Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Jundal had been on intelligence agencies’ radar for 10 years

Abu Jundal, 36, came into the focus of security agencies in New Delhi after he was identified as one of the handlers of the 10 terrorists that attacked Mumbai on November 26, 2008.
However, he had been on the radar of the intelligence agencies since the 2002 Gujarat riots, when Jundal allegedly joined the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and went to Pakistan to receive arms training.
The Anti-Terrorism Squad launched a hunt in 2006 after he managed to give the police a slip during an arms haul at Aurangabad.
Prior to this, he was an active member of the banned outfit Students Islamic Movement of India (Simi) in Beed district since 1995.
According to a senior official who was earlier with the ATS during the case, Jundal was the main receiver of the consignment in Aurangabad.
Officials said it was suspected that Jundal was the key figure in identifying prospective recruits in the state for terror outfits such as Indian Mujahideen (IM).
Over the past few years, the police have found active IM modules in Aurangabad and Beed. Even a Simi gang from Madhya Pradesh, which was busted a few months ago by the ATS, had a base in Beed.
According to the police, Jundal was the one who had mentored Himayat Baig, a suspected IM operative who was arrested for his involvement in the German Bakery blast in 2010.
Jundal had been on the run since 2006, before his luck ran out and the Delhi police arrested him on June 21.
On May 9, 2006, the ATS and the Aurangabad police had seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition meant for LeT operatives While 21 people were arrested in the case, Jundal managed to escape.

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