Pakistan directs Lashkar to revive modules focus on pan India attacks
The Lashkar-e-Tayiba has decided to expand its operations and has instructed its cadres to strike at different parts of the country. The outfit had restricted itself to Jammu and Kashmir since the past few years and has now decided that it would expand its network.
The Lashkar-e-Tayiba already has dedicated cells and modules in different parts of the country. It has also asked its module in Bangladesh to activate itself and infiltrate operatives through that side of the Indian border.
In its chargesheet, the National Investigation Agency has said that two operatives of the Lashkar-e-Tayiba Sheikh Abdul and Naeem were tasked with reviving the outfit in other parts of the country. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) named 10 persons -- five of whom have been arrested, while the rest are absconding -- in its charge sheet filed before District Judge Poonam A Bamba.
The charge sheet, which also names two persons, who have turned approvers, will be taken up for consideration on July 4, the next date of hearing.
Besides
Naeem,
the
final
report
has
named
Bedar
Bakht,
Towseef
Ahmad
Malik,
Dinesh
Garg
and
Adish
Kumar
Jain
as
accused,
who
were
arrested
from
different
parts
of
the
country,
and
are
currently
in
judicial
custody.
The
charge
sheet
named
Habib-ur-Rahman,
Gul
Nawaz,
Javed
and
Mohd
Imran
as
absconders,
besides
one
Amzad,
a
Pakistan
resident.
The
report
also
listed
the
role
of
Mahfooz
Alam
and
Abdul
Samad,
who
were
granted
conditional
pardon
by
the
court
earlier
this
month
after
both
turned
approvers.
The
case
was
registered
on
November
27,
2017,
against
Sheikh
Abdul
Naeem,
Amzad
and
others
on
allegations
that
Naeem
was
involved
in
receiving
funds
from
Pakistan
and
UAE
based
LeT
operatives
for
terrorist
activities
in
India,
and
using
it
to
establish
hideouts,
recruit
people
for
the
outfit
and
to
do
reconnaissance
of
targets
in
India.
Naeem, in pursuance of the larger criminal conspiracy to carry out the subversive activities in India, infiltrated into the country from the Bangladesh side along with three of his associates -- Muzaffar Ahmed Rather, a Jammu and Kashmir resident, and two Pakistan-based terrorists, Md Abdulla and Md Yunus -- in 2007, and while infiltrating into the Indian territory, he got arrested, the charge sheet said.
It
added
that
while
Rather,
Abdulla
and
Yunus
were
awarded
death
sentence
by
a
West
Bengal
court
in
January
last
year,
the
trial
against
Naeem
is
still
pending
since
he
had
escaped
from
custody
in
August
2014,
while
being
taken
from
Kolkata
to
Maharashtra
for
a
court
attendance.
"After
his
escape,
Naeem
continued
his
activities
as
an
active
member
of
the
LeT
and
remained
in
telephonic
(voice
and
VOIP
calls)
and
internet
(Nimbuz)
contact
with
his
handlers
of
LeT,
including,
but
not
limited
to
Abdullah
Rashid
of
Faisalabad,
Pakistan,"
the
final
report
said.
An
Interpol
Red
Notice
was
issued
against
Rashid
in
2009.
"On
the
instructors
of
his
LeT
handlers,
Naeem
carried
out
reconnaissance
of
hotels,
restaurants
and
other
places
frequented
by
Jews,
Israeli
tourists,
at
and
around
Tosh,
and
Kasol
at
Kullu
in
Himachal
Pradesh
for
carrying
out
jihadi
activities.
"He recorded the videos of these places on his mobile and typed coded messages on his mobile to be sent to his handlers in Pakistan," it said.
It claimed that with the investigation in the case, a large network of the LeT, operating in the country and posing a serious security threat to the country, has been neutralised.
"The role of Abdul Samad, a hawala operator, based in Muzaffarnagar, was established, who in connivance with Saudi Arabia-based Gul Nawaz and Muzafarnagar, UP-based jewellers Dinesh Garg and Adish Kumar Jain received funds from Saudi Arabia and delivered them to Naeem and others," it said.
The accused were charged under various sanctions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Indian Penal Code, Passport Act, Aadhaar Act and Arms Act.