Divulging further details about the captured terroirist, the NIA official said, Ali was recruited by Hafiz Saeed’s Jamaat-ud-Dawaah and subsequently LeT radicalised him.
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Pakistani national Bahadur Ali alias Abu Saifullah is a son of Mohd Haneef resident of village Jia Bagga, Tehsil Raiwind, district Lahore in the state of Punjab, Pakistan. After releasing the confession video, sleuths from NIA said they are investigating the role of Lashkar in the unrest in Kashmir Valley in the aftermath of the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani. The NIA chief said Ali had confessed that he was “infiltrated into India” after being trained by LeT. “And that he crossed into Indian side on either 11th or 12th June along with two LeT cadres”, he added. He said, “There were 30-50 trainees at training camps of LeT from different parts of the countries including Afghnistan-Pakistan border”. Before being sent to India, Ali underwent three training courses – “Daura-e-Tulba” (basic traning for 15 days) at Manshera in the year 2013, “Daura-e-Aam” (21 days of basic arms training) at Aksa camp near Muzaffarabad in 2014 followed by month-long “Daura-e-Khas” at Tabook camp near Muzaffarabad in the summer of 2016, during which he was trained in use of sophisticated arms and field craft. NIA has recovered various wireless sets, night vision devices, mobile phones etc from Ali.
Before being launched, Ali and other were repeatedly shown the infiltration route on the google maps beamed on an LCD TV besides landmarks on the route.
Bahadur Ali said that there were a few Army officers in civilian clothes who checked their preparedness. In India, Ali had changed locations frequently, and was constantly in touch with his handlers.
“Recovered articles show that the terrorist was provided great referrals in codes”.
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The officer said tghat once the terrorists are inside Indian territory, Alpha-3 guides, directs and controls their operations. “It shows very highly trained people trained him”. We have collected all kinds of evidence.
