The spreading tentacles of terror

Indore has been in the news before…but this time it is back for all the wrong reasons.

From NDTV: “Arrested SIMI chief planned terror strikes”

“…Arrested SIMI chief Safdar Nagori had called a meeting in Indore to finalise plans for major terror strikes across the country, police sources have said…SIMI activist Ehtesham has told the police that Nagori held a series of meetings to plan the strikes.

He also organised training camps in Madhya Pradesh to raise a local terror force. Nagori’s plan was to set up a completely indigenous jehadi outfit trained in the use of explosives and sophisticated arms.

…Ehtesham, who was caught after the Mumbai train blasts, has also revealed that Nagori played a key role in the Malegaon and Mumbai train blasts.

With the Indore arrests, the police have managed to catch almost all major SIMI chiefs.

…The Karnataka police have said that Nagori, Shibli and Adnan were involved in the foiled Hubli terror attack plot.

HT adds:

“…Nagori, who has been underground since September 2002 (when SIMI was banned), is suspected to be involved in a series of terror attacks across the country.

…The Maharashtra police wants him for his suspected role in plotting along with LeT operatives the 11/7 blasts and the August 25, 2003 twin blasts at Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar that killed 53 people.

The Lashkar links shine through…

“…A senior Intelligence Bureau official said that Nagori “was with the 13 arrested blasts’ accused, and nearly 13 other Pakistani Lashkar members who had been sent by its India chief Azam Cheema, who were involved in the blasts”.

not that it would surprise most of you…

Related Posts:

Malegaon, SIMI, “rule in and rule out”… 

Blasts? What Blasts?…Yeh to hota hi rahta hai… 

P.S. The Indore City Bus story is an extraordinary story in itself that is worth reading and repeating…Read how it was done here: http://www.citybusindore.com/howdid.asp