I-Day terror plot foiled: ISI-backed ring busted, 253 operatives held across 14 states
Shahzad Bhatti Gang's Terror Plans Foiled
During Independence Day preparations, security forces disrupted a terror plot orchestrated by the ISI-backed Shahzad Bhatti Network (SBN). In a coordinated operation across 14 states, 253 individuals were arrested, with 80 FIRs registered. Home Minister Amit Shah condemned the network, stating that substantial recovered weapons and equipment confirmed the group's intent to carry out attacks on August 15.
SBN targeted vulnerable young Indian Muslim men, radicalizing them through online recruitment and subsequently assigned them tasks like espionage and sabotage. The operation, facilitated by real-time intelligence-sharing, netted 62 arrests in Uttar Pradesh, 52 in Haryana, 51 in Delhi, and 44 in Punjab, among other states. The sizable haul included IEDs, grenades with Pakistan Ordnance Factory markings, pistols, live cartridges, and surveillance cameras.
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