The Hindu : Two Pak.-trained ISI activists held

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Saturday, Apr 26, 2003

Southern States

Southern States - Andhra Pradesh

Two Pak.-trained ISI activists held

By Our Staff Reporter

NALGONDA APRIL 25. The police here today arrested two activists of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) — Syed Noorur Rehman (23) and Mohd. Imtiaz (24) — close associates of Asghar Ali, the main accused in the recent killing of the former Gujarat Home Minister, Haren Pandya.

The Nalgonda District Superintendent of Police, V.C. Sajjanar, told presspersons that Ali led the duo to an ISI camp in November last in a thick forest in Pakistan and they were imparted vigorous training for 20 days to take up subversive activities in India.

They were asked to wait for orders to destroy railway tracks, water and oil pipelines, and vital scientific installations and eliminate Sangh Parivar leaders and scientists as part of "jehad" against the Government of India. The two youths were in constant touch with ISI agents through the Internet, the SP said.

Confessing to the crime at the press meet, Rehman, a casual labourer with the Postal Department, said that five persons in the forest trained them.

The trainers explained the developments in Gujarat and asked them to take revenge by resorting to large-scale destruction. Ali, who forced them to undergo training in Pakistan, lured them with a job in Dubai, but sent them to Pakistan from Kolkata.

First, Rehman and Imtiaz left for Kolkata from Hyderabad along with Asghar Ali and Naveed. After an eight-day stay at a hotel in the old city, two persons helped them cross the border with Bangladesh.

They stayed in Dhaka for 25 days and obtained passports by claiming to be Pakistani nationals. They reached Karachi by an Emirates flight where they were kept in a guesthouse before being taken to Islamabad by another flight. "From there, they drove us to an unknown forest area by a closed vehicle and put us in a cabin. We were given training for 20-days. The trainers also asked us to mobilise people for training as part of Jihad,'' the duo said. On their return to Nalgonda, Ali asked them to be available on his calls.

The SP said the police booked cases against the duo under six sections of the IPC. The ASP, Prakash Reddy, said that the duo's mail boxes had been deleted perhaps as a precautionary measure.

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