Adding an entirely new dimension to the arrest of Mohammed Omar Madni, the alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba chief in Nepal, the Delhi Police on Friday disclosed that his interrogation in connection with the serial blasts in the Capital blew the lid off the links between the terror outfit and the Maoist organisation in Jharkhand. Producing Madni before a Delhi court following the completion of his 14-day police custody, the Special Cell claimed entries in Madni’s diaries revealed that the LeT was acting in concert with the CPI(Maoists) in Jharkhand and the accused had been entrusted the task of recruiting and inducting them for executing terror strikes in the country.

“He has been acting as a conduit for the LeT and was made in-charge of Jharkhand for the purpose of selecting men and sending them to Pakistan occupied Kashmir for training in terror activities. These men were supposed to come back to India and carry out terror strikes,” contended public prosecutor Rajeev Mohan.

Kamal Ansari, an accused in Mumbai train blasts of 2006, was allegedly one of Madni’s recruits. According to the police, he had also travelled to Bangladesh, Pakistan and Qatar in connection with unlawful activities.

According to the police, Madni, who had established a base in Nepal, had been wanted by Indian security agencies for quite some time after his name came up following the arrest of three militants in 2002. These three men were convicted for terror activities by a Delhi court in 2005, added the prosecutor.

Madni used to interact with his associates using his email accounts. He, however, never emailed them messages but used to save them in draft format and his associates, who knew the password of his email account, would read it and delete it so that technical detection by the security agencies could be averted, alleged the prosecutor.

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