Overview
- Delhi Police Special Cell and central agencies say they busted a terror module after arresting multiple suspects and seizing weapons, hand grenades, phones, videos and chat logs.
- Police named operatives held in Mumbai-area probes including Sajid Mehboob Shaikh and Tauqeer Rizwan Shaikh while a manhunt continues for a local recruiter known as Huzaifa.
- Investigators allege Syed Mudassar Hussain, alias Munna Jhingada, coordinated the network from a Karachi safe house and that the group has ties to the Dawood Ibrahim underworld circle.
- Agency sources report consignments of weapons were allegedly dropped in Punjab’s Gurdaspur, payments and escape promises to Dubai via Nepal were discussed, and interrogations revealed video calls and recruitment activity.
- Probes are ongoing into funding, communications and logistics, Mumbai law enforcement has stepped up surveillance, and authorities caution that claims of ISI direction and cross‑border links are allegations under investigation.