Sources in the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) stated that the two suspected operatives of the Popular Front of India (PFI), identified as Parvez and Raees, who were arrested by the Uttar Pradesh ATS from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh on May 7, had opened a secret office in Lucknow to carry out their activities, reports etvbharat.com. Sources in the ATS stated that the accused had attended secret meetings of the PFI being held in several places, including Karnataka. After attending the meeting held in Karnataka, both of them had opened a secret office in Varanasi itself, where strategy was made to implement 'Gazwa-e-Hind’ (battle of India) plan to the ground.