LUCKNOW: The anti-terror squad (ATS) of UP Police probing the Gorakhnath Temple attack case on Thursday said the arrested accused Ahmad Murtaza Abbasi used to radicalise individuals through social media and had also recced religious towns in the state. The ATS made the claims based on his initial interrogation at its Lucknow headquarters on Thursday.
The agency said the accused had made a WhatsApp group where he would interact with youths and radicalise them. He would also give them tasks like conducting recce of temples and religious places like Ayodhya, Mathura, Gorakhpur, Varanasi.
