Author: PTI
Publication: The Pioneer
Date: September 20, 2008
In what appears to be contradictory to the
claim made by Delhi Police, their Gujarat counterpart on Saturday said that
SIMI, which is allegedly behind the recent serial blasts in the country, has
various levels and modules.
"SIMI has various levels and have many
modules," Joint Commissioner of Police Ashish Bhatia replying to a question
on reported claim made by Delhi Police that Atif, one of the terrorists killed
on Friday was the mastermind of the Delhi, Ahmedabad and other blasts in the
country.
However, Bhatia, who is heading the investigation
in the July 26 serial blasts of the city, refrained from directly rejecting
the claim by Delhi Police that Atif was one of the masterminds behind recent
blasts.
"These (arrests and encounter) are not
an end to it. There are many key operatives of the organisation who are still
out there. SIMI has many modules," Bhatia said.
"Atif was one of the key members of the
banned outfit. He was present in Ahmedabad at the time of the serial blasts
with ten others," Bhatia informed.
The City Crime Branch, which is tracking the
activity of the banned SIMI and its offshot Indian Mujahideen since July 26
said that the organisation operated at different levels while executing the
terror attacks like -- the motivators, the logistics providers and the executors.
Speaking about the three -- Mufti Abu Basher,
Tauqueer and Qayamuddin Kapaida, who the city police say were the masterminds
behind the Ahmedabad blasts, Bhatia said, "Abu Basher caught by the city
police comes in motivator level, while Tauqueer is the mastermind and Qayamuddin
is the chief executor of the organisation."
