A suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist carrying a Jammu and Kashmir identity card and a Pakistani passport was arrested here today, days after Hizbul Mujahideen members were nabbed in the walled city area.

Yusuf alias Salim (27) was caught by Delhi Police’s Special Cell from New Delhi Railway Station at around 12:40 pm following a tip-off, Joint Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) P N Aggarwal told reporters here.

Sources said Yusuf, who came to Delhi from Jammu, hails from Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir and was believed to be headed towards Mumbai.

They said investigators are trying to ascertain whether he was going to Mumbai. However, there was no official confirmation about this.

Joint Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) PN Aggarwal said, “We arrested an LeT operative from the Ajmeri Gate area Tuesday noon. We have recovered explosives and detonators from his possession.”

The Delhi Police claimed to have recovered 5 kg of explosives, four detonators and two timers from the militant.

Along with explosives, a Pakistani passport in the name of Yousuf, an identity card issued in Jammu in the name of ‘Salim’, a handbag, a briefcase and one ticket of the Maharashtra bound train was also recovered from him.

It is believed that the arrested terrorist had plans to target important installations in the state of Maharashtra or in Mumbai.

The LeT militant has been taken to Delhi Police’ Special Cell for further questioning and to ascertain his motive and plans in the capital.

The IB had recently warned that more LeT modules were planning to enter New Delhi to target important places in the days to come.

At least seven people were killed and about 90 wounded in a suicide car bomb blast outside the NATO headquarters here on Saturday.

Initial reports said three people, all Afghan civilians, had been killed and 70 people injured

The presidential palace and several embassies are also located in the area.

The blast comes just five days before presidential elections and against a backdrop of increased violence by the Taliban.

The blast shook buildings in the Wazir Akhbar Khan diplomatic district of the capital, home to the US and British embassies and the headquarters of the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).

Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned the attack, saying people would not be deterred from voting.

“The enemies of Afghanistan try to create fear among people in this election period but people still realise the importance of going to ballot boxes to cast their votes,” Karzai was quoted by B.B.C. as saying.

The Afghan defence ministry issued a statement later saying that it believed seven people had been killed.

The blast hit the heavily fortified area of the city at about 0830 local time on Saturday.

“It was a suicide bombing carried out in a car right in front of Isaf [the Nato-led peacekeeping force],” Afghan defence ministry spokesman General Mohammad Zahir Azimi said, speaking from the scene.

Several Isaf soldiers were reportedly among the injured.

Over 100,000 foreign troops are based in the country.

“We did hear the loud boom. I don’t have any information now for you on it,” said Lieutenant Tommy Groves, a media officer for US and Nato-led forces.

Sirens rang out across the city soon after the blast at about 8.30 a.m. No details about casualties or damage were immediately available.

Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, in his dramatic confession before a special court on Monday, alleged that an Indian helped him in his training and taught him Hindi.

Little is known about Abu Jundal, the man Kasab alleges was one of the handler of the terrorists who attacked Mumbai in November last year.

Reports suggest Jundal hails from Hyderabad and was recruited by Pakistani agency ISI Inter-Services Intelligence and sent to terrorist camps for training.

Jundal’s name has cropped up in investigations into blasts at Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Delhi and other places. Jundal is believed to be linked to the Indian Mujahideen, the terrorist group which has claimed responsibility for a series of bomb attacks on Indian cities.

Jundal is also believed to be a trusted aide of Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, one of the five Lashkar-e-Toiba operatives detained by Pakistan for the attacks on Mumbai.

The Pakistani terrorist on Monday surprised the court when he rose and told Tahilyani in Urdu: “Sir, I would like to plead guilty to all the charges against me.”

Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab, the main killer terrorist in the Mumbai 26/11 attacks, Monday confessed to his role & admitted he was a Pakistani and narrated in chilling detail the events leading to the killing spree that left 180 people dead in the most brutal terror attack India has seen.
Kasab  recounted how he and his associates undertook the sea voyage from Karachi to Mumbai to strike at 13 locations here on the night of Nov 26, 2008.
Kasab’s confession included minute details of his role in the attacks on the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) and Cama Hospital nearby
He revealed in the court names of his Pakistani handlers, including Abu Hamza, Abu Jindal, Abu Kafa and Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, who saw them off when they boarded a ship at Karachi.
Hamza, who Indian intelligence agencies believe was behind the attack on the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore in December 2005, advised them on how to go about the terror attacks, said Kasab. He also described how he placed a bomb in a taxi that later exploded at Mazagaon, a south Mumbai area.
Naming Lakhvi of the Lashkar-e-Taiba  as ‘the mastermind’ behind the Mumbai attacks, Kasab recounted how he and his associate Abu Ismail (who was shot by the police) went to a CST public toilet and assembled one of the bombs by installing a timer on it for use later.
He stunned the courtroom by giving details of his encounters with then Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare and his associate Vijay Salaskar inside Cama Hospital and how he finally killed him.
Kasab described how the entire journey from Karachi to Mumbai was completed in four different boats at various locations in the Arabian Sea and how they finally landed in South Mumbai’s Colaba in an inflatable rubber dingy, opposite Badhwar Park, the residence of top railway officials.
Kasab interspersed his shocking confessional with the statements given by several of the 124 witnesses already examined by Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam to prove his statements.
According to Nikam, Kasab’s confession came after he discussed the entire issue with his government-appointed lawyer S.G. Abbas Kazmi.
‘This is a victory of truth, and a victory for the prosecution. His confession came all of a sudden and he has admitted to all the crimes against him,’ Nikam said.