Court orders 14 days police custody to 2 Pak terrorists

Barasat, Aug 16 (UNI) Two suspected Pakistani terrorists with 'specific mission' in India, were remanded in 14 days' police custody today by Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate in-charge Rajesh Guha Roy.

Mohammad Zuber(24) and Mohamed Sohail (20) were produced before the sub-divisional court this afternoon following a prolonged interrogation by the CID West Bengal and other agencies.

The duo was nabbed by the BSF from Sahebkhali under Hingalganj police station area in North 24 Parganas on Monday night when they were crossing the Ichhamati river in a boat. The BSF had handed them over to police yesterday.

Police said yesterday that both the accused belong to the banned Jaish-e-Mohammed and Zuber was earlier with the outlawed Lashker-e-Taiba.

The BSF had earlier said the terrorists were on a "specific mission" to India and heading for the Uri sector in Jammu and Kashmir via Delhi.

They were trained in using arms in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK) and landed at Mirpur in Bangladesh early last month. Some documents and a map were found in their possession, sources said.

They had revealed that they dealt in arms and were engaged in smuggling RDX and explosives from Bangladesh to India since July, sources added.

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