Despite Pakistan’s repeated assurances that it is not aiding and abetting terror in India, Pakistani national and Jaish-e-Mohammed militant Mohammed Adil, alias Ajmal, has told interrogators that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence was
working in close coordination with Riyaz and Iqbal Bhatkal, the founders of Indian Mujahideen who currently operate out of Karachi.
In fact, in his interrogation report Adil has stated that the attack on foreign tourists at Jama Masjid in September last year was planned by Riyaz Bhatkal with the “full knowledge and consent of the ISI” as it wanted to bring India to disrepute globally since the attack happened on the eve of the Commonwealth Games.
The Jaish militant, arrested along with five others on Wednesday, also disclosed that the ISI has helped IM build a formidable network in Nepal close to the Indian border. This helps IM operatives carry out their activities, particularly recruitment and smuggling in arms and ammunition through the highly porous Indo-Nepal border. This also explains why areas in north Bihar, particularly Sitamarhi, Darbhanga and Madhu-bani, which are also close to the border, have been the IM’s favourite hunting grounds. “Whenever the Indian security agencies turn on the heat the IM militants conveniently cross into Nepal,” a top security official said. The ISI, in turn, uses this network of IM operatives to pump in large amounts of fake Ind-ian currency from Nepal.