In the Shadow of Iqbal: A Snapshot of His Younger Brother Riyaz BhatkalCo-Founder of the Indian Mujahideen
| Publisher | Jamestown Foundation |
| Publication Date | 28 September 2012 |
| Cite as | Jamestown Foundation, In the Shadow of Iqbal: A Snapshot of His Younger Brother Riyaz BhatkalCo-Founder of the Indian Mujahideen, 28 September 2012, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/506c27582.html [accessed 30 May 2023] |
| Comments | Arif Jamal |
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Riyaz Ismail Shahbandari aka Riyaz Bhatkal is one of the top Indian jihadis and co-founders of the Indian Mujahideen (IM). He is the younger brother of IM ideologue, Iqbal Bhatkal, another co-founder of the IM. [1] Riyaz has been involved in several high profile terrorist attacks in India, particularly in Hyderabad, Jaipur, Ahmedabad and Delhi. [2] Riyaz Bhatkal appeared on the radar of the Indian security agencies after the twin blasts at Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar in 2003. Riyaz had joined the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) much before he and other co-founders founded the IM (Times of India, February 11).
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