Delhi Police busts terror module, 5 suspects held after multi-state raids

A Pakistan-based terror module was busted and five operatives were arrested after the Special Cell of Delhi Police and Central agencies carried out coordinated raids across multiple states. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Additional CP of the Special Cell, Pramod Singh Kushwaha said, they have been arrested from Delhi, Jharkhand, Telangana and Madhya Pradesh. He said the Delhi police have recovered material used to make Improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Kushwaha said the main accused, Ashhar Danish, a resident of Ranchi, Jharkhand, was in touch with the handler of Pakistan, and he had connected the whole group. He said, all five accused who were arrested are in the age of 20 to 26 years old. The module was planning a major attack in the country, he said. The mastermind, identified as Ashar Danish, was apprehended from Jharkhand's Ranchi, while two suspects -- Aftab and Sufiyan, both residents of Mumbai -- were arrested from Delhi on Tuesday. Muzapa was held from Telangana, while one more operative, Kamran, has also been arrested, the official said.

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The arrests followed weeks of surveillance and coordinated raids across states. Police teams over two weeks raided more than 12 locations in pursuit of what an officer described as a “larger terror network” linked to banned outfits and handlers abroad.

(Crime Correspondent)