<p>Mohammad Abdul Bashir, a key associate of apprehended Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative Abdul Karim Tunda, was arrested in Bihar’s Katihar district. The 30-year-old Bashir is an accused in 16 cases, including Delhi bomb blasts.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The arrest was made by the Bengal police with the help of local cops. A special team had come over from West Bengal in search of Bashir after Tunda’s another key aide Alauddin was apprehended from Karandighi (Bengal) on Wednesday last. During the interrogation of 55-year-old Alauddin, the name of Bashir cropped up. The Tunda aide told the Bengal police that he, along with Bashir, was the kingpin of fake currency racket which thrived in eastern Bihar as it shared a porous border with West Bengal, Bangladesh and Nepal.<br /><br />“Although officially, Bashir used to teach at local madrarsa, we got information that he used to frequently visit Bangladesh. Further probe revealed that counterfeit notes printed in Bangladesh were circulated in the Bihar-Bengal border region through unemployed youths recruited by Bashir and Alauddin,” said a police official associated with the arrest.<br /><br />Sources said Bashir came into contact with the one-armed LeT commander Tunda through his (Tunda) father-in-law Tahir. Although Tahir was arrested on terror charges in 2009 and is cooling his heels in Alipore jail, he is originally from Katihar, the native place of Bashir. <br /><br />After getting inputs from Alauddin, the Bengal police raided Signalpur in Katihar and arrested Bashir. They have taken him to West Bengal for further interrogation.<br /><br />Bashir is the third madrarsa teacher from Bihar who has been arrested by the police on terror charges in the last one year.<br /><br />Last year, Danish Ansari, suspected to be a close aide of Yasin Bhatkal, one of the founders of Indian Mujahideen (IM), was arrested at Darbhanga by the sleuths of National Investigation Agency (NIA). Besides, Mohd Kafil Akhtar, another Madarsa teacher, was arrested by Bangalore police in May 2012 from the same district for his alleged involvement in the Chinnaswamy Stadium blast case.</p>
<p>Mohammad Abdul Bashir, a key associate of apprehended Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative Abdul Karim Tunda, was arrested in Bihar’s Katihar district. The 30-year-old Bashir is an accused in 16 cases, including Delhi bomb blasts.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The arrest was made by the Bengal police with the help of local cops. A special team had come over from West Bengal in search of Bashir after Tunda’s another key aide Alauddin was apprehended from Karandighi (Bengal) on Wednesday last. During the interrogation of 55-year-old Alauddin, the name of Bashir cropped up. The Tunda aide told the Bengal police that he, along with Bashir, was the kingpin of fake currency racket which thrived in eastern Bihar as it shared a porous border with West Bengal, Bangladesh and Nepal.<br /><br />“Although officially, Bashir used to teach at local madrarsa, we got information that he used to frequently visit Bangladesh. Further probe revealed that counterfeit notes printed in Bangladesh were circulated in the Bihar-Bengal border region through unemployed youths recruited by Bashir and Alauddin,” said a police official associated with the arrest.<br /><br />Sources said Bashir came into contact with the one-armed LeT commander Tunda through his (Tunda) father-in-law Tahir. Although Tahir was arrested on terror charges in 2009 and is cooling his heels in Alipore jail, he is originally from Katihar, the native place of Bashir. <br /><br />After getting inputs from Alauddin, the Bengal police raided Signalpur in Katihar and arrested Bashir. They have taken him to West Bengal for further interrogation.<br /><br />Bashir is the third madrarsa teacher from Bihar who has been arrested by the police on terror charges in the last one year.<br /><br />Last year, Danish Ansari, suspected to be a close aide of Yasin Bhatkal, one of the founders of Indian Mujahideen (IM), was arrested at Darbhanga by the sleuths of National Investigation Agency (NIA). Besides, Mohd Kafil Akhtar, another Madarsa teacher, was arrested by Bangalore police in May 2012 from the same district for his alleged involvement in the Chinnaswamy Stadium blast case.</p>
