RAIDS AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS OF DELHI, DEHRADUN, ALIGARH, LUCKNOW, MORADABAD, PRAYAGRAJ LED TO THE BUSTING OF PAK ISI SPONSORED MODULE DISGUISED AS ISIS MODULE. THREE ISIS OPERATIVESINCLUDING WANTED TERRORIST SHAHNAWAZ ALAM ARRESTED. THE PAK ISI SPONSORED MODULE DISGUISED AS ISIS MODULE WAS AT THE ADVANCED STAGE OF PLANNING TERROR STRIKES IN DELHI. ACCUSED SHAHNAWAZ ALAM WAS CARRYING A REWARD OF RS 3 LAC FROM NIA ON HIS ARREST AFTER HE ABSCONDED FROM PUNE IN AUGUST THIS YEAR. ACCUSED SHAHNAWAZ ALAM PREVIOUSLY INVOLVED IN MORE THAN HALF A DOZEN CASES OF ARMED ROBBERY AND OTHER CASES COMMITTED FOR ACCUMULATING MAAL-E-GHANIMAT, ONE SEMI-AUTOMATIC PISTOL OF .32 BORE WITH 7LIVE CARTRIDGES RECOVERED, INCRIMINATING MATERIAL USED IN MAKING IEDS RECOVERED
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Teams of Special Cell led by Insp. Vinay Pal, Insp. Arvind Singh under the close supervision of Sh. Lalit Mohan Negi and Sh. Hridaya Bhushan, AC’sP/NDR and overall supervision of Addl. C.P. Sh. Pramod Kushwahand DCP Sh. Rajiv Ranjan Singh in coordination with the central agencies conducted coordinated raids at multiple locations of Delhi, Dehradun, Aligarh, Lucknow, Moradabad, Prayagrajthat led to the busting of Pak ISI sponsored Module disguised as ISIS Module with the arrest of three operatives of banned terrorist outfit ISIS including wanted and rewarded terrorist Shahnawaz Alam @ Abdullah, who was caring a reward of 3 lakhs as declared by the NIA. The busting of this module by timely intervention of Special Cell has averted a major terror strike in Delhi.
Arrested persons: Shahnawaz Alam @ Abdullah @ Md. Ibrahim @ Prince S/o Shafiuzzama Khan r/o opposite to Pelawal road, Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, Age - 31 years,, Mohammad Rizwan Ashraf s/o Mohammad Najeeb Ashraf r/o Plot No. 99, Hari Singh Farm House, Campbell Road, Lucknow (On rent) &Age- 28 years,, Md. Arshad Warsi s/o Waris Khan r/o Ward No. 10, Ranki Mohalla, Distt. Garhwa, Jharkhand (Permanent address), M-18, 3rd Floor Jamia Nagar New Delhi (Present address)Age – 29 years
DEVELOPMENT OF INFORMATION: Special Cell has continuously been keeping surveillance through all possible means on the activities of suspect operatives of ISIS and their contacts/sympathizers with special focus on Delhi centric suspects. Credible inputs revealed that in order to carry out terror activities in India, while simultaneously trying to hide its role and to circumvent scrutiny by international agencies, Pak-ISI has created a façade of India focused ISIS by using PAK based and protectedterrorists who are fugitive from India, namely Farahtullah Gauri and his son-in-law Shahid Faisal (both absconding accused involved in Akshardham Temple attack case and presently hiding in Pakistan while working for Pak-ISI).Pak-ISI has been learnt to have emphasized on collecting funds through crime (Maal-e-Ghanimat) for thisnetwork so thatthis could be projected as a “Home Grown” and “Self Radicalized network”.
While following leads obtained through credible sources and technical means, one such module was identified with footprints in UP, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand & Maharashtra. While developing the information,two ISIS operatives namely Imran Khan and Yunus Saaki were arrested in Pune, Maharashtra by Pune Police.
However, one of the arrested persons namely Shahnawaz Alam @ Abdullah manage to escape from the police custody. The case was later transferred to NIA for further investigation, who later declared a reward of ₹ 3 lakhs on the arrest of absconding terroristShahnawaz Alam @ Abdullah @ Md. Ibrahim @ Prince and 3 other accused.
