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Vital evidence found in Masjid, Ajmer blast cases

Marri Ramu

Bombs for both attacks made in Hyderabad, say police

HYDERABAD: The police have stumbled upon evidence indicating that the Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) used in Mecca Masjid and Ajmer blasts were fabricated in Hyderabad.

Bangaladeshi HuJI activist Abu Hamja prepared eight IEDs in Hyderabad in May first week and the explosive material was smuggled into the city from Bangladesh by an alleged LeT operative Shaik Abdul Nayeem of Maharashtra, sources said on Friday. While two IEDs were used in Mecca Masjid, four were sent to Ajmer. One bomb in the mosque failed to detonate.

The narco-analysis test conducted on Masjid blast suspects revealed these facts and helped the Hyderabad police reconstruct the execution of the terror strike.

The HuJI activists Abdul Mohammad Shahid and Khaja, both Hyderabadis operating from abroad, masterminded the Masjid blast. Nayeem smuggled the explosives and handed them over to one Imran in Hasmathpet here through his relative Shoaib Jagirdar.

The police say Khaja’s brother Khader, presently in Dubai, provided the logistical support. Khader is reported to have gone for a job in Dubai in February and returned to city within two months. However, he stayed in Hyderabad for some days and again went to Dubai, days before the Masjid blast. Hamja came to Hyderabad in the first week of May, along with Majnu, Tanveer and Zabi and two others, all Bangladeshis. They fabricated the IEDs at Imran’s house and handed them over to Rafi and Zabir, both Hyderabadis. It was Kareem Dabba, a childhood friend of Shahid, who planted the IEDs in the Masjid.

The mobile phone alarm system was used to detonate it. Shahid, police say, was sending money to all his terror modules through his brother Samad, in Dubai.

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