Indian Mujahideen founder Yasin Bhatkal arrested in Nepal: Reports

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Re: Probe if Yasin Bhatkal's arrest is based on crime or religion:SP

Kamal Amrohi is in the habit of turning everything into a communal issue.

One should just have to watch him in any TV debate.

The question that comes up is that it was well known Bhatkal was one of the founders of IM. Now, why was this not contested earlier, if it was false? Why now, when he has been caught?

And anyway, the elections are coming close.

Actually, he should also raise the issue as to was Kasab hanged because of his religion or for the crime he committed.

And interesting is that though the Bihar Police has apprehended him, they have fought shy to investigate - a procedure that is the natural corollary after an arrest.

Politics are at play?

Why should national security be compromised for political votebank?
@Ray Sir,

Kamal Amrohi was a famous director and script writer. He just shares his first name and home state with this creature called Kamal Farooqui.
 
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Re: Probe if Yasin Bhatkal's arrest is based on crime or religion:SP

On one hand SP demonise Narendra modi over allegation of mis-governance during the 2002 riots.

On the other hand, they want judicial enquiry over Batla house encounter and whether Yasin Bhatkal is a terrorist?

Is appeasement of minority more important than national security? He is on the top of the list of Most Wanted terrorist along with the likes of Hafiz Saeed and Dawood, yet Mr. Farooqi thinks he is innocent?
 

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@Ray Sir,

Kamal Amrohi was a famous director and script writer. He just shares his first name and home state with this creature called Kamal Farooqui.
Thanks.

I always mistake this coot's name
 
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Re: Probe if Yasin Bhatkal's arrest is based on crime or religion:SP

On one hand SP demonise Narendra modi over allegation of mis-governance during the 2002 riots.

On the other hand, they want judicial enquiry over Batla house encounter and whether Yasin Bhatkal is a terrorist?

Is appeasement of minority more important than national security? He is on the top of the list of Most Wanted terrorist along with the likes of Hafiz Saeed and Dawood, yet Mr. Farooqi thinks he is innocent?
Don't be surprised if he gets a seat from SP, but then its India Hafeez Saeed is referred as "ji" by Home Minister & Diggi Raja.

People should not be angered with terror attacks or whatever, Indian specially "Hindus" are the very first to be blamed for this catastrophe.

Perhaps living under some taliban rule where paying Jizya should be experimented then only they will be able to get their acts together.
 

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Yasin Bhatkal's handler a Pakistan Army Lieutenant Colonel

During interrogation, Yasin confessed the Pakistan Army officer was in regular touch with him over phone and emails, gave him instructions and take updates on works done.


- AFP
A Pakistan Army Lieutenant Colonel, serving in the ISI, was the handler of Yasin Bhatkal and used to give instructions to the arrested Indian Mujahideen co-founder for terror acts in India.

During interrogation, Yasin confessed the Pakistan Army officer was in regular touch with him over phone and emails, gave him instructions and take updates on works done.

The officer also sent money to Yasin through hawala channels and encouraged him to recruit more Indian youth in Indian Mujahideen through radicalisation, official sources said.

Yasin told the interrogators that his is not the head of IM in India and only follows instructions from both his Pakistani handler as well his boss.

During interrogations, security officials got the impression that Yasin wanted to protect IM activists in India as well as in Nepal and was not confessing about them and their hideouts.

The actual identity of Yasin, who is branded as the face of modern-day terrorism, is Mohammed Ahmed Zarar Siddibaba.

30-year-old Yasin said he never had any problem financially as his master in Pakistan often sent money to him and some of which he used to send to his family.

Sources said the laptop and mobile phone seized from Yasin's possession have been sent for forensic examination.

The two gadgets are expected to throw up vital clues in unravelling a number of terror modules.

The forged driving licence and a voter ID were also recovered from Bhatkal.

The sleuths also found that he used to write letters and make phone calls to his relatives in Karnataka and other places.

