New Delhi:
The Delhi Police's Special Cell appears to have unearthed a major terror plot with the recovery of several AK-47 assault rifles, hand grenades and a huge cache of explosives from a hotel near Jama Masjid during a raid there yesterday.
Sources say the overnight raid was conducted based on information provided by a suspected Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist who was arrested by the Delhi Police from Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh.
A bomb disposal squad was also present outside the hotel at the time of the raid. Several other men have also been detained from the area for interrogation.
The alleged terrorist, Liyakat Shah, hails from Kupwara in Jammu and Kashmir and is believed to be associated with the Hizbul Mujahideen for the last 15 years.
Shah was on way to Delhi in a train when he was arrested from Gorakhpur, police sources said. He was produced in a court yesterday which sent him to police custody for 15 days.
Sources say he will now be interrogated about the recent militant attack on a paramilitary camp in Srinagar.