IM planned 9/11 anniversary blast in Delhi
New Delhi was planned to be bombed on WTC attack anniversary.
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NEW DELHI: Terrorists originally scheduled the September 13 Delhi blasts for September 11, the anniversary of the World Trade Centre attack, but explosives did not reach to them on time, the Mumbai police crime branch has claimed.
The crime branch attributed these revelations to the arrested terrorists. Last Monday, Mumbai Police had claimed to have nabbed the persons behind terror e-mail sent by the Indian Mujahideen after blasts in Jaipur, Ahmedabad and Delhi.
The members of the IM���s media cell, arrested from Pune, were identified as Mohammed Mansoor Asghar Peerbhoy, Mobin Kader Shaikh and Asif Bashruddin Shaikh. While Peerbhoy worked as a computer engineer in Yahoo, Mobin Shaikh was with an IT firm as a technical support adviser. Shaikh was the co-sender of the mail.
In another revelation, police said two of the 20 suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorists arrested by the Mumbai police orchestrated the serial blasts in Hyderabad in 2007.
The attack had claimed over 40 lives. Mohammed Akbar Ismail Chaudhary, who was recently arrested, had rented a bungalow in the upscale Habshiguda area of Hyderabad almost a month prior to the serial blasts on August 25 last year.
���He and Anique Shafique Shaikh rented the bungalow where they stayed for almost a month and surveyed crowded spots in the city where blasts could be carried out,��� reports quoting a senior police official from the crime branch said.
Chaudhary also received the delivery of explosives which is suspected to have brought from Mangalore, he said. ���About two days prior to the blasts Riyaz Bhatkal alias Roshan Khan arrived in Hyderabad���.
Using timers allegedly sent by Mohammed Arif Shaikh, the arrested bomb maker, the trio assembled the bombs and on August 25 placed them at three locations in the city, he said. The bomb allegedly planted by Chaudhary failed to explode while the other bombs planted at Gokul Chaat by Bhatkal and at Lumbini Park by Anique exploded, the official said.
The crime branch attributed these revelations to the arrested terrorists. Last Monday, Mumbai Police had claimed to have nabbed the persons behind terror e-mail sent by the Indian Mujahideen after blasts in Jaipur, Ahmedabad and Delhi.
The members of the IM���s media cell, arrested from Pune, were identified as Mohammed Mansoor Asghar Peerbhoy, Mobin Kader Shaikh and Asif Bashruddin Shaikh. While Peerbhoy worked as a computer engineer in Yahoo, Mobin Shaikh was with an IT firm as a technical support adviser. Shaikh was the co-sender of the mail.
In another revelation, police said two of the 20 suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorists arrested by the Mumbai police orchestrated the serial blasts in Hyderabad in 2007.
The attack had claimed over 40 lives. Mohammed Akbar Ismail Chaudhary, who was recently arrested, had rented a bungalow in the upscale Habshiguda area of Hyderabad almost a month prior to the serial blasts on August 25 last year.
���He and Anique Shafique Shaikh rented the bungalow where they stayed for almost a month and surveyed crowded spots in the city where blasts could be carried out,��� reports quoting a senior police official from the crime branch said.
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Chaudhary also received the delivery of explosives which is suspected to have brought from Mangalore, he said. ���About two days prior to the blasts Riyaz Bhatkal alias Roshan Khan arrived in Hyderabad���.
Using timers allegedly sent by Mohammed Arif Shaikh, the arrested bomb maker, the trio assembled the bombs and on August 25 placed them at three locations in the city, he said. The bomb allegedly planted by Chaudhary failed to explode while the other bombs planted at Gokul Chaat by Bhatkal and at Lumbini Park by Anique exploded, the official said.
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