Indian Mujahideen operative Hyder Ali Shaqoor is believed to have been assigned the job to assassinate BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, reports Vicky Nanjappa.

A plot to eliminate Bharatiya Janata Party prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi is being devised, say sources in the Intelligence Bureau. An IB report says that terror outfits, Indian Mujahideen and the Lashkar-e-Tayiba, have drawn up detailed plans to carry out the task.

The IB report also states that Hyder Ali Shaqoor, an alleged IM operative from Aurangabad, has been assigned the job.

Though Shaqoor has been part of the IM for the past five years, the police do not have much information on him. His name cropped up after he surveyed a few targets in Uttar Pradesh ahead of Modi’s Gorakhpur rally.

There were sketchy details about him during the October 2013 Patna serial blasts as well, and he is believed to be involved in it along with IM operative Tehsin Akhtar, who allegedly masterminded the Patna serial blasts.

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