New Delhi:
A suspected ISIS operative has been arrested with Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) after an exchange of fire at Dhaula Kuan here on Saturday, informed Pramod Singh Kushwaha, Delhi Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Delhi Police Special Cell. Two Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), weighing approximately 15 kilogrammes in two pressure cookers, and one pistol have been recovered from his possession.
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.
The ISIS operative has been identified as Abu Yusuf Khan and he hails from Uttar Pradesh. According to sources, Khan was a lone wolf operative who had on his own planned an attack in Delhi. He was conducting a recce of the place where was going to attack.
New agency ANI quoting its sources, said, “Arrested ISIS operative was being handled by Islamic State in Khorasan Province (ISKP) commanders from Afghanistan & was planning terror acts in India. He was also in touch with IS entities of Kashmir. He is being taken to his native place, Balarampur in UP, for probe.” Earlier in the day, Pramod Singh Kushwaha, Delhi Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Delhi Police Special Cell had said, “One ISIS operative arrested with IEDs by our Special Cell after an exchange of fire at Dhaula Kuan.”
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.
Security has been heightened near Buddha Jayanti Park in Ridge Road area, with teams of NSG commandos and sniffer dogs keeping a tight vigil in the area.
Further details in the matter are awaited.
