'Doc' held over Ricin terror plot

The 'doctor' with a Chinese MBBS degree had prepared chemical poison Ricin and conducted recce with 2 aides in Lucknow, Delhi and Ahmedabad, Gujarat ATS said

- Agencies

The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has busted a suspected terror syndicate by arresting a 'doctor' with a Chinese MBBS degree, who was allegedly preparing highly lethal chemical poison 'Ricin', and whose handler is associated with the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), and two others.

Dr Ahmed Mohiyuddin Saiyed, and the two other arrested accused, identified as Azad Suleman Sheikh and Mohammad Suhail Mohammad Saleem, had conducted a recce of several sensitive locations in Lucknow, Delhi and Ahmedabad, a senior ATS officer said on Sunday.

"Dr Ahmed Mohiyuddin Saiyed is highly educated and radicalised, and had planned to collect funds and recruit persons as part of a conspiracy to carry out major terrorist activities", Gujarat ATS DIG Sunil Joshi told reporters.

The accused men have also disclosed that their handler sends the arms consignment via a drone across the Pakistan border, he said.