Security agencies busted a terror plot and uncovered details by an operative Umar Faruk who was allegedly looking to establish a terror base in Kolkata, following instructions from a handler named Shabir Ahmad Lone to recruit Bangladeshi nationals and procure weapons locally for attacks across India. In December 2025 Umar was instructed to conduct recce of key locations across India, record and send video footage of sensitive establishments. More Bangladeshi nationals were to be recruited for operational support. Umar was directed to rent a hideout in Kolkata to serve as a terror base and share accommodation details with the handler. Shabir Ahmad Lone instructed Umar to arrange weapons locally after which Umar began contacting local sources to procure arms. The plan was to create a self-sustained module capable of carrying out attacks without cross-border movement of weapons. Officials said Shabir Ahmad Lone, native of Kangan, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, had previously been arrested by Delhi Police Special Cell in 2007 with a large cache of arms including AK-47 rifles and grenades; allegedly linked to Hafiz Saeed and Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi; trained at LeT camps in Muzaffarabad; backed by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence. Earlier, Delhi Police’s Special Cell busted a terror module handled by a Lashkar handler based in Bangladesh, preventing a major untoward incident. Anti-national posters were pasted at Kashmiri Gate metro station and nearby stations in Delhi; CISF alerted the Delhi Police Metro unit. The suspects revealed they were directed by Shabbir Ahmed Lone, a Kashmiri terrorist based in Bangladesh, with a history of terrorist activities. Lone was arrested in 2007 with an AK-47 and grenades and had escaped to Bangladesh after release from jail in 2019.