Further specific information was received that the accused Shahnawaz Alam r/o Hazaribagh, Jharkhand who is also wanted in the above case from Pune, is moving along with one Rizwan Ali r/o Delhi and they along with their other associates, have been planning to carry out terrorist activities in Delhi and adjoining areas.
It has also been learnt that they are in the advance stage of preparations and have procured Arms, Ammunition and Explosives for this purpose and have set up base in Delhi.
This information was developed through sources and manual/technical surveillance was mounted on the contacts persons/sympathizers of absconded accused Shahnawaz Alam and Rizwan Ali.
OPERATION
On 01/10/23, on the basis ofcredible inputs,coordinated multiple raids were carried out in three states (Delhi, UP and Uttarakhand) with the assistance Central Intelligence Agency and concerned state police.
During investigation, Md. Arshad Warsi arrested in the present case from Delhi disclosed that Shahnawaz Alam is known to him and he is an accomplice in the conspiracyto carry out terrorist activities in Delhi and adjoining areas along with Shahnawaz and others. He also revealed that Shahnawaz Alam has procured Arms, Ammunition and Explosives and taken a rented room in Delhi in furtherance of their criminal conspiracy.
Mohammad Rizwan Ashraf was also arrested in the present case from Lucknow, UP. He disclosed that he is a member of ISIS and is in communication with foreign based handler and remaining members of this module. He further told that Shahnawaz Alam and Rizwan took pledge (‘Baith’) into ISIS through him.
Thereafter, last night, a raid was conducted in Delhi on the instance of accused Md. Arshad Warsi and accused Shahnawaj Alam was arrested from a rented accommodation after a brief scuffle with the police team. From his possessionone pistol of .32 bore with 7live cartridgeswas recovered. In this regard a separate case vide FIR No. 255/2023 u/s 186/353/307 IPC & 25/27 Arms Act PS Special Cell, Delhiwas registered. From the rented room of accused Shahnawaz Alam, components used in making IEDs were also recovered. Hence, sections 18/20 UA (P) Act and 4/5 Explosive Act were added to the case.
RECOVERIES: One pistol of .32 bore with 7live cartridges, Plastic canes containingchemicals, Small sized steel balls, Matchstick boxes, Iron pipes, Electronic weighing machine, Thermometer, surgical gloves, Raw material like powder of different colors, Electrical tapes, Remote Key, 02 batteries of 09 volt and connectors, Timer watch, Crackers, Mobile phones, Pen-Drives, Geographical Maps of India
PROFILE OF ARRESTED ACCUSED PERSONS:
Shahnawaz Alam @ Abdullah @ Md. Ibrahim @ Prince S/o Shafiuzzama Khan , He was born at Mission Hospital, Hazaribagh, Jharkhand in a middle-class family. His father, Shafiuzzama Khan, was Govt. teacher (now retired) and mother Husneambar is a house-wife. He has 02 younger brothers and 03 younger sisters. He initially studied at St. Xavier School, Hazaribagh from 1st standard to 10th standard (2009). He completed his 12th standard from Radha Govind Senior Secondary School, Hazaribagh in year 2011. During his secondary education he moved to Kota for AIEEE coaching. He cleared AIEEE examination and completed his B.Tech. in Mining from NIT Visveswaraya, Nagpur in the year 2016.
PRELIMINARY INTERROGATION: Shahnawaz Alam came to Delhi in November 2016 for SSC competitive examination preparation and started staying at Abul Fazal enclave. Heused to go to listen to HuT lectures at Shaheen Bagh, New Delhi.This was the time when Shahnawaz decided to leave HuT as he was influenced by the ideology of ISIS from his college days. After that he started following the concepts of ISIS, various twitter accounts and News channels who professed ISIS ideology.
Shahnawaz met with Rizwan Ali in Shaheen Masjid, Shaheen Bagh, Delhi in 2016. Over a period of time, they became good friends. Shahnawaz already followed many pro ISIS telegram entities/channels and use todisused about those channels with Rizwan Ali who was also inclined to ISIS ideology.
Shahnawaz and Rizwan wanted to go for Hijrat and in order to collect funds for their Hijrat,both of them got indulged in crime. Shahnawaz was arrested in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand in multiple cases of dacoity and theft in the year 2019 and remained in jail for 8/9 months.In December 2020, he was bailed out from jail.
