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Rajnath Singh praises Jammu villagers for help to capture Pak terrorist

by IBNS 05 Aug 2015, 08:40 pm

New Delhi, Aug 6 (IBNS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday made a statement on Wednesday's terrorist attack on a BSF convoy in Jammu's Udhampur district, saying the captured terrorists is being interrogated.

Singh told the Rajya Sabha soon after it assembled for the day : "There was a terrorist attack on BSF convoy in Udhampur yesterday in which two BSF jawans died and 17 were injured. One terrorist was killed and one was arrested alive. The terrorist caught alive has been taken to Jammu and is being interrogated."

"I appreciate the unarmed villagers of the area who without fearing for their lives helped in arresting the terrorist. I will request the government to recognize their contribution," he said while speaking on the arrest of the terrorist, said to be hailing from Pakistan.

The terrorist, said to be Mohammad Naved, was caught hours after he and his companion, Noman, attacked a Border Security Force (BSF) convoy on a highway near Udhampur, killing two soldiers. Noman was also killed when BSF men fired back.

He has reportedly told interrogators he is from Faislabad in Pakistan. 

Naved fled into a forest nearby, taking three villagers hostage. He was overpowered by the unarmed villagers when he started firing from a hilltop school. 

In a "confession" recorded on a cellphone soon after he was caught and tied with rope, Naved said he started for India 12 days ago and had been in the country for two days.