Manhunt in city for hackers who sent IM mail

The Mumbai Police has launched a manhunt to trace those who sent the Indian Mujahideen e-mail after the blast in Varanasi on Tuesday night.

The Mumbai Police has launched a manhunt to trace those who sent the Indian Mujahideen e-mail after the blast in Varanasi on Tuesday night. The police said they were working on a sketch based on the information given by the dealer from whom a SIM card was purchased and used by the group to send an e-mail on September 19 after the shooting of foreigners outside Jama Masjid in Delhi.

DGP D Sivanandhan convened a meeting of Mumbai Police and Navi Mumbai police to probe the e-mail sent by the terrorists who hacked into an unsecure Wi-Fi network in Navi Mumbai. The Mumbai Police tracked the Internet Protocol pool from where the Wi-Fi was hacked to an Airtel broadband connection after making inquiries at the service providers office in Malad.

Speaking to the media,Police Commissioner Sanjeev Dayal said: The manner in which it has been sent,the modus operandi used,all seem similar to previous incidents. We have a fair idea who it could be and the probe is in progress. We can say it is a Indian Mujahideen module.

While the contents,pattern and signatures remain the same,the Commissioner pointed out that the content this time relied on more theological references and was more vituperative.

Nikhil and Akhil Talreja of the Mansarovar building in Sector 17,Vashi,who owned the IP address from which the mail was sent have been released after questioning by the Mumbai Crime Branch and the Anti-Terrorism Squad. While Nikhil works as a software engineer in Mahape,his younger brother Akhil is a DJ. Their father owns a shop in the Inorbit Mall near Vashi railway station where they run a gifts store.

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