New Delhi, March 30 -- In a significant counter-terror operation, the Delhi Police special cell has captured Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander Shabbir Ahmed Lone in a coordinated strike close to the Bangladesh frontier. Officials familiar with the matter revealed that Lone had been operating a LeT module from a concealed base on the outskirts of Dhaka.

The breakthrough came after a painstaking two-month chase that was personally overseen by Police Commissioner Satish Golcha. A dedicated task force spearheaded by Additional CP Pramod Kushwaha, ACP Lalit Negi, and Inspector Sunil Rajain had been meticulously tracking Lone's movements ever since intelligence pointed to his involvement in radicalising and recruiting young men across Delhi, Kolka...