Delhi on High Alert After Messages & News About Terror Attack Plans Circulated in WhatsApp Group
The national capital New Delhi has been put on high alert after intelligence agencies after a message about details of terrorist attack circulated on a group believed to be run by Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM).
New Delhi, November 17: The national capital New Delhi has been put on high alert after intelligence agencies after a message carrying details of terrorist attack circulated on a group believed to be run by Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM). According to reports, the message carried details of the attack at various locations in Delhi to avenge the killing of its commander in Jammu and Kashmir’s Tral in October. The Intelligence Bureau on November 13 circulated a letter asking the security agencies to be on a high alert in the national capital. Jaish-e-Mohammed Planning Major Attack In India; 100 Suicide Attackers Take Oath In PoK
In the letter, it is mentioned that as per the message circulated by a Pakistan National Ameer Hamza in the whats app group, the terror organisation JeM is planning to carry out terrorist attacks on security establishments in Delhi to avenge the killing of Usman alias Huzaifa during the Tral encounter in the Kashmir Valley on October 30. The letter was sent to the Central Industrial Security Force, Delhi Police, National Security Guards, and Railway Protection Force.
On Thursday, intelligence agencies issued an alert that six to seven JeM entered Punjab’s Ferozepur district and are planning to move towards Delhi. The alert was issued a day after four suspected terrorists hijacked a car in Pathankot’s Madhopur area on Tuesday from a man who reportedly hails from Jammu and Kashmir. As per reports, the alleged hijackers were travelling from Jammu to Pathankot.
Meanwhile, On November 15, the state police has now released posters of former Hizbul Mujahideen commander and founder and chief of Al-Qaeda cell Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind Zakir Moosa to gather information about his whereabouts. The posters were released after the police received inputs about his movement near Amritsar.
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