Suspected ISIS terrorist wanted to carry out ‘lone wolf’ attack in Delhi: Police
The Delhi Police had received information about the suspected ISIS operative’s movement in the ridge area between Dhaula Kuan and Karol Bagh, following which it laid a trap.
A suspected operative of the Islamic State, a “lone wolf who had planned an attack in the national capital” was arrested by Delhi Police after a shootout in Dhaula Kuan area late on Friday, officials said on Saturday.
About two dozen National Security Guard (NSG) authorities alongside bomb location and defusal groups showed up close to the Buddha Jayanti Park from where the speculated ISIS usable, who has been recognized as Abdul Yusuf Khan, was gotten. Delhi Police’s uncommon cell recuperated two ad-libbed hazardous gadgets (IEDs) from the ownership of the man.
“There was a trade of fire after which he was captured. He was a solitary wolf who had arranged an assault in the national capital. We have recouped a gun and two IEDs from him,” Pramod Kushwaha, a representative office of police (uncommon cell), said.
The security staff cordoned off the whole region as the NSG group defused the two IEDs recouped from the captured ISIS usable. The group utilized a far off controlled vehicle to lift and contain the IEDs in a uniquely structured vehicle where they were defused by bomb specialists. The deal activity keeps going for almost three hours, an official conscious of the improvement stated, mentioning obscurity.
The captured ISIS usable has not been coordinating during the cross-examination and is deluding them by changing his announcements. Exceptional cell authorities said they are yet to set up the specific private location of the individual, as he has given them three locations – Balrampur and Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh and another in Uttarakhand.
#WATCH Delhi: National Security Guard (NSG) commandos deployed near Buddha Jayanti Park in Ridge Road area, from where one ISIS operative was arrested with Improvised Explosive Device, earlier today. pic.twitter.com/9n7KGfOXZC
— ANI (@ANI) August 22, 2020
“We are confirming the addresses he has given,” DCP Kushwaha sais, including that the gun recouped from the captured man is off.30 bore.
Authorities said they have found out about a partner of the captured man. The data is likewise being checked.
A police group had gotten data about Khan’s development in the edge zone between Dhaula Kuan and Karol Bagh, following which it laid a snare. The speculated ISIS employable was on a bike when he was captured by the police, ANI announced referring to an authority. Searches in progress at a few areas, ANI included.
In the meantime, Uttar Pradesh police sounded a statewide alarm on Saturday after the capture of the presumed ISIS employable in Delhi, Prashant Kumar, extra chief general (ADG) of police (peace), said. Kumar said all area police bosses have been approached to increase vigil and do broad drives to check the development of dubious individuals.
A senior police authority of UP Anti Terror Squad (ATS) said a group has been sent to Delhi to gather contributions about plans of the captured man.
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