Maharashtra’s Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) has detained four Kashmiri men at Latur in Marathwada region for their suspected links with militant organisations in the valley State.
Acting on a tip-off, an ATS team from the neighbouring Nanded district arrived here on Wednesday and detained four Kashmirs who were moving around in the Marathwada city in a suspicious manner.
A couple of the detained Kashmiris have told the ATS that they were moving around to collect donations for the promotion of their religion.
According to ATS, the four youths — identified as Abdul Razaq , Shabir Ahmed, both aged 25 years, Salil Ahmed (49) and Iftiaz Ahmed (35) — had arrived in Nanded from Jammu & Kashmir by train. From Nanded, they landed at Latur by road.
The preliminary investigations have revealed that the four persons hailed from Poonch district in Jammu & Kashmir.
Having seized the mobile phones of the four Kashmiris, the ATS personnel are examining their call records to ascertain if they had links with the militant organisations including banned terror outfit ISIS.
