WB court gives death penalty to 3 Lashkar operatives
A West Bengal court on Saturday pronounced death sentence to three Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives on charges of sedition. In 2007, four LeT operatives were arrested from the Indo-Bangladesh border for infiltrating into India. While one of the four men fled from CID custody in 2013, rest three were charged under Section 121 IPC for waging a war against India.
A local court in West Bengal has sent three Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operatives to death sentence on charges of sedition today. In 2007, the four LeT men were arrested by BSF from the Indo-Bangladesh border at Bongaon in North 24 Parganas district on charges of illegally sneaking into the country.Investigations had revealed that the arrested men belong to terror outfit LeT and had entered India through the Petrapole border in North 24 Pargana district.Of the four, Mohammed Yunus and Abdullah are Pakistani nationals residing in Karachi while Muzaffar is from Anantnag in Kashmir and Sameer hails from Aurangabad in Maharashtra. Infact, investigators have found Sameer's link to the Mumbai train blasts. During the trial in 2013, he fled from custody while being taken to Maharashtra in connection to the case.Also read: Designed to provokeInterrogations have revealed that the LeT men had been planning to blow up an Indian army camp in Jammu and Kashmir. Police had recovered fake voter ID cards, ration card, sim cards, Indian map and currency notes from the men.However, one of the Indian ultras escaped while being taken to Mumbai for investigation.