Won't accept the body of an anti-national: Slain IS operative's father

An accused in the Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train bombing, the militant had refused to surrender and had said that he wanted to attain martyrdom.

The father of suspected Islamic State operative who was killed in the Lucknow encounter said that he will not accept the body of an anti-national. Saifullah's father Sartaj told the media that this was not in the country's interest. "We will not accept the body of an anti-national," he said.

Saifullah was killed in an encounter with the Uttar Pradesh ATS on Wednesday. He was cornered at a house and the encounter last 11 hours before he was killed. An accused in the Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train bombing, Saifullah had refused to surrender and said that he wanted to attain shahdat (martyrdom).

Sartaj told ANI that around 2 months back, his left home after he beat him for not working. "He called me last Monday and said that he was going to Saudi Arabia. Saifullah's relatives, however, expressed shock. They said that he was a well-behaved person. He performed Namaz five times a day. We did not expect this from him," he said.

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