Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)

Bengaluru, Oct 1: Central crime branch (CCB) police have brought Zainulabidin, an Indian Mujahideen terrorist, to the city from Arthur Road jail in Mumbai. His custody was taken over on the basis of body warrant. During his questioning, the police have come to know that for most of the bomb blasts which occurred in the country, explosives were supplied from Mangaluru and Zainullabidin had played a major role in this transportation.

Zainullabidin happens to be a close confidante and associate of IM founder Yasin Bhatkal. Under the instruction of Yasin, he had undertaken the responsibility of transporting explosives to different destinations. For this purpose, he had appointed his followers at certain spots. Syed Ismail Ashfaq, Abdul Sabur, Saddam Hussain, and Riaz Ahmed Sayyadi, who were arrested in 2015, were active members of this group. This group had undertaken the task of taking explosives for different places for bomb blasts which happened in the country between 2011 and 2014.

Sources said that the team will continue to question the accused to know more about who gave them explosive material at Mangaluru and whether the accused were manufacturing explosive materials themselves.

When Yasisn Bhatkal was arrested by National Investigation Agency in 2013, Zainullabidin and others had fled to Saudi Arabia. From there, terrorist, Riaz Bhatkal, who was operating from Karachi and Dubai, was contacted and with the help of his follower, Syed Ismail Ashfaq, who was living at Bengaluru, plans to set off blasts were drawn up. A gang of four from Bengaluru were arrested by the central crime branch police during January.

Zainullabidin was taken to Parappana Agrahara prison where an identification parade was held. Zainullabidin was identified in the presence of jailed terrorists and more probe is needed to establish the links he had with other suspected terrorists, the police stated.