Varanasi blast: Terrorists suspected to be in UAE, Qatar

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New Delhi, Dec 15, 2010: Most of the 31 ’wanted’ terrorists related to the Varanasi blast are suspected to be in west Asian countries like UAE and Qatar with Pakistani passports, a home ministry official stated recently.

"A list, comprising 17 top IM terrorists have also been with Pakistan for over nine months," stated the official.

The official also informed that India sought help from the nations, where the terrorists have been assumed to take shelter.

19 out of the 31 terrorists were from the banned terror outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM) and 12 other were from Lashkar-SIMI front, Jama-i-tul Ansarul Muslimeen (JIAM).

List of 31 terror suspects:

List of IM absconders from Karnataka:
* Riyaz Bhatkal alias Ahmed alias Chota Bhai
* Iqbal Bhatkal alias Mohammed alias Bada Bhai
* Ahmed Yasin alias Mohammed Ahmed Siddi Bapa alias Shahrukh
* Mudassir Yasin alias Saif

List of IM absconders from Gujarat
* Mujeeb
* Alamzeb Afridi alias Chikna

List of IM absconders from JharkHand
* Danish
* Manzar Imamuddin Khan

List of JIAM (Jam-I-yyathul Ansarul Muslimeen) absconders from Kerala
* KP Sabir alias Pochu Peedikayil alias Ayub
* Mohammed Azhar
* PP Yusuf
* Shafiq
* Raisal PA
* Mohammed Shabir Fabnest

List of JIAM absconders from Karnataka
* Mohammed Hussain Farhan
* Maulana Sultan Shah
* Azam
* Jasim
* Samir Salim Khan
* Wasim   

List of IM absconders from Uttar Pradesh
* Ariz Khan alias Junaid
* Mirza Shahdab Baig
* Mohammed Sajid alias Sajid Bada
* Mohammed Khalid
* Shahnawaz Alam
* Asadullah Akhtar alias Haddi
* Abu Rashid
* Sharfuddin

List of IM absconders from Maharashtra
* Abdus Subhan Usman Qureshi alias Kasin alias Zakir
* Abu Faisal alias Farhan
* Mohsin Chaudhary