In a major development, Delhi Police averted a terror strike by arresting three terrorists with Improvised Explosive Devices(IED) from Assam on Monday. The police also recovered banned literature and other explosive materials from their possession. According to reports, the arrested terrorists were planning to launch a major terror attack in the national capital.

DCP Pramod Kushwaha, Delhi Police Special Cell confirmed the report and told news agency ANI, "A terror strike has been averted as three persons have been apprehended with Improvised explosive devices(IED)." The police claim that the terrorists were planning attacks inother parts of the country too apart from the capital city.

The terrorists have been identified as Ranjit Ali, Islam,Jamaal and are said to be residents of Goalpara in Assam.