Two suspected terrorists shot dead in Noida

NOIDA: Two suspected terrorists were killed in an encounter with the UP Anti-Terror Squad in the wee hours of Sunday morning in Noida, a day before the nation celebrates its 59th Republic Day.

Ali Ahmed, one of the dead terrorists, is a Pakistani, the police said.

Police sources said the encounter took place in Sector 97 of Noida, which is a suburb of Delhi and an important part of the National Capital Region (NCR).

Two AK-47s and handgrenades were recovered from the alleged terrorists. Based on the recovery of the weapons, SSP of Noida, Navin Arora, feels that the dead criminals can be terrorists. He further said that any confirmation in this matter will be done by the DGP of UP Police in Lucknow on Sunday.

According to the SSP, ATS was informed of two armed criminals trying to enter Delhi by a car numbered UP14E 9531. As soon as it got the information, the ATS chased them. As soon as they reached near Mahamaya flyover, the ATS team stopped them. They tried to run away through the Noida-Delhi expressway towards Sector 97, the SSP further informed.

Arora further informed that the criminals started firing on them once the ATS team closed in on them. In the exchange, the two were injured and soon nabbed. Police took them to a nearby hospital where they were declared dead.

The SSP also informed that an identity card of one Sameer Chaudhary was also recovered from their car. Police however also says that the identity card may be fake. The identity of the alleged terrorists is yet unknown.

DGP of UP Police said a press conference will be held at 9 am today.