Terror plot busted ahead of Republic Day, cops on hunt for 4 more suspects

Ahead of Republic Day Delhi Police is hunting for four other terror suspects besides the two who were arrested last week from the Jahangirpuri area in the national capital sources said on TuesdayAccording to the Delhi Police Special Cell sources the terror suspects received weapons from Pakistan through the dropdead method and were in touch with their handlers on the other side of the border through a social media appDelhi Police looking for 4 other suspects They received weapons from Pakistan through the dropdead method and were in contact with handlers in Pak on the Signal app They got weapons at an unidentified location in Uttarakhand which is being verified sources saidThis comes after two terrorists were arrested from the Jahangirpuri area in Delhi earlier in January who according to the police were tasked to carry out the targeted attacks in various statesIn the latest development the Delhi Police got information about the involvement of 8 persons in the module The police suspect the possible presence of four suspects in India presentlyTheir handlers sitting at the border sent instructions on the Signal app after which they shared the location of the bag full of weapons through Google Maps About 8 people are involved in this module of terrorists out of which 4 can still be present in India only 2 terrorists were used to provide weapons and 2 were used to send the Google location of the weapons to their bosses by keeping the weapons at a particular location sources saidAccording to sources the weapons recovered from the terrorists were found at an unknown location in Uttarakhand which is now being verifiedMeanwhile the two terror suspects arrested from the Jahangirpuri area of the national capital on Thursday were assigned to carry out targeted killings of rightwing leaders on January 27 and January 31 sources in the Delhi Police claimed on MondayThe Delhi Police had earlier said it arrested two suspicious men and recovered two hand grenades from their house in the Bhalswa Dairy area of JahangirpuriThe Special cell of the Delhi Police had arrested the two suspects identified as Jagjit Singh 29 and Naushad 56 They were produced before the Patiala House Court on Friday and sent to police remand for 14 daysPolice sources later claimed that three rightwing leaders of Punjab and Delhi were on their hit list and they had even set a date and time to take out two of their targetsAlso Read Patrolling troops deployment along LoC strengthened ahead of Republic DayFurther according to sources the suspects now in police custody had receed two of their targets and had even taken note of their movements and daily schedulesThe sources added that the suspects were to receive Rs 50 lakh on killing the first target Rs 1 crore for taking out the second and Rs 15 crore for eliminating the thirdBoth had received Rs 5 lakh as token money through hawala operators sources claimed furtherPolice said they carried out a raid at their rented house at the Shradha Nand Colony in the Bhalswa Dairy police station limits on Friday under relevant sections of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act UAPA and recovered hand grenades The police said they also recovered three pistols and 22 live cartridges from the suspectsA team from the Forensic Science Laboratory FSL also visited the house and collected blood samples on FridayAccording to sources it is alleged that the suspects killed a person in the house and shared a video of the killing with their handlerThe police said they were in the process of finding out who was killedDelhi Police earlier said it has information that Jagjit Singh has links to Khalistani terrorist Arshdeep Dalla He is also a member of the notorious Bambiha gang and has been receiving instructions from antinational elements based abroad the city police said adding that he is also a parole jumper in a murder case in UttarakhandNaushad is also associated with HarkatulAnsar HUA a terror group which is based in Pakistan and primarily operates in Jammu and KashmirHe has been a life convict in two counts of murder and has also served a 10year sentence in connection with a case under the Explosive ActThe accused took up residence at the rented house last year during Diwali adding that the construction of their own house is ongoing according to the neighboursThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever