Kashmir-Based LeT Militants Held Last Week Confess 'Being Trained in Pakistan'
Both the militants--Abdul Majeed Bhat from Kreeri and Mohammad Ashraf Mir Nilla of Pattan were taken into custody at the Wagah-Attari border post in Punjab when they returned from Pakistan.
Srinagar, February 4: Two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists, apprehended by the security forces last week, have admitted to have received arms training in Pakistan. Their confession comes in the backdrop of Islamabad dismissing India's accusation of abetting militancy in Jammu & Kashmir. The duo, identified as Abdul Majeed Bhat and Mohammad Ashraf Mir Nilla -- both residents of North Kashmir's Baramulla district -- were nabbed by a joint team of the J&K Police, Army and the CRPF at the Wagah-Attari border last week.
Baramulla Senior Superintendent of Police Imtiaz Hussain on Saturday informed that both militants were taken into custody in Punjab when they returned from Pakistan. He added saying that the duo were given Pakistani visas by the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi. Hussain said that both of them were on Police radar for the past five months and that the Police had information from since they entered Pakistan and joined militant training.
A police official was quoted by ANI saying, “These militants of Lashkar-e-Taiba were nabbed immediately after returning via the Wagah-Attari border before they could formally join the militant ranks here in Kashmir”. As per details by the Police spokesperson, the duo, on questioning revealed that they underwent training in Pakistan along with a large number of Pakistani boys, most of whom were from Balochistan and as young as 10.
As per interrogation by Police, the duo revealed that the terrorist training camps are located near BurmaTown, in Islamabad, and is being run by a terrorist commander operating under code names Hanzala, Adanan and Omar. The other terrorists imparting training to young boys are operating with code names Osama, Naveed and Hataf," the official added.
The Police have unearthed several such modules that attract young boys to Pakistan to get trained and join militancy. In the past, several such boys have been arrested, while some of them were killed in encounters," Hussain added.
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