{
  "id": 1578159,
  "title": "I-Day terror plot foiled: ISI-backed ring busted, 253 operatives held across 14 states",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/i-day-terror-plot-foiled-isi-backed-ring-busted-253-operatives-held",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T22:15:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/i-day-terror-plot-foiled-isi-backed-ring-busted-253-operatives-held-across-14-states/articleshow/133307027.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "Shahzad Bhatti Gang's Terror Plans Foiled",
  "key_points": [
    "ISI-backed Shahzad Bhatti Network (SBN) terror plot foiled on Independence Day",
    "253 operatives arrested across 14 Indian states in coordinated operation",
    "Home Minister Amit Shah condemned SBN, recovered weapons confirmed attack intent"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "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."
}