On Wednesday, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested a member of Indian Mujahideen on Wednesday. Identified as Ariz Khan aka Junaid 32, was held in connection with a series of bomb blast cases across India since 2005.
On Wednesday, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested a member of Indian Mujahideen on Wednesday. Identified as Ariz Khan aka Junaid 32, was held in connection with a series of bomb blast cases across India since 2005.
NIA spokesperson said: “Investigation in this case has revealed that accused Ariz Khan @ Junaid was involved in the serial blast at Delhi in the year 2005, serial blast at Varanasi in the year 2006, Uttar Pradesh Court blast in the year 2007, serial blast at Jaipur in the year 2008, serial blast at Ahmedabad in the year 2008 and serial blast at Delhi in the year 2008.”
Khan was present at Batla House, along with four others, and had managed to give police the slip during the encounter on September 19, 2008 in Delhi's Jamia Nagar, in which two Indian Mujahideen terrorists were killed and as many arrested.
After escaping during the Batla House encounter, Khan and his accomplice, Shehzad, visited their relatives in Delhi, UP, Rajasthan and Maharastra to seek shelter and financial aid but they did not receive any help.
A month later they separated and Khan crossed over to Nepal. He later managed to get citizenship and a passport of the country in the name of Salim Khan, through fake papers. Along with Tauqueer, he started teaching at a school there. He had studied B Tech at an institute in Muzaffarnagar but had failed in the second year, said the officer.
He remained in Nepal till 2014 and during this period he came in touch with Riyaz Bhatkal who motivated him to come to Dammam, Saudi Arabia for arranging money to revive the IM in India, he said. In September 2014, he went to Saudi Arabia where he met many IM and SIMI sympathisers.
After returning from Saudi Arabia, he started visiting India clandestinely to revive the IM. Through his established contacts, he procured logistics for his visits to India. He was scheduled to meet a contact in UP when he was caught, added the officer.
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