Militants undergoing training in Pakistan to launch rocket attacks on helicopters

An arrested Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant has disclosed that a special batch of militants is undergoing training in Mujahid camp near Samani jail of Pakistan to launch rocket and air gun attacks on helicopters.

Jammu, July 10 : An arrested Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant has disclosed that a special batch of militants is undergoing training in Mujahid camp near Samani jail of Pakistan to launch rocket and air gun attacks on helicopters.

According to Sakhi Mohammad, who was held by security forces recently while returning to the Indian side after spending over 20 years in Pakistan, this group is likely to be pushed to Kashmir to carry out their operations.

Sakhi, who stayed in Mujahid camp for 15 days, was quoted by the Daily Excelsior as saying that the Pakistan Army and LeT commanders were training some militants jointly at the camp for this purpose.

He claimed that he spent 15 days at Mujahid camp before being asked to shift to Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) capital in Muzaffarabad for training militant groups in handling of sophisticated weapons like AK rifles, Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and grenades.

Sources were quoted as saying that Sakhi could be among the few longest surviving militants. He is said to be just 20-year-old and was among the first few batches, which left for arms training in Pakistan in 1987.

Questioning of Sakhi was on and he was likely to be sent to Joint Interrogation Centre (JIC) to ascertain more clues about the activities of LeT and other militant outfits in Pakistan, the paper reported.

ANI