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ISIS operative armed with IEDs held in Delhi, terror strike averted: Police

Khan, who was on a motorcycle, was caught on Friday night after a brief exchange of fire on the section of the Ridge Road between Dhaula Kuan and Karol Bagh

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Security was stepped up in the national capital and in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh following the arrest.

Press Trust of India New Delhi
A major terror strike was averted with the arrest of a suspected operative of the ISIS, armed with two pressure cooker IEDS, from central Delhi's Ridge Road area following a brief exchange of fire, Delhi Police officials said on Saturday.

Mustakeem Khan, alias Abu Yusuf, a resident of a village in Uttar Pradesh's Balarampur district, who was under watch for over a year, planned to carry out a lone wolf strike at a high footfall area in the national capital, said P S Kushwah, DCP (Special Cell).

Khan, who was on a motorcycle, was caught on Friday night after a

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