PUNE, 20 July 2006 — Muhammad Riaz Kagzi, father of alleged terrorist Zaibuddin Ansari alias Zaby, has urged his son to surrender to the authorities. The terror suspect is reported to have fled to Pakistan.
Kagzi, a schoolteacher, who has disowned his son for involvement in terrorist activities, said he wanted Zaby to surrender to the police at the earliest and spare the Muslim community from harassment by security agencies.
Zaby, a trained electrician and an alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba leader from Beed district in Marathwada, is wanted by the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of the Bombay Police and intelligence agencies in connection with the Bombay blasts.
Zaby went missing when his involvement in the Aurangabad arms and explosives case was established last month.
Security agencies believe Zaby was the mastermind behind supply of arms and explosives in the Marathwada region and was the link between Lashkar-e-Taiba and Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI).
Meanwhile, three people were detained by police in Sindhudurg district, in Konkan, for possessing explosive material. The seized material was sent to laboratory in Bombay for tests.
According to Dr. Satyapal Singh, special inspector general of police (Konkan range), the explosive material was packed in cartons meant for mangoes and the police are interrogating the arrested persons.
Police sources also said that an engineer from Malvan and a trader from Mahad were also picked up by the police for questioning.
In another development, the ATS has officially contacted Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency, seeking their help in Bombay blast investigation.
