An alleged militant of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen Al-Aalami has been arrested for his role in high-profile terror attacks, including a plot to kill President Pervez Musharraf, police said on Monday. Mohammad Jamil Memon, a member of the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen Al-Aalami, was detained in the hill resort of Swat a few days ago, senior police investigator Manzoor Mughal said.
Memon admitted his involvement in activities, including the April 26, 2002 attempt to kill President Pervez Musharraf in Karachi, when a remote-controlled device failed to detonate an explosives-laden van near the President's motorcade, police said.
"Memon was initially arrested in Swat and will now be interrogated by Karachi police for his alleged role in high-profile cases here, including the plot to kill the President," Mughal told newsmen.
Police said they would also quiz Memon over a June 14, 2002 suicide bomb attack on the US consulate in Karachi, which killed 12 persons. The vehicle, used in the bid on President Musharraf's life, was also employed to strike the consulate.
Three members of the same group as Memon were sentenced in 2003 to 10 years' hard labour for the assassination attempt. Two of them - Mohammad Imran Bhai and Hanif Ayub - were given death sentences for bombing the American consulate.