In a major breakthrough, the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has arrested three men linked to the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) for allegedly plotting a terror attack in Gujarat or elsewhere in India. One of them, a Hyderabad-based doctor, had even attempted to make the lethal poison ricin from castor seeds, the ATS said.

Acting on a tip-off, ATS officers intercepted Dr Ahmed Mohiuddin Syed, 35, near the Adalaj toll plaza on the Ahmedabad–Mehsana highway. He was travelling in a silver Ford Figo.

Based on evidence from his phone, the team later arrested Mohammad Suhail, 23, and Azad Suleman Shaikh, 20, from Banaskantha district.

During the operation, the ATS seized three foreign-made pistols—two Glock and one Beretta—along with 30 live cartridges, four litres of castor oil, f

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