Delhi Police Special Cell raided a guest house in old Delhi's Jama
Masjid area on Thursday night after an alleged Hizbul terrorist,
arrested from Gorakhpur in UP, disclosed that he was to collect arms and
ammunition from his aides in Delhi.
Police are now trying to identify his "contacts" with help of the CCTV footage from the guest house.
More than 20 policemen in civilian clothes raided the guest house, Hazi Arafat, located in a narrow bylane opposite Jama Masjid in Central Delhi at 10.45 pm on Thursday. The operation lasted for four hours.
According to police, an operative of Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) — Sayyed Liyaqat Shah — who belongs to Kupwara district in North Kashmir, was arrested on March 20 and he had told them that his aides were to meet him in the guest house, provide arms and give instructions on the terror strike.
"From the hotel room, an AK-56, some hand grenades, a memory card, two magazines, a map, and dry fruits were recovered," Special Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) S N Srivastava said.
The raiding party reportedly waited for Shah's aide till late Thursday, but when he did not turn up, the police got his room keys from the reception and searched it in the presence of the hotel manager, Srivastava said.
The aide reportedly checked into the guest house on Wednesday (March 20). He was staying in room number 304 on the third floor.
Speaking to Delhi Newsline, a hotel staff said the man came there around 4 pm on March 20 and chose a non-A/C room. He was tall, wheatish in complexion, clean-shaven and wore a cap and spectacles, he said.
"He submitted his Voter's ID and his contact number and paid one day's rent — Rs 500 — as advance. We had checked his bag with a hand metal-detector and found nothing suspicious. He told me he was a tourist," the staff member said.
Around 5.30 pm, the man went out of the hotel "to have tea" and returned sometime later with another bag, the staff member said.
"It looked like a blanket carry bag, so we did not check it. At 8 pm, he went out and did not return. It is our policy to wait for 48 hours before informing police about a visitor who leaves the room unattended. But before we could alert police, the Special Cell team approached us at 10.45 pm on Thursday," he said.
"CCTV footage from the guest house reveals a man had visited Shah's aide on Wednesday and is suspected to be involved in the planned attack. We are analysing the footage and have sent six teams to Kashmir to trace Shah's associates," a police officer said.
Police are now trying to identify his "contacts" with help of the CCTV footage from the guest house.
More than 20 policemen in civilian clothes raided the guest house, Hazi Arafat, located in a narrow bylane opposite Jama Masjid in Central Delhi at 10.45 pm on Thursday. The operation lasted for four hours.
According to police, an operative of Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) — Sayyed Liyaqat Shah — who belongs to Kupwara district in North Kashmir, was arrested on March 20 and he had told them that his aides were to meet him in the guest house, provide arms and give instructions on the terror strike.
"From the hotel room, an AK-56, some hand grenades, a memory card, two magazines, a map, and dry fruits were recovered," Special Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) S N Srivastava said.
The raiding party reportedly waited for Shah's aide till late Thursday, but when he did not turn up, the police got his room keys from the reception and searched it in the presence of the hotel manager, Srivastava said.
The aide reportedly checked into the guest house on Wednesday (March 20). He was staying in room number 304 on the third floor.
Speaking to Delhi Newsline, a hotel staff said the man came there around 4 pm on March 20 and chose a non-A/C room. He was tall, wheatish in complexion, clean-shaven and wore a cap and spectacles, he said.
"He submitted his Voter's ID and his contact number and paid one day's rent — Rs 500 — as advance. We had checked his bag with a hand metal-detector and found nothing suspicious. He told me he was a tourist," the staff member said.
Around 5.30 pm, the man went out of the hotel "to have tea" and returned sometime later with another bag, the staff member said.
"It looked like a blanket carry bag, so we did not check it. At 8 pm, he went out and did not return. It is our policy to wait for 48 hours before informing police about a visitor who leaves the room unattended. But before we could alert police, the Special Cell team approached us at 10.45 pm on Thursday," he said.
"CCTV footage from the guest house reveals a man had visited Shah's aide on Wednesday and is suspected to be involved in the planned attack. We are analysing the footage and have sent six teams to Kashmir to trace Shah's associates," a police officer said.
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