Cops take LeT militant Naved in open van; probe ordered
TNN Bureau. Updated: 2/18/2017 1:42:44 AM
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SUMIT SHARMA
JAMMU: LeT militant Mohammed Naved, resident of Ghulam Mustafabad area in Faislabad town of Pakistan, who was arrested from Smaroli area of district Udhampur on August 5, 2015, today became a centre of attraction in the Sarwal area of Jammu when he was shifted from District Jail, Ambphalla, in an open vehicle of the police. There was massive traffic jam and chaos on Sarwal-Janipur Road as people from all walks of life saw the dreaded militant being taken in an open police van. The incident exposed the lax police working as the dreaded militant should have been shifted in covered police van. Sources in district jail said that it was the responsibility of the district police to provide security cover to the accused.
When contacted, SP Headquarters Romesh Kotwal expressed shock over the incident. He also assured inquiry into the incident.
Pertinently, on August 5, 2015, a terror attack left two BSF constables dead on the Jammu-Srinagar highway.
Mohammed Naved along with another terrorist Noman, alias Momin, fired at a BSF convoy on the highway at Simroli at around 8 a.m.
BSF jawans retaliated, killing Noman while Naved managed to escape towards a village in the nearby hills where he took three villagers hostage. The villagers captured him and called the police who took him into custody.