The two main factions of separatist groups in Kashmir, the Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front led by Yasin Malik, announced they would join together to help resolve the Kashmir issue. They made a joint statement at Friday prayers calling for a final solution to the Kashmir issue rather than another temporary peace package. Meanwhile, the government is considering announcing an Eid peace package for Kashmir as the Cabinet Committee on Security is scheduled to meet on Saturday to discuss it. Shopkeepers in the Kashmir Valley said business was lower than expected due to lack of enthusiasm among customers as the region has faced curfews and shutdowns for

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WE LOST
THEM: IBS SOS
THAT SPARKED
PANIC
Intelligence agencies forced cops to put Mumbai on high alert on
eve of festivities after the two terror suspects went off the radar
Two Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) Crime Branch unit was put on the job the suspects to the media would deter
terrorists on the loose in Mumbai on to tail them. the two from going ahead with their
the eve of Ganesh festival,one of the However,panic struck when on Thurs- plans,at least for the time being.
city's most loved and messiest extrav- day night,just 48 hours from Eid and An officer said,"This is only the sec-
aganzas,is not an easy news to break Ganesh festival,the agencies lost ond time in the history of city's polic-
to a city scarred so badly by terror at- track of the duo.A desperate search ing that people have been informed of
tacks. was launched to get the two back on such a thing.We always get inputs
But after hours of nerve-wracking dis- radar.However,neither human intelli- around festival time of disruptive ac-
cussions that began sometime gence nor surveillance apparatus tivities being planned by terror ele-
around noon at Varsha,the CMs resi- threw up any clues. ments but never tell people as it will
dence,the state's top political brass On Friday morning,in a desperate create panic.Intelligence agencies
and seniormost police officers de- measure,the agencies contacted merely keep a watch on the suspects
cided there was no alternative. Mumbai police and threw their hands and do not touch them until they are
The two men described by Joint Com- up.An IB officer said,"Both had en- about to do something."
missioner of Police (crime) Himanshu tered India through Bangladesh and The only instance of such a desper-
Roy as "foreign nationals"who had had been on our watch since then.We ate disclosure was on December
entered the city to "cause disruption didn't expect to lose track of them 31,2002,when the then Crime Branch
at crowded and religious places" were right before the festival." DCP Pradeep Sawant held a press
being tracked by central intelligence With agencies giving up on the conference and informed people
agencies and Mumbai police for over chase,Mumbai police too pushed the through the media that two suspects
a week.However,late on Thursday panic button and informed the state were planning a blast at the Gateway
night,the agencies suddenly lost government."Intelligence agencies of India and that people should avoid
them. have far better resources.When they going there.
To convey the HuJI militants'identities gave up,we didn't know what to
to the media was a desperate move do.With two big festivals staring us in CALL 22633333/ 22625020
to deter the duo from going ahead our face,we had very few
with its plan. options,"said a Mumbai police officer. IF YOU see anyone who looks like
Sources said the two terrorists In the afternoon,a meeting was held the suspects,call the city police on the
Kalimuddin Khan alias Rameshwar at CMs residence.It was attended by above listed numbers.Cops received
Pandit,28,a Pakistani citizen;and Hafij senior police officers and Chief Minis- two calls within two hours on Friday.
Sarif,25,a Bangladeshi national,en- ter Ashok Chavan and Home Minister At 6.45 pm,an Atul Agrawal informed
tered Mumbai a week back through R R Patil. police that he had seen one of the
the Bangladesh border.Their move- It was decided at the meeting that the suspected terrorists at Churchgate
ments were constantly. The agencies agencies had little time to embark Station.Fifteen minutes later,police re-
kept them untouched so that they upon any fresh initiative to trace the ceived another call from a Pranay
could be arrested in the final stages suspects and that it was imperative to Kumar saying he too had seen a sus-
of their plan in possession of arms let the people know of the danger
Kalimuddin Khan (l) and Hafij Sarif,believed to be HuJI members,were being and explosives.Only Mumbai police's ahead.It was also believed,said
pect at Chhatrapati Shivaji Interna-
tional Airport.
