Police Said: Al Qaeda Module Busted In UP Planned Suicide Attacks In Lucknow.
Two men named Minhaj Ahmed and Maseeruddin, otherwise called Mushir – both from Lucknow – have been captured.
An Al Qaeda unit busted in Uttar Pradesh was arranging terrorist attacks – incorporating self destruction bombings – in jam-packed spaces of Lucknow and different urban communities in the express, the police said on Sunday.
Two men named Minhaj Ahmed and Maseeruddin, otherwise called Mushir – the two occupants of Lucknow area – have been captured, prompting the disclosure of the Al Qaeda-upheld ‘Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind’ psychological terrorist cell, the police said.
“ATS (Anti-Terrorism Squad) UP has uncovered a major fear module. The group has captured two psychological militants connected with Al Qaeda’s Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind. Arms, touchy materials have been recuperated in look,” senior cop Prashant Kumar said at a news meeting.
“They were arranging blasts at significant important spots, remembrances and swarmed spots, and furthermore to utilize human bombs before August 15 (Independence Day) in various urban areas of the state, including Lucknow. For this, they were gathering weapons and explosives,” he said.
“The terrors exercises were being run from Peshawar and Quetta on the Pakistan-Afghanistan line by an Al Qaeda part called Umar Halmandi,” Mr Kumar added.
The police said they discovered explosives and a gun at the home of Minhaj Ahmed, who is in his thirties and lives in Kakori town of Lucknow locale.
Another group completed quests at the home of Maseeruddin, who is matured around 50, in Mariahu town of Jaunpur area and tracked down countless explosives and a cooker set to be utilized as an unrefined bomb, they said.
The two men will be introduced in court where the police will demand to address them in custody.
As per the police, the psychological terror module arranged assaults on landmarks and other public regions, according to starter data.
While Minhaj Ahmed and Maseeruddin were assuming key parts for the Al Qaeda unit, the gathering additionally had individuals from Lucknow and Kanpur, the police said.
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