MUMBAI: A suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist, allegedly involved in the ‘fidayeen’ attack on a CRPF camp in Uttar Pradesh in 2008, was today arrested at the city airport shortly after he flew in there from UAE, a police official said.
Salim Mukim Khan alias Abu Amaar alias Arif, a native of Hathgaon in Fatehpur district of Uttar Pradesh, was nabbed in a joint operation by anti-terrorism squads of Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh police when he arrived at the international airport from the UAE, he said.
Salim, facing lookout notice, was stopped at an immigration counter on the intervening night of July 16 and 17 and taken into custody, the official said.
His interrogation and records available with security agencies showed his alleged role in the suicide attack on a CRPF camp in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, on January 1, 2008, he said.
Eight persons, including some CRPF jawans, were killed in the terror strike.
Salim was also a financier of suspected ISI agent Aftab Ali, who was arrested in May in Faizabad by Uttar Pradesh ATS, he added. (AGENCIES)
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