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Terror suspect who posed as a greengrocer arrested | Mail Online
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A terror suspect who posed as a greengrocer for 17 years was unmasked yesterday.
Tiger Hanif, 49, had been using the name Mohammed Patel after a double bombing in India in 1993 where an eight-year-old girl was killed and 38 were injured.
He fled to Britain where despite initially being refused asylum he was later given a British passport and made a new life at family grocers Barkat Enterprises in Bolton.
- Terror suspect Tiger Hanif was arrested after posing as greengrocer in Britain for 17 years
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Police believed the bombing in the Surat region of India was to avenge the destruction of an ancient mosque, Babri Masjid, by Hindu zealots and subsequent riots.
One bomb exploded near a school at Varachha in which the girl was killed, and a grenade was lobbed at a train leaving 38 injured.
A former state minister, Mohammad Surti, was found guilty of the bombings and jailed for 20 years.
Hanif was arrested at his home last month. He was remanded in custody to face a hearing that could see him sent back to India to face justice.
- Hanif ran this greengrocers in Bolton before he was tracked down by police
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