The Delhi police have foiled plans of a major terror attack in the National Capital amidst the festival of Navaratri. In a major development, the cops have arrested a Pakistani terrorist who lived as a ‘peer baba’ by the name of Ashraf Ali from the Laxmi Nagar area in New Delhi.
Delhi Police Special Cell arrests a terrorist of Pakistani nationality from Ramesh Park, Laxmi Nagar. He was living with a fake ID of an Indian national. One AK-47 assault rifle with one extra magazine and 60 rounds, one hand grenade, 2 sophisticated pistols with 50 rounds seized
— ANI (@ANI) October 12, 2021
As per reports, the police have recovered assault rifles such as AK47, and other arms and ammunition from the terrorist. The operation is being monitored by Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana. Ashraf Ali hails from the Punjab province of Pakistan and was living in Delhi under a fake Indian ID.
Delhi Police Special Cell arrested Mohd Asraf, a Pakistani terrorist, from Ramesh Park, Laxmi Nagar. One AK-47 assault rifle with one extra magazine and 60 rounds and other weapons seized from his possession. pic.twitter.com/0hHxP4H4Uu
— ANI (@ANI) October 12, 2021
The Pakistani terrorist, born to one Umardeen, had been living in India under the alias of Ali Ahmed Noori at Shastri Nagar in Delhi. He was found in possession of forged documents and Indian identity cards, besides AK47, arms and ammunition.
Details of the Pakistani terrorist arrested by Delhi Police’s special cell. pic.twitter.com/vM39bITW4I
— Raj Shekhar Jha (@rajshekharTOI) October 12, 2021
As per reports, he wanted to carry out terror activities in the national capital during the festive season.
Arrested Pakistani terrorist got married, lived as peer baba, planned blasts during festive season: Delhi Police#ITVideo #DelhiPolice #Pakistan #Terrorist pic.twitter.com/c6iI0OINdk
— IndiaToday (@IndiaToday) October 12, 2021
He had been living in India since over a decade. He had lived in Ajmer, Delhi, Jammu and Ghaziabad amongst other places.
He has now been sent to a 14-day police custody by Delhi court.
Delhi Police busts multi-state Pakistan-sponsored terror module
In September this year, the Delhi police had busted a multi-state Pakistan-organised terror module and arrested 6 terrorists, 2 of whom had received training in Pakistan. The terror module was reportedly linked to dreaded gangster Dawood Ibrahim, who is accused of carrying out the 1993 bombs blasts in Mumbai and is reportedly living in Pakistan.
Delhi Police had addressed a press conference to make the announcement about the arrest. The Police said the terrorists were radicalised and ideologically motivated and had received training in Pakistan for 15 days. One of the arrested, the police official said, was tasked to identify potential targets and carry out reconnaissance of places to orchestrate attacks during the upcoming festival season.
The special cell of the Delhi Police reportedly made the arrests from Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. One Sameer was arrested from Kota, Rajasthan, two persons were arrested from Delhi and three were apprehended from Uttar Pradesh.
