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Faseeh Mahmood, an engineer living at Dammam in Saudi Arabia, arrested in that country on "terror-related charges," has reportedly been deported to India.
Even though authorities here haven't confirmed his arrest and deportation, Mahmood's family is apprehensive that he may have been arrested in connection with terror charges, as he hails from the village of Barasmela in Darbhanga, from where Mohammed Kafeel Akthar was picked up by the Bangalore police on May 6, for his alleged role in the 2010 blasts at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. Mahmood's wife was deported to India on Tuesday.
Mahmood's cousin, who doesn't want to be identified, told The Hindu that Saudi Arabian intelligence officials arrested Mahmood from his home at Jubail in Dammam on May 13. They told him that he was being arrested as there were some charges against him in India, for which he would be deported. Mahmood's family alleges that there has been no news of his whereabouts since Sunday afternoon.
When approached by family members, the Indian Embassy officials in Riyadh said they couldn't provide any information on Mahmood's whereabouts, because of some "intelligence issues."
Mahmood was an employee of Eram Engineering Corporations in Al-Khubair, and has been living in Saudi Arabia for the past few years. A relative of Gauhar Azeez Khomeni, who was arrested by the Delhi police in blast-related cases, Mahmood had completed his B. Tech. from an engineering college at Bhatkal in Karnataka.
Mahmood's brother has denied that he was ever in touch with any terror or extremist group or individual: "He was the earning member of his family, and was moderate in his outlook."
"No information"
The Joint Commissioner of Police Crime, Bangalore (East), B. Dayanand, who is supervising the stadium blasts case, said he had no information regarding Mahmood's name in connection with the blasts so far.
Sources in the Delhi police said that Mahmood isn't wanted in any of the cases in Delhi as yet.
An External Affairs Ministry spokesperson said the "Ministry has no information in the case as of now."
Faseeh Mahmood, an engineer living at Dammam in Saudi Arabia, arrested in that country on "terror-related charges," has reportedly been deported to India.
Even though authorities here haven't confirmed his arrest and deportation, Mahmood's family is apprehensive that he may have been arrested in connection with terror charges, as he hails from the village of Barasmela in Darbhanga, from where Mohammed Kafeel Akthar was picked up by the Bangalore police on May 6, for his alleged role in the 2010 blasts at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. Mahmood's wife was deported to India on Tuesday.
Mahmood's cousin, who doesn't want to be identified, told The Hindu that Saudi Arabian intelligence officials arrested Mahmood from his home at Jubail in Dammam on May 13. They told him that he was being arrested as there were some charges against him in India, for which he would be deported. Mahmood's family alleges that there has been no news of his whereabouts since Sunday afternoon.
When approached by family members, the Indian Embassy officials in Riyadh said they couldn't provide any information on Mahmood's whereabouts, because of some "intelligence issues."
Mahmood was an employee of Eram Engineering Corporations in Al-Khubair, and has been living in Saudi Arabia for the past few years. A relative of Gauhar Azeez Khomeni, who was arrested by the Delhi police in blast-related cases, Mahmood had completed his B. Tech. from an engineering college at Bhatkal in Karnataka.
Mahmood's brother has denied that he was ever in touch with any terror or extremist group or individual: "He was the earning member of his family, and was moderate in his outlook."
"No information"
The Joint Commissioner of Police Crime, Bangalore (East), B. Dayanand, who is supervising the stadium blasts case, said he had no information regarding Mahmood's name in connection with the blasts so far.
Sources in the Delhi police said that Mahmood isn't wanted in any of the cases in Delhi as yet.
An External Affairs Ministry spokesperson said the "Ministry has no information in the case as of now."