Jaish operative held in Bengal planned to target CM Suvendu, infiltrate Jantar Mantar protest: STF
The STF said that Mohammed Hamim Mondal had planned to infiltrate the recent students' protest at Jantar Mantar by procuring a police uniform.
Bengal police apprehended Mohammed Hamim Mondal, an alleged operative linked to Jaish-e-Mohammed, who reportedly planned to assassinate Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari and infiltrate a recent student protest in Delhi's Jantar Mantar, disguised in a police uniform. Mondal was apprehended in Purba Bardhaman district and transferred to Kolkata for interrogation.
Security agencies revealed that he was operating under the direction of handlers based in Pakistan, tasked with monitoring Adhikari's movements and identifying moments when he was unguarded. Additionally, Mondal and his associate, Arpita Sarkar, allegedly conspired to lure a minister's son into a honey-trap scenario, intending to kidnap him and extort money from his family.
The duo utilized international SIM cards issued in the UK and Mexico for encrypted communication with their handlers abroad. The investigation further exposed Mondal's radicalization through social media and his connections with several Pakistan-based handlers through encrypted messaging platforms like WhatsApp, Telegram, Element X, and Session.
These handlers were reportedly affiliated with the Shahzad Bhatti gang, a group implicated in radicalization, narco-terror activities, and recruiting youths for extremist operations.
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