Seven arrested for links with Jaish

Seven persons have been arrested in the city for their suspected links with slain Jaish-e-Mohammad militant Saifullah Qari.

Seven persons have been arrested in the city for their suspected links with slain Jaish-e-Mohammad militant Saifullah Qari, official sources said on Tuesday.

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On the basis of information provided by Qari's wife Rubeena, police arrested the seven including two law students.

Rubeena and Qari's mother were arested from Poonch district on August 29 and sent to the joint interrogation centre in Jammu, they said.

During interrogation, they gave details of the several existing cells of JEM in Delhi, UP, Mumbai, Jammu, Chandigarh and other places of the country and names of several JEM militants operating them, they said.