Shafi Sheikh, the ISI man who gave the train derailment order
On
a
day
when
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
said
that
the
Kanpur
train
accident
was
a
conspiracy
hatched
from
across
the
border,
the
National
Investigation
Agency
learnt
that
the
job
to
carry
out
train
derailments
in
India
was
tasked
by
Pakistan
based
Shafi
Sheikh.
NIA
officials
who
questioned
key
accused
Shamshul
Hoda
in
Nepal
learnt
that
he
had
been
tasked
by
Sheikh
to
carry
out
train
derailments
in
India.
While
Hoda
expressed
ignorance
over
the
Kanpur
incident,
he
said
that
the
plot
to
plant
explosives
on
the
railway
track
at
Ghorasahan
and
Nakardehi
in
Bihar
were
hatched
by
him
at
the
best
of
his
Pakistan
contact.
[Kanpur train tragedy a conspiracy says PM Modi]
A
two
member
team
of
the
NIA
which
visited
Nepal
on
Friday
to
question
Hoda
said
that
the
key
accused
had
denied
any
links
with
both
the
Kanpur
and
Kuneru
incidents.
The
Kuneru
train
accident
is
suspected
to
the
handiwork
of
the
naxalites,
NIA
officials
say.
Hoda
went
on
to
tell
the
NIA
that
he
had
met
with
Sheikh
at
Dubai.
During
the
meeting
the
two
discussed
the
plot
to
cause
a
train
derailment.
Give
me
something
spectacular,
Sheikh
told
Hoda.
Sheikh
according
to
NIA
officials
is
an
agent
of
the
ISI.
At
the
meeting,
Sheikh
told
Hoda
that
there
needed
to
be
a
spectacular
attack
in
India.
Go
carry
out
a
big
attack
and
then
send
me
the
newspaper
clipping,
he
told
Hoda.
The Nepal police during its probe learnt that Hoda had met with Sheikh regularly. However the police in Nepal were unsure about India's claim about Hoda being involved in train derailments. Hoda was arrested in Nepal, but not deported to India.
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