Delhi Police s Special Cell has arrested two individuals with expertise in creating improvised explosive devices (IEDs) using common chemicals. Mohammed Shahnawaz Alam, a mining engineer, and Arshad Warsi, a physics teacher and PhD student, were taken into custody for suspected involvement in terror-related activities. The suspects had knowledge of explosives, raising concerns among the anti-terror unit.
Delhi Police s special cell has apprehended a "most wanted" terror suspect, Mohammed Shahnawaz Alam, along with two associates associated with an alleged "ISIS-inspired" module. The police claim that the module was planning high-intensity blasts in key locations in Delhi. The arrest was made after raids in multiple locations in northern India.
Shahnawaz was nabbed in Jaitpur in Delhi, while Mohammad Rizwan Ashraf and Mohammad Arshad Warsi were arrested in Lucknow and Moradabad, in Uttar Pradesh, respectively, they said, adding the three have been remanded in police custody for a week.