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"Arrested militants came to deliver RDX in Delhi"

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They collected the consignment in Uttar Pradesh: Police

FACE OF TERROR: Arrested Jaish militants Mohammad Iqbal and Mushtaq Ahmed on their way to court in New Delhi on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI : The two alleged Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militants, who were arrested with 2 kg of RDX at Old Delhi railway station on Monday, had collected the consignment of explosives at Deoband in Uttar Pradesh to pass it on to another terrorist in the Capital.

Joint Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Karnal Singh said on Wednesday the two have been identified as Mushtaq Ahmed Kallo and Mohammad Iqbal, both residents of Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir.

During interrogation, they said that came to the Capital by Kalka Mail and were to deliver the explosives to a contact near Kauria bridge in the Walled City.

Mushtaq allegedly said that he was initiated into terrorism in 1990 when he joined AI-Jehad along with his cousin Ghulam Gilani. "They went to Pakistan for training in the handling of arms like pistol, light machine-gun, AK series assault rifles and rocket launcher. In August 1991, he was launched by the outfit in the valley along with 30 other militants," said Mr. Singh.

In 1993, Mushtaq purportedly joined Hizbul Mujahideen and the same year, he and other terrorists attacked an Army camp in Sopore. In the year 1996, he surrendered before the Border Security Force in Sopore, but remained in contact with the JeM militants operating from the Pakistan occupied Kashmir.

Iqbal allegedly said that he ran a gas agency in Bandipora and this October he was introduced to a JeM operative, Mohammad Amin Wani, who roped him to work for the outfit as a conduit and provide logistic support.

"Raids are being mounted to track down the other JEM militants, who were in contact with Iqbal and Mushtaq," Mr. Singh added.

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