Zee Media Bureau/Supriya Jha Jaipur: A major terror plot was foiled on Sunday as a joint operation of Delhi Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) and Jaipur Police nabbed four suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorists from Rajasthan. One of the terrorist was arrested with 250 Kg of explosives from Jodhpur, while other three IM suspects were held in Jaipur. Among those held, is the notorious IM terrorist Waqas, who is known to be involved in many terror attacks including Zaveri Bazaar and Dilsukhnagar blasts. Waqas is also wanted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA. The arrests came after the Intelligence agencies had issued an alert warning of possible terror attacks in the run-up to the General Elections 2014, that are to start from April 7. Under suspicion is a new IM module, that is in direct contact with the IM leader Riyaz Bhatkal, who is said to be in Pakistan. Delhi Police is to hold a press conference regarding the same at 1 pm today. The arrest come after some reports cited IB sources as saying that the BJP leaders lives were under threat. Concerned with the reports over terror threats to its leaders, a delegation of the Bharatiya Janata Party had on Friday met Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde Shinde had denied having information about possible threat to the BJP leaders from terror groups. We have no information regarding terror threat to BJP leaders, he told reporters here after the saffron party claimed, citing media reports, that the lives of its top leaders were under threat. Shinde said adequate security has been given to BJPs prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. It may be noted that there were bombs placed at Narendra Modis Patna rally last year. Also, a report few days ago had suspected that the Indian Mujahideen men may be on the prowl to kidnap a politician to bargain for the release of IM co-founder Yasin Bhatkal, who was in last August arrested from the India-Nepal border. Yasin Bhatkal and his associate Asadullah Akhtar are presently in the custody of Maharashtra Police and being quizzed for their alleged role in a terror case there. First Published: Sunday, March 23, 2014, 11:00
Posted on: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 06:15:30 +0000
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