The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested an alleged member of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) who had escaped from police custody in 2014.

The accused, Shaikh Abdul Nayeem, 37, a resident Maharashtra, was arrested from Lucknow on Tuesday.

“Some incriminating documents, a mobile phone and bank account details were seized from him at the time of the arrest,” an NIA statement said.

“Nayeem is also an accused in the 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case and was earlier arrested by the West Bengal police in 2007 while trying to cross over to India from Bangladesh with two Pakistanis and a Kashmiri,” the NIA said.

The central agency said Nayeem escaped while he was being taken by train to Mumbai for production before a court in an organised crime case.

“He has been associated with LeT commander Amzad based in Pakistan and received funds from LeT operatives based in the UAE. for setting up bases in different parts of India. He also did reconnaissance of different tourist destinations in Delhi, U.P. and Himachal Pradesh for the purpose of carrying out terror attacks,” it said. Nayeem was sent to 10 days custody by a special NIA court.