Riazul Sarkar alias Akash Khan, arrested from Kishanganj on Saturday night in connection with July 13 Mumbai blasts, is n all probability is a Bangladeshi who intruded into India. His arrest throws light on the problem of illegal migrants and how they pose a security threat to India. Vicky Nanjappa reports
Riazul Sarkar, the man arrested in Bihar in connection with the Mumbai serial blasts, may have links with the Harkat-ul-Jihadi based in Bangladesh, according to sources in the Intelligence Bureau. But the agency doesn't have too many relevant details about the alleged link, they said. Riazul's remand may be extended since the National Investigation Agency wants to question him. Riazul, who is fluent in Kannada and Bengali, furnished a false address to the investigators.
The investigating agencies probing the 13/7 serial blasts in Mumbai have picked up a man by the name Riazul Sarkar from Kishenganj in Bihar.
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