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Ansari admits hand in Kolkata shootout
Aftab Ansari, prime suspect in the attack on the American centre in Kolkata, has admitted to the CBI his involvement in the attack. He also accepted having links with criminals and jehadis in Pakistan, especially Omar Sheikh, one of the three terrorists released by India. Delhi court sends Ansari to transit remand of seven days
Aftab Ansari, prime suspect in the attack on the American centre in Kolkata, has admitted to the CBI his involvement in the attack. He also accepted having links with criminals and jehadis in Pakistan, especially Omar Sheikh, one of the three terrorists released by India.
The CBI, while seeking his transit remand, told a Delhi court that Ansari alias Farhan Malik during his interrogation also admitted of forming a countrywide network of arms, narcotics smugglers for carrying out illegal activities in India.
"He has also come out with the fact that he has links with terrorists and jehadis in Pakistan specially with Omar Sheikh. He has also admitted that the attack on American Centre in Kolkata was carried out at his instance by his associates in order to take the revenge of the killing of Asif Reza Khan in a police encounter," the CBI said.
Ansari, who was deported from Dubai and was interrogated by CBI after his arrest on Saturday night, was sent to seven days of transit remand by the court to facilitate the CBI to take him to Gujarat where he will be produced before the first class judicial magistrate Randhanpur in Patan district in an arms seizure case.
"The accused Aftab Ansari admitted during interrogation, he had formed a country wide network of arms, narcotics smugglers for carrying out the illegal activities in India," the CBI told the court.
Ansari has also admitted he had earned nearly Rs 55 crore from kidnapping, smuggling of arms, ammunition and explosives from Pakistan to India for spreading terrorism.
The CBI`s application said one of the accused arrested in the arms seizure case, Aquib Alib Khan, had stated during the interrogation that he was instructed to transport the arms and explosives in a truck from the border which was subsequently seized by the agency.
"The deal was being carried out under the instructions and supervision of Aftab Ansari. The instructions were received on telephone as well as on e-mail in the name of Abdal who is none other than Aftab Ansari," the CBI said in the application.
The agency said on the basis of the information, CBI had seized a huge quantity of arms and ammunition including 14 kg of RDX, four kgs of plastic explosives, two AK-56 rifles, two pistols, two rifles, a radio set, loaded magazines, remote control devices, cordex wire, detonators and timers from a truck in North Gujarat.
The CBI said Ansari had admitted he had instructed Asif Reza Khan through e-mail to receive the consignment of arms, which were seized from a person in Gujarat, for strengthening his network in India. Bureau Report
"He has also come out with the fact that he has links with terrorists and jehadis in Pakistan specially with Omar Sheikh. He has also admitted that the attack on American Centre in Kolkata was carried out at his instance by his associates in order to take the revenge of the killing of Asif Reza Khan in a police encounter," the CBI said.
Ansari, who was deported from Dubai and was interrogated by CBI after his arrest on Saturday night, was sent to seven days of transit remand by the court to facilitate the CBI to take him to Gujarat where he will be produced before the first class judicial magistrate Randhanpur in Patan district in an arms seizure case.
"The accused Aftab Ansari admitted during interrogation, he had formed a country wide network of arms, narcotics smugglers for carrying out the illegal activities in India," the CBI told the court.
Ansari has also admitted he had earned nearly Rs 55 crore from kidnapping, smuggling of arms, ammunition and explosives from Pakistan to India for spreading terrorism.
The CBI`s application said one of the accused arrested in the arms seizure case, Aquib Alib Khan, had stated during the interrogation that he was instructed to transport the arms and explosives in a truck from the border which was subsequently seized by the agency.
"The deal was being carried out under the instructions and supervision of Aftab Ansari. The instructions were received on telephone as well as on e-mail in the name of Abdal who is none other than Aftab Ansari," the CBI said in the application.
The agency said on the basis of the information, CBI had seized a huge quantity of arms and ammunition including 14 kg of RDX, four kgs of plastic explosives, two AK-56 rifles, two pistols, two rifles, a radio set, loaded magazines, remote control devices, cordex wire, detonators and timers from a truck in North Gujarat.
The CBI said Ansari had admitted he had instructed Asif Reza Khan through e-mail to receive the consignment of arms, which were seized from a person in Gujarat, for strengthening his network in India. Bureau Report