Arrested Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islami (HUJI) operative Babu Bhai’s revelation that he had delivered 10 packets of RDX a month before the serial Diwali blasts in the Capital has punched holes into the Delhi Police team’s investigation that squarely blames the carnage on Kashmiri operatives of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) on the basis of two satellite phone calls.

The security agencies are now looking for “Guru aka Rocky” who received 20 kg of RDX from Babu Bhai in the Walled City 10 days before the Ramzan festival of 2005. The HUJI operative, by his admission, stayed two days at Turkman Gate with a friend named Qadir before returning to Kolkata.

But till such time that “Rocky” is arrested, the official line is that it was Tariq Ahmad Dar, Mohammed Hussain Fazli and Mohammed Rafiq Shah who executed the serial blasts at the crowded markets of Sarojini Nagar, Paharganj, and a DTC bus in Gobindpuri on October 29, 2005. There are two more suspects, Ghulam Ahmed Khan and Farooque Ahmed, accused in helping the funding of the blasts.

However, the fact is that the entire investigation hinges on two calls (November 1 and 4, 2005) made by Abu Al Qama, LeT’s operational commander based in Muzaffarabad, on satellite phone to Tariq Ahmad Dar’s mobile number. In his conversations, Tariq is said to be boasting about the efficiency of the operation, (“Dilli mein kuch bazaar aise hote hai jahan camera nahin hai... There are same markets in Delhi where there are no CCTVs).” Dar claims that all the four (bombers) had returned safely and could repeat the act again (“Charon log idhar aa gaye hain — wo kehte hain ki aisa wo dubara bhi kar sakte hain”). The cops are also relying on a report published in Greater Kashmir newspaper, claiming that the phone conversation also mentioned it.

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