Overview
- The suspects — Md Adnan (19) from Sadiq Nagar and Adnan Khan (20) from Bhopal — were picked up in coordinated Special Cell raids on October 16 and 18.
- Investigators say the pair planned IED and fidayeen strikes at high-footfall sites, including a south Delhi mall and a public park during Diwali.
- Seizures include phones, a laptop, hard drives, an ISIS flag, a pledge-of-allegiance video, manuals on remote detonation and plastic bombs, and a watch repurposed as a timer.
- Police say both communicated with a Syria-based handler identified as Abu Ibrahim al-Qureshi, with potential ISI links under investigation.
- The Bhopal accused was earlier arrested by the UP ATS in 2024 over online threats linked to the Gyanvapi case and allegedly resumed propaganda and recruitment after bail.