Police sources say the way in which operation was executed was amateurish
Police sources say the way in which operation was executed was amateurish
The US may be giving up on outsourcing, but the phenomenon is being actively pursued by terror groups.
Investigations into Sunday's Jama Masjid attack have led the Delhi Police to believe that the Indian Mujahideen might have hired local boys to carry out the operation.
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"Investigations till now have hinted at the involvement of men from western Uttar Pradesh in the incident. The planning was meticulous for the Jama Masjid attack, but the execution was not up to the mark," sources said.
They pointed out that the way in which the attackers executed the operation was amateurish, though the plan was not "bad", they said.
"The attackers couldn't make a bomb and they were not even able to shoot properly. One more fact that corroborates the involvement of the local goons is the way they were able to disappear in the narrow streets of old Delhi. No outsiders could have done it," a senior police official pointed out.
Highly-placed sources in the Delhi Police told MiD DAY that the big fishes - Lashkar-e-Toiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad and Indian Mujahideen - are outsourcing operations to local elements to escape close scrutiny by security forces and intelligence outfits.
"Also, even if they are caught it doesn't do much damage as such elements know nothing beyond the specific operation. It also brings down the cost to some extent," they said.
Sources said they suspect that local men were made scapegoats by terrorist modules active in the city by performing systematic mindwash on the subjects using footages of incidents like Godhra and Babri Masjid demolition.
The e-mail, sent by Indian Mujahideen claiming responsibility for the Jama Masjid attack, was traced to Mumbai but no arrests have been made.
Local goons
According to sources, a top team is now hunting for the local baddies and history sheeters in the walled city. They have been given notice to appear in the police station. About 12 police stations, including Jama Masjid, Kotwali, Paharganj, Hauz Qazi etc, have interrogated around 50-60 people having criminal backgrounds. The people, who are not responding to the notice and some who are absconding, are on the radar of the cops.
Investigations into the call details have also revealed that the attackers were in constant touch with some people in cities in western UP, indicating yet again the hand of IM.
Bombshell
Probe into the September 2008 serial blasts in Delhi revealed that the Indian Mujahideen were trained in making strong crude bombs through easily available substances. They planted six bombs in different areas of Delhi and only two bombs were recovered unexploded. Later on September 19 suspected IM men were gunned down in Batla House encounter. But these blasts clearly indicated that these men were thoroughly trained in making bombs and even using firearms in Pakistan.
The Indian Mujahideen is also allegedly involved in the Ahmedabad and Jaipur blasts. The police have nabbed some of the accused of the blasts but the big shots are still absconding.
| TARGET PRACTICE |
| The actual targets of Sunday's shootout near New Delhi's Jama Masjid were not foreign tourists, but the police, investigators, the media and onlookers. |
| SIM TRAIL |
| Mumbai Police and the Anti-Terrorist Squad are trying to find the person who procured a mobile SIM card -- on the basis of forged papers in the name of a woman -- that was used by the banned Indian Mujahideen (IM) to send an e-mail claiming responsibility for the Jama Masjid attack in Delhi. |
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