Abdul Subhan Qureshi
| Abdul Subhan Qureshi | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Abdul Subhan Haji Usman Qureshi 19 July 1972 Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Other names | Abdul Subhan Usman Qureshi, Kasim, Zakir, Qab, Touqeer |
| Organization | Indian Mujahideen |
| Spouse(s) | Arifa Begum Qureshi |
Abdul Subhan Qureshi (also Abdus Subhan) (born 1972) is a suspected bomb-maker and one of the most wanted terrorists in India and has been called India's Bin Laden. He is suspected to be associated with the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), and is thought to have been responsible for participating in the Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Delhi bombings. He is also a suspect in the 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings. He is more commonly known as Tauqeer and is believed to be the signer in the Indian Mujahideen terror email as al-Arabi. He is listed on the NIA Most Wanted list.
His working-class parents, Father Haji Usmaan Qureshi & Mother Zubeida Begum Qureshi who hailed from Rampur in Uttar Pradesh migrated to Mumbai. He finished his SSC (class X) from an institution run by an Islamic trust in Byculla in Mumbai. He graduated from the Antonio DeSouza High School in 1988, obtaining a good Secondary School Certificate with 76.6% marks. His sisters, Shabana, Asma and Safia, have MA Degrees, his eldest sister Farha has been a columnist in an Urdu newspaper "Inquilab" & an independent novelist, his youngest sister Hafsa, studies at Sophia college, Mumbai and none of his three well-educated brothers Imran, Numaan & Salman appear to have never been associated with SIMI.
In 1992 he began studies at the Bharatiya Vidyapeeth in Navi Mumbai. In 1995, he obtained a Diploma in Industrial Electronics, and got a part-time job at String Computers in Mazgaon. In 1996, he earned a specialised software maintenance training from the CMS Institute in Marol.
He joined Radical Solutions, a computer firm in the Fort area in South Mumbai in November 1996. According to his co-workers, Qureshi was an exceptional worker. In just three years, his salary was quadrupled. He handled several major independent projects, including an intranet for Bharat Petro-Chemicals carried out by Wipro in 1999, and then joined Datamatics.
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