Syed Abdul Karim alias Tunda, was a bomb maker of terror outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba, and was accused of masterminding over 40 bombings in India supported by Pakistani terrorists. He was arrested by Indian authorities on 16 August 2013 from the India-Nepal border at Banbasa. However, the exact timings of this arrest is disputed with various versions being reported.. Later, he received a clean chit by a Delhi court in all four cases against him, although he was sentenced to life imprisonment for bomb blasts in Sonepat, Haryana.