In July 2021, the Uttar Pradesh police claimed to have arrested two “active members of Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind”, the alleged affiliate of Al Qaeda in India. Minhaj Ahmad and Museeruddin were planning to “unleash terrorist activities before August 15 in different cities of the state, including Lucknow”, where they were held, the police alleged, and handed over the inquiry to the National Investigation Agency.
“The interrogation of the arrested accused brought out that they were members of the proscribed terrorist organisation Al Qaeda”, the NIA alleged in a chargesheet filed in a special Lucknow court on January 5, 2022. “They had conspired to wage war against the Government of India.”
