BSF interrogates arrested terrorists

Kolkata, Aug 15 (UNI) The BSF today grilled the arrested Pakistani terrorists to ascertain the real motive of their coming to India.

Last night BSF arrested the ultras when they were crossing over to the Indian side from Bangladesh at Hingalgunj in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas.

Their other real motives of coming to India were being ascertained, DIG (G) of BSF B.S.Rana told reporters.

The arrested were both residents of Karachi. They were identified as Mohammand Zuber, a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) member and Mohammad Sohail, associated with Jaish-e-Mohammad, he said.

Preliminary interrogations by the BSF revealed that the two had arrived in Bangladesh in the first week of July.

The duo was prima facie found to be arms dealers and were on way to Kashmir via Delhi, Mr Rana said.

The arrest was made at Charalkhali under Hingalganj police station when the Pakistanis were crossing Ichhamati river on boat.

Two people had been engaged in smuggling RDX and other explosive materials for Kashmiri militants from Bangladesh via Indo-Bangladesh border.

The BSF south Bengal frontier has informed the Union Home Ministry about the arrests.

Patrolling, along the Bangladesh border, was further stepped up following the arrests, BSF sources said.

The sources said the border guards had been conducting intensive raids at all vulnerable points in the highly porous border in the district.

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