9 With Links To Pak's ISI, Dawood Ibrahim Arrested, Were Planning Attacks In Delhi, Mumbai

New Delhi ( Pallavi Srivastava) : Nine men with links to Pakistan's intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), and fugitive don Dawood Ibrahim have been arrested for planning attacks in Delhi, Mumbai and other parts of the country, officials said on Saturday.

The Delhi Police's Special Cell said the arrested accused are residents of Delhi, Mumbai, and Punjab, and some are foreign nationals. A large quantity of ammunition and weapons was also recovered from their possession.

They were tasked to attack "vital installations and security personnel", officials said. Nuclear facilities, airports, railway stations, and power plants were on their list.

Officials said the module was under surveillance for some time. They are now probing possible cross-border linkages, funding channels and the role of overseas handlers in directing the activities of the module.

The accused were part of a "white-collar" terror module linked to Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, an al-Qaeda-affiliated terror group, that was busted just before the Delhi blast.