2 PFI members arrested with huge quantity of explosives in UP

TIL Desk/National/Lucknow(UP)/ Two members of the Popular Front of India who were planning a series of terrorist attacks at various places in the country were arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police’s Special Task Force here on Tuesday with a huge quantity of explosives, a senior officer said.

The two are residents of Kerala and were recruiting members in different states to carry out the attacks, Additional Director General of Police, Law and Order, Prashant Kumar said.”Ansad Badruddin and Firoz Khan have been arrested from Kukrail trisection in Gudamba area here.

With their arrest, the STF has foiled a series of terrorist attacks in various parts of the country on Basant Panchmi by terrorist organisation PFI. A huge quantity of high-quality explosives has been recovered from them,” the officer told reporters in Lucknow. Explosive devices including battery and red wire, a .32 bore pistol, seven live cartridges, cash, PAN card, four ATM cards, pen drives, metro card, driving licenses and Aadhar cards were recovered from their possession, he said.