Delhi Police Arrests Two Suspected Terrorists Near Red Fort

The duo, hailing from J&K, was arrested near Delhi’s Red Fort area on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday.

Delhi Police’s Special Cell has arrested two suspected terrorists who are allegedly associated with Islamic State in Jammu and Kashmir (ISJK).

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Delhi Police’s Special Cell has arrested two suspected terrorists who are allegedly associated with Islamic State in Jammu and Kashmir (ISJK), a senior police official said on Friday, 7 September.

The duo, hailing from Kashmir, was arrested near Delhi’s Red Fort area on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, he added.

They are allegedly associated with the ISJK, a terror outfit influenced by the ideology of the Islamic State, the official said.

Delhi was not a part of their plan, they were just in transit here. They told us that the leader of the outfit (ISJK) is Umar Ibn Nazir and the number two leader is Adil Thokar. They were following the orders of Adil Thokar.

DCP Sanjeev Kumar Yadav, Special Cell, Delhi Police

Delhi Police Special Cell arrested 2 terrorists last night from Jama Masjid bus stop near Red Fort. Two pistols, ten cartridges and four mobile phones were seized from them. They had acquired weapons from UP and were going to Kashmir. Weapons were to be used for terrorist activities.

DCP Sanjeev Kumar Yadav, Special Cell, Delhi Police

The investigators said the two, who belonged to Shopian in Jammu and Kashmir, were highly radicalised and the cell phones seized from them had videos, adding that some notebooks were also recovered, which were being studied by the police.

Lone had completed his B Tech in civil engineering in 2016 from Amroha in Uttar Pradesh and was currently pursuing M Tech from Gajrola in the same state, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Pramod Singh Kushwah said.

Paul is a final-year diploma student of electrical engineering in Jammu and Kashmir.

(With inputs from ANI and PTI)