Police Custody for Suspected LeT Handler in Delhi

A Delhi court has ordered five-day police custody for Shabir Ahmed Lone, alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba handler. The city police, who describe Lone as a 'hardcore terrorist', sought his custody to investigate his links with ISI handlers and a module dispersing anti-national posters in Delhi and Kolkata.

In a recent development, a Delhi court ordered a five-day police remand for suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) handler Shabir Ahmed Lone. The order was passed by Judicial Magistrate Vijayshree Rathore on Monday, following a plea by city police seeking custodial interrogation.

Lone is described by Delhi Police as a 'hardcore and highly trained terrorist', reportedly having connections with Inter-Services Intelligence handlers. Known by the aliases Raja and Kashmiri, Lone, a resident of Srinagar, is accused of managing a module that distributed anti-national posters in Delhi and Kolkata.

The city police's Special Cell arrested Lone on March 29 in Ghazipur. He was wanted in connection to the metro poster case, linked to a LeT module. Delhi Police allege that the module had been operational since February 22, distributing inflammatory posters across major locations.

(With inputs from agencies.)