More than 2,500 Militants are being trained in 30 camps in Pok, reveals a terrorist held in Delhi
More than 2,500 Militants are being trained in 30 camps in Pok, reveals a terrorist held in Delhi
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's fears of Pakistan-based militants plotting fresh strikes against India were not unfounded.
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Highly placed sources in the Special Cell told MiD DAY about the interrogation details of the terrorist. "Salim alias Yusuf told us that terrorist training camps have become active again since February and there were 30 such camps in the PoK where about 2,500 militants are being trained. He was trained at one among them," a senior Special Cell official said, wishing anonymity. However, no officer came on record to confirm the interrogation details.
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Salim was arrested on Tuesday afternoon after alighting from a train at the Ajmeri Gate side of the New Delhi Railway Station. The Special Cell sleuths had a tip-off and were waiting for him at the station. Four detonators, two timers and explosives were seized from him.
A Pakistani passport in the name of Yusuf was also recovered from him, besides a Lucknow University identity card which states his name as Mohammad Saleem.
DCP (Special Cell) Alok Kumar later said that the 2 kg explosives recovered from the terrorist looked like
RDX.u00a0 Sources said Salim was headed towards Maharashtra. They said he is yet to reveal his plans there.
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