‘Most wished’ IS terrorist held forward of Independence Day | India Information

NEW DELHI: After eight months of surveillance-based raids and a cat-and-mouse chase by way of six cities, Delhi Police’s Particular Cell arrested “most wished” terror operative Rizwan Ali from the Delhi-Faridabad border within the early hours of Friday.
Rizwan was a member of an “ISIS-inspired” module which was busted in components in Pune and Delhi final 12 months. This module had been making ready IEDs and likewise doing recce of significant installations in several cities for finishing up terror strikes round Independence Day.
Particular commissioner RP Upadhyay confirmed Rizwan’s arrest and mentioned the suspect had been absconding for over a 12 months.Nationwide Investigation Company had declared a reward of Rs 3 lakh for the seize of the “extremely radicalised” terror operative. The operation is ongoing to dismantle the module and arrest absconding members.
Final Sept, TOI had reported how three Delhi youths had figured on the “most wished” listing of companies and that sleuths had closed in on one among them. Three days later, one of many three named Shahnawaz, an engineer by schooling, was arrested. The second was Rizwan, arrested now, and the third — Abdullah alias Diaperwala — continues to be at massive.
Rizwan had been altering his places each few weeks and took all precautions in his communications together with his handlers. Sleuths had narrowly missed him in Sambhal, UP a couple of months in the past. Rizwan was additionally hiding in Hyderabad and Kerala. He was ultimately tracked down by a group led by further CP (Particular Cell) Pramod Kushwaha and ACPs Lalit Mohan Negi and Hriday Bhushan.
“In 2023, whereas engaged on the ISIS community, sure leads had been developed which indicated the presence of a module having footprints in UP, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand & Maharashtra. Whereas this module was being mapped, within the month of July 2023, two ISIS operatives specifically Imran Khan and Yunus Saki had been arrested in Pune, Maha rashtra,” mentioned Kushwaha.
The cops learnt that one of many members of this module, Shahnawaz Alam alias Abdullah, had given a slip to police and had managed to flee. The Pune police case was later transferred to NIA for additional investigation and subsequently, a reward was declared by NIA on the arrest of absconding terrorists Shahnawaz, Rizwan and others. Shahnawaz was arrested on Oct 2 from south Delhi whereas Rizwan managed to be at massive.
“On Aug 8, we acquired details about actions of Rizwan. Based mostly on the enter, a lure was laid by a group and he was arrested after a quick alternate of fireplace. From his possession, one pistol and dwell cartridges had been recovered, other than the used ammunition which was seized from the spot. On this regard, a case underneath related sections of BNS and Arms Act has been registered at Particular Cell,” ACP Negi mentioned. The group comprised inspectors Vinay Pal, Manoj and SI Pankaj.
In keeping with Kushwaha, Rizwan was inclined in the direction of radical ideology by way of social media in 2015-16. “In 2017, he met with accused Shahnawaz, a local of Jharkhand, who had come to Delhi for research in Shaheen Bagh, Delhi and regularly they grew to become good associates. Shahnawaz and Rizwan wan ted to go for Hijrat and to gather funds for this, they received concerned in crime,” Kushwaha added.
In 2018, Rizwan received related with an ISIS handler over a social media software. Since then, he and his accomplices had been deeply concerned in ISIS ideology and had been planning and preparations for committing terrorist acts. They briefly got here on the Particular Cell’s radar then too however had been let off for lack of proof.