Mumbai on high alert after intelligence input about terror attack

MUMBAI: Mumbai has been put on high alert after intelligence inputs warning about a terror attack by Pakistan-based jihadi elements targeting Siddhivinayak Temple.

According to input shared by IB with Mumbai and Maharashtra police, Pakistan sponsored jihadi elements Jamaat-ud-Dawa, LeT, Jaish- e-Mohammad and Hizbul Mujahideen have already dispatched four action groups to India for carrying out attacks before 28th January, 2015.

Out of the four action teams first team is located in Maharashtra, second in Rajasthan, third in Uttar Pradesh and fourth in Odisha.

For Mumbai, the specific target is Siddhivinayak Temple and the attack would be carried out on any Tuesday when there is huge crowd present in and around the temple premises.

The Mumbai attack team is led by one Abdullah al-Quresi and assisted by Nasir Ali, Jabed Ekbal, Mobid Zeman and Shamsher (all in the age group of 25 years).