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Plan to kill Modi, Togadia unearthed; 3 held

The terrorists were planning to set up a base in Gujarat and were trying to lure some of the riot-hit people into taking up "so-called jihadi activities", Delhi Police Special Commissioner (Intelligence) K K Paul said on Friday.

While Shahid Ahmed Bakshi, a resident of Ahmedabad, and Farhan Ahmed Ali of Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh, were arrested from Nizamuddin area of south Delhi on Wednesday night, Hafiz Mohammed Tahir was taken into custody in Moradabad on Friday, Paul said.

Their interrogation had revealed a conspiracy to target leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, VHP and Bajrang Dal, he said, adding that they specifically planned to target Modi and Togadia.

The terrorists wanted to take revenge for the "injustices caused to [the] Muslims in Gujarat", Paul said.

Four kg of RDX, two detonators, a Chinese pistol along with a magazine and 15 rounds were seized from Bakshi and Ali, he said.

The plan was hatched in a West Asian country, the officer added.

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