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Publication: Communalism
Combat
Date: August 2000
Note: An investigation
report prepared by the AP police on the little-known 'heretic' Muslim sect
whose leaders allegedly bombed churches in AP, Karnataka and Goa
to heighten Hindu-Christian rift
We are reproducing below
the report prepared by the Andhra Police, in full, and which has been made
available to Communalism Combat. But to begin with, we must make it clear
that it is not for us but the courts to decide whether the accused leaders
and members of the Deendar Anjuman are guilty of the charges levelled against
them. We are reproducing it nonetheless because we are reproducing it nonetheless
because we find it extremely educative in many ways.
So as to retain the original
flavour of the report, we have limited our editorial function to the use
of only a few punctuation marks, for ease of reading. Otheriwse, even spelling
mistakes have been left untouched.
DEENDAR Anjuman is a
fanatic Muslim sect founded in the year 1924 at Gadag in Karnataka by one
Siddique Hussain. The sole objective of this sect is to Islamise India
through proselytisation and preaching. Unlike other fanatic Muslim organisations,
it had chosen a unique method of propagating Islam by using scriptures
and popular beliefs, mythologies and prophecies of other religions.
In furtherance of achieving
their objective the preachers of DDA study the scriptures of other religions
and point out the lacunae and contradictions in them in order to impress
the people that the Islam is the only complete religion in the Universe.
It has targeted certain influential sections of Hindu Society like Lingayats
and under-privileged sections like Daliths and succeeded in converting
some of them into Islam.
Brief History
Siddique Hussain, founder
of Deendar Anjuman was born in the year 1886 at Balampet (V) of Gulbarga
district in erstwhile Nizam state. He was an ophthalmologist by profession.
At the age of 40 he claimed that he got divine revelation, saying that
he is the incarnation of Chanbasweshwar, the founder of Lingayat sect,
and assumed a name 'Hazrat Moulana Deendar Chanbasweshwar Qibla' - to attract
and influence Lingayats towards Islam, who at that lime were against the
dominance of Upper Castes.
He assumed the name 'Hazrat
Moulana Siddiq Deendar Chanbasweshwar Quibla' in order to avoid any adverse
reaction; he propounded a theory that Lingayats are descendants of Arabs.
After the First World War rapid changes occurred in the world and in India
also, like downfall of calipha, erosion of Muslim political power in India,
freedom movement, Aryasamaj and its shuddi movement gave birth to several
reactionary and self-strengthening movements among Muslims of India. The
DDA is one among them, which cleverly masked its hatred towards other religions
under the guise of Universal peace and brotherhood and embarked on the
path of Islamisation.
The general Hindus and
Christians considered DDA as liberal and secular, while the orthodox Muslim
sects like Ahle Hadees, Tabligh-e-Jamath, and JEI etc. branded them as
heretics. However, it turned out to be a highly fanatical and shrewd Muslim
militant organisation.
The founder of Deendar
Anjuman had mastered more than 10 languages and read the scriptures of
all other important religions. He selected economically and socially backward
areas of Nizam state like Gulbarga, Gadag, Nanded, Sholapur etc. for propagation
of his ideology.
He established a school
of World Religion at Bangalore. Later on, it was shifted to Hyderabad,
in which students were taught comparative studies of all prominent religions.
He conducted international
religious conferences every year. He propounded five fundamental principles,
they are:
1. Eko Jagadeeswar -
Belief in unity of God (Allah).
2. Eko Jagad Guru -
Belief in world teacher (Jagatguru, i.e., Prophet Mohammed).
3. Sarva avatar satya,
sarva dharma granth satya - Belief in all prophets, avataras and their
revealed scriptures.
4. Samatha - Equality
among human beings.
5. Sammelan Pradhana
Composite form of prayer.
He said that previous
messengers and avataras were sent for delivering God's message to a particular
section of people of particular lands, Mohammed is the last prophet and
he is the prophet for entire mankind (i.e., Jagad guru). He is the Kalki
avatar for Hindus. So there is no need for Hindus to wait for Kalki's arrival,
as he had already arrived in the name of Mohammed. All the religions are
like rivers leading to the ocean (i.e., Islam).
He claimed that the arrival
of Prophet Mohammed is mentioned in most of the scriptures, mythologies,
puranas and prophecies of all religions. To substantiate this theory, he
quoted various prophecies from 'songs of Solomon', 'the book of Daniel',
the book of 'Psalms', 'Sara's prophecy' and Hindu scriptures like Bhagawatpuran,
Kalkipuran, Bhavishyakoti Puran and Atharva Veda.
Finally, he argued that
all the religions in the world except Islam are incomplete and Mohammed
is the last and final prophet for entire humanity. So, salvation to mankind
lies only in Islam. For that they must convert into Islam and read Kalma.
