Terrorism related incidents in Uttar Pradesh since 2001

No.

Date

Incidents

1

April 18, 2001

Three Pakistani terrorists of the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), were killed in an encounter with the Special Task Force (STF) of the State Police in the Gomtinagar area of Lucknow. Nearly two kg of high quality chemical explosives, two AK rifles, and other arms and ammunition were recovered from the terrorists. They were shot dead while on their way to Faizabad.

2

April 30, 2001

A Pakistan-trained Harkat-ul-Ansar terrorist was arrested from a Madrassa (seminary) in Hapur. The terrorist was behind the April 27, 1996-explosion in a UP Roadways bus at Roorkie Depot, in which 16 people were killed.

3

May 1, 2001

An agent of Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) was arrested by the Military Intelligence with the help of local Police in Saharanpur. Documents related to the Air Force and the Army with technical and structural data was recovered.

4

August 13, 2001

The STF of Uttar Pradesh Police arrested two LeT terrorists from the Lucknow cantonment, which houses the headquarters of the Army’s Central Command. Police also recovered 12 kg of RDX and a large quantity of arms and ammunition from their possession.

5

August 14, 2001

An ‘area commander’ of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) was killed in an encounter near Ayodhya.

6

August 17, 2001

The STF of Uttar Pradesh Police arrested a suspected Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) terrorist, who is also a member of the Students’ Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), in Azamgarh.

7

October 15, 2001

Three suspected Kashmiri terrorists and two Police personnel were killed while another Police personnel were injured in an encounter in the Kotwali area of Bijnore town. One terrorist was arrested while another managed to escape.

8

January 3, 2002

Police arrested an Al Badr terrorist in Varanasi. Identified as Azizul, a native of Miyan Wali in the Punjab province of Pakistan, he reportedly confessed during interrogation that he was an active member of Al Badr since the last three years.

10

January 5, 2002

Two Jordanians and a Palestinian national were arrested after they were found in possession of fake passport and other documents. Police sources said the three are said to have links with the Palestinian terrorist group, the Hamas. One of the arrested accused was reportedly in constant touch with a few embassies in New Delhi and their personal diaries and communiqués have details of the Hamas.

11

January 8, 2002

A suspected ISI agent is killed in an encounter with the Police near the Muradnagar ordinance factory in Ghaziabad. The Police recovered a .30 calibre Chinese pistol, several live and spent cartridges and some drawings from the incident site.

12

March 22, 2002

Four suspected LeT terrorists were arrested in Hapur city, 60 km from New Delhi.

13

March 26, 2002

The STF of Uttar Pradesh Police arrested two Pakistani terrorists of the LeT in Faizabad. An AK rifle, 72 cartridges, three magazines, 1.75 kg of RDX, a detonator, a timer and a battery circuit were recovered from them.

14

May 10, 2002

In a joint operation by the State Police, Military Intelligence and STF, an ISI agent was arrested in Kanpur, while he was trying to send some classified documents through a courier to Karachi.

15

May 19, 2002

Uttar Pradesh Police arrested an ISI agent for passing on defence-related information to Pakistan through the Internet, and recovered several classified defence documents from him. Senior Superintendent of Police, R. P. Singh, told reporters that Mohammad Anwar alias Badruddin was arrested from the Babupurwa locality of Kanpur and added that uniforms and fake identity cards of Army and Border Security Force (BSF), badges, stamps, floppies containing pictures of cantonment areas, a mobile phone and a passport were also recovered from his possession.

Delhi Police arrested an alleged ISI agent and his wife, also from the same city, Kanpur, and seized defence-related documents from them. The Police also seized uniforms of BSF officers, badges, a mobile phone and its six cash cards from the arrested persons, Noor Alam and his wife.

16

June 21, 2002

Security Force (SF) personnel arrested an ISI agent in the Zafalgani locality of Najibabad town, Bijor District. Official sources said the agent was responsible for transporting secret files of classified defence documents and passing on other vital information about security to the ISI in Pakistan. Many secret Army documents pertaining to Indian troop movement from their respective cantonments to the international border, maps of these cantonments and States, apart from detailed description and accounts of armament depots and ordnance factories were also recovered from him.

