POLICE ARREST TWO MILITANTS IN NORTHERN INDIA

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Police arrest two militants in northern India.

Police personnel arrest two militants in Bhopal city of India's central state of Madhya Pradesh.

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BHOPAL, MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA (JANUARY 01, 2010) (ANI-NO ACCESS BBC)

1. S. K. RAWAT, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF MADHYA PRADESH POLICE, SITTING WITH OTHER OFFICIAL IN PRESS CONFERENCE

2. RAWAT SITTING

3. MEDIA PERSONS GATHERED

4. (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) S. K. RAWAT, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, MADHYA PRADESH, SAYING:"In the midnight of 2011, the police personnel of Bhopal police, from police station of Tania area, two suspects were arrested, who are undergoing with severe interrogation. The information which we have taken out from them was one of the accused is identified as Shaukat Ahmed Hakim, son of Gulam Mohammad Hakim and other one is Mehrajuddin Shergujari, son of Gulam Khalid, residents of Bandipur, Jammu and Kashmir state."

5. MEDIA PERSONS SITTING

6. (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) S. K. RAWAT, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, MADHYA PRADESH, SAYING:"We are in touch with Jammu and Kashmir police. One of their teams is coming to Bhopal. We will further inform you the militant menaces in which both of them were involved."

7. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ARRESTED MILITANTS

STORY: Police personnel on Saturday (January 01) arrested two militants in Bhopal city of India's central state of Madhya Pradesh.

The suspected militants are said to be from India's northern state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Addressing a press conference, Director General of Madhya Pradesh Police, S. K. Rawat said the arrested suspects revealed their identity in police interrogation and further probe is underway.

"In the midnight of 2011, the police personnel of Bhopal police, from police station of Tania area, two suspects were arrested, who are undergoing with severe interrogation. The information which we have taken out from them was one of the accused is identified as Shaukat Ahmed Hakim, son of Gulam Mohammad Hakim and other one is Mehrajuddin Shergujari, son of Gulam Khalid, residents of Bandipur, Jammu and Kashmir state," said Rawat.

He further added that police officials of India's northern Jammu and Kashmir state are coming to the state to support the policemen of Madhya Pradesh in the investigation of the suspected militants.

"We are in touch with Jammu and Kashmir police. One of their teams is coming to Bhopal. We will further inform you the militant menaces in which both of them were involved," said Rawat.

Kashmir is divided between India and Pakistan, both of which claim the region in full. They have fought two of their three wars over the region.

Kashmiri separatists in India want to carve out an independent homeland or merge with predominantly Muslim Pakistan.