Three suspected militants arrested in Lucknow
Saturday, November 17, 2007

Lucknow, Nov 16 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Police arrested three suspected Jaish-e-Mohammad militants, and seized a large cache of arms and ammunition here today.

Acting on intelligence reports, a police team intercepted the vehicle in which the suspected militants were travelling and arrested them following an encounter.

Special Task Force SSP Amitabh Yash said that the interrogations would be carried out to establish their identities.

"We have found some identity cards, which indicate that these terrorists are Kashmiris but we feel the ID cards are forged," said Yash.

The police also recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition that included AK 47 guns, 120 rounds of AK 47, four magazines, three pistols, 16 hand grenades, five detonators and four kilograms of explosives. (ANI)
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