Militants were sent to India on important assignment
NEW DELHI: The two suspected Hizbul Mujahideen militants arrested in the Walled City on Thursday night had been sent to India by the outfits supreme commander, Syed Salahuddin, on an important assignment.
They were remanded to 10-day police custody by a court here on Friday.
The police are trying to ascertain whether Javed Ahmad Tantray and Ashiq Ali Butt had been sent to carry out a strike in the run-up to the Independence Day celebrations here on August 15.
Their interrogation so far revealed that Salahuddin and his deputy, Khalid Saifullah, met separately at training camps in Azad Kashmir seven months ago and asked them to remain prepared for an important assignment. A fortnight later, another militant Shahid told them to sneak into India through Nepal. He also procured passports and visas for them.
Javed and Ashiq allegedly met for the first time at Rawalpindi in Pakistan on July 29 through Shahid. He gave them Rs.40,000 and took them from Islamabad to Karachi, from where they boarded a flight to Nepal. Another handler at Pokhara in Nepal helped them sneak into India through Sanauli in Uttar Pradesh. The two boarded a train at Gorakhpur to Jammu on Monday. In Jammu, they were contacted by Faiyaz, who arranged for them a white Santro car and two AK-47 rifles, two hand grenades and four magazines. They were asked to go to Darya Ganj in the Walled City and contact Shahid in Pakistan.
On a tip-off that the militants would come in a Santro car bearing a Haryana registration number, Special Cell sleuths trailed the vehicle from the Singhu border till the Mahavir Vatika parking area. One of the suspects then made a call to Shahid from a public telephone booth for instructions, after which they were arrested. Two fake identity cards said to be issued by the district magistrates of Kupwara and Anantnag were allegedly seized.
They revealed that Shahid had instructed them to meet a person at Sarai Kale Khan in South Delhi for further instructions. The police conducted a raid, but could not trace the suspect.
Joint Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) P. N. Aggarwal said Ashiq was initiated into militancy in 2003. In August that year, he allegedly underwent religious training in the jungles of Kathua. Along with 60 others, he crossed over to Muzaffarabad for training at the Boi camp. He underwent further training in handling of weapons at the Aath Mukam camp.
NEW DELHI: The two suspected Hizbul Mujahideen militants arrested in the Walled City on Thursday night had been sent to India by the outfits supreme commander, Syed Salahuddin, on an important assignment.
They were remanded to 10-day police custody by a court here on Friday.
The police are trying to ascertain whether Javed Ahmad Tantray and Ashiq Ali Butt had been sent to carry out a strike in the run-up to the Independence Day celebrations here on August 15.
Their interrogation so far revealed that Salahuddin and his deputy, Khalid Saifullah, met separately at training camps in Azad Kashmir seven months ago and asked them to remain prepared for an important assignment. A fortnight later, another militant Shahid told them to sneak into India through Nepal. He also procured passports and visas for them.
Javed and Ashiq allegedly met for the first time at Rawalpindi in Pakistan on July 29 through Shahid. He gave them Rs.40,000 and took them from Islamabad to Karachi, from where they boarded a flight to Nepal. Another handler at Pokhara in Nepal helped them sneak into India through Sanauli in Uttar Pradesh. The two boarded a train at Gorakhpur to Jammu on Monday. In Jammu, they were contacted by Faiyaz, who arranged for them a white Santro car and two AK-47 rifles, two hand grenades and four magazines. They were asked to go to Darya Ganj in the Walled City and contact Shahid in Pakistan.
On a tip-off that the militants would come in a Santro car bearing a Haryana registration number, Special Cell sleuths trailed the vehicle from the Singhu border till the Mahavir Vatika parking area. One of the suspects then made a call to Shahid from a public telephone booth for instructions, after which they were arrested. Two fake identity cards said to be issued by the district magistrates of Kupwara and Anantnag were allegedly seized.
They revealed that Shahid had instructed them to meet a person at Sarai Kale Khan in South Delhi for further instructions. The police conducted a raid, but could not trace the suspect.
Joint Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) P. N. Aggarwal said Ashiq was initiated into militancy in 2003. In August that year, he allegedly underwent religious training in the jungles of Kathua. Along with 60 others, he crossed over to Muzaffarabad for training at the Boi camp. He underwent further training in handling of weapons at the Aath Mukam camp.
