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Ex-Pak Army officer served as Lakhvi's adviser: Report
Islamabad, Apr 14 (PTI) A former Pakistani Army officer,
allegedly involved in abduction of the Karachi-based filmmaker
uncle of Bollywood actress Juhi Chawla, had joined LeT after
leaving military and served as an adviser to the Mumbai attack
mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, a media report said Tuesday.
During the interrogation of Major (Retd) Haroon Rasheed
alias Abu Khattab, who was arrested some time ago for alleged
links to terror groups, investigators learnt that he was the
leader of the gang that kidnapped Chawla's uncle Satish Anand
six months ago, 'Dawn' newspaper reported.
Anand was freed last week after payment of Rs 16 million
as ransom.
Rasheed, 43, told interrogators that he and his brother
Khurram, who was a Captain in the army's elite Special Service
Group, met Lashkar-e Toiba chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed and
Lakhvi in 2000 when both of them were still serving the
military, it said.
Rasheed sought premature retirement in 2001 while Khurram
quit army in 2003 and both of them joined the LeT. Rasheed
became an adviser to Lakhvi and also served as a trainer and
made improvised mortars for the LeT. He told interrogators he
left the LeT after differences with Lakhvi.
In December 2006, Rasheed visited Wana in South
Waziristan tribal agency where he met Taliban commander Mullah
Nazir. He also travelled to Miranshah in North Waziristan to
meet jehadi commander Ilyas Kashmiri. (More) PTI RHL
SAK