Lucknow: A suspected Islamic State operative was killed in an anti-terror operation by the Uttar Pradesh (ATS) in early on Wednesday and hours later and to take the probe forward National Investigative Agency (NIA) team arrived in the city.
The team of NIA officals will look into the items recovered from slain Saifullah’s hideout in Haji colony in Thakurganj area, where he was killed by the Uttar Pradesh Anti Terrorism Squad after 11-hour-long gunfight between security forces and him.
According to police, six pistols of different make, two wireless sets, alarm clocks, steel pipes, an IS flag, two laptops, videos of how to make bombs, four knives, two passports and 600-plus live cartridges were recovered from the site.
Inspector General (Special Task Force) Aseem Arun told the media while narrating the details of the incident, “We tried our best to capture him alive but were left with no other option.”
IS suspect killed by UP ATS in Lucknow after 11 hours
After an explosion took place in a train in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday. Intelligence agencies from two other states had tipped off the police of the likely presence of terror suspects in Lucknow, Kanpur and Etawah.
The gunfight started at around 4 p.m. on Tuesday in Lucknow and continued for over 11 hours, concluding early on Wednesday.
Two persons were arrested from Lakhna in Etawah, three from Kanpur and one was holed up in Lucknow, Arun said.
Saifullah opened fire when the police reached the hideout to nab him.
Faisal, a suspect, was arrested from Tiwaripur area in Kanpur and his elder brother Imran was arrested from Unnao. They are currently being interrogated by the ATS.
Two others detained by the ATS in Kanpur were set free by a mob.
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