Mangalore was the Bomb Lab for ultras !

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, Sep 13, 2013 : It has been gathered that the National Investigation Agency which is investigating into the terror module has  found that the Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal and his aide Asadulla Baig  used to stay in a rented   house at Attavar in Mangalore and  were manufacturing bombs.

It is also learnt that it was on the basis of this information that the two ultras were secretly brought to Mangalore  on September 7, Saturday by the NIA for investigations.

It is learnt that Asadullah had admitted during interrogations that the bombs used in the Bangalore and Hyderabad blasts were made in Mangalore.

 Interrogations of Asadullah have also revealed that the two used to stay in  Apartment No. 301 on the third floor of Zephyr  Heights at Attavar.

Sources said the  NIA officials have seized 50 digital watches,  wires used for fixing in bombs, a few mobile phones, three electrical detonators 125 gram ammonium nitrate gel and a book having details of making a bomb circuit. It is in this backdrop that the NIA officials have realised that Mangalore had become a  bomb lab of the ultras.

When enquired the building owners say they have only seen  media reports but have no other information.

It is learnt, Asadullah had stayed in this house for a period of six months upto March this  year and used the bomb manufactured here to blast in Hyderabad on February 21. Later, he had returned to Mangalore and then fled the place.

There is information that Asadullah was accompanied by Tahsin Akhtar Alias Monu alias Hassan (23) of Bihar and  Waqas  alias Ahmed (28) both who were experts in  fixing the circuit for the bomb.

It is learnt both were part of the 2011 Mumbai  blasts and 2013 Hyderabad  blasts. Sources also revealed that they were in the flat till Yasin and Asadullah were arrested and had later fled out of fear.

However, local police say they are unaware  that Yasin and his aide Asadullah Khan resided in  flat at Attavar to prepare bombs A senior police officer meanwhile suspects if such news is   being spread deliberately.

Explosives from Udupi :  There is also information that Yasin used to  collect explosive materials for disruptive activities from Udupi and nearby villages where there were stone quarries.  This was revealed by  Aftab Alam alias Farooq, an ultra arrested by the NIA.

Courtesy:  Udayavani