New Delhi: National Capital and Uttar Pradesh has been put on high alert after one suspected ISIS operative was arrested with IEDs by the Special Cell after an exchange of fire at Dhaula Kuan.
All the vehicles crossing the Delhi-Noida border are being checked by security officials.
He was being handled by Islamic State in Khorasan Province (ISKP) commanders from Afghanistan and was planning to carry out terror acts in India, according to the sources.
The suspect was arrested with armed with explosives and a weapon after a brief shootout, the police said, adding that he was plotting a “lone wolf attack”.
Two pressure cookers, turned into IEDs (improved explosive devices) with about 15 kg of explosives in them, and a pistol were recovered from his possession, the police said.
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Explosive Devices (IEDs) from his possession. The accused was known to be in communication with ISKP operatives on cyberspace, as per the sources.
The accused is being taken to his native place for further recovery/investigation.
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ISIS operative arrested
“One ISIS operative was arrested with Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) by our Special Cell after an exchange of fire at Dhaula Kuan,” Pramod Singh Kushwaha, Delhi DCP (Deputy Commissioner of Police) Delhi Police Special Cell, was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
Sources said Abu Yusuf told police he was a resident of Uttar Pradesh’s Balrampur. He was riding a motorcycle with UP number plates when he was intercepted and arrested, sources added. Following his arrest, officials have conducted raids at six places across Delhi, Ghaziabad in UP and Uttarakhand.
Meanwhile, NSG commandos and members of the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) were seen carrying out search operations near the Buddha Jayanti Park in the national capital’s Ridge Road area.
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