Sunday, March 1, 2009

Suspected IM terrorist reveals Delhi, Mumbai blast plots: Report

: New Delhi, Feb 27: Sadiq Sheikh, an alleged operative of the terror outfit Indian Mujahideen, has unravelled on camera the plotting of the October 2005 Delhi blasts as well as the 2006 Mumbai train bombings, a television news channel claimed on Friday.According to the channel, Sheikh, who is in the custody of the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), revealed on camera the modus operandi of the pre-Diwali Delhi blasts on October 25, 2005, and the July 11, 2006 explosions in Mumbai that together claimed nearly 250 lives.“All five of us arranged local train passes for the first class compartments beforehand. We also had local train timetables with us so that we could find out the train as per our convenience,” the channel showed Sadiq as saying about the Mumbai explosions in a statement broadcast on Friday.“We purchased bags and pressure cookers in Mumbai. On the day of the blast, that is on July 11, 2006, all five of us assembled and we filled seven cookers with explosives. We kept the bombs ready. We had planned the bombs to blast at 6.30 pm,” he told the channel.Giving details of how the serial blasts were executed on Mumbai trains, Sadiq’s chilling confession continues.

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