M.C.O.C. Special Case No. 21 of 2006 Date: 20Th February
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MCOC SPL.21/06 PW 186/1 Ext.2361 M.C.O.C. SPECIAL CASE NO. 21 OF 2006 DATE: 20TH FEBRUARY 2012 EXT. NO.2361 DEPOSITION OF WITNESS NO.186 FOR THE PROSECUTION I do hereby on solemn affirmation state that: My Name : Sadashiv Laxman Patil Age : 60 years Occupation : Pensioner Res. Address : Flat No. 6, Ameya Apartment, Nagala Park, Kolhapur, MS ------------------------------------- Examination-in-chief by SPP Raja Thakare for the Statement 1. I retired on 31/05/2010 as Asst. Commissioner of Police, incharge of Gaodevi Division, Mumbai. I was attached to Womens Police Training School at Solapur as Vice Principal in July 2006 in the rank of Addl. SP, which was one step up promotion from the original rank of Dy. SP. 2. There were serial bomb blasts on 11/07/06 in the suburban railways in Mumbai. I had heard about the blasts from the news in the television and the newspapers. A wireless message was received on 25/07/06 from the Director General of Police, Maharashtra State by the Principal of our school. It was directed that I am temporarily MCOC SPL.21/06 PW 186/2 Ext.2361 attached to the ATS to assist the investigation of the railway bomb blasts and was directed to be relieved immediately. Copy of the wireless message now shown to me is the same. (It is marked as Ext. 2362). I was relieved on 26/07/06 from the WPTS, Solapur. I reported for duty at the ATS, Mumbai on 27/07/06. The relieving memo now shown to me is the same, it bears my signature as I had signed it as incharge principal, as the principal was out of station. Its contents are correct. (It is marked as Ext. 2363). I made station diary entry on joining the ATS. The contents of the attested true photocopy of the entry no.6 in the station diary dated 27/07/06 are as per the contents of the entry no.6 in the original station diary. (It is marked as Ext. 2364). I was attached on deputation temporarily to the ATS till 18/12/06. On that day I was posted on regular basis to the ATS as per the order of the Director General of Police, Maharashtra. I again made station diary entry to that effect. The contents of the photocopy of the station diary entry no. 14, Ext. 1850, of that day are as per the contents of the original entry. The contents of the attested true photocopy of that entry dated 18/12/06 in the station diary are as per the contents of the entry no.14 in the original station diary. (It is MCOC SPL.21/06 PW 186/3 Ext.2361 marked as Ext. 2365). Addl CP Jayjeet Singh issued a formal order on 28/07/06 posting me in the team of investigation of the railway blasts. The said order now shown to me is the same, it bears the facsimile of the signature of Addl. CP. (It is marked as Ext. 2366). 3. Jt. CP K. P. Raghuvanshi was the head of the ATS when I joined on 27/07/06. There were two Addl. CPs, viz., Jayjeet Singh and S. K. Jaiswal. There were two DCPs, viz., Nawal Bajaj and Baviskar. The original strength of the ATS was very less at that time. Therefore, number of officers from various police stations and branches in Mumbai as well as from the mofussil were deputed to the ATS to assist in the investigation of the railway bomb blasts case. In addition to myself, ACP Vinod Bhatt and ACP Tawde had also come to the ATS on deputation. PIs, APIs, PSIs and subordinate staff were also deputed to the ATS in addition. There were two ACPs attached to the ATS on regular posting at that time, Kisan Shengal and Datta Dhawle. 4. I got myself acquainted with the bomb blasts cases after joining the investigation team. There were seven different crimes registered at different railway police stations for the seven bomb blasts that had MCOC SPL.21/06 PW 186/4 Ext.2361 taken place on 11/07/06. Crime No. 77/06 was registered at Mumbai Central Railway Police Station for the bomb blast that had occurred at Matunga Railway Station and it was being investigated by PI Rathod. CR No. 78/06 was registered at Mumbai Central Railway Police Station for the bomb blast that had occurred at Mahim Railway Station and it was being investigated by PI Iqbal Shaikh. CR No. 86/06 was registered at Bandra Railway Police Station for the bomb blast that had occurred ahead of Bandra Railway Station and it was being investigated by PI R. R. Joshi. CR No. 87/06 was registered at Bandra Central Railway Police Station for the bomb blast that had occurred at Khar Subway and it was being investigated