Relative of terror accused surrenders in Prayagraj

NEW DELHI : The relative of an alleged Pak-ISI-trained terrorist, arrested by the Delhi Police along with five other men on September 14 here, has surrendered at a police station in Prayagraj. A team of Delhi Police has been sent to Lucknow to formally arrest Humaid-ur-Rehman.

NEW DELHI: The relative of an alleged Pak-ISI-trained terrorist, arrested by the Delhi Police along with five other men on September 14 here, has surrendered at a police station in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj district, officials said on Saturday.

A team of Delhi Police Special Cell has been sent to Lucknow to formally arrest Humaid-ur-Rehman, the uncle of the alleged terrorist, who surrendered at Kareli police station in Prayagraj on Friday night.

A senior Delhi Police officer on Saturday said, “Humaid-urRehman surrendered at Kareli police station on Friday night. A team of Special Cell has been sent to Lucknow to formally arrest him after taking transit remand.” The Delhi Police Special Cell had on Tuesday busted a Pakistan-organised terror module and arrested six men, including two Pak-ISI trained terrorists, who were allegedly planning several blasts across the country, including Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, during the upcoming festivals of Ganesh Chaturthi, Navratri and Ramleela, officials had said.

The accused, identified as Jaan Mohammad Sheikh (47) alias ‘Sameer’, Osama (22), Moolchand (47), Zeeshan Qamar (28), Mohd Abu Bakar (23) and Mohd Amir Javed (31), were arrested following raids in Delhi and parts of UP, police had said.

A lookout notice was also issued against Rehman (48), after the two Pak-trained terrorists -- Osama and Qamar -revealed that it was Rehman who arranged their transportation to Pakistan and radicalized them to be part of the terror module. Among the arrested, Osama and Qamar, worked under the instructions of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), police had said.