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LeT infiltration denied

Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI: The Government on Tuesday told the Lok Sabha that reports of two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operatives having infiltrated into the Indian Air Force was not correct.

Intervening in the discussion on adjournment motion on the Government ``failure'' in Mumbai blasts, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said that while the National Security Adviser wrote to the Chief Secretaries in August last, he had annexed a report of the National Security Council as background material, which mentioned some LeT operatives having got a job in the IAF.

"Services of the Intelligence Bureau and other agencies were requisitioned, and after scrutiny it was found that the suspicion was not based on facts."

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