Suspected Jaish terrorist tasked with killing Nupur Sharma arrested in UP's Saharanpur
India Today
The Uttar Pradesh police arrested a suspected terrorist from Saharanpur district on Friday. The accused was allegedly tasked with killing Nupur Sharma.
The Anti-Terrorist Squad of Uttar Pradesh Police on Friday arrested an alleged terrorist linked to Jaish-e-Mohammed, who was tasked with killing suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma.
Accused Mohammad Nadeem is a native of Kunda Kala village under Gangoh police station area in Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar said in a statement.
The ADGP claimed that the police recovered chats and voice messages from Nadeem's phone and these messages were traced to Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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The accused was allegedly tasked with murdering Nupur Sharma, whose objectionable remark on Prophet Muhammad triggered wide-spread protests and condemnation.
During interrogation, Nadeem admitted that he was in direct contact with JeM since 2018 and that the outfit had invited him over to Pakistan and Syria for special training.
Two SIM cards and literature on preparing various kinds bombs were also recovered from the accused.
