NEW DELHI : Officers of Delhi Police’s special cell have been camping in Muzaffarnagar district amid reports that terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) had contacted some young men of a minority community to avenge the recent riots in western Uttar Pradesh.
The disclosure came at a press conference here today addressed by Special CP, Special Cell, Delhi Police, S N Srivastava.
Mr Srivastava said two terror suspects, Mohammad Rashid and Mohammad Shahid, were arrested from Haryana last month.
They had visited villages in Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts
after the clashes, he said.
Raids were being carried out at various other places to arrest more of the LeT men, Mr Srivastava added.
In October last year, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi was criticised for making the same point at a rally in UP that an intelligence officer had informed him about Pakistani intelligence agency ISI trying to rope in young men to avange the riots.
It was also questioned how an MP was being briefed by intelligence sources.
Now, when Mr Gandhi’s statement seems to be proving right, BJP has said when Government knew this in advance why there was no action on it.
The state’s ruling Samajwadi Party said the Central Government was trying to prove Rahul Gandhi right. (AGENCIES)
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