It was a Delhi Police input,says Commissioner

At a press meet on March 22,the police had claimed it was after the central agencies issued an input on Liyaqats arrival in Nepal,that the Delhi Polices Special Cell arrested him from Gorakhpur.

Sources in the Special Cell told The Indian Express that days before Liyaqats arrest,a conversation between Liyaqat and a Hizbul commander was intercepted following which it was learnt that Liyaqat would be arriving with several others in Nepal. Senior police officers justified their claim,saying the central agencies had issued inputs of threats only within the city. It was later that the Special Cell acted on their own input.