LUCKNOW: The father of Murtaza Abbasi, who’s accused of attacking provincial armed constabulary jawans at Gorakhnath temple, told interrogators on Saturday that his son had a medical history of mental illness and was undergoing psychiatric treatment. Murtaza is plagued by a mental disorder since birth and would often climb atop trees or rooftops and threaten to kill himself, father Munir Abbasi told anti-terrorism squad (ATS) personnel in Lucknow.
Murtaza, an alumnus of IIT-Bombay, hails from a wealthy and illustrious family of Gorakhpur, said ATS sources. While father Munir is financial and legal advisor to a chain of MNC firms, his grandfather, Nazir Ahmad Abbasi, was a collector and his great grandfather Syed Ahmad Abbasi was a district judge.
