Terror plan in Delhi foiled: Kupwara man held from Gorakhpur, AK56, grenades, explosive seized from Jama Masjid hotel
New Delhi, Mar 22: Delhi Police Friday claimed to have averted a ‘fidayeen' (suicide) terror attack in the capital with the arrest of a suspected Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist. A local court has sent the suspected
“Shah's task was to draw up a workable plan by selecting the best possible target where maximum casualties could be inflicted and the chances of early neutralisation of the cadre were limited,” said the officer.
“Shah was to go back to his village in Kupwara district after the Delhi attack where he was told to recruit new members and facilitate their cross-border travel to Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK),” Srivastava said.
The ‘fidayeen' attack was planned in a meeting, in early January 2013, of Muttahida Jihad Council (MJC).