Anjuman men aimed at destabilisation

By Our Staff Reporter

KHAMMAM, JULY 25. The Deendar Anjuman activists involved in the serial bomb blasts that rocked the State recently had much bigger plans to destabilise the country. The communication and transportation system was targeted by them after completing their mission for creating communal disharmony by attacking places of worship, according to highly placed sources associated with the investigation into the blasts.

The Zamate Hizbulla Mujahaddin, which had picked up many youths and the Deendar Anjuman activists for militancy training in Pakistan, was all out to launch a proxy war by fomenting communal violence. The outfit, headed by Syed Zia ul Hassan, wanted its `soldiers of Jehad' to disturb the transport system so as to cut off North India from the South since it sought to restrict the war particularly to the north.

Syed Zia Ul Hassan, who migrated to Pakistan during partition, visited Hyderabad in 1999. He convened a secret meeting of his close aides in the Old City of Hyderabad on October 19 last year. The meeting was attended by some members of Deendar Anjuman from Nuziveed, Vijayawada, Hyderabad, Hubli, Banglore, Chikballapur, Nanded and Sholapur.

The occasion was utilised by Syed Zia Ul Hassan to give a call for Jehad. He exhorted the followers to create hatred among the various religious communities in India and disrupt the communication system. He had appointed Syed Khaliq Uz Zaman of Nuziveed, who had been working as an auditor in the Krishna District Cooperative Central Bank, as the head of all groups of Deendar Anjuman in South India.

The Deendar Anjuman groups in Andhra Pradesh were entrusted by him with the task of identifying five active members each to carry out the mission of the organisation. The participants had another secret meeting in Hyderabad on November 26 to review the progress in the implementation of the plans and to chalk out further plans for fulfilment of its objective.

Syed Zia Ul Hassan had declared at the meeting that the real `work' would start in two to three months' time. India would be under attack of the Jehad army of the Jammate Hizbul Mujahiddin. While appealing to the participants to be prepared for making sacrifices, he also asked them to mobilize money for the mission. Responding to his appeal, one Shaik Iqbal Ahamed of Vijayawada sent Rs. 15,000 for the cause.

In another meeting held subsequently in a lodge at Osman Gunj in Hyderabad, the ways and means to be adopted for creating communal disturbances were discussed. They sought to raise money and procure infrastructure. They also decided to commit offenses such as robberies and dacoities to get money to intensify Jehad. A robbery was committed near Gampalagudem in Tiruvuru police station limits On February 4 last.

Another secret meeting was held in last March in the premises of a private apartment near the Syndicate Bank branch of Mohdipatnam in Hyderabad. The meeting was attended by Khaliq uz Zaman of Nuziveed in his capacity as the chief of the Deendar Anjuman groups in the south. A decision was taken at the meeting to plant improved explosive devices fixed with timers at the gospel meetings and churches.

It was decided in yet another secret meeting held this time in the house of Khaliq uz Zaman in Nuziveed on March 25 last to trigger explosions in Hubli, Medak, Vikarabad, Goa and a few other places. The meeting was attended among others by a Pakistani national, Syyed Zahed ul Hassan alias Zahid Pasha. About two months after they held the crucial round of discussion in the Nuziveed meeting, the blasts were engineered in the Suvartha congregation at the Ladies Recreation Club Ground in Machilipatnam on May 21.

The bombs were planted by Syed jilani, brother of Khaliq uz Zamanin in a lavatory at the meeting place. He managed to escape in a lorry from the place after the blast. Only three days after the incident, he planted explosive devices in Kodanda Rama temple in Krishnalanka locality of Vijayawada on May 25. The explosive devices blasted in Markaz Mosque in Guntur had the timer fixed by jilani who was arrested along with four other activists of Deendar Anjuman in Khammam railway station on Monday.

His brother, Khaliq Uz Zaman, was also arrested along with three others from a van on the Nuziveed-Eluru road on Saturday night.As many as 18 persons have been arrested in connection with the serial blasts so far.

Raids in Khammam dist

The CID officials had set the stage for conducting more raids in Khammam and Nalgonda districts where the accused had some connections. The house of one Farsat Ali, who had reportedly been associated with the activities of the organisation, was raided by them in Yellandu town of Khammam district. But the house was found deserted. The sources said that Farsat Ali was at large along with his family. The organisation had some members operating in Kodad and Huzoornagar of Nalgonda district. Two persons from the district were among the five arrested in Khammam.

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