Kolkata: A terror suspect arrested in West Bengal had planned to target Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari and infiltrate the recent CJP protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi, the Special Task Force (STF) has said. Hamim Mondal, linked to the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad terror group, was arrested from Purba Bardhaman district two days ago.
Inspector General (STF) Gaurav Sharma said that Mondal’s Pakistan-based handlers wanted him to enter the Jantar Mantar protest site in a police uniform and cause unrest. “Pakistani handlers asked Hamim Mondal to infiltrate the student protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi while dressed in a police uniform and carry out disturbances,” he told a press conference.
Besides, Hamim was also allegedly tasked with keeping a watch on the chief minister’s movements, according to the STF.
“The chief minister was one of the targets,” said Sharma. “Hamim was asked to gather information on the places the chief minister could remain unguarded,” the senior official added.
During Mondal’s interrogation, the STF identified links to several handlers of the JeM terror group in West Bengal.
A court has sent him to 14 days’ STF custody.
His girlfriend, Arpita Sarkar, was also arrested on Friday from Jharkhand. The two were allegedly conspiring to honeytrap and kidnap state minister Umesh Ray’s son and extort from his family.
They were working at the behest of Pakistani handlers linked to the Shahzad Bhatti gang, an official said.
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