Mumbai will observe the third anniversary of the train blasts on July 11 - an act of terror that rattled Mumbai.
On July 11, 2006, in a span of 11 minutes, in the evening peak hours in suburban trains of the Western Railway - those were bound for Borivli and Virar, seven blasts ripped apart first class compartments.
The blasts has claimed 187 lives while it injured 1,024 others - and was the worst ever attack on transportation systems anywhere in the world.
As far as the conspiracy was concerned - it was hatched by Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) mainly by Azam Chima alias Babaji, the top LeT commander based in Bahawalpur, who is also a key ISI operative, way back in 1999 along with Mohammed Faisal and Asif Khan - and took the help of SIMI. It was Chima who provided training to the youth and also helped in sending money to them through Rizwan Dawrey, currently based in Gulf.
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In November last, there were reports that one of the absconders, Mohammed Rahil Ataur Rehman Shaikh - who had played a major role in channelising the funds, was detained by Interpol in London, but no further reports emanated.
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