New Delhi: Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative Hafeez Iqbal along with two other associates fabricated the Darbhanga railway station IED blast that occurred in mid-June this year, a charge sheet filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) reveals.
Belonging to Kairana in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district Iqbal Mohammed alias Hafeez Iqbal alias Iqbal Kana is presently staying in Lahore, Pakistan.
In order to execute the task, on directions of Hafeez Iqbal, accused Mohd. Nasir Khan and Imran Malik "fabricated an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) using locally procured chemicals and placed it in a parcel of clothes", mentions the charge sheet filed by NIA before a special court in Patna, Bihar on Thursday.
"The parcel was booked in Secunderabad-Darbhanga Express which departs in the night with an intention that on triggering of the Incendiary IED, the cloth parcel would ignite and further spread fire in other parcels booked in the van converting it into a large conflagration," reveals the charge sheet that was filed under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Explosive Substances Act, 1908 and sections 16, 17, 18, 18B, 20, 23, 38, 39 and 40 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
The charge sheet mentions the name of Hafeez Iqbal and four of his associates Mohd Nasir Khan alias Nasir Malik, Imran Malik, Saleem Ahmed alias Haji Saleem, and Kafil Ahmad-- all residents of Kairana and were presently residing at Hyderabad.