The Delhi Police has busted a significant terror module with alleged hyperlinks to Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Pakistan’s spy company Inter-Providers Intelligence (ISI), and Bangladesh-based extremist organisations, arresting eight suspects from Tamil Nadu and West Bengal in a coordinated operation. Investigators suspect the group was planning a significant terrorist strike in India underneath the route of international handlers.
Six accused — recognized as Mizanur Rahman, Mohammad Shabat, Umar, Mohammad Litan, Mohammad Shahid and Mohammed Ujjal — have been detained from garment items throughout Tamil Nadu’s Tiruppur district, whereas two others have been arrested from West Bengal, officers mentioned on Sunday.
Police mentioned a number of the arrested people are Bangladeshi nationals who have been allegedly utilizing solid Aadhaar playing cards to hide their identities.
In response to police sources, the module is linked to LeT, and its handler is a Kashmir native presently working from Bangladesh. The handler is believed to have acquired terror coaching in Pakistan, and the eight arrested suspects have been allegedly appearing at his behest, officers added.
Police additionally claimed to have recovered cell phone movies displaying reconnaissance of a number of cities, together with Delhi.
The arrests got here a day after safety businesses sounded a excessive alert throughout the nationwide capital following intelligence inputs warning of a attainable terror plot by Pakistan-based outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) concentrating on crowded non secular and heritage websites in Delhi. Sources mentioned particular inputs instructed {that a} temple within the Chandni Chowk space could possibly be among the many potential targets, with terrorists allegedly planning an improvised explosive gadget (IED) assault in and round delicate places, together with areas close to the Purple Fort.
In response to investigators, the suspects have been allegedly planning a significant terrorist strike in India on the behest of international handlers.
Preliminary findings have additionally revealed that the handler of the eight arrested accused is a Kashmir native presently primarily based in Bangladesh.
“The operation adopted an investigation into on-line posts supporting terror actions, which led the staff to Tiruppur with the help of the native police. Investigators discovered that the six people have been working in garment factories within the area and have been carrying faux Aadhaar playing cards,” the Delhi Police Particular Cell mentioned concerning the operation in Tamil Nadu.
In the course of the operation, police recovered eight cell phones and 16 SIM playing cards, which at the moment are being examined for digital proof and attainable hyperlinks to different operatives.
‘FREE KASHMIR’ POSTERS LED TO ARRESTS
The module first got here underneath the scanner after provocative posters surfaced at greater than 10 places throughout the nationwide capital in latest days, together with inside the Delhi Metro community. The posters reportedly contained inflammatory content material and references to Kashmir, together with “Free Kashmir” slogans.
A deeper probe by the Particular Cell into the origin of the posters led investigators to a community working out of Tamil Nadu, in the end ensuing within the arrests.
The event mirrors a latest case involving a suspected docs’ module, the place posters that appeared in Jammu and Kashmir led investigators to Faridabad’s Al-Falah College. People employed as docs there have been concerned within the Purple Fort blast.
Officers described Sunday’s operation as a significant breakthrough in thwarting a possible terror conspiracy. Additional investigations are underway to establish extra suspects, funding channels, and attainable cross-border hyperlinks.
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