Two LeT men nabbed in Delhi; terror strikes foiled

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Feb 29:  The terror module suspected to be sponsored by the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) that was busted in New Delhi had planned to attack a crowded locality with bombs in the next two days.

"There was no VVIP on their target," Home Minister P Chidambaram told a press conference in New Delhi, hours after Central agencies and police forces of three states arrested two suspected LeT militants.

 

Later in the day, PN Agarwal, Special Commissioner of Police of the Delhi Police’s Special Cell gave details of the arrests. Both men, aged 25, were found at the railway station with a huge stash of explosives. Bomb-making material had been recovered from them, Mr Agarwal said, adding the attacks were "very imminent".

One of the suspects, according to the Delhi Police, received training in Pakistan in December 2011 and came back to India in January this year. The police also recovered mobile phones, memory cards and other literature from the duo. The memory cards had videos explaining how to make bombs and also had shots of training camps.  

One of the accused is an expert in making explosives, police said.

The Delhi Police launched the operation to nab the two suspects after it received a tip-off from Central intelligence agencies, sources said. They also said that inputs from the police force in Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand helped the Delhi Police locate the men.

No names have been revealed as the police maintains this may jeopardise the investigations. More arrests are likely in connection with the terror plot, police added.