Bengal court gives death sentence to 3 LeT operatives

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.

The four LeT operatives have been identified as - Mohammad Yunus, Abdullah, Muzaffar Ahmed and Sheikh Sameer. Of the four, Naeem had fled from CID custody in 2013 and has been absconding since then. The remaining three have been given death penalty by the Fast Track Court- 1 of Bongaon.

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.

Interrogations 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.

According to investigators, Younis and Abdullah belong to the LeT suicide squad and had been trained in bomb making and use of modern assault by the Lashkar. The three men sentenced to death had been charged under Section 121 Indian Penal code (IPC) for waging a war against India and other relevant section of the IPC.