Delhi Police arrest Hizbul man, carry out raids in Jama Masjid area
A suspected Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist was arrested from Uttar Pradesh with Delhi Police today claiming that they have unearthed a plot to create terror in the national capital ahead of Holi.
The alleged operative Liaqat Ali, who hails from Kupwara
in Jammu and Kashmir, was on way to Delhi in a train when he was arrested from Gorakhpur, police sources said.
Sources claimed that he told them that some weapons were kept for him in a guest house in a Central Delhi locality.
Early morning raids by the Delhi Police were carried out in the old Delhi area of Jama Masjid, Chandni Chowk, which is but a stones throw away from where the India vs Australia Test is underway.
Police claim that they also seized an AK-47 automatic rifle and ammunition.
Security in the nearby areas, which was already on high alert, has been stepped up further and - police are looking for more operatives who might have sneaked in.
The last time this particular area, Jama Masjid, suffered a terror hit was when Taiwanese tourists were shot at on 19 September 2010.
Two men on a bike fired their gun at the tourists injuring two of them. With the Commonwealth Games round the corner then, it sent the entire security apparatus into a tizzy.
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