Home Minister confirms Abu Hamza's arrest, nothing else

New Delhi: Home Minister P Chidambaram today confirmed the arrest of Lashker-e-Taiba terrorist and 26/11 accused Sayed Zabiuddin alias Abu Jindal. “The person who goes by the pseudonym of Abu Jindal has been apprehended and has been remanded to the custody of law enforcement agencies”, he told reporters here. [caption id=“attachment_356243” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“The Home Minister refused to specify any more details about the arrest. AFP”]  [/caption] Home Ministry officials, however, refused to confirm or deny the reports that Jindal, who was arrested on 21 June when he arrived in India, was deported from a Gulf country. Jindal, who hails from Georai area of Beed district in Maharashtra, was the Hindi tutor of 10 terrorists who carried out the audacious attack in Mumbai in 2008. India had also secured an Interpol Red Corner notice against him in which he was accused of crimes involving the use of weapons, explosives and terrorism. With his arrest, the mysterious voice recorded during the conversation between 10 Lashker terrorists and their handlers in Pakistan has been identified, the sources said. PTI