Delhi Police arrested Lashkar-e-Tayiba commander Shabbir Ahmed Lone, exposing a pan-India terror network with modules in Tamil Nadu, Delhi and West Bengal. Lone had recruited youth and Bangladeshis for reconnaissance and planned temple attacks. Central agencies are monitoring other modules
Indian intelligence agencies have warned of possible spillover effects of the Pakistan-Afghanistan conflict, raising concerns about infiltration attempts and terror strikes. Security forces have been placed on high alert along the Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab borders