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This is an archive article published on September 28, 2008

Saudi national detained on suspicion of funding terror group

A man from Saudi Arabia was detained at the Indira Gandhi International Airport on suspicion of funding a terror outfit.

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A man from Saudi Arabia was detained by police at the Indira Gandhi International Airport on suspicion of funding the terror outfit Indian Mujahideen suspected to be behind serial blasts in Delhi and other cities.

The person was taken into custody by the sleuths of Delhi Police and Intelligence Bureau at around 8:30 a.m. as soon as he reached here from Jeddah, sources said.

The suspect is being questioned at an undisclosed location and investigators are trying to ascertain if he has any role in the funding of the terror outfit, they said.

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The Indian Mujahideen has been accused of carrying out several serial blasts in Delhi, Ahmedabad, Jaipur and Uttar Pradesh.

Police and the Intelligence Bureau are trying to ascertain the funding channel of Indian Mujahideen, a module of which has been cracked following the September 19 gunbattle in south Delhi’s Jamia Nagar.

The outfit’s alleged chief Atif Amin and another member Mohd Sajid were killed in the encounter with Delhi police while five others were arrested in connection with their alleged role in the serial blasts.

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