{
  "id": 1025962,
  "title": "Bengaluru security guard arrested for alleged plot against Pakistan Army, TTP links emerge",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/bengaluru-security-guard-arrested-for-alleged-plot-against-pakistan",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-15T11:36:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bengaluru-security-guard-arrested-for-alleged-plot-against-pakistan-army-ttp-tehreek-e-taliban-links-emerge-101786792996428.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Bengaluru police have apprehended a 23-year-old security guard named Asaful Mallick, reportedly for plotting an attack on the Pakistan Army. Mallick, originally from North 24 Parganas district, had been working in Jigani Industrial Area since December 2025 and resided in Jigani, The Hindu reported. According to police, he was allegedly preparing for a terrorist act against the Pakistan Army as retaliation for alleged atrocities against Muslims in Pakistan, India Today reported.\n\nActing on tips, police located Mallick at an under-construction building near Jigani and arrested him. He was subsequently questioned, during which he allegedly expressed anger over the Pakistan Army's alleged atrocities against mosques and Muslims in Pakistan, and his discontent with Pakistan's stance on the Israel-Palestine conflict, according to the FIR, India Today reported.\n\nInvestigations revealed that Mallick had posted on social media about the alleged atrocities by the Pakistan Army and had contacted Imran Ahindar, identified by police as a Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) member from Afghanistan via Facebook, The Hindu reported. An FIR under Section 113(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) has been filed, and the probe is ongoing.",
  "summary": "According to police, a 23-year-old man from West Bengal was allegedly preparing to undergo training to carry out a terrorist act targeting the Pakistan Army.",
  "key_points": [
    "23-year-old security guard Asaful Mallick arrested in Bengaluru.",
    "Mallick allegedly plotted attack on Pakistan Army in retaliation for atrocities.",
    "Mallick linked to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) member via Facebook."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}