Police said they are questioning the suspect after the arrest. (File)
New Delhi:
A suspected ISIS operative was arrested in Delhi last night after an encounter, the police said.
Abu Yusuf, the accused, was arrested at around 11:30 PM by the special cell of the Delhi Police, officials said.
“One ISIS operative was arrested with Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) by our Special Cell after an exchange of fire at Dhaula Kuan,” Pramod Singh Kushwaha, Delhi Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Delhi Police Special Cell, was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
According to officials, the suspect had visited several places in the national capital and he was involved in a plot. The matter is being investigated further, they said.
The arrest comes days after a doctor was arrested in Bengaluru for having alleged links with the terrorist group ISIS.
Rahman, 28, who worked as an ophthalmologist at MS Ramaiah Medical College, was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday based on intelligence gathered from a couple who were arrested in Delhi in March this year.
The couple also allegedly had links with ISIS and other terrorists, including a man in Delhi’s Tihar jail.
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