LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad has arrested two Pakistani nationals and their aide who entered the country through the Nepal border and posed as Indian citizens based on forged documents. The arrested have been identified as Mohammed Altaf Bhat, Sayyed Gajanfar – both Pakistani residents – and Nasir Ali of Srinagar. The ATS stated that one of the arrested accused, Mohammed Altaf Bhat, received training from Hizbul Mujahideen with the help of ISI. He along with the two others, Sayyed Gajanfar and Nasir, were planning terror attacks in India. Inspector General of ATS, Nilabja Chaudhary, said the ATS had been receiving intelligence that some Pakistanis were going to enter India through the Nepal border with the help of Pakistani intelligence agency ISI. “Intelligence was also received that these people have the intention of carrying out terrorist attacks in India and have also received training in Hizbul Mujahideen’s training camp with the help of ISI,” said Chaudhary. When the above intelligence was received, ATS field unit in Gorakhpur started its operation through electronic and physical surveillance. It intercepted two Pakistanis and their aide at Farenda, a village in Sonauli on the Indo-Nepal.
