Mumbai, July 10 -- Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Friday launched one of its biggest coordinated operations in recent months, conducting simultaneous raids at more than 40 locations across Maharashtra in connection with an alleged terror-gangster network being operated from Pakistan by gangster Shahzad Bhatti, official sources said.
The pre-dawn operation covered Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Mira Road, Nalasopara, Pune, Nashik, Nagpur, Jalgaon, Akola, Nanded, Sangli, Satara and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, where ATS teams searched the premises of persons suspected of maintaining links with the Pakistan-based network.
According to investigators, Bhatti is suspected of using social media platforms, encrypted messaging applications a...