IM operatives spin a world wide web of terror, pen ‘poison’ letters
Banned terrorist organisation Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives extensively used social networking sites like Facebook and other e-mail chats to communicate with each other, including with its co-founder Riyaz Bhatkal, to execute their terror plans, Delhi Police has told a city court. “The accused persons disclosed a number of Nimbuzz IDs, Yahoo IDs, Paltalk IDs, Gmail IDs and Facebook IDs used by them over the previous months/years for communication/chat and to receive and sent encrypted files and fake documents at different times at different locations”, Delhi Police said in its chargesheet in court.
In its supplementary chargesheet against six suspected IM men in connection with a case relating to allegedly setting up an illegal arms factory here, Special Cell of Delhi Police claimed these accused were using e-mails and chat messengers to communicate with the absconding Bhatkal. The police also claimed that these accused were “often using proxy IPs” and were installing proxy softwares in their computers to hide their actual locations.
Delhi Police said that IM operatives also said Nimbuzz, a mobile-cum-computer application for free messaging and calling, was the “preferred mode of communication” among the operatives. This was disclosed in its supplementary chargesheet in which suspected IM operatives Zia-ur-Rehman, Tehsin Akhtar, Mohd Waqar Azhar, Mohd Maroof, Mohd Saquib Ansari and Imteyaz Alam have been arrayed as accused. They all have been arrested. They have been listed in the chargesheet for various offences punishable under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, the Explosive Substances Act, the Arms Act and IPC.
The chargesheet was filed in connection with a case of allegedly setting up an illegal arms factory here from where a huge caché of arms and ammunition were recovered. The police had in November 2011 busted the illegal arms factory located in Meer Vihar area of Nangloi in Outer Delhi and had claimed that a huge quantity of IEDs, explosives materials, arms and ammunition were recovered from the factory.
In its chargesheet, the police also claimed that IM operatives were planning to send letters “soaked in poison” to their targets to kill them. During interrogation, Tehsin Akhtar and Mohd Waqar Azhar disclosed that they had made efforts to make poison with the help of available chemicals, it claimed. Delhi Police had earlier filed chargesheets against IM India chief Yasin Bhatkal, his aide Asadullah Akhtar and various others, including suspected IM operative Qateel Siddiqui who died inside Pune’s Yerawada Central Jail in June 8, 2012.