17

July 9, 2002

Five terrorists of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen were arrested from Moradabad. A huge quantity of arms and ammunition, including three AK assault rifles, ammunition and RDX, was also recovered from their possession.

18

July 15, 2002

The Police arrested four ISI agents from Sherpur and Jat Mujhera villages in the Muzaffarnagar District.

19

July 22, 2002

Two Khalistani terrorists were arrested after an encounter with the Police in Pilibhit District.

20

August 11, 2002

A State Home Department spokesperson said a suspected ISI agent was arrested from Bulandshahar District.

21

August 22, 2002

Three ISI agents, including a Pakistani national, were arrested in Aligarh. A Webley Scott pistol, a map of Bareilly sub-area, photographs of important installations, a camera, passports, fake mark sheets and degrees of the Aligarh Muslim University were among the many things recovered from their possession.

22

September 29, 2002

Special Task Force of Uttar Pradesh Police arrested two ISI agents from the Bans Mandi area in Kanpur.

23

January 27, 2003

Uttar Pradesh Police arrested three activists of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) from Lucknow and Allahabad and recovered some incriminating documents from their possession.

24

February 3, 2003

The Special Task Force with the help of Rampur Police arrested a suspected ISI agent from Lucknow.

25

March 9, 2003

STF personnel arrested two terrorists of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) in Muzaffarnagar. They were identified as Ijaz Hussain Jaan of Baramulla and Meraj Hasan of Kupwara in Jammu and Kashmir. Police also recovered a sketch of the Parliament, a map of Delhi, a telephone diary and a mobile phone from them.

26

March 12, 2003

STF personnel killed a top JeM cadre in an encounter at Sector 34 in Noida. An AK-47 rifle, ammunition and explosives were recovered from the incident-site.

27

March 14, 2003

Uttar Pradesh Police personnel arrested two cadres, Sajjad and Ittfaqul of the Jaish-e-Mohammed at Vijay Chowk, in Muzaffarnagar.

28

August 31, 2003

Personnel from the special cell of Delhi Police arrested two terrorists of the JeM from Sikandarabad in the Bulandshahar District.

29

December 31, 2003

SF personnel arrested two suspected ISI agents at Agra and recovered some sensitive defence documents from their possession.

30

April 18, 2004

Rubi Begum, a married Muslim woman, was arrested by the Uttaranchal Police from Meerut on charges of being an ISI agent.

31

August 8, 2004

Uttar Pradesh Police arrested a suspected ISI agent along with several incriminating documents from Agra. He was identified as Mohammed Fazil Chaudhary. Police seized several defence related documents, including six maps and eight photographs of prohibited areas, and a camera from him.

32

March 10, 2005

Police arrest an ISI agent, identified as Khalil Husain Shah at Lalkurti, Meerut.

33

May 21, 2005

Special Task Force of the Uttar Pradesh Police arrested two Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists, Sadat Rashid and Masood Alam, from Lucknow. Four kilograms of explosive material, one kg morphine and a revolver were recovered from their possession.

34

July 5, 2005

Six heavily-armed terrorists, who made an attempt to storm the makeshift Ram temple at the disputed Ayodhya complex in Uttar Pradesh, were shot dead by the Central Reserve Police Forces (CRPF) personnel.

35

July 11, 2005

Police in Uttar Pradesh arrest six persons, including four of a family, from Faizabad in connection with the July 5-attack on the disputed complex in Ayodhya. The arrested family members were associated with the banned Students Islamic Movement of India, according to official sources.

36

July 16, 2005

Uttar Pradesh Police arrested two ISI agents, Hanif and Yamin on the basis of a tip off from the Assam Police who had arrested another ISI agent a few days earlier. The latter was residing at Jevar in Gautambuddh Nagar. Intelligence agencies, air force officials and top Police officials were scrutinizing the details, documents and maps recovered from Hanif and Yamin. During the interrogation of the two persons, names of several retired air force personnel reportedly figured. Hanif and Yamin were involved in sending youths to Pakistan for terrorist training, Police added.

