The Special Cell of Delhi Police arrested an ISIS operative after a brief encounter near Ring Road in the national capital on late Friday (August 21). The police recovered two Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) from his possession.
According to reports, a bomb squad team is on the spot and is diffusing the IEDs recovered from the terrorist.
The ISIS operative has been identified as Abu Yusuf Khan and hails from Uttar Pradesh. He was nabbed on Ridge Road between Karol Bagh and Dhaula Kuan in Delhi after a shootout at around 11:30 pm on Friday. The police also recovered a pistol from him post-firing.
“One ISIS operative 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 told reporters.
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.