Thursday, March 5, 2009
Blast suspect brought to City from Oman
Bangalore, DHNS:
In a scene reminiscent of a James Bond thriller, a team from the
Intelligence Bureau and Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) brought an accused in
the Bangalore serial blast case from the Gulf state of Oman to the City last
week.
Sources said, the team from RAW had reportedly nabbed Sarfraz Nawaz (32),
one of the accused in the serial blasts. He is said to be a resident of
Bangalore who had escaped to Muscat.
Sources added that RAW and IB officials who made an emergency landing at
the Bengaluru International Airport on February 26 sought emergency clearance
to land the chartered aircraft, a 10-seater Gulfstream jet at 2.20 am on
Thursday last.
The RAW officials informed the ATC and BIA officials that the Government
of India had approved the landing and sought immediate clearance.
The aircraft carried a VT code indicating it was registered in India.
Immediately upon landing, they sought eight heavily armed security guards and
two armed vehicles from the City police.
After security was provided to the aircraft, a fairly built man with a
height of 5 feet 2 inches wearing a pink shirt and black trouser and face fully
masked was escorted and whisked away into the VIP terminal of the BIA.
He was also accompanied by the RAW officials including senior officials
with diplomatic passport. The accused was thereafter shifted to the armed
vehicle arranged by the local police and taken to an undisclosed location,
sources said. Investigations are on.
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