Author: Express News Service
Publication: ExpressIndia.com
Date: March 20, 2009
URL: http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/cops-nab-terror-suspect-say-is-expak-ranger/436916/
A suspected Pakistani terrorist, allegedly
a former member of Pakistan Rangers, was arrested from Fairlie Place on Thursday.
Police said 27-year-old Shahbaz Ismail is
a resident of Sumali Muhalla in the Tausa police station area of Derazikhan
district in Pakistan. He has admitted to being part of a terrorist organisation.
The police have, however, not disclosed the name of the terrorist outfit.
Rajiv Kumar, Joint Commissioner of Police,
told mediapersons that Ismail has confessed to coming to India for terrorist
activities.
"However, he has said that nothing had
been planned for Bengal and he was merely on his way to another terrorist-afflicted
state in the country," said Kumar.
Based on his confessions, police said that
Ismail had joined Pakistan Rangers in 2004, but after four years he quit the
service to join a terrorist outfit. According to Ismail, his batch number
was R 39409 and his last posting was at Sialkot in 2008.
He reached Dhaka from Karachi and spent considerable
time there till he received further instructions from his parent terrorist
organisation. He crossed over to Malda from Rajshahi and reached Sealdah on
a train. The BSF had traced him at Malda and followed him to the city. Acting
on the BSF's information, police arrested Ismail on Thursday afternoon.
"We have also recovered a mobile phone
with a Bangladeshi SIM card and some documents from him. We feel that this
was the first time that he had come to the country. He was going to some specific
places in the country," added Kumar.