Yssin is wanted in around 40 terror cases and carried a reward of Rs 35 lakh.
Yasin Bhatkal's handler a Pakistan Army Lieutenant Colonel - India - DNA
 

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Well those who do not like or cannot stand non muslim can always move to Pakistan why resort to Terror?

It was the purpose of Pakistan/Bangladesh creation to be safe haven for all intolerant,fundamentalist Islamist Bigots.

Bhatkal you should have moved to Pakistan at very outset of hate against INDIANS.
 

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Tunda was also done the same way I suspect. This is being done after the problems Pakistan created after Jundal was handed over from KSA
Agree. Big fish like that do not simply take a walk across the border. They are so high up the food chain that they have no need to be physically present to carry out their acts in India. In all probability, both these arrests are 'staged'.
 

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I think there are sleeper cells all over the nation, including South India. My guess is, maximum will be in Kerala, followed by Andhra, mainly Hyderabad, then TN and finally KA.
I am sure entire South India has an extensive network of sleeper cells... Each cell gets activated per task and goes back to sleep as nothing had happened. .. and interestingly, each state's cells undertake acts in another stated.
 

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Dilsukhnagar blasts carried out at Pak colonel's behest: Bhatkal
Yasin Bhatkal, one of the country's most wanted terrorists arrested at the India-Nepal border a few days ago along with his aide Asadullah Akhtar, reportedly admitted to his inv-olvement in the Dilsukhnagar blasts in February 2013.

The two terrorists were brought to New Delhi in a special BSF plane and produced before the Patiala House Court, which sent them to 12-day custody of the National Investigation Agency.

Yasin reportedly told the investigators that the Dilsukhnagar blasts were executed with the information gathered by Syed Maqbool and Imran Khan, who are presently in jail for their alleged involvement in Pune blast case.

The duo had scouted Dilsukhnagar, Begum Bazaar and Abids on a motorcycle in July 2012, apparently on the instructions of Indian Mujahideen (IM). Yasin reportedly told the investigators that the blasts were carried out as per the instructions of a colonel based in Pakistan.
Dilsukhnagar blasts carried out at Pak colonel's behest: Bhatkal - The Hindu
 

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Breaking news helps Yasin Bhatkal associates Waqas and Tehseen Akhtar to escape - The Economic Times

NEW DELHI: Investigators lost the chance to nab Indian Mujahedeen's two main bombers Waqas and Tehseen Akhtar, thanks to an untimely leak of information of Yasin Bhatkal's arrest on August 29 morning. TV news reports alerted the duo to escape from a hideout in Mangalore immediately.

A senior government official, on the condition of anonymity, confirmed to ET that the Intelligence Bureau wanted to keep Bhatkal's arrest a secret for the first 24 hours and pointed out that even Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde was not aware of the development till the news broke on television channels around 9:45 am on August 29. He was only later briefed by Home Secretary Anil Goswami and Intelligence Bureau chief Asif Ibrahim about the same.

"In such a major top-secret operation that led to nabbing of IM head Yasin Bhatkal and his right-hand man Asadullah Akhtar, the first 24 hours of the interrogation are crucial for investigators looking for a clue on absconding associates who could be quickly nabbed.

However, the information of the arrest was leaked to the media and that golden opportunity was lost," the government official said.
Breaking news helps Yasin Bhatkal associates Waqas and Tehseen Akhtar to escape
The worst fears of the NIA and IB came true when they raided Flat number 301 on the third floor of Zephyr Heights Apartments on Attavar Road in Mangalore, days after Bhatkal's arrest. The flat was found abandoned, though several improvised explosive devices, digital timers, explosives and bomb detonators were strewn all over the flat.
 

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Breaking news helps Yasin Bhatkal associates Waqas and Tehseen Akhtar to escape - The Economic Times

NEW DELHI: Investigators lost the chance to nab Indian Mujahedeen's two main bombers Waqas and Tehseen Akhtar, thanks to an untimely leak of information of Yasin Bhatkal's arrest on August 29 morning. TV news reports alerted the duo to escape from a hideout in Mangalore immediately.

