By S.A. ISHAQUI
Hyderabad, Sept. 8: The city police now suspects that Shaik Abdul Khader, an aide of the wanted terrorist Shahed, alias Bilal, may have helped the culprits by delivering explosives that were used in the Mecca Masjid blast.
The police has zeroed in on Khader on the basis of the confession made by his younger brother Abdul Kaleem, who is in custody.
Kaleem told the police that when Khader came to Hyderabad from Dubai on May 1 he was secretive about a mysterious parcel in a polythene cover which was wrapped in a yellow plastic bag that he had brought with him.
"When I asked him about the parcel, he told me that it was to be delivered personally a friend in the old city," Kaleem said in his confession.
"And he delivered it a day or two after his arrival. But I did not know who the recipient was." Kaleem told the police that Khader had left for Dubai in March on an invitation from Fayyaq, a friend and associate of Bilal.
City police commissioner Balwinder Singh said the police had information that Khader came to the city through Mumbai. "We are in touch with immigration authorities to find out from where he reached Mumbai," said the commissioner. The suspicion is that Khader could have crossed the border illegally. He travelled to Hyderabad by road.
The police has decided to verify the calls made by Khader during his stay in Hyderabad. He had used a mobile with the number 9966157138 and gave it to his mother before leaving for Dubai.
The police had earlier got information that Abdul Bari, alias Abu Hamza, another wanted terrorist, visited the city a few days before the Mecca Masjid blast on May 18.
"We are trying to locate persons who met Hamza and Khader," said a senior police officer. "Once they are caught, the mystery behind the blast will be solved."
Kaleem also said in his confession that his elder brother Shaik Abdul Khaja left for Bangladesh without valid documents about two and a half years ago. Khaja is close associate of Shahed.
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