“Dead Drop” Method For Now-Busted Terror Plot To Target “Hindu Leaders”

Four terrorists worried in a plot to target “influential Hindu leaders” will be hiding withinside the country, Delhi Police reassets have stated, days after terror suspects have been arrested from the country wide capital.

The terror plot worried 8 human beings, the reassets stated, including that a seek is on for the ones but to be caught. The unearthing of the plot days beforehand of Republic Day celebrations has despatched alarm bells ringing withinside the capital’s safety establishment.

The terror conspiracy got here to mild all through an research into frame components determined in Jahangirpuri region of northeast Delhi. A probe through Delhi Police Special Cell has determined that the victim, but to be recognized, turned into beheaded on digital digicam and the visuals have been then shared with the terrorists’ Pak-primarily based totally handler.

The arrested terrorists were recognized as Naushad (56), in advance jailed in homicide and extortion cases, and Jagjit Singh (29), allegedly related to Khalistani terrorists. Police reassets have stated that even as Naushad turned into being dealt with through Sohail, an operative of Pakistan-primarily based totally terror organization Harkat-ul Ansar, Jagjit Singh turned into being guided through Khalistani terrorist Arshdeep Dalla.

According to police reassets, numerous leaders from Punjab and Delhi have been withinside the crosshairs of the fear organization, and that they had finalised the date and time to strike of them. Police also are probing the opportunity of a nexus among Khalistani clothing and ISI, Pakistan’s intelligence agency.

According to police reassets, Pak-primarily based totally handlers can also additionally have used “dead-drop method” to deliver guns to the terrorists withinside the module. Three pistols, 2 hand grenades and stay cartridges have been determined with Naushad and Jagjit.

Explaining the “dead-drop” method, the reassets stated commands for the guns drop have been despatched through Signal — a messaging app — and the area turned into shared via Google Maps. Two human beings have been tasked with presenting the guns and others with losing them at a selected area and sharing it with their handlers. Investigation shows that the arrested terrorists gathered the guns from a area in Uttarakhand that police are seeking to 0 in on.