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Rasheed's brother Khurram went to Afghanistan's Helmand
province to fight along side the 'mujahideen' and was killed
there in March 2007.

Earlier media reports said Rasheed had allegedly killed
Maj Gen (Retd) Amir Faisal Alvi, a former chief of the Special
Service Group and brother-in-law of author V S Naipaul, in
November last year to avenge Khurram's death.

During subsequent visits to Waziristan in 2007, Rasheed
met Mullah Nazir and Ilyas Kashmiri and helped them modify
mortar guns.

During a meeting with Kashmiri in September last year,
Rasheed learnt the militants were facing a shortage of funds
and came up with a plan to kidnap affluent persons from urban
areas for ransom.

Kashmiri and Rasheed then planned the abduction
of Anand, who was kidnapped in Karachi on October 20 last
year. Rasheed, LeT operative Nawaz Khan and a retired Major
named Basit were involved in the kidnapping, the report said.

Rasheed has also told interrogators that several
militant groups in the restive tribal areas have identified
other persons in urban areas for kidnapping to raise funds by
seeking ransom.

LeT operations commander Lakhvi is currently in judicial
custody along with four others in connection with the Mumbai
attacks. They were arrested for alleged involvement in
planning and coordinating the 26/11 attacks, which India has
blamed on Pakistan-based elements including LeT. PTI RHL
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