LUCKNOW: The two alleged Jaish-e-Mohammad militants arrested from Deoband in Saharanpur last month have confessed to recruiting several youths in their terror outfit, said ATS officials on Tuesday.
The duo, Kulgam resident Shahnawaz Teli and Aquib Ahmad Malik from Pulwama made this confession during their custodial interrogation by Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terror Squad sleuths, they said.
The two were remanded in judicial custody Tuesday by an anti-terror court here and sent to Lucknow jail at the end of their police custody, they said.
During investigation, the ATS found evidence of their links with several dreaded terrorists of the Jaish-e-Mohammad and Hizbul Mujahideen, sources said.
During the probe, it was also revealed that a dreaded JeM militant often visited them in Deoband, the sources said.
Important information about their activities was found through data extraction of their Whatsapp group chat, the ATS sources said, adding the sleuths are examining the antecedents of some persons whose names cropped up as duo’s contacts during probe. (AGENCIES)
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