tracked by IB for a week before they disappeared late on Thursday night top brass was kept in the loop and a sources,that disclosing the identity of

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CITY www.bombaybulletin.co.in/city MUMBAI, SEPTMBER 11, 2010 SATURDAY
Two scary to ignore: Cops
In an unprecedented move,Mumbai police reveal pictures of two suspected foreign terrorists who have sneaked into the city
JATIN RATHOD appeal to the citizens to remain alert. Chief
Eid and Ganeshotsav celebra- Minister Ashok Chavan added,The informa-
tions suddenly got wrapped in a coat of tion came from Central Intelligence agen-
fear,after the Mumbai police,in an unprece- cies.
dented move,announced on Friday that two Following the police press confer-
foreigners,believed to be terrorists,are ence,two telephone numbers 2263 3333
roaming the city. and 2262 5020 were set up for people to
Photographs of the duo a clean- pass on information.The helplines were
shaven Kalimuddin Khan alias Rameshwar soon flooded with calls.A Crime Branch offi-
Pandit,28,and a bearded Hafij Sarif,25,were cial said,We are verifying each and every
released by Joint Commissioner of Police information.
(Crime) Himanshu Roy at a hurriedly called Following the inputs,a massive
press conference,setting off alarm bells security cover has been thrown in and
after Mumbaikars watched the development around Lalbaug,particularly at Lalbaugcha
on television. Raja,where over 1,500 policemen have
This was one bouncer the city been deployed round-the-
was just not prepared for cops admitting clock.Besides,personnel drawn from
two suspected terrorists,possibly from Pak- CRPF,State Reserve Police Force and
istan,Pakistan-occupied Kashmir or Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad have
Bangladesh disappearing from the radar of been stationed at the pandal.
intelligence agencies.By Friday evening,as The sniffer dog attached to the
crowds swelled to celebrate Ramazan,and bomb squad will conduct periodic checks at
to prepare for the first day of Ganpati festi- the parking lot,while Quick Response Team
val,whispers of tumi yaana pahilat ka were commandos and a Strike Mobile Van have
heard all over Mumbai. also been deployed.With this,the total num-
Kalimuddin and Sarif are sus- ber of security personnel stationed at Lal-
pected to be carrying large amount of ex- baugcha Raja (including the mandal's
plosives,and could target crowded places private security) will go over 5,000,police
with an aim to spark off communal sources said.
clashes.JCP Roy said,We have intelligence Apart from Lalbaug,bandobust
inputs that two foreign nationals have en- has been tightened at temples,other
tered the city and could try to cause disrup- ganesh pandals,mosques and buildings.A
tion at crowded and religious places.We police source said,Our officers are also
Joint CP (Crime) Himanshu Roy with the pictures of the two suspected terrorists,Kalimuddin Khan and Hafij Sarif speaking to the community leaders.
ATS stumbled upon Baig through old case papers
SOURABH DAS
It was a methodical examination
of scores of terror case papers that first
threw up Pune blast accused Himayat
Baigs name in May.His name figured at
only one place: in the case papers of a
Pune sleeper module busted by the Anti
Terrorism Squad under Hemant Karkare im-
mediately after the 2008 Ahmedabad
blasts.
Baig was named as an abscond-
ing accused in a sleeper module busted by
Karkare-led ATS on August 17,2008,in
Pune.The ATS had arrested two SIMI mem-
bers,Aiyaz Sheikh and Nadeem
Sheikh,while the Mumbai Crime Branch had
nabbed one Bilal Kazagi.All three were part
of the sleeper module being groomed since
2005.
Since the German Bakery blast
had the footprints of local knowledge,ATS
got on the trail of Baig as their prime sus-
pect. German Bakery blast master-
According sources in the mind Himayat Baig was men-
ATS,after the February 13 bakery blast
there were only two names that cropped up tioned in the case papers of a
as suspects Mohammed Ahmed Zarar Sid- Pune sleeper cell busted by
dibappa alias Yasin Bhatkal and Mohsin ATS in 2008
Chaudhary.Though Baigs name never fig-
ured on the list of suspects,we were con-
radar just after the blast led to the suspicion with those named in these cases and those got on the trail of Baig as their prime sus-
vinced there was someone with local
that he could be involved.The agency According sources in the in Pune or elsewhere.It was during this pect.
knowledge of Pune who was involved as
shared this information with the ATS in late ATS,after the February 13 bakery blast rummaging of papers that we stumbled Through Akbar Chaudharys
well.However,our information network failed
May,only to find that ATS was already look- there were only two names that cropped up upon Baigs name in the Pune sleeper mod- trail,ATS traced Baigs connections with
to throw up any clues, said an ATS officer.
