Pakistan planned terror attacks in Hyderabad, sent hand grenades: NIA
Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) were planning terror attacks in Hyderabad, a First Information Report (FIR) of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) revealed.
As per the intel, Pakistan had made hand grenades available to their sympathisers and conspired with them to carry out ‘lone wolf’ attacks and blasts in Hyderabad.
The FIR, which was registered on January 25, against three Hyderabad residents also pointed out that the accused persons booked by the central agency were instructed to hurl hand grenades at public gatherings and processions in order to create communal tension.
As per the FIR filed by NIA, Abdul Zahed alias Zahed alias Mohammad, who was accused in several terror-related cases in Hyderabad and was booked by the NIA, was given the task of recruiting several youths who would carry out terror attacks in the city on the directions of the ISI and LeT.
The NIA also booked Maaz Hasan Farooq and Samiuddin for conspiring terror attacks in Hyderabad in October 2022, who have been charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
The Hyderabad Police had registered a case on October 1, 2022, under the charges of UAPA after it seized two hand grenades, two mobile phones and Rs 3,91, 800 from the premises of Zahed.
Considering the gravity of the case, the Ministry of Home Affairs’ Counter Terrorism and Counter Radicalisation Division in January handed over the case to the NIA as the case had inter-state and international linkages.
