NEW DELHI: The two alleged conduits of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) arrested at the New Delhi railway station here by the Special Cell of the Delhi police are brothers allegedly involved in several terrorist activities in Jammu and Kashmir. The two, Samiullah Sheikh and Ali Mohammad Sheikh, had reached the Capital by the Andaman Express and were planning to plant a bomb in the crowded Paharganj Market near the railway station on New Year's eve. Two live Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) weighing two kg were seized from them and defused.

Joint Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Karnal Singh said Samiullah was involved in many terrorist operations in the Valley, including a mine blast on a highway near a village Uther in May last, injuring nearly 10 civilians and damaging an Army vehicle. In July 2006, he along with another terrorist allegedly shot dead one Kashmiri informer. In October, he allegedly planted a landmine on Ussan Road near Palhallan in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir targeting an Army convoy.

Mr. Singh said Ali Mohammad runs a medical store from his native village Palhallan. Police said the duo visited Chennai in November to receive alleged LeT conduits reaching there via the sea route. Both were imparted training in handling the Global Positioning System device to safely receive them on the coast.

Their father, Mohiuddin Sheikh, and two elder brothers were activists of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen.

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