ing for him. as suspects Mohammed Ahmed Zarar Sid- ule case, said the officer. Yasin and Mohsin,both prime suspects in
That was when ATS officers started a me-
Since the German Bakery blast dibappa alias Yasin Bhatkal and Mohsin the case by then.It also found that he had
thodical examination of all the terror case
had the footprints of local knowledge,ATS Chaudhary.Though Baigs name never fig- Since the German Bakery blast maintained connections with absconding
papers of the past five to six years.Since
got on the trail of Baig as their prime sus- ured on the list of suspects,we were con- had the footprints of local knowledge,ATS LeT leaders Fayaz Kagzi and Zabiuddin
the blast had IM signature,we scanned all
pect. vinced there was someone with local got on the trail of Baig as their prime sus- Ansari.ATSs suspicion was confirmed.
the IM case papers for clues,but to no
Investigations further revealed knowledge of Pune who was involved as pect. When an ATS team then went to Baigs na-
avail.We then started looking at cases that
that Baig was closely associated with cer- well.However,our information network failed Baig was named as an abscond- tive place in Beed,they could not find him
were cracked around IM blasts and tried to
tain IM members who had masterminded to throw up any clues, said an ATS officer. ing accused in a sleeper module busted by and a massive nationwide search was
establish the connections with those named
Ahmedabad blasts.Chief among them was Karkare-led ATS on August 17,2008,in launched.During this period,the agency
in these cases and those in Pune or else-
Akbar Chaudhary,member of IMs media That was when ATS officers Pune.The ATS had arrested two SIMI mem- came close to nabbing Baig several
where.It was during this rummaging of pa-
cell,arrested from Pune in Septem- started a methodical examination of all the bers,Aiyaz Sheikh and Nadeem times,but he always managed to slip
pers that we stumbled upon Baigs name in
ber,2008.It was also learnt that Baig was terror case papers of the past five to six Sheikh,while the Mumbai Crime Branch had away,until yesterday.Maria added,A special
the Pune sleeper module case, said the of-
known as Umar among the IM cadres.He years.Since the blast had IM signature,we nabbed one Bilal Kazagi.All three were part team of select men was created to chase
ficer.
had even visited Ashoka Mews (the building scanned all the IM case papers for of the sleeper module being groomed since (Baig).It is a classic case of how human in-
Meanwhile,Baig was also under
in Punes Kondhwa from where IMs media clues,but to no avail.We then started look- 2005. telligence gathering can help crack a
surveillance of a central intelligence agency
cell operated during Ahmedabad blasts), ing at cases that were cracked around IM Since the German Bakery blast case.The team will forever remain a secret.
and his sudden disappearance from the
said ATS chief Rakesh Maria. blasts and tried to establish the connections had the footprints of local knowledge,ATS

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Rebel factions join hands for Kashmir before Eid
DHAVAL DAVE issue.He now said,We want final solution on inet Committee on Security will meet to dis- issue.He now said,We want final solution on
SRINAGAR: In a significant Kashmir,not another Eid package. The Cab- cuss an Eid peace package for Kashmir on Kashmir,not another Eid package. The Cab-
development,Hurriyat Conference (M) inet Committee on Security will meet to dis- Saturday. inet Committee on Security will meet to dis-
Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin cuss an Eid peace package for Kashmir on Meanwhile,shopkeepers in the cuss an Eid peace package for Kashmir on
Malik,head of the Jammu Kashmir Libera- Saturday. Valley said enthusiasm among shoppers Saturday.
tion Front (JKLF),announced on Friday that Malik urged for peaceful protests.The pres- was missing and business was not on ex- Meanwhile,shopkeepers in the Valley said
the two factions would join hands to help all ent struggle is going through a tough phase, pected lines.A shopkeeper in enthusiasm among shoppers was missing
parties arrive at a consensus on the Kash- he said,It is important to maintain discipline Srinagar,Imran,said,There is just no enthu- and business was not on expected lines.A
mir issue. during protests, he said. siasm.People are only buying essential shopkeeper in
Farooq and Malik jointly addressed the Fri- At least 69 youth have died during protests goods. However,late on Thursday,a Spe-
day congregation at the historic Jamia in the Valley since June 11.Curfews and The Geelani faction of the Hur- cial Operation Group camp was attacked in
Masjid in the old city in Srinagar.After the shutdowns for the past three months have riyat asked people to celebrate Eid with Anantnag.Around 40 SOG men stationed in
made life worse for Kashmiris. gusto.The State also lifted curfew and re- the Janglatmandi camp left their
JKLF chairman Yasin Malik (left) and chairman of APHC
prayers,both leaders led a procession from
Jamia Masjid. Farooq had earlier given a four- strictions,paving way for hassle-free bunkers,following which a mob ransacked
Farooq had earlier given a four- point demand for resolution of the Kashmir Eid.Banks loaded ATMs with cash. the place.
