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Terrorist scare in Parliament: Four held, let off

An altercation between a scooterist and four men in a car in the capital on Wednesday revived memories of the terrorist attack on Parliament last year sending security agencies into a tizzy and beefing up of security in and around Parliament.

Parliament security closed all the gates moments after Delhi Police wireless flashed a message that four men armed with weapons were moving in a suspicious manner not far away from building.

The three-tier security system in the high-security complex was put on immediate alert and all vehicles and persons were subjected to intense check.

The police, meanwhile, intercepted the car carrying the four on Ranjit Singh flyover in busy Barakhamba road in capital's business district around Connaught Place, picked them up and questioned them thoroughly only to find they have been victims of an anonymous caller, apparently ill-disposed towards the four.

The caller had told the Police Control Room that the four -- Haji Mohammed Iqbal (50), his two sons Chand (26) and Mehboob (24) and his nephew Mohammed Ayub (25) were carrying weapons to carryout a terrorist attack in the capital.

The four, who knew little as to what was in store for them, had earlier got into an altercation with a scooterist, who police suspect could be behind the anonymous call.

One of the four had told the security agencies that after the altercation on Delhi-Ghaziabad border, the stranger had threatened them that the moment they reach Delhi, police would be behind them.

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