Pakistan directly involved here. he got terror training in Pakistan
An Indian engineer arrested in France for his suspected terror links with Al Qaeda was being watched in this country as he has been an activist of the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), a banned outfit allegedly affiliated with the Lashkar-e-Taiba, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Monday.
Mohammed Niaz, originally from Madurai, was arrested at the Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris May 10 on his arrival from Algeria, where he had developed links with an Al Qaeda franchise.
After his arrest, French Interior Minister Claude Gueant had described Niaz as a man with a high level of technical training.
He is said to be associated with Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, one of the Al Qaida’s franchises, in Algeria. The group has vowed to carry out attacks against France and other western nations.