Same modus operandi the world over.
“Pune ISIS terror module wanted to repeat 26/11 Mumbai attacks by targeting restaurants and hotels in Colaba and Nariman Point: Report,” OpIndia, November 23, 2023:
The accused in the Pune (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) ISIS terror module case intended to execute a reenactment of the 2008 terror attacks against hotels and restaurants in Colaba and Nariman Point, according to a report in The Free Press Journal.
They aimed to carry out their terror operation prior to the anniversary of the deadly assaults in Mumbai which sent shockwaves around the entire world. Their goal was to launch the attacks again, particularly on hotels, restaurants and establishments such as Chabad House in Colaba.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) discovered during its inquiry that the perpetrators Shahnawaz Alam and Rizwan Ali had performed surveillance on Chabad House as well as several hotels and eateries in Mumbai. They wanted to inflict a series of explosions on the city and determine where to plant the bombs. The Intelligence reports revealed that they kept in close contact with their Pakistani handler and disclosed all the specifics of their operation, planning and implementation.
The culprits intended to follow the same course of action as the attackers on 26/11, when Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab and ten other terrorists targeted Leopold Cafe, Taj Hotel, Oberoi Hotel and Chabad House with the goal of orchestrating mass executions, per sources. A supplemental chargesheet outlining Shahnawaz Alam and Rizwan Ali’s involvement in the development and management of the terror module is scheduled for submission by the national agency.
The inquiry unveiled that the two paid Rs. 95,000 to a Vikhroli resident who had posted an advertisement for a used Enfield motorcycle on social media. They also bought a Hero XPulse from Mulund which they utilised for reconnaissance. and concealed the two-wheeler at a friend’s Panvel home after the inspection. The NIA later located and retrieved the vehicle. The probe further uncovered that they collected pictures and did an assessment of critical locations and important infrastructure.
Sangli and Satara were on target
The NIA uncovered that the accused had chosen a few areas for training close to Pune, Sangli and Satara. They also used a drone camera, which the agency eventually retrieved, to record their operations through photography and video. Furthermore, twenty-eight audio files that were taken from the offenders during the course of the investigation contained violent instructions designed to instigate Muslims to perpetrate violence on non-Muslims….
Mohan Ramaswamy says
This latest development reveals, once again, how India is a semi-permanent target of Islamic terror and violence. Its neighbour, Pakistan, is forever the proverbial Achilles heal of India, along with the substantial number of Indian Muslims, who chose to stay behind in the secular Indian Republic, rather than move to an Islamic Pakistan, handcrafted by the wretched British, who split India into two, before beating an ignominious retreat in 1947.
This large Muslim minority (around 20%) is an endless source of violence, friction and insurrection for the Indian Republic. They enjoy substantial rights of freedom of religion etc. under the Indian Constitution but are always agitating for more disproportionate privileges and handouts. No Muslim country in the world is anywhere as fair and generous to its minorities as India is to its Muslim citizens.
In return, all that India gets is treason and violence from its own Muslim citizens.