Overview
- Three men were taken into custody, including Hyderabad-based Dr Ahmed Mohiuddin Syed and Uttar Pradesh residents Mohd Suhel and Azad Suleman Saifi, with a police custody request filed in an Ahmedabad special court on Monday.
- Investigators allege the trio planned to extract ricin from castor seeds to contaminate public water supplies and temple prasad in Delhi, Ahmedabad, and Lucknow.
- Gujarat ATS says it recovered roughly four kilograms of castor‑bean mash from the doctor, which is being forensically examined as a suspected ricin precursor.
- Officials reported seizing three pistols and 30 live cartridges from a vehicle intercepted near the Adalaj toll plaza, according to DIG Sunil Joshi.
- The suspects have been booked under the UAPA as agencies probe online radicalisation, assess any ISKP or Pakistan-based links, and examine whether the alleged aim focused on inducing public panic rather than mass casualties.