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| NIA traces most of calls in three states | | | Agencies
KOLKATA, Nov 4: After investigating the Khagraghar blast for nearly two weeks, the NIA has opened a new avenue which can change the entire perspective of the probe. Unearthing several calls to Tamil Nadu, Mumbai and Jammu & Kashmir, the NIA investigators have zeroed in on Wadala West, a pentagonal two kilometre slum in Mumbai from where numerous calls were made to and from Burdwan, Birbhum, Murshidabad and other parts of the country.
"The calls have been made from an area that is between Wadala and Kingscircle railway station and this area is mainly dominated by Bengalis from Bangladesh. There is a possibility that the people who have fled from West Bengal might have taken shelter in this particular area," NIA sources said.
NIA officers are finding it difficult to penetrate the zone because of its geographical location and population density. It is a densely populated slum of more than 4.5 lakh residents, 80 percent of whom are Bangladeshi migrants. "Some have managed to acquire Indian documents like Voters ID cards, driving licenses and ration cards but many more stay here hiding their identity. Police and district administration find it difficult to penetrate this zone," an NIA officer investigating the Burdwan blast said.
Apart from Mumbai, several calls were made to Jammu & Kashmir and Tamil Nadu. NIA officers feel that if the operatives have their presence in Mumbai and Jammu & Kashmir, then the magnitude of the crime is more diverse than expected. The entire spree of calls caught the NIA's notice after analysis of one of Shakil's phones recovered from the blast site. It was found that more than 23 SIM cards and international calling cards were used in that single phone. Investigators unearthed the calls made to different states and abroad on analysing the phone's details through EMI number.
Previously, NIA investigators also learnt that a radical Islamist organization - Revival of Islamic Heritage (RIH) - may have been responsible for funding different terror modules operating in the state. The sleuths have also identified at least three organisations and some people in Metiabruz and Chattabazar areas who might have received funding from this overseas organisation through the Hawala channel. Furthermore, the investigators also found that RIH, apparently an Islamic religious organization, receives most of its funds from an undercover pan Islamic organization - Equalin Muslimin. "This is a new name that has cropped up and we are yet to know details about this organisation," the officer said. NIA officers who are supposed to go to Bangladesh to collect more information might submit details of the investigation to the Bangladesh government. |
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