Bid to blow up U.S. Embassy in New Delhi; 2 held

By Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar

NEW DELHI, JUNE 15. An attempt by international terrorist, Osama bin Laden, to blast the United States Embassy here has been foiled by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police in coordination with the Intelligence Bureau after the arrest of two suspected terrorists, including a Sudanese national, and recovery of high- intensity explosives.

Police sources said the two men were sent by Osama bin Laden - who was behind the attacks on U.S. missions in Somalia, Egypt and Sudan - to carry out a devastating attack on the U.S. Embassy here.

The two, Abdel Raouf Hawash, the Sudanese national, who had been in Udaipur, Rajasthan, for about 10 years and Shamim Sarvar from Bihar - were caught near a park in the Nizamuddin area by a Special Cell team led by Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma under the supervision of the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mr. Rajbir Singh, on Friday afternoon.

A high-intensity improvised explosive device (IED) was recovered from the two.

The terrorists had planned a car-bomb explosion at the embassy and were on the look-out for a suitable vehicle.

The Delhi police and the Intelligence Bureau have been working on a tip-off about a probable attack on the embassy for nearly two months. Interrogation of the two arrested revealed that they had been visiting Delhi frequently and combing the diplomatic area extensively.

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