He tried his level best
to attract Hindus, especially of low socio-economic background by putting
forth a number of theories and arguments.
Cow slaughter
He argued that cow sacrifice
is in vogue in Hinduism. In Vedic period people used to sacrifice cow and
divinities like Rama, Sita, Krishna, Arjuna etc. sacrificed cows. Marathas
and Rajputs cleverly started the cow protection movement to create hatred
on Muslims and thereby weakening their (Muslims) political power. So, there
is no sanctity for a cow and cow slaughter is not a crime.
Siddiq Hussain propounded
another peculiar theory in order to win over the lower strata of Hindu
society. He wrote a book titled as Lingayat in which he claims that the
inhabitants of peninsular India, i.e., Dravidians are ancient Arab migrants.
The king Vaali is nothing but corrupt form of Arabic word Waali. The Dravidians
are Shiva worshippers; ancient Arabs also practised phallic worship. The
Aryans (i.e., modern-day Christians) attacked and subjugated the Dravidians
and destroyed their cultural legacy. Only with the advent of Islam and
subsequent establishment of Islamic states in Deccan, the Dravidians were
freed from Aryan yoke. All the 10 avatars of Hindu mythology are the avatharas
of Vishnu only. So, Dravidians had nothing to do with them.
In his attempt to attract
Lingayats into Islam, he has shown lot of similarities between Lingayats
and Arabs, like prevalence of widow remarriage and polygamy and similarities
in burial customs etc. He claimed that at the age of 40 years, God thrice
revealed him that he was 'Chanbasweshwar' (founder of Lingayat sect).
All the above claims
and theories unveil the real intention of Siddiq Hussain to convert the
majority community into Islam.
He prepared (63) preachers
(muballigeen) to spread his message. A dress code was fixed for them green
turban; pink cloak, pink or black waistcoat; light orange or saffron colour
kurta, pyzama.
The general followers
are called muwains. Every muwains should take an oath of allegiance called
baith from the head of the sect. During baith, the followers have to proclaim
that they will sacrifice their lives and properties to their gurus.
Organisation
The headquarters is located
at Asifnagar, Hyderabad, called as Khankha-e-Sarwar-e-Alam.
Consists of 9 office
bearers: President, vice-president, general secretary, secretary, director,
publicity Secretary, accountant, treasurer, superintendent.
It has three committees:
general body, executive committee, managing committee.
There are 23 Board of
Directors who will elect the above office bearers for a tenure of 3 years.
President shall he the representative of the founder of the Anjuman.
The head-quarters is
located in an area of 4 acres and six guntas, which comprises two mosques,
one for males and another for females, one langar khana, grave yard, library,
dargah of founder and open ground for meetings.
According to Rule No.58
(General Rules) only Muslims can become the members of the Anjuman.
Finances
Donations from followers.
Most of the Deendar youth who are working abroad, especially in Gulf countries,
send donations.
Publication
The founder wrote about
20 books, which were translated into English, Telugu, Urdu and Kannada.
They published monthly journal called Deendar for some time, but it is
not coming out regularly.
Activities
During the Nizam rule
the Deendar Anjuman was aggressive in preaching and conversion. Deendars
enjoyed Nizam patronage initially and got 4 1/2 acres of land as gift at
Asifnagar.
During the last days
of Nizam's rule, Khasim Razvi (head of Rajakars) developed antagonism towards
Deendars. The Nizam also expressed his displeasure towards them.
After the accession of
Hyderabad into Indian Union the Deendar Anjuman continued its activities
in a low key. The Deendars started preaching by pointing out the similarities
between the prophecies and mythologies of Hinduism and Islam.
On 9-8-1957, Mohammad-ul-Qureshi,
a senior functionary of Deendar Anjuman, while addressing a Friday congregation,
stated that there is a need for nuclear device like hydrogen bomb and atom
bombs for strengthening of Islam.
The violent trend of
DDA can be traced back to its inception, wherein the founder himself in
his speech at a meeting in the year 1939 at Asifnagar, Hyderabad, exhorted
the audience to learn the use of weapons. On the occasion of Bakrid, Siddique
Deendar has published a pamphlet appealing the Muslim community to sacrifice
their lives for the sake of Islam. He also advised them to arm with lathies
and swords.
On 7-4-1939, in his address
after Friday prayers, he exhorted the Muslims to be united and not to trust
the friendship of Hindu community. He announced that the donations collected
on behalf of Deendar Anjuman would be utilised for the welfare of Muslims
and Jehad.
During May/June 1939,
DDA raised a volunteer Corps, which was later on called as 'Jamait-e-Hizbullah'.
About 10 guns were purchased
for this purpose. In 1944 July, the then government denied permission to
DDA to hold a conference in its premises at Asifnagar. DDA has issued a
pamphlet under caption 'Tofa-e-Darwesh' calling upon Muslims to establish
Khilafat and to convert the infidel kings to Islam.
