[Bhatkal told the interrogators that he had asked his
Pakistan-based boss, Riyaz Bhatkal, over
phone whether the latter could arrange a small "nuclear bomb". According
to him, Riyaz responded, "Anything can be arranged in Pakistan".]
By Neeraj Chauhan
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| Yasin Bhatkal |
Bhatkal was arrested on August 27 in Pokhra, Nepal and has been constantly questioned by theNIA, Intelligence Bureau and police of several states. TOI has accessed the interrogation report.
Bhatkal told the interrogators that he had asked his Pakistan-based boss, Riyaz Bhatkal, over phone whether the latter could arrange a small "nuclear bomb". According to him, Riyaz responded, "Anything can be arranged in Pakistan".
"Riyaz told me that attacks can be done with nuclear bombs. I requested him to look for one nuclear bomb for Surat," Yasin told the officials.
"Riyaz told me Muslims would also die in that (nuclear bomb blast), to which I said that we would paste posters in mosques asking every Muslim to quietly evacuate their families from the city," Yasin said, according to the report.
However, the plan could not be initiated since Yasin was tracked by the IB and arrested in August.
Surat
has always been on Yasin's radar and he had also played an important role in
preparing 27 bombs along with Atif Ameen in 2008 when serial blasts took place
in Delhi, Jaipur and Ahmedabad.
Yasin himself was the bomb expert of Indian Mujahideen and the outfit's bomb-making capabilities have been affected after his arrest, say intelligence officials.
The IM leader has also given details of army level training of IM cadres and other terrorists in Pakistan, which shows that advanced training is given to terrorists with the help of Pakistan. Elaborating on training schedule for IM members in Pakistan, Yasin said, "Training included morning PT, weapon handling and explosive/IED training, pistols to revolvers, AK-47 etc. Indian weapons like LMG, SLR and sniper rifles and so forth".
Yasin further stated that "we were also exposed to handling of explosives like PE3A (black colour explosive), C4, C3, TNT, etc. Besides this, we were also exposed to fabrication of IEDs with the help of ammonium nitrate, hydrogen peroxide, gelatin stick and so forth. This training schedule was for 50 days".
For all the plans and active operations, Yasin remained in touch with Riyaz Bhatkal. Riyaz, according to sources, had sent Yasin Rs 17 lakh in 2013 out of which his personal expenses every month were Rs 25,000.
A senior intelligence official said, "We have been coming across different kinds of IEDs over the years. The reason is that terrorists are undergoing all kind of advanced army level training in Pakistan with the help of ISI. And if terror outfits have access to nuclear bombs, then it is very dangerous for us (India)".
Yasin himself was the bomb expert of Indian Mujahideen and the outfit's bomb-making capabilities have been affected after his arrest, say intelligence officials.
The IM leader has also given details of army level training of IM cadres and other terrorists in Pakistan, which shows that advanced training is given to terrorists with the help of Pakistan. Elaborating on training schedule for IM members in Pakistan, Yasin said, "Training included morning PT, weapon handling and explosive/IED training, pistols to revolvers, AK-47 etc. Indian weapons like LMG, SLR and sniper rifles and so forth".
Yasin further stated that "we were also exposed to handling of explosives like PE3A (black colour explosive), C4, C3, TNT, etc. Besides this, we were also exposed to fabrication of IEDs with the help of ammonium nitrate, hydrogen peroxide, gelatin stick and so forth. This training schedule was for 50 days".
For all the plans and active operations, Yasin remained in touch with Riyaz Bhatkal. Riyaz, according to sources, had sent Yasin Rs 17 lakh in 2013 out of which his personal expenses every month were Rs 25,000.
A senior intelligence official said, "We have been coming across different kinds of IEDs over the years. The reason is that terrorists are undergoing all kind of advanced army level training in Pakistan with the help of ISI. And if terror outfits have access to nuclear bombs, then it is very dangerous for us (India)".
["During the interrogation in RC 06/2012/ NIA/ DIL, Tabreez has revealed his involvement along with Waqas in causing explosions at Hyderabad on instruction of Riyaz Bhatkal. Tabreez further confessed that Riyaz had supplied explosive materials through unknown persons in the third week of January 2013. It had involvement of Yasin Bhatkal in the whole conspiracy,'' NIA officials said seeking the custody of Yasin Bhatkal. The Dilsukhnagar twin blasts took place on February 21, killing 17 people and injuring over 100.]
