India, Oct. 14 -- Two gangsters hiding abroad were planning to target Congress MLA Mamman Khan for quick fame, to gain sympathy from fringe groups, and to recruit youths with extremist ideologies for their criminal network, senior officials of the Haryana Police's Special Task Force (STF) said on Monday.

According to officials, four shooters working for the gangsters were assigned to conduct reconnaissance of Khan's movements to execute the attack. The suspects were identified as Sagar Gujjar, Lalit Kumar of Shakti Nagar in Sector 11, Jagbir of Bilaspur, and Raju Kumar of Rajasthan.

STF officials said the four men were arrested nearly a fortnight ago, and a Turkish-manufactured PX5 pistol, allegedly intended to be used in the attack, wa...