New Delhi, July 2 -- Religious places and police establishments in the national capital were on the radar of a cross-border terror-crime syndicate, the Delhi Police said on Wednesday, after arresting an operative of the Shahzad Bhatti network who was allegedly conducting reconnaissance of sensitive locations.

Detailing the specific threat to the capital, DCP Special Cell Praveen Kumar Tripathi told ANI, "One of the accused was arrested in Delhi, who was tasked with carrying out recce of religious places, police establishments, and police nakas (checkpoints). He was also promised weapons for carrying out a firing incident in Delhi."

The arrest was part of a major crackdown by the Special Cell (New Delhi Range), which led to the apprehens...