Delhi Police’s Special Cell has identified a man named Mohammad Usaidur Rehman as the alleged mastermind of the terror component of the module that was busted on Tuesday.
Rehman is supposedly located outside the country and a lookout notice has been issued against him, sources said.
Rehman is the father of Mohammad Osama alias Sami who was arrested in the case on Tuesday.
Rehman’s brother, Umaidur, is also allegedly a part of the syndicate and has been absconding, police said.
Osama (22) lived in Abu Fazal Enclave in the Jamia Nagar area of Delhi, while his father was in a middle-eastern country till some time ago. His present location is not known to the police.
The cell has apparently stumbled upon communication, which suggested that Rehman had been in touch with at least two people linked to the ISI who were coordinating with him on behalf of an entity referred to as “Colonel Ghazi”.
Ghazi was overseeing the training of recruits from India and had assigned their responsibility to two of his juniors – now identified as Jabbar and Hamza – who were officers of the Pak military.
On Ghazi’s instructions, Rehman arranged for his son, Osama, to join the training and asked his brother Umaidur to get another recruit. Umaidur allegedly roped in Zeeshan from Prayagraj into the module after radicalising him.
Osama left for Muscat, Oman on April 22, 2021, by Salaam Air flight from Lucknow. After reaching Muscat, Osama was asked to come to a flat where he met Zeeshan.
Soon, they were joined by 15-16 Bengali speaking youths. All of them were divided into sub-groups. Zeeshan and Osama were placed in one group.
Over the next few days, the recruits made several short sea-journeys, changing boats a number of times. They were taken to a town named Jiwani, which is located near Gwadar port, Pakistan, Delhi Police earlier said in a statement.
The group was received by a Pakistani national after reaching Jiwani and they were all taken to a farmhouse in Thatta city, located in Sindh province of Pakistan. This is where Ajmal Amir Kasab had been trained.
Osama and Zeeshan have told cops during interrogation that there were three Pakistani nationals in the farmhouse. Two of them, who were introduced as Jabbar and Hamza, imparted training to them.
Both of them were from the Pakistan Army and were wearing military uniforms. The recruits were also taken to Karachi, they have revealed.
The training lasted for around 15 days during which they have allegedly trained in IED assembly and bomb-making apart from ways of carrying out arson using daily use items, police said.
They were also trained in the use of small firearms and AK-47s. After the training, the recruits were taken back to Muscat via the same route and then asked to return to their original destination, they added.
The underworld component being coordinated by Dawood Ibrahim’s brother, Anees, had, meanwhile, arranged for RDX, grenades and weapons that were to be smuggled to India in batches.