LeT man sent to cop custody under MCOCA

MUMBAI: Aslam Kashmiri, a suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba operative, was produced before a Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court and sent to police custody till September 29. Kashmiri is suspected to have sent at least four youths to Pakistan for training in terror, a senior Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) official said.
"Preliminary inquiries revealed Kashmiri sent four youths to Pakistan for training in terror,'' ATS chief Krish Pal Raghuvanshi said.Kashmiri, first arrested by the Delhi Police's special cell on August 25, was brought to the city on Monday night in connection with the 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case. The special cell claimed to have seized an Amritsar-to-Nanded railway ticket, two packets of sweets containing chemical explosives, four detonators and two timers from Kashmiri.
The ATS confirmed Kashmiri alias Yusuf alias Saleem's role in the arms haul case.