The Bhatkal-based suspected Indian Mujahiddeen (IM) module which was busted seems more like a logistic and bomb-making expertise provider, say investigators. While the police claimed to have recovered a huge cache of explosives from a house at Tengengundi Cross in the town, local people have disputed this.
Police claimed to have seized nearly 3 kg of gel-based explosive, more than 4 kg of ammonium nitrate, and 10 electrical circuits used for preparing high-end improvised explosive device (IED) from the house. The police said the explosives were locally sourced, and that they were trying to establish their trail.
A social activist from Bhatkal, Altaf Kharoori, said the police had staked-out the house in the area that was locked. He disputed the police claims that they recovered explosives from the house.
Local people said the house belonged to Mohammad Hussain (60), who was in a hospital in Kozhikode, Kerala, with his wife, while his son Abdus Subur, an MBA student in Bhatkal, was away from the house since Wednesday morning. Local residents also claimed that Subur is a relative of Syed Ismail Afaq, who was arrested from a flat in Cox Town, Bengaluru.
Afaq, who was arrested along with Saddam Hussein, had been residing in the rented flat for more than a year. The police said they found no explosives in the flat. They, however, recovered a wireless communication set from the flat, which they termed “incriminating”.
A senior official said Afaq who claimed to be a businessman, was associated with a Kerala-based organisation working for the minority community and also had links with the Indian Mujahiddeen.
The official said the activities of the two men in the city were being probed.
While police claimed to have recovered a huge cache of explosives from a house in Bhatkal town, locals dispute it
