These accused were believed to be planning attacks on vital installations, security establishments as well as police personnel in Delhi and other cities.
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Delhi Police said that members of a Pakistan-backed ISI-underworld terror module were making a major plan to target policemen and security forces in Mumbai. This was being done to avenge the demolition of the illegal mosque in Bandra’s Garib Nagar area of Bandra during the recent demolition drive.
On Saturday, officials informed that eight suspected operatives, including a Nepali national, have been taken into custody.
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These persons were believed to be planning attacks on vital installations, security establishments as well as police personnel in Delhi and other cities, PTI reported.
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The demolition drive at Garib Nagar near Bandra station was conduced from May 19 to 23 to take actions against unauthorised structures in the area. It witnessed incidents of stone-pelting, which injured 10 persons, including policemen.
A senior Mumbai Police official told PTI that they allegedly conducted a recce of the demolition drive in Garib Nagar. After this, they sent images and video of the police deployment in the area to their handlers in Pakistan.
The key targets in the plan were the police personnel deployed in the Garib Nagar as well as members of the Hindu community.
The official added that this conspiracy was believed to have been planned by ISI in Pakistan, along with gangster Shahzad Bhatti, Yawar Khan, and underworld operative Munna Jhingada, who is a close aide of Chhota Shakeel.
Recently, Delhi Police Special Cell arrested Sajid Mehboob Shaikh alias Arbaaz Khan from Kurla in Mumbai and Tauqeer Rizwan Shaikh from Mumbra in Thane district after receiving intelligence.
During investigation, it came to light that the two of them surveyed a crowded bridge just outside the Dadar railway station, which was the potential target.
The police even recovered videos of several locations in Mumbai from the mobile phones seized from the accused persons. Also, these contained chats as well as voice notes exchanged with their handlers in Pakistan and Dubai.
Local operatives were added to the module by a Mumbai-based suspect, identified as Huzaifa, who is currently absconding.
The police official, citing preliminary findings in the case, stated that the module was tasked to carry out grenade attacks, besides firing on police personnel, security forces, and key installations in Mumbai.
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