Maulana Ilyas Kahsmiri, the chief of the Harkatul Jihad Islami 313 Brigade and one of main suspects for carrying out one of the two suicide attacks on Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf last year, was released here Tuesday. He was detained and questioned for nearly six months, before the authorities failed to find any concrete proof against him. "The government finally give a clean chit to Maulana Kashmiri after six months of questioning and released him after it failed to find any proof of his involvement in the suicide attack on President General Pervez Musharraf," the Daily Times quoted government sources as saying. They added: "Intelligence agencies detained him to verify his involvement in the suicide attack on the president in Rawalpindi on December 25, 2003." The sources further said another reason for Kashmiri’s arrest was the doubts that intelligence agencies had that he had links with Al Qaeda. "But no evidence was found of his involvement in any terrorist activity or his links with Al Qaeda," they added. | I'm sure we'll hear from him again. |
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