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J-K Police will move Interpol to get Lashkar boss
 SRINAGAR, FEBRUARY 12: Taking a cue from the Abu Salem case, the Jammu and Kashmir Police have decided to launch a legal offensive against top Pakistan-based militant leaders, including Lashkar-e-Toiba boss Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, his Kashmir operational chief Salahudin, alias Bilal, and Jaish-e-Mohammad supremo Moulana Masood Azhar.We are planning to use all our resources to get Interpol warrants against them, a senior police officer told The Indian Express. This will make a strong case against them in future and will also limit their movement even within Pakistani territory. Sources reveal that the J-K Police has already prepared dossiers on most of the top militant commanders, especially the ideologues who spearhead the violent campaign in Kashmir from across the border. We will go step by step to seek international legal sanction against them, a senior police officer said. This is a very complex and time-consuming process and we are seeking support from the Union Home Ministry and other security agencies and police forces across the country. The officer said that most of these leaders travel to the Middle East and especially to Saudi Arabia for the Haj and Umrah. Once there is an Interpol warrant against them, India can take the matter up with other governments. We can arrest them and push for their extradition, the officer said. Working to put together a fool-proof case against the militants, J-K Police are currently vexed by the difficulty of locating the real name and address of Pakistani militant commander Salahudin, alias Bilal, alias Hyder Karar, who has been leading the Lashkars Kashmir operations from the jungles of Bandipore for the last six years. We have been trying our level best to get information about him, a police officer said. His real name and actual address in Pakistan are essential for us to pursue an Interpol warrant. We apprehend that he might escape to Pakistan; if he does so, it will be a problem as his mysterious ways have made him quite well-known in militant circles. Posted by: john 2006-02-13 |
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