Over the past year, an unseen and more sinister force has emerged as a challenge for the Indian security agencies. While Hamas, a US-designated terror group, may be on its last legs following its conflict with Israel, its ideological influence has expanded into South Asia, particularly Pakistan. The Pahalgam attack earlier this year had striking similarities to the Hamas massacre in Israel in 2023. And now, it has emerged that the "white collar" terror module busted in Haryana was planning to carry out Hamas-style attacks using drones .

The plot unravelled following the arrest of Jasir Bilal Wani, alias Danish, a co-conspirator behind the Red Fort attack, which left 14 dead. Investigators said the module, associated with the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), was in the process of modifying drones

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