New Delhi, April 24 -- The Delhi Police on Thursday said it has detained a man who claimed to have prior information about the April 22 terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, which turned out to be "completely baseless" following verification by the security agencies.

According to the police, the man identified as Subodh Tyagi made a phone call from Delhi's Shakarpur area late on Wednesday night, claiming to have prior information about the attack.

Tyagi, a driver by profession, alerted the police, following which the Delhi Police took immediate action and initiated an investigation in collaboration with multiple security agencies, including the Intelligence Bureau (IB).

After questioning the man for several hours, security age...