Author: PTI
Publication: The Times of India
Date: October 11, 2010
URL: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Youths-go-to-Pak-on-regular-visa-return-after-LeT-training/articleshow/6727124.cms#ixzz121GcPZX6
A new phenomenon called 'legal infiltration'
is causing concern among security agencies in J&K as reports emerge that
youths are visiting Pakistan on regular visas which are extended to facilitate
their basic training in handling explosives and weapons.
The matter came to the fore when police apprehended
one person from Budgam who had ostensibly gone across the border for meeting
relatives and later extended it by another two weeks during which he underwent
the "daura-e-aam" (basic) training being organiszed by Lashkar-e-Taiba
terror outfit. During interrogation, the youth, whose identity has been kept
under wraps, told the investigators that there were other youths who were
using the same modus operandi to get the training facility.
In first week, a complete religious course
is imparted after which assembling of assault rifles and detonating of grenades
are taught. A senior official said Lashkar adopted this method and has been
targeting educated unemployed youth in the Valley. "We've approached
the immigration officials to keep a close tab on youth who extended their
visas in Pakistan and the Gulf," the official said.
