Kochi: A Bangladesh national and seven other terror suspects were arrested from Tamil Nadu and West Bengal for allegedly plotting a major terror conspiracy in India backed by groups in Pakistan and Bangladesh, NDTV reported.
Six were arrested from garment units in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruppur district and two from West Bengal, sources said.
Officials said that the suspects had put up posters of ‘Free Kashmir’ and ‘Stop Genocide in Kashmir’ at over 10 locations, including metro stations, across Delhi and Kolkata.
Sleuths found they had received funding from terrorist organisations with whom they were in direct contact or via social media.
This comes a day after sources, citing security agencies, said that Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was planning a blast near Delhi’s Red Fort and prominent religious places across the country, including a temple in Chandni Chowk.
Sources suggest that the terror outfits may be plotting an improvised explosive device (IED) attack.
A deadly car explosion near the Red Fort triggered by one of the terror suspect doctors killed 12 people and injured about two dozen were on November 10.
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