Terror email: American national undergoes lie-detector test, as ISI agent nabbed from Bahraich, Ghaziabad in U P

14 Aug 2008, TNN

MUMBAI: US national Ken Haywood and the CEO of a multinational company were on Wednesday subjected to a polygraph and brain mapping tests at the state forensic science laboratory in Kalina.

A terror email claiming responsibility for the Ahmedabad bomb blasts was sent to some private news channels on July 27 from Haywood's computer's internet protocol (IP) address. Haywood had denied his involvement and police suspect that his IP was misused by someone to send the mail.

Sources from the anti-terrorism squad (ATS) said that Haywood and his neighbour, Raheem Shaikh (name changed), were subjected to the forensic tests on Wednesday. Shaikh, chief executive officer in an MNC, was allotted a flat by his company on the 15th floor of Gunina apartment in Sanpada, Navi Mumbai.

Haywood too stays on the same floor. On Tuesday Shaikh's two cousins were subjected to these tests along with Rajesh Borkar, a VSNL technician. Six others, who live within the WiFi range of Haywood's flat, will be subjected to the forensic tests on Thursday.

The ATS had earlier recorded the statements of all the 12 persons. "They have given statements according to their wish. We are not conducting narco analysis test where an injection is given to bring the subject in semi-conscious state where he does not have control on his mind," said a senior ATS officer. Shaikh, the sources said, has not moved into the flat and is busy doing up the interiors of the flat for the past month. One of his cousins worked in a company in Libya for three years and returned to India in 2007. The other cousin works as a marketing executive and has his office in Malad. The duo stays in Vasai and would visit their cousin's flat in Navi Mumbai to check on the interior work.

The forensic tests began at around 10 am and lasted for three hours. "We will get the reports from the FSL in the next few days. We do not want to take any chance and are exploring all the angles," said ATS additional commissioner Param Bir Singh.

Sources said that the Shaikhs had visited the Gunina apartment on July 26 for a few hours. The Shaikh brothers had also earlier visited the flat. The ATS had also examined Shaikh's computer but did not find anything yet, a source said.

"We have not zeroed in on anyone as of now but hope to get important leads soon," said Singh. He added that the ATS has got the preliminary report of Haywood's computers which were examined at the lab.

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ISI agent, terrorist nabbed from Bahraich, Ghaziabad

14 Aug 2008,

LUCKNOW: The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of the Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday nabbed a Pakistani spy from Bahraich and a militant of Jamait-Ul-Mujahideen (JuM) from Ghaziabad in simultaneous raids that continued well past mid-night. Both the accused were Pakistani citizens and were sent by the ISI to trigger off terror strikes in India.

Though the investigators were yet to pick up any specific clue which could establish that they had some plans for the near future, senior officers have not ruled out possibilities of the module wrecking havoc during the Independence Day celebrations.

Inspector General (IG) ATS, AK Jain told TOI that the ISI agent, Mohd Masroor alias Manzoor Ansari had already established himself at Lucknow and was working at a business house in Lalbagh area under the alias of Ramesh Chaudhary of Rajasthan. A native of Abdul Jabbar compound in West Garden area near Nazeer Hotel in Karachi, Masroor completed his primary education from Ibrahim Ali Bhai Government School in Lasbela area (Jamaatkhana), Karachi but could not pursue his studies for long, Jain said.

A local resident, Aqeel introduced him to some officers of ISI at Shahraah Faisal Airport in Malir Cantonment after which he was sent for a 6 month training. During his training he was given crash courses in reading and writing Hindi, conducting reconnaissance, reading army tag numbers and rank structures, mapping and identifying gods and goddesses of Hindu faith. He was also trained to perform ‘arti' and ‘puja'.

In 2005, the ISI provided him with a passport and a visa in his original name and an Indian driving license in the name of Ramesh Chaudhary, coupled with a fake marksheet of High School following which he was flown from Karachi to Bangladesh from where he reached Kathamandu and subsequently entered India through Jogbani border. In November 2005, he reached Lucknow and started working as a helper at a business house in Lalbagh Area.

While working at the business house, he sent a series of e-mails and fax messages to his handlers apart from phoning them, with the call details showing that he had talked to people in Pakistan for more than 50 hours in a month (both incoming and outgoing calls included). "During interrogation Masroor revealed that he had carried out recces at Jaipur, Agra, Kolkata and Moradabad and sent details to his bosses in Pakistan. He also revealed that he not only got his ration card made but was also pursuing his name to be entered in the voters list," said Deputy IG ATS, Rajiv Krishna who supervised the operation.

Following sustained grilling, Masroor revealed that he was presently arranging logistics for some "visitors" who were to reach UP one by one. He said that one of the guests had already reached Ghaziabad and was known by the code name, Jaanbaaz. "We immediately sent the details of this person to our ATS West Zone unit in Ghaziabad and he was rounded up around mid-night," Rajiv Krishna said.

The second accused had identified himself as Faiyyaz Ahmad Mir alias Jaanbaaz of Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Sleuths seized around 2 kilograms of ammonium nitrate and RDX, a Chinese pistol and 30 cartridges from his possession. A Pakistani passport, an identity card, a citizenship card, as well as boarding passes of a Karachi to Kathmandu flight and that of an Islamabad to Karachi flight of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) were also seized from his possession. An E-ticket issued by one Flyer International Travel Agency was also recovered from his bag.

About his background, Faiyyaz said that he is a native of Listiyar locality under Kala Arush police station of Kupwara district in Kashmir and had crossed the Line of Control (LoC) in 2001 with some other youths of his village. In Pakistan he joined Al-Umar-Mujahideen (AUM) and was trained in use of explosives and firearms. A couple of years later, he entered into a dispute with his associates in AUM and joined JuM.

Source: The Times of India, New Delhi

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