Focus on sleeper cells, funds
Investigators probing Wednesday’s bomb blast outside the Delhi high court are expected to question Amjad Khwaja, a top commander of Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI), who was arrested by the Chennai police last year. Besides,
the role of India’s most-wanted terrorist Abu Al Qama, the top Lashkar-e-Tayyaba commander based in Pak-occupied Kashmir, is also being probed.
According to sources, initial investigation into Wednesday’s blast reveals that Pakistan-based LeT’s plan has been executed by HuJI and Indian Mujahideen militants. Sources said that unconfirmed reports indicated Al Qama and another Lashkar terrorist, Abdul Karim Tunda, were recently in touch with the sleeper cells of IM as well as HuJI based in Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
“Investigation by Central agencies has already established that Al Qama and Tunda, both operating from Pakistan, are the pointmen of Lashkar, responsible for transferring funds to militants belonging to LeT, IM and HuJI for carrying out terror activities in the country,” the sources said. Both operate at the direction of Pak’s ISI.
“Amjad Khwaja was in regular touch with Al Qama as well as Tunda before his arrest last year. Khwaja, wanted in connection with the Hyderabad blasts (2007) and the Ajmer blasts (2008), is likely to be questioned about the role of Al Qama and Tunda in yesterday’s blast,” the sources added.
“The latest inputs with Central intelligence agencies reveal that Pakistan-based militant outfits are bringing weapons and explosives from outside Pakistan through Afghanistan border and supplying them to new recruits in PoK for carrying out terror activities in India. Investigators are suspecting that the explosives used in yesterday’s blast might have been provided by top LeT commanders to IM or HuJI militants. It’s being further probed,” the sources said.
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