LeT ultra linked to UK airport attack plotter in NIA custody

New Delhi, August 29

The NIA has arrested Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative Shabeel Ahmed, who is believed to be a close relative of the 2007 Glasgow airport attack mastermind.

Agency officials said the accused was arrested last night after he was brought back to India from Saudi Arabia.

They said Ahmed had moved from Bengaluru to Saudi Arabia in 2010-11.He is a cousin of UK airport attack mastermind Kafeel Ahmed, the officials said, maintaining that after getting his remand from a special NIA court here, he would be taken to other places, including Bengaluru, for further investigation.

The officials said Ahmed was also wanted in a case registered by the Delhi Police Special Cell in 2015 and was declared a proclaimed offender by a Delhi court on July 12, 2016.

In August 2017, Indian agencies had brought in another Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) suspect Syed Mohammed Zishan Ali from Saudi Arabia. He is believed to be married to Ahmed’s sister. — TNS