Indian Mujahideen - Suspects and Arrests

Suspects and Arrests

According to Gujarat police, the breakthrough in 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case came from five ‘switched-off’ mobile phone numbers. Joint Commissioner of Police (crime) Ashish Bhatia said that the terrorists had procured five SIM cards of phones that were switched off on the day of the blasts — 26 July. The analysis of the phone calls made to those SIM cards from PCOs provided them the key leads.

The arrest of ten suspects included the leader, Mufti Abu Bashir Ishlahi alias Abdul Wasir, who was arrested the help of Uttar Pradesh police At his father's home At Sarai Mir In Azamgarh UP on 14August 2008.

Bashir studied in the local Madarsatul Islah and later in Deoband in Saharanpur. According to the reports Bashir claimed that the bombings cost Rs 75,000 a SIMI activist sold his house in Kutch to get the amount.

Bashir, who had stayed in Ahmedabad along with Abdul Subhan Qureshi alias Tauqeer, a Co−conspirator, had bought five SIM cards using local names and addresses. He had used these cellphone numbers to remain in touch with the other members of the module at the planning stage of the conspiracy. Bashir had given the SIM cards to the bomb planters on 26 July, who had used them carefully. Each member had contacted the others through STD-PCO booths after successfully planting the bombs. These numbers were used only for receiving calls. Many of the calls were from Juhapura, where Zahid Shaikh, one of the key members of the group, lived at Sandhi Avenue near the Sarkhej highway. These numbers had become inactive immediately after the blasts.

Also, the Government suspects Indian mujahideen for the two blasts in Hyderabad, on 21 February 2013 at 7:01 pm.

Key members of the Indian Mujahideen in Mumbai police custody want to turn approver. A report by NDTV.com.