Jatinder Singh alias Jyoti, a key figure attached to the Khalistani terrorist group Babbar Khalsa International (BKI), had been living in Maharashtra Nagar, Mankhurd, for the past three months and was working as a crane operator at an ongoing Metro construction project before being arrested, officials have revealed. His capture, on Monday, has raised serious questions about Mumbai’s security and intelligence mechanisms, as the BKI is known to have links with gangster and terrorist Dawood Ibrahim.

Sources within the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) stated that they did not have specific details regarding such matters, as it was the responsibility of the contracted company to verify the background of the individuals they hire. “If the police request any information from us, we will obtain it from the contractors,” the source added. mid-day has also reached out to the contractor in Kalamboli who had hired the accused to operate cranes but didn’t get a response.