[1]Sainulabudheen alias Salaudheen, former national president of the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), who was arrested from Cochin International Airport on Saturday, has connections with SIMI activists in Kerala and the Gulf countries, according to the police.
Sarfarz Nawaz, the SIMI leader picked up from arrested in Oman last year for his alleged involvement in the Bengaluru blasts, was an associate of Salaudheen. Nawaz had told the Bengaluru police that he attended a three-day programme organised by SIMI in Lucknow when Salaudheen was the president of the outfit.
Nawaz had also met Salaudheen when he was working at a medical centre in Dubai run by a former zonal president of SIMI in Kerala.
The centre was a meeting point of SIMI leaders from India. Nawaz is a native of Pallikkara in Ernakulam district.
It is not immediately known whether Salaudheen flew down to Kochi because he was offered some help by his contacts here.
Why he came to Kochi
Sarfarz Nawaz, the SIMI leader arrested last year for “involvement” in the Bengaluru blasts, was an associate of Salaudheen.
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