May 22, 2007

Three days

Hindustan Times, Sunday May 20 2007: "A definite lead [in the Hyderabad Mecca Masjid bombing] is the recovery of a SIM card ... It was bought in Asansol in West Bengal and investigators said it was registered in the name of Mohammad Shahid (alias Bilal)..."

DNA, Sunday May 20 2007: "The police recovered a Nokia phone and SIM card connected to three unexploded bombs from the blast site. The SIM card, in [Shahid] Bilal's name, was bought in West Bengal..."

HT, Monday May 21 2007: "One of [the suspects in the case] is the absconding Mohammed Shaheed alias Bilal, in whose name the phone's (which triggered the blast) SIM card was registered."

HT, Tuesday May 22 2007: "The West Bengal police have picked up one Mohammed Shahid, a mobile phone shop owner ... who allegedly sold the Hutch SIM card recovered from an unexploded bomb at the Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad ... [He] confirmed having sold the SIM card to one Babulal Yadav in June 2006. ... The police are, however, convinced the name Babulal Yadav is fictitious."
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Anonymous said...

current thoughts (slight OT):

If 'proactive' extra-judicial encounter killing in Gujarat somehow keeps that state safe from such terror attacks over an extended period of time while Malegaon / Hyderabad repeats elsewhere, will these encounters get even more legitimacy than they currently seem to enjoy?

As acceptable rule-of-law processes are undermined or proven ineffective, will most of us turn gradually to the Guj model, and is that the aim here with these blasts.

Would seem counter-productive from the jihadi POV short term, but maybe theyre betting on some tipping point with encounter kills and other police atrocity to pay them dividends.

regards,
Jai

May 24, 2007 1:20 AM

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