BJP's spokesman, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, stalwartly predicts a clear-cut victory for his party in all four.

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He said Calcutta police should have checked with Indian-administered Kashmir police once they arrested Mr Mukhtar.

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Mukhtar and Marat say they live on around 2, 500 roubles and send the rest home.

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Libya's national resistance hero, Umar al-Mukhtar, fought against Italian resistance from the east and drew much of his support from Benghazi.

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Det Supt Willie Prendergast of Strathclyde Police, who was leading the hunt, said Mr Mukhtar could have been a victim of mistaken identity.

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Mr Mukhtar's identity is now in the public domain and police in Indian-administered Kashmir are neither owning up to his work nor disowning him.

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Mukhtar and Marat are lucky, because their snow labour is legal.

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Mr Mukhtar and Tousif Ahmed, the Calcutta trader who procured the SIM cards for him, may be handed over to Mumbai police because they are wanted in connection with the attack.

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Calcutta police officials admit that Mr Mukhtar has given them details of his work but say they can release him only if police in Indian-administered Kashmir make a formal request in writing.

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"Mukhtar played an important role in providing vulnerable communities with access to clean drinking water and sanitation in areas where the risk of water-based diseases is high, " UNICEF Deputy Representative Hannan Sulieman said.

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