An important operative of Indian Mujahideen (IM), Yasin Bhaktal, is suspected to have planted one of the bombs in the twin blasts that rocked the crowded Dilsukhnagar in Hyderabad on February 21.
Disclosing this, Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said that the Intelligence Bureau had gathered relevant information in this regard. Yasin Bhaktal was the brain behind the terrorist attack in various cities including Delhi, Ahmedbad, Surat , Pune etc in the past.
The Union Home Minister said that NIA and forensic experts probing the twin blasts have gathered crucial evidence from the blast site and also other places. As a matter of fact, the footages from the CCTV cameras have provided crucial evidence about the perpetrators of the bomb blasts. The participation of Yasin Bhkatal personally in the Dilsukhnagar blasts came to light from the CCTV footages, he added.
It might be mentioned here that the Bhaktal brothers – Riaz and Yasin – were masterminding the terrorist attacks in various parts of the country. While Riaz Bhaktal has been operating from Pakistan, Yasin remained in the country and engaged in the heinous crimes. Yasin Bhaktal was the one who had placed the bomb in the German Bakery in Pune earlier and this had come to light from the footages of the CCTV cameras. Thus the evidence of his participation in the Hyderabad blasts was also gathered from the CCTV footages.
The Union Home Minister said that the NIA and other investigating agencies have gathered required evidences in the Hyderabad blasts and would soon unravel the hidden hand behind the horrific incident.
YASIN STILL IN HYD?
Shinde further said that Hyderabad blasts were in retaliation for the hanging of Kasab and Afzal Guru. Expecting such retaliatory action, the Centre had alerted various states to tighten vigilance and security measures, he added.
Intelligence agencies suspect that Yasin Bhaktal, after the twin blasts, was still hiding in Hyderabad only.(NSS).