A senior government official, on the condition of anonymity, confirmed to ET that the Intelligence Bureau wanted to keep Bhatkal's arrest a secret for the first 24 hours and pointed out that even Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde was not aware of the development till the news broke on television channels around 9:45 am on August 29. He was only later briefed by Home Secretary Anil Goswami and Intelligence Bureau chief Asif Ibrahim about the same.

"In such a major top-secret operation that led to nabbing of IM head Yasin Bhatkal and his right-hand man Asadullah Akhtar, the first 24 hours of the interrogation are crucial for investigators looking for a clue on absconding associates who could be quickly nabbed.

However, the information of the arrest was leaked to the media and that golden opportunity was lost," the government official said.
Breaking news helps Yasin Bhatkal associates Waqas and Tehseen Akhtar to escape
The worst fears of the NIA and IB came true when they raided Flat number 301 on the third floor of Zephyr Heights Apartments on Attavar Road in Mangalore, days after Bhatkal's arrest. The flat was found abandoned, though several improvised explosive devices, digital timers, explosives and bomb detonators were strewn all over the flat.
thanks to the media

this is the same enthusiasm which screwed our special forces during a raid on taj in mumbai.when will they learn

atleast once the media should receive a punishment
 

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I would say media is not responsible ! Media announced a breaking news when it was revealed to media that, YB was caught.

It's those idiots in NIA or some moron govt officials who couldn't shut their bad mouth, wanted to blow the trumpets and thump their chest to show their bravery :facepalm:
 

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90 'ready-to-use' IEDs found at Indian Mujahideen hideouts in Mangalore, Hyderabad

NEW DELHI: Seventeen days after the arrest of Indian Mujahideen chief Yasin Bhatkal, one of India's most wanted terrorists, another discovery has left intelligence agencies stunned.

If sources are to be believed, agencies have recovered a whopping 90 IEDs (improvised explosive devices ) from Zephyr Heights in Mangalore and Abdullapur in Hyderabad among other hideouts, indicating that the terrorist organization was planning a series of bomb blasts across the country.

In what can be considered as further evidence of the plan, all these devices were almost ready for use at the instance of Yasin and his aide Assadullah Akhtar alias Haddi. "Only the circuitry was not connected to the IEDs otherwise these bombs were ready to use," said a top intelligence officer. Several unattached timers, batteries, detonators and shrapnels have also been recovered from various hideouts. All the IEDs, prima facie filled with ammonium nitrate, have been sent to forensic laboratories for examination.

A 'singing' Yasin Bhatkal — police jargon for an accused who is cooperating in interrogation — has revealed that he jointly prepared all these IEDs over several months with Pakistani bomb-expert Waqas, Tabrez (Assadullah Akhtar alias Haddi) and Tehsin Akhtar alias Monu since 2011.

The IEDs were reportedly being guarded by Yasin's confidante Tehsin and Waqas. But after Yasin's arrest on August 28, they fled from their flat in a hurry, said a source. The bombs that went off in Hyderabad's Dilsukhnagar on February 21, 2013 were also reportedly made in one of these hideouts.

Yasin, however, has not disclosed the future attack plans as yet, but intelligence officials believe the IEDs were to be used for a series of blasts. The IM founder, alongwith Tehsin, received "big amounts" for preparing the bombs and other expenses in Mangalore through Western Union money transfer, said an officer.

Yasin himself has not visited these places since 2013 as he had been exposed too much in previous blasts. But he used to interact with Monu and Waqas through email and on phone from numbers obtained through fake IDs. "Although Yasin himself arranged material for explosives from various places in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka in the past, he was instructed by Riyaz and Iqbal Bhatkal earlier this year that he should not go to India and stay in Nepal," said an officer.
NIA and other agencies have identified some places where IM members used to procure ammonium nitrate. It is suspected that IM operatives work alongwith some sleeper cells in the south for logistical activities.

