Why Lashkar's Salim Khan may have the answers to the Kashmir unrest

Khan according to the police had trained in Muzzafarabad, the main camp of the Lashkar.

The arrest of Salim Khan and his subsequent interrogation has given the UP ATS a lot of information which also includes on how the ISI planned the unrest in Kashmir. Khan a Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative was arrested in Mumbai last week and then taken to UP as he wanted in several cases there.

An initial assessment done following his questioning revealed that he has in-depth knowledge of the outfit's functioning in the country. He has specific information about the manner in which the ISI has also penetrated into the Kashmir Valley.

In addition to this he has also given the names of three persons who operate in UP. These three persons have knowledge about the modules in UP, police sources said. The police are verifying their details and would launch a manhunt for the three soon, the officer also said.

Khan according to the police had trained in Muzzafarabad, the main camp of the Lashkar. He was then launched into the United Arab Emirates where from where he overlooked operations of the Lashkar in India. The police are ascertaining if he knew about the manner in which the unrest in the Valley was funded and staged. The police say that he does not open up easily and getting information from him has not been easy.

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