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Special Cell in forefront of anti-terror fight: Bassi
New Delhi, Jan 29
Five days after the NIA
(National Investigation Agency) blamed officers of the Special Cell here
for framing a man from Kashmir in a plot to attack the national
capital, Delhi Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi said the officers were on
the forefront of the fight against terrorism.
"Cell (Special
Cell) has always been on the forefront on fighting terrorism. Our
officers have been taking a lot of risk for fighting terror. They have
been doing a great job," Bassi told media persons.
On Saturday,
NIA filed a charge sheet in the case of Liaquat Ali Shah -- arrested by
Delhi Police Special Cell in March 2013 near the India-Nepal border --
stating that the evidence against Shah was not proved. The Cell had
called him a terrorist coming from Pakistan to launch attacks in the
national capital.
The charge sheet also said that the man who was
allegedly responsible for planting a cache of arms in an old Delhi
hotel had a temporary address at the Special Cell's Lodhi Colony office.
"I
haven't seen the report yet. We will look into the assessment of the
evidence. There can be difference of opinion on the evidence," Bassi
added.
An elite unit of the Delhi Police specialised in counter-terror activity,