Qaida men went to Pak, met Saeed, Lakhvi: Cops

NEW DELHI: Indians who joined the al-Qaida were moved by acts of violence against Muslims such as the 1992 Babri mosque demolition and 2002 Godhra riots, Delhi police has said in its chargesheet against 17 men for allegedly establishing a base of al-Qaida in Indian subcontinent.
The special cell of the Delhi Police said some of them had gone to Pakistan and had met JuD chief Hafiz Saeed, LeT chief Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi and several other terrorists.
"While delivering speeches in various mosques, arrested accused Syed Anzar Shah met Mohammad Umar (one of the missing accused) and they discussed atrocities on Muslims in India, especially Godhra and Babri Masjid issues. Umar got impressed committed himself to the cause of jihad and expressed the desire to receive arms/ammunition training from Pakistan," the chargesheet said. It said that Umar was operating from Pakistan.
Police said another arrested accused, Abdul Rehman, had provided hideouts in India to Pakistani militants Salim, Mansoor and Sajjad, all members of JeM who were later killed in a shootout in Uttar Pradesh in 2001.
They had come to India to avenge the Babri Masjid demolition and had planned to attack Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, the chargesheet filed on June 10 claimed.
Of the 17 accused named in the chargesheet, 12 are missing. In its final report, the agency has charged five arrested accused - Mohd Asif, Zafar Masood, Mohd Abdul Rehman, Syed Anzar Shah and Abdul Sami.