Delhi ATS To Take Custody As Thane Court Grants Transit Remand In ISI-Underworld Terror Module Case
The arrest of a 26-year-old suspect in Thane over links with Pakistan's ISI and the Mumbai underworld has once again highlighted the long-standing crime-terror nexus operating from across the border. The transit remand granted by a Thane court to a 26-year-old man accused of having links with Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and the Mumbai underworld is being seen by investigators as part of a much larger counter-terrorism probe. Huzaifa Farooque Ahmed Hashmi was arrested in a joint operation by the Delhi Police Special Cell and the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS). He will now be taken to Delhi, where investigators are expected to question him further before the Patiala House Courts. According to the prosecution, preliminary digital evidence—including chat records and banking transactions—suggests that the accused may have been in contact with Pakistan-based operatives as well as figures linked to organised crime syndicates. The Crime-Terror Nexus Under Scann...