In a major operation carried out jointly by police teams of five states, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) today arrested three suspected terrorists, with alleged links to Islamic State.
Following joint operations carried out early this morning in Mumbai, Jalandhar, Narkatiaganj (Bihar), Bijnor and Muzaffarnagar, three persons were arrested on charges of hatching terror conspiracies, a UP ATS spokesman said here.
The arrests have been made in Mumbai, Jalandhar in Punjab and Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh, the spokesman said. The police received information that some hyperactive members of a terror group were trying to recruit new members.
Six others were being interrogated, he said.
The joint operation was carried out by Special Cell Delhi Police, Intelligence Cell Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra ATS, Punjab Police, Bihar Police and UP ATS.
