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Three UNLF militants arrested at IGI airport

       New Delhi: Three militants belonging to the United National Liberation Front (UNLF) have been arrested as they were boarding a flight to Kathmandu from the Indira Gandhi International Airport here. Jayant Kumar, Ghanshyam and Shyam Kumar were arrested on the night of October 2, said police officials. A pen drive containing details of army and para military forces deployment in the North-East were recovered from their possession. It also contained details of the outfit's various sources of funding. Sources said the arrests were made in a joint operation of the intelligence bureau, immigration officers and the Delhi Police. Meanwhile, security has been stepped up at 13 airports, including Delhi, Kolkata, Lucknow and Patna after intelligence inputs warned that terrorists may attempt to hijack an aircraft. A high alert has been sounded at airports, all falling in northern parts of the country, as the inputs has suggested that the hijacking target could be a plane either coming from Kathmandu or going there, sources said here. Intelligence input suggested that Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba could be involved in this. The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), which has been tasked with the responsibility of guarding all airports in the country, has deployed additional personnel after the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security sounded the paramilitary force about the hijacking danger. Security has been beefed up at airports at Varanasi, Gaya, Guwahati, Amritsar, Bagdogra, Chandigarh, Shimla, Bhuntar, Delhi, Kolkata, Patna and Lucknow.
-Oct 4,  2006

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