Delhi Police have arrested a suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba operative in Ghazipur, revealing potential links to Pakistan's ISI and raising concerns about sleeper cell activity in the region.
Key Points
- Delhi Police arrested Shabbir Ahmad Lone, a suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba operative, in the Ghazipur area.
- Lone is accused of being a sleeper cell member and pasting anti-national posters.
- Investigations suggest the module was operated by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).
- Lone was previously arrested in 2007 with arms and ammunition and has suspected links to Hafiz Saeed and Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi.
Delhi Police's Special Cell has arrested a suspected operative of the Lashkar-e-Taiba from the Ghazipur area here, an official said on Monday.
The accused, identified as Shabbir Ahmad Lone, was allegedly working as a sleeper cell member and had pasted anti-national posters at multiple locations, he said.
ISI Involvement Suspected
"Preliminary investigation has revealed that the module was being operated at the behest of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)," the officer said.
"We have recovered currency of Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and India from him," the officer said.
Accused's Background
Shabbir Ahmad Lone, alias Raja alias Kashmiri, a resident of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, was earlier arrested by the Special Cell in 2007 with a large cache of arms and ammunition, including an AK-47 rifle and grenades. He remained lodged in Tihar Jail till 2018.
Police sources said that he had links with Hafiz Saeed and Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, and had received terror training in Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. He is currently being interrogated.