In 1948, Deendar Anjuman
was declared unlawful by the Nizam government under see. 13 of P.S.A. (Gazette
extraordinary No.15Vol.79) dated 25-12-1357 Fasli and arrested Siddique
Deendar and 200 of his followers and interned them. Siddique Hussain Deendar
died in the year 1952.
On 18-6-1954, Abdul Ghani
Hameed, a DDA leader addressing a meeting at Asifnagar, warned Hindu Mahasabha
and Arya Samaj that if Arya Samaj continued its shuddi programme the Deendar
will make all the Hindus to embrace Islam.
Moulvi Syed Rasool, the
vice-president of DDA in the address during the annual congregation (urs)
in the year 1957 stated that Deendars would launch crusade whenever atrocities
were committed on the Muslims.
Founder Siddiq Hussain
had 4 wives and 12 children. Zia-ul-Hasan, the eldest son of Siddiq Hussain
migrated to Pakistan along with his family. He used to visit India frequently
to attend his father's urs in Razab month at Deendar Ashram, Asifnagar,
Hyderabad.
Deendar Anjuman has a
separate unit at Mardan in the North-Western Frontier Province of Pakistan.
The president of the unit is Syed Ziaul-Hassan, son of the founder of the
sect. He migrated to Pakistan in the year) 1948 and settled at Shakeer
Manjil, Karvan Road, Mardan (NWFP) Pakistan.
He has another house
at Landhi-I, sector-48, Karachi, Pakistan. He has 7 sons and 7 daughters.
He visits India (Hyderabad) along with his sons to attend annual urs in
memory of his father whose tomb is located at Deendar Anjuman Ashram, Asifnagar,
Hyderabad. His Passport Number is G 435181 issued at Peshawar, Pakistan.
The Punjab, Delhi, units
of Deendar Anjuman are at Latur, Osmanabad, Nanded, Sholapur, Bombay, Kolsa,
Akola in Maharashtra, Gulbarga, Bangalore, Mysore, Chikballapur, Tumkur,
Dharwar, Gadag, Batkurki, Ganeshgudi in Karnataka, Hyderabad city, Guntur,
Vijayawada, Podana, Nuzvid of Krishna district and Kodad and Huzurnagar
etc., of Nalgonda district in Andhra Pradesh. This organisation has members/
sympathisers in Vixag, Anantapur, Mahaboobnagar, Khammam, Karimnagar, Warangal,
Cuddapah and Kurnool districts of Andhra Pradesh and also In Tamil Nadu
etc., states and in Bangladesh.
Many of the members of
Deendar Anjuman have their relatives in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
In the early 1990's,
Zia-ul-Hassan and some of the Pakistani delegates like Syed Bin Waheed
Bin Habeebullah, R/o Karachi during their visits, indoctrinated some of
the Deendar followers with Jehadi ideology and invited them to Pakistan.
Approximately, 25 members of Deendar Anjuman visited Mardan (Pakistan)
and undergone arms training sponsored by Zia-Ul-Hassan (between 1991 and
1994).
Zia-ul-Hassan invited
active members of Deendar Anjuman to visit Pakistan in order to undergo
arms/ explosives training. He entrusted, the task of talent spotting, selection,
financing and arranging travel documents for trainees to one Moinuddin,
Chilli Merchant, Hyderabad.
The Deendar Anjuman activists
obtained visas on the pretext of visiting their relatives and Deendar Anjuman
branch at Mardan, Pakistan.
Training camps at Pakistan
militant camps
About (25) persons underwent
training in three batches from 1991 to 1994. Most of the times they travelled
by Samjoutha Express train from Delhi via Attari to Lahore. The sons of
Zia-ul-Hasan, i.e., Jahed, Khaleed, Javeed received them and took them
to Mardan office. There they were thoroughly indoctrinated by Zia-ul-Hasan
and other leaders of Deendar Anjuman to wage jehad against India. They
were taken to Rawalpindi, where Deendar Pakistan branch is having a home,
from where the activists were taken to training camps, in concealed vans
to a place called 'Kohst' somewhere near Pak-Afghan border.
The training period extends
from 12 to 17 days, and 4-6 members in isolated groups were given arms
training. Retired military personnel who are in the age group of 50 to
55 years were the trainers. The trainees were supplied with uniform and
shoes. Food, water and other logistics were supplied daily in a van.
Training was given in
handling of small arms, automatic weapons, fabrication of IEDs etc. Emphasis
was given on firing of assault rifles like AK47 and machine-guns.
