'Ishrat's diary has clinching evidence'

Author: Agencies
Publication: The Economic Times
Date: June 21, 2004

Gujarat police on Sunday claimed to have "clinching" evidence to prove that Ishrat Jahan Sheikh and Javed Sheikh, two of the four alleged LeT militants killed in an encounter on June 15 in the city, were involved in terrorist activity.  "We have got absolute evidence that Ishrat was directly involved in terrorist activities, even though this assignment might have been her first. We have evidence that she at least knew Javed well if not the other two, who were Pakistani nationals," additional commisisoner of police (Crime Branch) DG Vanjhara said here.

Talking about the diary that was recovered from Isharat's possession after the encounter, Mr Vanjhara said it contained a detailed hand-written account of financial transactions, including receiving Rs 4.80 lakh and that she passed Rs 1.06 lakh from it to Salim, one of the alleged Pakistani terrorist killed with her.
 

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