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Published : 22 Feb 2026, 12:16 PM
India has arrested eight people, including a Bangladeshi national, suspected of plotting a major terror conspiracy with alleged backing from Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Bangladesh-based extremist groups.
Six suspects, identified as Mizanur Rahman, Mohammed Shabat, Umar, Mohammed Litan, Mohammed Shahid and Mohammed Ujjal, were apprehended from garment factories in Tamil Nadu's Tiruppur, Indian broadcaster NDTV reports. Two others were detained in West Bengal.
The suspects are alleged to have been using forged Aadhaar cards for identification, sources said. Police recovered eight mobile phones and 16 SIM cards from their possession.
The arrests were made by Tamil Nadu Police, and the suspects are being handed over to Delhi Police for further investigation, according to the report.
The development comes a day after reports emerged that Pakistan-based militant outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba was allegedly planning an attack near Delhi’s Red Fort and other prominent religious sites, including a temple in Chandni Chowk. The group was said to be plotting an improvised explosive device (IED) attack.
Sources told NDTV that the alleged plot was linked to an attempt to avenge a Feb 6 suicide blast at a mosque in Islamabad that killed 31 people and injured more than 160. The Islamic State group had claimed responsibility for that attack.
The arrests also come nearly three months after a deadly car explosion near Delhi’s Red Fort on Nov 10, 2025, which killed 12 people and injured nearly two dozen others.
According to NDTV, the blast occurred near the Red Fort Metro Station and involved a vehicle loaded with explosives. The driver, identified as Umar Mohammad, alias Umar Un Nabi, a doctor at Al-Falah University in Faridabad, was killed in the explosion.
Security agencies had earlier recovered around 2,900kg of explosives, including ammonium nitrate, from Faridabad in neighbouring Haryana, about 50km from Delhi, the report adds.
