Confessions of the four suspects, supported by police evidence, indicate that the twin blasts in December, one in a Ghatkopar bus and the other at a fast food joint in Mumbai Central, were masterminded by a Dubai-based fundamentalist group.Investigators putting the jigsaw into place found that six of the seven suspects named in the case had visited Dubai last year. Mastermind, Mohammed Altaf, too, is holed up there.Joint investigations are being conducted by teams led by Senior Inspectors Arun Borude and Praful Bhosle under Joint Commissioner (crime) Shridhar Vagal.Sayyed Khwaja Yunus, was the first to visit Dubai last year. Altaf followed when the former decided to return to India. It was during this period that Altaf met a fundamentalist, who trained him to be a Jehadi. When Yunus returned to Dubai, he was also induced to join the group. They were soon joined by Imran Khan, Sheikh Ahmed Bashir Sheikh and Imran Zuber. All five used to share a room in Dubai.In the meantime, Sheikh Mohammed Muzameel, a chemical engineer, floated Pragma Software Company in Aurangabad. Altaf was one of the partners. This firm later became a frontal organisation for receiving funds from Dubai, police said. While Muzameel ran PSC, Mohammed Abdul Mateen moved to Mumbai after being appointed a lecturer at JJ Hospital. The plot was finally hatched in Dubai last year and Imran Khan and Imran Zuber returned to Aurangabad in August to carry out their plans. The duo engineered two blasts, before Imran Khan was killed in an encounter near Hyderabad and Zuber fled to Dubai.The scene of action shifted to Mateen’s hostel room, which became a meeting point for conspirators. Altaf returned to Mumbai in August to ensure that preparations were on schedule.Yunus returned on November 31 and was the brain behind the Ghatkopar blast. Sources said literature and CDs relating to Jaish-e-Mohammed were confiscated from Muzameel’s company.