Training Schedule
* Every morning drill/running
for two hours;
* First five days -
classes on weapons-stripping and assembling of AK-47, pistol, MMG etc;
* Next five days - firing
practice with each weapon, 15 to 20 rounds were fired everyday;
* Next two to three
days - dry practice of hand grenades, finally live practice with HE-36
grenade (one only);
* Next three to four
days - theory and demonstration of IEDs, finally each person has to make
and detonate one electrical and one non-electrical IED; on the penultimate
day, demonstration of 'rocket launchers' was given.
After the completion
of training, once again they were taken back to Mardan, from there to Lahore
and finally sent back to India.
Conspiracy in the year
1994-95 Desecration of Ambedkar statues
The son of Zia-ul-Hasan
called Khalid Pasha during his visit to Hyderabad in the year 1994/95,
issued instructions to Hashim Ali Siddiqui, Farooq Ali, Zakir, and Khalid
Chowdary. Zia-ul-Hasan and his sons hatched a conspiracy to disturb the
communal harmony and secular fabric of Indian society, thereby affecting
the internal security of India. To achieve this objective, they consulted
the active Deendar cadre who have undergone training and decided to desecrate
Ambedkar statues, which will create a gulf between the daliths and other
Hindus and further weaken Hindu society.
Khalid Pasha, son of
Zia-ul-Hasan, entrusted the above task to Khalid Chowdary, Zakir, Farooq
Ali, Hashim Ali of Hyderabad. Farooq Ali passed on the massage to Khaliquz
Zama of Nuzvid who was in-charge of Deendar Anjuman for entire coastal
area of AP. He issued instructions to Deendar cadre of Nuzvid and Vijayawada.
In pursuance of above instructions, Iqbal (head of Vijayawada Deendar unit)
Nazeemuddin, Khaja and others desecrated Ambedkar statues at Machavaram
(Cr.No. 141/95) Poornanandapet in Vijayawada (Cr.No. 172/95 of Satyanarayanapuram
P.S.). Maqbool and Zilani desecrated the Ambedkar statue at Thiruvuru.
Khalid Chowdary. Zakir
carried out the task of desecration work at Nanded (Cr.No. 11/95 of Kandar
P.S.), Udgir (Cr.No.50/95) and Parbhani (Cr.No 142/95). Parbhani police
caught Zakir and Khalid Chowdary and cases were registered against them.
Zia-ul-Hasan and his sons avoided coming to India for 4 years as their
name figured in the interrogation of Zakir and Khalid.
Conspiracy in the year
1999: Planting bombs at religious places
To create 'nifaque' (hatred
among communities) in India by attacking religious places, Zia-ul-Hasan
along with his sons visited India during October-November 1999 to preside
over the Urs celebrated in the memory of Siddiq Hussain.
On 13/14th Oct. 1999,
Zia-ul-Hasan visited Nuzvid and held a meeting in the residence of Khaliquz
Zama, in which Khaliquz Zama, Hasanuz Zama, Shamshuz Zama, Haneef @ Anwar,
Chand Basha, Hasan Mastry, Bhaji, Maqbool, Habeeb, Khalid Pasha, (son of
Zia-ul-Hasan) were participated. After the meeting Zia-ul-Hasan separately
summoned Khaliquz Zama and Iqbal! and told them that the time has come
to wage jehad to Islamise Hindustan and that he will come with Mujahideen
force to invade India. He instructed them to prepare a group for nifaque
(spreading hatredness between different communities).
On 17.10.1999, in the
urs meeting, Zia-ul-Hasan was elected as President of Deendar Anjuman for
the first time (7t'l, 8th and 9th of Razab month).
On 19/20th October 1999,
after the conclusion of the urs at Deendar Anjuman a secret meeting was
conducted by Zia-ul-Hasan. Khalid, Adil Pasha, sons of Zia-ul-Hasan, Sharfuddin,
R/o Hyderabad, Rehaman Seth, R/o Bangalore, Barkath, P/o Nanded, Sufl Iqbal
Saheb, R/o Sholapur, Siddiq, R/o Chikbalapur, Syed Meera Saheb, R/o Bathkurki
of Karnataka, Syed Hasan Ahmad, R/o Guntur, Ibrahim, R/o Bangalore, Khaliquz
Zama, R/o Nuzvid, Syed Masthan, R/o Vijayawada, Hasanuz Zama, N/o Nuzvid,
who is working as JWO in IAF New Delhi, and Mohd. Iqbal of Vijayanagaram,
participated.
In the above meeting,
Zia-ul-Hasan appointed Khaliquz Zama as leader of nifaque movement and
instructed all the members to follow his instructions. Zia-ul-Hasan elaborately
explained about his plan of action, i.e., he will invade India with 9 lakh
Mujahideen force from Kashmir side. To facilitate his invasion the members
have to prepare ground so that the Indian government will be fully engaged
in settling the internal troubles and Mujahideen will enter India without
trouble. He also instructed his followers to disturb and destroy transport
and communication facilities in order to cut north India from south India
to restrict the war to north India.
