Mapping the Indian Mujahideen
By Praveen Swami
Gangster Riyaz Batkal — a lieutenant of mafioso-turned-jihadist Aftab Ansari — ran a second group which provided funds and logistics support to the IM. Batkal’s associate Afzal Usmani, for example, arranged for the theft of the vehicles used as car bombs in Ahmedabad. More important, Batkal’s group provided an interface among jihadists in India, the Harkat in Bangladesh, and the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad. Investigators in Maharashtra believe that Batkal’s cell provided infrastructure for several past terror operations, including the 2006 serial bombings in Mumbai.
http://www.newageislam.com/mapping-the-indian-mujahideen/islam,terrorism-and-jihad/d/847
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