Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 09:46am on 31 Mar 2026,Tuesday India
Delhi Police have arrested Lashkar-e-Taiba operative Shabbir Ahmed Lone after a month-long operation. Officers said he was running a cross-border network from Bangladesh. He had set up a base in Kolkata to support activities in Delhi. Police said recruits, including Bangladeshi nationals, were sent to paste anti-national posters as a test. They later carried out recce of Kalkaji temple and Gauri Shankar temple. “Lone was the mastermind behind the module,” said additional CP Pramod Kushwaha. After earlier arrests, Lone re-entered India via Nepal to rebuild the network. He is now in five-day police remand. (PC: X)
