It is a complex brainteaser of finding out who is who. There are several names without faces. There are no photographs, not even a sketch. And each person has several aliases: the terror network knows him by one name, Hyderabad Police may know him by another name while Jaipur police may be looking for him with another. But the real identity is a mystery. And, with indications that the network of SIMI activists involved in Ahmedabad blasts could also be involved in blasts in Hyderabad, Jaipur and elsewhere, some of the best investigative teams are trying crack this name code, and join the dots that might give them a complete picture.Armed with a few old photographs and a list of names, teams of Hyderabad Police are interrogating those arrested by the Ahmedabad Crime Branch in connection with the July 26 blasts. The Hyderabad Police are looking for clues and information that might help them crack the twin blasts of August 25 last year at Lumbini Park and Gokul Chat, and the Mecca Masjid blast last May. With the trail of terror linking Azamgadh with Hyderabad, it is a painstaking work. The names of suspects that Hyderabad police have are not necessarily recognised by the accused arrested by Ahmedabad Crime Branch in connection. “On the other hand, the names that the accused are revealing may not ring a bell for the police. It is quite possible that the person may be the same but the police and the accused know him by different names. They have given themselves fake names for different purposes and are known by various aliases. So it is possible that police is looking for the same person that the accused are mentioning, but are finding it difficult to arrive at his real identity if photos are not available,” an officer said.“We are exploring if those persons in custody of Ahmedabad police are involved in the Hyderabad blasts too, or they know of the persons who were involved. So far, the names or links are not falling into place,” says Hyderabad Police Commissioner B Prasada Rao.“The dozen-odd persons arrested by the Ahmedabad Police also had given themselves aliases and throughout the operation they were known by that name only. Those who were involved in the operation did not know the real names of each other. Even during the training camps held in Kerala and Gujarat where persons from various states attended, they had fake names. In cases where we don’t have the suspects’ sketch or photograph, it is difficult to pin-point who is who,” says Joint Commissioner Ashish Bhatia. Bhatia says he has a strong hunch that the real identities of those behind Hyderabad and Jaipur blasts will emerge out of the interrogation of the persons arrested in connection with the Ahmedabad blasts.Cops are sifting through old records, statements by persons arrested earlier or detained for questioning, and based on names and descriptions revealed by the accused in Ahmedabad, they are preparing profiles that might eventually help them in zeroing in on the real persons behind the blasts. For instance, several names revealed by Hyderabad youth Raziuddin Nasir to Karnataka Police did not make sense to investigating agencies until the Ahmedabad Crime Branch interrogated some suspects after the blasts and realised that they were referring to the same people that Raziuddin Nasir mentioned, but with different names.Based on the description given by one accused in Ahmedabad, the Hyderabad police questioned one student of Saidabad area on Thursday, but did not make much headway. The Jaipur police have also picked up a couple of students whose identities were not clear to them before the Ahmedabad blasts arrests.Officials said that though several persons suspected to be involved in Jaipur blasts could be identified based on the information provided by the accused in Ahmedabad, nothing has cropped up related to the Hyderabad blasts so far.
