Ishrat's diary shows terrorist links: police

Gujarat police yesterday said it had "clinching" evidence in the diary of Ishrat Jahan Sheikh to prove that she and Javed Sheikh, two of the four alleged LeT militants killed in an encounter here on June 15, were involvement in terrorist activities and recieved Rs 4.80 lakhs.

Ishrat's diary has a detailed handwritten account of financial transactions including receiving Rs 4.80 lakh and that she passed Rs 1.06 lakh of it to Salim, one of the alleged Pakistani terrorist killed with her, Additional Commisisoner of Police (crime branch) DG Vanjhara said.

"We have got absolute evidence that Ishrat was directly involved in terrorist activities, even though this assignment might have been her first. We have evidence that she atleast knew Javed well if not the other two, who were Pakistani nationals," he said.

Vanjhara said incriminating details have been obtained from her diary and also a register of a hotel where Ishrat and Javed stayed as a married couple.

The crime branch claims to have got hold of a register of Shivganga hotel in Kalupur area where the two had given false names and posed as a couple on May 15.

The official said the diary also contained information about reconnaissance conducted by Ishrat and Javed of some persons houses, whose names are not mentioned but just some coded alphabets.

Police were also investigating about their travel to Surat on May 8 and trying to trace local contacts.