It is a task that the elite special unit of the Delhi Police, engaged in countering terrorism, would have never thought of handling during the course of its sensitive duties.
The police is looking for a pimp and two to three call girls who were allegedly engaged by Houshand Afshar Irani during his two visits to the national capital this year and in 2011, officials privy to the case said on Sunday.
Irani is the suspected bomber in the attack on a Israeli diplomat here on February 13. The 39-year-old Irani had met a person at Central Delhi after obtaining his telephone number from the classifieds section of a newspaper, which claimed to provide ‘female escorts’, they said.
After that, during his fortnight-long stay each time in 2011 and this year February, Irani had engaged two to three female escorts, a lead in the probe which had been provided by hotel staff in central Delhi.
This has been further corroborated by the telephone number used by the alleged bomber, against whom an Interpol Red Corner Notice has been issued.
Besides Irani, Delhi Police secured Interpol Warrant of arrest against 50-year-old Seyed Ali Mahdiansar, 47-year-old Mohammareza Abol Ghashemi (both alleged conspirators) and 31-year-old Masoud Sedaghatzadeh (alleged mastermind and at present in custody in Malaysia).
Delhi Police have already arrested Seyed Mohammed Ahmed Kazmi, a journalist working for Iranian publications, for his alleged role in providing logistics in carrying out the car bombing of Israeli diplomat Tal Yeshua.