The IT engineer who bombed courts in South India
Terror organisations recruiting highly-educated professionals in their ranks has become a recurring theme
There is more proof to suggest that terror groups recruit only educated persons. Base Movement, a Kerala-based terror group originally known as the Al Ummah had recruited highly-educated professionals to carry out attacks.
Investigations
by
the
National
Investigation
Agency
show
that
a
systems
engineer
employed
with
a
major
IT
firm
in
Chennai
allegedly
built
the
bombs
which
were
planted
in
the
court
premises
at
Mysuru,
Chitoor,
Kollam
and
Nellore.
Identified
as
Dawood
Sulaiman,
this
systems
engineer
built
the
pressure
cooker
bomb
for
Base
Movement.
The
bombs
were
intentionally
built
to
trigger
of
a
low-intensity
explosion,
investigators
have
learnt.
The
terror
group
carried
out
a
series
of
blasts
outside
the
court
premises
and
going
by
the
modus
operandi,
it
appears
as
though
the
intention
was
to
scare
and
not
kill.
Sulaiman
has
been
a
key
figure
in
the
group,
since
he
is
the
one
who
drafted
the
electronic
propaganda
for
them,
according
to
the
NIA.
More bombs to come?
The propaganda was found on some pen-drives, and investigators suspect that this is a sign that the group was trying to send out a strong message. An analysis of the seized data showed that this group was planning on carrying out more strikes in the future.
The members of the outfit claim that they wanted to avenge the hanging of Yakub Memon and Afzal Guru, the lynching of Mohammad Akhlaq in Dadri and the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander, Burhan Wani.