The identity of two more Kerala based militants
of
the
Lashkar-e-Toiba
(LeT),
who
were
killed
in
encounters
in
Jammu and Kashmir on October 6, has been established
while
another
associate
is
suspected
to
have
fled
back
to
Kerala,
according
to
The
Hindu.
According
to
top
police
sources
in
Kerala,
the
two
militants,
identified
as
Abdul
Faiz from Kannur and Muhammad Yasir alias Verghese Joseph of Kochi, who converted to Islam about a
year
back,
were
among
four
who
were
killed
in
the
SF
operations.
Earlier,
the
police
had
identified
the
other
two
militants
slain
in
Lolab
valley
as
Mohammad
Fayaz
from
Kannur
and
Abdul
Rahim
from
Malappuram.
"Only
one
among
the
five
Kerala
youth
who
had
joined
Pakistan-based
LET
outfit
survived
the
encounters
in
Lolab
valley
and
had
apparently
fled
back,"
Senior
Superintendent
of
Police,
Kupwara,
Uttam Chand
said.
According to sources, there was an intelligence
report
suggesting
that
Lashkar
commander
Abdullah
had
been
on
a
recruitment
spree
under
instructions
from
Pakistan''s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)
and
Kerala''s
Malappuram
district
was
chosen
as
one
of
the
targets
in
South India. The documents recovered from the
killed
militants,
include
a
diagram
and
method
to
assemble
Improvised
Explosive
Devices
(IEDs)
in
Malayalam,
the
sources
said.
Central
agencies
had
been
monitoring
certain
leads
which
said
a
group
of
people
hailing
from
Kerala
along
with
LeT''s
support
were
trying
to
enter
Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir
(PoK)
through
North
Kashmir.
LeT
has
been
trying
to
make
inroads
into
the
country''s
hinterland
and
had
sought
recruits
from
various
parts
of
the
country. |
