In a massive achievement for anti-terror forces, the Special Cell of Delhi Police arrested an Islamic State operative in the national capital’s Dhaula Kuan area after an exchange of fire late last night.
The operative has been identified as Abdul Yusuf Khan, a resident of Uttar Pradesh. He was arrested near Ridge Road between Dhaula Kuan and Karol Bagh. The police have also recovered a pistol on him.
Two improvised explosive devices (IEDs), weighing approximately 15 kilogrammes was recovered on the terrorist. Khan was travelling on his TVS Apache motorbike when he was intercepted by the police.
According to reports, a bomb squad team is on the spot and is diffusing the IEDs recovered from the terrorist.
A Delhi Police official said that interrogation of the arrested terrorist is underway. The police believe that Yusuf has some other companions in Delhi who were helping him. Raids are being conducted at different places in the national capital to catch their hold.
Commandoes from the National Security Guard and sniffer dogs have been pressed into action to comb the entire area from where the Islamic State operative was nabbed.
The police claim Khan was a lone wolf operative who had on his own planned an attack in the national capital.
