An official statement said on Thursday that a wanted terrorist, having links with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and a terror case was filed against him in Bengaluru, has been deported to India from Rwanda.
He is identified as Salman Rehman Khan, wanted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against whom the Interpol had issued a Red Corner Notice.
Khan's comeback was planned by the NIA, CBI and Interpol National Central Bureau, Kigali (capital of Rwanda), which falls in central East Africa.
Last year, the NIA had registered a case against him in the matters of criminal conspiracy, being a member of the dreaded terror group, LeT, and promoting it. It had imposed charges under the Arms Act and Explosive Substances Act against him.
In fact, an FIR was lodged against Khan in the Hebbal Police Station in the Bengaluru city for offences of supplying arms, ammunition and explosives to carry out terror activities in the Karnataka capital.
It was following a request from the CBI that the NIA had got the Interpol RCN issued against Khan on August 2 which was circulated to all the law enforcement agencies worldwide to track him down.
He was geo-located in Rwanda, and in association with the authorities of Interpol Kigali, an NIA team brought him back to India to face the law this morning.
Last fortnight, the CBI in coordination with Interpol had geo-tracked a criminal wanted by the Mumbai Police, Barkat Ali Khan, and brought him back from Saudi Arabia (on November 14). He was on the run, facing charges of rioting and supplying explosives and had an Interpol RCN issued against him in December 2022.
Earlier, on 11 November, the CBI had enabled the deportation of one Raihan Arabikkalalarikkal, from Saudi Arabia — who has been facing an RCN since December 2023, for a rape case against a minor and a case lodged against him with Mannarkkad Police Station in Pattambi (Kerala).
Since 2021, the Indian agencies in collaboration with their international counterparts have witnessed the repatriation of approximately 100 wanted absconding criminals, out of which 26 were returned in 2024.
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