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Pakistani faces deportation after spending 14 years in US jail

Imran Farooq Mandhai was arrested in February 2002 on charges of plotting bomb attacks

Web Desk March 14, 2015

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WASHINGTON DC: A Pakistani national, who has been serving 14 years in a jail on terrorism charges in the United States, will be deported back to Pakistan, officials said.

Imran Farooq Mandhai was sentenced to 14 years in prison after he was arrested in February 2002 on charges of plotting bomb attacks on electrical power substations and a National Guard armoury.

After completing his sentence, Mandhai was turned over to immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents for deportation proceedings on March 9.

"Imran Farooq Mandhai was transferred to ICE custody March 9, 2015 from the Bureau of Prisons after completing his federal prison sentence. He will remain in ICE custody pending removal proceedings," an ICE spokesman said.

At the time of his arrest in 2002, Mandhai resided in Florida and attended the Darul Uloom Institute mosque.

This is the same mosque where al Qaeda notable and Mandhai associate Adnan el-Shukrijumah often prayed at.

This article originally appeared in the Press Trust of India.

COMMENTS (6)

zara | 9 years ago | Reply I wrote sucha long reply so that u wont publish.???

Stranger | 9 years ago | Reply How I envy these jailed convicts . Free food clothing and shelter for several years . Unlike us , they don't need to slog or paybacks . Makes me wonder what are we getting due to honest hard work ?

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zara | 9 years ago | Reply @woody: we all know american justice very well. In case of afia and many muslims of different origins too. Many muslims arrested post 911 were released being declared as innocent after 3,4,5 years of detention inmost human rights violating prisons and suffering extreme torture. Those ppl suffered psychological scars and developed physical ailments due to worst torture. Improve your reading skills and re read lines i quoted. There is no mention of additional charges , dont make up lies.. where it states additional charges, itsays justice dept lawyers refusd to prosecute cuz of technical problems and hence referred to immigration agency. The guy might have been guilty or not. But every such news always has such cracks in it. That lawyers couldn't prosecute for enough charges ,later they say suspects pleaded guilty. This news, the other news of pakistani brothers all have this. Anyways, if uwant to argue come up with genuine logics else stay quiet. Iam all for punishing culprits but i wont just blindly buy every piece of crap shelled out by media.

Insaaf | 9 years ago | Reply Such people bring shame to our country. He should be jailed as soon as he lands here.

woody | 9 years ago | Reply @zara:

American justice system for you. no prosecution due to technical problems,yet jailed for 14yrs.

American justice system seems to be working fine - he was convicted of terrorism charges and has been behind bars since 2002 - the Federal authorities had the option of adding additional charges which they declined for "technical reasons" - probably because they thought deportation to Pakistan was worse than prison.

zara | 9 years ago | Reply "FBI officials in Washington suggested that the Justice Department might still bring charges against Mr Mandhai or others, but officials in Florida said the case had been turned over to the immigration agency after Justice Department lawyers declined to prosecute Mr Mandhai because of “technical” problems with the case" http://www.dawn.com/news/27553/pakistani-held-for-plotting-bombing, 13yr old news. American justice system for you. no prosecution due to technical problems,yet jailed for 14yrs.

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