30-year-old Fasih has also disclosed that the Bhatkal

brothers had informed him that they have developed good contacts in Pakistan and were receiving generous support from many people from across the border who were well placed in government there, police said. During interrogation, he said while he was pursuing engineering course in Anjuman college, Bhatkal, Karnataka, in October-November 2002, he came in contact with Maulana Sheesh who introduced him to Ahmed Siddibappa, police said in the charge sheet. Fasih, a native of Bihar, also told the police that initially Ahmed had general discussions with him but as their friendship developed, he started talking about atrocities being meted out to Muslims across the world. "He was deeply influenced by Ahmed's thoughts and after some time Ahmed introduced him to Riyaz and Iqbal Bhatkal, then known members of banned organisation SIMI, and remained associated with them during period of formation of IM, the charge sheet said. It said after his engineering course, Fasih went to Saudi Arabia and while he was working there, he used to meet Ahmed frequently. Bhatkal brothers had also started visiting Saudi Arabia and they used to discuss ways to carry out Jehad in India. After the Jaipur blasts in 2008, the members of the module regrouped from February 2010 to April 2010 to carry out strikes in Delhi but due to logistical problems, the target was changed to Pune and Bengaluru, it said. Since Fasih's career as an engineer in Saudi Arabia was not to be jeopardised, he was given the task to motivate new recruits to carry on Jehad by citing holy scriptures.