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Pakistan denies Bhatti network ISI link after India arrests 200

Pakistan denies Bhatti network ISI link after India arrests 200
Pakistan calls Amit Shah’s ISI terror network charge ‘baseless’, alleges diversion from ‘domestic security’ · telegraphindia.com

India and Pakistan are neighboring countries that sometimes have big disagreements.

A leader in India, Amit Shah, said a group called the Shahzad Bhatti Network was planning dangerous attacks.

He said Pakistan's spy agency, called the ISI, was helping the group.

So India's security agencies did a big operation and arrested more than 200 people in 14 states.

They found bombs, guns, bullets, and cameras that might have been used to spy on important places.

This happened just before India's Independence Day on August 15.

India says the arrests stopped the group from hurting people around that day.

Pakistan says these claims are not true.

A Pakistani spokesperson said India was just trying to distract people from its own problems.

Indian investigators are still looking into the group's money and plans.

Key facts

Target network
Shahzad Bhatti Network (SBN), a Pakistan-based terror syndicate
People detained
253
People arrested
Over 200
FIRs registered
More than 80 (under UAPA and Explosive Substances Act)
States covered
14
Date of coordinated raids
August 12
Recovered items
IEDs, pistols, live ammunition, grenades with Pakistan Ordnance Factory markings, CCTV cameras
Context
Ahead of India's Independence Day on August 15

Quotes

Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi

Pakistani Foreign Office spokesperson

“"Over 200 operatives of the ISI-backed terror group, Shahzad Bhatti Network, were arrested during coordinated operations in 14 states ahead of Independence Day"”
deccanchronicle.com
“"He accused India of using Pakistan-related assertions to 'divert attention from its domestic security challenges'"”
deccanchronicle.com

Tahir Andrabi

Foreign Office spokesperson

“"baseless"”
telegraphindia.com

Sources

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