
Terror suspect Sabauddin has confessed to police here that he was the mastermind behind the December 2005 terror strike on the IISc which he executed at the behest of the Lashkar-e-Toiba, a top police official said on Saturday.
Sabauddin, whose custody was secured by the Corps of Detectives CoD from Lucknow, revealed during interrogation that he, along with his associate Hamza, had identified four targets for the terror attack but zeroed in on IISc as it was hosting an international conference, Joint Commissioner of Police Crime Gopal Hosur said here.
The police have recovered a bag belonging to Sabauddin from a house in Hebbal in the city, which he had rented while plotting the attack.
The bag contained various articles, including the clothes of Hamza, Hosur said.
The strike, which claimed the life of a Delhi-based assistant professor, had sent shock waves among people of the city and police were not able to crack the case until Sabauddin8217;s arrest in Lucknow.
Sabauddin had undergone advanced training in handling all kinds of weapons and explosives and commando training, said Hosur. He added that Sabauddin had confessed to surveying IISc campus a day prior to the attack.