Overview
- Uttar Pradesh ATS arrested Krishna Mishra, 20, and Daniyal Ashraf, 23, on Tuesday and Wednesday after surveillance.
- Investigators say Pakistan-based gangster Shahzad Bhatti directed them, with aides Abid Jatt and Hammad linked to the ISI.
- Phone data showed screen‑recorded video calls, WhatsApp group chats with foreign numbers, voice notes, shared locations, and a police‑station recce video.
- Officers seized a 9 mm country‑made pistol with four live rounds from Ashraf and a .315‑bore firearm with two rounds from Mishra.
- The ATS registered an FIR and is mapping a wider sleeper‑cell network that recruits on Instagram and may tie to recent arrests in Delhi‑NCR.