NDTV reports on July 2, that according to
sources
Fasih
Mahmood
is one
of the
founding
members
of Indian
Mujahideen
(IM)
and
that
he studied
in the
same
engineering
college
as Riyaz
and
Iqbal
Bhatkal-
the
Bhatkal
brothers
(founding
members
and
top
commanders
of IM),
who
are
currently
based
in Karachi
(Pakistan).
An engineer
by profession,
28-year
old
Fasih
is alleged
to have
been
involved
in the
Chinnaswamy
Stadium
blast
in Bangalore
and
the
shooting
incident
near
Jama
Masjid
(Delhi)
in 2010
and
is wanted
by both
Delhi
and
Karnataka
Police.
Hindustan Times further adds that,
Fasih
was
one
of the
five
men
who
transformed
the
Students
Islamic
Movement
of India
(SIMI)
into
the
IM almost
overnight
a decade
ago,
Delhi
Police
sources
claim.
“Tariq,
who
was
studying
there
and
was
just
20 years
old
at the
time,
was
one.
The
others
were
Riyaz
and
Iqbal
Bhatkal,
who
are
currently
in Karachi,
Yasin
alias
Shahrukh,
and
Fasih,
who
has
been
instrumental
in arranging
finances
for
most
of the
IM’s
terror-ops”,
according
to Police
sources.
However,
The
Times
of India
on
July
4, added
the
name
of Aamir
Reza
Khan
among
the
founding
members.
“The first time we received information about
him
was
during
the
interrogation
of Gauhar
Aziz
Khomani,
one
of the
six
IM operatives
arrested
from
Chennai’s
Selaiyur
in November
23,
2011,”
said
a Police
officer,
as reported
on July
2, by
Hindustan
Times.
“Sometime
in late
2003,
a meeting
had
taken
place
somewhere
near
the
(Anjuman)
university
where
five
men
decided
to form
the
IM,”
the
officer
added.
Fasih had, however, remained just a name for
investigators
till
they
got
hold
of Mohammad
Tariq
Anjuman
Hasan,
a 31-year-old
civil
engineer
staying
at Nalanda’s
Bihar
Sharif
and,
allegedly,
a founding
member
and
key
ideologue
of the
same
home-grown
terror
outfit.
Hasan,
who
confessed
to having
joined
Simi
in 1998
had
told
investigators
that
Fasih
had
been
crucial
for
the
outfit
since
2003.
Recent investigations have also revealed that
IM's
Bihar
module,
was
not
the
"latest"
but
the
"oldest"
module
formed
by the
terror
outfit,
as reported
on July
4, by
The
Times
of India.
"The
Bihar
module
was
the
first
one
to come
up under
the
tutelage
of Yasin
Bhatkal
and
Mohammad
Tariq
Anjum
Hasan,"
said
a source.
"However,
as this
module
was
more
ideologically
inclined
and
was
part
of the
core
group,
the
other
modules,
those
in Pune
and
Beed
in Maharashtra
and
Azamgarh
in Uttar
Pradesh
were
tasked
with
executing the
terror
attacks
across
the
country
till
2008.
It was
only
when
these
modules
were
either
eliminated
or busted
that
IM fell
back
on their
recruits
from
Samastipur-Darbhanga
and
Nalanda,"
the
source
added. |
