Srinagar: Militant Mohammad Saleem Rehmani Abu Saad, who was arrested by Police earlier, revealed before media on Friday the organisational inside-outs of militant outfits in Pakistan, one of which masterminded the 26/11 Mumbai attacks.
Saad, a resident of Nawab Shah in the Sindh province of Pakistan, said that he was motivated by one Abu Hamad Masool to work in Kashmir.
He was also motivated by a number of Gazis or people who had worked in Kashmir as 'Jihadees' (people who "war against unbelievers") and then returned to Pakistan.
According to Saad, in Pakistan there is a masool (a person who identifies prospective jihadees) in every district and for 8 to 10 districts there is a zonal masool while at the state-level there is a state masool.
For Nawab Shah, Abu Hamad was the masool, Faisal Nadeem was the zonal masool and Saifullah mansur was the state masool.
He was indoctrinated at Masjid Ibrahim Khalil at Nawab shah Sindh.
He disclosed that Masjid Ibrahim Khalil was sealed in the aftermath of 26/11, as the Mumbai attackers were motivated and indoctrinated there. This camp was reopened after two days of the closure.
The militant has further revealed that he like other potential Jihadees was imparted training at Mansara district of Sarhad state of Pakistan.
The basic training course runs for one month, which is known as Dor-e-Aam, during which basic training about the handling of weapons is provided besides religious indoctrination. Every week 40 to 50 potential Jihadees are imparted training at this camp. Nasar Javaid and Abu Saad were at the helm of affairs at the Mansara camp.
He said militant alongwith other potential Jihadees were then shifted to Muzaffarabad for further rigorous training.
This training period is known as Duri-e-Khas which runs for 3 months during which field craft, battle tactics and shooting tactics are imparted. 250 to 300 militants are present at this camp at any time.
He disclosed that after passing all these stages he alongwith other potential Jihadees was ready for infiltration and selection of potential Jihadees is conducted by a Ghazi (in his case Huzaifa Bhai was the selector).
He revealed that as per his knowledge 4 to 5 detts (Launching pads) are operating along the Line of Control at Chamb, Keel, Athmuqam and Lepa Valley.
He further disclosed that potential Jihadees of different conflict ridden regions of the world converge at Muzaffarabad and after assessing the linguistic familiarity of the potential Jihadees, they are sent to different conflict ridden regions of the world like Kashmir, Chechenya, Afghanistan etc.
He also made this revelation that two camps are running in Mansara district of Sarhad state of Pakistan. He disclosed that he was imparted training in a militant camp in Mansara district of Sarhad state which runs under the name of Umar bin Khitab- farm No. 2. and further revealed that a militant camp Bait-ul-Mujahideen running in Muzaffarabad was closed down in the aftermath of 26/11 incident.
The militant disclosed that they were indoctrinated by narrating the tales of atrocities committed in Kashmir, and further disclosed that the Pakistani News Papers like Daily Jung and Jurrat used to give space to such propaganda pieces.