Overview
- UP ATS says phone data show links to nearly 4,000 Pakistani numbers and regular contact with cross‑border AQIS handlers.
- Officials report he pledged bay'ah to a Pakistan-based handler, signaling active involvement in the banned organisation.
- Investigators describe an online operation using encrypted and social platforms to recruit sympathisers and push calls for a Sharia-based state.
- After the Pahalgam attack, ATS says he praised slain militants, vilified Indian security forces, and circulated pro‑Pakistan videos advocating Kashmir's “liberation.”
- Bilal Khan was arrested on September 15 in Saharanpur, and a court granted nine days of custody from November 4 as ATS seeks associates, sleeper cells, and links across North India.