A Dharavi resident arrested by the Delhi police for allegedly planning terror attacks in many states, including Maharashtra, was on the ATS radar for a long time. Sources said Jan Mohammed Shaikh, alias Sameer Kaliya was in touch with local criminals that extorted money flaunting their underworld connections. During such ‘settlements’, Shaikh often introduced himself as “Main bhai ka aadmi hoon”, they said. 

Shaikh, 47, is among six people held for planning to plant improvised explosive devices in the state, Delhi and UP during festivals. He was picked by the Delhi cops at Kota on Monday while heading for Delhi via Golden Temple Express from Mumbai Central. The Delhi cops said Shaikh was in direct touch with underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's brother Anees Ibrahim. It said Shaikh and another man were to receive sophisticated RDX-based IEDs, grenades, pistols and cartridges from a sleeper cell operative in Delhi.