New Delhi - XINHUA
An Indian-origin woman banker was arrested in Britain as part of an ongoing anti-terrorism operation in London, said local media Thursday. Kuntal Patel, 36, who worked at Barclays Bank in Canary Wharf, has reportedly been under arrest since Sunday after her home in east London was raided by the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command, said Press Trust of India. She is also the daughter of magistrate Meena Patel, who sits on the bench at Thames Magistrates' Court in east London. British authorities are making inquiries "as part of an intelligence-led pre-planned operation", the report quoted British officials as saying.