Jaish men held in Delhi had stock exchange for target

A decade after the Bombay Stock Exchange was bombed, the nerve centre of the city’s financial district is still not off the list of ter...

A decade after the Bombay Stock Exchange was bombed, the nerve centre of the city’s financial district is still not off the list of terror targets.

A five-member team of Delhi Police, which is in the city with two Jaish-e-Mohammed militants arrested in the capital this week, has discovered that an RDX consignment was to land in the city, stowed away in a flat and then used to bomb the stock exchange in mid-September.

The two accused — Ateeq Ahmed alias Nanhe and Raees Ahmed — said they were to hide RDX in a second-floor flat of Coral Apartments at Mira road. Ateeq had made many trips to Mumbai in the last few months, ostensibly in connection with a hosiery business. In May, he rented a flat where he was joined by Raees, says Additional Commissioner (Crime) Rakesh Maria.

The accused have also revealed that they had made a few trips to the Bombay Stock Exchange. Police learnt the accused had completed stints in Pakistan, where they underwent training in handling explosives and making bombs. The Mira Road police is looking for associates of the duo in the city.

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