The contents of the Pakistan dossier prepared by the Anti-terrorist Squad (ATS) may be a bit thin on specific evidence on the 7/11 blasts but it has details on the Pakistani operatives who crossed over to conduct operations.

Police commissioner A N Roy and ATS chief K Raghuvanshi have already briefed the Central government about the Pakistani involvement. However, they have not submitted any documentary evidence or dossier yet.

The investigation into the 7/11 blasts, which were initially perceived to be purely the handiwork of locals, changed course after the arrest of Kamal Ansari from Madhubani in Bihar on July 21. The ATS dossier records an input of an intercept soon after Ansari’s arrest: “Hamara ek banda pakda gaya hai, Allah na kare woh kucch bol de.”

However, none of the Pakistanis questioned by the ATS have been booked in the case. “We have not shared the information on Pakistan’s involvement with anyone. We don’t want to book any Pakistani against whom we don’t have any evidence,” Roy told The Indian Express.

“As we have already said, we suspect the involvement of 11 Pakistanis in the blasts, one of whom was killed in an encounter and another died in the train blasts. We are trying to trace the rest of them,” said.

The ATS files on Pakistan have several incomplete names and pseudonyms of Pakistanis who are at large — they include Abu Hasan Hafiz, Aslam, Sabir, Salim, Abu Bakr, Sohail Shaikh, Abdul Razzak, Ehsanullah, Kasam Ali and Ammu Jaan.

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