Gandhinagar, 27 June 2012

Gujarat Police will seek transfer of Abu Jundal alias Sayeed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Hamza (the man has at least 10 aliases) in connection with 2006 Kalupur railway station bomb blast case and terrorist training case, said Gujarat Police Chief DGP Chittaranjan Singh in Gandhinagar today.

“Abu Jundal will be first questioned by Delhi police, later he will be handed over to Mumbai Police, after which the Gujarat Police will come into the picture,” Singh said while speaking to media persons at his office adding that the anti-terrorist squad (ATS) will quiz Abu Jundal.

Jundal is wanted in 2006 Kalupur bomb blast case.

It should be noted that earlier the central IB had sent an alert about an LeT operative identified as Ansari, a resident of Beed in Maharashtra, who was allegedly on a mission to kill chief minister Narendra Modi.

Following his arrest in New Delhi on June 21, it was confirmed that Jundal was indeed the man the IB had warned about. The ATS is likely to question Jundal about that as well.

As per security agencies, Abu is one of the six handlers who guided the 10 terrorists during the Mumbai attacks from November 26-29, 2008. In fact, Jundal was a Hindi tutor to the 10 ultras – a language they needed to learn and prove they were Indian Muslims and not Pakistanis, in case they were caught.

According to Kasab, the voice in the conversations intercepted by Indian intelligence agencies during the attack is of Jundal, who was heard using Hindi words like prashasan (government), udharan (example), yuvak (youth).

He was heard telling the terrorists to hide their identity and identify themselves from the Deccan Mujahideen hailing from Toli Chowk in Hyderabad.

Jundal had also told the Lashkar ultras attacking Nariman House to convey to the media that the strike was just a trailer — ‘asal film baaki hai’.

Jundal has already confessed to playing a key role in the Mumbai attacks, while disclosing that Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed was present in the Karachi control room when the 26/11 attacks took place. Jundal said he too was in the Karachi control room and guided the terrorists from there.

Jundal also disclosed that he worked in close tandem with terror mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi of the LeT. In fact, he is believed to have told investigators that Lakhvi has been holding regular terror meetings in the Pakistani jail where he is kept.

While working under the guidance of Hafiz Saeed, Jundal claimed to have trained Kasab. As per sources, he even traveled upto the Indian border in the same boat in which the 10 Mumbai attackers came from the Karachi port.

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