05-13-2006, 11:52 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-13-2006, 11:54 PM by Bharatvarsh.)
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Huge cache of arms, explosives seized at Ellora, three in cop net
After a high-speed chase in Aurangabd, the Anti-Terrorist Squad of the Maharashtra Police intercepted a vehicle carrying arms and explosivesâincluding 30 kg of RDX and 10 AK-47 riflesâand arrested three people.
The operation followed specific inputs from the Intelligence Bureau and ended at Ellora village where the police blocked a Tata Sumo carrying the arms. The ATS arrested two from the spot while two others managed to flee. One of them, however, was caught by the villagers and handed over to the police.
All the three, Mohamamed Amer Shakeel Ahmed Sheikh (30), Saiyeed Zuber Saiyeed Anwar (26) and Mohammed Muzaffar Mohammed Tanvir (24), are residents of Aurangabad. A hunt has been launched to nab the fourth, ATS officials said.
While officials are still not clear about the affiliations of the three men, they suspect they were locals hired by a terror outfit to transport the arms consignment. ââPrima facie it seems that the consignment was meant to be divided and distributed in Mumbai and other places,ââ said an intelligence official. ââThe arms seized from two LeT operatives in Delhi recently could be part of the same consignment.ââ
Delhi Police Deputy Commissioner (Special Cell) Ajay Kumar, in fact, was part of the operation in Aurangabad along with his team.
Delhi Police had arrested two Pakistan-trained militants, Abdullah and Ubedullah, and based on the information provided by them, killed Pakistani terrorist Abu Hamza on Monday evening. The police said that they had planned strikes in Mumbai and Gujarat.According to ATS officials, apart from the RDX and AK-47 rifles, 2,000 rounds of ammunition, 40 AK magazines and six magazine pouches were recovered, all neatly stacked and concealed inside 10 computer CPUs.
As per the ATS version, the four men were reportedly moving the arms cache to Aurangabad when their vehicle was stopped by the ATS and Aurangabad police teams, which had put up road-blocks. They tried to speed away, but were caught at Ellora village on the outskirts of Aurangabad.
ATS sources told The Indian Express that Shakeel Ahmed Sheikh had been an active member of SIMI and had also been involved in a case of rioting in the town about five years back. The other two do not have any criminal history. They were remanded to 14 days in ATS custody by a Mumbai court on Wednesday evening.
Later in the day, while addressing media persons at the state police headquarters, Deputy Chief Minister R R Patilâin the presence of DGP P S Pasricha, ATS chief, Joint Commissioner of Police K P Raghuvanshi, and Mumbai police chief A N Royâannounced a cash award of Rs 5 lakh for the ATS officers involved in the operation.
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After a high-speed chase in Aurangabd, the Anti-Terrorist Squad of the Maharashtra Police intercepted a vehicle carrying arms and explosivesâincluding 30 kg of RDX and 10 AK-47 riflesâand arrested three people.
The operation followed specific inputs from the Intelligence Bureau and ended at Ellora village where the police blocked a Tata Sumo carrying the arms. The ATS arrested two from the spot while two others managed to flee. One of them, however, was caught by the villagers and handed over to the police.
All the three, Mohamamed Amer Shakeel Ahmed Sheikh (30), Saiyeed Zuber Saiyeed Anwar (26) and Mohammed Muzaffar Mohammed Tanvir (24), are residents of Aurangabad. A hunt has been launched to nab the fourth, ATS officials said.
While officials are still not clear about the affiliations of the three men, they suspect they were locals hired by a terror outfit to transport the arms consignment. ââPrima facie it seems that the consignment was meant to be divided and distributed in Mumbai and other places,ââ said an intelligence official. ââThe arms seized from two LeT operatives in Delhi recently could be part of the same consignment.ââ
Delhi Police Deputy Commissioner (Special Cell) Ajay Kumar, in fact, was part of the operation in Aurangabad along with his team.
Delhi Police had arrested two Pakistan-trained militants, Abdullah and Ubedullah, and based on the information provided by them, killed Pakistani terrorist Abu Hamza on Monday evening. The police said that they had planned strikes in Mumbai and Gujarat.According to ATS officials, apart from the RDX and AK-47 rifles, 2,000 rounds of ammunition, 40 AK magazines and six magazine pouches were recovered, all neatly stacked and concealed inside 10 computer CPUs.
As per the ATS version, the four men were reportedly moving the arms cache to Aurangabad when their vehicle was stopped by the ATS and Aurangabad police teams, which had put up road-blocks. They tried to speed away, but were caught at Ellora village on the outskirts of Aurangabad.
ATS sources told The Indian Express that Shakeel Ahmed Sheikh had been an active member of SIMI and had also been involved in a case of rioting in the town about five years back. The other two do not have any criminal history. They were remanded to 14 days in ATS custody by a Mumbai court on Wednesday evening.
Later in the day, while addressing media persons at the state police headquarters, Deputy Chief Minister R R Patilâin the presence of DGP P S Pasricha, ATS chief, Joint Commissioner of Police K P Raghuvanshi, and Mumbai police chief A N Royâannounced a cash award of Rs 5 lakh for the ATS officers involved in the operation.
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