The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has launched simultaneous raids in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad targeting individuals allegedly linked to Pakistani gangster Shahzad Bhatti.
The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad questioned 112 individuals across the state on Friday. The synchronized morning operation by all 14 ATS units targeted people with alleged links to Pakistan-based gangster Shahzad Bhatti, who is suspected of radicalizing youth online
Intelligence agencies have exposed a regional divide in ISI's India operations: utilizing underworld cash pipelines to recruit vulnerable, drug-dependent youth for targeted attacks in the North, while deploying encrypted digital networks for deep ideological radicalization across the South
The Maharashtra ATS has detained two more individuals in connection with its investigation into engineering student Ayan Yusuf Sheikh, who was arrested for suspected links to Jaish-e-Mohammed and ISIS.
