'4 held for Delhi blasts were behind Jaipur explosions'

JAIPUR: Cementing the theory that SIMI and Indian Mujaheedin were behind the string of terror attacks in the country, Rajasthan police on Monday claimed Atif, one of the four militants arrested in connection with Delhi blasts, was the mastermind of the serial explosions in Jaipur in May.      

The Special Operation Group of Rajasthan police investigating into the May 13 blasts in Jaipur said Atif, Sajjid, Mohd Saif and Junaid, who were held by Delhi police after recent blasts in the national capital, had carried out the serial blasts in the Pink City in a planned manner along with Khalid, Arif, Sahadab, Bada Sajjid, Salman and two others.
      
SOG DIG Punnachammy said the attacks in Jaipur were jointly carried out by SIMI and Indian Mujaheedin.
   
The master mind of this entire conspiracy was Atif who was a member of Indian Mujahiddin, Punnachammy said.
   
Giving details of the planning and execution of Jaipur blasts, he said that on May 11 all the 11 boarded a Rajasthan Roadways Volvo bus from Bikaner House in Delhi at 0800 hours and reached Jaipur's main bus stand at Sindhi Camp at 1300 hrs.
   
Thereafter, they constituted a three teams--two of three members each--and another of four members comprising Salman, Safiq and another unidentified person. The group was headed Atif.
   
The second team constituted of Sahabad, Khalid and the other unidentified person and the third team consisted of Sajjid, Saif and Chotta Sajjid.
    
Both Chotta Sajjid and Atif were killed in an encounter with police encounter in Delhi on Friday.