Another suspected LeT operative arrested in Jharkhand

March 01, 2012 05:24 pm | Updated November 17, 2021 12:22 am IST - New Delhi

One more suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba operative has been arrested from Jharkhand by Delhi Police, taking the number of terrorists picked up in the last two days to three.

The suspect was picked up by the police from Hazaribagh in Jharkhand, sources said. They said no explosives were found on him and he was being taken to Delhi.

He would be produced before the court of Hazaribagh Chief Judicial Magistrate and Delhi Police would seek his remand to bring him to Delhi for further interrogation in connection with the foiled terror bid in the Capital.

Delhi Police had on Wednesday said it had foiled a major terror attack with the arrest of two LeT operatives who had planned to trigger explosions in crowded localities in the next few days.

Police had said the attacks were “very imminent” and both the arrested, whose names were withheld, were Indian citizens, one of whom was trained in Pakistan in bomb-making and using weapons.

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