LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) is prone to take the three suspects, having Khalistani hyperlinks, to Ayodhya to verify concerning the locations they’d visited throughout their keep within the temple city.
The suspects had been arrested whereas doing recee in Ayodhya, 4 days earlier than the Pran Pratishtha ceremony of Shri Ram Janambhoomi temple.
The three suspects recognized as Rajasthan residents Shankar Dussad a.okay.a. Shankar Jajod, Ajit Kumar Sharma and Pradeep Puniya are on seven days’ police custody remand (PCR).
They’re being questioned about intentions behind doing recce in Ayodhya and their hyperlinks with Khalistani terrorists.
Earlier after their arrest, a recorded voice message claimed to be of Canada-based Khalistan terrorist Gurupatwant Singh Pannu was circulated on cellular numbers in Lucknow addressing Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, that Sikh for Justice (SFJ) (a US-based group that helps the secession of Punjab from India as Khalistan) was going to carry him (Yogi) accountable on January 22 and Ram temple Pran Pratishtha was not going to save lots of him.
The three suspects had been beneath radar for the reason that evening of January 17 and had been arrested on January 18 after their Khalistani hyperlinks had been confirmed.