New Delhi: A Delhi Court on Friday remanded
two suspected Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists, who were allegedly
planning attacks in the national capital, to police custody
till August 17.
In a brief hearing in the chamber, Chief Metropolitan
Magistrate Kaveri Baweja accepted the plea of Delhi police
which had sought their custody for interrogation.
The two-- Javed Ahmed Tantray and Ashiq Ali Bhat --
were arrested last night.
Police alleged that the militants are from Jammu
and Kashmir and had met the outfit`s chief Syed Salahudin
several times. They got arms training in
Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir.
They had first met Salahudin in PoK in 2003. In one of
their recent meetings with the Hizbul leader, he asked the duo
to carry out attacks against India.
"(A few months back) Salahuddin told them that they
will be given some important assignment in India in near
future," Joint Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) P N
Aggarwal told reporters here.
According to Aggarwal, the arrested men got their arms
training in terror camps in Boi and Mansura in PoK.
"Ali and Ahmed had met Salahuddin several times. A few
months back, Salahuddin and Hizb Deputy Commander Khalid
Saifulla met them in their camps and told that they will be
tasked with some important assignment in India in near future.
"After around 15 days, Shahid, their Hizb contact,
told them to get ready to leave for India," Aggarwal said.
Bureau Report
