New Delhi: The Kenyan Police on Saturday clarified the man they had arrested on Thursday was not Laskher-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Syed Abdul Karim alias Tunda.
Kenyan police officials in Mombassa had claimed that Tunda, LeT’s founder in India, was involved in the July 11 Mumbai blasts. On Saturday night, they clarified that the arrested man was a West African national and that he had been handed over to USA’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Kenyan police spokesman said the arrested person is not an Indian. "He has nothing to do with the Mumbai blasts," Kibunja said.
Tunda is wanted for bomb blasts in Mumbai, Delhi and other places in India during 1993-98. His arrest had been received with satisfaction by security agencies in India.
Earlier, The Kenya Times newspaper had reported that a man suspected to be linked to a series of terrorist attacks in East Africa and India was arrested on Thursday and deported to an unknown country.
The suspect, arrested on the Kenya-Tanzania border, was linked to the Mumbai blasts that killed more than 200 people, the newspaper said quoting police sources.
Kenyan authorities will be questioned about the matter officially on Monday.
The Kenya Times said the arrested man was carrying eight fake passports, each bearing different names but the same photograph.
The report said that he was arrested by the police in Taitataveta district along the country's border.
The newspaper claimed he was wanted by the FBI in connection with over 30 bomb blasts that killed many people in various parts of the world.
The suspect classified as a ‘most wanted terrorist’ is linked to the Kikambala bombing in which at least 17 people were killed in November 2002, it said.
The CBI had secured an Interpol Red Corner Notice against Tunda after he fled from the country in the mid-1990s. He carries a cash reward of Rs three lakh on his head.
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