Nexus between terrorists,traders

New Delhi,May 23(UNI)Instances of nexus between terrorists and traders in Jammu and Kashmir and other parts of the country have come to light, the Lok Sabha was told today.

Minister of State for Home Affairs Sri Prakash Jaisawal said in a written answer that as per information available with the Government, a businessman, who was arrested in Srinagar on June 22, 2002, revealed that he had distributed Rs 1.80 crores amongst various militant outfits. His son, settled in Dubai, was arrested in Delhi on February 3, 2006 and Rs 55 lakhs recovered from him.

While there were no reports to suggest any link between any Naxal group and ISI, Pakistan-ISI sponsored and Pakistan based terrorist outfits have been carrying out their activities in Jammu and Kashmir and other parts of the country.

The Government, he said, had adopted and coordinated a multi-pronged approach for tackling the activities of ISI, Naxal, Maoist and terrorists by strengthening border management to check cross border activities.

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