New Delhi: One ISIS operative arrested with Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) by our Special Cell after an exchange of fire at Dhaula Kuan.
“The ISIS operative was arrested along with Improvised Explosive Devices that were in his possession,” Pramod Singh Kushwaha, Delhi Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Delhi Police Special Cell, said.
Abu Yusuf, the accused, was arrested at around 11:30 PM by the special cell of the Delhi Police, officials said. Two Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and one pistol was recovered from him. He was planning a lone wolf attack, they said.
According to the Delhi police, the suspect was on a bike when intercepted by the police. Search operations are underway at several locations in the national capital. He was taken to the Special Cell office in Lodhi colony after the arrest.
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The IEDs were found in a pressure cooker; the weight yet not clear, it will be confirmed after the investigation, said Delhi Police.
Scores of National Security Guard (NSG) commandos and Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) have been deployed near Buddha Jayanti Park in Ridge Road area on Saturday and will analyse the Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) recovered earlier today from a suspected ISIS operative.
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The arrest comes days after a doctor was arrested in Bengaluru for having alleged links with the terrorist group ISIS.
Rahman, 28, who worked as an ophthalmologist at MS Ramaiah Medical College, was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday based on intelligence gathered from a couple who were arrested in Delhi in March this year.
The couple also allegedly had links with ISIS and other terrorists, including a man in Delhi’s Tihar jail.
