Indian cops arrest 3 for plotting terror attack in Delhi

Delhi Police today said they arrested three people, who were allegedly inspired by the global terror outfit ISIS, and averted terror strikes in the national capital and at a village fair in Assam. 

Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were recovered from the spot.

Pramod Singh Kushwah, deputy commissioner of Delhi Police (Special Cell), said in a statement that Mukadir Islam, Ranjeet Ali and Jameel Luit, all in their early twenties, were arrested after a joint operation by the Delhi Police and Assam Police.

The arrested are from Goalpara district of Assam, he said, adding that they were carrying a complete IED to detonate at the Raas Mela, a local fair in Dudhnoi Goalpara district in Assam.

The three were also planning to conduct terror strikes in heavy footfall areas of Delhi, the officer added.

The arrested were classmates and had also radicalised some people in Delhi, the DCP said, adding that one kilogram of explosive material, a sword and a knife were recovered from their possessions. Four mobile phones containing valuable information about ISIS were also recovered.

The Delhi Police team apprehended the three from the spot before they could place the IED at the Raas mela, he said.

“They were carrying baton swords and button actuated knives to carry out lone-wolf attacks as well,” Kushwah said.

He added that a lot of “valuable information was extracted from interrogating the three and raids were conducted at two of their hideouts, where a lot of of IED materials were recovered.” A case was filed with Goalpara Sadar police under the Explosives Act, Arms Act and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.