Lucknow: Revealing the terrorist conspiracy in Gudamba area of the capital, senior police officer Prashant Kumar said that the arrested terrorists were about to carry out suicide attacks in many areas of the city. Police said that Minhaj Ahmed and Masiruddin alias Musheer, residents of Lucknow, have been arrested under the operation.
In the press conference, ADG Law and Order Prashant Kumar said, ‘ATS UP has exposed a big terrorist module. The team has arrested two terrorists associated with Al-Qaeda’s Ansar Ghazwa-ul-Hind. Weapons and explosive material have been recovered. He also said, “Terrorist activities were being carried out from Peshawar and Quetta on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.”
Police said that they found explosives and pistol from Minhaj Ahmed’s house. Minhaj is a resident of Kakori area of Lucknow district. Another team raided Masiruddin’s house located at Madiyahu in Jaunpur district. Where they have found a large amount of explosive material. Along with this, the team also recovered a cooker set used as a crude bomb from its house. The police is going to present both the people in the court, where it will demand custody for their interrogation.
According to the police, this terrorist module was planning to attack buildings and other public areas. Minhaj Ahmed and Maseeruddin played an important role in this. Police said that people from Lucknow and Kanpur were also involved in this group.
