NIA apprehend a 22-year old LeT operative from Bihar

New Delhi, February 5: Mahfooz Alam, a resident of Gopalganj district of Bihar has been apprehended by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for his alleged involvement with the Lashkar-e-Taiba.

“Mahfooz Alam had facilitated and provided logistic, financial support and shelter to the co-accused Shaikh Abdul Naeem, who is an active cadre of LeT, a proscribed terrorist organisation and had visited and established bases in Bihar, Odisha, UP and Jammu and Kashmir on the advice of his handler Abdul alias Rehan (LeT commander in Pakistan), “ an NIA statement said.

According to the NIA, Alam also facilitated raising of funds by Naeem through international money transfer services such as Western Union Money Transfer by providing his identity documents.

“These funds were to be later used for carrying out terrorist activities by Shaikh Abdul Naeem,“ the NIA statement said. The agency also conducted searches at four locations in connection with the case in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. These include residences and shops of two suspected hawala operators.

Recoveries made from residence and shop of the other suspected hawala dealer, Adesh Kumar Jain, included Rs 32.84 lakh in cash, one Chinese-made pistol, documents containing phone numbers of associates and foreign currency, it said.