Suspected accomplice of LeT operative picked for questioning

Pratapgarh (UP), Nov 30 (PTI) Following the arrest of analleged Lashkar-e-Taiba operative, Abdul Naeem Sheikh, theUttar Pradesh Police Anti-Terrori...

Pratapgarh (UP), Nov 30 (PTI) Following the arrest of analleged Lashkar-e-Taiba operative, Abdul Naeem Sheikh, theUttar Pradesh Police Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) picked up asuspected accomplice from the Dhakwa Pure Birbal village,about 35 km from here, police said today.

The ATS team which arrived in the village late yesterdaynight asked for a 20-year-old youth and took him to Lucknowfor questioning, an official said.

SP Shagun Gautam confirmed that the youth had been takenfor questioning.

According to the family members of the youth, he was astudent in Deoband and had come home on November 26 for takingpart in a function.

Earlier, security agencies arrested an alleged Lashker-e-Taiba operative and claimed that he was carrying outreconnaissance of vital installations such as Army camps andpower projects.

They claimed that the accused, identified as Abdul NaeemSheikh, a resident of Aurangabad in Maharashtra, was arrestedfrom Varanasi recently after being tailed by security agenciesfor a few months.

The case was handed over to the National InvestigationAgency (NIA) for further probe, the officials said. PTI CORSAB SMIADS.

This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.

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