Ambani safety scare: Mobile cellphone ‘used’ by Jaish Ul Hind recovered from Tihar cell

A search operation was carried out by the Tihar jail authorities on Thursday evening, throughout which a cell-phone was recovered from the barrack of Tehseen Akhtar alias Monu, a suspected key Indian Mujahideen operative. Police suspect that he was utilizing the cellphone on which a Telegram channel of purported terror outfit Jaish Ul Hind was created. The outfit claimed accountability for parking an SUV with gelatine sticks and a risk word outdoors industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s residence in Mumbai final month.
DCP (particular cell) Pramod Kushwah mentioned, “Based on information provided by the Special Cell, Tihar Jail authorities have seized a mobile phone from a jail where certain terror convicts are lodged. It is suspected that this phone has been used for operating Telegram Channels used recently for claiming responsibility for terror acts and threats. Further investigation and forensic analysis will be done after the mobile handset and details of the seizure are received from Tihar Jail authorities.”
Tehseen allegedly concerned in a number of bomb assaults, together with blasts in Mumbai, Hyderabad and Varanasi, was the chief of IM because the arrest of its co-founder Yasin Bhatkal in 2013. “After taking legal opinion, the police are going to move an application before the Delhi Court for the production warrant of the suspect in coming days,” a supply mentioned.

Sources mentioned the cellphone was being utilized by a number of prisoners, together with Tehseen for the final three-and-half months. “On Thursday, officers from Delhi Police’s Special Cell searched the jail complex and questioned several undertrial prisoners. But at that time, all prisoners were outside their barracks and it was difficult to conduct any search. Later, they informed the jail authorities about the cell-phone and a search operation was conducted after they all came back to their barracks,” police sources mentioned.
Official sources mentioned a personal cyber agency had been requested by an investigating company to trace the placement of the cellphone on which the Jaish Ul Hind Telegram channel was created. During the investigation, they discovered that the channel was allegedly created inside Tihar jail.

Sources mentioned a number of numbers working from contained in the jail had earlier been put beneath technical surveillance by the Special Cell. Recently, after it emerged that the Jaish Ul Hind Telegram channel was created by way of TOR community, which is used to entry the darkish net, the intelligence company shared the IP tackle of 1 cellphone with the Delhi Police.

“Police were monitoring phone calls, but they were not aware of the Internet activity happening from the same number. However, with the help of the IP address, they tracked down the IMEI and came to know that both the activities [calling and Internet] were happening from the same number. The number was operating from inside the jail and several undertrials were using it. With the help of technical surveillance, police zeroed in on Tehseen,” a police supply mentioned, including that they’re verifying all particulars because the cellphone was utilized by a number of individuals.

“The Telegram channel was created around 3.20 pm on February 26 (day after the security scare outside Ambani’s residence). The message claiming responsibility for the security scare outside Antilia was posted on the Telegram channel late on February 27 night, also demanded money from the Ambanis, and included a link for payment through cryptocurrency,” a police supply mentioned.
On February 28, one other group claiming to be Jaish Ul Hind posted a message on a distinct Telegram channel claiming that the message was not put out by them and denying any function within the incident. The police suspect that this message was despatched from outdoors the nation though they haven’t been in a position to pin the placement.