New Delhi: The frantic hunt for a Jaish-e- Mohammed (JeM) militant, Rashid, for Delhi Police ended on September 3, after the arrested Jaish militant Noor Mohammed identified the second ultra killed along with Gazi Baba as the same person and said he used to take orders from him.

Rashid, a close associate of JeM chief commander in India Ghazi Baba, was killed in an encounter with Border Security Force (BSF) in Srinagar.

Delhi Police, which arrested Noor and two others on August 30 night along with a large quantity of ammunition, including 10 grenades and one grenade launcher, had launched a frantic hunt for Rashid.

Noor, in his interrogation, had told the investigators that Rashid was an intermediary between him and Ghazi Baba and that he used to interact with the country's most wanted terrorist through the go-between.

However, when the photographs of the second militant killed on August 30 were shown to Noor on September 3 who identified him as Rashid, ending the trail of Delhi police to nab him.

Meanwhile, a team of Delhi Police team was rushing to Srinagar to carry out further investigation into the case and collect material about the arrested militants.

Delhi Police had claimed to have virtually destroyed a module of Jaish, planning "some spectacular strikes" in the capital, after arresting three persons including Noor, Pervez and Farooq Ahmed.

Their interrogation led to the gunning down of two militants, Zahoor and Habibullah in Nizzamuddin area besides the arrest of two more associates from Uttar Pradesh.

PTI