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Radicalising, recruiting youth: Pakistani gangster ‘trying to expand network in India’

The Indian Express·Alok Singh·23 days ago
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In March 2024, Shahzad Bhatti, a gangster from Pakistan who is now suspected to be in Dubai, was allegedly involved in orchestrating a grenade attack near the residence of YouTuber Rozer Sandhu in Punjab’s Jalandhar. Since then, he has been linked to several major cases in India, including the murder of NCP leader Baba Siddique in 2024 in Mumbai — he allegedly helped key conspirator Zeeshan Akhtar flee India. Over the last five months, Indian government agencies and authorities have found that Bhatti, believed to be linked to Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), has been attempting to expand his network in India by radicalising unemployed youth and offering money to encourage terror activities in the country, said sources. More than a dozen FIRs have been registered against Bhatti, aged around 45, in Delhi , Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Uttarakhand for allegedly recruiting youths to carry out terror activities.…

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