NEW DELHI, Oct 24:
Two suspected ISIS operatives have been arrested from Delhi and Madhya Pradesh with police seizing explosive-making material including plastic bombs, Molotov cocktail, timer devices and an ISIS flag from a house in the national capital, officials said on Friday.
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The accused, Mohammad Adnan Khan alias Abu Muharib (19) from Delhi and Adnan Khan alias Abu Mohammad (20) a resident of Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, were allegedly planning to carry out a terror strike in a high-footfall area of the city, including in a mall in south Delhi and a public park, they said.
“During a search of Md Adnan’s house in Sadiq Nagar, three mobile phones containing ISIS propaganda material, images and manuals detailing remote detonation systems and instructions on making plastic bombs along with Molotov cocktails were recovered,” Additional Commissioner of Police (ACP) (Special Cell) Pramod Singh Kushwah said in a statement.
A pen drive, hard disks, an ISIS flag – the clothing used during his Bay’ah (pledge of allegiance), and a timer clock used in improvised explosive device (IED) was also recovered from his house, the statement added.
Police said the recovery exposed the duo’s advanced stage of preparation to carry out terror strikes in crowded areas of Delhi during the ongoing festive season.
The second accused, Adnan Khan was arrested in coordination with the Bhopal Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS). The two, police said, were allegedly running a social media network to spread ISIS propaganda and recruit youths by circulating edited “jihadi” videos.
“Raids were conducted at multiple locations in Delhi and Bhopal following specific intelligence,” the ACP said, adding that their arrest prevented a major terror strike in Delhi during the festive season. (PTI)
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