07-31-2006, 03:16 PM
<b>37,000 riyals sent to Faizal Sheikh seized: Police</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->In the first indication that the July 11 serial blasts in trains in Mumbai could be foreign funded, police on Monday claimed it has seized 37,000 riyals (apprx Rs 4.4 lakh) sent from Saudi Arabia through hawala to Faizal Sheikh, a key Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative, arrested last week in the case.
Though the money was sent by Faizal's brother, who lives in Saudi Arabia, anti-terrorist squad officials said that what was suspicious is that part of the money came a day before and remaining a day after the blasts.
"Of the total money, 25,000 riyals were sent a day before the blasts, and 12,000 riyals came a day after," ATS chief KP Raghuvanshi told reporters in Mumbai.
Faizal, suspected to be a key LeT operative, supervised the outfit's operations in the region.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Though the money was sent by Faizal's brother, who lives in Saudi Arabia, anti-terrorist squad officials said that what was suspicious is that part of the money came a day before and remaining a day after the blasts.
"Of the total money, 25,000 riyals were sent a day before the blasts, and 12,000 riyals came a day after," ATS chief KP Raghuvanshi told reporters in Mumbai.
Faizal, suspected to be a key LeT operative, supervised the outfit's operations in the region.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->