NIA arrests two LeT terrorists in Hyderabad

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday arrested two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists in Hyderabad in connection with the blast in Darbhanga railway station, Bihar.

Two siblings Imran Malik alias Imran Khan and Mohammed Nasir Khan alias Nasir Malik, both residents of Nampally and natives of Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh.

The case was originally registered at Darbhanga railway police station in Muzaffarpur after an explosion in a parcel on platform one at the railway station on June 17. The parcel was booked at Secunderabad and had arrived in train number-07007 Secunderabad-Darbhanga Express.

The NIA had re-registered the case on June 24 and took up the probe. After the visit to the crime scene and the development of key inputs by the investigation team of the NIA, the two accused persons were arrested from Hyderabad on Wednesday.

Preliminary investigation and examination of the accused revealed a trans-national conspiracy hatched by top operatives of the proscribed terrorist organisation — LeT



— to execute terror acts across India and cause large scale damage to life and property, said an NIA press release.

Acting under the directions of Pakistan-based handlers of LeT, the two siblings fabricated an incendiary Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and packed it in a parcel of cloth and booked the same in a long-distance train from Secunderabad to Darbhanga. This was aimed at causing explosion and fire in a running passenger train resulting in huge loss of lives and property.

Nasir Khan had visited Pakistan in 2012 and had received training from handlers of LeT in the fabrication of IED from locally available chemicals.

He, along with his brother Imran, was in touch with Pakistan-based LeT handlers over encrypted communication platforms. The arrested accused was produced before the special court for NIA cases in Patna after obtaining transit from the competent court. Detailed examination of the accused and investigation continues to unearth the larger conspiracy, the press release added.