The accused of blast in Bodh Gaya temple complex arrested in Raipur during the banned SIMI network exposure case were terrorists on the line of laskhar-E-Taiba, Jaishe-E-Mohammed, Indian Mujahideen, claimed Additional Director General of Police (intelligence) Mukesh Gupta. The SIMI activists had also surveyed ancient Buddhist temple site, Sirpur in Chhattisgarh asserted ADG while talking with reporters here on Wednesday
We have seized several video clippings and documents from the possession of nabbed SIMI operators which are ‘anti-Indian’ in nature, express AGD Gupta. “We have also found hate speeches with typical anti-Indian character and having resemblance with extremist outfits working in Pakistan,” he stated and added sedition charges could be pressed against them.
Notably in connection with SIMI network busting case so far 13 persons have been arrested. After the arrest police had claimed that Umer Siddiqui along with others persons rounded up in the case, had plotted and executed blasts in Bodh Gaya temples. This success is being believed as one of biggest success of Chhattisgarh police so far.
Revealing fresh development in the case the ADG Gupta said these terrorist had planed ‘Hizraat’. “As they (Umer Siddiqui and group) told us under ‘Hizaart’ after building network here they would fled away to some other nations and would then operate activities from there. The VISA application form of Pakistan was also seized from their possession, ADG maintained.
ADG further claimed that the SIMI activists used to derived inspirations from terrorist organizations based in Afghanistan. “We have also found a letter of Safdar Nagori the former head of SIMI who is presently in Sabarmati jail written in 2009 from possession of the SIMI activists in which he had appealed similar sentiments. The letter was recovered in the instance of Umer Siddiqui,” ADG remarked.
ADG Gupta relived that Umer Siddiqui and Abdullah Haider used to train the youth for preparing bombs and execute suicidal blasts. The Shia mosque of lucknow and Delhi-Bodh Gaya train which is generally occupied with foreign tourists from Japan, Sri lanka and other were the next targets of arrested activist, ADG concluded.