With Hafiz Saeed in the dock, Intelligence Bureau gives out two names to state police
With Hafiz Saeed in the dock, Intelligence Bureau gives out two names to state police
With Islamabad under intense pressure from the international community to rein-in fundamentalist elements and bring Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) chief Hafiz Saeed to book, Indian spy agencies says that the terrorist organisation is being run by somebody else these days.
The Intelligence Bureau has passed on the profile of two people who are suspected to lead Lashkar in the absence of Saeed. They have been identified as Mohd Iftikhar and Muzammil.
The input was given to various state police departments that are yet to confirm the development.
The input was received about 20 days ago.u00a0
The IB report also mentions that there is a core group of six people running the LeT currently. "These six people are among the decision makers. We have inputs that they meet discreetly at a double-storey building in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, an area that has been active since February-March this year," said a senior IB officer.
The state police tried to develop the input but they are yet to find any clinching evidence to prove the theory. They believe that rumours are being spread by the Lashkar terrorists to distract the investigations into terrorist crimes, including the probe into the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai.
"Hafiz is keeping a low profile these days but he is the one who runs the operations. The names that the agencies have come up with can be a ploy to distract law implementing agencies. We have heard very little of the two. At least one of them Muzammil is believed to have a hand in the Mumbai terrorist attacks," said a Mumbai Anti Terrorism Squad official.
Meanwhile, the Special Cell of the Delhi police is still interrogating Salim who was arrested last week from the New Delhi Railway station. Salim is believed to have been involved in a case dating back to 2006 in Aurangabad where the police had seized AK 47 rifles and explosives.
