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Suspected terror operative arrested in district during police crackdown

Suspected terror operative arrested in district during police crackdown

A man suspected of having links with a Pakistan-based terror organisation was arrested in this district, police said on Wednesday. The accused, identified as Suhail, 20, is a native of Uttar Pradesh, they said. The accused was arrested up on Tuesday. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Seven held for plotting terror strikes in Delhi-NCR: Delhi Police

Seven held for plotting terror strikes in Delhi-NCR: Delhi Police

The Delhi Police’s special cell on Tuesday said it had arrested seven suspected terror operatives allegedly linked to Pakistan-based gangster-turned-terrorist Shahzad Bhatti and his associate Ajmal Gujjar. The syndicate allegedly smuggled weapons, ammunition and narcotics such as heroin from Pakistan into India through Punjab, said the police. (HT) Police said the module was allegedly operating on instructions from Pakistan to conduct terror strikes, smuggle arms and drugs, and gather intelligence on potential targets. The syndicate allegedly smuggled weapons, ammunition and narcotics such as heroin from Pakistan into India through Punjab, said the police. The consignments were allegedly distributed to locations across Delhi-NCR. Officials claimed that the timely arrests helped foil several major plots by the network, which was reportedly preparing a significant attack in the National Capital Region. Investigations showed that members of the module, on the directions of Bhatti and Gujjar, had conducted reconnaissance of crowded public areas, important establishments and sites linked to religious leaders in Delhi-NCR. “The accused took photographs and videos of these locations and sent them to handlers in Pakistan. …

Who is Samantha Stites, where is she now? Latest update as Stalking Samantha: 13 Years of Terror returns on ABC’s 20/20

Who is Samantha Stites, where is she now? Latest update as Stalking Samantha: 13 Years of Terror returns on ABC’s 20/20

Stalking Samantha: 13 Years of Terror returned to ABC’s 20/20 on June 12, drawing attention to the case of Samantha Stites who was stalked for over a decade. Samantha Stites was abducted in the fall of 2022 from her home in Elk Rapids, Michigan. (Instagram/samanthastites) Christopher Thomas stalked Samantha all this while before he finally abducted her in 2022. The three-part documentary series explored Samantha’s traumatic experiences. The abductee features in the documentary and gave a firsthand account of what she went through, including her time in a confined space. Samantha Stites: All details on stalking case Samantha first crossed paths with Thomas in 2011 when he was her senior at the Grand Valley State University in Michigan. As per reports, he bombarded her with messages, asking her out on dates. Things got out of hand and Samantha got a Personal Protection Order (PPO). However, when this expired in 2020, Thomas began to follow her everywhere including soccer games, bars, and even the grocery store, as per reports. Also Read | Reagan Simmons-Hancock: All about …

Somali referee had association with terror groups: Trump admin official

Somali referee had association with terror groups: Trump admin official

3 min readJun 10, 2026 08:30 PM IST A day after Somali referee Omar Artan was refused entry into the United states, a Trump administration official has alleged that the 34-year-old was sent back because of his “association with suspected members of terror organisations.” Africa’s referee of the year in 2025 was set to become the first from his country to take charge of a FIFA World Cup game, but was denied entry at Miami International Airport on Monday, despite holding a diplomatic passport and a single-entry visa into the USA. “This individual was seeking admission to the United States. Upon further inspection by CBP [Custom and Border Protection], derogatory information, including association with suspected members of terror organisations, was discovered making the traveller ineligible for admission to the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA),” a US official was quoted as saying by the BBC. Thousands of people began to gather at Stadium Mogadishu, where the renowned Somali international referee and CAF Referee of the Year, Omar Artan, is set to be …

‘Grave suspicion… of conspiracy to establish Caliphate’: Delhi court orders framing of charges in terror case against top PFI leaders | Legal News

‘Grave suspicion… of conspiracy to establish Caliphate’: Delhi court orders framing of charges in terror case against top PFI leaders | Legal News

2 min readNew DelhiJun 6, 2026 10:54 AM IST Observing that there was a “grave suspicion” of a conspiracy to overthrow the Indian government and establish an Islamic Caliphate in the country by 2047, a Delhi court on Friday ordered framing of charges in a terror case against the top leaders of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI). “Considered as a whole, the material on record raises grave suspicion that the accused, acting through and on behalf of the Popular Front of India and its National Executive Council (NEC), agreed and acted in furtherance of a single conspiracy — to overthrow the secular democratic Government of India and to establish an Islamic Caliphate under Sharia law in India by or before the year 2047 through an armed struggle against the State,” Additional Sessions Judge Prashant Sharma said in in his order. The NIA’s case, lodged in 2022, pertains to allegations that PFI “conspired to overthrow the secular democratic Government of India” and to establish an Islamic Caliphate under Sharia law in India by or …