Later on, he started communicating with a foreign based handler of ISIS. Meanwhile Rizwan also established contact with the same handler. They visited Lavasa Mahabaleshwar, Goa, Hubli, Saraswati Wildlife area in Karnataka, Udupi, Kerala, Valsad Wildlife Sanctuary, Nallamala Mountain ranges, Chandauli to find suitable hideouts for their stay in Western Ghats and to set up a base there. Shahnawaz also conducted recce of some potential areas like crowded places, Mazar/ Dargah, routes of VIP political leaders in Mumbai, Surat, Vadodara, Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad for planting IEDs and target killings. He also analyzed the map of West Rajasthan to find out the IED testing point.
Meanwhile in March 2021,Shahnawaz got married with Ms. Basanti Patel @ Khadeeja Maryam(converted) in Aligarh, UP. After his return from Aligarh, they decided to make some IEDs in Delhi until they find some suitable contacts for Hijrat to Afghanistan. After making IED they tested the same at several places in Delhi, Rajasthan and Haldwani, Uttarakhand.
In the year April 2022, they met with arrested accused Imran and Yunus Saaki in Pune. On 18th July 2023, during Police Patrolling Shahnawaz, Imram and Yunus were apprehended by Pune Police while they were committing theft of a M/Cycle but Shahnawaz managed to escape from there.
Since December 2022, on the instructions of foreign based handler, Shahnawaz, Rizwan along with their other associates had started accumulating material in Delhi for preparation of IED in furtheranceof their conspiracy to carry out blast in Delhi.
Md. Arshad Warsi s/o Waris Khan was born at the Government Hospital, District Garhwa, Jharkhand, in a middle-class family. His father, Waris Khan, is a teacher at Government High School, Manjhiaon, Garhwa, Jharkhand, and his mother, Raushan Ara, is a housewife. He has 02 brothers and 01 younger sister.
He began his education at R.K. Public School, Garhwa, Jharkhand, from the 4th to the 5th standard (2002-04). Later, he pursued his studies at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Uttar Pradesh, and did B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering (2004-2016).Thereafter he moved to Delhi and studied in Jamia Millia University and completedhis MBAin Marketing & Operations(2016-18). Presently, he is perusing Ph. D. from Jamia Millia University in Islamic Principles in Management.Besides his academic pursuits, he works as a Physics teacher at Orchid Institute, Jamia Nagar, Delhi, and also provides home tuition in Science and Mathematics.
PRELIMINARY INTERROGATION: Md. Arshad Warsi came to Delhi in 2016 forstudying MBA(Marketing & Operations) in Jamia Millia University and started living at R-121, 5th floor Mubarak Apartment Joga Bai extn. Jamia Nagar, ND.
Md. Arshad Warsi came in contact with Shahnawaz during the Darsh programmes in Jamia Nagar and he is a participant in planning to carry out terrorist activities in Delhi and adjoining areas along with Shahnawaz and others. He also revealed that Shahnawaz Alam has procured Arms, Ammunition and Explosives and taken a rented room inDelhi in furtherance of their criminal conspiracy.
Md. Rizwan Ashraf s/o Md. Najeeb Ashraf was born at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in a middle-class family. His father, Md. Najeeb Ashraf, was working in Saudi Arabia as a clerk in Shipping company and mother Shama Ashraf is a house-wife. He has 04 brothers and 02 younger sister.
He pursued his preliminary education at Noorul Huda English Medium School in Fatehpur City, Jamia tul Falah, Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, and completed Alimiyat in Arabic (equivalent to 12th)in year 2009.He completed B. Tech. (IT) from college in Ghaziabad/Noida in 2017. After completing B.Tech., he returned to Paryagraj and got married.
PRELIMINARY INTERROGATION: Md. Rizwan Ashrafis a member of ISIS and is in communication with the same foreign based handler as that of Shanawaz Alam and Rizwan and remaining members of this module.He took pledge (‘Baith’) into ISIS through his Pak based handler. He came in contact with Shanawaz Alam and Rizwan through a common contact and was involved in the conspiracy to carry out the terrorist activities in Delhi.
Further interrogation is underway.