Hyderabad doctor with arms from Pakistan held for plotting ricin terror attack

AHMEDABAD: A 35-year-old Hyderabad doc arrested successful Gujarat with drone-smuggled weapons from Pakistan and materials to nutrient the deadly toxin ricin was identified Sunday arsenic the cardinal fig successful an IS-sponsored violent crippled to onslaught aggregate Indian cities. Two different suspects successful the conspiracy, a tailor from Uttar Pradesh's Shamli and a pupil from Lakhimpur Kheri, were traced to Banaskantha. Gujarat Police's Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) caught Ahmed Mohiyuddin Saiyed connected Nov 8 with 2 Glock pistols, a Beretta, 30 unrecorded cartridges and 4 kg of castor-bean mash, from which ricin is extracted. He was connected the determination erstwhile investigators intercepted his metallic hatchback astatine Adalaj toll plaza connected Ahmedabad-Mehsana Road. Saiyed's telephone records led to the apprehension of UP natives Azad Suleman Sheikh, 20, and Mohammad Suhail Mohammad Saleem Khan, 23. Both had been allegedly supplying firearms and cartridges to the doctor, who has an MBBS from China, officials said. Ricin is simply a highly toxic poison derived from castor beans aft the lipid has been extracted. The substance has nary known antidote if ingested, inhaled oregon injected. Castor oil, which is utilized for skincare and successful assorted commercialized products, does not incorporate the toxin.

ATS officers said Saiyed had been successful interaction with Abu Khadija, an Afghanistan-based operative linked to Islamic State-Khorasan Province. The doc had been allegedly producing ricin successful ample quantities, perchance for wide poisoning, helium said. The fishy conducted reconnaissance of unspecified security-sensitive sites successful Lucknow, Delhi and Ahmedabad. The weapons came from Hanumangarh successful Rajasthan. Saiyed and the different arrested men told interrogators that their handler utilized drones from Pakistan to present arms crossed the border. Deputy SP SL Chaudhary led the cognition to bust the module based connected archetypal quality astir Saiyed's movements successful Ahmedabad. An FIR was registered astatine the ATS constabulary presumption against each 3 arrested men and Abu Khadija, who is connected the run, nether the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and Arms Act. A section tribunal gave ATS custody of Saiyed until Nov 17. The different 2 suspects volition beryllium produced successful tribunal separately. ATS officials said investigations were continuing to place and apprehension different operatives progressive successful the conspiracy.