Uran terror alert: Cops detain three 'suspiciously dressed' men

The three, cops say, were on their way to Nhava Sheva to pick up goods, before unloading the container in Surat

Two days after school children in Uran reported sighting armed Pathani-suit clad men, the Panvel police detained three on grounds of suspicion. However, it turned out to be a false alarm.

A platoon of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) was patrolling the Gavan Phata area of Panvel on Saturday afternoon, when they spotted three men standing next to a container, out of which two were wearing camouflage print pants.

The CISF officials immediately detained the men and conducted a thorough search. The men - identified as Sakinder Mohammed Khan, 24, Sohail Taraq, 17, and Attalluha Abdul Khan, 20 - are residents of Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir.

"We got suspicious as two of them were wearing Army cargos and we found an Army shirt in one of their bags," said Prakash Nilewad, assistant commissioner of police, Uran Division. "We checked their passports; they are residents of Jammu and were on their way to Nhava Sheva to pick up goods, before unloading the container in Surat."

A detailed enquiry later revealed that they were employees of Sanjay Veer Singh, the owner of the container. Singh said, "I have known them for eight years. They work with me eight months of the year, and the remaining they spend working on their farms." He added, "Sakinder's father works with the Poonch police and his uncle is a police driver. Attaullah's uncle also works in the police department in J&K." The men were loitering outside the container while waiting for a mechanic to fix it, after its wiring got burnt, informed Singh.

The Panvel police will be releasing them after taking statements of them.