Mumbai Blasts:A Saudi Funded Op

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>1. Funds for the Mumbai Blasts Came from Saudis

>     Posted by: "srinandan (AT) aol (DOT) com" srinandan (AT) aol (DOT) com srinanda108

>     Tue Aug 1, 2006 5:56 pm (PDT)

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>'Saudi-based NRIs funded blasts'

>Somit Sen

>[ 2 Aug, 2006 TIMES NEWS NETWORK ]

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>MUMBAI: More than nine lakh riyals - nearly Rs 1.2 crore - were transferred

>from Saudi Arabia to Mumbai in the past one year for the 7/11 blasts, said

>anti-Terrorists squad sources on Tuesday.

>A part of the money was used over a period of six months to plan and execute

>the blasts on Mumbai's suburban trains, which highly placed sources said was

>the  job of Lashkar-e-Taiba, which had used ex-SIMI members.

>An officer, involved with the 7/11 investigations, told TOI that NRIs in

>Saudi Arabia had funded the Gujarat Muslim Revenge Force in 2003, when it

>carried out twin explosions at Gateway of India and Mumbadevi - killing 53  people.

>"A similar group of NRIs funded the train blasts and the motive again is

>revenge for the Gujarat carnage. If you see a list of casualties, 12 men are

>Gujarati diamond brokers while 25 injured are Gujarati businessmen. The entire

>operation was meticulously planned and terrorists had studied the profile of

>passengers," the officer stated.

>Sources told TOI the money was sent to India through hawala and at least a

>dozen locals were involved, including two from Pune, two from Mumbai and one

>from Bihar. Those detained in this connection include Altaf and Badrul Jama,

>but  a key operator, identified as Kamrul, is still absconding.

>Police said while part of the funds received were used to carry out dry runs,

>  to procure or transport material for explosives, to arrange accommodation

>and  transport for operatives, a significant amount is still lying around.

>The ATS suspects some of the money has been stashed away in bank accounts and

>  fixed deposits. At least 10 banks are under scanner and even the economic

>offences wing is looking into the matter.

>The bank accounts of LeT's operator Faizal and Tanvir Ansari are being

>closely studied for transactions in the past six months, sources said.

>A senior ATS officer said investigators have got identities of those who

>planted explosives. He added, "There were only three planters and one chief

>co-ordinator. The chief's role was to time the bombs and wait in the subway at

>Churchgate station."

>The modus was simple. The planters waited for the chief co-ordinator to give

>a bag and a 'go-ahead' signal following which they walked up to a platform

>and  boarded a train. While one went in and kept the bag, the others provided a

>camouflage.

>The trio got down just as the train left the platform and returned to the

>subway, where they picked up the next bag. Four bags were planted on platforms 3

>  and 4 and three on platforms 1 and 2. The four then escaped from the subway,

>  police said.

>Said an officer, "We are in the process of finding out names of the funders

>in Saudi. One of them is called Abu, but that is not his real name. It is just

>a  title you acquire after receiving Lashkar training in Pakistan-occupied

>Kashmir."

>_http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1838640.cms_

>(http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1838640.cms)

 

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