Mumbai:
A terror plot has been busted in Mumbai after two men were arrested by Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) on Sunday. The investigators say they have been trailing these men since the Pune blasts.
Identified as Abdul Latif Sheikh and Riyaz Ali, the arrested men planned to attack ONGC oil installations, Mangaldas cloth market and Thakkar Mall in the next day or two, according to the investigators.
"Some people in Pakistan were trying to unleash terror in Mumbai through their Indian operatives. They wanted to take some people to Pakistan and these two were to make the passports," Maharashtra ATS chief K P Raghuvanshi said.
But the families of the men nabbed insist they are innocent. (
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The ATS also claimed that Indian citizens, Abdul Latif Shaikh and Riyaz Ali locals from the suburbs of Bandra and Dahisar, were being guided by handlers in Pakistan.
"They were in touch with one 'uncle' in Pakistan," Raghuvanshi said.
Nevertheless, officials say, the planning indicates Shaikh and Ali are possibly linked to the Laskhar-e-Toiba.
The oil company, meanwhile, has taken precautions. "ONGC received intelligence inputs 10 days ago. We are on a high alert and have done whatever we can to improve security," ONGC Chairman RS Sharma said.
According to the ATS, Abdul Latif and Riyaz Ali are connected with a terror network in Pakistan and the police are on the lookout for their other accomplices.