2 suspected ISIS operatives plotting attack in S Delhi mall, park arrested

MOLOTOV COCKTAILS, IED TIMER SEIZED FROM DELHI HOUSE

- OUR CORRESPONDENT

Two suspected ISIS operatives have been arrested from Delhi and Madhya Pradesh with police seizing explosive-making material including plastic bombs, Molotov cocktail, timer devices and an ISIS flag from a house in the national capital, officials said on Friday.

The accused, Mohammad Adnan Khan alias Abu Muharib (19) from Delhi and Adnan Khan alias Abu Mohammad (20) a resident of Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, were allegedly planning to carry out a terror strike in a high-footfall area of the city, including in a mall in south Delhi and a public park, they said. “During a search of Md Adnan's house in Sadiq Nagar, three mobile phones containing ISIS propaganda material, images and manuals detailing remote detonation systems and instructions on making plastic bombs along with Molotov cocktails were recovered,’ Additional Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Pramod Singh Kushwah said ina statement.

A pen drive, hard disks, an ISIS flag - the clothing used during his Bay’ah (pledge of allegiance), and timer clock used in improvised explosive device (IED) was also recovered from his house, the statement added.

Police said the recovery exposed the duo’s advanced stage of preparation to carry out terror strikes in crowded areas of Delhi during the ongoing festive season.