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Meet the IS Khorasan of Lucknow and Kanpur

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Was the plot to bomb the Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train hatched in Telangana? The police said that a seven-member module of the Islamic State known as the Kanpur and Lucknow ISIS Khorasan Module hatched a plot to bomb the train and also carry out a series of attacks in Uttar Pradesh.

Meet the IS Khorasan of Lucknow and KanpurWas the plot to bomb the Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train hatched in Telangana.

Sources privy to the investigation tell OneIndia say that a seven-member module was formed earlier this year in UP. The Emir or chief of the module was Atif Muzzafar. The others in the module were G M Khan, Danish Akthar, Azhar Khalifa, Saifullah, Faizal Khan and Hamza Khan.

It may recalled that Saifullah was gunned down at Thakurganj in Lucknow following a 11-hour encounter that ended at 3 am on Wednesday. While probing the case, the weapons trail led to the operatives by Rishu and Rocky.

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Several media outlets have been reporting that the train blast was a dry run. However Intelligence Bureau officials say that terrorists normally do not do trial runs as it tends to wake up security officials.

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