Police have found evidence about the terror links of a Pakistani diplomat.

Another junior European diplomat of Pakistani origin has also been found involved with alleged anti-Bangladesh activities.

Some Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) activists recently arrested in Dhaka have blown the lid of these clandestine links during their interrogations.

One JMB radical has testified to these links in a judicial confession.

Pakistan high commission's Second Secretary (political) Farina Arshad is said to be involved with the Islamist radicals.

A Pakistani official working in Dhaka's Pakistani high commission, Mazhar Khan, had to be withdrawn by Islamabad after Bangladesh intelligence accused him of funding Islamist radicals and peddling fake currency in January.

Two of the four JMB radicals, including Idris Sheikh, arrested at Uttara and Khilgaon in Dhaka on Nov 29, were found to be carrying Pakistani passports, says Detective Branch's Deputy Commissioner Monirul Islam. Both these radicals have been travelling frequently between Bangladesh and Pakistan.

Monirul Islam said Idris was found to be possessing a 'spy mobile', which he was using to communicate regularly with an foreign intelligence agent outside the country.

"He was regularly sharing information with that agent and was also in touch with a female diplomat in the Pakistan High Commission."

In his judicial confession before Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Abdullah Al Masud under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), Idris named Second Secretary Farina Arshad as the diplomat he was in contact with.

Monirul Islam said Idris was found to be possessing a 'spy mobile', which he was using to communicate regularly with an foreign intelligence agent outside the country.

"He was regularly sharing information with that agent and was also in touch with a female diplomat in the Pakistan High Commission."

In his judicial confession before Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Abdullah Al Masud under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), Idris named Second Secretary Farina Arshad as the diplomat he was in contact with.

The Pakistan high commission did not respond to bdnews24.com's attempts to cross-check details.

DB's Monirul Islam told journalists that Idris visited Pakistan via India in 1985.

He married a Pakistani women school teacher Shahnaz Begum in 1990 and settled down in that country.

A son, Mohammed Adil was born.

In 2002, Idris contested national elections from a party called the Pakistan Muslim Alliance but lost. In 2007, Idris returned to Bangladesh and joined the JMB.

Monirul Islam said Idris, 49, had been to Pakistan 48 times in the past two years.

He says he belongs to Chitolmari in Bagerhat.

Idris told the magistrate in his judicial confession that his father Kausar Sheikh is no longer alive.

About his links with Pakistani diplomat Farina Arshad, Idris said on return to Bangladesh in 2007, he first tried his hand in garments business, but five years later, he switched over to air ticketing and visa processing.

That is when he first met Babul and then Kamal, who introduced himself as working for Pakistan intelligence.

Idris said in his judicial confession that he ran up a huge debt to Babul who had frequently booked tickets for him. Babul, he said, left for Pakistan at one stage and gave him Farina's contact number.

Idris said in his confession that Babul later told him that a man arrested for peddling fake Indian currency in Dhaka airport was closely linked to Farina.

On return from Pakistan, Idris married again -- this time Manowara Begum from a neighbouring village. He has two daughters and a son with Manowara.

Government sources said that when Idris was arrested at Uttara, he introduced himself as a relative of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

One government source said that Idris had been arrested once on May 1, 2011 from the house of a top radical.

At that time, he was found carrying 47 passports and a case was filed in the Airport police station.

Idris said in his judicial confession that Farina had given him a lift on her car from Baitul Mukhharam to Fakirapool for handing over Tk 30,000.

A DB official told bdnews24.com that Idris had saved a foreign number in his mobile phone as his own.

That number actually belongs to a Pakistani intelligence official called Captain Asim, who is performing a crucial under-cover assignment based in an airport.

Idris could record conversations on his mobile phone.

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