TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Two suspected members of the Islamic State in Jammu and Kashmir have been arrested near the Red Fort, the Delhi Police said on Friday.
The duo, from Shopian in Kashmir, were identified as Parvaiz Rashid Lone, 24, and Jamsheed Zahoor Paul,19. They were arrested from the Jama Masjid bus stop near the Red Fort, said Pramod Singh Kushwah, deputy commissioner of police-special cell.
They were boarding a bus to return to Jammu and Kashmir when they were nabbed around 10.45 pm Thursday. The officer said they were using Delhi as a transit point.
A team of the Delhi Police’s Special Cell had received inputs from reliable sources that some sleeper cell members of IS-JK had been visiting Delhi frequently for onward travel to Uttar Pradesh, said the officer.
“It was revealed that they were procuring sophisticated weapons through their contacts in Uttar Pradesh. It was learnt that the duo were using Delhi as a transit point and had even managed to deliver an arms consignment to ISJK cadres earlier,” he added.
