The Bongaon Court of 24 North Parganas in West Bengal, on December 15 has announced capital punishment for a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative--Sheikh Sameer, for his terrorist activities termed as ‘waging war against India’, reports The Asian Age. After the announcement of his death penalty, Sheikh Sameer claimed himself as an innocent. On April 3, 2007, Sameer and other two LeT operatives--Mohammad Yunuis, and Sheikh Abdullah (both Pakistan nationals) were arrested by the Border Security Force (BSF) officials after they crossed the India-Bangladesh Border. The BSF officials recovered fake Voter ID cards of India, fake Driving License, fake Passports and Visa, Indian and United State (US) currencies from them. The BSF handed-over their custody to the Police and further they were charged with the Sections 121 and 121A of the Indian Penal Code [IPC], with possession of arms, ammunitions and huge quantities of explosives. In 2014, Sameer managed to escape while taking over to Maharashtra for the investigation of another case. In 2017, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials arrested Sameer in Patiala in Punjab in a case (undisclosed).