UP ATS, NIA find clues related to terror activities

The Uttar Pradesh ATS and the NIA have come to know that henchmen of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim had conducted a recce of many religious places in the state in December 2019.

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) have come across some important clues related to activities of terrorists. According to ADG Law and Order, henchmen of underworld mafia don Dawood Ibrahim had conducted a recce of many religious places in Uttar Pradesh in December 2019.

During that time, they had stayed for four days in Roshannagar locality of Kanpur. They were accompanied by two arms smugglers from Bihar, including a woman. Teams of ATS and NIA have been camping in the city since the fact came to light. The joint team also procured CCTV footage from two houses in search of three more suspects.

Last week, Delhi and UP ATS teams arrested six persons, including two terrorists. The in-laws of Mohammad Aamir Javed, nabbed by the ATS from Lucknow, are from Roshannagar, Lucknow. Suspected mastermind Humaid, arrested from Prayagraj, is Aamir's brother-in-law. Aamir's Innova car was recovered from his in-laws' house. Arms were delivered to the terrorists from this car. Investigation by the ATS and NIA revealed that the car is registered in the name of Aamir's father.

According to ADG Law and Order Prashant Kumar, the agencies have come to know about the house where Dawood's henchmen had stayed. A team went to the house to investigate but found it empty. According to sources, a woman and three men were living in this house till three months ago and then left for somewhere. The house has been lying vacant since then. The landlord is being questioned.

The ADG said that four suspicious photos were found in the mobile phone of Aamir, who is involved in terrorist activities. These have been recovered. After this, the ATS took the help of the Local Intelligence Unit (LIU) and identified two youths in those photos. Both are residents of IIM Mor. Both of them have done their LL.B. The ATS did not find any suspicious documents from their mobile phones and laptops. Both also said that they have no contact with Aamir.

The investigations till now have not found any link between these two youths and Aamir. At the same time, they could not say anything about the other two youths in the photos. The ATS questioned the two youths in a very confidential manner. Even their neighbors could not know that the ATS team was there. It is also being apprehended that Aamir kept the photos and then deleted these to complicate the investigation of the ATS. This angle is also being probed.

UP ATS has come to know from Delhi Police Special Cell that all the suspects arrested used to have two mobiles. One number was used to make calls, while the other number was used for emails and video calls. However, the ATS has found only one mobile of Aamir. Nothing is known about his other mobile phone or where it is hidden An ATS official said that Aamir's family members those two youths will be questioned again to find out about this mobile phone.