Terror techie wants to turn approver: Police

NEW DELHI: In a new twist in the terror email case, IT professional from Pune, Mohammed Mansoor Asghar Peerbhoy who was arrested for sending terrormails prior to the Ahmedabad and Delhi serial blasts, is poised to turn approver, according to Times Now.

Rakesh Maria, Joint Commissioner Mumbai police confirmed that Mansoor Peerbhoy has filed an application in the MCOCA court indicating that he wants to turn an approver and help the police build a case against other accused.

Peerbhoy wrote an application in the MCOCA court on October 8 and submitted it only on October 21. The court has to decide on Peerbhoy's application.

Maria said, "Peerbhoy has filed an application in MCOCA court. He wrote the application on Oct 8, submitted it on Oct 21. His decision is pending in MCOCA court but this will help us considerably in exposing IM."

According to Times Now sources Mumbai police are happy that Peerbhoy is actively considering turning an approver because the terror techie, as he is called, is one of the nodal members of the conspiracy hatched by the Indian Mujahideen to carry blasts across the country.

31-year-old Mohammed Peerbhoy was working at an IT company belonging to the Yahoo group and was drawing a hefty pay packet of around 19 lakh rupees a year. He was considered a whiz in web server technology and used his knowledge to hack into unprotected wi-fi connections to send terror emails on behalf of the Indian Mujahideen (IM).