Pakistan-based 'Harkat ul Ansar' planned terror attacks in Delhi ahead of R-Day

Islamabad, Jan 18: Two terror suspects arrested recently by Delhi Police for allegedly planning targeted killings in India were in direct contact with at least four persons who have links with Pakistan-based terror organization Harkat-ul Ansar and Hizbul Mujahideen, investigators have found.

 

 

 

 

According to the Delhi Police, both Naushad Ali and his associate Jagjit Singh alias Jagga arrested last Thursday (Jan 12), were in touch with Nazeer Bhat, Nasir Khan and Nazeer Khan of the Harkat-ul Ansar outfit and Nadeem from the Hizbul Mujahideen, which has been designated as a terror outfit in India and Canada. The revelations come days ahead of the Republic Day celebrations in Delhi where security has been heightened for the event. The duo were also in touch with certain gangsters namely Sunil Rathi, Neeraj Bawana, Irfan Chhenu, Hashim Baba, Ible Hasan and Imran Pehelwan, police have found.

 

 

 

 

 

The two arrested terrorists were tasked to carry out targeted attacks on "right-wing Hindu leaders," Delhi Police had said. Delhi police have previously too, conducted a crackdown on the gangster-terrorists module after which NIA had also registered cases against gangsters under the UAPA.

 

The gangsters against whom UAPA has been slapped include Lawrence Bishnoi, Goldi Brar, Vikram Brar, Neeraj Bawania, Tillu Tajpuria, Sukhpreet and Dilpreet and others. Investigators say that probe into the history of Naushad Ali and Jagjit Singh suggests a connivance between gangsters and cross-border terror groups.