Dilsukhnagar blasts accused to be brought to city today

HYDERABAD: Alleged Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative Ajaz Shaikh, who has been named accused in the Dilsukhnagar blasts case, has not only been a hawala money organiser, but also the one who arranged fake identity cards for others involved in the twin blasts on February 21, 2013.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is investigating the Dilsukhnagar blast, is likely to bring Shaikh to the city and produce him in a local court on Monday.The NIA had named Shaikh as the sixth accused in the case.
During investigation by various security agencies after he was arrested by Delhi police last September, it was found that Shaikh had arranged fake identity cards like voter IDs, PAN and other documents to IM operatives—Asadullah Akhtar, Tehseen Akhtar and a few others including a Pakistan national named Waqas.
Using the fake ID cards, the other suspects procured mobile SIM cards and withdrew money directly from foreign exchange centres in Mangalore, both prior and post the blasts.
NIA sleuths had already established that fake ID proofs were submitted by Waqas and Asadullah while withdrawing money from Western Union Money Transfer and other foreign exchanges in Mangalore. After getting custody of Shaikh in the twin blasts case, NIA sleuths plan to ascertain the available information.
“Using various software tools, Shaikh created fake IDs and supplied them to IM operatives since 2010. With these fake documents, Asadullah had entered into a rental agreement with a flat owner in Mangalore in November, 2012, and subsequently came to Hyderabad to execute the twin blasts,” intelligence sources said.
As part of raising finances, the prime accused Riyaz Bhatkal had used Shaikh to send the first installment of Rs one lakh in cash through hawala. The transaction was received by Asadullah from a shop owner in Mangalore. Subsequent transactions were carried out by Waqas and Tehseen through foreign exchange outlets after Riyaz sent the money. “It has been established that the hawala money came from United Arab Emirates,” officials said.