New Delhi: A day after Pakistan media reports claimed that the man arrested by Chile was not Abdul Rauf, Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar’s brother who is wanted for the Indian Airlines IC-814 hijack, the CBI seems to have come to the same conclusion. And if this indeed is the case, then it will be the third time the arrest of Rauf has turned out to be a false alarm for the CBI, after Seoul in 2004 and Lebanon in 2005.
A two-member CBI team — one of the members is the investigating officer of the IC-814 case — which was sent to Chile after Rauf’s arrest believes he may not be the person they are looking for, CBI officials in New Delhi said.
The team did not have any picture or fingerprints to corroborate the identity of the person. “So, it was decided that a background check by the method of elimination will help them establish whether Rauf is the person who is alleged to be behind the hijack. But as they quizzed the man, they learnt he was not the wanted person,” said an official.
The CBI, however, said it has not closed the chapter yet, but has sought help from the FBI.
15/04/11 Indian Express
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