Tuesday, November 8 2005 10:56 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Kolkata: A Pakistani national suspected to be involved in the New Delhi blasts and other subversive activities in India was arrested by the Border Security Force (BSF) at Balurghat in North Bengal.

Pakistani national, Ali Mohammad alias Abu Ali Haider, was arrested yesterday from Balurhat in South Dinajpur district soon after he allegedly sneaked in from Bangladesh, BSF sources said here.

About arrested militant's links with Lashkar-e-Taiba and the October blast in Delhi, the sources said interrogation was on to ascertain this.

The man would be handed over to the West Bengal police at Balurghat after the interrogation, the sources said.

He was suspected to have stayed for some time in Delhi early this year.

He was on his way to Kashmir to meet his contact man for a new assignment, a source said.

Intelligence agencies were hopeful of getting some clues to a number of important operations he was allegedly involved in.