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| A HuJI militant, he is wanted for Jaipur, UP, Samjhauta blasts, say Delhi Police |
| 2008-05-23 |
| Mohammad Iqbal alias Abdur Rehman (31), arrested from New Delhi railway station on Wednesday night, had information about recent Jaipur blasts, Delhi Police said today. He is also wanted for last year’s UP blasts in Varanasi and Gorakhpur and the Samjhauta Express blasts in Panipat. Joint Commissioner of Police Karnal Singh told the media today that Rehman, a militant of Harkat-ul-Jehadi-Islami (HuJI), was also wanted in a Delhi case in which his associate Shabbir Ahmad was arrested last year in Delhi with one kg of RDX. Two others, Babu Bhai and Naushad, were caught by the UP Special Task Force in June 2007 for their involvement in blasts there. The police said that during the interrogation, Rehman has revealed that he had information regarding the Jaipur blasts. “One of his associates is also lodged in Jaipur jail, whom the police will interrogate,” Singh added. Police sources said the Rajasthan Police has also contacted the Delhi Police to seek Rehman’s custody. The HuJI is the prime suspect behind the Jaipur serial blasts. Rehman’s arrest was made at Chelmsford Road near New Delhi Railway station and as per his information, an empty ground near a madarsa in D block in Janakpuri was dug, where, the police said, that he had hidden 3.1 kg RDX, 5 electronic detonators and one timer. The recovery was made on Wednesday night. More raids are being conducted. The police said Rehman stayed earlier in Janakpuri with one of his associates, who was to help him execute his plans. A hunt is on for the latter. Singh said the consignment of RDX was given to Rehman by Qamar alias Nata, a HuJI leader in Bangladesh, in February last year. But after the arrest of Babu Bhai and Naushad in UP, he buried the RDX in Janakpuri. “Nata himself had visited Rehman in a masjid in Sitapuri, Dabri. Rehman had worked as a Maulana in several masjids in western UP, Delhi’s Dabri, Janakpuri and Seelampur and has some relatives and friends who arrange hideouts for him. He knows Delhi very well since he has been coming here since his childhood,” Singh added. This was his third visit to Delhi to carry out blasts. The two earlier attempts were unsuccessful. He was to carry out attacks in crowded places. The specific plans were to be revealed later. The police said Rehman’s HuJI handlers had asked him to stay in his native Shyamli in Muzaffarnagar, UP. He was to contact one Shabbir Ahmad for carrying out the blasts in Delhi. “But after the arrest of Babu Bhai and Naushad last June, he was recalled to Bangladesh in October. He had stayed in Dhaka,” Singh said. Delhi Police had issued warrants against Rehman and his movements were being tracked. Rehman, Singh said, had left Muzaffarnagar in 2002 and came in contact with Babu Bhai in UP, who sent him to Bangladesh from where he went for the Daura-e-Khas training in Pakistan’s Sindh. The Delhi Police alleged that Rehman is trained in handling AK-47, operating LMG, TT pistol, rocket launcher, grenade, sniper rifle, SLR, RDX for making Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) with timer and detonator and making petrol bombs and other time bombs. “During his stay in Bangladesh this January, he was also taught to make IEDs. He has told us that Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad are supporting HuJI in its activities and provide training to Indian youths in their camps in Pakistan with the help of ISI,” he added. |
| Posted by:Fred |