New Delhi, Friday, November 27, 2009: The Indian Home ministry has started efforts to bring Thadiyantavide Nazir, a Lashkar-e-Taiba honcho who was arrested from a madrasa in Chittagong, Bangladesh last week to India.

Thadiyantavide Nazir is suspected to be in charge of the outfit’s operations in south India. Nazeer, is also wanted in a slew of cases in Kerala.

Nazir, a co-founder of Indian Mujahiddeen, is supposed to be the kingpin of a racket which recruits mercenaries from Kerala and Karnataka for LeT.

Nazir is also accused of conspiring to assassinate former chief minister EK Nayanar and burning a Tamil Nadu state transport bus near Kochi to protest Abdul Nasser Madhani’s imprisonment.

Investigating agencies suspect that Nazeer’s racket is involved in creating logistical support for the militants. They procure passports from unsuspecting citizens and use it as a cover for militant movement and communication.