Opening fake accounts for funding LeT terrorist; 10 arrested from UP, MP and Bihar

Lucknow, March 26: An Anti-Terrorism Squad in Uttar Pradesh has arrested ten people for having links with Pakistani terror group Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) and sponsoring terror acts in India.

“They used to get instructions from Pakistan to open fake accounts for transfer of money so it could be made available to terrorists. While some of the money depositors were aware of the connection with terror funding, others thought of it as an illegal lottery system. 10 people have been arrested, further investigation is being done", said Asim Arun, Inspector General (IG), ATS.

"A member of Lashker-e-Taiba used to remain in contact with them and ask them to open bank accounts in fake names and direct them as to how much money is to be transferred to which account".

"We had been collecting information about this network, and based on additional information gathered during the interrogation of terrorists and ISI agents lodged in jail, we were successful in busting the network", Arun said.

"Lashkar would deposit money with these accounts, mostly from Nepal, Pakistan and Qatar, and these people handed over the required amounts to active terror cells in the country against cuts of 10 to 20 percent".

"Further investigation revealed that Sanjay Saroj and Uma Pratap were in touch with a handler in Pakistan", said Arun.