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ISI
agent shot dead in Andhra Pradesh
Title: ISI agent shot dead in
Andhra Pradesh
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Publication: Rediff on Net
Date: April 7, 2000
The Andhra Pradesh police claim to have shot dead an agent of
Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Thursday evening in
Jagityal town of Karimnagar district.
The slain, Azam Ghori, is believed to have been involved in
several offences in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. The
encounter occurred near a bus stand.
A special police team from Nizamabad and Karimnagar districts
intercepted Ghori while he was proceeding on a bicycle.
The 30-year-old, who has been evading the police dragnet for
several months, immediately whipped out a pistol and fired, but
was killed in the retaliatory firing.
Ghori was wanted by the police of Maharashtra, Karnataka and
Andhra Pradesh for his involvement in a series of murders and bomb
blasts. The AP police also suspect him to have been behind a
series of low-intensity bomb explosions at a cinema theatre,
police station and other places in Hyderabad early this year.
He is also said to be involved in the murder of Devinder, a
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh activist, in the city recently.
Unconfirmed reports say that Ghori was a prominent member of the
dreaded Kashmiri militant outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba. However, the
district police said he has been identified as the commander of a
little-known outfit, the Indian Muslim Mohammadi Mujahadeen.
The police recovered a Chinese-made 9mm pistol and 200 gm of
explosive material, believed to be RDX, from the slain terrorist.
Based on the specific information that Ghori was moving around in
the district, a special police party, comprising Intelligence
Bureau sleuths and anti-extremist personnel, was deployed to trace
him. A close watch was kept in and around Jagityal town, which is
also affected by Naxalite activity, to track him down.
Following the incident, a general alert has been sounded across
the state to prevent retaliatory attacks from ISI-backed
organisations, the police said.
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