The Crime Branch of Delhi Police has foiled a major terror plot in India with the help of Pakistan’s ISI and Bangladesh-based terror groups. Eight people have been arrested from Tamil Nadu and West Bengal on charges of terror planning.
Six people, Mizanur Rahman, Mohammad Shabat, Umar, Mohammad Liton, Mohammad Shahid and Mohammad Ujjwal, have been arrested from a garment factory in Tamil Nadu’s Tirupur district in connection with the incident, sources said. According to officials, a Bangladeshi national is also among the arrested suspects.
Sources said the accused were allegedly using fake Aadhaar cards for identity cards. The Tamil Nadu Police have arrested the suspects and handed them over to the Delhi Police.
Police officials said the police have recovered eight mobile phones and 16 SIM cards from the suspects.
It is to be noted that a seven-member team of Delhi Police and a team of State Police conducted a special secret operation in Malda district a week ago and then arrested two people from Newtown in Kolkata and took them to Delhi on transit remand. The names of the arrested persons are Rabiul Islam and Umar Farooq. The arrested Umar Farooq is a resident of Asintola area of Gopalpur gram panchayat of Manikchak police station in Malda. Rabiul is a Bangladeshi national, said the head of the Delhi Police’s Special Investigation Team. However, Malda district Superintendent of Police Abhijit Banerjee did not want to comment on this. He said that it is not possible to say everything in the interest of national security and further investigation.
Officials said that the suspects had put up posters of ‘Free Kashmir’ and ‘Stop the genocide in Kashmir’ at more than 10 places, including metro stations, across Delhi and Kolkata about 10 days ago. Investigation revealed that they received financial support from terrorist organisations – with whom they were in contact directly or through social media. Some of the accused were in touch with a handler in Bangladesh, who is currently in Pakistan. Umar Farooq is also accused of harbouring Bangladeshi militants. The names of Umar Farooq and Rabiul emerged after the Delhi Police arrested six Bangladeshis from Tamil Nadu on suspicion of being militants. Farooq’s family, however, denied any involvement in the attack.
The incident comes a day after security sources said that Pakistan’s Lashkar-e-Taiba was planning to carry out blasts near Delhi’s Red Fort and a temple at Chandni Chowk and other important religious places in the country. Sources said that the terror outfit may be planning an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack.
