2014: Names of Osama, ISIS surfaced in Delhi courts

NEW DELHI: Startling facts revealed by probe agencies on plots hatched by banned outfits made headlines in 2014 in Delhi courts which noted that Osama bin Laden was still the driving force for terror groups following footsteps of ISIS to create situation like Iraq and Syria.
A tug of war was also witnessed between a federal agency and Delhi Police’s anti-terror wing over the custody of Tehseen Akhtar and Zia-ur-Rehman alias Waqas, top operatives of Indian Mujahideen (IM).
Amid this lone incident which consumed conside-rable time of the court, terror-related cases focused arou-nd IM which carried out strings of strikes since 2007 and a charge sheet quoting confessional statement of IM co-founder Yasin Bhat-kal disclosed that terrorists draw inspiration from Laden and al Qaeda for bringing youth to carry out jihad.
The National Investi-gation Agency (NIA), which was entrusted with major terror cases, disclosed in the court that Pakistan’s intelli-gence agency ISI was “regularly” funding IM in its nefarious designs and the banned outfit was following ISIS’ footsteps to create a situation in India  the one prevailing in Iraq and Syria.
The year also witnessed a plethora of terror cases in the trial courts here where probe agencies like NIA and the Delhi Police’s Special Cell revealed bone-chilling facts which showed the reach of outfits like Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and IM.(PTI)