"Riyaz and Iqbal have old friends in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh who may have helped in arranging rented accommodations for Waqas and Tehsin and earlier for Yasin," the officer said.

90 'ready-to-use' IEDs found at Indian Mujahideen hideouts in Mangalore, Hyderabad - The Times of India
 

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Indian Mujahideen wanted to nuke Surat, Yasin Bhatkal tells cops - The Times of India

NEW DELHI: The prospect of terror organisations getting their hands on a nuclear device has long concerned both security agencies and thriller writers. Now, it seems Indian Mujahideen India chief Ahmad Zarar Siddibappa alias Yasin Bhatkal too was thinking along similar lines. Bhatkal recently told interrogators that he was planning to explode a nuclear bomb in Surat, according to sources.

Bhatkal was arrested on August 27 in Pokhra, Nepal and has been constantly questioned by the NIA, Intelligence Bureau and police of several states. TOI has accessed the interrogation report.

Bhatkal told the interrogators that he had asked his Pakistan-based boss, Riyaz Bhatkal, over phone whether the latter could arrange a small "nuclear bomb". According to him, Riyaz responded, "Anything can be arranged in Pakistan".

"Riyaz told me that attacks can be done with nuclear bombs. I requested him to look for one nuclear bomb for Surat," Yasin told the officials.

"Riyaz told me Muslims would also die in that (nuclear bomb blast), to which I said that we would paste posters in mosques asking every Muslim to quietly evacuate their families from the city," Yasin said, according to the report.

However, the plan could not be initiated since Yasin was tracked by the IB and arrested in August.

Surat has always been on Yasin's radar and he had also played an important role in preparing 27 bombs along with Atif Ameen in 2008 when serial blasts took place in Delhi, Jaipur and Ahmedabad.

Yasin himself was the bomb expert of Indian Mujahideen and the outfit's bomb-making capabilities have been affected after his arrest, say intelligence officials.

The IM leader has also given details of army level training of IM cadres and other terrorists in Pakistan, which shows that advanced training is given to terrorists with the help of Pakistan. Elaborating on training schedule for IM members in Pakistan, Yasin said, "Training included morning PT, weapon handling and explosive/IED training, pistols to revolvers, AK-47 etc. Indian weapons like LMG, SLR and sniper rifles and so forth".

Yasin further stated that "we were also exposed to handling of explosives like PE3A (black colour explosive), C4, C3, TNT, etc. Besides this, we were also exposed to fabrication of IEDs with the help of ammonium nitrate, hydrogen peroxide, gelatin stick and so forth. This training schedule was for 50 days".

For all the plans and active operations, Yasin remained in touch with Riyaz Bhatkal. Riyaz, according to sources, had sent Yasin Rs 17 lakh in 2013 out of which his personal expenses every month were Rs 25,000.

A senior intelligence official said, "We have been coming across different kinds of IEDs over the years. The reason is that terrorists are undergoing all kind of advanced army level training in Pakistan with the help of ISI. And if terror outfits have access to nuclear bombs, then it is very dangerous for us (India)".
 

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IM wanted to nuke Surat, Yasin Bhatkal tells cops | idrw.org
Bhatkal told the interrogators that he had asked his Pakistan-based boss Riyaz Bhatkal, over phone whether the latter could arrange a small "nuclear bomb". According to him, Riyaz responded, "Anything can be arranged in Pakistan"."Riyaz told me that attacks can be done with nuclear bombs. I requested him to look for one nuclear bomb for Surat," Yasin told the officials.
I don't believe that it would be wise to simply dismiss this as unlikely without some analysis.

It can be assumed that Pakistan does have warheads that weigh about 500 kg or so and such a warhead would first have to be handed to terrorists by the Paki army (or stolen) and carried in a truck to Surat or wherever. The large size and weight make this possibility a little daunting for a terrorist. Many things are smuggled - but a 500 kg warhead suffers from the twin problem of being released/stolen in Pakistan and even if it is escorted to the border by Hafiz "oinkoink" Saeed there remains the problem of smuggling a large bomb into India.

