April 2, 2010 9:09 AM

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US indicts Pak -origin taxi driver on terror- related charges

A US court in Chicago has indicted a Pakistani-origin taxi driver, with suspected links to HuJI chief Ilyas Kashmiri, on charges of "knowingly" attempting to aid al-Qaida.The FBI, which arrested Raja Lahrasib Khan on March 26, has accused the cabbie of attempting to provide material support and funds to al-Qaeda via Pakistan based terrorist Kashmiri. Khan, who claims to have known al-Qaeda-linked Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami chief for 15 years, is being held at the federal lock-up Metropolitan Correctional Centre where 26/11 plotter David Coleman Headley and co-accused Pakistani-Canadian Tahawwur Rana are also detained.

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