Abu Hamza is the man India desperately seeks in its custody.
Police say they have strong reasons to believe that Hamza aka Mohammad Sharifuddin was behind the recent twin blasts and the Mecca Masjid blasts in Hyderabad.
According to the Intelligence Bureau, Hamza is a close associate of key suspect, Shahid aka Bilal and was actively involved in the Hyderabad blasts.
The IB also says that Hamza was the man behind the murder of Gujarat Home Minister Haren Pandya in 2003.
Hamza aka Kanchan aka Hilal was recruited into the HuJi in early 2003 after the Gujarat riots. He is now the second in command of the HuJI after Bilal. He left India for Dubai in early 2000 where he came in contact with some Pakistani nationals. From there he went Pakistan to receive arms training
and was thereafter sent to Bangladesh where he was recruited into the HuJI.