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TERROR’S LONG ROAD HOME
Anand Naorem
     
  The night of January 9, 1993: AK-56 rifles, cartridges, magazines, hand grenades and silver ingots land at Dighi jetty in Maharashtra, where they are loaded into a truck and a tempo
  The vehicles proceed towards a forested area. They are intercepted by a police van. The inspector takes seven silver ingots and lets the vehicles go
  The vehicles reach the forest where they are met by Abdul Qayyum Sajjani, who is waiting with a truck (MRL 1031). The consignment is stored in hidden cavities in Sajjani's truck
  Sajjani drives the truck to Bharuch in Gujarat, stopping at Narmada Hotel. Here he is met by Haji Rafiq Kapadia, with whom he proceeds to Sansrod village
  The arms are stored in a Sansrod godown. After a few days, Mustafa Dosa calls up Kapadia and gives him a local number to call. Kapadia does so and talks to Abu Salem. They arrange to meet near Hotel Nyayamandir on nh8 at 3 o’clock
  Kapadia is met by Salem and Aziz Bilakhia who are in a white Maruti van. The three go to the godown. Nine AK-56s, 100 hand grenades, magazines and cartridges are concealed in the van
  Salem and Bilakhia leave for Bombay
  On January 16, Salem, Samir Hingora and Baba Mussa Chauhan reach Sanjay Dutt's bungalow in the same van and deliver the weapons

Mar 24 , 2007
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