06-10-2006, 09:35 AM
<b>Islamic terrorists who planned to target Somnath temple arrested</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->"Two LeT militants were arrested by a team of ATS sleuths. The duo were identified as Vakil Ahmed Saiyed alias Taffo and Umar Farooq Sheikh," Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of ATS DG Vanzara said.
<b>Vanzara said the ATS had tracked down the two men after their names were revealed by two LeT militants Mohammed Chand Miyan Chippa and Feroz alias Abdullah Ghaswala who were brought to the city on a transfer warrant from Delhi.</b>
<b>These two were arrested by the Delhi police on May 8 from Nizamuddin railway station with four kilogram of RDX, four electronics detonators and Rs 50,000.</b>
"<b>With this arrest, we have cracked an LeT module that was beginning to consolidate itself in the state and had planned to target the historic Somnath temple in Junagadh district of the state,"</b> Vanzara said.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<b>Vanzara said the ATS had tracked down the two men after their names were revealed by two LeT militants Mohammed Chand Miyan Chippa and Feroz alias Abdullah Ghaswala who were brought to the city on a transfer warrant from Delhi.</b>
<b>These two were arrested by the Delhi police on May 8 from Nizamuddin railway station with four kilogram of RDX, four electronics detonators and Rs 50,000.</b>
"<b>With this arrest, we have cracked an LeT module that was beginning to consolidate itself in the state and had planned to target the historic Somnath temple in Junagadh district of the state,"</b> Vanzara said.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->