Indian Mujahideen hitlist included IITs and IIMs
Wednesday, 03 February 2010, 15:24 IST   |    6 Comments
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Indian Mujahideen hitlist included IITs and IIMs
Lucknow/New Delhi: The next targets of the Indian Mujahideen's (IM) were the IITs and IIMs in North India. This was revealed after the initial interrogation of Shahzad Ahmad Farouqui, the suspected IM terrorist arrested by the UP police's anti-terrorist squad (ATS) and Rajasthan police, reports Asian Age. The UP police ATS on Tuesday confirmed that "Shahzad was allegedly planning to carry out blasts in several higher education institutions in the country." The ATS officers added that some elite educational and research institutes in North India were on the IM hitlist. The senior officers refused to reveal the names of the institutes but reliable sources confirmed that the IITs and IIMs were on the hitlist. According to Asian Age, following this revelation, security has been strengthened around elite educational and research institutes in North India. Police officers are also claiming that some cities in UP and Gujarat with big educational institutes are on high alert. Shahzad expressed annoyance with his organization, saying he was promised the post of commander of a junior brigade but this was not fulfilled. The IM also wanted some youth to go for training by the Pakistan Army, he revealed.

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