Ishrat jahan was IM recruit :Yasin bhatkal The arrest and subsequent interrogation of Yasin Bhatkal has given conclusive evidence to the security agencies in India on pro-active involvement of Pakistan’s ISI in formation and operations of the Indian Mujahideen (IM) in 2000. Disclosing that Yasin Bhatkal has also confessed that Ishrat Jehan who was killed in an encounter in Gujarat was an IM module, authoritative security sources in the home ministry told this newspaper that there are more than 15 active IM modules who are taking shelter in Pakistan. Refusing to divulge actual identities of these youths that security agencies have succeeded in establishing after the arrest of Bhatkal, security sources said that they have been taken to Pakistan for training. Clarifying that the IM was formed with specific agenda of Pakistan to perpetrate terror attack on India without leaving any footprint, security sources said that IM modules were not trained for targeted killing. Pointing out that IM modules had mandatory instruction of using home made explosives, sources said that IM was used for targeting civilian gatherings only. Informing that IM modules used to get instruction about their targets at very short notices from Pakistan, sources said that founder and top leadership of IM — engineer-turned-jihadist Riyaz Bhatkal and his brother Iqbal are holed up in Pakistan. Asserting that IM had no nexus with organisation like Lashkar-e-Tayyaba and other ****** forces of Southeast Asia, security sources said that IM was used for only India specific operations since 2008 more proactively. Informing that Yasin has confessed his involvement in all the blasts, which the terror outfits had carried out in various cities of India, security sources said that confession and corroborative evidences emerging from the arrest of Yasin Bhatkal has been kept a closely guarded secret deliberately as it has potential of triggering a political controversy that may led to serious embarrassment for the government. About Gujarat encounter in which Ishrat Jehan was killed, security sources however blamed over-enthusiast police officers of Gujarat police who messed up the post encounter events in their bid to take credit. Admitting that security agencies could not get any specific list or strength of the IM modules in India, security sources said that arrest of Yasin and his few associates is bound to have impact on the activities of IM. About taking youths for training to Pakistan, security sources said that IM was using corridor of West Bengal with Bangladesh and Nepal to send youths recruited from Bhatkal in coastal Karnataka, Pune, Azam-garh, Darbhanga in Bihar and Gujarat to Pakistan. ‘Over 15 IM modules holed up in Pak’ | The Asian Age Source: defence.pk/forums/central-south-asia/284390-ishrat-jahan-im-recruit-yasin-bhatkal.html#ixzz2iSC6LJIy
Posted on: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 12:35:47 +0000
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