Man Stabs Guards After Recite Kalma Demand In Mumbai

The Maharashtra ATS has found a note referring to "lone wolf" attacks and the Islamic State at the house of a man arrested for allegedly attacking two security guards after asking their religion in Thane district, officials said on Tuesday. 

Prima facie, the incident appears to be a "lone wolf" attack carried out by a radicalised man, who allegedly asked the guards to recite the 'Kalma' before stabbing them early on Monday, an official



said.

The accused, identified as Zaib Zubair Ansari (31), who returned to India from the US in 2020, allegedly asked the security guards their religion after an altercation at an under-construction building in the Mira Road area of Thane, he said. 

One of the victims claimed the accused asked both of them their religion and to recite the 'Kalma', and when they could not, he stabbed them with a knife, seriously injuring them, as per the official.