U.P. ATS arrests four members of ‘terror network’ linked with Pakistani handlers

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Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) arrested four members of a suspected terror module allegedly operating at the behest of Pakistani handlers and planning attacks on key installations, including railway infrastructure, officials said on Friday (April 3, 2026).

“The Uttar Pradesh ATS received intelligence that a group was in constant contact with a Pakistani handler through various social media platforms and was doing anti-national activities. The gang’s main objective was to conduct a recce of important military installations, railway infrastructure, police stations, and political figures in the country, provide the obtained information to the Pakistani handler, and then plan and harm them. The above intelligence was developed, and Saqib alias ‘Devil’, a resident of Meerut district, was arrested, who was in touch with handlers via encrypted platforms, such as Telegram, Signal, and Instagram, and had links with radical groups,” reads an official statement.

Besides Saqib, the arrested individuals have been identified as Vikas Gehlawat alias Raunak, Lokesh alias Papla Pandit alias Babu alias Sanju, both residents of Gautam Buddh Nagar, and Arbaab from Meerut.