Top Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative Abdul Wahid Siddibapa codenamed Khan was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) from the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) on Friday morning. Despite Pakistan's stalling tactics, India finally managed to get Khan deported from Dubai, UAE where he has been based since more than a decade.
Top Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative Abdul Wahid Siddibapa codenamed Khan was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) from the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) on Friday morning. Despite Pakistan's stalling tactics, India finally managed to get Khan deported from Dubai, UAE where he has been based since more than a decade.
Khan, son of Siddibapa Mohaddin, is a resident of Maqdoom Colony in Bhatkal, Karnataka and said to be a close relative of Md Ahmed Siddibapa more popularly known as Yasin Bhatkal - co-founder of IM, the banned terror outfit. However, according to NIA sources, Khan is more closely related to Riyaz Bhatkal the other co-founder. 35-year-old Khan is alleged to be the chief financier for IM and was the primary liaison for the terror outfit in the gulf countries.
NIA claims, Khan, stationed in Dubai remained in touch with the other operatives through various electronic communication modes in order to launch terror activities in India. During their investigation, NIA alleged that Khan played an active role as a main conduit in routing hawala money from Pakistan to India-based IM operatives through Dubai.
"Khan's capture is very important to India. Among the IM, he is the most important person in the logistics and finance department. Khan used to handle organizational support and liaise in the Gulf countries and primarily between India and Pakistan," NIA official stated.
The NIA wanted the arrest and capture of Khan in connection with NIA case No. 06/2012/NIA/DLI that has charged 29 IM operatives for waging war against the country. A red corner notice had been issued to the effect on December 3, 2013 and a non-bailable warrant (NBW) was secured against Khan in 2014. According to the RCN issued by Interpol, Khan is wanted for criminal conspiracy, waging war against the country, recruiting persons for terrorist conspiracy, raising funds for terror activities, punishment for terror acts and a conspiracy member of a terror outfit. Based on a Lookout Circular (LOC), Dubai police had arrested Khan in 2014 and given India 40 days to make their case against him. However, Khan was soon released as India failed to make their case and submit their evidence against him.
According to sources, Khan has conspired to orchestrate the 2008 serial blasts in Delhi and the 2010 Chinnaswamy Stadium blasts in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
Khan was produced in a special NIA court that remanded him to seven-days NIA custody for further investigation. Considering the high-risk profile of the accused, the court also allowed NIA to handcuff - one hand only, Khan during its custody.
In its remand application, the prosecutors linked Khan to the NIA case RC-6/2012 that charged IM operatives for waging war against the country. However, in the three charge sheets filed in this case, Khan's name finds no mention anywhere - a fact Khan's counsel MS Khan pointed out to the Special NIA judge Rakesh Pandit. "During the entire investigation and the prosecuting arguments - now concluded in front of your honour, there has been no mention of Abdul Wahid anywhere," MS Khan stated in his rebuttal.
Khan allegedly one of the oldest and senior most members of the IM has a wife and three children who are presumably in Dubai.
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