‘Bengal shoe baron’s ransom funded 9/11’
30 July 2014 12:36 AM GMT
The ransom money paid to secure the release of West Bengal shoe baron Partho Roy Burman was used to fund Al-Qaida’s operations which possibly also included the 9/11 attack on World Trade Centre in New York.
Abdul Subhan, 42, a leading operative of the Lashkar-e-Toiba, arrested a few days back from Sarai Kale Khan by the Delhi Police, has claimed that the ransom paid by the Bengali industrialist was later routed to Al-Qaeda. Subhan was one of the operatives active in the operation.
Subhan reportedly told investigators that the ransom of Rs 3.75 crore was collected to execute the terror strike on the twin towers.
‘Khadim (the shoe company of which Roy Burman is the owner) ransom was channeled to Mohammed Atta, an Egyptian hijacker and Islamic terrorist who was the hijacker-pilot of the American Airlines Flight that crashed into the north tower of World Trade Center,’ Subhan is believed to have said.
In 2011, Aftab Ansari, a Dubai-based don turned terrorist, hatched a conspiracy to kidnap the vice-chairman of Khadim Shoes, Partho Roy Burman.
On 23 July, Burman was abducted from Tiljala and was kept in captivity for eight days in a house near the India-Bangladesh border. A ransom of Rs 5 crore was demanded from Burman’s family that was later negotiated to Rs 3.75 crore.
Quoting Subhan’s confession, sources said, ‘The delivery of the ransom took place in Singapore, following which Burman was released.’
‘The ransom money was then passed to Umar Sheikh in Bangladesh who later handed over Rs 40 lakh to Atta,’ Subhan confessed.
Jalaluddin, founder of Harkat-ul Jihad-ul Islam (HuJI), who was arrested by the Special Task Force of Uttar Pradesh police in 2007 also claimed that most of the ransom money collected through various kidnappings was transferred to Al-Qaeda.
The dossier filed by central intelligence agencies also mentioned that a major chunk of ransom collected by LeT and other terror outfits was used in the 9/11 attack.
‘Several kidnappings were carried out in West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh. Around Rs 25 crore was collected from the ransom of these kidnapping. Abdul Subhan was an active member in these kidnapping cases,’ the source said.
Asahbuddin, the nephew of Subhan, serving a life term in Kolkata jail, has been brought to Delhi by the special cell that got his remand till 2 August. Asahbuddin was also a part of Khadim kidnapping.
Abdul Subhan, 42, a leading operative of the Lashkar-e-Toiba, arrested a few days back from Sarai Kale Khan by the Delhi Police, has claimed that the ransom paid by the Bengali industrialist was later routed to Al-Qaeda. Subhan was one of the operatives active in the operation.
Subhan reportedly told investigators that the ransom of Rs 3.75 crore was collected to execute the terror strike on the twin towers.
‘Khadim (the shoe company of which Roy Burman is the owner) ransom was channeled to Mohammed Atta, an Egyptian hijacker and Islamic terrorist who was the hijacker-pilot of the American Airlines Flight that crashed into the north tower of World Trade Center,’ Subhan is believed to have said.
In 2011, Aftab Ansari, a Dubai-based don turned terrorist, hatched a conspiracy to kidnap the vice-chairman of Khadim Shoes, Partho Roy Burman.
On 23 July, Burman was abducted from Tiljala and was kept in captivity for eight days in a house near the India-Bangladesh border. A ransom of Rs 5 crore was demanded from Burman’s family that was later negotiated to Rs 3.75 crore.
Quoting Subhan’s confession, sources said, ‘The delivery of the ransom took place in Singapore, following which Burman was released.’
‘The ransom money was then passed to Umar Sheikh in Bangladesh who later handed over Rs 40 lakh to Atta,’ Subhan confessed.
Jalaluddin, founder of Harkat-ul Jihad-ul Islam (HuJI), who was arrested by the Special Task Force of Uttar Pradesh police in 2007 also claimed that most of the ransom money collected through various kidnappings was transferred to Al-Qaeda.
The dossier filed by central intelligence agencies also mentioned that a major chunk of ransom collected by LeT and other terror outfits was used in the 9/11 attack.
‘Several kidnappings were carried out in West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh. Around Rs 25 crore was collected from the ransom of these kidnapping. Abdul Subhan was an active member in these kidnapping cases,’ the source said.
Asahbuddin, the nephew of Subhan, serving a life term in Kolkata jail, has been brought to Delhi by the special cell that got his remand till 2 August. Asahbuddin was also a part of Khadim kidnapping.
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