3 Arrested With IEDs in Assam, Terror Strike Averted: Delhi Police

The three arrested persons were from an ISIS inspired module and were planning to attack a local fair in Assam.

Three people with Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) have been arrested in Assam’s Goalpara, Delhi Police Special Cell DCP Pramod Kushwaha told news agency ANI.

Kushwaha told the news agency that a terror strike has been averted.

According to Kushwaha, the three people have been identified as Islam, Ranjeet Ali, and Jamal.

“The three arrested persons were from an ISIS inspired module and were planning to attack using an IED blast a local fair in Goalpara (Assam). They were planning to replicate it in Delhi.”

Pramod Kushwaha, DCP, Delhi Police Special Cell

(This is a developing story. More details awaited.)

(With inputs from ANI)