Two Lashkar militants held
Two men, stated to be operatives of Lashkar-e-Taiba, were arrested from Raghunathganj in West Bengal's Murshidabad district on Tuesday. Gelatin sticks and incriminating documents were seized from them.
One of the men, who was a cloth merchant, was suspected to be a long time operative of the militant outfit and liaised between its activists in Bangladesh and India, an official of the Criminal Investigation Department said here. The other person arrested was a teacher in a local school.
The men were arrested following a tip-off by the CID who got to learn of their activities from an activist of the outfit who was recently arrested in Kashmir. They were in touch with militants in Nepal and Bangladesh. A laptop was also seized from them.
Posted by: Fred 2008-07-30 |