37

July 22, 2005

Dr Irfan Khan, a Unani doctor based in the Sangam Vihar area of Delhi, was arrested from Nakud area of Saharanpur District. Inspector General of the Special Task Force, Arun Kumar Gupta, Stated that one of the terrorists involved in the Ayodhya attack, identified as Amin alias Zuber, had visited Nakud, the native place of Dr Khan on March 20 to attend the wedding of his cousin. Dr Khan and Zuber then visited Deoband. On their way back, the duo had stayed in Muzaffarnagar with one Abdul Rehman, also of Nakud, who worked in Messay Ferguson tractor company.

38

July 28, 2005

12 persons were killed and 52 others sustained injuries in an explosion in one of the bogies of the Patna-Delhi Shramjeevi Express train near Harpalganj, 60 km from Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh. The blast occurred near the toilet of the train's general compartment, two bogies from the engine, at around 5.15 p.m (IST).

39

August 7, 2005

Uttar Pradesh Police arrested two suspected ISI agents from Lucknow and recovered fake currency notes of 500 denomination with a face value of Rs 68,500 and some documents from the two identified as Mobin Ansari, a native of Nepal, and Ashfaq Ahmed of Gorakhpur.

40

August 10, 2005

Delhi Police arrested four persons and seized 1840 cartridges and two country-made weapons from them in the Sarai Rohilla area. The arms and ammunitions was brought from Meerut in Uttar Pradesh and was to be delivered to one person in the capital, Police said.

41

August 23, 2005

Abu Razak Masood, the Lashkar-e-Toiba's chief coordinator in Dubai, was arrested from Zakir Nagar area of South Delhi. Razzak had returned from Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh when he was arrested by the Delhi Police.

42

February 1, 2006

A plot suspected to have been hatched by the Lashkar-e-Toiba to commit acts of sabotage in Kolkata and other parts of India has been foiled with the arrest of Tariq Akhtar of the outfit from Madan Street in Kolkata. Incriminating documents, including Lashkar pamphlets, were seized from him. Following Akhtar’s disclosure, Police arrested a LeT activist Muhammed from Jamshedpur in Jharkhand and seized more Lashkar literature, 16 detonators and a laptop containing details of bomb making from him. Subsequently, the Police arrested another activist, Zubeid, from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. Kolkata Police Commissioner Prasun Mukherjee said "The trio, explosive experts and planning to blow up a crowded place, may be linked to the Delhi blasts or the Bangalore attack. Other members are spread throughout the eastern region."

The Police arrested a youth, identified as Kuer Singh Yadav, suspected to be working for the ISI from Varanasi, and recovered vital documents related to the country’s security on February 1. District Police chief, Navneet Sekera, said that the Police had recovered maps of cantonments and documents on Yadav’s links with anti-India elements in foreign countries.

43

March 7, 2006

At least 21 civilians were killed and 62 others injured in three serial bomb explosions at a temple and the railway station in Varanasi. The first blast occurred inside the crowded Sankat Mochan temple at around 6.30 p.m. Minutes later, another bomb exploded in the holding area of platform one of the Cantonment railway station. The third blast occurred in a crowded coach of the Shiv Ganga Express just before it was to leave for New Delhi. An official said 10 persons died at the temple and 11 at the railway station. Seven bombs were later defused, including four that had been planted on the Gowdolia-Dasashwamedh Ghat Road near the Kashi Vishwanath Temple.

Hours after the blasts in Varanasi, a suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist was shot dead in an encounter with the Police in Gosaiganj area on the outskirts of the Lucknow city. Police identified the terrorist as Salar alias Doctor and did not rule out his involvement in the Varanasi blasts. RDX and some detonators were recovered from the slain terrorist. Police said Salar, a Pakistani, was involved in the conspiracy to carry out a suicide attack at the Indian Military Academy in Dehradun, which was foiled by central security agencies.

44

March 25, 2006

The Police recovered 250 kilograms of explosive material and 1500 detonators from a jeep at Lalganj area in the Mirzapur District. However, no arrests were made following the seizure.

45

April 5, 2006

Police arrested HuJi cadre Wali Ullah, a mastermind of the March 7-serial blasts in Varanasi, and five of his accomplices, Mehbook Ali, Syed Shuaib Hussain, Farhan, Mohammad Rizwan Siddique and Mohammad Saad Ali, from different parts of Uttar Pradesh.

46

September 13, 2006

An alleged ISI agent, Taseem, was arrested by the Anti-Terrorist Force in connection with the September 8-bomb blasts in Malegaon.

