The police have received information that Nasir visited key installations in northern Karnataka several times and was planning terror strikes in this area. He, along with his associates, was planning terror attacks on the nuclear power plant near Karwar and the INS Kadamba Naval base. Several maps with details of these crucial installations have been recovered from Nasir. The terrorists were reportedly targeting the smaller towns in Karnataka as security is often lax.
The Intelligence Bureau believes that Nasir is aware of the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) network in the country. The HuJI has been held responsible for the Hyderabad, Ajmer and Uttar Pradesh blasts.
"Nasir had prepared several bombs by using Ammonium Nitrate. We planned to place the bombs in the bikes that we had stolen. We had four stolen bikes with us. We planned to ride the bikes into the targeted places and park the bike in a crowded area," Assidullah told the police.
While Moulana Naseeruddin himself is in Ahmedabad jail and undergoing trial on a criminal conspiracy case in Gujarat, another of his sons Mohammd Raziuddin Nasir is in Belgam jail in Karnataka for the last six months on the suspicion of his links with terrorist activities.
The Karnataka police have launched a massive manhunt for suspected fidayeen in the state following a revelation made by Raziuddin Nasir, the man arrested for his alleged terror links and also for his role in the Lumbini blast case in Hyderabad.
There could be as many as five sleeper cells operating in Karnataka right now, with three of them concentrated in north India. Terror outfits prefer the northern part of the state due to security reasons.
Mohammed Raziuddin Nasir, who identified the sketch of the IISC attacker, said his name was Abu Hamza. Nasir said he knew Hamza and had met him for the first time in 2007 when he was training at Muzaffarabad. It was there that Hamza told Nasir the entire story of the IISC attack.
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