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| J&K man with Pakistani passport held in Delhi with explosives | | | Early Times Report
New Delhi: A Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist was arrested in Delhi on Tuesday and explosives were recovered from him, police said.
The man who alighted from a train on the Ajmeri Gate side of the New Delhi Railway Station was caught by Delhi Police's Special Cell at around 12:40 pm, deputy commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Alok Kumar said. Two of his associates, however, escaped.
The man was carrying an identity card bearing the name Salim from Jammu & Kashmir and also a Pakistani passport bearing the name Yusuf, Kumar said, adding four detonators, two timers and explosive chemicals were recovered from him.
Other incriminating documents have also been seized from his possession, which are being examined by the police.
Asked if the recovered chemical weighing around two kilogram was RDX, Kumar said, "It looks like."
He said they were trying to ascertain his identity as well as his mission in the national capital. The suspected terrorists were believed to be traveling to Maharashtra. Efforts are on to nab the two who escaped.
He is the second terrorist to be arrested by the Delhi Police this month. On August 6 just days ahead of Independence Day, the Special Cell had arrested two suspected Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists from Daryaganj area in central Delhi.
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