Terrorist encounter in Lucknow..

LIVE Terror stand-off in Lucknow: Operation continues, ambulance called on spot

With Uttar Pradesh in the midst of an extremely volatile Assembly elections, the security forces are fearing the worst and have prepared themselves to tackle all situations that may arise from this encounter. (Representative Image: PTI) (Visuals deferred by unspecified time)

In a highly alarming incident in Uttar Pradesh’ capital city of Lucknow, a terror suspect has sneaked into the Thakurganj locality today. With the security forces, including the Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) men surrounding the area, a tense stand-off is currently on. With Uttar Pradesh in the midst of an extremely volatile Assembly elections, the security forces are fearing the worst and have prepared themselves to tackle all situations that may arise from this encounter. According to sources at the spot, there is gunfire going on with both parties exchanging fire. However, there are no reports of anyone getting injured. An explosion too has been reported at the spot. Police are questioning a number of suspects at the moment in an effort to find out the details about how and why the militant got into the city. The authorities are linking the militant to the explosion in the Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train in the morning today, where a mobile phone exploded, causing injury to as many as 9 people. The stand-off has been continuing for the last 30 minutes.



7.50 pm: Lucknow suspected terrorist influenced by ISIS. There are reasons to believe that he follows ISIS ideology: Report

7.34 pm: Nepal border on high alert in the wake of Lucknow terror

7.28 pm: UP DGP calls meeting with ADG Law&Order, IG STF, IG Law&Order, IG Crime&SSP Lucknow present regarding suspected terrorist holed up by UP ATS

7.22 pm: A restrained Op managed by senior officers.Need few more hours to finish the Op.Want to investigate the suspect in detail: ADG Law&Order

7.14 pm: Shared info with central agencies,encounter going on in UP. This was a major terrorist attack,motive under investigation-B Singh,Home Min, MP

06:56 PM: In order to arrest him alive, we used chilli bombs but he has not come out yet. He is firing intermittently: IG ATS

06:54 PM: The suspect has weapons, ammunition with him but he is alone there, no hostage and nobody else present there: IG ATS

06:37 PM: The suspect is firing intermittently, but we have stopped firing: IG ATS

06:35 PM: Chilli bomb used to smoke out suspects

06:33 PM: In order to arrest him alive, we used chilli bombs but he has not come out yet. He is firing intermittently: IG ATS

06:33 PM: The suspect has weapons, ammunition with him but he is alone there, no hostage and nobody else present there: IG ATS

06:30 PM: The moment we knocked the door, the suspect locked the room and then we heard a sound of cocking of pistol: IG ATS

06: 29 PM: Suspect holed up by security forces in Lucknow’s Thakurganj area, a total of 20 rounds have been fired, ambulance called in

06:19 PM: The suspect is hiding in the residential house of Haji Kamal. Kamal was killed in 2014. The suspect was living in his house as a tenant

06:15 PM: Suspected terrorist continues to fire

06: 11 PM: Terrorist fires 3 gunshots. Ambulance reaches the spot

06:10 PM: Trying to convince holed-up person to surrender-UP DGP Javeed Ahmed

06:08 PM: Terror alert in Ayodhya, Mathura and Varanasi

06: 06 PM: Police claim that Saifullah is linked to ISIS

06:05 PM: ATS squad enters house to hunt down suspects, gunfire continues

06:03 PM: ATS men exchange gunfire with suspects

05:55 PM: Terrorist refuses to surrender, opens fire on ATS

05:45 PM: Terrorist trapped. One man nabbed by the police in Kanpur

05:41 PM: Terrorist linked to Bhopal-Ujjain blasts

05:37 PM: ADG says operation still on, there may be more than one suspected terrorist. They have fired on police.

05:36 PM: Suspected terrorist Saifullah refuses to surrender.

05:31 PM: Terrorists supects caught on CCTV

05:30 PM: Suspects tip off after arrest

05:25 PM: The suspect, Saifullah is an ISIS agent suspected in train blasts

05:21 PM: Had received inputs about presence of some suspects in Kanpur and Thakurganj ~Daljit Chaudhary, ADG

05:15 PM: Hope to arrest him soon, will interrogate thereafter: ADG (Law & Order) Daljit Chaudhary on suspect present inside building in Thakurganj

05:13 PM: The suspect inside the building is possibly from Lucknow, we suspect that he has weapons: ADG (Law & Order) Daljit Chaudhary

05:12 PM: We are suspecting presence of only one suspect inside the building, input came in from outside the state: ADG (Law & Order) Daljit Chaudhary

5:09 PM: Daljit Chaudhary, ADG, UP: We have asked the suspect to surrender, if he doesn’t then our officers will start with tactical operations to nab him.

5:06PM: Daljit Chaudhary, ADG, UP: We wan’t to catch the suspect and interrogate. We have well trained commandoes who are at the location.

5:03 PM: Anti-terror operations still underway; meanwhile, UP ATS has cornered the suspect.

5:00PM: Meanwhile the city of Lucknow has been put under high alert.

4:59PM: India Today reports that more than one suspect may be holed up

4:56PM: High level security meet underway in Lucknow. Tear gas is being used to draw out the suspect.

4:53PM: Suspected terrorist holed up by UP ATS in Thakurganj area of Lucknow. Operation in progress.

