INDIA: Mohammed Kazmi, the suspect linked to the bomb blast which targeted Israeli officials in New Delhi tells Indian police he was working with Iranians, Delhi's police commissioner says

Record ID: 1375107

  • Title: INDIA: Mohammed Kazmi, the suspect linked to the bomb blast which targeted Israeli officials in New Delhi tells Indian police he was working with Iranians, Delhi's police commissioner says
  • Date: 17th March 2012
  • Summary: NEW DELHI, INDIA (MARCH 16, 2012) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (ANI - NO ACCESS BBC) (*** FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY ***) DELHI POLICE COMMISSIONER, BRIJESH GUPTA SITTING IN NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi/English) DELHI POLICE COMMISSIONER, BRIJESH GUPTA, SAYING: "During the technical and field investigations of this case, a Mr. Syed Mohammad Ahmed Kazmi, a resident of B.K. Dutt colony was arrested on March 6. After his arrest, the conspiracy behind this militant attack was uncovered. He was also instrumental in getting the Israeli embassy and its surrounding areas recced by the suspected persons of Iranian origin." (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi/English) DELHI POLICE COMMISSIONER, BRIJESH GUPTA, SAYING: "He has been arrested on the charges of being a facilitator and being part of the entire conspiracy and having knowledge of it. During further examination of Mohammed Ahmed Kazmi by the police during his 20-day remand he confessed that he was in contact with people of Iranian origin." (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi/English) DELHI POLICE COMMISSIONER, BRIJESH GUPTA, SAYING: "He also disclosed that at the insistence of Syed Ali Sadr Mehndi, a person of Iranian origin, he was introduced to Houshan Afshar and he along with an Iranian recced the area around the Israel embassy. They used a scooter for this recce, which was procured by Houshan Afshar. During this recce they decided to target Israeli diplomats." NEW DELHI, INDIA (FILE) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (ANI - NO ACCESS BBC) MANGLED REMAINS OF THE CAR DAMAGED PART OF THE CAR LYING ON THE GROUND POLICE OFFICIAL STANDING NEAR THE CAR WRECKAGE TWO DAMAGED CARS AT THE BLAST SITE
  • Embargoed: 31st March 2012 23:05
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  • Location: India, India
  • Country: India
  • Topics: Crime
  • Reuters ID: LVA6F8ZWQU285JKX78ACJ8WMJXI5
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  • Story Text: Mohammed Kazmi, the suspect linked to the bomb blast which targeted Israeli officials in New Delhi, told police he was working with Iranians, Delhi's police commissioner said on Friday (March 16), adding that warrants for three people had been issued.
    The other three suspects were named as Houshan Afshar, Syed Ali Mehdi Sadr and Mohammad Reza Abolghasemi.
    Speaking to journalists at a news conference in New Delhi, the city's police commissioner, Brijesh Gupta said that during his interrogation, Kazmi confessed of having contacts with people of Iranian origin and having assisted them to research the areas near the Israel embassy.
    "After his arrest, the conspiracy behind this militant attack was uncovered." Gupta said, "He has been arrested on the charges of being a facilitator and being part of the entire conspiracy and having knowledge of it. During further examination of Mohammed Ahmed Kazmi by the police during his 20-day remand he confessed that he was in contact with people of Iranian origin."
    Gupta also said that Kazmi and an Iranian contact, searched the area around the Israeli embassy on a scooter before deciding to target the embassy's diplomats.
    "He also disclosed that at the insistence of Syed Ali Sadr Mehndi, a person of Iranian origin, he was introduced to Houshan Afshar and he along with an Iranian recced the area around the Israel embassy. They used a scooter for this recce, which was procured by Houshan Afshar. During this recce they decided to target Israeli diplomats."
    The February 13 blast, which wounded an Israeli defence attach����'s wife, her driver and two others, coincided with a foiled attack on Israeli diplomatic staff in Tbilisi, Georgia, and Israel has said both were engineered by Iran.
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