Huge arms and ammunition haul in Himachal Pradesh, 3 Muslims arrested. Conspiracy to unleash Jihad on Himachal Hindus?
HENB | Shimla | Aug 18, 2015:: After the terrible haul of a huge quantity highly explosives about 110o Kg in Kolkata by CID, West Bengal just three days ago, now the Himachal Pradesh Police in Nahan stumbled upon a huge cache of ammunition and highly sensitive chemicals, estimated to be enough to run a small bomb factory, from a house in the township. They have arrested three brothers from the house, where the arms stockpile was kept illegally, on Sunday.
It was an accidental blast in a house (like Khagragarh Blast in West Bengal on October 2, 2014), located near Nahan police station on Saturday, which spurred the police to inquire into the matter. A subsequent search led to the recovery of this material and arrest of Imran Sheikh, Shariq Sheikh and Washik Sheikh — sons of arms dealer Sheikh Imtiaz alias Bhaijaan, who died some months back. A case has been registered against the accused under the Arms Act.
The seizure made by Sirmaur police includes 3,000 live cartridges, four guns, four detonators, 250kg of pellets, small machines used in manufacturing bullets, 150kg gunpowder, 50kg sulphur, potassium nitrate, lead bricks and a liquid chemical that is yet to be identified.
Forensic experts have been called in to examine the liquid. Even the Army is investigating into the matter to ascertain the nature of material seized and purpose for which it was kept.
Police said the three brothers stocked their house with arms and ammunition despite their trade licence having expired in May. On Monday, after the accused were interrogated, police teams conducted raids in Paonta and Dhaula Kuan areas of Sirmaur district and at Kulahal in Uttarakhand.
A senior police official said they were not ruling out an “anti-national” link to the seized arms and explosives. “We are trying to nab all those who were being supplied these illegal arms and ammunition,” the official said.
Himachal Pradesh is exclusively populated by 95% Hindus and Muslims are just around 2%. But, such a hidden agenda of the Islamists for the probable explosion to kill the Hindus in Himachal Pradesh is alarming enough. Making a sleeper cell in a safe Himachal, Jihadist may run for the mayhem in the Indian capital, New Delhi, not far from Shimla (349 Km.). The Jihadi network may be active in the adjacent states. National Investigation Agency (NIA) must probe into this dangerous situation in Himachal Pradesh, whether there is any existence of ISI, ISIS or any other Islamic outfits in the state.
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