Jaish terrorist with Kandahar hijack link nabbed in Dhaka

Bangladesh nabbed five Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists, including Belal Hosain alias Nanu Mondal, in a major counter- terrorism operation early on Sunday.
Belal is suspected to have played a key role in the December 24, 1999, hijacking of the Air India flight IC- 814 to Kandahar in Afghanistan.
The arrest of Belal, along with Rezwan Ahmed (a Pakistani national from Karachi), by Bangladesh's elite Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) is being considered as a major success by the local authorities, sources in the Bangladesh government said.
The online edition of the largest circulated Bangla daily Prothom Alo, quoting a senior RAB official, reported on Sunday that Belal was an accused in the IC- 814 flight hijacking. Belal has given Shylet, a north Bangladesh town, as his native place, but the government is unsure about his claim.
During interrogation, Belal is said to have admitted to his role in the hijacking episode. Sources said the authorities were now ascertaining the role Belal might have played in the terror operation.
01/03/10 Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury/India Today

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