Lashkar men tried to recruit us: Muzaffarnagar riot victims tell cops

January 07, 2014 11:07

Two Muslim clerics from Haryana arrested for alleged links to the terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba tried to recruit men from riot-hit Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi Police sources have said.

Sources have confirmed to NDTV that two men from Muzaffarnagar told the Delhi police that the terror suspects, arrested last month, made several visits to relief camps set up after the September communal clashes. Some of the men who were allegedly approached refused to work for the Pakistan-based terror group and went to the Delhi Police instead, sources say.

They are believed to have told the police that the clerics - Hafeez Rashidi and Shahid - made several visits to the relief camps. Read more

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