01-26-2007, 11:27 PM
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An unprecedented security cover has been thrown around the capital on Republic Day eve even as police foiled a major terrorist bid to subvert the national event by arresting a Lashkar-e-Toiba operative with explosives.
The Pakistani-trained militant, identified as Iftikhar Alam, was arrested from a bus stand near the metro station in Seelampur locality of North-East Delhi this evening. Around 2.5 kg of RDX, two detonators and a timer have been recovered from his possession.
"He was here to deliver the explosives to someone for carrying out strikes on the occasion of Republic Day," Joint Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Karnal Singh said. A resident of Nalanda, Alam arrived in Delhi from Patna this morning by the Sampoorna Kranti Express.
However, his contact in Delhi is yet to be identified, leaving the security personnel on tenterhooks. The Republic Day will be attended by President A P J Abdul Kalam, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin and the country's political and military top brass.
Alam revealed that the unidentified person who was to collect the explosives from him had conducted a recce of several locations including vital installations in the capital for carrying out attacks.
In another alarming incident, police arrested Mohd Hussain Sheikh from the Old Delhi Railway station with a live smoke grenade during a routine checking. Sheikh has been booked under the Explosives Substances Act.
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An unprecedented security cover has been thrown around the capital on Republic Day eve even as police foiled a major terrorist bid to subvert the national event by arresting a Lashkar-e-Toiba operative with explosives.
The Pakistani-trained militant, identified as Iftikhar Alam, was arrested from a bus stand near the metro station in Seelampur locality of North-East Delhi this evening. Around 2.5 kg of RDX, two detonators and a timer have been recovered from his possession.
"He was here to deliver the explosives to someone for carrying out strikes on the occasion of Republic Day," Joint Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Karnal Singh said. A resident of Nalanda, Alam arrived in Delhi from Patna this morning by the Sampoorna Kranti Express.
However, his contact in Delhi is yet to be identified, leaving the security personnel on tenterhooks. The Republic Day will be attended by President A P J Abdul Kalam, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin and the country's political and military top brass.
Alam revealed that the unidentified person who was to collect the explosives from him had conducted a recce of several locations including vital installations in the capital for carrying out attacks.
In another alarming incident, police arrested Mohd Hussain Sheikh from the Old Delhi Railway station with a live smoke grenade during a routine checking. Sheikh has been booked under the Explosives Substances Act.
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