Court convicts two for being members of Jaish-e-Mohammed

Mohd Iqbal Jaan and Mustaq Ahmed Kallu,arrested with two kilogram RDX and Rs five lakh cash on November 27,2006,were held guilty by Additional Sessions Judge Madhu Jain.

A Delhi court convicted two members of terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed,including one who had contested last Lok Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir as National Panthers Party candidate,for possessing of RDX and illegal money in the national capital in 2006.

Mohd Iqbal Jaan and Mustaq Ahmed Kallu,arrested with two kilogram RDX and Rs five lakh cash on November 27,2006,were held guilty by Additional Sessions Judge Madhu Jain.

Jaan and Kallu,both hailing from Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir,were charged with various offences including that relating to waging war against the country under the IPC,for possessing explosives under the Explosive Substances Act and for being member of terror organisation under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

The court held the duo guilty under the Explosive Substances Act and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

According to the prosecution,both the convicts,members of Pakistan-based JeM,had brought the explosives from Deoband in Uttar Pradesh to Delhi for carrying out the blasts.

The court,in its judgement,rejected the contentions of defence counsel Anwar Khan who alleged both Jaan and Kallu,who came to Delhi on a business trip,were abducted from a hotel ten days before their arrest on November 27,2006.

Jaan used to run a gas agency while Kallu had a shoe shop in Baramulla district,he claimed. The court is likely to pronounce the quantum of sentence against the convicts on September 8.

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