J-K: BSF arrests suspected Pak terrorist trying to cross border

BSF troops on Friday arrested a Pakistani national near the International Border and said he was an activist of terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba.

BSF troops on Friday arrested a Pakistani national near the International Border and said he was an activist of terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba.

BSF jawans along the Indo-Pakistan International Border in Amritsar.(HT File Photo)

“In the wee hours of 23 Sep 2016, alert bordermen in Pragwal Sector of Akhnoor area apprehended a young Pakistani national who crossed over the International Border and was trying to negotiate border fence to infiltrate into Indian Territory,” DIG BSF Jammu Frontier Dharminder Pareek said.

During preliminary questioning he revealed his identity as Abdul Qayum, 32, son of Bhag Ali, a resident of Pul Bajuan village in Sialkot district of Pakistan’s Punjab province.

Qayum was in possession of one dual SIM Nokia mobile phone.

“He was in possession of one dual SIM Nokia mobile phone. On further questioning he revealed that in 2004, he underwent “Daura e- Aam” militant training with LeT outfit at Mansera Training Camp in Muzaffarabad are of Pak-occupied-Kashmir (PoK),” the BSF statement read.

He has found to be well-aware of various terrorist organisations based in Pakistan and their leaders including Hafiz Saeed, Syed Salahuddin and also separatist leaders of Kashmir Syed Ali Shah Gilani, Asiya Andrabi, Yasin Malik and others.

Qayum told interrogators that youth from poor families of Pakistan are being brainwashed in the name of jihad, the BSF said.