Lucknow: In the early hours on Wednesday the operation by Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) commandos countered a suspected IS operative in an anti-terror operation that lasted for almost 12 hours in Thakurganj area of Lucknow morning has come to an end.
Lucknow: Thakurganj operation ends, ISIS Khorasan module terrorist gunned down pic.twitter.com/u567zOPtHM
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Police refuted as “false” earlier reports of two terror suspects holed up in a house in the outskirts of Lucknow.
“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”, said Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Daljit Chaudhary.
The IG of the ATS Assem Arun said that they tried to get Saifullah to surrender. However he refused to do so and said, “I want to attain shahdat (martyrdom)”.
#LucknowTerrorOp: Photo of ISIS Khorasan module terrorist gunned down in Thakurganj pic.twitter.com/G6D7CWCimG
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During the course of the encounter, the police managed to nab two persons, Faizan and Imran who are believed to have assisted Saifullah in executing the train bombing.
There was confusion during the encounter as ATS had drilled a micro tube camera through the roof of the house in which the Islamic State operative Saifullah was holed up and imagery suggested that there was another person.
At the end of the encounter it was found that Saifullah was alone.
IG ATS Aseem Arun said that forces first made all the efforts to nab the suspected terrorist alive, but when that didn’t materialize forces had to fire tear gas shells and chilly bombs.
Holed up terrorist Saifullah didn’t surrender. “The commandos where then stormed inside the house, after issuing a warning to the terrorist. The suspected terrorist fired at the ATS commandos, which was then appropriately retaliated by the commandos”, said IG Arun.
Eight pistols, 650 rounds of ammunition, 50 fired rounds, explosives materials, gold, some cash, passports and SIM cards recovered from the terrorist, Police reported.
Thakurganj: Pistol, revolver, ammunition, knife recovered among other things from the killed ISIS Khorasan module terrorist #LucknowTerrorOp pic.twitter.com/Zek26wJAUz
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Visual from the room in Thakurganj where ISIS Khorasan module terrorist had locked himself, #LucknowTerrorOp lasted for nearly 10 hrs pic.twitter.com/B8KqvZhquO
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