Mumbai man among 4 held for Red Fort terror plot

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Delhi Police has arrested four "radicalised" men from Maharashtra, Odisha, and Bihar who allegedly planned terror activities, carried out recce of sensitive locations to target them and attempted to recruit others through encrypted online platforms, officials said on Saturday.

An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and related material were seized during the operation, police said. Two of the accused were in the process of assembling a remote-controlled toy car fitted with an IED to target crowded places, they alleged.

"All four accused - Mosaib Ahmad, Mohammad Hammad, Mohammad Sohail, and Sheikh Imran - belong to modest socio-economic backgrounds. A case has been registered and further investigation is underway to identify their associates, handlers and the broader network," the officer said.

The four were influenced by extremist ideology centred around the idea of establishing a Caliphate, the police alleged. They said the accused were active on closed and encrypted social media groups where extremist content ran rampant. These platforms were allegedly used to identify, indoctrinate and recruit new members.

The probe revealed that one of the accused had visited Delhi in December 2025 and conducted reconnaissance of key locations, including the Red Fort and India Gate. Security agencies believe the group intended to target symbolic landmarks.

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