Rameshwaram Cafe blast planner calls for attacks on trains across India
Following the discovery of a video featuring terrorist Farhatullah Ghori urging India's sleeper cells to launch attacks on trains around the nation, intelligence services in the country are on high alert. india Today has learned from sources that Ghori, a wanted terrorist now living in Pakistan, used a sleeper cell and Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) to plan the explosion at Bengaluru's Rameshwaram Cafe.
In the three-minute clip, Ghori—who has been under surveillance for years by indian authorities—calls for sleeper cells to bring down India's train system. He describes the many pressure cooker bomb blasting techniques.
Ghori also discusses intentions to attack Hindu leaders and India's petroleum pipelines. He claims that by using the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) to target the properties of sleeper groups, the indian government is weakening them.
Ghori also discusses intentions to attack Hindu leaders and India's petroleum pipelines. He claims that by using the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) to target the properties of sleeper groups, the indian government is weakening them.
In the video, Ghori declares, "But we will return and shake the government."
Sources from intelligence services claim that the video was posted on Telegram around three weeks ago.
Sources from intelligence services claim that the video was posted on Telegram around three weeks ago.
The march 1 explosion in Rameshwaram injured at least ten persons. Two major suspects, Adbul Matheen ahmed Taahaa and Mussavir Hussain Shazib, were taken into custody by the NIA on april 12 after the agency assumed control of the case on march 3. Shazib was said to have planted the IED at the well-known cafe, but Taahaa was the mastermind. They were apprehended while assuming false identities at a lodge outside of Kolkata. The two are purported members of the Shivamogga, Karnataka-based Islamic State (IS) cell. In november 2022, Shariq, a member of the same module, carried out an explosion in Mangaluru.