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Former SIMI activist nabbed at Kochi airport

NEDUMBASSERY: Madhya Pradesh police arrested a former activist of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) at the Cochin International Airport here on Saturday. Flying in from Dubai in an Emirates flight, Salauddin Zainul Abdin, 41, was detained upon arrival after Immigration officials were alerted.

Abdin, an aide of the former SIMI chief Safdar Nagori, was a native of Nalgonda, Andhra Pradesh, and operated in Mumbai, according to official sources. Wanted in connection with a case in Ujjain, he had fled the country in 1998. He was employed with a construction company in Dubai.

A nine-member Anti-Terrorist Squad team, led by Ujjain SP Rakesh Gupta, had been camping at the airport since Friday following a tip-off.

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