Usman, the terrorist caught after attack on BSF convoy in Udhampur, Jammu.
Udhampur:
Indian forces today said that a Pakistani terrorist who had attacked a security convoy in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur this morning was caught with help from villagers he had taken hostage.
"Preliminary questioning has revealed that the terrorist, Usman, is from Faislabad in Pakistan," Danish Rana, Inspector General of Jammu, told NDTV. Maulana Masood Azhar of the Jaish-e-Mohammad terror group is believed to have a strong influence in that region.
The terrorist is believed to have told interrogators that his name is Mohammad Naved. In a video shot on a cellphone, he said he and another terrorist had been in India for 12 days.
Comparisons are being drawn to Kasab, the only Pakistani terrorist caught alive after the 26/11 attacks. Kasab was hanged in 2012.
The two terrorists attacked a Border Security Force convoy on the highway near Samruli about 10 km from Udhampur town, killing two soldiers.
One terrorist was killed in the firing.
Usman raced into a village nearby, taking along three locals for help with finding his way out. He ran into a school, which was fortunately shut today because of planned protests.
After nearly four hours, the terrorist, armed with an AK 47, was overpowered by his hostages just as he fired at a police party. One of the villagers says the man pleaded with them: "Let me go." But they grabbed him by the neck and held fast until the police came.
The terrorist, who is in his early 20s, was tied up in ropes and taken away by a large group of security and police personnel.
Usman, 22, is being interrogated. "We will ask him what route he had taken, what was his target, why they targeted BSF..." Mr Rana said.
The attack comes just weeks before talks between the National Security Advisers of India and Pakistan.
Last week, gunmen stormed a police station and killed seven people in Punjab, south of Kashmir. India said the gunmen had come from Pakistan, according to an analysis of a GPS tracking device they carried.
Sources say several intelligence warnings were given in May of a possible attack on this stretch of the highway, often taken by pilgrims headed to Amarnath.
"Preliminary questioning has revealed that the terrorist, Usman, is from Faislabad in Pakistan," Danish Rana, Inspector General of Jammu, told NDTV. Maulana Masood Azhar of the Jaish-e-Mohammad terror group is believed to have a strong influence in that region.
The terrorist is believed to have told interrogators that his name is Mohammad Naved. In a video shot on a cellphone, he said he and another terrorist had been in India for 12 days.
Comparisons are being drawn to Kasab, the only Pakistani terrorist caught alive after the 26/11 attacks. Kasab was hanged in 2012.
The two terrorists attacked a Border Security Force convoy on the highway near Samruli about 10 km from Udhampur town, killing two soldiers.
One terrorist was killed in the firing.
Usman raced into a village nearby, taking along three locals for help with finding his way out. He ran into a school, which was fortunately shut today because of planned protests.
After nearly four hours, the terrorist, armed with an AK 47, was overpowered by his hostages just as he fired at a police party. One of the villagers says the man pleaded with them: "Let me go." But they grabbed him by the neck and held fast until the police came.
The terrorist, who is in his early 20s, was tied up in ropes and taken away by a large group of security and police personnel.
Usman, 22, is being interrogated. "We will ask him what route he had taken, what was his target, why they targeted BSF..." Mr Rana said.
The attack comes just weeks before talks between the National Security Advisers of India and Pakistan.
Last week, gunmen stormed a police station and killed seven people in Punjab, south of Kashmir. India said the gunmen had come from Pakistan, according to an analysis of a GPS tracking device they carried.
Sources say several intelligence warnings were given in May of a possible attack on this stretch of the highway, often taken by pilgrims headed to Amarnath.
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