Ahmedabad: According to an official on Wednesday, the Gujarat Anti Terrorist Squad searched the home of jailed physician Ahmed Mohiyuddin Saiyed in Hyderabad as part of their investigation into the alleged Ricin chemical poison terror plot. They found unknown chemicals and raw materials. In Uttar Pradesh, similar searches were carried out at the homes of two additional detained suspects. The person added that no connection has yet been established between Dr. Saiyed and other physicians detained in relation to the Delhi automobile explosion, but nothing damning has been discovered thus far.
Three people, including Dr. Saiyed, who was allegedly making “Ricin” poison and whose handler is connected to the Islamic State Khorasan Province, were detained by the ATS on Sunday, according to the agency. Mohammad Suhail Mohammad Saleem and Azad Suleman Sheikh are two more. According to officials, Dr. Saiyed, who was originally from Hyderabad, had two Glock handguns, a Beretta handgun, thirty live rounds, and four liters of castor oil recovered as a result of the arrests.
“As part of the investigation, a team of Gujarat ATS conducted a search operation at Saiyed’s house in Rajendranagar area (of Hyderabad) on Tuesday and recovered a chemical and some raw material he has kept in his house to prepare an unknown substance,” an ATS official said on Wednesday. He said that forensic analysis had been performed on the confiscated chemical and other raw materials. “As of now, no connection has been found between Dr Saiyed and other doctors nabbed in connection with the recent bomb blast in Delhi,” said the officer.
He claimed that searches conducted at the homes of two other detained suspects in Uttar Pradesh, Sheikh and Khan, had not turned up any incriminating evidence. Dr. Saiyed, a Chinese medical graduate, has been creating “Ricin,” an extremely deadly poison, in order to carry out a significant terrorist strike. ATS DIG Sunil Joshi told reporters on Sunday that he had started the initial chemical processing, acquired the equipment and raw materials, and started the required study.
The leftover residue from processing castor beans can be used to make ricin, a chemical toxin. According to Joshi, Saiyed’s handler, Abu Khadija, was an Afghan who was connected to the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) and had communicated with a number of people from Pakistan. According to ATS, Sheikh and Saleem, the other two accused, reportedly obtained guns from Hanumangadh in Rajasthan and gave them to Saiyed. The three were charged under the Arms Act, the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita, and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). Saiyed was placed under ATS detention until November 17 by the court.