Searches carried out in six Kashmir districts in terror related case

Searches carried out in six Kashmir districts in terror related case

Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) unit of police on Wednesday (June 3, 2026) carried out searches in several districts of the valley in a case related to terror activities, officials said. The officials said based on recent intelligence inputs, technical analysis and sustained investigation, they had identified eight locations in six districts where searches were conducted in the early hours of Wednesday. The searches were conducted at two places each in Srinagar and Bandipora districts; and one each in Kupwara, Anantnag, Kulgam and Baramulla districts. The case registered in 2015 pertains to Pakistan-sponsored terrorist outfits, their sleeper-cell networks and activities related to recruitment, radicalisation and facilitating terrorism in J-K. The officials said the suspects are alleged to be in contact with Pakistan-based terrorist handlers through encrypted communication platforms and are suspected to be involved in dissemination of extremist propaganda and radicalisation activities. Published – June 03, 2026 10:19 am IST Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and …

In multi-state operation, police say Pakistan-backed terror group busted, 8 held | Delhi News

In multi-state operation, police say Pakistan-backed terror group busted, 8 held | Delhi News

4 min readMay 31, 2026 04:03 AM IST The Delhi Police said Saturday it had uncovered a Pakistan ISI-underworld terror module and arrested eight persons, including a Nepali national, who were allegedly planning attacks on vital installations, security establishments and police personnel in Delhi, Mumbai, Chandigarh and cities in Punjab. Police officers said the arrests of the eight, some linked to fugitive underworld gangster Dawood Ibrahim, were made in a coordinated multi-state operation, uncovering a conspiracy allegedly orchestrated by Pakistan ISI, underworld operatives and the network of gangster Shahzad Bhatti operating from Pakistan and Dubai. The arrests were made in Maharashtra, Punjab and Delhi and police said the alleged operatives were in touch with handlers in Pakistan and Bangladesh. According to police, 23-year-old Vijay ‘Shooter’, who hails from Mirzapur, was arrested from Pune on May 14. Based on the information he provided, his associate Nitish Paswan, 23, was nabbed from Sahibganj on May 17. Special Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Anil Shukla said, “Vijay was in regular contact with members of the Shahzad Bhatti network …

ISI-linked terror module targeting Delhi and Mumbai busted; nine arrested

ISI-linked terror module targeting Delhi and Mumbai busted; nine arrested

The Delhi Police Special Cell on Saturday arrested nine individuals allegedly operating at the behest of a Pakistan-based ISI-underworld network and detained several others for questioning. Investigators have identified nearly 600 individuals across the country who were allegedly in contact with Pakistani gangster Shahzad Bhatti through various channels, primarily social media platforms, IANS reported. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Army man blinded by tree branch in Sri Lanka terror op gets war pension | Legal News

Army man blinded by tree branch in Sri Lanka terror op gets war pension | Legal News

A bench of Justices Harsimran Singh Sethi and Deepak Manchanda was hearing a writ petition filed by the Union of India against a March 29, 2022 order of the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT), Chandigarh Bench, which had granted war injury pension to former Army personnel Naik Nahar Singh and directed that his disability element be rounded off from 50 per cent to 75 per cent with effect from December 1, 2006. “It is very unfortunate to note that the petitioners, Union of India, have termed an injury suffered by a soldier in a jungle in an operational area while being posted in a peacekeeping force in Sri Lanka as not to be attributed to the military service. A soldier who was searching for terrorists in a jungle sustained injuries in the eyes due to the bushes and branches of the trees, the contention of the petitioners- Union of India that the said injury cannot be attributed to military service cannot be accepted,” the high court said on May 22. Justices Harsimran Singh Sethi and Deepak …

At UNSC, India slams Pakistan over support for cross-border terror

At UNSC, India slams Pakistan over support for cross-border terror

India on Tuesday strongly criticised Pakistan at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), asserting that New Delhi has “every right” to defend itself against cross-border terrorism and warning Islamabad that there would be “consequences” for supporting terror activities directed at India. India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Harish Parvathaneni, delivered the sharp response during a UNSC debate on “Upholding the purposes and principles of the UN Charter and strengthening the UN-centred international system.” The meeting was chaired by Wang Yi under China’s presidency of the 15-member Security Council for May. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link