Hizbul Mujahideen militant Naseer Ahmed apprehended from Indo-Nepal border

An active militant of Hizbul Mujahideen Naseer Ahmed (34) was apprehended  on Saturday evening by Shashastra Seema Bal (SSB) on Saturday from Indo-Nepal border at Sanauli, Uttar Pradesh. The SSB is tasked to guard the 1,751 km long open border.

He has been residing in Pakistan since September 2003, and involved in many violent crimes against civilians, including an attack on the STF camp. He was sent to India by his handler, for a specific mission.

"Ahmed, a resident of Banihal in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir, was trying to sneak into India from Nepal in guise of a Kashmiri shawl and carpet vendor. When he was asked for his identity proof by the SSB personnel at Sonauli, he was unable to produce any supporting documents," an SSB spokesperson said.

The paramilitary, based on initial interrogation of the terrorist, said Ahmed landed in Kathmandu on May 10 from Faisalabad in Pakistan via Sharjah.

The SSB said Ahmed reached the Indo-Nepal border in a bus "with an intention to sneak into Indian territory and motive to carry out terrorist activities in India." "He was in touch with a handler from India, who used to deposit money, in his account, off and on. On his instructions he came to India for undertaking terrorist activities but was apprehended by the SSB," the paramilitary claimed. 

(With inputs from PTI and Sumit Singh)