Arrest of LeT ultras foils major bid to effect blasts in Delhi

New Delhi, Apr 27 (UNI) Delhi Police today said the arrest of three LeT terrorists, including a Pakistani national, last evening foiled a major bid by the banned outfit to carry out explosions in the national capital.

''Abu Qasim from Pakistan, who was arrested from Dilli Haat yesterday, is a LeT mastermind who was to carry out blasts in Delhi on instructions from Jammu region-based chief LeT commander Abu Ammar,'' Joint Commissioner Special Cell Karnal Singh told mediapersons here.

He, however, said police were not aware of specific targets of the LeT ultras in Delhi as instructions in this regard were not received by the ultras from Abu Ammar A huge quantity of ammunition, including two Kg RDX, three detonators, one timer and two hand grenades were recovered from Mohammad Hassan alias Abu Qasim, a resident of Punjab province in Pakistan, and Shafaqat and Shabbir, both natives of Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir.

Mr Singh said based on information about the operation of a terror module and that the suspected terrorists were to meet at Dilli Haat yesterday, the team took positions in the area.

Interrogation of the three terrorists revealed that on instructions of Abu Ammar, Shabbir and Shafaqat were to deliver the ammunition to Abu Qasim, who was to then effect the blasts.

Accordingly, Shabbir and Shafaqat took a bus from Doda and reached Delhi last evening with the ammunition which they had come to deliver to Abu Qasim when the police arrested them.

''Police are on a lookout for the hideouts of the terrorists in Delhi from where Abu Qasim was to operate. Also, we are in search of other terrorists involved in the plan, '' Mr Singh said.

The police was working to get more information on the plan through interrogation of the arrested ultras.

Following the arrest of the terrorists, security across the Capital had been beefed up.

UNI