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<\/div>\nThe Islamic State has reportedly made Pune a focal point for planning terrorist attacks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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A terrorist plot against two Gujarat cities – Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar – and Nariman House and Gateway of India in Mumbai has been foiled, police sources told NDTV Thursday. Strikes against unspecified high-profile military bases – photographs of which were reportedly sent to Pakistan and Syria – were also foiled, sources said, claiming these may have been planned by the Islamic State<\/a>,<\/p>\n These could have been among the biggest ever terror strikes on India, sources said, basing their input on the confession of Shahnawaz alias Shafi Uzzama, a suspected Islamic State operative arrested by Delhi Police from a hideout in the national capital early last month.<\/p>\n There are indications Aligarh Muslim University students may have been involved.<\/p>\n According to sources, the Islamic State has made Pune the focal point of its plans.<\/p>\n Shahnawaz was wanted in the Islamic State Pune module case<\/a>. Sources said he fled the city in July, after two associates were arrested, reached Delhi and has been underground since.<\/p>\n READ |\u00a0<\/strong>Suspected ISIS Terrorists Arrested By Delhi Police In Major Breakthrough<\/a><\/p>\n In his confession, Shahnawaz told authorities his wife was a Hindu before she converted to Islam and that the two met at Aligarh University, where they became involved in terror plots.<\/p>\n Sources said Shahnawaz was looking to improve his financial condition when he got sucked into illegal activities as a youngster in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh, his hometown. After becoming radicalised, he was trained by Anbar al-Awlaki, senior Al Qaeda operative killed in a US drone strike in Yemen in 2011.<\/p>\n As part of his confession, Shahnawaz said he joined the Hizb ut-Tahir<\/a>, an Islamist organisation whose stated aim is the re-establishment of the Islamic Caliphate to unite all Muslims.<\/p>\n In August the NIA conducted raids in Bhopal linked to the HuT. This was after raids in May – in Telangana and Madhya Pradesh – led to 16 arrests and several terror modules being busted.<\/p>\n READ |<\/strong>\u00a0Anti-Terror Agency Raids In Bhopal Linked To Radical Outfit Module<\/a><\/p>\n The HuT is banned in several countries, including Bangladesh, Indonesia, China and Germany.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, sources said Shahnawaz also told authorities of hawala routes through which money is sent to modules in Pune, which is used to make bombs and to train terrorists.<\/p>\n NDTV is now available on WhatsApp channels. Click on the link<\/a> to get all the latest updates from NDTV on your chat. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n‘To Improve Financial Condition’<\/h2>\n
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