The suspected terrorists arrested from Barabanki and Gorakhpur were in contact with Pakistani handlers for the last five months. The handlers had also sent him money. This has been revealed in the investigation of ATS. The investigating agency is verifying the evidence received from social media. Soon an application will be filed in the court to take both the accused on custody remand.
STS had arrested Daniyal Ashraf of Barabanki and Krishna Mishra of Kushinagar. On Wednesday, ATS had revealed that both the Pakistani handlers were in touch with Shehzad Bhatti and ISI agents.
On his request, he was doing recce of defense establishments and other important and sensitive places. They were plotting to kill the men in uniform. According to ATS, money transactions have been found in the accounts of the accused.
This amount is certainly small, but has been sent by Pakistani handlers. Accused Krishna worked in a jeans shop in Sonipat while Daniyal worked in a jewelery shop. ATS says that the accused will be interrogated by taking them on remand, so that it will be known who had provided the weapon.
Who else were the targets? At the same time, it has been revealed from the social media account that both of them had sent anti-national videos and messages to more than a hundred youth from their level. The investigating agency is also gathering information about the people who were associated with these two.