JeM terrorist tasked with killing Nupur Sharma arrested

Lucknow: The Anti-Terrorist Squad of
Uttar Pradesh Police on Friday arrested an alleged terrorist linked
to Jaish-e-Mohammed, who was tasked with carrying out a ‘fidayeen’
attack on suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma.

Accused Mohammad Nadeem (25) is a
native of Kunda Kala village under Gangoh police station area in
Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh Additional Director General of
Police (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar said in a statement.

The ADGP claimed that the police
recovered chats and voice messages from Nadeem’s phone and these
messages were traced to Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Two SIM cards and literature on
preparing various kinds bombs were also recovered from him. He has
been booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act at ATS
police station in Lucknow, the statement said.

During interrogation, Nadeem admitted
that he was in direct contact with JeM since 2018 and that the outfit
had invited him over to Pakistan and Syria for special training, the
statement said, adding he had been waiting for a visa.

Nupur Sharma’s comments against Prophet
Mohammad during a television debate in May had sparked outrage and
protests across the country and abroad, prompting the BJP to suspend
her as its national spokesperson. She had received several death
threats too.