Taseem has been staying in India for the past two years and ran a placement agency in the city.

47

December 28, 2006

Police arrested two alleged ISI agents, Abdul Shakoor and Adeel Anjum alias Adil, and informed that both had entered India after receiving training in Pakistan. The duo, residents of Multan in Pakistan, was arrested from Kaiserbagh in Lucknow.

Sensitive documents relating to the Army, a ration card, a PAN card and a passport made in Lucknow were recovered from their possession.

48

February 1, 2007

The Special Task Force of Uttar Pradesh Police arrested an ISI agent when he was passing certain sensitive information to a person on telephone. The accused Javed Akhtar is reported be a resident of Allahabad and two of his brothers are living in Lahore.

Several sensitive documents, including a map of the Harish Chandra Atomic Research Centre in Allahabad, information about Indian Army bases and infrastructure in Uttar Pradesh, documents connected to India's planned purchase of T-90 tanks from Russia and Indian troop movements and counter-militancy operations in Punjab.

49

May 22, 2007

Six persons were injured in three serial bomb blasts at Gorakhpur. The bombs exploded at five minutes interval after 7 pm in and around the busy Golghar area of the town. The first blast occurred at Baldev Plaza, followed by the one near the Jalkal (Water Works) building in Golghar. The third bomb went off near Park Hotel. The explosives were kept in tiffin boxes attached to two cycles and a motorcycle.

50

May 23, 2007

Railway Police personnel, during a routine search at around 2 am, recovered about 10 kilograms of explosives and 20 kilograms of ammonium nitrate from the second class waiting room on platform number 1 of the Faizabad railway station.

51

May 24, 2007

The Allahabad Police recovered 50 kilograms of ammonium nitrate and 1,000 metre magnetic fuse wire brought in from the neighbouring State of Madhya Pradesh. The explosives were seized in the Shankergarh area from a jeep coming from the neighbouring State, even as the driver of the vehicle, identified as Rajesh Patel, escape from the incident site.

52

June 21, 2007

Uttar Pradesh Police arrested two Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) terrorists along with seven kilograms of RDX, six detonators, five watches including three improvised watches equipped with timer wire, two batteries and a switch remote. The duo was identified as Mohammed Yaqub, a resident of Tarapur under Badhapur Police station of Bijnore District and Nasir, a resident of Naumi village under Badhapur Police station of Bijnore District. Both were reportedly trained in Pakistan. Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police G. L. Sharma said the duo wanted to carry out blasts at railway stations, bus stands and religious structures in various parts of the country, including Mumbai and Delhi.

53

June 23, 2007

Uttar Pradesh Police neutralized a Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HUJI) module in Lucknow, with the arrest of two top HUJI militants, identified as Naushad and Babubhai. Babubhai, a native of West Bengal, is an 'area commander' of the HUJI in India and a key person in the terrorist network linked to the Inter-Services Intelligence, Pakistan's external intelligence agency. Police recovered nine kilograms of RDX, one AK-47 and foreign made pistols from them.

54

July 27, 2007

The Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh Police recovered two kilograms of RDX and two detonators from an industrial area on the Lucknow-Kanpur road, under Kotwali Police Station in the Unnao District. STF sources said that the recovery was made following information provided by the arrested Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) militant Noor Islam Mandal alias Mama. The HuJI militant, a resident of Bansghat under Bagda Police Station in West Bengal's 24 Paragana District, was arrested on July 13 and had been brought to Lucknow on transit remand.

55

November 16, 2007

Three suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militants were arrested by the Special Task Force of Uttar Pradesh Police in Lucknow on a tip off that some terrorists were passing through the Tehripulia area. Some AK-47 rifles, Chinese pistols, RDX, detonator and hand grenades were recovered from their possession.

56

December 22, 2007

The Uttar Pradesh Police and central security agencies during a joint operation arrested two militants of the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) from Barabanki railway station. The duo, identified as Khalid Mohammed and Tariq, alleged to be involved in the recent serial blasts in the State, were arrested along with 1.25-kg of RDX and some gelatin sticks.

Khalid, who hails from the Jaunpur area of Uttar Pradesh, received training from HuJI militants in Kashmir, while Tariq is a resident of Azamgarh District of the State.

