Two suspected Pak terrorists killed ahead of R-Day function

Noida, Jan 25 (PTI) In a pre-dawn encounter, two
suspected Pakistani terrorists, trying to enter Delhi from
Ghaziabad, were Sunday killed and a personnel from India's
northern state of Uttar Pradesh's ATS was injured here, a day
before the Republic Day celebrations.

The incident took place at 2.35 am at sector 97 near
UNITECH plot after the terrorists, travelling in a white
Maruti car, opened fire on the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS)
team, leading to an exchange of fire between the two sides.

"One of the terrorists, while being taken to hospital
identified himself as Farooq, a resident of Okara in Pakistan,
and his companion as Abu Ismail from Rawalakot (POK)," UP
Additional Director General of Police Brij Lal told a press
conference in Lucknow.

"Two AK-47 assault rifles, four magazines, 120 rounds of
ammunition, five hand-grenades, nine suspected RDX rods,
detonators, a Pakistani passport and Rs 18,000 were recovered
from the terrorists," Lal said.

"The passport recovered from Farooq bears the name Ali
Ahmed, resident of Rahimyaar Khan in Pakistan," the ADGP said,
adding some documents like identity cards and diaries were
also recovered from them.
"We are verifying the documents," he said.

The officer said the ATS team had been working for the
past one month on a terrorist module and around midnight last
night, it got the information that the two persons, equipped
with AK-47 rifles, in a white Maruti car were trying to enter
Delhi from Lalkuan in Ghaziabad.

The ATS unit deployed at Amity outpost saw the suspected
vehicle coming at around 2.15 am and tried to stop it, on
which the terrorists opened fire at the team, he said.

In the retaliatory fire, the two terrorists and an ATS
personnel Vinod Kumar Singh were injured, Lal said.

The ATS team was also assisted by the Noida police during
the operation.

The injured were rushed to the hospital, where the two
terrorists were declared brought dead by the doctors, the
officer said, noting that the constable was out of danger.

"We are probing what the terrorists were up to and who
were their local contacts," the ADGP said.

The UP police was already on high alert in the run up to
the Republic Day celebrations, he said. PTI