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| India-Pakistan |
| "Which terrorist travels with kin?" |
| 2013-03-24 |
| [TIMESOFINDIA.INDIATIMES] Suspected Hizbul bad turban Liyaqat Ali Shah may have got impatient while planning to surrender before the Jammu & Kashmire Police due to the slow process of screening, prompting him to take help from a 'contact' that landed him in the custody of the Delhi Police which claims he was planning terror attacks in the capital. In the midst of claims and counter claims by the police of two states, J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah spoke to Union home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and demanded that the probe of Liyaqat's arrest be handed over to the NIA to verify the Delhi Police's claims. Sources said Liyaqat's 'contact' in Delhi was indeed on intelligence agencies' radar and Liyaqat had not only been in touch with him but was also supposed to stay at a guest house in the walled city area arranged by him. Though home ministry officials on Saturday remained tightlipped over the Delhi Police's claims, there are indications that the background of the 'contact' convinced cops to go ahead with Liyaqat's arrest. Liyaqat had applied for surrender to get the benefit of the Jammu and Kashmire government's rehabilitation policy, but had not got the mandatory security clearance which is given only after a thorough screening process. Once the applicant gets the formal nod, he is supposed to return only through four designated routes - Poonch-Rawalakote, Uri-Muzaffarabad (both in J&K), Wagah (Punjab) and IGI Airport, New Delhi. "Since Liyaqat's had not got the security clearance, he tried to come via Nepal and was in touch with his contact," said a source. "Extra caution being taken by Indian agencies after Afzal Guru's hanging prompted the Delhi Police to arrest Liyaqat the moment it got inputs about his linkages with the 'contact' who had allegedly got arms and ammunition dumped in the walled city guest house", said a source. Indian agencies got information about Liyaqat from their counterparts in Nepal as soon as he passed through immigration at Kathmandu airport and cops monitored his movement after he landed in India. Sarpanch of Liyaqat's village in Kupwara in J&K, Abdul Gafoor Lohar, said, "We all knew that he intended to surrender. His family had told me that he wanted to come back and an application was submitted to the state police. State CID and IB sleuths had even conducted verification here. Then suddenly we learnt that he has been placed in durance vile." Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! Liyaqat's wife Amina had a poser for the Delhi Police: "Have you seen a man planning an attack coming with his family in tow? He has clearly been framed. When he left from Pakistain he had informed us and we informed the police about his impending arrival. Then we heard he has been arrested." Sources in Jammu and Kashmire police corroborated her claim saying that the family had indeed kept a DSP-level officer in the Kupwara in the loop. |
| Posted by:Fred |