Author: Times News Network
Publication: The Times of India
Date: May 22, 2006
URL: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1540927.cms
The anti-terrorist squad of the state police
picked up a college student, an alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba sympathiser, from
Aurangabad in the arms seizure case. The accused, Akif Biyabani, was charged
under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.
A Mumbai court remanded him to police custody
till May 24. He is the eleventh person to be arrested in the case. A huge
haul of 43 kg of RDX, 16 AK-47s and 3,200 live rounds were seized in raids
in Aurangabad and Malegaon over the past fortnight.
The police said Biyabani, a second year BSc
student, was an associate of prime suspect Zaibuddin Ansari and had visited
Nepal last year to meet LeT operatives. Ansari, a Beed resident, is absconding.
"Biyabani was linked with the accused," ATS inspector general K
P Raghuvanshi told media persons on Sunday.
A resident of Ganesh Colony in Aurangabad,
Biyabani ran a hardware business in the same locality and is said to be a
friend of Amer Shakeel Ahmed who was arrested on May 9 at the Ellora Ghat,
about 25 km from Aurangabad.
Earlier, the ATS had arrested Bilal Razzaq
(29) on May 16 from Buddilane in the old city. It is learnt that Amer and
others arrested earlier had named Biyabani. Sources said Biyabani was picked
up by the ATS after keeping an eye on him for three days.
