How a Dehradun man was lured by a Pakistani handler for ‘revenge’

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How a Dehradun man was lured by a Pakistani handler for ‘revenge’

4 min learnDehradunApr 10, 2026 06:28 PM IST

The Particular Activity Drive in Dehradun on Friday arrested a person for allegedly being linked to a Pakistani terrorist and sharing info on distinguished authorities and navy infrastructure within the metropolis.

The arrested particular person, recognized as Vikrant Kashyap (29), is accused of getting hyperlinks with Shahzad Bhatti, a Pakistani terrorist who’s a part of the outfit often known as Al Barq Brigade.

The STF has claimed that the accused was sending areas and video footage of presidency and navy institutions in Dehradun to Pakistan and deliberate to develop Tehreek-e-Taliban Hindustan (TTH) in India. The little-known outfit had allegedly taken accountability for taking pictures two law enforcement officials at a checkpost close to the India-Pakistan border in Punjab in February.

Within the early hours of Friday, the STF group arrested Kashyap, a resident of Dehradun who lived in Punjab between 2024 and 2025. The group allegedly recovered a .32 bore pistol, seven stay cartridges, and a twig paint can, with which he allegedly painted TTH on the partitions of a number of buildings.

Pistol Bhatti has allegedly been concerned in prison actions, together with bomb-making and the availability of unlawful arms and ammunition to India, Dubai, the US, and Canada. (Particular association picture)

“The accused was in steady contact through Instagram and WhatsApp with Bhatti and his affiliate, Rana. Throughout interrogation, the suspect revealed that he was a fan of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala and was angered by his homicide, wanting revenge. He got here throughout posts by Shahzad Bhatti associated to revenge for Moosewala’s killing and bought influenced and started following Bhatti on Instagram, later coming into direct contact with him,” an officer stated.

Bhatti allegedly assigned him a number of duties, together with recording movies of key areas and police stations in Dehradun and close by areas, filming necessary establishments comparable to ISBT, police headquarters, and different authorities buildings and sending the footage, and he was informed these areas can be focused for bomb blasts, the officer stated.

Kashyap was additionally requested to jot down TTH on the partitions of necessary areas to unfold concern and promote the organisation, the STF has claimed. He additionally allegedly shared location info and video footage of Jhajhra police outpost with handlers in Pakistan and was assigned to throw a hand grenade at members of an organisation in Delhi and at a Supreme Court docket advocate. He was allegedly promised cash and relocation to Dubai through Nepal. The accused had been working in an business that manufactures truck physique elements.

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Kashyap was requested to jot down TTH on the partitions of necessary areas to unfold concern and promote the organisation.

Earlier, Bhatti had been allegedly concerned within the November grenade assault outdoors the Metropolis Police Station in Punjab’s Gurdaspur. Bhatti has allegedly been concerned in prison actions, together with bomb-making and the availability of unlawful arms and ammunition to India, Dubai, the US, and Canada. A probe by the Delhi Police had earlier purportedly revealed that this was a structured terror module that allegedly makes use of financial incentives, distant directions, and disposable foot troopers to hold out grenade assaults in public locations in India.

Bhatti had additionally been linked to gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, however their relationship allegedly soured after the Pahalgam terror assault in April. A purported social media publish written by the Bishnoi gang acknowledged that they’d enter Pakistan to get rid of these accountable for killing harmless individuals in Pahalgam. Following this, Bhatti launched a video on his Instagram account, claiming that Lawrence couldn’t even kill a hen in any nation. Within the video, he additionally claimed that he had proof of who directed Lawrence to kill Siddiqui and Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala. He stated that if anybody spoke in opposition to his nation (Pakistan), they’d now not be his pal. He additionally dared Lawrence and his gang to come back to Pakistan.

Aiswarya Raj is a Senior Correspondent for The Indian Specific, overlaying Uttarakhand. She brings sound journalistic expertise to her function, having began her profession on the organisation as a sub-editor with the Delhi metropolis group. She subsequently developed her reporting experience by overlaying Gurugram and its neighbouring districts earlier than transitioning to her present function as a resident correspondent in Dehradun. She is an alumna of the Asian School of Journalism (ACJ) and the College of Kerala.

She has reported on the state politics, governance, atmosphere and wildlife, and gender. Aiswarya has undertaken investigations utilizing the Proper to Info Act on legislation enforcement, public coverage and procurement guidelines in Uttarakhand. She has additionally tried narrative journalism on socio-economic issues affecting native communities.

This particular, sustained concentrate on vital regional information supplies the required basis for top trustworthiness and authoritativeness on matters regarding Uttarakhand. … Learn Extra

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