Jammu & Kashmir government wants LeT terrorist in Tihar jail

New Delhi: A day after the Pulwama terror attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were martyred, the Jammu and Kashmir government Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking that Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Zahid Farooq be shifted from Jammu jail to Tihar in the national capital, saying he is “indoctrinating” Indian inmates. A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and M R Shah, agreed to examine the plea and issued notice to Centre and sought its response in four weeks.

Farooq was arrested while trying to cross border security fence on May 19, 2016. The state government said that intelligence inputs received indicate that militants belonging to terror outfits like Jaish-e-Muhammad and LeT are indoctrinating the minds of other inmates lodged in the prison.

It further said that it has learnt that the prisoner and other similarly situated individuals have considerable local support and it cannot be ruled out that they may be receiving information as well as resources to carry out terrorist related activities.