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Delhi transit hubs on high alert after ISI threat inputs
Security has been tightened at key transit hubs and surrounding areas in Delhi following intelligence reports that Pakistan's ISI may have tasked local assets with reconnaissance of railway infrastructure. The Times of…
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Security has been tightened at key transit hubs and surrounding areas in Delhi following intelligence reports that Pakistan's ISI may have tasked local assets with reconnaissance of railway infrastructure. The Times of India reports that an alert was also sounded over a message on Signal from terror ideologue Farhatullah Ghori, inciting Indian Muslims to carry out sabotage and suicide attacks.
Multiple security inputs over recent weeks point to a coordinated push by cross-border outfits. Intelligence from August 11 indicated a Pakistan-based entity with ties to ISI and pro-Khalistan elements like Babbar Khalsa International planned to deliver an IED to NCR. A May 25 warning to the NIA said ISI was plotting six major blasts across India, with eight operatives linked to Talha Saeed having entered the country. Police have deployed extra quick response teams, swept railway premises, and sealed strategic border entry points into Delhi.
The Indian Opinion
The repeated alerts from intelligence agencies risk breeding cynicism if nothing materialises, but the sheer volume and specificity of these inputs, from IED deliveries to clandestine CCTV networks, suggests more than routine scaremongering. What needs scrutiny is whether the agencies are joining the dots or simply piling up warnings. The test will be whether any of the named operatives or planned delivery routes actually get disrupted in the coming days.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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