You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
India-Pakistan
Terror module busted in Delhi, UP shows Dawood is still prime asset for ISI
2021-09-15
[OneIndia] The busting of two ISI sponsored modules, one by the Delhi Police and another by the UP ATS is clearly a sign of the Pakistain spy agencies trying to up the ante ahead of the elections to be held next year.

While the Delhi Police arrested 6 persons who were planning attacks during the festival season, the UP police picked up 3 persons following raids at Lucknow, Rae Bareli and Pratapgarh.

The Delhi Police said that the six persons were planning major attacks in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra during the festival season. The police also said that the accused persons had visited Pakistain. In Pakistain they were taken to a town near the Gwadar port and were trained by two persons from the Pakistain Army.

The training imparted to them involved preparing IEDs, using firearms, AK-47s and committing arson with the help of items of daily use.

The module was busted after the police received intelligence that a Pakistain sponsored module was planning on executing a series of attacks in the country. The police following the raids arrested, Jaan Mohammad Sheikh (47 years old) of Mumbai, Osama (22) of Delhi, Moolchand (47) of Raebareli, Zeeshan Qamar (28) of Prayagraj, Mohammad Abu Bakar (23) of Bahraich, and Mohammad Amir Javed (31) of Lucknow.

Osama and Qamar travelled to Muscat and from there they were taken to Pakistain on a boat. They stayed in Pakistain at a farmhouse in Thatta for 15 days and during this period they received training, senior special cell officer, Neeraj Thakur said.

During the probe the role of Dawood Ibrahim's brother too was revealed. The police learnt that Dawood's brother Anees Ibrahim was coordinating the execution of the attacks. He was also handling the recruitments, finance, logistics and transport through underworld channels largely based in Mumbai.

The ISI has often used Dawood's underworld network to carry out attacks in India. The channel is also crucial for the ISI to ferry across drugs into India and Sri-Lanka, the proceeds of which are used to fund terror activities.

The role of the Dawood network was suspected in the Mumbai train bombings as well as the 26/11 attacks. Considering the underworld knows the city of Mumbai very well, the D-Company
...the Dawood Ibrahim mob. Dawood's an international mobster allied with various terror groups including al-Qaeda. The Pak govt can't seem to catch him, despite having his address and phone number...
has been instrumental in providing logistic support. The first time the name of Dawood cropped up in an act of terror was during the Mumbai 1993 blasts case.

In the current case, the police learnt that an underworld operative Sameer was hired by a Pakistain based person. He coordinated with his contacts to ensure the delivery of arms and ammunition.

An Intelligence Bureau official tells OneIndia that Dawood continues to be an asset for the ISI. It is a well known fact that he lives under the protection of the Pakistain spy agency. While Pakistain continues to deny his presence on its soil, his whereabouts and the operations he launches from the country has come to light on several occasions.

A recent probe by the NIA into the seizure of 300 kilograms of drugs off the coast of Vizhinjam revealed the role of Pakistain. It was found that the operatives were in touch with a Pakistain based drug runner Haji Salim. This is very much part of the Dawood cartel which operates in Pakistain, India and Sri Lanka, an officer explained. The ISI has upped narcotic trade in a bid to use it to orchestrate terror attacks in India, the official also said.
Another One India article adds:
"They formed 2 teams-one was being coordinated by Dawood Ibrahim's brother Anees Ibrahim. It was tasked to get the arms into India from across the border and keeping them concealed here.The other team was to arrange funding via Hawala," he said.

"The arrested have stated that there were 14-15 Bangla speaking persons in their group who might have been taken for similar training. It looks like this operation was closely coordinated from across the border," said Neeraj Thakur, Special CP, Delhi Police Special Cell.
Related:
Delhi: 2021-09-14 From a new border module to NATGRID, how India plans to wade away the Taliban threat
Delhi: 2021-09-13 Cop injured in Khanyar militant attack succumbs
Delhi: 2021-09-12 ISKP may scout for Indian Mujahideen leftovers to further terror in India: Intel
Related:
Lucknow: 2021-08-06 NIA arrests main conspirator in killing of Ramalingam who opposed conversions to Islam
Lucknow: 2021-07-22 Money, marriage, jobs: How Dawah Center converted 1,000 Hindus to Islam
Lucknow: 2021-07-15 In Khalistan extortion case, NIA arrests top arms trafficker from UP
Related:
Rae Bareli: 2009-04-30 Security upped in Bihar, Bengal
Rae Bareli: 2006-05-12 Sonia wins by a landslide
Related:
Pratapgarh: 2018-03-26 ATS arrests 10 on terror-funding charges, Lashkar-e-Taiba link suspected
Pratapgarh: 2008-02-12 2 more held in CRPF camp attack case
Related:
Thatta: 2021-02-15 Minor sitting in groom's lap allegedly shot dead by bride's cousin in 'revenge killing'
Thatta: 2019-05-15 After several other cities, Thatta reports five HIV cases
Thatta: 2018-07-23 Mastung bomber studied in Karachi seminary
Related:
Anees Ibrahim: 2013-03-29 Why Sanjay Dutt doesn't deserve a pardon
Anees Ibrahim: 2013-03-29 What's in a name? Ask Zaibunissa Kazi and Manzoor Ahmed
Anees Ibrahim: 2008-11-24 UAE cops release Shakeel's brother
Posted by:trailing wife

00:00