NEW DELHI: Home Minister Mr. Rajnath Singh said here today that the NIA will probe suspected terror cases, MP train blast and Lucknow encounter. Mr Rajnath Singh said in a statement in the Lok Sabha that, even as Uttar Pradesh Police shot dead suspected terrorist Mohammad Saifullah yesterday, Police in Madhya Pradesh arrested suspects on terror charges. When the Minister lauded Saifullah’s father Mohammad Sartaj for his refusal to accept his son’s body saying “if he could not be loyal to the country, how can he be ours”, Members of Parliament thumped desks. “The government is proud of Saifullah’s father and I am sure Parliament too is,” Rajnath Singh said. Saifullah was suspected to be linked with the blast in the Bhopal-Ujjain train in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday. Mr.Rajnath Singh said revealing details of many cases registered in the two states after the blast injured 10 persons, the state Police had arrested three suspects in Hoshangabad in Madhya Pradesh. The Police in Uttar Pradesh acted quickly in many parts of the state after information provided by the accused and arrested three persons, he said. The Home Minister further said, “The above sequence of events prove that there is good coordination between state Police and central agencies. Due to quick action taken by Police in UP and MP a possible threat to national security was successfully averted, he said. “The investigations will be handed over to the NIA”, he said. Eight pistols, 630 live cartridges, Rs 1.5 lakh, three mobiles phone, four sim cards, two wireless sets and some foreign currency were recovered from the place where Saifullah lived were recovered by Police, the Home Minister informed the House. Mr. Singh said in a statement in the Lok Sabha, while the Uttar Pradesh Police shot dead suspected terrorist Mohammad Saifullah yesterday, Police arrested six suspects in Madhya Pradesh and UP on terror charges.]]>
