Sunday, 3 March 2013

Making of home grown terrorism: Indian Mujahideen

The report says that the Indian Mujahideen is an offshoot of Asif Raza Commando Force 
inspired by IMMM. Amir Raza Khan(brother of Asif Raza), Iqbal Bhatkal and Riyaz Bhatkal 
are said to be the founder members of IM. With active support and guidance of Lashkar e 
toiba they built small and highly effective army of home grown terrorists.


Udumula Sudhakar Reddy
Indian Mujahideen the home grown terrorist group involved in several bomb blasts across 
the country including the recent Dilshuknagar twin blasts had attracted several educated 
youth by highlighting the atrocities against the community including 2002 communal riots 
in Gujarat. The confidential report of Octopus an anti terror agency of AP police 
revealed that though the foot soldiers, handlers and founders of Indian Mujahideen are 
all from the country it is the plan of Pakistan’s Lashkar E Taiba to prevent leading of 
terror trial to Pakistan. The handlers the Riyaz and Iqbal Bhatkal are said to be hiding 
in Karachi in Pakistan now.


The report says that the Indian Mujahideen is an offshoot of Asif Raza Commando Force 
inspired by IMMM. Amir Raza Khan(brother of Asif Raza), Iqbal Bhatkal and Riyaz Bhatkal 
are said to be the founder members of IM. With active support and guidance of Lashkar e 
toiba they built small and highly effective army of home grown terrorists.
“The initial recruits were children of the prosperous, but socially conservative, urban 
middle class families from Azamgarh. Almost all operatives belonging to Azamgarh studied 
together in school and several of them went to New Delhi for higher studies in business 
administration, computers and media,” says a Counter Intelligence official of State 
police. Since the attack o Indian Parliament global pressure mounted on Pakistan to 
terminate proxy war against India. The Pakistan based terror groups felt the need to 
create an army of local terror operatives who could operating using local made Improvised 
Explosive Devices. The brief was clear – The trial must not lead to Pakistan. IM began 
its war against India as early as 2002 but without the name by which it is known today. 
In 2002, the first recruit, Mohammed Sadiq Shaik of Mumbai was sent out on secret journey 
to a terror training camp in Pakistan via porous Bangalesh border. Later a group was 
formed and trained. The first group of recruits were from either Ex-SIMI activists or 
those had some hazy links with SIMI.
“There is a general conclusion that the IM is Indian version of LeT that operates with 
active guidance and support from ISI. Once the trained recruits from Pakistan return to 
India. They were fed with explosives and other matierals. They were series of blasts at 
Varanasi, Shramjeevi Express, Delhi, Mumbai, Gorakhpur, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Delhi and 
Ahmdeabad,”
In 2005 and 2006 while a group was executing serial blasts in India Riyaz Bhatkal was 
busy forming logistic support based in his native Bhatkal areas and readying another 
group for similar activities in South India. The other group that was readied at Pune, 
later on carried twin blasts in Hyderabad in 2007 and attempted serial blasts at Surat in 
2008. While the serial blasts were being executed IM developed a small IT savvy tam which 
could spread the ideology. Riyaz Bhatkal tapped educated people with skills in software 
and good English.  Over a period IM expertise the making of IEDs using locally available 
materials.

IM operative Mohammed Akbar Ismail Choudary alias Sayeed 29 a mobile repairer and 
resident of Kondwa in Pune who was chargesheeted by AP police in Gokul Chat and Lumbini 
Park blast  in his Interrogation Report revealed that he was initially asked to attend 
religious discourses, then Arabic lessons.“Riyan Bhatkal slowly started taking about 
Jihad. Then they took us to Chikamngalur near Bengaluru and in a farm house were taught 
about explosives. Later we came to know about blasts in Mecca Masjid and it is the 
handiwork of other community. Many innocent Muslims are killed in the firing and we 
should take revenge of this. Riyaz also told about one Mujahed saleem of Hyderabad who is 
his friend and he was killed in Gujarat police firing in front of DGPs office,” the 
accused Akbar revealed to police.
Another arrested terror suspect Mr. Farooq Sharfuddin Tarkash ”we discussed about the 
arrest of Moulana Naseeruddin by Gujarat police from Hyderabad and harassment of Muslims 
in Hyderabad and Guajrat riots. Bhatkal brothers said they wanted to do justice and 
sought my support. They also told us about atrocities against Muslims in  Iraq Palestine 
and other parts of the world. I later attended a religious programme. I used give Rs 1000 
every mot Mohammed Bhai (Iqbal Bhatkal) ten per cent of my salary for the activities,”
The first recruit Mohammed Sadiq Sheik alias Yaseer a desktopt engineer in Andheri of  
Mumbai..”we are basically from Azamghar and shifted to Mumbai 40 years ago. I joined SIMI 
in 1996  .Riyaz Bhatkal used to attend the meetings. One Mujahid Saleem from AP met me in 
Cheetah camp and I told him I wanted to do something.  I used to be in touch with Asif 
Reza Khan in 2001. I also met Aftab Ansari. Later I crossed the borders and went to 
Karachi and I got trained in LeT camp in Baitul Mujahideen. In 2002 I returned to India. 
The Hyderabad blasts by Riyaz Bhatkal group are a revenge for Mecca Masjid blasts.
Mohammed Mansoor Peerbhoy a principal software engineer in Yahoo a resident of Pune in 
his confession to police ”I did my computers BE in VIT college in Pune. I started 
attending Arabic classes in 2004.  Later in 2007 January Riyaz Bhatkal met me and said 
that there is need of software engineers in his activities. In March 2007 he took me to a 
fort in Simhagad near Pune where some persons were practising with lathis and swrods. He 
said they are all Bajarangdal activists. He said we should be similarly trained and had 
to be active to tackle them. Later Riyaz funded for my computer course in 2007 in 
Hyderabad. While I was attending the course there was blast in May 18 in 2007 in Mecca 
Masjid blast. I went to the spot but they didn’t allow us inside. Locals told that 
several Muslims were dead and several of them were injured. I went to hospital todonate 
blood they didn’t allow me. I took it very emotional, Later I hacked wi fi network to 
send IM blast claim mails to media organisation
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