A former top Police officer Neeraj Kumar claims that a part of the funding for 9/11 attacks in the US had originated from India. Neeraj claimed on the ‘revelation’ made by a terrorist. Neeraj Kumar, who served in CBI retired as Delhi Police Commissioner two years back said that the funds were raised from a kidnapping and handed over to the chief of 9/11 attacks Mohammad Atta. Terrorist Omar Sheikh who was released by India in exchange of Hijacked Indian Airlines plane in 1999 handed over the funds to the chief.

Aftab Ansari who is a terrorist has given the money to Sheikh. Ansari was responsible for the attack on the American Center in Kolkata, says the 1976-batch IPS officer citing information obtained from Harkat-ul-Mujahideen terrorist Asif Raza Khan. According to Neeraj Kumar’s report, “Asif Raza said his boss Aftab Ansari had shared the ransom money collected in the kidnapping of Partha Pratim Roy Burman, chairman and managing director of Khadim Shoes with Omar Sheikh.”

Now Ansari is awaiting to hang in West Bengal jail for attacking American Center. “Part of the ransom money received in the Burman kidnapping about USD 100,000 (Rs. 49 lakh at the time) had later found its way from Omar Sheikh to Mohammad Atta, the chief of the 9/11 attackers,” the report says. Neeraj also said that the revelation of Asif Raza Khan and that money was passed on to Mohammad Atta, which is mentioned in the testimony of John S. Pistole, Deputy Assistant Director at Washington.

In the tell-all book regarding underworld activities post 1993 Bombay blasts, Kumar told many spine-chilling incidents of the chase, plans, bureaucratic wrangling and finally his telephonic conversations with most wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim. “It’s only an attempt to share my story, my experiences and some of my cases which have no bearing on national security,” he says. I also got a call towards the fag end of my career in a spot-fixing case.

“I think it was Dawood or his brother Anis Ibrahim who told me that I should stop chasing them as I was about to retire,” says Kumar with a smile on his face. The conversation between Dawood and Neeraj was as follows.

“Haan batayiye, aap Mujhe Kuch batana chahte hain, jaisa Manish (the intermediatory) ne Mujhe Kaha hai. (I understand from Manish that you have something to tell me. So, go ahead),” the police officer told Dawood. Dawood spoke “Saheb, iske Pehle ki main Kuch bataoon, Pehle AAP batayiye ki aap ko kya lagta hai ki Maine Mumbai mein blast karwaye hain?’ (Sir, before I tell you anything, would you please tell me whether you too feel that I organized the blasts in Mumbai?).”

Kumar, who was posted as DIG in the newly-constituted Special Task Force in the CBI looking after the Bombay blasts, said he had kept his senior in a loop about his conversation with Dawood. During his three conversations with Dawood, he said the underworld don was making alibis distance himself from the 1993 serial blasts. Dawood claimed that he had punished Anis for sending weapons to Sanjay Dutt without his knowledge, but the game of the underworld don was to convince me that he was being honest.

After many years, Dawood’s name again surfaced in IPL T-20 tournament, Kumar wrote in his book and added, “one day I received a call on my personal mobile in the month of June 2013 from an ‘unknown number’. It was in all probability the Don himself. “He said ‘Kya, saheb, aap retire hone ja rahe ho. Ab to peechha chhod do.’ (What is this, sir? You are about to retire. Isn’t it time you left me alone?). Neeraj also spoke about Yakub Memon, who was hanged earlier this year for his role in the Bombay blasts that killed 257 people.

He wrote about the brain game played with Pakistan’s ISI in bringing Memon family to India from Dubai and also attempted to put a lid on the controversy that Memons were brought on a deal that a lenient view will be taken. Neeraj Kumar is currently heading the anti-corruption wing of BCCI.