Pak national arrested with RDX in Delhi

Pak national arrested with RDX in Delhi
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

NEW DELHI, JANUARY 17: Delhi Police has arrested a Pakistani national linked with Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) along with two of his Indian contacts and recovered 860 GMS of RDX explosives, detonators and timers concealed in toys from them, a top police official said today.

The Pakistani national Abdul Rashid alias Sheeda and his Indian contacts as Mohammad and Mohammad Ismail, both residents of Gurgaon in Haryana, were nabbed from inter-state bus stop at Dhaula Kuan yesterday, deputy commissioner of police Ashok Chand told reporters here.

In all, two slabs of RDX weighing 860 gms, two ABCD timers which could be set up from eight minutes 32 seconds to 194 days and four electronic detonators were found concealed in the cavities of the toys under their possession, he said. Stating that the explosives recovered from the accused, if used, could have blown to pieces one bus, Chand said police are still probing exact source and the final destination of the recovered RDX.

The DCP said the explosivesconcealed in toys were smuggled into India from Pakistan through Attari and Wagah borders through regular passengers on trains and buses.

The interrogation of Abdul Rasheed has revealed that he had first come to India and 1992 and had been indulging in smuggling besides being involved in circulation of fake currencies on the direction of the ISI, the DCP said.However, after his arrest in 1998 with in connection with circulation of fake currencies, he remained in jail for some months. He was later bailed out and since then was "lying low" in India awaiting ISI directions, Chand said.

Aas Mohammad, who suffered financial losses as he did not received money for the goods sold by him in Pakistan, was offered money by the ISI people and was entrusted the job of receiving the consignment, Chand said.

The third accused, Mohammad Ismail, an unemployed youth was roped in by Aas Mohammad in the nefarious activity, the official said adding more arrests and recoveries were likely.