Author: Report
Publication: Rediff.com
Date: May 15, 2006
URL: http://ia.rediff.com/news/2006/may/15let.htm?q=np&file=.htm
A 28-year-old doctor was arrested in Malegaon
near Nasik early on Monday for allegedly assisting the Lashkar-e-Tayiba militants
from whose possession a huge cache of arms was seized, police said.
The accused, identified as Sharif Mohamed
Shabbir Ahmed, is said to be an activist of the banned Student Islamic Movement
of India.
Police are likely to interrogate Ahmed, a
resident of Sapana Sizing in Malegaon, in connection with the car that was
used by the militants on May 9 at Aurangabad. The militants escaped in the
car when the police intercepted them.
A diary and a mobile phone have also been
seized from his possession, the police said.
The car was found abandoned in Sayne-Shivar
at Malegaon on Friday and police arrested four persons - Riyaj Ahmed Mohamed
Ramjan (36), Mushtaq Ahmed Mohamed Isaac (25), Javid Ahmed Abdul Maji (28)
and Afjal Khan Nabi Khan (26) -- in this connection.
Earlier, around 2330 IST on Sunday the police
and Anti-Terrorist Squad officials seized six boxes, containing five AK 47
rifles, 20 magazines, 13 kg RDX, and one thousand live cartridges in an electrical
shop in Nasik.