Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Anti-terrorist Squad on Sunday arrested two terrorists linked to Al Qaeda after seven hours long major operation in the Kakori area, Lucknow. The two alleged ultras were reportedly hiding in a house.
UP ATS IG GK Goswami, Who led the seven-hour-long operation told the media that “The two alleged ultras were reportedly hiding in a house in Kakori area and the suspects were planning serial blasts in the state capital and other cities in the coming days.”
GK Goswami further informed that arms, as well as live bombs including pressure cooker bombs, detonators, and 6 to 7 kg of explosives, had been recovered from the house. A bomb disposal squad was summoned to the site and nearby houses were evacuated.
According to the ATS IG “, the suspects had links with Kashmir also.”
Prashant Kumar, ADG, Law, and Order said that “the arrested persons had been identified as Minhaz Ansari, 32, and Maseeruddin, 50. They were members of Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, a Kashmiri wing of Al Qaeda that is active in Jammu and Kashmir.”
The ADG said that “the two arrested men would not be produced before the court and taken on remand for further investigations.”
A few days back – the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir detected drones in the air and unpredicted activities at the air force station of Jammu and Kashmir may be a new way to disturb the peace and stability in Jammu and Kashmir.