Police arrest 2 LeT militants

New Delhi, Nov 22 (UNI) The Delhi Police arrested two militants of Lashkar-e-Toiba's 'sleeper module' and claimed to have seized a large quantity of RDX and cash from them.

The disclosure came as Parliament began its winter session and rumours of an imminent attack are in the air, Imran Ahmad Kirmani (25), an aircraft engineer and Ghulam Rasool Bafanda (45), residents of Jammu and Kashmir, were arrested on November 16 from South-West Delhi's Dwarka (Sector 6) area, DCP (Special Cell) Alok Kumar told mediapersons.

''Powerful RDX explosives (1.65 kg), ABCD timers (2) and Rs 4.5 lakh cash, brought through 'hawala', were recovered from their possession.'' During interrogation, Rasool, who was working for the LeT for the last one year, said he collected the explosives from Azadpur Mandi the same day and was to deliver it to one Tariq at Dwarka's Sector 9 metro station. The money, however, was to be taken by him to Kashmir for terror activities, he said.

''Imran, on the other hand, had been living in Delhi since 2005 and had done his three-year aircraft engineering course from Sangmer near Jaipur (Rajasthan). Presently he was looking for a job.'' His elder brother, a Pakistan trained militant, was arrested in Punjab, on the India-Pakistan border, in 1990 with a huge amount of fake currency, the DCP said.

Both were working under the guidance of their commander, Furkan, in Kashmir.

''After the arrest, we took them on police remand and were conducting raids to apprehend their other associates,'' he added.

Teams have been sent to Kashmir and raids were still on, he added.

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