New Delhi: Sajid Ahmad, the alleged leader of a suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed terror module busted in Delhi yesterday, was training as a dancer and had auditioned for reality TV shows as a choreographer.
Sajid and two other men arrested on Wednesday were planning Pathankot-style terror attacks in malls in the national capital region or NCR and at the Hindon airbase, about 30 km from the national capital, the Delhi Police said.
The terror plans, the police said, were at a very early stage and the three men were learning how to build improvised explosive devices or IEDs.
The plot was exposed with the arrest of Sajid Ahmed, who had injured his hand when a bomb that he was building accidentally exploded. A police informer spotted the injured hand while Sajid was at the tailoring shop he works in and tipped off the cops.
The suspects planned to target malls in Ghaziabad, the police alleged, as they had assessed that security there was more lax than at malls in Delhi.
In January this years, six Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists infiltrated into India through the Punjab border and entered the high security Pathankot airbase, opening fire. In an operation that lasted nearly three days, seven military personnel were killed.
Sajid and two other men arrested on Wednesday were planning Pathankot-style terror attacks in malls in the national capital region or NCR and at the Hindon airbase, about 30 km from the national capital, the Delhi Police said.
The terror plans, the police said, were at a very early stage and the three men were learning how to build improvised explosive devices or IEDs.
The plot was exposed with the arrest of Sajid Ahmed, who had injured his hand when a bomb that he was building accidentally exploded. A police informer spotted the injured hand while Sajid was at the tailoring shop he works in and tipped off the cops.
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The suspects planned to target malls in Ghaziabad, the police alleged, as they had assessed that security there was more lax than at malls in Delhi.
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In January this years, six Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists infiltrated into India through the Punjab border and entered the high security Pathankot airbase, opening fire. In an operation that lasted nearly three days, seven military personnel were killed.
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