Indian security agencies arrested more than 200 “terror operatives” linked to Pakistan, thwarting potential “subversive attacks” around ​the country’s Independence Day last week, Home ‌Minister Amit Shah said on Monday, in one of the largest such crackdowns in years. A multi-state operation against what Shah ​said was a terror group backed by Pakistan’s ​spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) was carried out ⁠across 14 Indian states on August 12, three days ​before India celebrated its 80th year of freedom from ​British colonial rule. A spokesperson for Pakistan’s foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Reuters. Pakistan ​has in the past denied allegations that it ​backs militant groups blamed for attacks in India. “Modi government destroyed the ‌ISI-backed ⁠terror group Shahzad Bhatti Network ahead of Independence Day and thwarted its plans for subversive attacks by arresting more than 200 operatives,” Shah said in a ​post on X. Shah ​said agencies ⁠had recovered pistols, live cartridges, grenades bearing Pakistan Ordnance Factory markings and crude ​bombs.

Full report : India says it thwarted attacks by Pakistan-backed militants, arrested over 200 operatives.