New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) Shehzad Bhatti has emerged as the Inter-Services Intelligence’s latest operative tasked with carrying out a large-scale recruitment drive in India aimed at fuelling terrorism. Once known as a social media influencer, Bhatti was recruited by the Pakistani spy agency to enlist Indian youth for activities ranging from drug smuggling and targeted killings to collecting sensitive information. Intelligence inputs indicate that he has been running this recruitment network in I…
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Mumbai, July 10 (IANS) In a coordinated, multi-city operation, the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) questioned 102 individuals for their alleged contact over social media with Pakistan-based gangster-terrorist Shahzad Bhatti, who is plotting to use them as foot soldiers for anti-national activities, an official said on Friday. Starting at 7 a.m., 58 teams from 14 ATS units swooped down on the premises of these individuals on the suspicion that they were being brainwashed by Bhatti and his …
Mumbai, July 10 (IANS) The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has launched a major statewide operation to investigate alleged contacts between individuals in the state and Pakistan-based gangster Shahzad Bhatti, with the agency questioning 112 people identified so far in connection with the case.According to an official statement by the Maharashtra ATS, teams from all 14 ATS units across the state began the action at around 7 a.m. on Friday. The teams have been visiting the locations of indi…
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Terror groups operating in India have adopted a two-pronged strategy, using both radicalisation and financial incentives to recruit and lure young people into their networks.Officials say there is a clear regional divide in the way these groups operate. While Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) has largely focused on facilitating terror operations in northern India, the southern states have increasingly emerged as centres for radicalisation, where recruitment a…
Ahilyanagar, June 4 (IANS) The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has detained four youths from Ahilyanagar district for questioning over their suspected links with Pakistani gangsters, officials said, as a wider operation continues across the state. The action comes as part of an ongoing ATS crackdown that has been underway for the past two days. According to officials, raids have been conducted at five locations across Maharashtra, and the operation is still in progress.The investigation i…
Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) is interrogating 57 people across the state as it launched a major operation on Wednesday targeting individuals linked to or associated with Pakistan-based gangster networks, including the Shahzad Bhatti gang and the Dogra gang, officials said. According to officials, coordinated ATS raids began at around 8 a.m. across multiple locations in Maharashtra, including Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Nalasopara, Mira Road, Akola, Nanded, Nashik, a…
Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Wednesday launched a major statewide operation targeting individuals linked to or associated with Pakistan-based gangster networks, including the Shahzad Bhatti gang and the Dogra gang, officials said. According to officials, coordinated ATS raids began at around 8 a.m. across multiple locations in Maharashtra, including Nalasopara, Mira Road, Nagpur, Pune, Mumbai, Akola, Nanded, Nashik and Jalgaon.The operation is part of a lar…
Mumbai, April 28 (IANS) A chilling incident in Mira Road in Mumbai’s western suburb on Tuesday has sent shockwaves through the region after a 31-year-old man, identified as Zaib Zubair Ansari, allegedly attacked two security guards after questioning their religious identity and demanding they recite religious verses (Kalma). Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has confirmed that the incident is being treated as a case of “self-radicalisation” and a suspected “lone wolf…
Mumbai, April 22 (IANS) In a significant relief to four accused in the 2006 Malegaon bomb blast case, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday quashed and set aside a special court order framing charges against them.A division bench led by Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar delivered the verdict while allowing appeals filed by Rajendra Chaudhary, Lokesh Sharma, Dhan Singh and Manohar Ram Singh Narwaria.The High Court had earlier observed that a prima facie case existed for interference with the order …
Mumbai, April 16 (IANS) The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has questioned a NEET aspirant from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, in connection with an alleged terror radicalisation network with links to Mumbai, officials said on Thursday.They further mentioned that multiple electronic devices have been seized, and the youth has been summoned again for further questioning on April 22.In a coordinated operation with the Uttar Pradesh ATS, Maharashtra ATS officials conducted a search at a residence …