<p>The FBI, which arrested Raja Lahrasib Khan on March 26, has accused the cabbie for attempting to provide material support and funds to al-Qaeda via Pakistan based terrorist Kashmiri.<br /><br />In an FBI complaint to a US court here, Khan has been indicted on two counts -- attempting to aid al-Qaida "on or about Nov 23, 2009" and again violating law by trying to support the terrorist organisation between March 17 and March 23 this year.<br /><br />Now, there will not be a preliminary hearing at which Khan could have challenged the government's evidence as an indictment has already been returned.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />The cabbie came to the US in 1975 and became a naturalised citizen in 1998. He has three children from his previous marriage and has been married to an American since 1994.</p>
<p>The FBI, which arrested Raja Lahrasib Khan on March 26, has accused the cabbie for attempting to provide material support and funds to al-Qaeda via Pakistan based terrorist Kashmiri.<br /><br />In an FBI complaint to a US court here, Khan has been indicted on two counts -- attempting to aid al-Qaida "on or about Nov 23, 2009" and again violating law by trying to support the terrorist organisation between March 17 and March 23 this year.<br /><br />Now, there will not be a preliminary hearing at which Khan could have challenged the government's evidence as an indictment has already been returned.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />The cabbie came to the US in 1975 and became a naturalised citizen in 1998. He has three children from his previous marriage and has been married to an American since 1994.</p>
