LAHORE: Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of police claimed on Wednesday to have arrested two members of militant Islamic State group from Cantt area.

A CTD spokesman said they received intelligence reports that some terrorists were planning to attack sensitive government installations in the city. He said the CTD team raided a house near grassy ground in Cantonment and arrested two suspected terrorists identified as Naeem and Hanif.

He said they also recovered a sizable amount of explosives, accessories, including cord, electric circuits, batteries and detonators.

The spokesman said both suspects belonged to banned militant IS group. They were shifted to an undisclosed location for interrogation.