Author: Naveen Upadhyay
Publication: The Pioneer
Date: August 11, 2000
A series of secret meetings
of the front-ranking Nepal- based ISI agents and Kashmiri militants were
held in Kathmandu during the last three months where it was decided to
step up anti-India subversive activities.
The ISI has planned major
violence on August 15 and also set up a committee to execute it, according
to a classified document of the State Intelligence Bureau (SIB).
The document, a copy of which is available with The Pioneer, reveals that
several ISI agents with Dawood Ibrahim connection met in Kathmandu's well-known
Hotel Salti between May and July and chalked out plans to disturb India's
Independence Day celebrations.
According to the report
of the SP of SIB Amitabh Ranjan those who attended these secret meetings
included Dipak Malhotra, DR Tulsi Giri, Mahboob Shah (all allegedly linked
to the ISI) and Kashmiri militant Tariq Aham, and trans-border smugglers
Rajendra Bhakata Shreshtha, Bhaskar Rajkarnikar, Naim Shah, Tahir Shah,
Jamil Shah (all Nepali citizens). The name of a Nepali Congress leader
has also cropped up in the report.
The report states that
the anti-India elements might try to execute some violent design on August
15. Two persons named Jarnail Singh and Baljit Singh who have alleged
connection with the Babbar Khalsa International and Khalistan Zindabad
Force have been reportedly entrusted with the task of heading the squad
formed for this purpose.
The report also revealed
that Mahboob Shah will be camping in the terai region of Nepal to 'work'
in the Muslim-dominated areas while Dipak Malhotra and Rajendra Bhakt Shrestha
will be based in Kathmandu. The two would also be expected to win
over the security guards at the Tribhuvan Airport.
The report says that
these groups were also involved in running fake currency rackets in India
with support from Pakistan. Chota Rajan's syndicate and Zamir Shah
alias Zamin Shah, owner of a private cable TV network, are also reportedly
involved in running the fake currency racket, according to the report.
The report has also disclosed
that an official of the Pakistan Embassy in Nepal Nasim Sakur was providing
active support to these groups. Another Pakistan citizen Shawaz alias
Khalid Aslam was also equally active in supporting anti-India activities
from Nepalese soil.
Several other business
men from Sitamadhi, Katihar, Birjganj, Ram Nagar in West Champaran are
also linked to the gangs involved in running fake currency rackets.
According to the report
smuggler Hasan Ansari had close association with the Bahujan Samjwadi Party
MLA from Farbisganj Jakir Anwar, who is a history-sheeter and had won the
Assembly election from behind the bar.
