Malegaon, SIMI, “rule in and rule out”…
Finally, it seems that there is no need to “rule out anything or rule in anything“.
The investigation into the Malegaon blasts which prompted our esteemed PM to show his secular credentials by declaring how it would be inappropriate to “rule anything out or in” has finally concluded that it was the work of SIMI. See here and here.
So whats new?
1. Two pakistani nationals were also involved and 2. the police is at least hinting that there may be ISI involvement – although it cannot say so for obvious reasons.
For those of you who may be wondering why Muslims would ever bomb a mosque, Hkelkar has posted a string of links on Wikipedia which I am reproduciung below:
“Why would muslim terrorist bomb a mosque” (sic)
This is why:
http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/15/stories/2006041519180100.htm
http://in.rediff.com/news/2006/apr/14masjid.htm
http://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/terror/06-10-2005/9028-mosque-0
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4887856.stm
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P.S. Came across this gem while surfing today…Sadly doesn’t look like “Hindus posing as Muslims” or “a frame-up by the Sangh” either…
ATF Bluff Exposed – SIMI terrorist leader gives clean chit to Purohit, Sadhvi Pragya
13/11/2008 16:04:50 Courtesy:www.dailypioneer.com
Nagori narco test calls ATS bluff
Rakesh K Singh | New Delhi
…The report of the narco analysis test on SIMI commander Safdar Nagori and his close aides takes the wind out of the Mumbai Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) probe into the possible involvement of Hindu outfits and Army officers in the Samjhauta Express train blasts. Based on the ATS claims, a Haryana railway police team reached Mumbai on Thursday to interrogate Malegaon blast case suspects Lt Col Srikant Prasad Purohit and Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur.
The findings of the narco test of Safdar Nagori and his associates, Kamruddin Nagori and Aamil Parvez, show no involvement of Purohit and Sadhvi’s in the Samjhauta Express blasts. On the contrary, they admitted the involvement of the SIMI and jihadi elements behind the train carnage and Malegaon blasts of 2006.
The narco analysis test reports of the trio are with the ATS, Mumbai, which had also questioned the trio arrested by the Madhya Pradesh Police in March.
A joint director-level official of the operations branch of the Intelligence Bureau, responsible for the parallel investigation into the Malegaon blasts, said the Mumbai ATS claims about the involvement of the Sadhvi and Purohit are “far-fetched†as SIMI’s involvement in the case is “beyond reasonable doubtâ€.
Apart from the Samjhauta Express and Malegaon blasts, Nagori and his associates have also confessed to SIMI’s role and involvement of Muslims in terror attacks in Mumbai, Aurangabad, Hyderabad, Ajmer and the shootout at the American consulate in Kolkata.
Nagori told the team of doctors of FSL, Bangalore, “In the Samjhauta Express blasts, some persons from Pakistan had come and they had purchased the suitcase cover at Kataria Market, Indore. One person from (SIMI) Tanzeem had helped them to get the suitcase cover stitched. SIMI leader Abdul Razak had helped the Pakistanis in the Samjhauta Express blasts.â€
Nagori also revealed that Razak had informed him beforehand about the Samjhauta Express blasts. Razak had sought the help of West Bengal SIMI president Misbah-ul-Islam for the Samjhauta explosions. Razak has a number of relatives in Pakistan, according to Nagori’s revelations. Kamruddin Nagori also concurred about Razak’s involvement in the Samjhauta Express blasts.
Kamruddin said during drug interrogation, “There were good relations between Safdar Nagori and Abdul Razak. Abdul Razak had discussed the Samjhauta Express blasts with Safdar Nagori.â€
The banned outfit’s commander revealed that meetings were held by SIMI at Kurla, Kapadia Nagar and Mira Road in Mumbai for executing the terror attacks on Samjhauta Express and other blasts in the country. During the drug interrogation, Nagori revealed that SIMI has a strong presence in Maharashtra, including Malegaon, and he was “aware of the complicity of Muslims in the 2006 Malegaon blastsâ€.The 32-page narco analysis test report of Safdar Nagori, Kamruddin and Aamil Parzez quotes Nagori as having said, “In the Malegaon blasts (2006), some of the Muslim members were involved and that he (Nagori) was aware of it. SIMI members were involved in the Samjhauta Express train blasts.”
