Bangladesh arrests top LeT militant

DHAKA: A suspected top operative of Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist group was arrested in Bangladesh, the second such catch in less than a week, police said on Tuesday.
Maulana Mohammed Mansur Ali alias Maulana Habibullah, an Indian national, was active in Kashmir and has been the main organiser of LeT in Bangladesh, Deputy Commissioner of Detective Branch Monirul Islam told reporters.He was arrested from Dakkhin Khan area in Dhaka on Monday after an intensive manhunt engaging police spies, Islam said.
The officer said in line with confessions of Mufti Obaidullah, a LeT-linked militant arrested last week and now in custody on a seven-day remand, police launched the manhunt and arrested Ali, who was working at a madrasah.
Both Obaidullah and Ali told the police that they were residents of West Bengal and entered Bangladesh in 1995 to evade arrest by Indian security forces. Islam said like Obaidullah, Ali too was being chased by Indian security forces for their militant activities.