Lashkar operatives tried to recruit Muzaffarnagar riot victims

The Special Cell had last month claimed to have busted a terror module of Lashkar-e-Toiba which was in an advanced stage of planning a militant strike in Delhi with the arrest of these two suspected LeT operatives.

Police interrogated them, checked their background and tracked all those people who were in contact with them.

During interrogation it came to light that they were in contact with some people living in Muzaffarnagar region. They further said that Rashid along with another man had gone to Deoband.

On their way back, they telephoned one Liyakat who was already known to them and told him that they will stay at his house in the night and take a train to Palwal, Mewat in the morning.

The duo stayed at his house in the night and in the morning, Liyakat (58), who works under UP education department, took them to Thana Bhavan railway station.  

He then called a friend, identified as Zameer asking him to arrange for tea for his guests, he said.

When they were having tea, Liyakat left from the spot while Zameer kept talking to them.  

After this the duo came back to Mewat, police said.