LUCKNOW: A year after it performed UP’s first terrorist come upon in Lucknow, the Anti-Terrorist Squad claims to have de-radicalised seven UP youths who have been allegedly radicalised by means of nine ISIS recruiters, together with Saifullah.
On March eight remaining year, UP ATS had gunned down Saifullah after a 12-hour operation in Haji colony of Dubagga on Lucknow’s outskirts. The tip-off was once provided by means of Telangana cops.
In next action, ATS sleuths had nabbed closing 8 aides of Saifullah from Kanpur and Etawah.
Among those have been Atif Muzaffar, ISIS answerable for UP, and Gaus Mohammed.
The accused have been active in radicalising UP adolescence and recruiting them for the international terror crew ISIS.
The case was once later taken up by means of the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
All 8 accused are lately lodged in jail in Delhi and the path is on.
IG ATS Asim Arun instructed TOI that they have de-radicalised seven youths from different portions of the state prior to now twelve months.
The de-radicalisation programme was once initiated by means of ATS for adolescence who have been found influenced by means of Saifullah and his aides, mentioned Arun.
Explaining the programme module, SSP ATS Umesh Srivastava mentioned they stored an eye fixed on online actions of the radicalised youths after Saifullah’s come upon.
“A sub-inspector was once made in fee and family members of such youths have been taken into self belief. These youths were not found thinking about any terror process and had merely been influenced by means of ISIS ideology,” mentioned ATS SSP.
“The ATS sleuths also took the assistance of clerics to stop these youths from going astray. The youths belong to low-income crew and efforts are on to supply them employment, added Srivastava. Arun mentioned SPOT (Special Police Operation Team) was once also arrange after the come upon for retaining watch on terror modules that concentrate on adolescence on social media and in the state.
Atif Mizaffar and Saifullah had translated ISIS literature in Roman script and Hindi from Arabic and Persian and circulated it on social media.
NIA in its chargesheet mentioned that Muzaffar had admitted that they'd shot lifeless a retired college essential, Ramesh Chandra Shukla, in Kanpur in 2016 as a taking pictures practice with .30 calibre pistol.
On March eight remaining year, UP ATS had gunned down Saifullah after a 12-hour operation in Haji colony of Dubagga on Lucknow’s outskirts. The tip-off was once provided by means of Telangana cops.
In next action, ATS sleuths had nabbed closing 8 aides of Saifullah from Kanpur and Etawah.
Among those have been Atif Muzaffar, ISIS answerable for UP, and Gaus Mohammed.
The accused have been active in radicalising UP adolescence and recruiting them for the international terror crew ISIS.
The case was once later taken up by means of the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
All 8 accused are lately lodged in jail in Delhi and the path is on.
IG ATS Asim Arun instructed TOI that they have de-radicalised seven youths from different portions of the state prior to now twelve months.
The de-radicalisation programme was once initiated by means of ATS for adolescence who have been found influenced by means of Saifullah and his aides, mentioned Arun.
Explaining the programme module, SSP ATS Umesh Srivastava mentioned they stored an eye fixed on online actions of the radicalised youths after Saifullah’s come upon.
“A sub-inspector was once made in fee and family members of such youths have been taken into self belief. These youths were not found thinking about any terror process and had merely been influenced by means of ISIS ideology,” mentioned ATS SSP.
“The ATS sleuths also took the assistance of clerics to stop these youths from going astray. The youths belong to low-income crew and efforts are on to supply them employment, added Srivastava. Arun mentioned SPOT (Special Police Operation Team) was once also arrange after the come upon for retaining watch on terror modules that concentrate on adolescence on social media and in the state.
Atif Mizaffar and Saifullah had translated ISIS literature in Roman script and Hindi from Arabic and Persian and circulated it on social media.
NIA in its chargesheet mentioned that Muzaffar had admitted that they'd shot lifeless a retired college essential, Ramesh Chandra Shukla, in Kanpur in 2016 as a taking pictures practice with .30 calibre pistol.
A year on, ATS purges youths of ISIS influence
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