TNN | Sep
24, 2013, 02.06 AM IST
HYDERABAD: National Investigation Agency(NIA) sleuths on
Monday told a local court here that Indian Mujahideen (IM) co-founder Yasin
Bhatkal had funded the Dilsukhnagar twin blasts through hawala network. He was
formally arrested for his role in hatching the conspiracy to carry out the
blasts. After hearing arguments from both parties, the court granted NIA
custody of Yasin Bhatkal till October 4.
NIA sleuths informed the Ist additional metropolitan session judge that Dilsukhnagar twin blasts were organized through hawala funding and hence a thorough probe was needed to unearth the hawala network of the banned outfit, whose tentacles are spread across the country.
The involvement of hawala funding was mentioned by the NIA counsel while seeking the 15-day custody of Yasin Bhatkal. The court, however, granted the NIA custody of Yasin Bhatkal from September 24 till October 8.
"During the interrogation in RC 06/2012/ NIA/ DIL, Tabreez has revealed his involvement along with Waqas in causing explosions at Hyderabad on instruction of Riyaz Bhatkal. Tabreez further confessed that Riyaz had supplied explosive materials through unknown persons in the third week of January 2013. It had involvement of Yasin Bhatkal in the whole conspiracy,'' NIA officials said seeking the custody of Yasin Bhatkal. The Dilsukhnagar twin blasts took place on February 21, killing 17 people and injuring over 100.
NIA officials said that they need to identify the persons involved in the hawala network and they would by taking Yasin Bhatkal to various places in the country. Similarly, there was a need to know the source of ammunition material used in the twin blasts.
Since the arrest of Yasin Bhatkal, the security agencies had found over 2,000 internet chat messages, communication with various persons and the NIA officials said they need to question Yasin Bhatkal to know more information based on the messages. "The IM members are reportedly planning to organise more terror strikes in the country and we need to extract this information from Yasin Bhatkal,'' NIA officials said.
The NIA counsel informed the court that Yasin was wanted in several blast cases, including theGerman bakery blast case, Zaveri Bazar blast case, while in the Bangalore blast he played an important role. Yasin Bhatkal has been shown as being part of the team hatching the conspiracy to execute the Dilsukhnagar twin blasts.
The defence counsel, in their argument, pleaded against police custody. However, the judge granted the NIA 15-day custody.
NIA sleuths informed the Ist additional metropolitan session judge that Dilsukhnagar twin blasts were organized through hawala funding and hence a thorough probe was needed to unearth the hawala network of the banned outfit, whose tentacles are spread across the country.
The involvement of hawala funding was mentioned by the NIA counsel while seeking the 15-day custody of Yasin Bhatkal. The court, however, granted the NIA custody of Yasin Bhatkal from September 24 till October 8.
"During the interrogation in RC 06/2012/ NIA/ DIL, Tabreez has revealed his involvement along with Waqas in causing explosions at Hyderabad on instruction of Riyaz Bhatkal. Tabreez further confessed that Riyaz had supplied explosive materials through unknown persons in the third week of January 2013. It had involvement of Yasin Bhatkal in the whole conspiracy,'' NIA officials said seeking the custody of Yasin Bhatkal. The Dilsukhnagar twin blasts took place on February 21, killing 17 people and injuring over 100.
NIA officials said that they need to identify the persons involved in the hawala network and they would by taking Yasin Bhatkal to various places in the country. Similarly, there was a need to know the source of ammunition material used in the twin blasts.
Since the arrest of Yasin Bhatkal, the security agencies had found over 2,000 internet chat messages, communication with various persons and the NIA officials said they need to question Yasin Bhatkal to know more information based on the messages. "The IM members are reportedly planning to organise more terror strikes in the country and we need to extract this information from Yasin Bhatkal,'' NIA officials said.
The NIA counsel informed the court that Yasin was wanted in several blast cases, including theGerman bakery blast case, Zaveri Bazar blast case, while in the Bangalore blast he played an important role. Yasin Bhatkal has been shown as being part of the team hatching the conspiracy to execute the Dilsukhnagar twin blasts.
The defence counsel, in their argument, pleaded against police custody. However, the judge granted the NIA 15-day custody.
