New Delhi: The Special Cell of Delhi Police arrested an ISIS operative after a brief encounter near Ring
Road in the national capital on late Friday. The police recovered two Improvised Explosive Devices
(IEDs), weighing approximately 15 kilogrammes in two pressure cookers, from his possession. Besides,
a pistol was also recovered from him post-firing.
According to reports, a bomb squad team is on the spot and is diffusing the IEDs recovered from the
terrorist.
The ISIS operative has been identified as Abu Yusuf Khan and hails from Uttar Pradesh. He was
nabbed on Ridge Road between Karol Bagh and Dhaula Kuan in Delhi after a shootout at around 11:30
pm on Friday. Khan was on a two-wheeler when he was intercepted by the Delhi Police.
“One ISIS operative with Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) by our Special Cell after an exchange of
fire at Dhaula Kuan,” Pramod Singh Kushwaha, Delhi Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Delhi
Police Special Cell told reporters.
A Delhi Police official said that interrogation of the arrested terrorist is underway. The police believe that
Yusuf has some other companions in Delhi who were helping him. Raids are being conducted at different
places in the national capital to catch their hold. The police claim that Khan was a lone wolf operative
who had on his own planned an attack in the national capital.
Security forces have been deployed near the Buddha Jayanti Park on the Ridge Road area from where
the ISIS operative was arrested.
The Special Cell of Delhi Police arrested an ISIS operative after a brief encounter in the national capital
on late Friday (August 21). The encounter took place on Ridge Road between Karol Bagh and Dhaula
Kuan at 11.30 pm last night.
The ISIS operative has been identified as Abu Yusuf Khan and he hails from Uttar Pradesh. According
to sources, Khan was a lone wolf operative who had on his own planned an attack in Delhi. He was
conducting a recce of the place where was going to attack.
Two Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), weighing approximately 15 kilogrammes in two pressure
cookers, and one pistol was recovered from his possession.
According to reports, a bomb squad team is on the spot and is diffusing the IEDs recovered from the
terrorist.
Khan was being providing logistical support by his associates and the police is conducting raids to catch
them.
A Delhi Police official said that interrogation of the arrested terrorist is underway.
Meanwhile, security forces have been deployed near the Buddha Jayanti Park on the Ridge Road area
from where the ISIS operative was arrested.