by PI Vijay Kadam. CR No. 41/06 was registered at Andheri Railway Police Station for the bomb blast that had occurred at Jogeshwari Railway Station and it was being investigated by PI Wadankar. CR No. 156/06 was registered at Borivali Railway Police Station for the bomb blast that had occurred at Borivali Railway Station and it was being investigated by PI Khandekar. CR No. 59/06 was registered at Vasai Road Railway Police Station for the bomb blast that had occurred ahead of Mira Road Railway Station and it was being investigated by MCOC SPL.21/06 PW 186/5 Ext.2361 PI Agrawal. These were the seven independent offences being investigated by seven different investigating officers. I along with ACPs Bhatt and Tawde and other superior officers were supervising the investigations. The investigating officers used to have co- ordination amongst themselves and they used to interact with each other as well as with us. 5. PI Rathod had arrested accused no. 1 Kamal, accused no. 2 Tanveer, accused no. 3 Mohd. Faisal, accused no. 4 Ehtesham, accused no. 9 Muzzammil, accused no. 10 Suhail Shaikh and accused no. 11 Zameer in CR No. 77/06. He had also arrested two more persons in that case, Khalid Shaikh and Mumtaz Chaudhary. PI Iqbal Shaikh had arrested one person by name Tafheem Akmal in CR No. 78/06. All these accused were under interrogation and I was supervising the same. 6. During the course of investigation of CR No. 77/06, it had come to the notice that most of the arrested accused were members of unlawful association banned by the Government of India, viz., Student Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). In the investigation of that case, some literature of SIMI and other inflammatory literature was MCOC SPL.21/06 PW 186/6 Ext.2361 recovered from some of the arrested accused persons. During the investigation of that case, it had come to light that accused no. 1 Kamal, accused no .2 Tanveer, accused no. 3 Faisal, accused no. 9 Muzzammil, accused no. 10 Suhail Shaikh and accused no. 11 Zameer had undergone terrorist training in handling of arms and ammunition and explosives in the terrorist camp of Lashkar-e-Toiba (L-e-T) situated at Muzzafarabad in Pak occupied Kashmir (POK) of Pakistan. It had come to the notice that the accused had gone to Iran by obtaining ziarat visa and thereafter infiltrated into Pakistan by clandestine way. They had contacted Azam Chima @ Babaji, who is a wanted accused in this case and who is one of the commanders of L-e-T. He had sponsored the training of these accused in the training camp of L-e-T at Muzzafarabad. Some maps showing Asian countries like India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, etc., were recovered from some of the arrested accused during the course of investigation of that case, showing a route marked from Mumbai to Tehran, Tehran to Zaydan, Zaydan to Quetta, then to Bhavalpur and to Muzaffarabad. There were some e-mail addresses and telephone numbers written on the maps. MCOC SPL.21/06 PW 186/7 Ext.2361 7. During the course of investigation of CR No. 77/06, it was disclosed that the wanted accused Azam Chima was providing funds to accused no. 3 Faisal for the expenses of sending boys for arms training and other expenses. It was disclosed that one Rizwan Dawrey and one Rahil Shaikh were acting as conduits between Azam Chima and accused no. 3 Faisal and accused no. 9 Muzzammil. Therefore, these two persons were also shown as wanted accused in that case. Out of the money sent by Azam Chima, 15000 Saudi Riyals were recovered from accused no. 3 Faisal and 11200 Riyals, which were meant for accused no. 3 Faisal, were recovered from one Abdul Rehman Dawrey. The wanted accused Azam Chima used to send money via Dubai either through carriers or by hawala. 8. 500 grams of black powder was recovered from the accused no. 1 Kamal during the course of investigation and report of chemical analysis was received and it was found to be RDX, which is a high explosive. Some spots of black and white powder were noticed in the house search of the accused no. 3 Faisal and the CA had opined that they are containing RDX and ammonium nitrate. By the time the reports of FSL about the bomb blasts debris from the seven bomb MCOC SPL.21/06 PW 186/8 Ext.2361 blasts sites were received and it was opined that they were containing RDX, ammonium, ammonium nitrate, hydrocarbon material and charcoal. Thus, they were tallying with the explosives recovered from the accused no.