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Pak confirms JeM, Qaida links of Rauf
New details unfolded on Wednesday about the main figure arrested in the London bombing plot, Rashid Rauf.
ISLAMABAD: New details unfolded on Wednesday about the main figure arrested in the London bombing plot, Rashid Rauf. They included a confirmation by Pakistani officials that Rauf had married and settled in Bahawalpur, a southern town that is home to the notorious Jaish-e-Mohammed.
The background included accounts that he was at least an active member of the organisation, which was banned.
Pakistani officials confirmed that Rauf, a British citizen born in Pakistan, returned from Britain to settle in Bahawalpur in 2002 and that he married and had children there.
Bahawalpur is a small town in southern Punjab, far from Mirpur, in Pakistani-administered Kashmir, the town Rauf's family comes from.
A Reuters report from Bahawalpur, however, quoted the father of the founder of Jaish-e-Mohammed as saying Rauf had belonged to the group but later left it.
The father, Hafiz Allah Bukhsh, said Rauf was related by marriage to one of his younger sons. The two men were married to two sisters, Bukhsh said.
A former Pakistani official with close ties to intelligence agencies confirmed the details and said Rauf had "longstanding links with Jaish-e-Mohammed and also had Al -Qaida connections."Rauf has emerged as the main coordinating figure of the case.
"He became a central figure in all this,"said a senior government official who insisted on anonymity. Rauf came to the notice of British investigators who traced telephone calls between him and people in Britain who were under surveillance. "There were frequent calls from there and to him,"the official said, adding that the British asked Pakistan to watch Rauf, who was under surveillance.
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The background included accounts that he was at least an active member of the organisation, which was banned.
Pakistani officials confirmed that Rauf, a British citizen born in Pakistan, returned from Britain to settle in Bahawalpur in 2002 and that he married and had children there.
Bahawalpur is a small town in southern Punjab, far from Mirpur, in Pakistani-administered Kashmir, the town Rauf's family comes from.
Members of Jaish-e-Mohammed, insisting on anonymity, said Rauf had stayed a member of the group throughout its reincarnations.
A Reuters report from Bahawalpur, however, quoted the father of the founder of Jaish-e-Mohammed as saying Rauf had belonged to the group but later left it.
The father, Hafiz Allah Bukhsh, said Rauf was related by marriage to one of his younger sons. The two men were married to two sisters, Bukhsh said.
A former Pakistani official with close ties to intelligence agencies confirmed the details and said Rauf had "longstanding links with Jaish-e-Mohammed and also had Al -Qaida connections."Rauf has emerged as the main coordinating figure of the case.
"He became a central figure in all this,"said a senior government official who insisted on anonymity. Rauf came to the notice of British investigators who traced telephone calls between him and people in Britain who were under surveillance. "There were frequent calls from there and to him,"the official said, adding that the British asked Pakistan to watch Rauf, who was under surveillance.
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