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India-Pakistan
11 'militants' released by India to be handed over to MI
2007-08-15
Eleven suspected militants who reached the Wagah checkpost here after their release from Indian jails along with 11 other civilian prisoners and 48 fishermen will be handed over to Military Intelligence (MI) after their initial interrogation, a Rangers official, asking not to be named, told Daily Times on Tuesday. One of the suspected militants Daily Times spoke to at the border checkpost said he was still willing to cross over the Line of Control for jihad against Indian forces. "I belong to Azad Kashmir and am affiliated with jihadi group Jihad-e-Islam. The Indian forces arrested me during a mission to target an army ammunition store in Jammu and Kashmir 15 years ago," said Muhammad Umar. Umar said the Pakistani embassy had made efforts for his release, but he was willing to cross over the LoC again for jihad if offered a chance.

Alamgir, 37, of Karachi said he had spent 19 years in Indian prisons. With tears in his eyes, Alamgir said that he had gone to India for tourism when he was 18, but was arrested in a false murder case and imprisoned in Jaipur's central jail and the Tihar Jail in New Delhi. He said that Pakistani prisoners were tortured and maltreated by the Indian jail authorities. Jawaad, 19, from Bahawalnagar said that he was roaming near the border in a drunken state when Indian military personnel coaxed him to cross the border. He added that the Indian authorities took him to Jaipur Jail where he remained for two years.
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