Lucknow: A suspected terrorist was killed in the wee hours on Tuesday after 12 hours of anti-terror operation, police said, refuting as "false" earlier reports of two terror suspects holed up in a house in the outskirts of Lucknow.
The anti-terror operation ended after nearly 12 hours.
"After opening the doors of the house (where the terrorist was holed up), the force went inside and found the suspect dead along with weapons," Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Daljit Chaudhary said.
Thakurganj: Pistol, revolver, ammunition, knife recovered among other things from the killed ISIS Khorasan module terrorist #LucknowTerrorOp pic.twitter.com/Zek26wJAUz— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) March 8, 2017
"At one point of time it appeared that more than one person was holed up inside the house," he said.
Chaudhary said that the operation "stands closed now. Rest of the legal formalities will subsequently take place."
Successful end to a major anti terror op in Lko. Imp arrests in Knr. Great work by UP ATS. Good example of intr agency cooperation.— Javeed (@javeeddgpup) March 8, 2017
"The slain terror suspect belongs to the Khurasan module of the ISIS and was an active member. But, whether he has been indoctrinated or not is a matter of investigation," Arun said.
Anti-terror operations were carried out to get hold of terrorists, suspected to be linked with the Bhopal-Ujjain train blast near Jabdi station in Shajapur district of Madhya Pradesh yesterday in which at least 10 people were injured, three of them seriously.
Thakurganj: Pistol, revolver, ammunition, knife recovered among other things from the killed ISIS Khorasan module terrorist #LucknowTerrorOp pic.twitter.com/Zek26wJAUz— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) March 8, 2017
Speaking to the media after the anti-terror operation was over, Arun said, "Efforts were made to catch the suspected terrorist (identified as Saifullah) alive, but unfortunately this did not materialise. We fired tear gas shells and chilli bombs so that he comes out. But, he did not come out."
ISIS Khorasan module terrorist gunned down in Thakurganj operation that lasted for nearly 10 hrs, visuals from the room where he was present pic.twitter.com/epZ924enUq— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) March 8, 2017
The ATS commandos then stormed inside the house (after issuing a warning to the terrorist), Arun said, adding "The suspected terrorist then fired at the ATS commandos, which was then appropriately retaliated by the ATS commandos. After this, two rooms were thoroughly searched and checked, and the person identified as Saifullah was found dead."
"One pistol, revolver, knife and ammunition have been recovered," he said.
Three persons have been apprehended from Kanpur and nearby area: DGP UP Javeed Ahmad on #LucknowTerrorOp pic.twitter.com/qM44ZUPjpx— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) March 8, 2017
The commandos also saw a wire wrapped around the stomach of the terror suspect, Arun said.
"We suspect that it could possibly be an explosive. Hence, the Bomb Disposal Squad has been called to clear the room first. After this the investigations would commence," he said.
Visual from the room in Thakurganj where ISIS Khorasan module terrorist had locked himself, #LucknowTerrorOp lasted for nearly 10 hrs pic.twitter.com/B8KqvZhquO— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) March 8, 2017
On earlier reports of two terrorists being holed up in the house, the IG ATS, said, "Since we were using the tube cameras to ascertain the details (of the suspected terrorists), the image was not very clear, and it appeared that there may be two terrorists holed up in the house. But, when the search and clear operations were carried out, only one dead body was found."
Asked to comment on the possible terror linkage of the slain terrorist, Arun said that this would be answered during the course of investigation.
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