LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad today launched an operation here to flush out a suspected terrorist believed to be influenced by ISIS and having possible links to the Bhopal-Ujjain train blast.
At least 10 people persons were injured, three of them seriously, in the IED blast near Jabdi station in Shajapur district of Madhya Pradesh.
The terrorist was hiding in a house on the outskirts of the State capital.
“The suspect holed up in Lucknow belongs to a localised group, influenced by ISIS and its literature,” Additional Director General (Law and Order) Daljit Chaudhary told PTI.
He said the ATS operation to flush him out was underway till late in the night.
Chaudhary also said that two terror suspects have been held in Kanpur and one in Etawah.
Those arrested in Kanpur might be having some possible links with the person holed up in Kakori Lucknow, he said. (AGENCIES)
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