Ghazipur: Arrest Made in Connection with Suspected Terror Cell

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New Delhi, March 30 The Delhi Police's Special Cell has arrested a suspected operative of Lashkar-e-Taiba from the Ghazipur area here, an official said on Monday.

The accused, identified as Shabbir Ahmad Lone, was allegedly working as a member of a sleeper cell and had pasted anti-national posters at multiple locations, he said.

"Preliminary investigation has revealed that the module was being operated at the behest of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)," the officer said.

"We have recovered currency of Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and India from him," the officer said.

Shabbir Ahmad Lone, also known as Raja or Kashmiri, a resident of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, was earlier arrested by the Special Cell in 2007 along with a large cache of arms and ammunition, including an AK-47 rifle and grenades. He remained in Tihar Jail until 2018.

Police sources said that he had links with Hafiz Saeed and Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, and had received terror training in Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. He is currently being interrogated.
 
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