Pune ATS arrests youth on suspicion of having nexus with terrorists

The Pune Anti-Terrorism Squad Pune on Tuesday arrested Junaid Mohammad from the Dapodi area in Pune for allegedly receiving funding from a terrorist organisation in Kashmir. The arrest was done under a major operation launched by the ATS.

Pune: The Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Tuesday arrested a man from Pune suspected of recruiting youngsters for terror activities of the extremist group Lashkar-E-Taiba, informed the officials.

The man, identified as Junaid Mohammed, is a Pune resident and was reportedly active and connected to the LeT's terror networks in Jammu & Kashmir and abroad, through certain social media groups. Originally from Buldhana district's Khamgaon town, he was nabbed from Dapodi in Pune after his name cropped up in a terror funding case probed by the ATS.

ATS probe revealed that he had changed his mobile number several times to remain undetected in various social media groups and networks, and participated in terror-related discussions there. Junaid was living with some relatives in Pune and had allegedly received an amount of Rs 10,000 for his shady recruitment activities from some terror operatives. He is also suspected of keeping in touch with some extremists in Pakistan, which is being investigated further. (With agency inputs)