NEW DELHI: Delhi Police claim to have averted a major terror strike in a local fair in Dudhnoi of district Goalpara in Assam with the arrest of three accused identified as Ranjit Islam, Luit Zameel Jaman and Muqaddir Islam. Two-button actuated knife and about 1 kg explosives and IED components were recovered along with pipes, nails and ball bearings.
A trap was laid near Madhuban Lodge, Assam by a joint team of Special Cell and Assam Police of PS Goalpara on November 24.
The joint team acted swiftly and apprehended three accused from the spot before they could detonate the IED at Raas-Mela Dudhnoi.
A case was registered at Goalpara Sadar, Assam under section 120B IPC, 121, 121(A), 122/ 153 (A) IPC, section 4, 15 Explosives Act, 25 Arms & 16, 18 ULA(P) Act in this regard.
During initial interrogation of the accused persons, they informed that the recovered IED is complete in all respect and they had planned to connect the battery just before planting the IED at Raas Mela-Dudhnoi, Assam.
They also disclosed that they had plans to conduct similar IED blasts in Delhi as well and the intended Assam blasts were a test run. They had also gathered IED components for Delhi blasts and the explosive material which they revealed had been stored at Ranjit Islam's and Luit Zameel Zaman's house at Krishnai.
"Group consisted of 3-4 persons inspired by ISIS and self-radicalized was conspiring to execute a terror attack in order to destabilize peace and tranquility. These entities appeared to be inspired by Bangladesh Module of ISIS and were also intending to carry out lone-wolf attacks besides bomb blasts. It was further revealed that this group had already assembled a few IEDs and they were planning to detonate these IEDs in the local 'Raas-mela' of Assam state, within a few days.," said Pramod Kushwaha, DCP Special Cell.
Zameel is 12th class pass out and worked in an Aadhaar centre while Mukaddir is unemployed and Ranjit Islam works as a labour in fish market.