An exclusive photograph of the shop in Nepal where Tahseen’s movements were tracked before the blasts in India is in possession with the Millennium Post. It was found that Mohammad Danish Ansari, who was arrested last year in January from his village in Darbhanga in Bihar by the NIA helped Tahseen in conducting meetings with other members of sleeper cells based out of Bihar and Jharkhand in that shop.
A senior officer of the Delhi special cell said Tahseen and Abdullah opened a shop in Thamel in Kathmandu to turn it a meeting point for terrorists.
‘It is suspected that they had a series of meeting in Nepal in that shop before executing the serial blasts in India, including Bodh Gaya blasts on 7 July and Patna blasts on 27 October,’ he said.
Investigation revealed they have opened a shop in the name of New Ali’s Boutique Nepali Jewellery at Bhagawanisthan, P. O. Box number-11343 in Thamel. Thamel is known as one of the safe havens for people involved with underworld and terror activities.
The investigation agencies in Bihar, Jharkhand and Delhi are now jointly searching for more details about their businesses and activities in Nepal. The agencies have already got in touch with the Nepal police.
Speaking to Millennium Post from Kathmandu, Deependra Adhikari, a senior officer of Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), said, ‘We have evidence on Tahseen’s movement in the Thamel area before the blasts in India. We probed further and found that he was running a jewellery shop at Bhagawanisthan along with few others. We can not disclose their names as this will hamper our investigation.’
Tahseen and Danish, both key Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives, were close to Yasin Bhatkal who was picked up from Kalimati area in Kathmandu. ‘In July this year we have tipped the Nepal police about Yasin and Tahseen’s hideout in Kalimati. But unfortunately both of them managed to escape. Later, we have managed to arrest Yasin but Tahseen is still at large,’ a senior Delhi police officer said.
A senior officer of the Delhi special cell said Tahseen and Abdullah opened a shop in Thamel in Kathmandu to turn it a meeting point for terrorists.
‘It is suspected that they had a series of meeting in Nepal in that shop before executing the serial blasts in India, including Bodh Gaya blasts on 7 July and Patna blasts on 27 October,’ he said.
Investigation revealed they have opened a shop in the name of New Ali’s Boutique Nepali Jewellery at Bhagawanisthan, P. O. Box number-11343 in Thamel. Thamel is known as one of the safe havens for people involved with underworld and terror activities.
The investigation agencies in Bihar, Jharkhand and Delhi are now jointly searching for more details about their businesses and activities in Nepal. The agencies have already got in touch with the Nepal police.
Speaking to Millennium Post from Kathmandu, Deependra Adhikari, a senior officer of Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), said, ‘We have evidence on Tahseen’s movement in the Thamel area before the blasts in India. We probed further and found that he was running a jewellery shop at Bhagawanisthan along with few others. We can not disclose their names as this will hamper our investigation.’
Tahseen and Danish, both key Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives, were close to Yasin Bhatkal who was picked up from Kalimati area in Kathmandu. ‘In July this year we have tipped the Nepal police about Yasin and Tahseen’s hideout in Kalimati. But unfortunately both of them managed to escape. Later, we have managed to arrest Yasin but Tahseen is still at large,’ a senior Delhi police officer said.