Jaipur, October 22: Rajasthan”s Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) today arrested three Lashkar-e-Toiba men who used to induct Indian youths and groom them before sending them to Pakistan”s terrorist camps for further training. The arrested LET men trained the Indian youths and engaged them in various terrorist activites in the country, a CID (crime) release said here tonight.
A case has been registered against all the three arrested LeT terrorists under the Unconstitutional Activities Prevention Act 1967 for perpetrating terror in the country, the release said. Preliminary investigations have revealed that the LeT commanders based in Pakistan were conspiring for anti-Indian activities to be carried out by Indians trained as terrorists on Pakistani soil.
The anti-India activities included bomb explosions, circulation of counterfeit Indian currencies, smuggling of arms and ammunition, fuelling communal riots and violence in the country and also working to ensure release of Pakistani terrorists from Indian prisons. During the course of investigations it has also come to light that the imprisoned Pakistani terrorists used to take other jailed Indian criminals into their confidence and involved them in their terrorist activities.
After their release, these criminals used to indulge in terrorist activities on the directives of the LeT commanders of Pakistan, the release said. Additional Director of Police (ATS) Hemant Sharma has been assigned the task of conducting further investigations and interrogating the arrested LeT terrorists, the release added.
-PTI