Gorakhnath temple assault: Main accused delivered to Lucknow, hyperlinks in different cities beneath scanner

Express News Service

LUCKNOW: In a contemporary growth within the Gorakshnath Peeth assault case, the UP Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) introduced Ahmad Murtaza Abbasi, 30, to Lucknow in its custody for additional interrogation on Wednesday. Murtaza had been within the custody of the UP ATS for seven days since Monday night. Meanwhile, the ATS carried out raids in quite a lot of cities to probe the hyperlinks of the primary accused.

The ATS, which has been entrusted with the investigation into the assault case and is conducting it in coordination with the UP Special Task Force (STF), detained two individuals from Deoband, Kanpur and Noida every in reference to the case. The probe companies are looking out for the aides of Murtaza Abbasi who had gone to Deoband in Saharanpur district just a few months again.

The probe companies are additionally sifting by way of the 4 financial institution accounts of Murtaza to determine his fund switch sample. The financial institution accounts beneath the scanner of the probe companies are of ICICI Bank, Platinum Federal Bank and IDFC First Bank. As per highly-placed sources, Murtaza used to switch funds by way of these account to another nation.

On Sunday night, Murtaza, a chemical engineer from IIT-Bombay, had tried to enter the Gorakshnath temple in Gorakhpur forcibly injuring two PAC constables with a pointy edged weapon after they tried to cease him on the gate. The Gorakshnath Peeth contains the residence of UP CM Yogi Adityanath who can be the chief priest of the revered Muthh.

However, as per sources, the UP ATS is interrogating Murtaza contemplating that he could also be a part of a sleeper cell with the intention to unearth the conspiracy behind the assault. It could also be recalled that Additional Chief Secretary, dwelling, and Additional Director General of Police (regulation and Order) had not dominated out the potential of a terror angle within the assault.

At the identical time, the probe companies have additionally discovered some incriminating proof from his devices like laptop computer and cell phone, which point out that Murtaza was self-radicalized as he had been listening to hardliners and ISIS members persistently.

Confirming that the ATS had introduced Murtaza to Lucknow, ADG (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar stated that no matter was seized from him was being bodily and technically examined by the probe companies.

As per sources, Murtza had been airing his radical views regularly on social media. The data from the preliminary interrogation reveals that he was watching movies of beheadings in Syria, 9/11 assaults in America and Lone Wolf assaults by terrorists in Western international locations.

Investigating companies consider that Murtaza was brainwashed by these movies and provocative speeches and was most likely prepared to hold out some main incident. However, as per his household, Murtaza has been of unstable thoughts for fairly a while and has a damaged marriage as properly. According to his father-in-law Muzaffarul Haq, he had married his daughter off to Murtaza in 2019 however they divorced quickly as his daughter was subjected to home violence by Murtaza’s mom. “We are not in touch with Murtaza since the divorce of my daughter,” stated Haq.

Police sources claimed that Murtaza shall be in police custody until April 11. Meanwhile, chief of the Opposition and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav stated the probe companies also needs to deal with the psychological facet of the primary accused as his father had claimed that Murtaza had some bipolar situation. “I feel we need to pay heed to that problem as well. BJP is a party that exaggerates,” stated Akhilesh.