Suspected LeT man arrested in Delhi

August 25th, 2009 - 4:17 pm ICT by IBNS  

New Delhi, Aug 25 (IBNS) A suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist has been arrested here Tuesday. The police have recovered explosives from him.

“Acting on a tip off the Delhi Police’s Special Cell arrested a suspected LeT terrorist as soon as he boarded down a train at New Delhi Railway Station around 12.40pm on Tuesday,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Alok Kumar told reporters.

Kumar said the terrorist’s identity card says his name is Salim, while his Pakistani passport identifies him as Yusuf.

“We have recovered detonators and explosive chemicals weighing around 2kg from him,” Kumar said.

“The explosives look like RDX, but we are not sure.

“At present we are interrogating his purpose of visit in the city,” the cop said.

He is the second terrorists to be arrested by Delhi Police this month. On August 6, the Special Cell had arrested two suspected Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists from Daryaganj area in central Delhi.

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