Madani wanted an Islamic India: Police affidavit

The Bengaluru police filed an affidavit before the Karnataka high court on Thursday alleging that controversial People's Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasar Madani was trying to form an Islamic India.

Madani was arrested on Tuesday for his alleged role in the Bengaluru serial blasts that had rocked the city on July 25, 2008. On Wednesday, Madani had filed an application in the high court seeking his discharge from the case.

State Public Prosecutor H S Chandramouli, who filed the state police's objection to Madani's application, said it was the longest objection filed in the state's history. He said the objection, which forms part of the affidavit filed by the state police, narrates Madani's modus operandi and goes on for 57 pages.

Opposing Madani's application seeking discharge from the case, the state police say that Madani had dreamt of converting India into an Islamic nation. The Bengaluru blasts were part of his plan to carry out a proxy war against India, the affidavit states. The police also allege that Madani was involved in the circulation of fake currency to destabilise the economy.
The affidavit alleges that Madani wanted to engage members of the PDP to carry out such operations. It alleges that Madani had helped procure the bombs and microchips which were used in the blasts.

The affidavit mentions a conversation between Madani and prime accused in the case T Nasir, when the latter called the PDP leader on June 27 and provided him the details of the operation. The affidavit alleges that Madani had visited Nasir in Coorg district and paid him a hefty amount of money for the operation. Madani has been raising funds from countries in the Middle East to undertake subversive activities in India, the affidavit states.

The government argues that since the accused was a high-profile person, the trial against him should be expedited and a special court should be set up for this purpose. The state government claims that it was imperative to complete the trial as Madani's associates could destroy evidence against him.

Meanwhile, the Bengaluru police are waiting for a team from a central agency to arrive before beginning Madani's interrogation.