07-26-2006, 07:52 PM
<b>Two Army jawans held in J&K for alleged LeT links</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Two Army jawans were nabbed on Wednesday for their alleged links with the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the first such arrests after the top security official warned of terrorists infiltrating the armed forces.
<b>Lance Naik Mohammad Shakeel and Sepoy Abdul Haq of the Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry (JAKLI) were arrested by Military Intelligence officials </b>on Saturday for suspected links with an LeT commander, official sources said.
<b>Two policemen - Sikandar and Kabir - were also picked up for questioning</b> for their links with terrorists, state Director General of Police Gopal Sharma said.
However, he said that the detentions were an "exception and not the rule."
"Their names had figured in interrogations (of terrorists), and then it took time to fix their identities," Sharma said.
<b>The JAKLI jawans, posted in Yole camp in the Himachal Pradesh-based 9 Corps, were arrested when they were on their way to resume duties after a vacation</b>, the sources said.
The duo is being questioned about s<b>uspected links with LeT "district commander" Abu Usama</b>, believed to be responsible for grenade attacks in Jammu, they said.
<b>The two jawans, who earlier served in counter-insurgency operations with 8 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) in Kulgam area of south Kashmir</b>, are residents of Gursai area of Mendhar tehsil in Poonch district.
They are believed to have developed links with Usama during their stay in Gursai.
National Security Advisor MK Narayanan had written a letter to Chief Secretaries with a copy of a report of the National Security Council of August 2006, which warned them about possible terrorist infiltration into the armed forces.
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<b>Lance Naik Mohammad Shakeel and Sepoy Abdul Haq of the Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry (JAKLI) were arrested by Military Intelligence officials </b>on Saturday for suspected links with an LeT commander, official sources said.
<b>Two policemen - Sikandar and Kabir - were also picked up for questioning</b> for their links with terrorists, state Director General of Police Gopal Sharma said.
However, he said that the detentions were an "exception and not the rule."
"Their names had figured in interrogations (of terrorists), and then it took time to fix their identities," Sharma said.
<b>The JAKLI jawans, posted in Yole camp in the Himachal Pradesh-based 9 Corps, were arrested when they were on their way to resume duties after a vacation</b>, the sources said.
The duo is being questioned about s<b>uspected links with LeT "district commander" Abu Usama</b>, believed to be responsible for grenade attacks in Jammu, they said.
<b>The two jawans, who earlier served in counter-insurgency operations with 8 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) in Kulgam area of south Kashmir</b>, are residents of Gursai area of Mendhar tehsil in Poonch district.
They are believed to have developed links with Usama during their stay in Gursai.
National Security Advisor MK Narayanan had written a letter to Chief Secretaries with a copy of a report of the National Security Council of August 2006, which warned them about possible terrorist infiltration into the armed forces.
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