It was only then the Jamat and Lashkar chiefs Hafeez Mohammad Saeed and Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhwi had assigned him the job of recruiting. Madni had opened an office — Nice Travels & Tours — in Kathmandu in 2000 and the Pakistan-based LeT chief had sent his confidant Saifullah to stay with Madni and help him.
Madni reportedly said Saifullah was called back to Pakistan and was replaced by Usman after three of their men were arrested in Delhi in 2004. Another LeT member, Kamaal Ansari, whom he recruited has already been arrested in Mumbai train blast case in 2006, Madni told the Special Cell.