New Delhi: A possible terror attack has been thwarted with the arrest of two Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists who were planning to carry out attacks in the national capital ahead of the Republic Day celebrations, police said.
“Abdul Latif Ganai, who is the mastermind behind a series of grenade attacks in Srinagar recently, was arrested by a team of Special Cell on a tip-off on Monday from central Delhi,” Deputy Commissioner of Police PS Kushwah said.
Kushwah said that Ganai is an active member of Pakistan-based terror outfit JeM and he was planning a similar terror attack in heavy footfall areas of the national capital during the ongoing Republic Day celebrations.
“A team of Special Cell on Tuesday rushed to Jammu and Kashmir and recovered grenades and some ammunition at Ganai’s instance and arrested another terrorist, Hilal, from Bandipora, who had carried out recee of the target areas in Delhi,” said the police official.
He said that the sleuths had been interrogating Ganai to know about his terror plans.