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Indian Express
an hour ago
- Indian Express
ISI creating ‘inter-changeable network' of gangsters, drug smugglers, terrorists: Punjab Police
In a series of crackdowns on the Lawrence Bishoi-led gang in Punjab and Rajasthan, Punjab Police have unearthed proof that an 'inter-operational and inter-changeable' network of organised criminals, terrorists based abroad, and big drug smugglers is operating together under the tutelage of Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI). On the eve of Independence Day, August 14, Punjab Police's Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) arrested two most-wanted operatives of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang from Patiala-Ambala Highway near village Shambhu and recovered an Austria-made 9mm Glock pistol along with six live cartridges from their possession. Arzoo Bishnoi is the same US-based gangster who is wanted in the murder of a well known businessman in Abohar in Punjab on July 7. In this instance too, three members of Lawrence Bishnoi gang were arrested by Punjab Police from Rajasthan. DGP Yadav said that preliminary investigation revealed that they fled to Nepal after committing the murder and returned on directions of their foreign-based handlers to commit a sensational crime in Punjab. Just days before this breakthrough, Punjab Police and Rajasthan Police conducted a joint operation and busted an ISI-sponsored terror network operated by Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) and Lawrence Bishnoi gang through foreign-based handlers Mannu Agwan, Gopi Nawashahria and Zeeshan Akhtar on the directions of Pakistan-based Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) operative Harwinder Rinda. According to Rajasthan's Additional Director General of Police (Crime Branch) Dinesh MN, the suspects have been identified as Jitendra Chaudhary from Tonk, Sanjay from Hanumangarh, and Sonu alias Kali from Kapurthala, Punjab. Three minors from Uttar Pradesh, Niwai, and Punjab were also apprehended. They were apprehended last week in Jaipur and Tonk districts and subsequently transferred to the Special Operation Cell of Punjab Police in Amritsar. The accused were wanted in connection with a July 7 blast in Nawanshahr, Punjab. ADG Dinesh said the gang had lobbed a grenade at a liquor shop in Nawanshahr and then fled to Rajasthan. Following this, the Punjab Police lodged a case under Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) sections 49 (abetment outside India for offence in India), 55 (abetment of offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life), 61 (2) (Criminal conspiracy) as well as sections of the Arms Act. 'Upon interrogation, it was found that they were associated with the Lawrence Bishnoi gang and that their handler goes by the name of one Zeeshan Akhtar, who lives in Canada and had claimed responsibility for the murder of NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique in Mumbai,' he said, adding that Akhtar, Pakistani gangster Shahzad Bhatti, BKI terrorist Mannu Agwan and Gopi Nawanshahria were all allegedly connected with each other. 'They carry out criminal activities in different parts of the country and contact local youth by luring them with money to commit crime. The accused in the present case were connected with Akhtar via Instagram and other online apps. Akhtar had also provided grenades to the accused for the Nawanshahr blast. He used to give instructions through online platforms and had told them to carry out blasts in Delhi and Gwalior on Independence Day,' the ADG said. In June, the Mumbai Police had said that Akhtar had been detained in Canada. However, there has been little clarity on the case or Akhtar's whereabouts since then. Punjab Police officers, meanwhile, say that ISI has doubled its efforts to create unrest in Punjab after Operation Sindoor in May. They say that ISI has been trying hard to find new recruits in Punjab and goading their existing contacts to 'do something big' Speaking to The Indian Express, DGP Yadav said there is a continuous effort by ISI to create unrest in India using the existing terrorist nodes based in Pakistan. 'One thing which we have noticed is that names of outfits have become meaningless. The labels of outfits are interchangeable and so are the people involved in criminal activities,' said Yadav. Punjab Police investigations found that the attack on former BJP Minister Manoranjan Kalia in April was orchestrated by Germany based gangster Kulbir Sidhu but credit was claimed by BKI. In another instance credit for an attack was taken in the name of one Ranjodh Singh of Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF), but the police found that the man does not exist and the incident was put in effect by gangsters. 'Organised criminals, terrorists and big drug smugglers are operating together under ISI's direction. The attack on a police post in Punjab was done by US-based gangster Gurjant Bholu's network on behalf of Pakistan-based terrorists. Gangsters, terror nodes and drug smugglers are being used in an interchangeable way as if they have an alliance,' said Yadav. These same alliances are also indulging in extortion and terror activities in Punjab, say senior police officials. 'Pak based terrorist Harvinder Rinda sent voice notes on threat to land pooling authorities in Jalandhar recently when land pooling policy had been announced,' said a senior police official.
