Jaish operative held in Bengal planned to target Suvendu, sabotage Jantar Mantar protest: STF

Mohammed Hamim Mondal, the alleged JeM operative, was arrested from Purba Bardhaman district on Friday and brought to Kolkata later that night for interrogation, IG (Special Task Force) Gaurav Sharma said, news agency PTI reported.

Sharma said the investigation had established Mondal's links with Pakistan-based handlers and that he was working at their behest.

"The chief minister was one of the targets. Hamim had been assigned by Pakistan-based handlers the task of keeping a watch on the CM's movements. He was asked to gather information on the places the chief minister could remain unguarded," Sharma was quoted as saying.