Arrested Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist Sheikh Abdul Nayeem – alias Nomi to be hanged for his antinational activity said a Bongaon court on Saturday.The magistrate of fast track court 1 , Binay Pathak ,sentenced him to death.
rrested Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist Sheikh Abdul Nayeem – alias Nomi to be hanged for his antinational activity said a Bongaon court on Saturday.The magistrate of fast track court 1 , Binay Pathak ,sentenced him to death.
Samir was arrested by BSF in April 2007.Apart from Sami the other three ,Mohammed Yunus ,Seikh Abdullah and Mujaffer Ahmed Rathod were also arrested in the case and was sentenced to hang in 2017.The trial started in Bongaon court under CID supervision in 2012.Samir later fled from custody by jumping off the train near Chattisgar .He wason his way to Mumbai to be produced in the MCOCA Court there in August , 2014.
wason his way to Mumbai to be produced in the MCOCA Court there in August , 2014.
Later he was re-arrested in November 2017 in UP and his trial started in Bongaon court about early this year.The delay is becaouse he had to appear in several other cases in different cases lodged by different investigating agencies.
He recieved funds from Pakistan and the UAE, sources in the National Investigation Agency (NIA) said .Nayeem has been associated with LeT Commander Amzad – or Rehan, who is based in Pakistan – and received funds from LeT operatives based in UAE for setting up bases in different parts of India.
recieved funds from Pakistan and the UAE, sources in the National Investigation Agency (NIA) said .Nayeem has been associated with LeT Commander Amzad – or Rehan, who is based in Pakistan – and received funds from LeT operatives based in UAE for setting up bases in different parts of India.
He also reportedly did extensive reconnaissance of different tourist destinations in Delhi, UP and Himachal Pradesh with a mission to carry out terror attacks. Referred to as Headley 2, he recorded videos of Army Camps, power plants and Israeli tourists in India.
Along with the Uttar Pradesh ATS, the NIA recovered incriminating documents, mobile phone and bank account details from Nayeem. He is an accused in the Aurangabad Arms haul case. The 37-year-old, a resident of Aurangabad in Maharashtra, was a runaway terrorist wanted in connection with the activities of the dreaded LeT in various parts of India. Nayeem was arrested at Charbagh Bus Stand in Lucknow on Wednesday morning.
Shaikh Abdul Naeem, 37, is being called ‘Headley-II’ after David Headley who is serving a prison sentence at a US jail for his involvement in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks.
Naeem, nabbed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) with the help of UP Anti-Terror Squad (ATS), has reportedly earned his nickname due to his reconnaissance skills and ability to plan terror attacks. Sources said he also has expertise in preparing the ‘fidayeen’ (suicide bombers and attackers), and was allegedly building a network of sleeper modules and suicide bombers in the country.
A senior ATS official said Naeem was also good at arranging arms and ammunitions for terror activities and was a key accused in the Aurangabad firearms haul case of May 2006 during which security agencies had seized around 30 kg RDX from the CPU of computer, 10 AK-47 assault rifles and over 3,000 bullets.
senior ATS official said Naeem was also good at arranging arms and ammunitions for terror activities and was a key accused in the Aurangabad firearms haul case of May 2006 during which security agencies had seized around 30 kg RDX from the CPU of computer, 10 AK-47 assault rifles and over 3,000 bullets.
The official said Naeem reconnoitred tourist destinations in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh for carrying out terror attacks there. A source said Naeem had also reconnoitred some tourist spots popular with foreign visitors as well as Army installations in Varanasi, Lucknow and Agra. He also gathered information and pictures of Army camps and power projects in Kashmir and visited Kasol in Himachal Pradesh.
He was allegedly preparing a network of sleeper modules and suicide bombers in India at the behest of his handler Amzad alias Rehan, an LeT commander based in Pakistan. “The suspect was closely associated with Abu Jundal, the key handler in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks and had also met LeT chief Hafiz Saeed. He was receiving funds for setting up bases in different parts of India from terror operatives in UAE,” said an official.
He said that Naeem was wanted in various cases, including the Mumbai train attacks of 2006-2007. After fleeing, he got busy in organising a new sleeper cell module,” said the official.