Time of India
an hour ago
- Time of India
Delhi horror: Man accuses mother of 'bad character', allegedly raped after she returns from Saudi pilgrimage
In a deeply disturbing and shocking incident reported from the national capital, a 39-year-old man allegedly raped his own mother in the Hauz Qazi locality of central Delhi, after hurling accusations at her regarding her 'character' and subjecting her to repeated harassment and threats, police officials revealed on Saturday. Independence Day 2025 Modi signals new push for tech independence with local chips Before Trump, British used tariffs to kill Indian textile Bank of Azad Hind: When Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose gave India its own currency According to authorities, the survivor, a middle-aged woman who had recently undertaken a religious pilgrimage, approached the Hauz Qazi police station in the company of her 25-year-old younger daughter to file a complaint against her son. The accused has been identified as Mohammad Firoz, also known by the alias Suhel. She alleged that her son had been physically assaulting and sexually abusing her on multiple occasions during the first two weeks of August. A senior police officer, citing the contents of the complaint, told PTI that the woman had travelled to Saudi Arabia on July 25, along with her 72-year-old husband and their daughter, to perform pilgrimage. During the family's stay abroad, the accused allegedly made phone calls to his father, accusing his mother of having a 'bad character' and demanding that his father immediately cut short the trip, return to Delhi, and divorce his wife. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Suffering From Pain After Age 50? Do This Every Morning Wellnee Undo The family returned from the pilgrimage on August 1. The complainant stated that on the very same day, her son launched a violent assault against her and even attempted another attack the following day. Afraid for her life and well-being, she decided to temporarily move to her elder daughter's in-laws' residence to seek shelter. The police officer further said that on August 11, the complainant returned to her home at around 9:30 pm. That night, the accused insisted on speaking to her in private. Once alone, he allegedly confined her in a room by locking the door, brandished a knife and a pair of scissors to threaten her, and then committed the heinous act of raping her. Live Events Traumatized and overwhelmed with fear, as well as weighed down by shame, the woman chose not to disclose the ordeal immediately. Instead, she began sharing a room with her daughter at night in an attempt to protect herself from further assaults. However, the nightmare continued when, in the early hours of August 14 at around 3:30 am, the accused once again subjected his mother to sexual assault. It was after this second incident that the survivor finally gathered courage and went to the police to report her son's actions. Based on her statement, a case has been registered under the relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), and a detailed investigation is underway. The accused, police noted, is an educated man holding a graduate degree but is currently unemployed. The complainant, on the other hand, is an illiterate homemaker, while her husband is a retired government servant.
Hans India
2 hours ago
- Hans India
Independence Day attacks expose Pakistan's losing battle against TTP
New Delhi: The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has become Pakistan's biggest security headache. Created by the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), today the Pakistan establishment fights the terror outfit regularly. On Pakistan's Independence Day, the TTP carried out a series of attacks across the districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). In all six districts, policemen were killed and nine others were injured in eight simultaneous attacks. Attacks took place in the Upper and Lower Dir, Bannu, Hassan Khel and Shangla. The TTP, while claiming the attack, said that this was part of their ongoing campaign to weaken the security establishment in Pakistan. Over the years, the TTP has become one of the most dangerous terror groups in the world. The Global Terrorism Index 2025 ranks it as one of the deadliest terror organisations in the world. Along with the Islamic State, Jamaat Nusrat Al-Islam and Al-Shabab, the TTP was responsible for most deaths globally for the year 2024. Data shows that in 2024 alone, these groups were responsible for the deaths of 4,300 people. In Pakistan alone, the TTP is responsible for 90 per cent of the attacks. In 2024, out of the 1,081 deaths due to terror, the TTP alone was responsible for 558 deaths. The ISI created TTP to create a divide within the Afghan Taliban. While it had remained loyal at first, over the years, it has turned very badly against the ISI. The other headache for Pakistan is that, like the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), the TTP has systematically targeted Chinese interests in Pakistan as well. While the intent was to divide the Taliban in Afghanistan, the ploy misfired for the ISI and Pakistan Army. The TTP is now heavily backed by the Afghan Taliban, thus making the outfit even more lethal. In fact, the terrorists who carried out the Independence Day attack had infiltrated from Afghanistan. Pakistan had managed to curb the activities of the TTP to a large extent. However, there was a resurgence, and since 2021, its activities are on in full swing, which the Pakistanis are unable to control. The shifting of its activities entirely to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region is also one of the reasons why the outfit has become even more lethal. This region is on the northern border with Afghanistan, and hence getting in and out of Pakistan is relatively easier for the TTP operatives. The backing of the Afghan Taliban is also an added advantage for the TTP. Before 2020, the Pakistan military campaign 'Operation Zarb-e-Azb' was launched. This operation broke the back of the TTP as its entire leadership was removed. However, after the US withdrew from Afghanistan, the TTP saw this as an opportunity. With Afghanistan being largely peaceful, it moved its operations to Pakistan. It brought together several splinter groups that had broken away and rebuilt the terror group. Along with the Taliban, Al-Qaeda too had backed the TTP. The Pakistan establishment has fallen out largely with the Taliban due to this factor. Pakistan accuses the Taliban of backing the TTP, and this has not gone down well in Kabul. Irrespective of the relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan, the TTP has said that it will not back down. In fact, it released an infographic this month stating that it had killed 139 Pakistani soldiers in July 2025. To make matters worse for Pakistan are the sophisticated weapons that it has been using. Most of the weapons it has been using at the ones left behind by NATO during the withdrawal. During the Independence Day attack in Pakistan, it used drones along with its conventional weapons to carry out the eight attacks. The United Nations says that the TTP has 6,500 fighters and is looking to add more to its ranks. The UN says that the TTP could transform into an umbrella group for other terror organisations. There have been talks of a merger between the TTP and the Al Qaeda in the Subcontinent (AQIS), and this could make the outfit even more lethal.
