India, Aug. 2 -- An investigation into an extortion plan and the social media handle of a Jaish operative's alleged girlfriend led the West Bengal Special Task Force to uncover an alleged plan to track chief minister Suvendu Adhikari's movements for Pakistan-based criminals, officials have claimed.

The West Bengal STF arrested the alleged Jaish-e-Mohammed operative who had planned to target Adhikari and also carry out sabotage at the recent students' protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar in the guise of a police official, news agency PTI cited a senior officer of the unit as saying on Saturday.

The accused has been identified as Mohammed Hamim Mondal, who was arrested from Purba Bardhaman district on Friday and brought to Kolkata later that ...