Delhi Police again grills 6 of 10 detained for links with JeM

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : May 10 2016 | 10:48 PM IST
Six of the 10 youths detained by Delhi Police for suspected links with banned outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) were again questioned for several hours today at the Special Cell office.
Investigators confronted them with inputs they have acquired from the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), the Indian government's nodal agency that deals with cyber security threats, which Delhi Police had approached for help in the case, a senior official said, adding so far they have found no incriminating evidence against them.
Meanwhile, sleuths interrogating the three arrested in connection with the terror ring, claimed to have traced the communication trail in Pakistan.
Prime accused, Sajid, had allegedly contacted one Rashid Awan, who police said is an active JeM operative, and Awan is an associate of Kashif Jan, who is suspected to be one of the handlers in the Pathankot incident, an official privy to the investigation said.
Delhi Police has also sent a proposal for the procurement of hardware for its new social network monitoring centre aimed at tracking down youths who are at the threshold of radicalization and provide them with the right counselling.
Delhi Police's anti-terrorism unit Special Cell had picked up 13 youths from Delhi and Uttar Pradesh after a series of late night raids on May 3, following which three -- Sajid, Sameer Ahmed, and Shakir Ansari -- were arrested and the remaining 10 detained for questioning.
Four of them were released on Saturday with Delhi Police arranging for their sessions with a clinical psychologist to help them "deradicalise". Guardians of the remaining six released yesterday had to give undertakings ensuring that their wards will be on the "right path" henceforth.
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First Published: May 10 2016 | 10:48 PM IST

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