‘Motu Doctor’,brother of Glasgow bomber,wanted in ‘LeT plot’

He has now been identified as the Karnataka man nicknamed as “Motu Doctor”,accused number 21,in a chargesheet filed by the NIA into an LeT conspiracy to recruits youths from Bangalore,Hyderabad,Hubli and Nanded for “jihadi activities”.

Motu Doctor,suspected to be an LeT operative,has been accused in the chargesheet of being part of two conspiracy meetings in Saudi Arabia to carry out terrorist activities and attacks on right-wing Hindu leaders.

Multiple sources familiar with the probe said that Motu Doctor was none other than Sabeel,who moved to Saudi Arabia following his release from Britain and deportation to India in May 2008.

At the time of his incarceration in 2007 in Britain for the suicide bombing by his brother Kafeel,family members had indicated that Sabeel was called “Motu” by friends.

As reported by The Indian Express last week,Dr Imran Ahmed alias Immu Bhai,the brother-in-law of Sabeel who is also named as being a part of the alleged LeT conspiracy,was arrested by the NIA on November 28 in Bangalore.

Imran was also based in Saudi Arabia and was visiting India allegedly on a fake passport,NIA said following his arrest. The agency is presently interrogating Imran about his alleged LeT links.

Sabeel had been arrested in Britain and charged with withholding information on the failed terror plots to set off two car bombs in London on June 29 and the attempt to drive a flaming jeep into Glasgow airport on June 30.

The investigations revealed it was Sabeel’s older brother Kafeel who was responsible for the terror attacks along with a friend. A DNA match between Kafeel and Sabeel confirmed they were brothers although their doctor parents had refused to accept Kafeel’s death.

Sabeel later admitted in a London court he failed to report prior knowledge of his brother’s plans for attacks in Britain – specifically the knowledge of a draft e-mail left in a mail box by Kafeel. He was discharged and deported to India on May 7,2008.

According to the NIA chargesheet,Motu Doctor and Imran were a part of conspiracy meetings in Riyadh that also featured several alleged LeT-linked terrorists from Hyderabad including Mohammed Bhai alias Abdul Bari,Abdul Majeed – brother of Shahid Bilal and Siddique bin Osman alias Abu Hanzala.

A total of 25 people have been accused in the case of whom 13 have been arrested and the rest,including Motu Doctor,are in the Middle East.