Indian Mujahideen gave hawala for 13/7 attacks

In a follow-up to Tuesday’s post about the money trail behind the 13/7 Mumbai terror attacks, Indian anti-terrorism police have uncovered an additional link in the financial pipeline behind the jihadist carnage that left 26 dead.

We had already learned that 13/7 mastermind Yasin Bhatkal received funding for the attack from Kanwar Nain Patrija (also spelled Pathreja), a hawala dealer.

Hawala is simply a transfer, so somebody had to give Patrija the money in the first place.  Now we know who:  Indian Mujahideen members Riyaz Bhatkal and Haroon Rashid, who was arrested last year on separate but not altogether unrelated charges of counterfeiting, have been named in the investigation.  Indian television reports that Haroon Rashid also has ties to Lashkar-e-Taiba and Al Qaeda.  Roll tape:

More from DNA on Feb. 3, including information on the Dubai origins of the illicit cash: