| Islam,Terrorism and Jihad | |
| 23 Jul 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com | |
| Indian Mujahideen: The Terror. The Threat. The Twist | |
By Rana Ayyub, Tehelka
Rana Ayyub examines the phenomenon of the Indian Mujahideen
THE INDIAN Mujahideen are both a grave threat and a complex puzzle for this country. As recently as June-end, the Gujarat Police released the interrogation report of one of IM’s key operatives, Danish Riyaz, 29, a software engineer from Ranchi. The Crime Branch had arrested him on 22 June at Vadodara railway station aboard the Secunderabad-Rajkot Express after a tip-off. He was accused of sheltering Abdul Subhan Qureshi in Ranchi, allegedly a mastermind of the Delhi and Ahmedabad blasts of 2008. Under interrogation, (TEHELKA has a copy of this report) Riyaz said that at the moment, the organisation was lying low as most of its operatives were in jails across various parts of the country. He also maintained that with the few number of operatives left , it was a difficult task for the IM to operate in the country and generate any funds. However if news reports appearing on TV channels are to be believed , then Riyaz has now told investigators post the Mumbai blasts that many key IM members who had managed to flee India after the 2008 Batla House encounter were now in touch with the Taliban and were receiving training in Saudi Arabia and across Pakistan. A surprising variation from his earlier statement of the IM being on a backfoot.
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