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| Arrested Pakistani belongs to Al-Badr |
| 2009-03-21 |
| KOLKATA: The Pakistani national arrested here on Thursday on suspicion of being a militant belonged to the Al-Badr terror outfit and was assigned to a group for carrying out suicide attacks on troops in Kashmir, city police officials said here on Friday. Shahbaz Ismail, a resident of the Dera Ghazi Khan district in Pakistan, had sneaked into India through the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal's Malda district on March 18 and was arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) of the city police after being tipped off by the Border Security Force (Eastern Frontier). Joint Commissioner (STF) Rajeev Kumar said Ismail had confessed that he was on his way to Kashmir to lead a group of militants, who had already assimilated there, and launch suicidal attacks against troops posted there. Ismail earlier confessed to be an ex-Pakistan Ranger head constable and resigned to join the terror group last year. An Al-Badr activist named Yusuf Baloch inducted Ismail into the outfit as a commander because of his paramilitary training, Mr. Kumar said. He was produced in a magisterial court and remanded to police custody till April 4. |
| Posted by:Fred |