UP ATS arrests 3 terrorists, including 2 from Pakistan, for planning terror attacks in India
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New Delhi, April 5: In a huge development, three terrorists including two from Pakistan were arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terror Squad (ATS), who entered the country through the Nepal border and posed as Indian citizens based on forged documents.
The arrested have been identified as Mohammed Altaf Bhat, Sayyed Gajanfar - both Pakistani residents - and Nasir Ali of Srinagar. Notably, they entered through Sheikh Farenda, a coastal village on the India-Nepal border.
"UP ATS has been receiving inputs for some time that some Pakistani nationals, with the help of ISI, will be entering India through the Indo-Nepal border. They are planning to carry out terror activities in India and have also received training at Hizbul Mujahideen training camp," the UP ATS said in a press release.
Further, it stated that it was Mohammed Altaf Bhat who received training from Hizbul Mujahideen with the help of ISI. He along with the two others, Sayyed Gajanfar and Nasir, were planning terror attacks in India.
UP ATS arrested three individuals for plotting terrorist activities in India.
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Two of them Md Altaf Bhat & Sayyed Gajanfar are Pakistanis. Nasir Ali from Kashmir was helping them in it. pic.twitter.com/xSEaAz1KT8
Based on the inputs, the UP ATS, Gorakhpur, while conducting electronic and physical surveillance, found that the two Pakistani terrorists were about to enter India.
The police have registered a case against the arrested accused under sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 (B), 120 (B) and 121 (A) of the Indian Penal Code as well as under relevant sections of The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 and Foreigners Act, 1946.