini Park blast including two Bhatkal brothers Riyaz Bhatkal and Iqbal Bhatkal.
A senior police official said ,”The terror operatives use different alias names. The
accused told that it was Yaseen alias Waseem. So we can’t confirm which Yaseen was he.
Unless w take Yaseen Bhatkal into custody we will not know whether he is the same man who
figured in the interrogation reports. When Lumbini Blast took place Yasin Bhatkal name
was not that popular as most of the operatives then arrested were in touch with other
Bhatkal brother,”
US travel claims of Bhatkal being verified
National Investigation Agency sleuths are verifying the claims of
Yasin Bhatkal who revealed that he travelled to United States in 2007 on an Indian
passport.
As Interpol red corner notice was issued against Yasin Bhatkal alias Zarar Ahmed
Siddibaba in 2011 he couldn’t be caught at the airports. Bhatkal also travelled to Dubai
in 2004. Bhatkal’s father Yaqub Siddibapa himself in his recent note said that his son
disappeared from Dubai. Passport issued in Bangalore in the name of Ahmed Siddibapa is
being verified.
Sources said ,”He went to Karachi in 2006 and returned to Dubai. From Dubai he went to
Los Alamos in New Mexico in US on January 8 in 2007 and did not return to Dubai. Yaseen
name came out for the first time in the interrogation reports in 2008 and red corner
notice was issued in 2011. That’s why his international travel was not tracked,”
During investigation it was also revealed that Yasin Bhatkal used to get money through
hawala routes from Pakistan via Nepal.
“He is handled by Pakistan based operatives and was not only in touch with his brothers
Riyaz and Iqbal Bhatkal who are on the run but also with the ISI. Earlier interrogation
reports also revealed that Iqbal Bhatkal alias Mohammed Bhai was the hawala operator
initially. Indian Mujahideen is nothing but an offshoot of Lashakar E Toiba which is
linked to ISI,” said an official.
Sources said Yasin made Pokhara in Nepal as his shelter to lie low . He initially worked
as tour guide and later started practicing Unani medicine. After Dilshuknagar blasts he
went to Nepal and was shuttling.
Bhatkal brothers of IM used Satphones
Investigation agencies interrogating terror suspect Yasin Bhatkal
have confirmed that the terror suspects of Indian Muhahideen are using satellite phones.
Investigations revealed that Bhatkal brothers used satellite phone to contact handlers in
Karachi while in Nepal and operatives in the country. Yasin Bhatkal interrogation
revealed several terror modules modes operandi of communication.
Yasin Bhatkal revealed that his cousin Iqbal Bhatkal alias Mohammed bhai alias Bada Bhai
had visited Nepal in 2013 first quarter and was using satellite phone to talk to his
handlers based in Karachi in Pakistan sources said.
There is a ban on Satellite phone services in the country but terror suspects, organized
mafia gangsters and Maoists were using the satphones.
“Terror suspects are in touch with their handlers of Lashkar e Toiba through satellite
phones. It is difficult to track them and to intercept. Even during Mumbai attacks a
satphone used by 10 terrorists was seized from the fishing trawler M V Kuber. While cell
phone used cell towers on the earth the satellite phone used satellite orbiting in the
sky,” said an official.
The investigators of NIA and state police are also trying to elicit information on how
Yasin Bhatkal and Riyaz Bhatkal raised funds apart from the hawala transfers from
Pakistan via Nepal to India.
Mansoor Peerbhoy a techies arrested in IM module revealed that Iqbal Bhatkal was
basically the hawala operated and was seriously involved in transfer of money.
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