NEW DELHI: Delhi Police said on Saturday that it has busted a terrorist-criminal network linked to Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and the Mumbai underworld. The Special Cell arrested eight people, including a Nepalese national, in the operation.
The police claimed the accused were conspiring to carry out grenade attacks and targeted shootings at vital installations, security establishments, and police personnel in Delhi and other parts of the country.
The police said the accused worked at the behest of ISI handlers Shahzad Bhatti, Munna Jhingada, and Yawar Khan. Jhingada is a Dawood Ibrahim’s henchman, who is accused of carrying out an attack on Chhota Rajan in Bangkok in 2000 at Ibrahim’s behest. Jhingada remained in a Thai jail for 17 years for the attack.
The Special Cell recovered four Pakistan-made hand grenades, two Glock pistols, and 24 live rounds from three operatives held in the operation.
The accused have been identified as Vijay, alias Shooter, 23, a resident of Uttar Pradesh; Nitish Paswan, 23, a resident of Jharkhand; Taoqeer Rizwan Ahmad Shaikh, 27, and Sajid Mehboob Shaikh, alias Arbaz Khan, 27, both residents of Maharashtra; Harvinder Singh, 28, Gagandeep Singh, 28, and Manjeet Singh, 23, all residents of Punjab; and Lama Ang Kami, 66, from Nepal. Lama was tasked to arrange a hideout for operatives in Delhi and handle finances for Jhingada.
Special Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Anil Shukla said the arrests led to the dismantling of an international network. The module was involved in a criminal conspiracy to execute grenade attacks and firing at vital installations, security establishments and cops in Delhi and Mumbai, he said.