The Delhi Police arrested three men allegedly linked to the Islamic State (IS) after a brief encounter on Thursday morning.

According to reports, arms and other suspicious objects were recovered from the trio who were arrested from Wazirabad area in North-East Delhi.

Those arrested were identified as Khaja Moideen (52), Abdul Samad (28) and Syed Ali Nawaz (32), all residents of Tamil Nadu

Two of them were on conditional bail in the sensational murder case of KP Suresh Kumar, a Hindu Munnani leader, police said.

The three men arrived in Delhi from Tamil Nadu via Nepal with a design to carry out a terror strike in the NCR or Uttar Pradesh, the police said, adding that afterwards, they had a plan to flee to Nepal and further to Pakistan.