Bengal STF Links Arrested Operative to Intelligence Collection on Chief Minister Adhikari

Law enforcement attributes claims of a target list to intercepted communications with three suspects arrested between August 1 and August 3.

The West Bengal Special Task Force stated on August 1 that Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari appeared on a target list maintained by Pakistan-based terror groups, an assertion attributed entirely to intercepted communications with an arrested suspect [2]. The announcement identifies Hamim Mondal as the local contact who allegedly received queries regarding the Chief Minister’s movements and periods of limited security cover [1]. No text of these intercepts has been released, and no second publisher has independently verified the specific intelligence cited by the STF. The claim rests on law enforcement statements made during court proceedings, without published corroborating evidence in the current record.

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