No plans to shut down New Delhi railway station for redevelopment: Railways ministry
Some sections of the media have reported that New Delhi Railway Station will be shut down by the end of this year for redevelopment work.
A Lashkar-e-Taiba associate was held from the New Delhi Railway Station here, police said on Tuesday, adding that he was part of the LeT module active in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir.
The man has been identified as Riyaz Ahmed, who is a retired army soldier, and was nabbed on Sunday from the New Delhi Railway Station.
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According to police, he was instrumental in receiving arms and ammunition from across the LOC, involved in hatching a conspiracy along with one Khursheed Ahmad Rather and Ghulam Sarwar Rather who were also involved in receiving arms and ammunition from across the LOC by the terrorist handlers.
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It was on Sunday that the police had intel from the probe agencies in Jammu & Kashmir that one Riyaz Ahmad Rather who is a resident of village New Gabra of Karnah District Kupwara, J&K is wanted in the recent terror module case busted by them, where five persons were arrested and five AK rifles (short), five AK rifle magazines and sixteen short AK rounds were recovered.
A case was registered In this under the appropriate sections of law including the UAPA at Police Station-Karnah, Kupwara.
The police further said that the seized arms and ammunition were sent by POK based LeT handlers identified as Manzoor Ahmad Sheikh alias Shakoor, and Qazi Mohammad Khushal.
Police were informed by the agencies that the alleged Riyaz Ahmad is absconding and would reach New Delhi Railway Station during the wee hours on Sunday.
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