According to various media reports, Mohammed Naved, who is also known as Usman, has admitted that he is from Pakistan during a polygraph test. He also claimed to have been trained at an LeT camp and also admitted he had been asked to target security forces in India.
Captured Pakistani terrorist Naved alias Usman Khan was subjected to lie detector test on Tuesday after he had made 'contradictory and misleading' statements about his Indian contacts and the route taken by his group to infiltrate India. Pursuant to a Delhi court order, Usman was brought to central forensic science laboratory (CFSL) under tight security and kept in isolation for some time before being subjected to the polygraph test. Officials from various security and intelligence agencies were present during the test.
In a related development, NIA released two sketches of Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists, who were claimed to have infiltrated Jammu and Kashmir's Gulmarg sector with Usman. The anti-terror agency also announced a cash reward of Rs five lakh to anyone providing information leading to their arrest. The two have been identified as Zarghan alias Mohammed Bhai, aged about 38-40 years, and Abu Okasha, around 17-18 years.
During the test for which Usman had given written consent, he is believed to have been questioned about how many people were with him when the group infiltrated J&K and people he had met and lived with during his two-month stay in the state. Sources in the NIA said Usman had been giving conflicting statements about the strength of the group and the route taken by it to sneak into India, besides those with whom he came into contact in J&K. He had also given wrong information about the number plate of the vehicle that carried him and accomplice Noman to 'Tamatar Modh' on Jammu-Srinagar highway on August 4.
With inputs from agencies
