ISI agent Shamshul Huda, mastermind of Kanpur train derailment, arrested in Nepal

New Delhi: A Dubai based mastermind, Shamshul Huda, who was behind the alleged ISI backed plot to cause train accidents in India by planting IEDs on the railway tracks, has been arrested by Nepal police. The sources in NIA said that Shamshul was a known operator of Indian fake currency and had a huge network in Nepal.

“His arrest is a major breakthrough in the case and the investigating agency is likely to nab other accused regarding the train sabotage case,” said an NIA official. Huda was arrested by Nepalese police after he was deported from Dubai. NIA is already in touch with the Nepalese authorities and will seek access to Huda for questioning. The sources said that the NIA was in possession of sufficient evidence from the spot of accident which points that nabbed ISI agent were the mastermind behind the recent derailment of trains - Indore-Patna Express near Kanpur and one at Koneru in Andhra Pradesh.

Besides, the NIA official said that Umashankar Patel, one of the accused arrested by Bihar police had spoken to both Shamshul Huda and Shafi Sheikh while the two masterminds were together in Dubai in August. (UNI)