Fasih Mohammad, an engineer, who hails from Bihar’s Darbhanga district and is believed to be one of the founding members of IM, was arrested by Delhi Police at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport after he was deported by Saudi Arabia. Fasih is believed to be connected to the Chinnaswamy Stadium (April 2010) and Delhi’s Jama Masjid (September 19, 2010) terror attacks.
Fasih is the third terrorist to be deported from Saudi Arabia in the past five months, while five others, including Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative Fayyaz Kagzi, are still holed up in the country. The key 26/11 Mumbai terror attack handler, Abu Jundal, was deported in June, whereas another Lashkar terrorist A Rayees of Kerala was deported earlier this month.
India has already written to Saudi Arabia, seeking help in tracing the five suspects, including Kagzi, who have been running sleeper cells from there to carry out terror attacks in India. The arrest brought to an end a long spell of uncertainty within the Indian establishment about whether New Delhi would be able to get access to Fasih.
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