Pakistan arrests Tiger Memon, the blackmailer, not the terrorist

Tiger Memon held but not India’s most wanted

Staff correspondent, September 3, 2015, NewsCrunch

Several media outlets rushed to publish on Wednesday afternoon that Pakistan’s Federal Investigating Agency had arrested Tiger Memon, the main accused of 1993 Mumbai blasts.

 After the serial blasts, Tiger Memon had escaped to Dubai, and is one of India's most wanted criminals.  

Though there was no official confirmation, various publications from Khaleej Times to Zee News, reported the development, let us add, without verifying.

A senior Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir tweeted saying that the man who had been caught was just a namesake of Tiger Memon.

His real name is Furqan, who has been arrested for blackmailing girls through fake Facebook accounts.

#BREAKING: Tiger Memon, one of the prime suspects in the 1993 #Mumbai bomb blasts case, caught in #Pakistan: Report pic.twitter.com/3RLyMq9BvC

— Khaleej Times (@khaleejtimes) September 2, 2015

FIA arrested Furqan alias Tiger Memon who was blackmailing girls through fake f-b accounts Indian media confusing him with real Tiger Memon

— Hamid Mir (@HamidMirGEO) September 2, 2015

That would be #TigerNaMo. "@nailainayat: This 'Tiger Memon' used to harass girls on networking sites."

— Modi+Media Vs India (@MediaVsIndia) September 2, 2015

@senthilnayagam It's not THE Tiger Memon, it's some billi masquerading as a sher.

— PriyaRaju (@PriyaRaju) September 2, 2015

.@JagranNews are jagran media. thoda verify to karlo. it's not that tiger memon.

— Salman Khan's Driver (@GaramAtma) September 2, 2015