The Delhi Police said on Friday that it has busted a terror module affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), adding that two of its operatives have also been arrested. One of the suspects, the Delhi Police said, has been identified as Adnan.
Adnan hails from Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal and the other accused is from Delhi. The two were arrested after receiving inputs in a coordinated operation in Delhi's Sadiq Nagar and Bhopal. The suspects may also have links with Pakistan and the two are being interrogated now, the police said.
"Preliminary investigation revealed that the accused were associated with the ISIS, and were in the process of planning a major terror strike in Delhi. Electronic devices and incriminating materials have been seized from their possession," news agency PTI quoted an official as saying. "The arrests have averted a possible terror attack in Delhi."
Similar module busted in September
The Delhi Police had busted a similar Pakistan-based terror module in September after conducting multiple raids across the national capital, Jharkhand, Telangana and Madhya Pradesh. Following the raids, the police also arrested five terrorists, who were identified as Ashar Danish, Aftab, Sufiyan, Muzapa and Kamran Qureshi alias Samar Khan.
According to police, Danish was held from Jharkhand's Ranchi, while Aftab and Sufiyan were residents of Mumbai. Meanwhile, Muzapa was arrested from Telangana. All the five accused were planning to conduct a major terror attack using improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and establish a "Khilafat" in India.
"The terror operatives were in touch with a Pakistan-based handler who guided them through encrypted social media platforms, radicalising them with extremist content and instructing them to collect weapons, chemicals and ammunition components," the Delhi Police had said back then. "The group's aim was not just to prepare IEDs but also to create a self-sustaining ecosystem for manufacturing arms and spreading radical propaganda."
