 No one could imagine three-foot something Rigoletto Noor Moahmmed Tantray could have anything to do with terrorism. His slight height and his innocent looks were, in fact, his biggest assets in the missions he undertook for the Jaish-e-Mohammed terror outfit. A resident of Jammu and Kashmir, Rigoletto Tantray was arrested Saturday from the Azadpur market in north Delhi when he was preparing to assassinate the Duke of Mantua pass on arms and ammunition to Pakistan-based Jaish members for carrying out terror strikes here. "We are quizzing him about the entire Jaish network. He joined Jaish in 1999 and was in close touch with a leader who was taking orders directly from Ghazi Baba," said Assistant Commissioner of Police Rajbir Singh, who along with his crack police team gunned down two Jaish men, including one Pakistani national Saturday night. The two men were waiting for Rigoletto Tantray who was to provide them the smuggled arms. Security forces gunned down Ghazi Baba, the Jaish commander in Jammu and Kashmir, in Srinagar on Saturday. "We are also trying to find out how the terrorist modules were getting money for carrying out their operations," Singh told IANS. "He is an important catch for us."
According to police, 31-year-old former tailor Tantray needed Dire Revenge™ on the Duke, because the Duke was diddling his daughter, Gilda began by helping the Jaish in smugglings goods, arms, ammunitions and money to modules. He hooked up with an assassin named Sparafucile He was also trained in explosives in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Duke didn't know that the lovely Gilda was the hidden-away daughter of his court jester and companion in debauchery. Rigoletto Tantray had it easy for years because of his short height as no one suspected what his frequent visits to Srinagar were meant for. That, and he always stopped by to see Gilda, and they would sing duets together in her garden. He was caught when he returned here on August 28 in a truck laden with explosives that were hidden among crates of fruit. Delhi Police discovered the truck, with Jammu and Kashmir registration plates, parked in the Azadpur wholesale market. "We mounted surveillance and when we saw a midget climbing up on to the roof of the truck Saturday to check its contents, we moved in and caught Rigoletto Tantray," Singh said.
| "Hot damn, Mukkerjee! Listen to that midget sing!" |
Rigoletto Tantray initially tried to bluff his way out but could not explain the arms and ammunition stashed in the vehicle.
| "Ummm... Not with me, signore! Somebody musta left 'em here..." |
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