2 Pak terrorists gunned down ahead of R-Day | Watch

Noida: Hours before Republic Day, Noida Police said that they have foiled a major terror plot by killing two alleged Pakistani terrorists. The terrorists were gunned down by Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) in Sector 97 of Noida.

"One of the terrorists, while being taken to hospital identified himself as Farooq, a resident of Okara in Pakistan, and his companion as Abu Ismail from Rawalakot (POK)," UP Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Brij Lal told a press conference in Lucknow.

Senior Superintendent of Police Navin Arora said that they had been tipped about some persons who were on their way from Ghaziabad near Lal Kuan to Delhi. The alleged terrorists were travelling in a Maruti Van and were carrying arms and ammunitions.

Lal said the ATS team had been working for the past one month on a terrorist module and on Saturday night it was informed that two persons, equipped with AK-47 rifles, in a white Maruti car were trying to enter Delhi from Ghaziabad.

“Two AK-47 assault rifles, four magazines, 120 rounds of ammunition, five hand-grenades, nine suspected RDX rods, detonators, a Pakistani passport and Rs 18,000 were recovered from the terrorists,” confirms Lal .

“The passport recovered from Farooq bears the name Ali Ahmed, resident of Rahimyaar Khan in Pakistan,” the ADGP said, adding some documents like identity cards and diaries were also recovered from them.

“We are verifying the documents," he added.

The ATS unit deployed at Amity outpost saw the white Maruti car at around 0215 hrs IST and tried to stop it, but the suspected terrorists opened fire at the team, Lal said.

In the retaliatory fire, the two terrorists and an ATS personnel Vinod Kumar Singh were injured, Lal added.

The ATS team was also assisted by the Noida Police during the operation.

The injured were rushed to the hospital, where the two terrorists were declared brought dead by the doctors, the officer said, noting that the constable was out of danger.

"We are probing what the terrorists were up to and who were their local contacts," the ADGP said.

The UP Police has been on high alert in the run-up to the Republic Day celebrations.