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SPECIAL REPORT ALL THAT MATTERS New Delhi August 31 , 2003, Capital • 42 pages including Men & Women & Classifieds + 8 pages of Delhi Times Price Rs. 2.75 SNAPSHOTS AP Parliament attack mastermind killed 11-hour gun AFP Police find 21 kg battle; Gazi of explosives at Baba, 6 dead New Delhi station IMES EWS ETWORK TIMES NEWS NETWORK T N N Srinagar: In a major success, secu- New Delhi: A police patrolling team rity forces killed the mastermind be- found 21 kg of explosives lying between hind Parliament attack and Jaish-e- platform numbers six and seven at Mohammad’s operational chief in 10.30 am on Saturday at the New Delhi Kashmir, Gazi Baba alias Shah railway station. On examination, the Nawaz Khan, and his deputy during police learnt the explosives were gelatine, an encounter on Saturday. commonly used for blasts in mountains for Three other militants were also constructing roads. killed in the gunbattle that lasted An expert who inspected the explosives for 11 hours. claimed they were enough to blow up the rail- The home ministry, however, way station. ‘‘These are high-end explosives had not confirmed till Saturday and are used in detonators to make bombs,’’ SISTER ACT: Tennis stars Venus and night that the killed JeM militant is the expert said. Serena Williams at a party hosted by Gazi Baba. Two important trains had arrived at the sta- P Diddy after the MTV Video Music tion 15 minutes before the bag was discovered. Awards in New York. Even as the electronic media broadcast that Gazi Baba has been While the Mumbai Rajdhani was stationed at killed in the encounter, quoting BSF platform number six, the Purva Express had sources, intelligence agencies have arrived on platform number seven. 7 killed in Himachal: Seven peo- Initial leads revealed that the explosives ple were killed, 31 rescued when a not confirmed it. were purchased from Bharat Explosives Lim- bus carrying over 45 passengers was According to home ministry swept away by the swirling waters of sources, the photograph of Gazi ited company in Lalitpur district, Uttar Sirsa river in Solan district of Hi- Baba that the intelligence agencies Pradesh. Joint commissioner of police machal Pradesh on Saturday. Eight have, has not tallied with that of the (crime) B K Gupta said: ‘‘These explosives are bodies were recovered while search killed militant. manufactured in a government ordnance. for the missing passengers is on, As utter confusion prevails over Only licence holders can purchase it. Special Ropar deputy commissioner Seema the identification of Gazi Baba, arrangements have to be made to transport it Jain said here. Twenty-two people, in- deputy prime minister L K Advani to any place.’’ cluding the driver and some perched has asked the intelligence and secu- Deputy commissioner of police (crime) on top of the bus, which was coming rity agencies to press into action. Deependra Pathak said: ‘‘The team of assis- here from Ropar (Punjab), were res- A TV journalist who had inter- tant sub-inspector Subhash Chand, constables cued, Jain said. FIRE AND SMOKE: BSF personnel take cover in Srinagar on Saturday after a house was blasted during a gun battle with Surender and Darpan were on a regular round viewed Gazi Baba earlier, however, militants hiding in there. identified the killed militant as being when they saw an unclaimed bag lying near WTO approves drug pact: The World the same person. BSF men laid a cordon around the Gazi Baba, terror kingpin the reservation chart stand.’’ Trade Organisation on Saturday sealed an Two Border Security Force (BSF) house after a wireless message The bag, a rucksack, was just 20 feet away agreement to allow poor countries to im- personnel were also killed in the flashed from the house was inter- from one of the check-points located near the • Was the brain behind the attack on Parliament on staircases leading from platforms six and sev- port cheap copies of patented drugs for gunbattle, while 10 others, including cepted. The house was bought by the December 13, 2001 killer diseases like AIDS, malaria and tu- three officers, were injured. outfit in the name of local resident en. The check-point was made recently follow- berculosis. The WTO’s supreme General The militants were holed up in a Mohammad Shafi Dar five months • Was the chief commander of operations of the ing the Mumbai blasts. Council gave formal approval to an house at Noorbagh in the old ago, said sources. Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad in Kashmir. The On checking it, the team noticed stick agreement reached by a lower body late city, under Safa Kadal police station Dar, his wife and four children group has an estimated strength of 300 foreign like objects. Thursday. The agreement had run into here. Deputy inspector-general of were evacuated from the house militants and an equal number of local supporters in ‘‘There were about 148 sticks, weighing 150 political wrangling that took intervention BSF K Srinivasan said two bodies safely. Dar also received injuries Kashmir. No prominent militant of the outfit has been gram each. These sticks were covered with a from governments to resolve. P15 of militants and one of a BSF during the encounter. Quoting killed or arrested after the December 13 attack paper which is generally used to wrap explo- Madhumita murder case: The CBI personnel were recovered from Dar’s wife, Raman said the house • Was still shown as commander-in-chief of the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen in sives. Sensing danger, the team immediately has released two computer-generated the house, partially damaged in the was being used as a hideout by Gazi confidential police documents cautioned the area police station and in- pictures of the suspected killers of poet- exchange of fire. Baba and his associates for several • Was a faceless entity hiding behind many aliases — Jehadi, Shehbaz formed the bomb disposal squad as well as the ess Madhumita Shukla. The agency has One of the bodies was identified as months now. Khan, Abu Hijrat, Doctor. Security agencies knew little about him dog squad,’’ Pathak said. stepped up its search for the accused in that of Gazi Baba also wanted in con- The militants hiding in the house • Said to be from Bhawalpur in Pakistan; operating in Kashmir for the last An alert was also sounded at the police UP and hopes to solve the case soon. P8 nection with the attack on the Jam- were initially asked to surrender but eight years station. All check-points were being mu and Kashmir assembly and the they opened fire, injuring BSF observed closely to spot any person behaving Venkaiah firm on Pota: BJP presi- Said to be in his thirties; an expert in guerrilla warfare hijacking of the Indian Airlines deputy commandant N N Dobai. The • suspiciously. dent Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday ruled • Though from Pakistani Punjab, was based in PoK out removal of Pota, but said there could flight in 1999. gunbattle started thereafter, Raman Pathak said it seemed the bag’s carrier be some safeguards against its misuse. According to BSF inspector-gener- said. The five militants were killed • Was in Kashmir for at least the last two months, if not more wanted to get it inside Delhi, but decided to He refused to go into the details, saying al, Kashmir range, Vijay Raman, the around 3 pm, said Raman. abandon it once he saw the check-point. that a committee constituted for its meaningful review, was already at it. Russian submarine sinks: A decom- missioned K-159 nuclear submarine of Bush is brawny, Sushma looks the Russian navy sank in the Barents sea on Saturday, killing at least two of the 10- member crew. Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre: good,Vajpayee is action hero Shakespeare set nearly half of his works in Italy. Now, Rome is honouring the play- wright by building a faithful replica of the 16th century Globe Theatre, where his most famous plays were shown. Diaz highest paid actress: Cameron Diaz is the world’s highest paid actress, snatching the title from previous winner Julia Roberts, Guinness Book of World Records has said. Diaz is listed the biggest earner in the 2004 edition of the Niharika Sheetal Anubhav Meena Dabas, Rohit Narendra Ragini group’s record book, based on earnings Sharma, Sharda, ABVP Sapra, ABVP INSO Choudhary, Tokas, NSUI Nayak, of 26.7 million pounds in 2001. ABVP secy president vice president president NSUI president vice president NSUI secy By Nona Walia Akhila: Jyoti Basu. He’s a mass they’re behind the Mumbai blasts. TIMES NEWS NETWORK leader Akhila: They are our brothers. Sheetal: Vajpayee. He’s solved so Disputes should end. New Delhi: They all get their many problems. Sheetal: We shouldn’t fight but portfolio ‘sexed up’ at Prem Stu- Meena: Indira Gandhi, a bold live peacefully. dios. The students looks at them leader. I have the same qualities. Meena: Only talks can solve it. with cynicism, optimism, apathy, indiatimes.com POLL ● Your solution to Kashmir? ● Does student politics matter? all rolled into one. The senior par- Rohit: Give them their portion Rohit: No political ideology, we Is the mingling of business tycoons and film ty bosses use them as convenient and let us keep ours.