Nagori said, “The Maharashtra SIMI members were to take houses on rent to take shelter and to complete the tasks and targets given to them… They were often changing their hideouts.” He admitted that some terrorists from Pakistan had also come to Mumbai and the entire SIMI network in Maharashtra was involved in the Samjhauta Express blasts.
The report states, “He (Nagori) said Asif Khan from Maharashtra is his (Nagori’s) friend and that he is involved in the Mumbai train blasts and the blast at Aurangabad. After the blasts, Abdul Subhan alias Tauqeer and Asif Khan had gone to Hafeez’s house for hiding but did not find him at his place. Asif Khan met Tanvir and Yasir of Sholapur and they both arranged a hideout at Belgaum. Later, Asif was arrested from Belgaum.”
The chargesheet in the Malegaon blasts (2006) case filed by the ATS, Mumbai, concedes the “extensive presence” of SIMI in Malegaon and the outfit’s anti-India designs for waging a war against the Government.
shantanu , u fail to notice BJP and congress dirty politics taking place in the name of investigations .is there any agency available in india to honestly probe the role played by BJP and congress in various communal riots and bomb blasts ?AND shantanu , please remember that as far as india is concerned ,there is a very thin line that separates a communal riots from a bomb blast .political parties benifit from it in some way or the other . it helps the BJP consolidate hindu votes , it helps the congress send a chilling message to minorities ”u have no other choice but vote for us ” .
tarique: agree with both these points:
“…is there any agency available in india to honestly probe the communal riots and bomb blasts…”
and
“…political parties benifit from it in some way or the other…”
This is getting curiouser and curiouser..
From NIA puzzled as Malegaon blast witness flip-flops by Deeptiman Tiwary, TNN | Dec 3, 2012 (emphasis added):
NEW DELHI: Key witness and approver in the 2006 Malegaon blast case Abrar Ahmed’s contention that he was pressurized by Maharashtra ATS to take names of the Muslim accused in the case, has ironically become a roadblock in National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) probe of the case.
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“That aspect of the case is crucial to the investigation. However, now Abrar is putting the entire blame on ATS, alleging a large conspiracy to implicate Muslim men in which even Lt Col Prasad Purohit was involved,” said an NIA officer.
NIA is not ready to fully buy Abrar’s argument which he has made as part of an affidavit to court and also an interview to a news magazine. Sources said during NIA’s interrogation after his interview, Abrar denied having ever met Purohit.
“Also his ATS pressure theory does not seem entirely true. As per our investigation, ATS bought into his information after some confirmation from its own side. That is why it is important to know what was the source of his information and why he is making this statement now,” said the officer.
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…Interestingly, though, NIA has as yet not given a clean chit to the nine men arrested by Maharashtra ATS. “We have two versions of an incident and both are equally compelling. While ATS has backed its case with forensic evidence, Aseemanand’s confession in light of 2008 Malegaon blast case cannot be ignored. But until we get some evidence prove one of these right or wrong, everyone is a suspect,” said the officer. ..
From NIA believes Aseemanand not involved in Malegaon blasts, by Deeptiman Tiwary, TNN Jul 30, 2013:
…National Investigation Agency (NIA), which left him out in its recently filed chargesheet in the case, believes that Aseemanand was actually not involved in the blasts that killed 37 people.
Sources said Aseemanand was not in the know of the impending attacks beforehand and came to know of the blasts and a Hindutva fundamentalist conspiracy behind it only after they had occurred. In his confession too, Aseemanand mentions that it was slain RSS pracharak Sunil Joshi who informed him that his boys were behind the blasts.
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“There is no evidence to link him to either of the two Malegaon blasts. He was very close to Joshi who saw him as an ideological guru and hence shared his plans with him. Sandeep Dange and Ramji Kalsangra, who planned Malegaon 2008, did not share Joshi’s enthusiasm about Aseemanand,” said the officer. Sources said Aseemanand was influenced by Joshi’s commitment and work and helped him financially as well as with logistics.