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Thu, 12/25/2008 - 18:10
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`India not informed of arrest of any Indian over Lahore blast`
Islamabad, Dec 25 (PTI) India has not been informed about
the reported arrest of an alleged national of the country in
connection with a car bomb attack in the eastern Pakistani
city of Lahore, a senior official of its mission here said
Thursday.
"We have not been informed in any manner by the Pakistani
authorities about the arrest of any Indian citizen in Lahore.
All we have seen are the media reports in this regard," the
official of the Indian High Commission told PTI.
TV news channels reported Wednesday night that an alleged
Indian national had been arrested in connection with the car
bomb blast in a government officers' residential complex in
Lahore earlier in the day, which killed a woman and injured
four persons.
The claim comes amid mounting tensions between India and
Pakistan in the aftermath of the Mumbai terror attacks blamed
on the Pakistan-based elements, including the terrorist group
Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT).
While some channels identified the arrested man as Satish
Anand Shukla, others gave his name as Satish Anand Sharma.
They quoted Pakistani police and intelligence sources as
claiming that the man was a resident of Kolkata and had
purportedly served in the Indian High Commission in London for
over three years.
The Pakistani sources told the TV channels that the man
had initially identified himself as Munir.
There was also confusion as to whether the man was
arrested alone or with others. Geo News channel reported he
was arrested with two other persons.
The local TV channels quoting the sources also claimed
that three fake Pakistani national identity cards, three
letters, explosive materials and "other devices" were
recovered from the arrested man.
Geo News quoted intelligence sources as saying that the
man was arrested after his phone calls were traced and tapped.
The channels claimed the man reportedly told police that
three of his accomplices were also in Pakistan and that they
plotting to carry out attacks on Christians on the eve of
Christmas in Punjab province.
This is probably the first instance of Pakistani
authorities making an arrest in connection with a bomb attack
on the day the incident occurred. Pakistan witnessed nearly 70
suicide bomb attacks last year and over 50 this year but there
have been no instances of any arrest being made immediately
after these incidents. PTI
the reported arrest of an alleged national of the country in
connection with a car bomb attack in the eastern Pakistani
city of Lahore, a senior official of its mission here said
Thursday.
"We have not been informed in any manner by the Pakistani
authorities about the arrest of any Indian citizen in Lahore.
All we have seen are the media reports in this regard," the
official of the Indian High Commission told PTI.
TV news channels reported Wednesday night that an alleged
Indian national had been arrested in connection with the car
bomb blast in a government officers' residential complex in
Lahore earlier in the day, which killed a woman and injured
four persons.
The claim comes amid mounting tensions between India and
Pakistan in the aftermath of the Mumbai terror attacks blamed
on the Pakistan-based elements, including the terrorist group
Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT).
While some channels identified the arrested man as Satish
Anand Shukla, others gave his name as Satish Anand Sharma.
They quoted Pakistani police and intelligence sources as
claiming that the man was a resident of Kolkata and had
purportedly served in the Indian High Commission in London for
over three years.
The Pakistani sources told the TV channels that the man
had initially identified himself as Munir.
There was also confusion as to whether the man was
arrested alone or with others. Geo News channel reported he
was arrested with two other persons.
The local TV channels quoting the sources also claimed
that three fake Pakistani national identity cards, three
letters, explosive materials and "other devices" were
recovered from the arrested man.
Geo News quoted intelligence sources as saying that the
man was arrested after his phone calls were traced and tapped.
The channels claimed the man reportedly told police that
three of his accomplices were also in Pakistan and that they
plotting to carry out attacks on Christians on the eve of
Christmas in Punjab province.
This is probably the first instance of Pakistani
authorities making an arrest in connection with a bomb attack
on the day the incident occurred. Pakistan witnessed nearly 70
suicide bomb attacks last year and over 50 this year but there
have been no instances of any arrest being made immediately
after these incidents. PTI
