A man alleged to be a member of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) has been arrested on charges of planning to carry out terror strikes in the national capital during Republic Day celebrations, Delhi police officials said on Thursday.

Abdul Latif Ganai, alias Umair alias Dilawar, was arrested by Delhi police's special cell on the night of January 20, they said.

The arrest was made after police got a tip-off that a member of the terror outfit Jaish-e- Mohammad, the mastermind behind a series of grenade attacks in Srinagar recently, was planning similar terror strikes in heavy footfall areas in Delhi during Republic Day celebrations, an official said.

Dilawar was arrested with 'incriminating material', he added.

A team rushed to Jammu and Kashmir and found two IED/grenades. It arrested another man named Hilal, from Bandipora, who had allegedly carried out a recce of target areas in Delhi.

Information about the module was shared with Srinagar police, who then arrested those allegedly involved in the grenade attacks in Jammu and Kashmir.