UP DGP Mukul Goel was in Kanpur to inaugurate a Covid care centre for Kanpur police

New Delhi, August 9

Following the arrest of key suspects allegedly involved in terrorism from Lucknow, the UP Police Chief Mukul Goel has expressed that the possibility of terror modules and sleeper cells working in Kanpur cannot be denied. 

Goel however added that even though the force does not have specific intelligence currently, the UP police suspects the presence of terror suspects in Kanpur. 

He said the state's Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and intelligence agencies have decided to keep extra vigil to neutralise such forces before they execute their nefarious designs.

Goel stated that they have no specific intelligence inputs about terror modules, but we can't deny the possibility of terror modules and sleeper cells in Kanpur. 

Two terrorists of the Al-Qaeda-supported Ansar Ghazwatul Hind were arrested by the Uttar Pradesh ATS from the outskirts of Lucknow in July. The UP ATS stated that they were planning explosions, including using "human bombs", at several places in Uttar Pradesh.

They were planning to unleash terror activities before Independence Day in different cities of UP, officials added. 

The police seized huge amount of explosive was also seized from their houses. 

It is to be noted that Goel had visited Kanpur on August 8 to inaugurate a Covid care hospital for police. He added that  similar facilities will be started for police personnel in every district.

The DGP also remembered the police personnel who lost their lives in the line of duty during the pandemic.