<p> Lashkar-e-Toiba member Abdul Karim Tunda has told police that underworld don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar is in Pakistan under the cover of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). <br /><br /></p>.<p>Tunda, who was arrested on the Indo-Nepal border on Friday, said he was running several madrasas across Pakistan where he preached jihad and trained kids in terrorism.<br />“He was a motivational speaker and a very good orator. He has a very good command over oratory due to which he was in great demand (for the last 28 years) across various madrasas in Pakistan,” said a senior police officer.<br /><br />Tunda was directly in touch with Hafiz Saeed and Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and through them, he used to get funds from the ISI and various jihadi-minded individuals.<br /><br />He met Hafiz Saeed in 1991 and returned to India and carried out several blasts. His last meeting with Saeed was in Pakistan just 10 days before he was nabbed.<br /><br />Dawood, who came to know about Tunda, called him in 2000. Later, both met directly for six or seven times in Karachi. <br /><br />Tunda has been handling Dawood’s network of fake Indian currency. During the interrogation, he also told police that Dawood stays in Karachi under the ISI cover and from there, he handles illegal business and funds terrorism.<br /><br />Tunda, who is in police custody for three days, told police that he owned two madrasas – named Mahamood Tali Islami Darul Fannon – one in Karachi and the other in Pakistan-<br />occupied Kashmir.<br /><br />Tunda widened his terror network through his preaching at madrasas. The network comprises ultras in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar. When asked whether he was in contact with madrasas in India, Kunda told interrogators that he was in “touch with a few”.<br /><br />Police said they are verifying the assertions and statements made by Tunda. “Not only that, he (Tunda) has been luring kids to join madrasas where he preached jihad and imparted arms and bomb making skills,” said the officer. He added that Tunda has also been recruiting poor children in Pakistan and Indian youths who fled to Pakistan to join terrorist groups like Indian Mujahideen.<br /><br />In 1996, Tunda trained many Kashmir militants and was actively involved in the militancy that had gripped the entire Jammu and Kashmir during that period.<br /><br />He has pushed many explosives and terrorists into India through the Bangladesh border since 1998. Seeing his network across India and Bangladesh, Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) members Wadhawa Singh and Ratandeep Singh got in touch with him to ask him to help them logistically. The BKI used Tunda’s networks to smuggle arms, ammunition and people into India after 2005 Satyam Cinema blasts in New Delhi.<br /><br />A month before Commonwealth Games, Hafiz Saeed directed Tunda to carry out several blasts during the event. Tunda was pushing his men and arms and ammunition into India through Bangladesh. However, a few of the ultras were nabbed in Bangladesh’s Dhaka and others in West Bengal during a joint operation by police and intelligence agencies.</p>
<p> Lashkar-e-Toiba member Abdul Karim Tunda has told police that underworld don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar is in Pakistan under the cover of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). <br /><br /></p>.<p>Tunda, who was arrested on the Indo-Nepal border on Friday, said he was running several madrasas across Pakistan where he preached jihad and trained kids in terrorism.<br />“He was a motivational speaker and a very good orator. He has a very good command over oratory due to which he was in great demand (for the last 28 years) across various madrasas in Pakistan,” said a senior police officer.<br /><br />Tunda was directly in touch with Hafiz Saeed and Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and through them, he used to get funds from the ISI and various jihadi-minded individuals.<br /><br />He met Hafiz Saeed in 1991 and returned to India and carried out several blasts. His last meeting with Saeed was in Pakistan just 10 days before he was nabbed.<br /><br />Dawood, who came to know about Tunda, called him in 2000. Later, both met directly for six or seven times in Karachi. <br /><br />Tunda has been handling Dawood’s network of fake Indian currency. During the interrogation, he also told police that Dawood stays in Karachi under the ISI cover and from there, he handles illegal business and funds terrorism.<br /><br />Tunda, who is in police custody for three days, told police that he owned two madrasas – named Mahamood Tali Islami Darul Fannon – one in Karachi and the other in Pakistan-<br />occupied Kashmir.<br /><br />Tunda widened his terror network through his preaching at madrasas. The network comprises ultras in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar. When asked whether he was in contact with madrasas in India, Kunda told interrogators that he was in “touch with a few”.<br /><br />Police said they are verifying the assertions and statements made by Tunda. “Not only that, he (Tunda) has been luring kids to join madrasas where he preached jihad and imparted arms and bomb making skills,” said the officer. He added that Tunda has also been recruiting poor children in Pakistan and Indian youths who fled to Pakistan to join terrorist groups like Indian Mujahideen.<br /><br />In 1996, Tunda trained many Kashmir militants and was actively involved in the militancy that had gripped the entire Jammu and Kashmir during that period.<br /><br />He has pushed many explosives and terrorists into India through the Bangladesh border since 1998. Seeing his network across India and Bangladesh, Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) members Wadhawa Singh and Ratandeep Singh got in touch with him to ask him to help them logistically. The BKI used Tunda’s networks to smuggle arms, ammunition and people into India after 2005 Satyam Cinema blasts in New Delhi.<br /><br />A month before Commonwealth Games, Hafiz Saeed directed Tunda to carry out several blasts during the event. Tunda was pushing his men and arms and ammunition into India through Bangladesh. However, a few of the ultras were nabbed in Bangladesh’s Dhaka and others in West Bengal during a joint operation by police and intelligence agencies.</p>
