Date:24/12/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/12/24/stories/2007122459461200.htm

National

Two LeT men shot dead in Lucknow

Atiq Khan

LUCKNOW: The Special Task Force of the Uttar Pradesh police on Sunday shot dead two suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists in an encounter on Dewa Road here.

Talking to journalists, Brij Lal, Additional Director-General of Police, Law and Order and STF, said efforts were on to identify them.

Mr. Lal said the two had planned a big terror attack in the State capital. A map with notings in Urdu recovered from them seemed to be that of Chief Minister Mayawati’s residence. Asked whether there was a threat perception to Ms. Mayawati, he said investigations were on.

Arms recovered

Two AK-47 rifles, a huge quantity of AK-47 cartridges, 10 hand grenades, a fuse, a detonator and a suicide belt were recovered from the car (UP32 A 4374) in which the two were travelling when the encounter took place at 5.50 a.m. Mr. Lal said the terrorists were “fidayeen” and had entered Uttar Pradesh from Nepal. The encounter took place near the Central Food Technological Research Centre on Dewa Road, about 18 km from Lucknow.