New Delhi:

A suspected ISIS terrorist was arrested in Delhi last night, police said.

Abu Yusuf, the accused, was arrested by the special cell of the Delhi Police, officials said.

“The accused was arrested after an exchange of fire from Ridge Road between Dhaula Kuan and Karol Bagh,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Pramod Singh Kushwaha was quoted as saying by news agency PTI

The arrest comes days after a doctor was arrested in Bengaluru for having alleged links with the terrorist group ISIS.

Rahman, 28, who worked as an ophthalmologist at MS Ramaiah Medical College, was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday based on intelligence gathered from a couple who were arrested in Delhi in March this year.

The couple also allegedly had links with ISIS and other terrorists, including a man in Delhi’s Tihar jail.