The sleuths of the Intelligence Bureau arrested Irfan Ahmed, a one-time active member of the Tanzim Mujahiddin Islam Al-Hind outfit headed by the top leT militant Abdul Karim Tunda.
Irfan, who jumped parole and remained untraced for over 15 years, was nabbed by the IB in his native town in Bahraich on Sunday morning. He was reportedly lodged in Palpa prison in Nepal but after the walls of the jail collapsed during the recent earthquake, he absconded and went to his native town.
The sleuths of the IB, who were on alert following an advisory that militants and conduits of Pakistani espionage agency ISI might have slipped into India through Nepal, got a tip-off about Irfan.
Interestingly the local police in Bahraich, who were also on high alert about the presence of Irfan, did not get any information about the price catch.
The sleuths of the IB handed Irfan to Special Crime Cell in the Delhi Police. The Delhi Police arrested Irfan from lucknow on Monday.
Irfan’s son Mohamed Issa, is also an active member of lashkar-e-Taiyyaba (leT), and was arrested from New Delhi in 2006.
He was with a Pakistani national Abu Anas. A Delhi Police official claimed that they will produce Irfan before the court soon and would obtain orders for his remand and interrogation.