​The accused had initially fled to Rishikesh to evade arrest, frequently changing his hideouts there, and later moved to Dehradun in 2001, where he assumed a new identity and began a fresh life. 

​Shah explained how Indian agencies dismantled a Pakistan-backed ISI module run by the terrorist Shahzad Bhatti, arresting 253 people in 14 states and thwarting a pre-Independence Day terror plot. 

​According to BJP sources, Deepak Mhaskey belongs to a senior BJP leadership from Chhattisgarh’s Raipur.