Briefing the media , ATS ADG, Law and Order Daljeet Choudhary on Wednesday said that the authorities have no evidence that link the suspected terrorists– Imran, Danish, Saifullah and Faizan – to any active module of the ISIS.

We have no information that links the four to any active ISIS module. From our initial investigations we suspect the four were self radicalised through material they found on social media.

He also revealed that the four wanted to identify themselves as the ISIS Khoran Moudle.

Sartaj, the father of the suspected terrorist who was killed in an anti-terror operation near Lucknow, said on Wednesday that he did not want anything to do with Saifullah’s mortal remains.

Saifullah was killed in a house on the outskirts of Lucknow after a 12-hour long operation by the Uttar Pradesh’s unit of the Anti Terrorism Squad. An Islamic State flag, eight pistols, 650 rounds of ammo, gold, SIM cards, cash, passports, a train timetable and explosive materials were seized from the house where Saifullah was holed up.

Expressing disappointment at his son’s actions, Sartaj said that he could not accept “a traitors body.”

Police suspect that Saifullah was involved in the 7 March blast in a Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train.

Speaking to the media, UP’s Additional Director General of Police said that Saifullah was a “hardened criminal,” who fired around 60 rounds of ammo on the commandos.

The anti-terror operation was being monitored by senior officials. After opening the doors of the house (where the terrorist was holed up), the force went inside and found the suspect dead along with his weapons.

Raids were conducted in different cities of UP, including Etawah and Kanpur, after the police force received inputs from Telangana regarding the terror suspects involved in the Bhopal-Ujjain train blast on Tuesday.

Two suspected terrorists were arrested and taken to Lucknow by a team of the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad for further questioning.

Searches for the other terror suspects are also underway.

Superintendent of Police (Kanpur City) Somen Verma said a team of UP ATS left for Lucknow with the two terror suspects at around 3am on 8 March, for further questioning.

Speaking to reporters after the anti-terror operation, IG ATS Aseem Arun said: "Efforts were made to catch the suspected terrorist (identified as Saifullah) alive, but unfortunately this did not materialise. We fired tear gas shells and chilly bombs but he did not come out."

The ATS commandoes then stormed inside the house (after issuing a warning to the terrorist), Arun said.

The suspected terrorist then fired at the ATS commandoes, which was then appropriately retaliated by the ATS commandoes. After this, two rooms were thoroughly searched and checked, and the person identified as Saifullah was found dead... The slain terrorist belongs to the Khurasan module of the ISIS and was an active member. But, whether he has been indoctrinated or not is a matter of investigation.

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