Major terror attack averted! Delhi police bust ISI & Dawood Ibrahim linked terror module, arrests 6 terrorists

Among the arrested, Osama and Qamarare Pakistan-trained terror operatives working under the instructions of Pakistan""s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).

NewsBharati    15-Sep-2021
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Delhi, September 15: Cracking a major multi-state Pakistan-based-terror module, Special Cell of the Delhi Police nabbed 6 terrorists, including two Pak-ISI trained terrorists, who were planning several blasts across the country during the upcoming festivals. During this multi-state operation, Police also recovered explosives and firearms from them.
 
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Addressing a press conference, Neeraj Thakur, Special Cell Commissioner, Delhi Police said, "In a multistate operation, we have arrested six people. Two among them were trained in Pakistan recently."
 
The accused, identified as Jaan Mohammad Shaikh (47) alias 'Sameer', Osama (22), Moolchand (47), Zeeshan Qamar (28), Mohd Abu Bakar (23), and Mohd Amir Javed (31). The special cell of the Delhi Police reportedly made the arrests from Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan. Sameer was arrested from Kota, Rajasthan, two persons were arrested from Delhi and three were apprehended from Uttar Pradesh.
 
 
 
"With the help of human and technical surveillance, it was found that the network was spread across various states. On Tuesday, we conducted raids simultaneously in different states and initially, the first accused, Sheikh, was apprehended from near Kota in Rajasthan while he was on a train on the way to Delhi," Thakur said.
 
Among the arrested, Osama and Qamarare Pakistan-trained terror operatives working under the instructions of Pakistan''s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). They were transferred to Pakistan via Muscat, where they were trained to use explosives and weaponry, including the AK-47, according to Thakur. They were tasked to conduct the reconnaissance of different suitable locations in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh for placing IEDs, police said.
 
 
Police also revealed details of the multi-state operation, saying that they had received information from federal authorities that a plot was being planned to carry out terror attacks in major cities throughout the country. Police said that the arrested men were tasked separately to execute different aspects of the terror plan.
 
The underworld operative Sameer, in close contact with Anees Ibrahim, was tasked by a Pak-based person connected with the underworld operatives hiding in Pakistan to ensure smooth delivery of improvised explosive devices (IED), sophisticated weapons, and grenades to different entities in India.
 
As per the information given by the police, the terror module was reportedly linked to dreaded gangster Dawood Ibrahim, who is accused of carrying out the 1993 bomb blasts in Mumbai and is reportedly living in Pakistan.
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