57

December 23, 2007

The Special Task Force personnel of the Uttar Pradesh Police shot dead two suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants in an encounter on Dewa Road, 18 kilometers from State capital Lucknow. The duo was traveling in a car and was intercepted near the Central Food Technological Research Centre on Dewa Road. Two AK-47 rifles, a huge quantity of AK-47 cartridges, 10 hand grenades, a fuse, a detonator and a suicide belt were recovered from the car. Brij Lal, the Additional Director-General of Police (Law and Order and STF), said that both the unidentified terrorists were part of a Fidayeen (suicide squad) team and had entered the State from Nepal. He further said that the slain terrorists had planned a big terrorist attack in Lucknow. A map with notings in Urdu was also recovered from them.

58

January 1, 2008

Seven Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel and a civilian were killed in a pre-dawn terrorist attack on the para-military CRPF Group Centre at Rampur. Three more CRPF personnel, a civil Police personnel and a home guard were injured in the attack. The Uttar Pradesh Principal Secretary J.N. Chamber said that the attack was carried out around 2.45 am (IST) by two suspected fidayeen (suicide squad) dressed as CRPF constables. They breached the outer security, and started firing indiscriminately from AK-47 rifles on the security post, the guard room and the control room. The terrorists subsequently escaped under cover of darkness.

59

May 26, 2008

Uttar Pradesh Police arrested seven persons in the Etah District for allegedly running a fake arms licence racket that could have helped Naxalites procure guns from Uttar Pradesh. The District Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), S.K. Singh, said that arms had been purchased using the fake licenses made by the arrested persons. Police also sealed a gun dealers’ shop that allegedly sold firearms against fake licences. The SSP said, "We have sealed one arms shop, the Raj Gun House, from where at least 48 firearms were sold against fake licences in the last three years. When we got in touch with the CID of Bihar Police, we learnt that some of the weapons seized from Naxalites there were bought from shops in Etah." "We suspect some of these weapons, purchased using dubious gun licences, have gone to the Naxalites", he added.

60

August 12, 2008

The Anti-Terrorist Squad of Uttar Pradesh Police arrested an ISI agent identified as Mohammad Masroor alias Manzoor Ansari and a Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen (JuM) terrorist, Fayyaz Ahmed Mir from Bahraich and Ghaziabad. The arrested persons belong to Karachi and Muzaffarabad in Pakistan. Masroor was living in the Charbagh area in Lucknow under an assumed name of Ramesh Chaudhary and was working in a showroom. Documents pertaining to Indian Army, a photograph of Ordnance Factory, Kanpur, a map of Cantonment area, tickets, pocket diary, mobile phone, driving licence and ration card were seized from him. The JuM terrorist, Fayyaz Ahmed, had entered India via Nepal on August 5, 2008 and was in touch with the commander of the outfit, General Abdullah. Interrogations revealed that he had been assigned the job of committing a terrorist act along with some other Pakistani nationals.

61

August 21, 2008

Two persons were arrested for alleged possession of 1100 detonators and 100 kilograms of commercial explosive Ammonium Nitrate. Police officer L.R. Bhasker said, "Jitendra Kumar alias Babloo and Amresh Patel were arrested from the Ahrohra in Mirzapur District, about 300 km from Lucknow… We cannot rule out the possibility of their involvement with Naxalites."

62

June 16, 2008

2,400 detonators were seized from two civilians, identified as Ravikant Kumar and Shrawan Kumar belonging to Rohtas District, at Mughalsarai railway station. The detonators were manufactured by AP Explosive Private Limited, Nalgonda in Andhra Pradesh and Haryana Explosive Private Limited. Interrogation revealed that the two persons were carriers who had been given the consignment by an unidentified person at Dehri in Rohtas District.

62

August 24, 2008

The Rajasthan Police with the assistance of the Anti-Terrorism Squad of the Uttar Pradesh Police arrested Shahbaz Hussain, a resident of the Maulviganj area of Lucknow, for his suspected involvement in the May 13 terrorist attack in Jaipur. A. K. Jain, the Additional Director General of Police (Crime) and chief of the Special Investigation Team in Rajasthan said, "Shahbaz was a key player in planting the bombs in Jaipur as he was instrumental in mobilising resources as well as selecting the team, which executed the blasts." Police sources said that 25-year old Shahbaz, a diploma holder in mass communications and owner of a cyber cafe in Maulviganj, was a key aide of Sajid Mansoori who reportedly masterminded the Jaipur blasts.

