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Pakistan's ISI suspected to be involved in Delhi IED threat case

A day after a bag containing an improvised explosive device (IED) was found by the police in a house in the Old Seemapuri area in the northeastern part of Delhi on Thursday, it is being learnt that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is likely to be involved in the terror threat case.

In January, an IED stuffed with RDX and ammonium nitrate was found inside an unattended bag at the Ghazipur flower market here but it was later defused.

Reports say that the investigation into the Ghazipur flower market IED case led the Delhi Police officials to receive a tip-off about the explosive in Old Seemapuri.

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