Eighteen ‘Abus’ in Mumbai Police chargesheet

‘Abu’ is called ‘Kunniyat’ (nickname) in Arabic to signify a fatherly attitude towards children named after the warriors.

However,the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba,which follows the Al-hadees faction of Islam,uses ‘Abu’ to reveal their actual identity.

The famous example in this regard is Abu Al-Qama. The person with this identity has been killed several times in Kashmir during anti-militancy operations but again this name has surfaced among the 35 wanted names in the Mumbai chargesheet.

“Abu word started coming on the intelligence radar in early 1990s when Lashkar started establishing its base in Jammu and Kashmir,” said a senior police official,adding “it only depicts that either their son is named after the warrior or they aspire to have a son like the warrior.”