4:50PM: Sources say that the suspect is a native of Madhya Pradesh. Centre is keeping a watch on Lucknow anti-terror operations



4:46PM: Terror suspect hiding in Thakurganj locality of Lucknow

4:44PM: IG, ATS, says suspect an ISI agent as per India Today reports

4:42PM: ATS at the spot in Lucknow, top terrorist identified as Saifullah, says India Today

4:40PM: Media reports say that the suspect was involved in train derailment case

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Lucknow Terror Suspect Refuses To Surrender, Sources Talk Of ISIS Cell

https://www.google.co.in/amp/m.ndtv...lleged-terrorist-1667091?amp=1&akamai-rum=off

 

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@Robinhood Pandey ee ka ho raha h be Lucknow me??

 

What's the status now ?

Did they smoke him out ?

Why is the news getting updated every minute ?

Trying to get the handlers communicate with him?

 

Aajtak reporting he got killed in encounter

 

No encounter till now.
Why not breach and smoke him. Are they waiting for him to escape??

 

They're trying to capture him alive. NSG can be called in at any moment.

 

When ??? Is their any SOP among Indian forces or all of our boys work on Jugaadh??
Where other forces try to resolve the situation ASAP ,our boys set lunger and tents in in the area and wait for terrorists to come for breakfast.

 

It is ATS operation.They are basically elite police force.Which deals with terrorism.
The ATS guy said to media that the terrorist is alone in the house and doesn't seem to have a hostage.Therefore they are trying to get him alive and not in a hurry.They have used chilly bombs but he hasn't come out yet.They will be using more chilly bombs and try to tire him out.
There is sporadic firing from pistol so they might also be trying to get him to exhaust his ammo.

 

Same is true for all our special forces, they takes way too much time to nab terrorists.
This much time is enough for him to devise methods to escape these scums.

 

Lucknow Encounter: 2 Terror Suspects In Thakurganj House, Cops Talk Of ISIS

https://www.google.co.in/amp/m.ndtv.com/india-news/shootout-in-lucknow-between-cops-and-alleged-terrorist-1667091?amp=1&akamai-rum=off

It's the UP police. They prefer jugaadh more then any standard procedure.
They have basically cordoned off the area and have set up a parameter. Now they are waiting for the suspected terrorists to come out and surrender. Easy peasy. Why risk your life when you are not bounded by any time limits. From tomorrow onwards there will be few ferry Walas and halvayis setting up their stalls near the area too so that local onlookers can have some snacks while watching the long operation. It's a good business opportunity for everyone. Except for the terrorists.

 

Here comes secular brigade:

Lucknow terror siege is the last thing UP needed one day before Assembly polls
The ongoing counter-terror operation in Thakurganj is reportedly to eliminate the 'ISIS-linked' extremist.
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| 4-minute read | 07-03-2017

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"Lucknow terror siege", as the counter-terror operations are being called, is reportedly the result of the UP police receiving inputs regarding possible terror suspects in the state. A team was sent to Kanpur, while another arrived in Lucknow, where the operations are currently on.

The Lucknow op comes hours after a blast on a Bhopal-Ujjain train, in which eight people were injured. The terrorist suspect, called Saifullah,and a resident of the Hahi colony of Thakurrganj area, is reportedly armed and is refusing to surrender.



The Lucknow op comes hours after a blast on a Bhopal-Ujjain train, in which eight people were injured. The terrorist suspect, called Saifullah,and a resident of the Hahi colony of Thakurrganj area, is reportedly armed and is refusing to surrender.

According to a report in the Indian Express, the clues leading up to the anti-terror op are still emerging. As per the report, "In a press conference today, ADG (Law & Order) Daljit Chaudhary said they had received inputs about presence of some suspects linked to Ujjain train blast in Kanpur and Lucknow, following which senior officials searched the areas."

“One suspect has been arrested from Kanpur, the second one is inside a building in Thakurganj. He has not come out yet.” Chaudhary refused to divulge any details on whether the suspects had any links to the train accidents as well as whether the suspect belonged to any terror organisation. “We will have to arrest and interrogate him first,” Chaudhary has said. The ADG added that the commandos were well trained in the operation and that they would complete the operation soon."



Evidently, incidents such as the MP train blast and the Lucknow siege have put the agencies on high alert, particularly because it's the final day before the last phase of the seven-phase UP Assembly polls concludes. The Madhya Pradesh IG law and order, Makrand Devaskar, has "confirmed that the blast was a terrorist atatck".

Though reports are still coming in of all the efforts to nab the suspect alive, with police indulging in "restrained operations", the situation is extremely volatile, and is likely to rile up the voters who cast their ballot tomorrow.

Some of the key points of the siege are the following:

A. The suspect has no hostages, but might be armed.

B. The house is owned by a Saudi Arabia-based person named Badshah

C. Noida, NCR are on high alert. Raids are going on in other places of Uttar Pradesh.

Some observers and senior journalists have expressed their discomfort at the timing of this rather spectacular terror-op occuring on the eve of the seventh poll. While some have opnely questioned even the possibility of the tenuous connection that is currently being made.

Nevertheless, it is a shocking turn of events for poll-bound UP, which has seen an extremely tense few months in the wake up to the Assembly polls.

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