Two of the Sri Lankan suicide bombers, Ilham Ahmed Mohammad Ebrahim and his older brother Inshaf Ahmed, who had led the fidayeen attacks in Shangri-La and Cinnamon Grand Hotel which claimed 253 lives and injured more than 500 people, had travelled to Bengaluru, Kochi, Chennai, Mumbai and Delhi with valid passports on business in 2012, reports The New Indian Express on May 8. Indian investigating agencies have confirmed that two of them did, in fact, visit India in 2012 on business visas, but the duo did not receive any kind of training. Their father Mohammed Ibrahim, who was subsequently arrested, is a spice tycoon and his company Ishana Exports Pvt Ltd, based in Colombo, is listed in Trade India’s list of verified exporters offering quality spices and copper tubes, top sources in central intelligence agencies said. “Ishana has business interests in various cities from Kerala to Delhi. Seven years ago, Inshaf and Ilham had come on a business trip. They neither visited Kashmir nor did they participate in any training camp in India as has been alleged by the Sri Lankan army chief,” the source said. Highly placed sources have said that Sri Lanka has not yet shared any leads or information that link that attackers to India or their travel. Indian agencies have sought information from their counterparts in the island nation on the timeline and travel details of the terrorists to India along with their photographs. “Since the army chief has made a specific statement on the travel of some of the suicide bombers to India, they should be in possession of the information, which is critical for the security of the region. Sri Lanka has so far not provided any details. Hence, it (Senanayeke’s statement) remains in a realm of speculation,” said a highly placed source.