63

September 23, 2008

Simultaneous raids were conducted by a 22-member Delhi Police team in the Kotwali Police station area and Sarjanpur village in Azamgarh to arrest two Indian Mujahideen militants, Shadab Bhai and Asadullah, alleged to have been involved in the September 13 blasts in New Delhi. The raids were conducted on the basis of evidence provided by Saqib, who was arrested at Jamia Nagar in South Delhi on September 21 in connection with the Uttar Pradesh blasts. Additional Director-General (Law and Order and Special Task Force), Brij Lal, told the media that the raids yielded nothing.

64

September 27, 2008

A Police team carrying out a combing operation near village Ranideeh under Kon Police circle in the Sonebhadra District recovered 10 kilograms of crude bombs and gelatin sticks in a container. A First Information Report (FIR) against unnamed left-wing extremists was registered in this connection.

65

November 12, 2008

The Mumbai ATS with the help of Uttar Pradesh ATS has arrested one more September 2008 Malegaon blast accused, identified as Dayanand Pandey alias Mahant Amritanand, the chief of Sharda Sarvagya Peeth (monastery) in Jammu, from Rawatpur village under Kalyanpur Police station in Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh. He reportedly belongs to Varanasi and was currently residing in Trikutanagar locality of Jammu Tawi in Jammu and Kashmir. He had left for Jammu in 2003 and returned to Kanpur a couple of days back. He has been charged under the specific sections of the Explosives Act and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.

66

November 16, 2008

Two girls were injured when a crude bomb exploded in a garbage heap in Aishbagh Idgah, the old city area of capital Lucknow. Two more crude bombs were recovered by the Police from the incident site.

67

November 29, 2008

At least four live crude bombs, a locally-made pistol and cartridges were recovered from a flour mill in the Kannauj District. "Acting on a tip-off, we raided the flour mill in Khanderevar village of Kannauj on Thursday late night and recovered a sack containing bombs, firearm and cartridges," said Deputy Superintendent of Police, S.P. Mishra. The owner of the flour mill was also arrested.

68

December 12,2008

One LeT militant, identified as Faheem Ansari, who was arrested in connection with the terrorist attack at the Central Reserve Police Force camp in Rampur in Uttar Pradesh on December 31, 2007, was sent to Mumbai Police custody in a transit remand by a Rampur court.

Police arrested six persons from an unspecified location in the Mirzapur District following an encounter. About 5200 kilograms of ammonium nitrate, 41 bundles of fuse wire, 300 detonators, 157 detonator chargers, and a locally made pistol, a rifle and some cartridges were recovered from their possession.

A suspected agent of Pakistan's ISI was arrested by the Police from Meerut. He was identified as Amir Ahmed alias Bhura of Nukkud in the Saharanpur District of Uttar Pradesh. Hand-drawn maps of Army units in Dehradun and Meerut, a four-page classified document containing detailed information on anti-tank guided missile, an eight-page document on radio communication brigaded mortar shoot and a four-page document containing restricted information on infantry weapons and a mobile phone were recovered from his possession. The Meerut Police said they had received intelligence that some youth in western Uttar Pradesh had contacts with the ISI. Amir had reportedly passed secret information about Army bases in Dehradun, Ambala, Meerut, Agra and Roorkee, using code words over phone. The Police also said Amir had been to Pakistan five times using a fake passport.

Two suspected Pakistani terrorists on their way from Ghaziabad to New Delhi were intercepted and shot dead by a combined force of the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Police and the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) during a pre-dawn encounter in Noida's sector 97. A constable of the UP ATS was also injured in the encounter. "ATS was following a terrorist module for one and half months. Yesterday, ATS received information that two suspects with AK-47s have been seen in Lal Kuan, Ghaziabad on their way to Delhi," said Brij Lall, Additional Director General of UP Police. Police recovered two AK-47s, two hand grenades and a bag from the vehicle in which two terrorists were traveling. "Two AK-47 rifles, four magazines, 120 live bullets, five hand grenades, detonators, nine RDX shells, a Maruti 800 car, Pakistani passports, some documents and Rs 18,000 were recovered from the terrorists," Brij Lall added.

