Suspected Jihadi Held at Airport

The Times of India ^ | 31 August 2009

[nickcarraway]

authorities called back an aircraft from the runway on Sunday to arrest a suspected jihadi who had a lookout notice issued against him by the Intelligence Bureau.

The Kerala Police is still in the dark about Kabir, a resident of Rippon in Wayanad district, but unconfirmed reports say the IB suspects him of being involved in terror attacks, including the Bangalore blasts in 2008. He is also believed to be close to absconding Indian Mujahideen commander Tadiyantavide Nasir, who is also wanted for the Bangalore serial blasts.

Kabir was held at the end of some dramatic moments, which saw a Kuwait Airlines flight to the Gulf being called back from the runway of the international airport in Thiruvananthapuram when it was preparing to take off.

It was only after the Air Traffic Control cleared the flight for takeoff at 5.15am that airport security personnel realized there was a lookout notice pending against Kabir. He was questioned by sleuths of Intelligence Bureau, which had issued the lookout notice three months ago. Three days ago, the IB had given an alert, which said he could try to flee the country any time.

The security establishment, however, was left wondering how Kabir managed to pass the different screening stages and enter the aircraft. Airport sources say a security review will be done to find out if there was a flaw in the procedure. Instances of terrorists fleeing the country through Kerala had prompted the CISF, which is in charge of security in these airports, to step up vigil.

[Cindy]

SNIPPET from the link in post no. 1:

"Instances of terrorists fleeing the country through Kerala had prompted the CISF, which is in charge of security in these airports, to step up vigil."

[Cindy]

http://24dunia.com/english-news/topheadlines-news/showgroup/3943517.html

“Kabir Sayed: The man behind countrywide serial blasts?”
August 31, 2009 09:29 IST
Tags: Kabir, IB, Indian Mujahideen, Tadiyantavide Nasir, BAD

SNIPPET: “The name of Nasir had cropped up over a dozen times during the interrogation of Abdul Sattar, the mastermind of the Bengaluru blasts. The IB says that Nasir’s arrest will be crucial to crack the IM code as this man was directly responsible for the recruitment of youth into the dreaded outfit.

The IB also says that Nasir and Kabir, apart from recruiting youth and playing a vital role in planning the serial blasts along with Riyaz Bhatkal, were also active in sending youth to fight the Kashmir [ Images ] war.

IB sources add that while Tadiyantavide Nasir played the role of an inspirational speaker, Kabir went about doing the ground work and picking up youth. Off late, their prime focus was to supply men for the Lashkar-e-Tayiba [ Images ] for their Kashmir battle.”

Vicky Nanjappa in Bengaluru