Indian Mujahideen Men Used Social Media For Communication, Say Delhi Police

NEW DELHI: Indian Mujahideen operatives extensively used social networking sites like Facebook and other e-mail chats to communicate with each other, including with its co-founder Riyaz Bhatkal, to execute their terror plans, Delhi Police has told the court.

"The accused disclosed a number of Nimbuzz IDs, Yahoo IDs, Paltalk IDs, Gmail IDs and Facebook IDs used by them over the previous months/years for communication/chat and to receive and sent encrypted files and fake documents at different times at different locations...," it alleged.

In its supplementary chargesheet against six suspected IM men in connection with a case relating to allegedly setting up an illegal arms factory here, the special cell of Delhi Police claimed these accused were using e-mails and chat messengers to communicate with the absconding Bhatkal.

The police also claimed that these accused were "often using proxy IPs" and were installing proxy softwares in their computers to hide their actual locations.

It also said Nimbuzz, a mobile-cum-computer application for free messaging and calling, was the "preferred mode of communication" among the IM operatives.

The police have disclosed this in its supplementary chargesheet in which suspected IM operatives Zia-Ur-Rehman, Tehsin Akhtar, Mohd Waqar Azhar, Mohd Maroof, Mohd Saquib Ansari and Imteyaz Alam have been arrayed as accused. They all have been arrested.

They have been listed in the charge sheet for various offences punishable under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities Act, the Explosive Substances Act, the Arms Act and the IPC.

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