Two persons, including a minor girl, were injured when a grenade exploded at a scrap shop in the Allahabad District.

The Uttar Pradesh Police arrested a suspected ISI agent at Bithoor in Kanpur District. He was identified as Waqas Ahmed alias Zahid alias Ibrahim alias Rajesh Kumar alias Vikki, from Lahore in Pakistan. He was in possession of a voter identity card in the name of Ibrahim and an EPR (exempted from Police reporting) visa, which is issued to those whose credentials are not in doubt. Incriminating documents and maps relating to the Army, fake driving licences, a pocket diary containing names and phone numbers and a Western Union receipt were also recovered from his possession.

Three persons were arrested from different parts of Allahabad along with explosives, including detonators and ammonium nitrate.

Three persons were arrested along with explosives, including 250 kilograms of ammonium nitrate and 400 detonators and 20 meter fuse wire, from Sarsedi village in the Allahabad District.

76

October 14, 2009

A suspected HuJI militant, identified as Chand Mohammad, was arrested from Bareilly District, about 250 kilometres from Lucknow, capital of Uttar Pradesh. "A pistol, several cartridges and an improvised explosive device have been recovered from Mohammad’s possession," an official of the ATS said.

77

November 16-17, 2009

Two persons, who reportedly assisted the suspected Pakistani spy Syed Amir Ali in making fake documents, were arrested on November 16 by a team of the Delhi Police from the old city area of Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh. They were produced on November 17 in a court in Delhi which remanded them to seven-day Police custody.

78

February 1, 2010

An accused in the September 13, 2008 serial bomb blasts in Delhi was arrested by the ATS of the Uttar Pradesh Police from from Khalispur village in Azamgarh District, a senior officer said. The arrestee identified as Shahzad alias Pappu was a cadre of the Indian Mujahideen (IM) outfit and reportedly carried a cash reward of INR 500000 on his head. Additional Director General of Police (law and order) Brij Lal said that earlier a letter was received from the Delhi Police stating that Pappu was wanted in five cases related to the Delhi serial bomb blasts. He also said that during investigation it was found that Pappu was hiding in Azamgarh District and frequently shifting his locations.

79

February 2, 2010

The Uttar Pradesh Police arrested Hamiduddin alias Hamiruddin alias Salim, who was wanted in connection with the serial bomb blasts on running trains in different parts of the country in 1993, from Lucknow.  Hamiduddin, who carried a reward of INR 50,000 on his head, was arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) after an encounter on the outskirts of Lucknow, Additional Director-General (Law and Order, STF and ATS) Brij Lal said. A .32 bore pistol, a hand grenade and a fuse were recovered from Hamiduddin, who had been absconding for the past 16 years. Hamiduddin was reportedly among the 15 terrorists who were instrumental in planting bombs aboard the Rajdhani Express, the Flying Queen Express and the A.P. Express in December 1993.

80

March 5, 2010

The ATS of the Uttar Pradesh Police arrested an IM cadre and accused in the September 13, 2008 Delhi serial bomb blasts identified as Salman alias Chhotu, in Siddhartnagar District in the night of. He carried a reward of INR 100000 on his head announced by the Delhi Police for his involvement in the bomb blast. He was also involved in the serial bomb blasts in Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) on May 22, 2007, bomb blasts in the Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) civil court on November 23, 2007, the May 13, 2008 bomb blasts in Jaipur (Rajasthan), as well as the serial bomb blasts in Ahmadabad (Gujarat) on July 26, 2008.

