India’s home minister said Wednesday that police had foiled a major attack by suspected militants allegedly belonging from the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) group who were caught with explosives at a rail station. Home Minister P. Chidambaram told reporters that two men were arrested at New Delhi’s main station after a tip-off from intelligence agencies and work by three state police agencies.
“They were planning to detonate a bomb or more than one bomb in a crowded locality,” he said, citing initial reports from the police investigation. The pair are to be produced before a local court and detained for 10 days.
An unspecified number of other suspects had also been detained in connection with the alleged plot, Chidambaram said.
Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), a banned terrorist outfit in Pakistan, was also allegedly responsible for the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that left 166 people dead.
