03-12-2008, 05:35 PM
<b>Bangladeshi terrorists could have be arms couriers</b>
Mar 12, 2008
Mumbai, Mar 12 (PTI) The two suspected terrorists gunned down in an encounter in neighbouring Thane district could be "couriers" handing over a consignment of fake currency and RDX explosives to a local contact, a top ATS official said today. "It seems they have some local contacts and we will work on information from various sources to conduct raids on suspected hideouts," Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare told reporters.
The two were gunned down by ATS last evening. <b>A senior police officer said information networks were strengthened following an input around 15-20 days ago that three Bangladeshis had slipped into the country and could possibly carry out subversive acts at the National Stock Exchange building and some nuclear installations in the city.</b>
According to Karkare, the Pune unit of the ATS received a specific tip-off that a Bangaldeshi will be coming to hand over a RDX consignment to a contact in the Kashimira area in the neighbouring Thane district after which the trap was laid. Police asked them to surrender but they fired at the officers and were killed in retaliatory fire yesterday.
<b>A Bangladeshi passport was recovered from one of them identifying him as Mohammed Ali while the second was identified as Babu, also suspected to be a Bangladeshi. Two kg explosive suspected to be RDX, fake currency with the face value of over Rs 10 lakh and two factory-made firearms were recovered from the duo.</b>
"The recovery of fake currency is surprising and was by chance," Karkare said. He, however, said it is difficult to ascertain the group to which the duo belonged but the ATS suspects they could be from HuJI as they hail from Bangladesh.
Mar 12, 2008
Mumbai, Mar 12 (PTI) The two suspected terrorists gunned down in an encounter in neighbouring Thane district could be "couriers" handing over a consignment of fake currency and RDX explosives to a local contact, a top ATS official said today. "It seems they have some local contacts and we will work on information from various sources to conduct raids on suspected hideouts," Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare told reporters.
The two were gunned down by ATS last evening. <b>A senior police officer said information networks were strengthened following an input around 15-20 days ago that three Bangladeshis had slipped into the country and could possibly carry out subversive acts at the National Stock Exchange building and some nuclear installations in the city.</b>
According to Karkare, the Pune unit of the ATS received a specific tip-off that a Bangaldeshi will be coming to hand over a RDX consignment to a contact in the Kashimira area in the neighbouring Thane district after which the trap was laid. Police asked them to surrender but they fired at the officers and were killed in retaliatory fire yesterday.
<b>A Bangladeshi passport was recovered from one of them identifying him as Mohammed Ali while the second was identified as Babu, also suspected to be a Bangladeshi. Two kg explosive suspected to be RDX, fake currency with the face value of over Rs 10 lakh and two factory-made firearms were recovered from the duo.</b>
"The recovery of fake currency is surprising and was by chance," Karkare said. He, however, said it is difficult to ascertain the group to which the duo belonged but the ATS suspects they could be from HuJI as they hail from Bangladesh.