IS terrorist in Lucknow: Rajnath expresses sympathy towards Saifullah's father; 7 updates

Image: Rajnath Singh/ABP Live

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh made a statement on Thursday in Parliament on the killing of a suspected IS terrorist in a Lucknow gunfight and train blast in Madhya Pradesh, a ministry official said. Here are 7 important things Home Minister said:

• I hope the House will also express sympathy for father of Saifullah who said 'jo desh ka na ho saka wo mera kya hoga: Rajnath Singh in LS
• Rajnath also clarified on the floor of the house that Saifullah was not ready to surrender.
• Saifullah fired towards ATS: HM
• ATS tried to arrest him: HM
• Saifullah's father denied to take dead body: Rajnath Singh
• The government is proud of Saifullah’s father Mohammad Sartaj, I hope the House will also be for taking such a stand: HM Rajnath Singh in LS
• Recovered 8 pistols, 6 live cartridges, Rs 1.5Lcash, 45gm gold, 3 mobiles, 4 simcards, 2 walkietalkies, foreign currency from Saifullah's room: Rajnath

Earlier in the day, Uttar Pradesh Police said the youth killed in the anti-terror operation in Uttar Pradesh's capital as well as five arrested accomplices were "self- radicalised" and were trying to build an Islamic State Khorasan module in the UP city. The police statement came hours after its Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) killed Saifullah, a resident of Manohar Nagar in Kanpur, in an 11-hour-long gunfight in Thakurganj's Haji colony in Lucknow. On Tuesday, a blast occurred in the general compartment of the 59320 Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train near Jabdi station in Madhya Pradesh's Shajapur district, injuring 10 persons.