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Police hunts links between Dec 13, Red Fort attack
The Delhi Police on Friday opened a new line of probe into the Dec 13 attack on Parliament trying to ascertain a link between the perpetrators of the assault and last year`s storming of the Red Fort even as raids continued in the capital for locating more contacts of Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists and an automobile dealer was questioned.
The Delhi Police on Friday opened a new line of probe into the Dec 13 attack on Parliament trying to ascertain a link between the perpetrators of the assault and last year's storming of the Red Fort even as raids continued in the capital for locating more contacts of Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists and an automobile dealer was questioned.
Ashfaq, arrested in the Red Fort case and lodged in Tihar Jail, and Shaukat Hussain, alleged conspirator in the Parliament attack, were together taken to various places in the capital to track down more contacts, police sources said.
Ashfaq, owner of a cybercafe in South Delhi, was one of the co-accused in the Red Fort case last year which was the handiwork of Lashkar-e-Taiba.
Police are examining if there were common accomplices in the two incidents, the sources said.
Delhi Police also detained and questioned the automobile dealer who had sold a second-hand motorbike to JeM terrorists involved in the December 13 attack. The motorbike was used by the terrorists to conduct reconnaisance around the Parliament complex and adjoining areas.
Delhi Police personnel picked up the dealer from his shop in Karol Bagh in Central Delhi last evening and questioned him for several hours, the sources said.
The dealer is said to have sold the Yamaha motorbike for Rs 20,000 to Shaukat Hussain, an arrested accomplice of the five terrorists who were killed while trying to storm the Parliament house.
Ashfaq, arrested in the Red Fort case and lodged in Tihar Jail, and Shaukat Hussain, alleged conspirator in the Parliament attack, were together taken to various places in the capital to track down more contacts, police sources said.
Ashfaq, owner of a cybercafe in South Delhi, was one of the co-accused in the Red Fort case last year which was the handiwork of Lashkar-e-Taiba.
Police are examining if there were common accomplices in the two incidents, the sources said.
Delhi Police also detained and questioned the automobile dealer who had sold a second-hand motorbike to JeM terrorists involved in the December 13 attack. The motorbike was used by the terrorists to conduct reconnaisance around the Parliament complex and adjoining areas.
Delhi Police personnel picked up the dealer from his shop in Karol Bagh in Central Delhi last evening and questioned him for several hours, the sources said.
The dealer is said to have sold the Yamaha motorbike for Rs 20,000 to Shaukat Hussain, an arrested accomplice of the five terrorists who were killed while trying to storm the Parliament house.
The dealer was asked to identify Shaukat and questioned about the circumstances in which he sold the motorcycle, the sources said. Bureau Report