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Arms haul: Foreign hand suspected

Arms haul: Foreign hand suspected

Author: S Ahmed Ali
Publication: The Times of India
Date: May 18, 2006

Investigations into the recent arms haul case, in which 43 kg RDX was seized, took a sharp turn on Wednesday when the name of foreign militant organisations cropped up.

The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and the Intelligence Bureau (IB), which together recovered the explosives and arrested around 10 persons from various parts of the state, are now probing the possible involvement of two major international militant groups-the Sri Lanka-based Liberation Tiger of Tamil Ealam (LTTE) and the Bangladesh-based Al-Mujahiuddin Ansar.

Investigators believe that these two are among the terrorist outfits which have easy access to explosives like RDX and weapons like AK-47s.

The ATS is now piecing together the jigsaw with the help of the Research Analysis Wing (RAW) and the CBI to know the route of explosives.

The ATS has till now arrested 10 persons who have been identified as Ameer Shakeel, Mohammed Tanvir, Sayyed Anwar, Abdul Aziz alias Raja, Abdul Gani, Afzal Khan, Mustaque Ahmed, Riyaz Ahmed, Javed Ahmad and Billal Ansari.

Though all the accused are believed to have confessed that the consignment was on its way to Gujarat to avenge the killings of Muslims, investigators are concentrating on the mode of transport used and the routes to establish the exact source of the consignment into Maharashtra.

Preliminary probe has revealed that the arms had been routed through Hyderabad, indicating the LTTE's hand. Sources in the RAW said the defunct LTTE has emerged as a major suppliers of explosives to the underworld and the Naxalites. The other angle being investigated is the involvement of Bangladeshi terrorist outfit.

However, the probe has come to an halt as the main accused Jainuddin alias Jasbeer Ansari-the front man of Lashkar-e-Toiba-is still absconding.

The director- general of police P S Pasricha said, "It is very early to say anything as we are still ascertaining various facts of the case".


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