Acting on a tip-off from an intelligence agency, the special cell of the Delhi Police apprehended Nasir Safi Mir, a Dubai-based conduit of the Hizbul outfit from Defence Colony Friday evening. Abut 2kg of RDX, a timer, a detonator, one pistol, six live cartridges and Rs5.5 million was seized from Mir, who is a resident of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir.

“Mir has been involved in a number of cases of routing funds through hawala channels and supplying explosives to the banned terrorist outfit for carrying out operations," said Ajay Kumar, deputy commissioner of police (special cell).

"After sustained interrogation, Mir revealed that he also had close links to Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, chief of the Hurriyat Conference," Kumar told reporters.

He said the alleged conduit had received the consignment on February 2 from one person Latif on the direction of Sayed Salahuddin, chief of HM, which was supposed to be delivered to another terrorist named Zahoor, in the Defence Colony area.

Of the Rs5.5 million, Mir was directed to give Rs1 million to Zahoor along with the consignment of explosives to carry out some terrorist activity in the national capital. A sum of Rs4 million was to be sent to Jammu and Kashmir to be distributed among various other members of the outfit.