Overview
- The Special Cell arrested four suspects on Saturday in an intelligence-led sweep across Maharashtra, Odisha and Bihar.
- Officers named the men as Mosaib Ahmad, Mohammad Hammad, Sheikh Imran and Mohammad Sohail, and said they used closed groups to push caliphate propaganda and seek recruits.
- Investigators recovered suspected bomb-making material, including a modified remote-control toy car, ball bearings and nails, described as components for a crude remote-triggered device.
- Police allege one suspect surveyed Delhi sites in December 2025 and shared an edited Red Fort image with a black flag, while the group discussed targets such as Parliament, Ram Mandir and military posts.
- An FIR under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 has been filed and devices sent for forensics, with police tracing funds and examining a possible link to the 2025 Red Fort blast that is not established.