Nagpur, 10 July (HS): Maharashtra ATS

(Anti-Terrorist Squad) arrested ten suspects from the Vidarbha region. The ATS

besides raids carried out in Mumbai, Thane, Satara, Sangli and Chhatrapati

Sambhajinagar, and Nagpur, Chandrapur, Gadchiroli, Gondia and Wardha in the

Vidarbha region.

The state-wide raids were carried out to detect

people connected to Pakistani gangster and ISI handler Shahzad Bhatti through

social media. The ATS arrested four suspects from Nagpur, three from

Chandrapur, and one each from Gadchiroli, Gondia and Wardha. Their phones were

seized and details from their Instagram chat, Call Detail Record (CDT) and

other digital record is being examined. Shahzad Bhatti was issuing instructions

to target important personalities and places.

Police has not registered any offence against the

suspects. However, investigation is being carried out from all angles for

ensuring national security.

Police suspect that Bhatti has planned major

terrorist attacks in various parts of Maharashtra and other states.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar