The Mumbai Police Crime Branch, which today filed a chargesheet against Indian Mujhadeen suspects including Mansoor Asghar Peerbhoy, the alleged head of the IM ‘media wing’, is likely to make his younger brother Adil Asgar Peerbhoy a witness to prove Mansoor used his Maruti car to travel to Matunga and Chembur. Mansoor has been accused of hacking into two WiFi accounts in these localities to send emails to media houses claiming responsibility for the Ahmedabad and Delhi blasts last year.

According to the prosecution, Mansoor had driven the black Maruti Esteem (MH-12-CA-44309) belonging to Adil from Pune, where the family resides, to Mumbai to hack into the unsecured WiFi accounts at Khalsa College, Matunga, and at a Chembur residence to send the emails.

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Ashok Duraphe, confirmed that Adil would be a prosecution witness. “He would have to depose in court about his car being used by his brother Mansoor to travel from Pune to Mumbai and how he later handed it over to police,” he said. Adil has also moved an application before the special court seeking the car to be returned to him. The application will come up for hearing on Wednesday.

On her son being made an accused despite his application to turn approver Mansoor’s mother, who was present in court, refrained from giving a reaction. “Is there only Mansoor the media wants to follow? Will the media stop harassing me and my family,” she asked.

Alim (24), a computer engineer, was present with his mother in the court. Speaking to Newsline,Alim, the youngest of the four Peerbhoy brothers, said, “Mansoor can’t be a terrorist. He works for about 15 hours a day. Where would he get time for terrorist activities? Even if he did send these e-mails, he must have been made to do so by other people without him having any knowledge of such terrorist intentions.”

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