Srinagar, October 18: A day after police claimed to have apprehended two militants from Soput Kulgam district militant outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba on Tuesday claimed that “the duo has no connection with any militant outfit and they are innocent.”

In a statement to local news agency, Mehmood Shah, the LeT chief while condemning the arrest of duo said that “they have no ties whatsoever with Lashkar-e-Toiba or any related faction.”

 “One of the arrested youth is Khurshid Ahmed Dar who is suffering from cancer.  Rendering him as a terrorist is a mere act of injustice and a drama staged for winning cheap popularity,” Shah said and castigated police for being “totally unethical.”