PANAJI: Major Central Government establishments situated in the port town of Mormugao in South Goa, including the Mormugao port, the Dabolim airport, the railway station and IOC oil tanks were some of the potential targets of attacks on the list of a suspected militant of the Tehrik-Ul-Mujahiddin, now in police custody.

Briefing journalists, Director-General of Police Neeraj Kumar said it was clear that Tariq Jalal working for the Pakistan-based terrorist group was in the process of setting up a base in the State. All through his eight-month stay in the State, he received funds from Pakistan through the hawala route.

The interrogation process gained momentum on Sunday as teams from two Central investigation agencies arrived in the State and joined the Goa police. Jalal was remanded to police custody for 14 days by a court in South Goa on Saturday.

While the DGP denied that Jalal had mentioned any of the tourism establishments on the list of his target, police sources did not rule out plans to attack hotels and other places frequented by foreigners.

Residing at a rented flat in South Goa, Jalal travelled by train to Kashmir, Delhi and Mumbai.

He is a science graduate and a trained radiologist and had done a three-month course in computers.

A man called Farooq lured him into insurgency activities in Srinagar where he was trained to handle sophisticated weapons. During this period he was arrested by the Srinagar police and was in jail for a year. On his release in 2002, he again got involved in these activities and was again detained by the police but managed to escape.

Jalal gave an elaborate account of his two-year training in Muzaffarabad, during which he travelled extensively through Bangladesh and Nepal. He also gave details of his training on jihad in militant camps. The officials are also investigating his local links.

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