Lucknow, Aug 9 (UNI) The Anti Terror Squad (ATS) of Uttar Pradesh police on Tuesday claimed to have busted a terror module ahead of the Independence Day and arrested a youth from Azamgarh district for his alleged link with ISIS terror group.
An ATS spokesman said, "Sabauddin Azmi alias Sabahuddin alias Sabahu, a resident of Mehmudpura locality under Mubarakpur police station, has been arrested by the agency and raw material required to prepare an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) has been recovered on his identification."
He claimed that Sabahu, who has 'links with ISIS', was planning to trigger an explosion on the occasion of Independence Day. "On the directions of the DGP and under supervision of ADG (Law and Order), a close vigil is being maintained on the radical elements by all the teams of ATS keeping in mind the sensitivity of Independence Day," he said.