Two dreaded HUJI militants in police net

LUCKNOW: Two Harkat-ul-Jihad Al Islam (HUJI) militants, who have been supplying RDX across the country, were nabbed by Special Task Force of Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday along with explosives, detonators and timer devices, officials said.

"Mohammad Yaqoob alias Shakir and Nasir alias Chotu are residents of Bijnore district of the state and were planning to carry out subversive activities in the capital," state police chief G L Sharma said.

While Yaqoob was arrested from Charbagh area, Nasir was nabbed near a lodge in Naka area in the city this afternoon, Sharma said, adding both of them confessed to have supplied over 100 kg of RDX across the country.

Special DG Vikram Singh did not rule out the duo's involvement in Varanasi's Sankatmochan Mandir and recent Gorakhpur blasts.

Seven kg of RDX were recovered from the duo besides five detonator wires, three improvised watches with timer wires, batteries and remote switches.

Singh said Yaqoob and Nasir received training in use of arms and planting bombs in a camp near Karachi.

On interrogation, they revealed that one Naushad alias Nagina and Babu Khan of Kolkata had sent them to Pakistan via Bangladesh by preparing fake passports and Visas, Singh said.