81

June 4, 2010

The ATS of the Uttar Pradesh Police (UPP) on arrested one Kanhaiya Lal Gupta in Siddhart Nagar District bordering Nepal after INR 100, 000 of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) was recovered from his possession, reports Times of India. Initial investigations have revealed that Gupta was actively working for the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and looking after the FICN segment through UP-Nepal border and had pumped in no less than INR10 million in FICN during the last 5 years. Investigators quoting initial revelations said that he has turned out to be the third important link in the FICN racket involving some important criminals like Vinod Jaiswal of Bhairawan Galla Mandi in Nepal and Yunus Ansari of Kathmandu the two topmost identified controllers of FICN racket in Nepal. During interrogation, Gupta revealed that he was a native of Gagaha village in Gorakhpur and was presently residing near Barmail Toll in Bhairhwan locality in Roopandehi District of Nepal. Though initially Gupta claimed that the FICN seized from him was printed and supplied by local gangs, but the ATS after screening the seized notes closely found that the paper used and the quality of ink and printing was nothing less than the factory printed currency being supplied by the ISI. Gupta subsequently confessed to his link with the ISI based in Nepal.

State STF claimed to have arrested another wanted accused from Naka area of Lucknow in the case of pilferage of ammunition from various Police weapon stores in Uttar Pradesh. The STF team recovered a .32 bore pistol and 50 live cartridges of .9mm from the possession of the arrested accused. The Inspector General (Law & Order), AP Maheshwari said the arrested accused - Akash alias Guddu, a native of Mau District of Uttar Pradesh and at present staying in Sheikhpur District of Bihar - used to supply the ammunition to Naxal [Left Wing Extremist] groups and criminals of Bihar and West Bengal

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September 15, 2010

The Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) issued an alert to its counterparts in Uttar Pradesh on after investigations revealed that the two LeT operatives had visited some important places in the State prior to their arrest by the ATS. According to sources, Mirza Himayat Baig and Shaikh Lalbaba Mohammed Hussain alias Bilal, arrested by the ATS over their alleged involvement in German Bakery blast case were found in possession of some maps of the twin satellite towns of Noida and Ghaziabad. Officials suspect they had plans to create problems during the Common Wealth Games.

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October 10, 2010

A cadre of the KZF, who is also associated with the BKI, was arrested by Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) of Uttar Pradesh Police from Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh. The arrestee, identified as Gurjant Singh, was a native of Kurukshetra District in Haryana. An Italian pistol and some documents were seized from him. Gurjant reportedly acted as a link between KZF and BKI.

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December 13, 2010

Forensic experts probing the Varanasi blast case suggested the possibility of use of plastic explosives in the terror attack, Although the experts are yet to identify the composition of the explosive, a study of the blast site suggest the possibility of a PETN (pentaerythritol trinitrate combined with nitroglycerin) being used.

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December 8, 2010

The Mumbai Police said that it suspected that Bhatkal brothers, Riaz and Iqbal, founders of IM, masterminded the explosion in Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh on December 7. Police Commissioner Sanjeev Dayal also said that the blast was planned in Pakistan which sheltered the suspected militants.

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December 7, 2010

A powerful bomb blast in Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh killed a two-year-old girl and injured 35 others. The explosion took place at around 7pm (IST) at the Shitla Ghat (steps on the sides of the river Ganges) when ‘Ganga Aarti'(an evening religious ritual on the river side) was under way. The Indian Mujahideen (IM) reportedly claimed responsibility for the explosion.

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December 21, 2010

A militant belonging to the HM outfit was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for 10 years by a fast track court in Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh for attempting to set off explosions in the city.

The Police busted a gang involved in manufacture of fake currency and arrested one person in Bahraich in Uttar Pradesh.

Uttar Pradesh Police is probing two mysterious calls that asked a meat trader in Meerut and a farmer in Baghpat to plant bombs. Both the calls have been traced to Iran but routed through the US.

At least 15 persons were injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion at Jai Hospital in Agra.

Police arrested a suspected agent of Pakistan's ISI, near Kanpur Central Railway station in Uttar Pradesh.

Uttar Pradesh ATS detained two persons in connection with Agra blast case.

Government sources claimed that the Investigating agencies are on the verge of solving the Varanasi blast case (December 7, 2010).

An accused in the Ghatkopar blast (a bomb explosion in a bus at Ghatkopar in Mumbai in Maharashtra on December 2, 2002 which killed two persons and injured over 50 others) was arrested from Morna in Noida in Uttar Pradesh by a team of UP ATS, Tamil Nadu SIT and Noida Police when he was about to leave for Dubai.

A crude bomb was recovered from a roadside eating joint in Terhi Bagia in Agra on December 17 and was defused today.