He appointed the following
persons as region-wise leaders to carry out the activities:
Iqbal Ahmed - Nuzvid.
Syed Meerasab - Batkurki
(Karnataka).
Abdul Rehman Sait -
Bangalore (Karnataka).
Muniruddin Mulla - Hubli.
Mohd. Siddique - Chikballapur.
Barkath Bhai - Nanded.
Syed Hasan Ahmed - Guntur.
Sharfuddin - Hyderabad.
All the persons were
instructed to re-assemble at Hyderabad on Shabbe Baraat day in order to
cheek out the progress of work and to chalk out future plans.
Coastal districts of
AP..
Iqbal appointed the following
persons for the task.
1. Syed Mastan Basha,
SC Railway employee, N/o Vijayawada.
2. Khaja Moinuddin @
Khaja R/o Vijayawada.
3. Mohd. Nazimuddin,
R/o Ganguru.
4. Abdul Khader Jeelani
R/o Nuzvid.
5. Maqbool - clerk in
Chekkapalli Panchayat, Nuzvid tq.
6. Humayun Khan.
7. Noor Ahmed and Wahab,
brothers of Ibrahim.
8. Syed Baji.
9. Hasan Mesthri.
10. Habeeb (RTC driver,
Tiruvuru Depot)
11. Haneef @ Anwar (RTC
conductor, Nuzvid Depot)
12.Feroz (co-brother
of Patta Jilani, clerk in Andhra Bank) and few others.
Hyderabad city:
Sharfuddin appointed
the following persons for operating in Telengana area.
1.Farooq Ali.
2. Hashim Ali Siddique.
3. Jakir (deceased).
4. Izhar Baig
5.Tayyab
6. Khalid Chowdary.
7. Abbas Ali.
8. Jaffar.
9. Akhil and few others.
Karnataka: (Includes Bangalore and Batkurki regions)
1. Meerasaheb.
2. Abdul Rahman Seth,
Bangalore.
3. Ibrahim, Bangalore.
4. Siddiq, Chikballapur.
5. Muniruddinmulla,
Hubli and few others.
The third meeting was
held on 23-11-1999 from 11 am to 1 pm at New Ashoka lodge, Osman Gunj,
Hyderabad. All the regional leaders attended the meeting. In that meeting,
Barkath of Nanded and Abdul Rehman Sait of Bangalore refused to take pan
in the subversive activities.
In the month of February
2000, a meeting was held at Nuzvid. In that meeting, they decided to commit
robberies to secure funds for the subversive activities. Jeelani @ Dadaji
and Maqbool, younger brother of Khaliquz lama, planned and organised a
dacoity at Gampalagudem in between Penugolanu and Tirvuru and robbed cash
of rupees 4 lakhs belonging to Andhra Bank by snatching the suitcase from
a Bank employee by hitting him with a rod on the head (Cr.No.S/2000, u/s
394 IPC of Gampalagudem P.S.).
Iqbal (Vijayawada), Tayyeb
(Hyd), Habeeb (Tirvur), Shamshuz Zama (Nuzvid), Waheb Khaja (of Vijayawada)
Haneef @ Anwar of Nuzvid, Bazi (Nuzvid) participated in that dacoity. Out
of the 4 lakhs, one lakh rupees was sent to Zia-ul-Hasan through a Hawala
agent, Bombay Yousuf, R/o Muradnagar, Hyderabad. Rs.1.25 lakhs was paid
to Meera Saheb who procured a Sumo vehicle for them. Rs.50,000 was given
as advance to purchase 9.77 acres of land at Nuzvid. Another Rs.18000 was
sent to Gayazuddin as second installment for purchasing explosives. The
land was to be used as a safe house and training ground for later day activities.
February 2000
Farooq Ah of Hyderabad
went to Pakistan and stayed there for one month. He came back in March
and contacted Khaliquz Zama on telephone and invited him to Hyderabad.
Khaliquz Zama went to Hyderabad and met with Farooq. Khaliquz Zama, Farooq
Ali, Hashim Ali, Khalid Chowdary, Izharbaig, Zakir and others met in the
flat of Hashim Ali at Yousufin Plaza, Opp: Syndicate Bank, Mehdipatnam,
Hyderabad. Farooq told that, Guru (Zia ul Hasan) has advised them to start
'nifaque' as early as possible. He informed them that time bombs should
be kept at Christian gatherings and churches.
March 2000
A meeting was held by
Khaliquz Zama at Nuzvid. The members of Deendar Anjuman of Nuzvid attended
the meeting. Gayazuddin, R/o Huzurnagar, Riyazuddin, R/o Kodad and Qasim,
brother-in-law of Gayazuddin attended the meeting. In that meeting, on
the request of Khaliquz Zama, Gayazuddin promised to supply explosive materials
through Riyazuddin and Qasim for preparation of bombs. Rs.5000 was given
to Gayazuddin for the purpose. Hasanuz Zama also attended the meeting.
