Lucknow, March 9

The police today arrested a former IAF employee who they believe is the “mastermind” of a terror module that included Saifullah, a suspected terrorist killed in an encounter yesterday.Mohd Ghaus Khan was picked up from Kanpur by the Anti-Terrorist Squad, and revealed vital information during questioning, said Additional Director General of UP Police Daljit Chaudhary.(Follow The Tribune on Facebook; and Twitter @thetribunechd)He said another suspect, identified only as Azhar, was also arrested by the ATS. Khan “is a technical man and a hardcore member of the module,” Chaudhary said, adding he was the “main accused and mastermind” of the module.He said Azhar, the second suspect, was the main supplier of arms to the module. He did not say where he was arrested from, or in what capacity Khan worked in the Air Force. The UP police claimed that with these two arrests, all the main members of what they alleged was an ISIS influenced module are in custody. The latest arrests raised to five the number of people in the UP police custody in connection with the blast on the Bhopal-Ujjain train in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday. — TNS/PTINaidu flays Digvijay’s ‘injustice’ remark
Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday alleged that Congress leader Digvijay Singh’s remarks that “injustice to Indian Muslims makes terror outfits attractive to them” were a more serious threat than IS to the unity and integrity of the country. Demanding an apology from both Singh and the Congress, Naidu said “his comments were an insult to minorities and he must apologise”. Referring to the blast on Bhopal-Ujjain train allegedly carried out by an IS-influenced module on Tuesday, Singh had said “injustice” to Muslims was making terrorist outfits attractive to them.