<p>Uttar Pradesh anti-terrorist squad (ATS) on Tuesday surrounded a house in the walled city after information that two suspected terrorists with sophisticated weapons were holed up there.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Police suspect they might be linked to a train blast in Madhya Pradesh earlier in the day. Shots were fired from both sides, local residents said.<br /><br />“The operation is the result of the UP police receiving specific inputs regarding possible terror suspects in the state,” Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Daljeet Chaudhary said.<br /><br />He added that the suspects might be linked to the blast on the Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train in Shajapur district in which 10 people were hurt.<br /><br />The terrorists were asked to surrender by the ATS, but they refused. One shouted that he would prefer to become a “martyr” rather than surrender. Earlier reports said there was only one terrorist in the house, situated at Haji Colony locality in Thakurganj area in the old city.<br /><br />“We are trying to capture the terrorist alive. We have used chilli bomb to smoke him out, we have plenty of time,” said Inspector General (ATS) Aseem Arun.<br /><br />The encounter came within hours of the arrest of two suspected terrorists in Kanpur, police sources here said. <br /><br />The operation began hours before the final phase of polling in the Assembly election, covering 40 seats in eastern Uttar Pradesh.<br /><br />Arun told reporters that the police had inputs about a suspected terrorist living in a rented house in Thakurganj locality in Lucknow’s old city.<br /><br />A team of commandos was rushed to nab him. <br /><br />“The terrorist refused to open the door. We could hear the sound of the cocking of a pistol,” Arun said.<br /><br />According to locals, around 3.30 pm, over 30 policemen started getting houses vacated in the locality.<br /><br />Sources said the terrorist fired shots from his hideout and the policemen retaliated.<br />“He had been living there for the past two months,” Arun said. <br /><br />The state police were tipped off by central intelligence agencies, ADG Chaudhary said.<br /><br /> He added that one arrest was made in Kanpur and there could be more than one terror suspect in Lucknow.<br /><br />He said the terror linkage, connection to the Ujjain train blast and details of the module would be revealed only after interrogation of the suspects.<br /><br />An alert was sounded across the state and security beefed up along the India-Nepal border. <br /><br />Extensive checking was being undertaken there.<br /></p>
<p>Uttar Pradesh anti-terrorist squad (ATS) on Tuesday surrounded a house in the walled city after information that two suspected terrorists with sophisticated weapons were holed up there.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Police suspect they might be linked to a train blast in Madhya Pradesh earlier in the day. Shots were fired from both sides, local residents said.<br /><br />“The operation is the result of the UP police receiving specific inputs regarding possible terror suspects in the state,” Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Daljeet Chaudhary said.<br /><br />He added that the suspects might be linked to the blast on the Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train in Shajapur district in which 10 people were hurt.<br /><br />The terrorists were asked to surrender by the ATS, but they refused. One shouted that he would prefer to become a “martyr” rather than surrender. Earlier reports said there was only one terrorist in the house, situated at Haji Colony locality in Thakurganj area in the old city.<br /><br />“We are trying to capture the terrorist alive. We have used chilli bomb to smoke him out, we have plenty of time,” said Inspector General (ATS) Aseem Arun.<br /><br />The encounter came within hours of the arrest of two suspected terrorists in Kanpur, police sources here said. <br /><br />The operation began hours before the final phase of polling in the Assembly election, covering 40 seats in eastern Uttar Pradesh.<br /><br />Arun told reporters that the police had inputs about a suspected terrorist living in a rented house in Thakurganj locality in Lucknow’s old city.<br /><br />A team of commandos was rushed to nab him. <br /><br />“The terrorist refused to open the door. We could hear the sound of the cocking of a pistol,” Arun said.<br /><br />According to locals, around 3.30 pm, over 30 policemen started getting houses vacated in the locality.<br /><br />Sources said the terrorist fired shots from his hideout and the policemen retaliated.<br />“He had been living there for the past two months,” Arun said. <br /><br />The state police were tipped off by central intelligence agencies, ADG Chaudhary said.<br /><br /> He added that one arrest was made in Kanpur and there could be more than one terror suspect in Lucknow.<br /><br />He said the terror linkage, connection to the Ujjain train blast and details of the module would be revealed only after interrogation of the suspects.<br /><br />An alert was sounded across the state and security beefed up along the India-Nepal border. <br /><br />Extensive checking was being undertaken there.<br /></p>