More likely it would have to be a "small" bomb as mentioned by Yasin.

I had previously done some (open source) research into small bombs and had made notes. I located them and let me post some known facts.

The infamous atomic hand grenade is a myth. The smallest warhead issued by
the United States was probably the W-54 Davy Crockett, usually delivered by a
recoilless rifle launcher. The warhead was 27.7 cm in diameter, 39.9 cm in
length and massed 22.7 kilograms. Its yield was around 20 tonnes (not
kilotonnes) TNT equivalent. You just can't make a deployable warhead much
smaller or lighter and still have it work.
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The W54 nuclear warhead used for special purposes and the
Davy Crockett nuclear-artillery unit was about 11 inches diameter and weighs 51
pounds. The 155 mm W48 is 6 inches in diameter and weighs over twice as much,
and probably requires twice as much plutonium. Independent researchers have
determined that one model of US Army conventional implosion fission-weapon cost
$1.25 million per-unit produced, of which $0.25 million was the total cost for
all non-nuclear components and $1 million the cost of the plutonium.
Linear-implosion weapons, requiring two to three times more plutonium, are
considerably more expensive.
Regarding the feasibility of Pakistan having such a bomb to be given away to terrorists, there are a few technical points
A bare critical mass of plutonium at normal density and without additional
neutron reflector material is roughly 10 kilograms. To achieve a large
explosive-yield, a linear-implosion weapon needs somewhat more material, on the
order of 13 kilograms. 13 kilograms of alpha-phase (highest density) plutonium
at a density of 19.8 g/cm^3 is 657 cubic centimeters, a sphere of radius 5.4 cm
(diameter 10.8 cm / 4.25 inches).

Linear-implosion weapons could use tampers or reflectors, but the overall
diameter of the fissile-material plus tamper/reflector increases compared to the
volume required for an untamped, unreflected pit. To fit weapons into small
artillery-shells (155 mm and 152 mm are known; 105 mm has been alleged to be
possible by nuclear-weapon designer Ted Taylor), bare pits may be required.
Even after that the yield is very low - just 20 tons (not kilotons) - which is the bomb load of 4 F-16s. 15-20 kg of Plutonium can be used to make 4 to 8 proper nuclear bombs of dozens of Kilotons and are wasted in a small bomb. Nevertheless, it is technically feasible although I suspect Pakistan cannot spare that much Plutonium for a single low yield bomb to be carried by a terrorist group.

I wonder if Pakis really do have a warhead that fits into a Hatf size missile (30 cm diameter) which can be smuggled by terrorists. As mentioned above this take a lot of Pu and gives a very low yield. In fact i suspect Pakistan may not have enough Pu to spare for Hatf missiles because they are so wasteful of Plutonium.

I have read that Pakistan was producing Plutonium at 10 kg per year in 2007. That means that by 2007 Pakistan could either produce two "proper" warheard of 5 kg Pu each, or wait 2 years to produce one low yield, small/miniature werhead with 15 kg Plutonium. Of course Pakistan may now be producing 30 kg Pu per year - and may have manufactured a few 'wasteful" small warheads.

The question is whether these small warheads can be smuggled out of storage and then smuggled into India. In would seem to me that the TTP would be as keen as the LeT to get a warhead. Only the TTP may find it easier to smuggle the warhead into areas in Pakistan or Afghanistan and use it there.

There has gradually been a merging of training and resource assets of Taliban and LeT - as reported in various media. And although the LeT is pro Paki army and the Taliban are partly anti-Paki army, it will not be certain where a stolen warhead will go. The Paki army could give a warhead to the LeT for "deiability" but it is difficult to claim that a nuclear bomb came from a madrassa in FATA. The best way of hitting Surat, or for that matter Delhi would be via missile rather than terrorist bomb. If a bomb that was being smuggled across the border is caught the Pakistan will not be able to live that down.


Just my thoughts..
 

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