The four absconding terrorists arrested in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case have told the Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) that they were brainwashed by Dawood Ibrahim’s gang member Mohammad Dossa. Sources in the Gujarat ATS, which arrested Sayyed Qureshi, Shoeb Qureshi, Yusuf Bhatka and Abu Bakar in May, said they told cops that Mohammad instigated them by misleading them about the atrocities committed against the Muslim community during the 1992 riots and convinced them to join D-Company.

During interrogation, the four arrested accused told the Gujarat ATS that Mohammad Dossa, who is in Pakistan, brainwashed them into carrying out terror activities. His brother Mustafa was convicted in the 1993 blasts case and died of a heart attack in 2017.