Police said they believed that the men were receiving directions from Pakistan,. Both arrested persons have been in telephone contact with a man they called “Uncle” in Karachi.
"We believe they were taking instructions from across the border to attack three or four targets in Mumbai," Vinesh Agarwal, an inspector with Mumbai’s Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), said."
Police said that it was too early to name the militant group they believe was behind the plot.