Accused in serial blasts, Nazeer also tried to send his associates to Pakistan for terror training using forged documents.
Accused in serial blasts, Nazeer also tried to send his associates to Pakistan for terror training using forged documents.
Investigations into the 2008 Bangalore serial blasts have revealed that Tadiyandavida Nazeer (33), an accused in the case, stole explosives being stocked illegally at a godown in Ernakulam two months before the incident.
He also stole identity documents from the godown, which were used to send his associates to Pakistan for terror training soon after.
The godown owner refrained from lodging a complaint about the theft, as he did not have a licence to store explosives, an official of the Bangalore Anti-Terrorism Squad said.
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| Tadiyandavida Nazeer confessed to having stored the explosives meant for conducting blasts in quarries, before they were transported to Bangalore in a rented vehicle. |
The Bangalore Anti-Terrorism Squad officials, who filed a charge sheet at the first additional chief metropolitan magistrate's court last week, learnt that after consulting PDP chief Abdul Nassar Madani and getting his approval for the terror attack, Nazeer zeroed in on Turitiyyal Traders, who were dealing in explosives, at Ernakulam.
After an extensive survey, Nazeer and his associates struck at the godown in Pelambaur in May 2008.
The accused made away with 20 kg of ammonium nitrate, 2,000 ordinary detonators, 75 safety fuse coils, passports, bank documents, election identity cards and Rs 500.
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Rebi Kuriyan, the godown owner, came to know about the theft the next morning, an official said.
After stealing the explosives, Nazeer forged the IDs and replaced the photo of the owner with that of Mohammed Fahis (24), another accused in the case.
He later gave the documents to Fahis and sent him to Pakistan along with three others for terror training, the officer said. Nazeer did this, as he wanted to evade being traced by the police, and also to train youngsters in Pakistan for future attacks, he added.
Four months after the blast, Fahis, who hailed from Kannur, was gunned down by the Jammu and Kashmir police while he was crossing the border along with three others.
On the runThe J&K police handed over the IDs seized from Fahis to Kerala SIT, which then questioned Kuriyan. The Kerala SIT tracked down Fahis' residence in Kannur.
They also questioned Fahis' father Abdul Rahman, who told the police that his son was in regular touch with Nazeer.
Meanwhile, Nazeer fled to Mumbai soon after the blast and from there, went to West Bengal.
He then crossed over to Bangladesh, but was caught by the Bangladesh Rifles and handed over to their Indian counterparts. Nazeer planned to go to Pakistan from Bangladesh, the officer said.
Assistant Commissioner of Police HM Omkaraiah, (ATC), who is investigating the Bangalore blast, took Nazeer to Fahis' house where Nazeer confessed to having stored the explosives before they were transported to Bangalore in a rented vehicle.
20 kgThe weight of ammonium nitrate that the accused made away from the godown in Pelambaur
2,000
Number of detonators that Nazeer and his associates stole
