Mumbai Attacks Arrests Two Policemen Over

MUMBAI: Indian police on Saturday questioned two policemen suspected of helping the militants who carried out the Mumbai attacks, amid reports of a home-grown terror link and fresh security jitters.

The first arrests in connection with the deadly strike were made in the eastern city of Kolkata late Friday, senior police official Javed Shamim told reporters there.

Two policemen -- identified as Tousif Rahaman and Sheikh Mukhtar -- were held "for allegedly providing SIM cards to the terrorists in the Mumbai attacks," he said.

"Tousif, who was living in the central part of the city, bought about 40 SIM cards from the city, two of which are believed to have been given to the terrorists," he added.

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