On Tuesday (September 14), the Delhi Police arrested six men, including two allegedly trained by Pakistan’s intelligence agency — Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) — who were planning to carry out multiple blasts in India during the festive season.
“The arrests were made on intel inputs. We have arrested a total of six Bengali-speaking persons. The arrested were planning to execute a series of bomb blasts in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh during the festive season.” Commissioner of Police Special Cell Neeraj Thakur said in a press meet.
They arrested six have been identified as Md Amir Javed (31), a resident of Lucknow; Osama alias Sami (22), a resident of Jamia Nagar; Jaan Mohammed Sheikh (47), a resident of Maharashtra; Zeeshan Qamar (28), a resident of Allahabad; Moolchand alias Saaju (47), a resident of Rae Bareli; and Mohd Abu Bakar (23), a resident of Bahraich.
It was revealed that Osama and Zeeshan were taking direct instructions from their handlers in Pakistan. Two terrorists had managed to get to Pakistan via Muscat.
The terrorists had conducted recce of various government and public places in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, where they had planned to plant the IEDs. We have also recovered explosive materials and arms and ammunition from the arrested,” added Thakur.
It has been revealed that Dawood Ibrahim’s brother Danish Ibrahim was funding this terrorist attack.
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