Jun 22, 2004
Mumbai, Jun 22 (PTI) As controversy over Ishrat Jahan Sheikh's link with Lashkar-e-Toiba, continued to snowball, intelligence reports today claimed that there was substantial evidence to establish the 19-year-old college student's connection with the terrorist group and that she had visited some parts of the country with co-conspirator Javed.
Ishrat, who was among the four suspected LeT terrorists who were gunned down in an encounter with Ahmedabad police on June 15, "knew Javed very well and had visited Lucknow and Faizabad with him," intelligence sources told PTI.
"The duo had also stayed at Hotel Shivganga in Ahmedabad claiming themselves to be husband and wife", the sources said.
This information would be forwarded by Gujarat government to central government, they added.
The two were part of the LeT and working under the Dubai-based LeT chief, Mujmil, the sources added.
The intelligence sources said six leaders had been named in their hit list and each had been given a code name. "Those whose names were included in the list were L K Advani (Lala) Narendra Modi (Mubarak) Praveen Togadia (Tinkoo) Bal Thackeray (Kutta) Vinay Katiyar (Kanta), Uma Bharati (Behenji). "However the risk was highest to Modi", the sources said.
According to the sources, the LeT had spread its network in various parts of the country-- from Jammu and Kashmir to Delhi, Lucknow, Faizabad, Thane, Mumbai and Pune.
The main training centre of the group was at Muzaffarabad in Pak-occupied Kashmir, the sources revealed.
According to intelligence reports, Jacky-ur-Rehman, alias `Jackysaheb' was the operational chief of the LeT in Jammu and Kashmir.
Mujmil, a Pakistan-based terrorist, used to travel between Dubai and Pakistan with the intention of spreading terrorist activities in India and establishing various LeT network, the sources said.
Javed, who was employed as a wireman in Dubai, came to India in December 2002 and was involved in various `jehadi' activities. He was indoctrinated by making him view tapes on the Gujarat riots, the sources said.
The sources further revealed that the group had also hatched a plan to assassinate the former deputy Prime Minister, L K Advani during the run up to the elections. A plan to assassinate Advani during a public meeting had been foiled as `fidayeens' failed to reach the spot in time.
Advani had been on the hit list since he had been perceived as the person behind the Babri Masjid mosque demolition.
"Incidentally, Ishrat had visited the residence of Modi and had surveyed the place earlier," the sources said.
http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=230125
Mumbai, Jun 22 (PTI) As controversy over Ishrat Jahan Sheikh's link with Lashkar-e-Toiba, continued to snowball, intelligence reports today claimed that there was substantial evidence to establish the 19-year-old college student's connection with the terrorist group and that she had visited some parts of the country with co-conspirator Javed.
Ishrat, who was among the four suspected LeT terrorists who were gunned down in an encounter with Ahmedabad police on June 15, "knew Javed very well and had visited Lucknow and Faizabad with him," intelligence sources told PTI.
"The duo had also stayed at Hotel Shivganga in Ahmedabad claiming themselves to be husband and wife", the sources said.
This information would be forwarded by Gujarat government to central government, they added.
The two were part of the LeT and working under the Dubai-based LeT chief, Mujmil, the sources added.
The intelligence sources said six leaders had been named in their hit list and each had been given a code name. "Those whose names were included in the list were L K Advani (Lala) Narendra Modi (Mubarak) Praveen Togadia (Tinkoo) Bal Thackeray (Kutta) Vinay Katiyar (Kanta), Uma Bharati (Behenji). "However the risk was highest to Modi", the sources said.
According to the sources, the LeT had spread its network in various parts of the country-- from Jammu and Kashmir to Delhi, Lucknow, Faizabad, Thane, Mumbai and Pune.
The main training centre of the group was at Muzaffarabad in Pak-occupied Kashmir, the sources revealed.
According to intelligence reports, Jacky-ur-Rehman, alias `Jackysaheb' was the operational chief of the LeT in Jammu and Kashmir.
Mujmil, a Pakistan-based terrorist, used to travel between Dubai and Pakistan with the intention of spreading terrorist activities in India and establishing various LeT network, the sources said.
Javed, who was employed as a wireman in Dubai, came to India in December 2002 and was involved in various `jehadi' activities. He was indoctrinated by making him view tapes on the Gujarat riots, the sources said.
The sources further revealed that the group had also hatched a plan to assassinate the former deputy Prime Minister, L K Advani during the run up to the elections. A plan to assassinate Advani during a public meeting had been foiled as `fidayeens' failed to reach the spot in time.
Advani had been on the hit list since he had been perceived as the person behind the Babri Masjid mosque demolition.
"Incidentally, Ishrat had visited the residence of Modi and had surveyed the place earlier," the sources said.
http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=230125
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