Ahmedabad: Suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militant Samirkhan Pathan, allegedly involved in hatching a conspiracy to assassinate Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and others, have been sent to 14 days' police remand.

Police said that a city metropolitan judge had on October 2 ordered PC for Pathan and six of his accomplices.

Samir Pathan (30) was arrested at the state transport bus stand in Ahmedabad on September 27 by Crime Branch sleuths after he arrived from Mumbai.

Pathan and his associates from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, had planned to assassinate Deputy Prime minister L K Advani, Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Pravin Togadia and other prominent religious heads, joint police commissioner P P Pandey had said.

Meanwhile, police on October 2 brought two more alleged accomplice of Pathan from Jaipur. The two is said to have helped Pathan in procuring driving linsence and some other documents, sources said.

PTI