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq lead an anti-India rally in Srinagar point demand for resolution of the Kashmir issue.He now said,We want final solution on
Kashmir,not another Eid package. The Cab-
Farooq had earlier given a four-
point demand for resolution of the Kashmir
Yamuna rises,CM
says dont worry
Flood water inundates over 80 villages in Yamunanagar and other districts
Rizwanur Rahmans mother after the SC order;his body was
found on the tracks
No fresh probe in
Rizwanur case: SC
SEEMA AGARWAL
KOLKATA:The Supreme Court on Friday
stayed two Calcutta High Court orders to
initiate fresh investigations into the death of
Kolkata-based design professional Rizwa-
nur Rahman.
A Division Bench of the High Court had al-
lowed the CBI to initiate a fresh investiga-
tion.
The Supreme Court stayed two
orders relating to the case the order that
discharged Ashok Todi,Rizwanurs father-in-
law,and the order which directed the CBI to
A man outside his house in Delhi,(right) Flood-affected people queue for food reinvestigate the case.
A Division Bench of the Calcutta High
PRITI SHARMA Yamuna had crossed danger Court had quashed the findings of the CBI
NEW DELHI Delhi was on edge on Friday level,prompting authorities to evacuate hun- around three months ago and directed it to
with the water level in Yamuna River rising dreds of people living in the low lying lodge a case of murder against seven ac- Kalyan Banerjee,the lawyer for Rizwanurs
one meter above the danger mark,threaten- areas.Seventy-four boats and 68 divers cused.A fresh case of murder would make family,said,The court has dismissed the
ing to flood the nearby low lying areas even have also been pressed into service. the earlier investigations null and void. order given by the Division Bench of the
as Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit appealed to Dikshit asked people not to panic The CBI had dismissed Rizwa- Calcutta High Court.We are looking into it
people not to panic. and said though Haryana has released nurs death as suicide and chargesheeted and will take necessary action.
The water level in the river nearly 9 lakh cusec of water in the last three the accused for abetment to suicide. Rizwanur was found dead near
touched 205.88 meter at 3 pm and rose fur- days.There may not be much threat to the The SCs decision grants re- railway tracks in Dumdum area on Septem-
ther in the evening when water released city as water has dispersed due to breaking prieve to Todi.The apex court has also ber 21,2007,a month after he married Todis
from Hathanikund Barrage in Haryana of embankments along the route.Flood Con- stayed all consequential proceedings aris- daughter Priyanka against his wishes.
reached the city. trol Minister Raj Kumar Chouhan said over ing out of the high court order.
Flood situation in Punjab and 100 booster pumps were fitted along the
Haryana remained grim with Yamuna and banks of the river to pump out water which
62 students pass Std X without
other major rivers in the region flowing may enter the lowlying areas.We are con-
above the danger level and inundating over stantly monitoring the situation and ready for
80 villages in Yamunanagar and other dis- any eventualities, he said.AGENCIES
tricts.
taking exam PTI of School Education secretary Prabhat
DHARAMSHALA Around 62 students Sharma filed a complaint claiming around
have passed the annual matriculation ex- 62 students had passed the exam without
amination of the Himachal Pradesh Board appearing in it.PTI
of School Education without appearing in
the exams and two persons have been ar-
rested in this connection,police said.
Police have arrested Ashwin Dogra,owner
of an education academy at Gaggle,12 km
from here and a woman in this connection.
Dogra had purchased spare answersheets
from 11 different examination centres dur-
ing the annual exams in April 2010.The an-
swer sheets were then posted to the
evaluation centres,police said.
Confirming the reports,SSP Kan-
gra district Atul Fulzhele said that police
have started investigations after confiscat-
ing the Himachal Education Board 2010
exam record.
Earlier Himachal Pradesh Board

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