Peerbhoy, the source said, was struck by the “physical strength” of the Bajrang Dal activists who were training in martial arts at a camp in Sinhagad on the outskirts of Pune. He was taken to the camp by mechanical engineer Asif Bashir Shaikh, arrested for his role in planting the bombs in Surat, and another arrested accused, Mohammed Akbar Ismael Choudhary, on the pretext of going on a picnic. According to Peerbhoy, the trio also spoke to some of the men in the camp and that he was reluctant to join the terror group until he saw the camp.
The source said that Peerbhoy mentions the May 18, 2007 Mecca Masjid blast in Hyderabad as the second significant factor in his indoctrination. Peerbhoy was in Hyderabad to attend a course on ethical hacking and cyber crime at Internet security solutions firm E2Labs from May 14 to 19. But he fails to explain how the blast, in which 9 people were killed, influenced him.
Said to be a “brilliant student” from a “very well-to-do” family, Peerbhoy was working as a principal software engineer in the Yahoo! India unit and was paid an annual salary of Rs 19 lakh when he was arrested on September 28. He is alleged to have headed the “media cell” of IM which drafted and sent e-mails that spewed venom at the government and politicians minutes before bomb blasts. Peerbhoy has filed an application before the special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) Court saying he wants to turn approver in the case.
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Moderate Islamist here
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