A top terrorist arrested in Uttar Pradesh has told police that the ransom money he received for the 2001 kidnapping of a Kolkata-based shoe tycoon was channeled to the Al-Qaeda and may have been used to fund the 9/11 US terror attack.
The Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh nabbed Jalaluddin, the self-styled commander of dreaded terrorist outfit Harkat-ul Jihad-ul Islam (HuJI), on Saturday.
Jalaluddin, better known by his pseudonym - Babu Bhai - was directly involved in the kidnapping of Khadim Shoes vice chairman Partho Roy Burman in July 2001. The business magnate was compelled to shell out a hefty ransom that eventually found its way to the Al Qaeda.
