Lucknow encounter ends, suspected IS militant killed

Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) commandos on early Wednesday morning gunned down a suspected IS operative in an anti-terror operation that lasted for almost 12 hours in the thickly-populated Thakurganj area of Lucknow in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh. (Deepak Gupta / HT Photo)

Updated on: Mar 08, 2017 4:46 PM IST

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Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) commandos on early Wednesday morning gunned down a suspected IS operative in an anti-terror operation that lasted for almost 12 hours in the thickly-populated Thakurganj area of Lucknow in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh. (Deepak Gupta / HT Photo)

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The ATS engaged the suspect in a 12-hour gunbattle overnight on Tuesday after tracking him down at the home of a Muslim cleric on the outskirts of Lucknow.

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Policemen gather near a building where a suspected militant was holed up in Lucknow on Tuesday. (Deepak gupta/ht photo)

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Ammunition, including eight automatic pistols, live cartridges and some explosives, and an IS flag were recovered from the site of the encounter.

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The ATS reached the cleric’s house on the outskirts of Lucknow around 2pm after specific inputs about militants linked to the Madhya Pradesh train blast.

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About 300 police personnel including ATS commandos were engaging the militant in the 12-hour long operation by ATS. (deepak gupta/ht photo)

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Police officers make a hole in a wall of the building where the suspect was hiding to send in optical fibre cameras. (deepak gupta/ht photo)

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Cops stand guard near the house where a suspected militant was holed up, in Lucknow.

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The scene of the encounter between a suspected militant and UP ATS at Hazi colony near Kakori in Lucknow. (Deepak Gupta/ht photo)

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Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terror Squad inspector general Aseem Arun said the militant was a member of the Indian module of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group called Khorasan. (Ht photo)