India, March 30 -- Alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Shabir Ahmed Lone, who is said to be the handler of the recently busted LeT module in Metro Poster Case, has been arrested by a Delhi police Special Cell team.

Lone's name had come up as the handler of a LeT module comprising "highly radicalised operatives" in a multistate counter-terror operation which was busted by the Delhi police back in February. Originally from Jammu and Kashmir, Lone was said to be based out of Bangladesh.

The police said that a written complaint was lodged on February 8 by a CISF shift in charge at the Supreme Court Metro station in Delhi regarding pro-Pakistan and pro-terror posters pasted at Janpath Metro Station. During verification, similar posters were fo...