Gayazuddin is a staunch
follower of Deendar Anjuman. He is instrumental in converting a number
of Hindus in to Deendar P4uman sect in Kodad and Huzurnagar towns of Nalgonda
district. Gayazuddin and his elder brother Riyazuddin approached Qasim,
a petty contractor (who is also a follower of Deendar Anjuman), for the
procurement of gelatine and detonators.
March /April 2000
Qasim with assistance
of Safi brought the gelatine and electric detonators from one Babu of Ahmed
agency of Kodad and transported it on a scooter to Nuzvid and handed it
over to Shamsuz Zama. Later in the month of May, for the second time they
brought gelatine and detonators from the same source and transported it
to Nuzvid in a taxi and kept it in the house of Anwar; later the explosive
materials were shifted to the rear side room of Hasan Mestri's residence
and the IEDs were prepared by Abdul Khadar Jeelani, brother of Khaliquz
Zama, who is a Radio mechanic. He was entrusted with the task of making
IEDs.
Jeelani prepared a timer
device and tested it with a bulb instead of a detonator. After satisfying
himself with the result, he purchased quartz movements and BPL ( 1.5 volt)
batteries from Vijayawada.
Five days prior to Machilipatnam
blast, Jeelani and Maqbool conducted a test blast at hillocks at Ramanakkapeta
Quarry near Nuzvid to test the accuracy and impact of the IED. On 20.5.2000,
Syed Noor, the brother of Ibrahim, sent a message through Iqbal to Nuzvid
that, Gospel meetings were being conducted at Machilipatnam and it will
be a suitable opportunity to cause explosion.
Khaliquz Zama asked Jeelani
to prepare bomb and plant the same at Gospel meeting, Machilipatnam. Jeelani
and Maqbool fabricated the IED and planted the same at Gospel meeting at
Machilipatnam on 21.5.2000, in which 21 persons received injuries.
On 22.5.2000, Jahed Pasha,
son of Zia-ul-Hasan arrived at Hyderabad from Pakistan and visited Nuzvid
along with Zakir next day. He congratulated Khaliquz Zama and others for
their work (i. e., Machilipatnam blast). Hasanuz Zama (IAF, New Delhi)
Shamsuz Zama, Jeelani, Maqbool, Hanif, Hasan Abroad Khaja, Mastan met Jahed
Pasha. He advised them to blast a bomb in Hindu temple also, so that Hindus
will suspect that it was the handiwork of Christians in retaliation to
Machilipatnam blast.
Khaliquz Zama sent some
explosive materials to Hyderabad through Farooq Ali. After some days Hasham
or Zakir took some more explosive material from Nuzvid to Hyderabad. Javeed
Pasha used the material for Hubli, Medak, Vikarabad and Goa blasts.
* On 25.5.2000, Maqbool
and Jeelani prepared and exploded a time bomb at Kodandarama temple at
Krishna Lanka, Vijayawada. Jahed Pasha supervised planting of explosives
at Medak and Vikarabad churches.
* On 28.5.2000, two
bombs which were prepared by Jeelani were handed over to Khalid Chowdary
at Hyderabad by Haneef @ Anwar of Nuzvid. Farooq Ali and Khalid Chowdary
planted one of the bombs at Vikarabad Church and Zakir (deceased) and Hashim
Ali Siddiqui of Hyderabad planted another bomb at Medak Church, but both
did not explode and the explosive experts diffused them.
Jeelani fabricated two
timer bombs and delivered them to Iqbal at Vijayawada. Khaliquz Zama, Maqbool
and Bhaji went to Iqbal's house at Vijayawada and demonstrated the planting
and initiation of time bombs to Mastan, Khaja and Humayun. In the month
of June, Khaliquz Zama, Fardin Wali and Jahed Pasha went to Bangalore to
meet Ibrahim and to organise the action plan of planting the bombs at various
churches. There, Ibrahim gave some computer printouts, i.e., pamphlets
against the conversion by Christian missionaries.
In the month of June,
Jahed Pasha held a meeting at Hyderabad and instructed the core members
to form groups for the future action plan. Fardin Wali @ Fareed, a civil
engineer and r/o Movva village of Krishna district, drafted the proceedingi3
of this meeting.
1. VIP group: Each VIP
group member will be in-charge of one region (Iqbal Ahmad, VJA; Shamsuz
Zama, Nuzvid; Sharfuddin, Hyd.; Ibrahim, B'lore, Meera Saheb, Batkurki
region). The VIP group will follow the instructions of Khaliquz Zama and
execute the work. Each VIP group will create at least one nifaque, transport
and SERIA group.
