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Pakistanis' arrest evokes great interest at Centre

Special Correspondent

RAW conducting its own probe against Fahad and Hussain

# First time in the South that suspected militants were nabbed with evidence
# Evidence to prove their Pakistani connection

MYSORE: The progress of the case relating to the arrest of two Pakistani nationals suspected to belong to the Al-Badr outfit has generated tremendous interest at the Centre and is being monitored by the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).

RAW sleuths are here for the past few days conducting their own inquiry against the Pakistani nationals.

The Mysore police trailed Mohammad Fahad and Mohammed Ali Hussain for nearly four months after being tipped off by intelligence agencies before arresting them. They seized from them incriminating documents, a large cache of arms and ammunitions, an AK-47 rifle, chemicals used in the manufacture of explosives, a satellite phone and 20 SIM cards, among others.

Fahad is a postgraduate in Analytical Chemistry from Karachi University. He is also a computer expert and his ICICI bank account helped trace funds routed from the U.S. and the UAE while telephone calls made by him have been traced to Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.

The Union Government's interest in the case stems from the fact that it was for the first time in South India that the police could capture two suspected militants with sufficient evidence to prove their malafide intentions and their Pakistani connection.

"This neutralises Pakistan's persistent denial that it was abetting terrorism in India," according to the police investigating the case.

Apart from RAW, Intelligence Bureau sleuths are monitoring the progress of the case.