 Two suspected members of a banned, Pakistan-based Islamist militant group were arrested in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday, police said. The two men, both in their twenties, were arrested in Sangareddy town, about 65 km northwest of Hyderabad, they said. "Both were small-time traders who travelled to villages on motorbikes selling their wares, and also worked as operatives of Lashkar-e-Taiba under orders from their superiors in Hyderabad," said R.B. Naik, a local police chief. Security forces say Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh, has become a recruitment hub for Lashkar-e-Taiba, which is based in Pakistan and is fighting to end Indian rule in the disputed region of Kashmir. |