NEW DELHI: The Delhi, Punjab and Assam police have been alerted about a former Pakistani soldier gaining entry into India through Punjab, with the intention of carrying out
terror attacks in hotels and hospitals in the national capital during
Holi.
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In a communication, the central security agencies said
Mohammad Khurshid Alam
alias Jahangir, an ex-military personnel of
Pakistan Army
, who had worked as a recruiter, coordinator and guide of Jehadi elements in Assam, had crossed over to India from Pakistan through the India-Pak border in Pathankot on February 26 along with six hardcore terrorists.
"The intention of this group is to kill citizens in Delhi in hotels and hospitals on or before Holi," the communication said.
The agencies said Alam had visited a madrasa in Barpeta district in Assam in September 2015.
The ex-Pakistan armyman had stayed in the madrasa for five days and thereafter left for Chirang district, bordering Bhutan.
Alam had used another madrasa in Dhubri district in Assam as his base and used to visit other parts of the state, it said.
In Dhubri, a teacher of the madrasa provided all required logistical support to Alam, the communication added.
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