2. Nifaque group: The
task was planting bombs, distribution of pamphlets to create religious
hatredness.
3. Transport group:
This group will look after the route survey, check posts, general transport
and other possible routes for committing offences and to retreat after
the task.
4. Training group: Patta
Jeelani of Vinukonda, Jeelani of Nuzvid, Hasham, Farooq, Zakir of Hyd.,
Nazamuddin of Vijayawada are made in-charge of training.
5. SERIA group: This
group will commit offences like dacoities, robberies, etc. for money. (Jeelani,
Nuzvid, Iqbal will decide the places of offences in Vijayawada). weapons,
Escort Recce of committing the offences.
* On 8.6.2000, Humayun
and Khaja Moinuddin planted bomb in Ongole Church. Noor and Nizamuddin
planted bomb at Tadepalligudem Church. Jahed Pasha instructed the Hyderabad
batch to cause blasts at Goa and Wadi. Sharfuddin, Khalid Chowdary, Izharbaig
and Abbas Ali planted two bombs separately in the same church (i.e. St.
Anns Church) at Wadi. Meera Saheb and Farooq Ali placed bombs in Goa church.
* On 21/22-6-2000, Khaliquz
Zama went to Hyderabad to meet Jahed Pasha and there he discussed about
non-reaction from Christians and Hindus even after so many blasts. Then,
Jahed Pasha advised Khaliquz Zama to place bombs in mosques. On 23" June
2000, Khaliquz Zama, Maqbool, Jeelani, Anwar, Baji and others met at Nuzvid
and discussed about planting of bombs in Mosque. Haneef @ Anwar identified
Markaj mosque in Guntur.
* On 25.6.2000, evening
Haneef @ Anwar and Baji kept a bomb at Markaj Mosque Guntur. On 25th June
2000 night, Khaliquz Zama phoned to Jahed Pasha and advised to instruct
Ibrahim to stop planting bombs at Hubli and Bangalore on 8/ 9.7.2000 Next
day Jahed Pasha contacted Khaliquz Jama over phone and expressed his happiness
over the reaction of Muslims and for the extent of damage caused to the
public and private property. He left for Pakistan on 26/27.6.2000. Prior
to his departure to Pakistan, Jahed Pasha gave instructions to Ibrahim
to cause explosions in Churches at Hubli and Bangalore on 8/9th July.
* On 8-7-2000, Mohammed
Jafar brother of deceased Zakir R/o Hyderabad, Rishi Hiramath @ Abdul Rasheed
Mannan, R/o Hubli, Muniruddin Mulla, R/o Old Hubli, planted a time bomb
at St. John Lutheran Church, Hubli, which was exploded at 4 a.m.
* On 9-7-2000 at 10.15
p.m., Syed Ibrahim, R/o Bangalore Siddiq (deceased) R/o Bangalore, Zakir,
R/o Hyderabad, Abdul Rehman Seth, R/o Bangalore, Siddique, R/o Chikballapur,
caused an explosion by using the IED at Bangalore Church.
After putting bomb at
Bangalore church, while returning in a Maruthi van, the IEDs which were
in a Maruthi van exploded accidentally at 9.30 p.m. and in the blast Zakir
and Siddiq died on the spot and Ibrahim received grievous injuries.
Pasting of posters
Shamshuz Zama and his
associates planned to intensify the anger and suspicion in the Christians.
In order to add fuel to the flames of anger and mutual suspicion between
Hindus and Christians, Shamsuz Zama and his associates prepared posters
warning the Christian missionaries in the name of VHP and RSS. The stationery
material, "OM stickers" were procured by Maqbool, Zakir, Ibrahim and others.
Farooq Ali, Zakir and other Hyderabad associates pasted wall posters near
churches at Chapel Road, Abids and Vijayanagar Colony, threatenin the Christian
missionaries to stop conversions or quit India (Cr. No 140/ 2000 u/s 153
(a) IPC of Abids P.S.; Cr.No.158/2000 u/s 153(a) IPC of Humayunnagar P.S.).
Anwar pasted sticker at RTC bus stand, Guntur on 25.6.2000 night. (No case
registered).
Ibrahim and others posted
a threatening letter from Bangalore under the title, "Last warning to Christian
Missionaries", in the name of VHP to Dr. K.A. Paul, founder of 'Gospel
to Unreached Millions', Swamapalli village of Vijayanagaram district.
Failed attempts
Gayazuddin, his associates
attempted to plant IEDs in some churches in Miryalguda and Tipparthi (Nalgonda)
and Maqbool attempted to plant explosives in Wyra (Khammam) church but
they failed to do so. They also made an attempt to plant a bomb in a church
at Sholapur, Maharashtra.
