Setback as Bihar train blast accused flees to Pakistan

Sheikh was planted in Dubai by the Inter-Services Intelligence to run the fake currency racket.

In a setback to the ongoing investigations into the Bihar train attack, a key accused has left Dubai for Pakistan. Shafi Sheikh, who guided the train attack moved to Pakistan from Dubai, according to a report of the intelligence agencies.

[Shafi Sheikh, the ISI man who gave the train derailment order]

His fleeing to Pakistan comes at a time when India was getting ready to extradite him. Sheikh was on the radar of the intelligence agencies since his name cropped up during the investigations.

His name had cropped several times in the past when intelligence agencies were tracking his activities in relation with the fake currency racket. Sheikh was planted in Dubai by the Inter-Services Intelligence to run the fake currency racket. He would receive fake currency from Pakistan in Dubai and then channelise the same to India.

Sheikh was running the Nepal module which attempted a blast on a railway track in Bihar. On October 1, 2016, Sheikh had contacted Shamshul Hoda in Nepal and directed him to plant a bomb on a railway track at Ghorasan in Motihari Bihar. The plan however failed as alert villagers spotted the pressure cooker bomb.

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