Gulf News : Suspect in plane bombing plot 'fled with police help'

Suspect in plane bombing plot 'fled with police help'

AP | December 20, 2007

Islamabad: A high-level probe team that investigated the escape of a British suspect in an alleged plot to blow up trans-Atlantic jetliners has concluded that his police escorts helped him get away, a newspaper has reported.

The investigation report on Rashid Rauf's escape last Saturday was expected to be submitted to the government.

The Dawn newspaper said the report termed the incident a case of "criminal collusion".

Rauf was arrested in Pakistan in August 2006 before the alleged plane bombing plot was foiled.

Britain has sought his extradition in connection with the death of his uncle there, and he had appeared before a judge in Islamabad on Saturday in connection with the case.


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Suspect in plane bombing plot 'fled with police help'

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Published: December 20, 2007, 23:29

Islamabad: A high-level probe team that investigated the escape of a British suspect in an alleged plot to blow up trans-Atlantic jetliners has concluded that his police escorts helped him get away, a newspaper has reported.

The investigation report on Rashid Rauf's escape last Saturday was expected to be submitted to the government.

The Dawn newspaper said the report termed the incident a case of "criminal collusion".

Rauf was arrested in Pakistan in August 2006 before the alleged plane bombing plot was foiled.

Britain has sought his extradition in connection with the death of his uncle there, and he had appeared before a judge in Islamabad on Saturday in connection with the case.

Police officials claim that, on his way back to Adiala Jail in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, Rauf was allowed to go to a mosque for prayers but slipped out of the back door.