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Uttar Pradesh ATS releases photo of ISIS Khorasan module terrorist Saiffulah

Saifullah, belonged to the Khurasan module of the Islamic Sate and had linked with the Bhopal-Ujjain train blast in Madhya Pradesh

The photograph of Islamic State’s (ISIS) Khorasan module terrorist Saifullah, who was gunned down in Thakurganj, Lucknow on March 7, has been released by the Uttar Pradesh ATS (Anti-Terrorism Squad) on March 8. The Uttar Pradesh ATS said that Saifullah belonged to the Khurasan module of the Islamic Sate and had linked with the Bhopal-Ujjain train blast in Madhya Pradesh.

In a joint operation by Uttar Pradesh police and Madhya Pradesh Police eight arrests were made. The three of the accused — Danish, Mir Hussain and Atish Muzaffar — were arrested from Pipariya in MP. Two more, Mohammad Faisal and Mohammad Irfan, were nabbed from Jajmau near Kanpur, while another, Alam, was arrested from Etawah in UP.

#LucknowTerrorOp: Photo of ISIS Khorasan module terrorist gunned down in Thakurganj pic.twitter.com/G6D7CWCimG

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) March 8, 2017


The father of the arrested suspects from Kanpur—Faisal and Mohammad Irfan, said “the accusations on my sons are false. Faisal took care of a shop and Imran is married. He has a daughter.”

Accusations false. Faisal took care of a shop & Imran is married has a daughter: Father of terror suspects Imran & Faisal arrested in Kanpur pic.twitter.com/9gvnrtoMJh

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) March 8, 2017

“Danish also my son; has left home as I have scolded him for not working,” father of the arrested suspects added.

Danish also my son;he left home as I scolded hm fr nt working-Father of terror suspect Danish arrested in MP&Imran,Faisal arrested in Kanpur pic.twitter.com/6LTe9byjC7

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) March 8, 2017

ISIS Khurasan module is a big fraction of Tehreek-e-Taliban of Pakistan (TTP) which operate in Pakistan and Afghanistan.