MER - 'Mastermind' of airline terror plot on the run after escaping from police

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> A major diplomatic row was looming last night after the alleged mastermind of the transatlantic terror plot escaped from police in Pakistan. <br> <br>Rashid Rauf, a Briton who holds joints Pakistani citizenship, slipped off his handcuffs and fled after appearing in court in Islamabad. <br> <br>Two police officers have been arrested as investigators probe the possibility that they aided his escape. <br> <br>The inquiry will concentrate on why security was so lax for Rauf, who is alleged to have been the brains behind the alleged plot to blow up ten American-bound transatlantic planes. <b on></b> </body>