Delhi Police Arrest Four in Foiled ISI linked Terror Plot

Delhi police have arrested four men and said they have foiled a plot to carry out a terror attack in the national capital, allegedly orchestrated by a Pakistan-based Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) handler. The arrests were made in a series of coordinated raids across Punjab and Delhi following intelligence inputs.

The suspects have been identified as Shubdeep Singh, 23, Gurjant Singh, 22, Sajan Singh, 28, and Gaganpreet, 24, all residents of Punjab. Police said the men were acting on the instructions of Pakistan-based handler Shahzad Bhatti and his network. Three of the men were apprehended in Punjab, while Gaganpreet was arrested in Delhi on June 24.

According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Praveen Kumar Tripathi, the operation was launched after specific intelligence indicated Bhatti was planning an incident in the Delhi-National Capital Region and had recruited youths from Punjab for the conspiracy. The accused allegedly used foreign mobile numbers arranged by their handlers to evade detection.

During the raids, police recovered two foreign-made pistols-identified as a Zigana pistol and a .30-bore pistol-nine live cartridges, and five mobile phones. The...