MAKING A POINT: A delegation of Muslim leaders met ATS chief K P Raghuvanshi and expressed a desire to meet the suspects
Duo Couldn’t Understand Instructions
Mateen Hafeez I TNN
Mumbai: Miscommunication between the arrested terrorists and their handlers in Pakistan probably saved the city from another bloodbath. Investigations have revealed that the arrested suspects——Abdul Latif Rashid alias Guddu (29) and Riyaz Ali Imtiaz alias Rehan (22)—failed to carry out the attack on the ONGC headquarters as they couldn’t comprehend the instructions issued by their Pakistani handlers.The telephonic conversations recorded by the security agencies show that the Pakistani “Uncle’’ had been instigating the duo to set the ONGC’s office on fire, but the two didn’t know how to carry the fuel needed for the operation inside the building.
The Anti-Terrorism Squad on Wednesday recorded the statements of a shop owner from Mangaldas Market,where Latif had been working for the last eight months. But not too many significant details came out of it. The employer described Latif as a “hard-working” man and said that he paid Latif Rs 4,000 a month.
The ATS said that Latif, along with his brother in-law Riyaz Ali alias Rehan, wanted to carry out terror attacks at three places: Mangaldas Market, ONGC headquarters and Thakkar Mall in Borivli, where Riyaz worked.
The police have also grilled Latif to find out if he had done a recce of the Mumbai Police headquarters, which is located opposite to the Mangaldas Market. This place was earlier visited by arrested Lashkar-e-Taiba suspect Faheem Ansari three years ago. The ATS has not yet given clean chit to the ONGC employee whom the duo had befriended and wanted to execute the operation.
‘We want to meet the duo’
A delegation comprising Muslim community leaders met ATS chief Krish Pal Raghuvanshi on Wednesday and expressed their wish to meet the two suspects.
Farid Batatawala of Muslim Front stated that the intention of this meeting was to clarify facts. “We do not support any culprit. But, if these boys are innocent, they should be released,’’ he said. Raghuvanshi said that the ATS was working in the right direction and that they had not arrested any innocent person. “We will show the evidence in the court. No innocent will be arrested,’’ he said.
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