A major security scare has emerged from Bihar's Munger district, where security agencies and local police say they have busted an alleged cross-border conspiracy targeting Delhi. Acting on a tip-off, police raided Milki Khanpur village under Tarapur police station and arrested a man identified as Mu. Saddam. Initial questioning revealed that the accused was allegedly working on instructions from Pakistan-based handlers across the border and was planning to carry out a major terror attack using a petrol bomb in a busy, crowded locality of Delhi. Following this disclosure, central investigation agencies and intelligence departments have gone on alert.
How the raid unfolded
Tarapur SDPO Kumar Devendra said that acting on secret information, a police team led by station house officer Rajkumar raided Milki Khanpur late on Sunday night. On spotting the police, Saddam tried to flee and threw a cloth-wrapped packet into bushes on the roof of a toilet. Police caught him before he could escape, and a search of the same bushes turned up a country-made pistol and an empty magazine.
The Mumbai connection
During interrogation, it emerged that Saddam had lived in Mumbai before coming to Munger, and it was there that he came in contact with this anti-national network. Police said the weapon had been handed to him roughly three months earlier for use in the planned attack in Delhi.
Phone reveals key leads
When security agencies examined Saddam's Redmi mobile phone, they found a Pakistani number saved under the name "Rana Bhai." Preliminary investigation suggests the number belongs to Rana Hussain, a notorious gangster based in Pakistan. Saddam is said to have remained in constant touch with this Pakistan-based syndicate through Instagram and WhatsApp. During questioning, police also learned of two other suspect mobile numbers, which are now being examined.
Three named in FIR, hunt on for absconding accused
Munger police have registered a first information report naming three individuals in connection with the case so far. Under the guidance of senior officers, repeated raids are being carried out to track down and arrest the accused still at large. Police and intelligence agencies are working to unravel the full network in an effort to prevent any similar threat from materialising in Delhi or elsewhere in the country.
