In Bangladesh, the Rapid Action Battalion on Saturday arrested a Pakistan National Wazed Khan who is alleged to be a bomb expert of the Lashkar -E- Toiba. He was the 4th Pakistani connected with LeT picked up there in the last six days. According to Battalion officials, Wazed Khan was arrested along with his Bangladeshi associate Abu Bakar Siddique alias Baka at Abdullapur near Tongi. Wazed reportedly came to Bangladesh on April 7 this year. In separate raids the Rapid action battalion also recovered a huge cache of materials used to make explosives, Pakistani and Bangladeshi passports and US dollars and air tickets. The arrests follows information provided by the co-ordinator of the Lashkar-e Toiba in Bangladesh Mohammad Imran who was arrested on September 30. Earlier three Pakistani nationals were arrested last week from a hotel by the Detective Branch of Bangladesh police who were are also alleged to be involved with the Pakistan based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba.
News On AIR | October 9, 2010 8:30 PM
LeT’s Pakistani bomb expert arrested in Bangladesh