New Delhi, March 30 -- A team of the Delhi Police's Special Cell has arrested a wanted Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist, Shabir Ahmed Lone, from the Ghazipur area, officials said on Monday.

Addressing a press conference here, Special Cell officer Pramod Singh Kushwaha said the accused was apprehended under the leadership of newly appointed DCP Praveen Tripathi. The operation was carried out by a team of Inspector Sunil and Inspector Dheeraj Mehlawat.

Kushwaha stated that Lone was the handler of a recently busted LeT module linked to the metro poster case, in which eight individuals were earlier arrested, including seven Bangladeshi nationals and one Indian national. Key operatives identified in the module include Umar Farooq and Rabiyul ...