Police busts inter-state LeT network

Jammu, Mar 11 (UNI) An inter-state network of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) was busted with the arrest of four militants from a bus in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said here today.

Following intelligence inputs, the police arrested four militants, including one hailing from Chandigarh, from a Poonch-bound bus near Rajouri last evening, the sources said.

They were identified as Mohmmad Taj, Showkat Ahmed of Poonch, Mohammad Zubar of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Mohammad Khan of Chandigarh.

During questioning, militants also disclosed their plans to carry out fidayeen attacks at general bus stand and railway station under the directions of Mendhar-based LeT's ''divisional commander'' Afzal Shah, the sources added.

They also revealed presence of their aides in Chandigarh and Rajasthan.

The Police have dispatched a team to Chandigarh for further investigation.

UNI