Future targets
Zia-ul-Hasan and his
son, Jahed Pasha, instructed Khaliquz Zama, to plant bombs and blast railway
bridges, important electrical grids, government properties like FCI godowns,
cotton mills etc.
Conversions
The preachers of Deendar
Anjuman succeeded in converting a number of Hindu population. Especially
in Nalgonda district one Gayazuddin, native of Huzurnagar (accused and
arrested) confessed that he converted about 200 to 250 Hindus of the neighbouring
villages into Islam. Conversions were made in Rayavarigudem, Kethavarigudem,
Eethavakilla , Kattarigudem , Chillapalli, Kodad, Lingojigudem, etc. One
Bhasker, native of Huzurnagar and engineering graduate is a neo-convert.
He changed his name as Sirajuddin and was instrumental in converting a
sizeable population of Medaram and Penchikaladinne Villages of Nalgonda
district. He also did some conversions in Karimnagar and Warangal districts.
Appa Rao @ Naseruddin
of Endada village also did some conversions in Visakapatnam district The
Vijayawada I gang also did some conversion in Krishna district.
Assessment
During the first quarter
of 20th century, a number of socio-religious organisations and sects mushroomed
throughout India. Most of the Muslim organisations concentrated on reformation
and purification of their own community. But for the Deendar Anjuman, since
its formation, the hidden agenda was Islamisation of India.
Because of their life
style, like dress habits, customs and means adopted to propagate their
ideology, like uttering slokas, referring Hindu divinities in their discourses
and showing similarities between Hindu scriptures with that of Muslims,
comparing prophet with Hindu gods alienated them from orthodox Muslim as
well as Hindus. Neither rich Muslims nor Hindus patronised this sect. This
is the main reason for their economic backwardness.
The heated environment
in the contemporary India due to tensions between Hindus and Christians
and rise in attacks on Christian missionaries and institutions by Hindu
fundamentalists, such as murder of Graham Staines and his sons in Orissa,
resultant escalation of tensions, has given a right opportunity for Zia-ul-Hasan
and his Deendar Anjuman followers to contemplate the master strategy of
creating rift between Hindus and Christians. The needle of suspicion was
also never towards the Muslim community and the so called victims of attacks,
i.e. Christians, have almost drawn to conclusion that these incidents are
manoeuvred by the Hindu fundamentalists supported by ruling establishment.
These developments were
read in the context of Zia-ul-Hasan instructing Khaliquz Zama and his faithful
followers to spread nifaque in the southern India and to sabotage transport
and communication systems by blasting bridges and culverts between north
and south India, in order to facilitate Zia-ul-Hasan and his force to occupy
India and Islamise it.
It gives a clear picture
of the game plan of Pakistan Intelligence agencies. They might have influenced
and won over Zia-ul-Hasan and other Deendar Anjuman activists for indulging
in sabotage and subversive activities in India where a ready made organisational
network with faithful followers wedded to the concept of jehad are available.
Since 1991, the cadre
of Deendar Anjuman are freely travelling to Lahore, Karachi, Rawalpindi
- which are sensitive and strategic cities to Pakistan - without any hindrances.
Imparting training with rocket launchers and using of hand grenades, firing
with machine guns, utilising the services of serving and ex-army personnel
as trainers, extension of visas to the trainees without any valid reason
is not possible without the knowledge and permission of the Pak Army or
Intelligence.
Conclusion
The Deendar Anjuman organisation
gained lot of publicity through national and international media by their
recent acts of violence. By doing subversive and sabotage activities in
the name of jehad, the organisation will definitely gain sympathy among
the major Islamic terrorist organisations in the world. Deendar Anjuman
activists wrote a letter to WAMY (World Association of Muslim Youth, a
pro-jehadi and pan-Islamic organisation based at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
soliciting their support and supply of literature. It is a clear-cut example
of Deendar Anjuman's efforts in forging alliance with pan-Islamic organisations
of the world. With their recent sabotage and subversive activities in India,
the Deendar Anjuman successfully shed out its negative image (i.e., heretic
organisation) and gained legitimacy and equal standing among the Islamic
Terrorist Organisations.
So far, about (71) accused
were identified and (29) cases were registered in AP, Karnataka and Maharashtra
on Deendar activists. Among the (71) accused, (25) members have undergone
militant training in Pakistan. A number of preachers, followers; and sympathisers
are living in various parts of A.P, Karnataka and Maharashtra. Most of
the accused are important office bearers of Deendar Anjuman organisation.
Inspite of all these incidents the remaining leaders of the Deendar Anjuman
organisation are denying the involvement of their organisation in the recent
incidents. A, close watch should be maintained on the activities of the
Deendar followers, through out the state. A thorough verification should
be done while issuing verification certificate and their movements to abroad,
especially Pakistan.
