Sleuths of the Moradabad police managed to lay a trap on conduit of the laskar-e-Tayyaba (leT) who was convicted for 7 years by a Delhi court in a terror case and later jumped bail in 2009. His name also figured in the Godhra incident in Gujrat in 2002. Surprisingly, the accused also managed to procure a passport with the help of forged documents and also visited Kuwait. A case has been registered against him and further investigations are on.
The Anti-Terrorists Squad, Intelligence Bureau and the Special Cell of the Delhi Police were also informed about the arrest. Reports said that Moradabad police got a tip-off that one Farhan Ahmed Ali, who was arrested by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police in 2002 and booked under POTA and other relevant sections of terror activities and was also convicted for 7 years imprisonment, was living secretly in the district.
It may be mentioned here that Ali’s name also figured in Godhra terror case in 2002. In 2009, the Delhi High Court granted him bail after which he slipped and was missing since then. According to ADG (law and order), Anand Kumar, the Moradabad police developed information and found that Ali, hailing from Sohratgarh area of Siddharthnagar was staying in Barbalan area of Mugalpura in Moradabad.
Subsequently, they raided the place and arrested Ali late on Thursday night. The cops recovered a passport, driving licence, ration cards, Aadhaar and PAN cards procured through forged documents.
One driving license having Ali’s photo but issued on his brother Imran’s name was also recovered from the house. The cops also found that after procuring passport, Ali also visited Kuwait and later returned to Moradabad and was living to evade arrest. During interrogation it was also revealed that Ali earlier stayed in the Ekta Vihar Colony of Moradabad.