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Internet activity, PayPal transfers: UP police lay out their case against Gorakhnath attack suspect

He “wanted to establish Islam’s superiority as endorsed by the terrorist outift ISIS” because he “was influenced by the notion of global jihad” that “those who don’t believe in Islam are idol worshippers or kafirs” and so “should be killed and sent to hell”.

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UAPA slapped on Gorakhpur temple attack accused

The ATS cited inputs it got from interrogation as well as electronic and financial transactions for imposing relevant sections of the UAPA against the accused Ahmad Murtaza Abbasi

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Uttar Pradesh: Gorakhpur temple attack accused slapped with UAPA

GORAKHPUR: The stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) has been invoked against the accused in the Goraknath Temple attack case. The Anti-terror Squad (ATS) of Uttar Pradesh Police, which is investigating the case, produced accused Ahmad Murtaza Abbasi in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate(ACJM) on Saturday.

The Times of India

Uttar Pradesh: Gorakhnath temple attack accused in 5 more days of police remand

LUCKNOW/GORAKHPUR: A local court in Gorakhpur on Monday allowed five more days of police remand of Murtaza Abbasi, who was arrested for attacking cops at Gorakhnath Temple on April 3.

The Times of India

In viral video, Gorakhnath temple attacker talks about CAA-NRC stir

LUCKNOW: A three-minute video that has gone viral purportedly showing Ahmad Murtaza Abbasi, the accused in Gorakhnath Temple attack cases, claiming that he was disturbed by the ‘suffering of Muslim community during the protest against CAA and NRC’.

The Times of India

Uttar Pradesh: Gorakhnath mutt attacker preached hate on social media, says ATS

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…

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Gorakhpur temple attack accused acted like IS-inspired 'lone wolf': UP ATS

LUCKNOW/NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terror Squad (UPATS) sleuths said on Tuesday that Gorakhnath temple attack accused Ahmad Murtaza Abbasi seemed to be inspired by the lone wolf attack pattern of the Islamic State (IS). The ATS sleuths interrogated Murtaza after finding several IS videos in his laptop.

The Times of India

Gorakhnath temple attack: An IIT grad, attacker was out of job, says ATS

LUCKNOW/GORAKHPUR: Ahmad Murtaza Abbasi is an engineering graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay and was currently out of job, according to investigators.

The Times of India

Uttar Pradesh: Terror angle not ruled out in Gorakhnath temple attack

LUCKNOW/GORAKHPUR: A day after IIT Bombay graduate Ahmad Murtaza Abbasi attacked two PAC jawans at the gate of Gorakhnath Temple, security agencies said on Monday that terror angle has not been ruled out in the case.

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