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Gul Muhammad built the million-dollar mansion

May 04, 2011

Pakistani authorities on Wednesday arrested the contractor who allegedly built the million-dollar complex where the Al Qaeda's Osama bin Laden was shot dead during a raid by US special forces in Abbottabad.

Gul Muhammad, who was also known as Gul Madah or Mithu Khan, was picked up from his residence near Bilal Town neighbourhood, near the garrison city of Abbottabad, where bin Laden's compound is located, TV news channels reported.

Muhammad, aged between 45 and 50 years, was detained by security forces at 2 am, the reports said.