Delhi Police has arrested a suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba operative Mohammed Shahid from Mewat in Haryana.

Deputy Commissioner of Delhi Police (Special Cell) Sanjeev Kumar Yadav told a news agency that Shahid was planning to attack prominent market places in the national capital.

His other associates are on the run.

Yadav said the terror module of Shahid was spread across Delhi, Haryana and Rajasthan.

With his arrest, police have claimed to have busted a module of the terror outfit planning to attack prominent market places in Delhi.