Lucknow encounter: Photo of ISIS suspect killed in Thakurganj released

Saifullah was killed by the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad in an 11-hour-long gunfight in Lucknow.

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Police has released the picture of the suspected Islamic State operative, who was killed in an anti-terror operation early on Wednesday.

Saifullah was killed by the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad in an 11-hour-long gunfight.

Meanwhile, the National Investigative Agency (NIA) is looking into the items recovered from slain Saifullah's hideout in Haji colony in Thakurganj area.

According to police, six pistols of different make, two wireless sets, alarm clocks, steel pipes, an IS flag, two laptops, videos of how to make bombs, four knives, two passports and 600-plus live cartridges were recovered from the site.

Here's the photo of ISIS Khorasan module terrorist gunned down in Thakurganj:

Intelligence agencies from two other states had tipped off the police of the likely presence of terror suspects in Lucknow, Kanpur, and Etawah after an explosion took place in a train in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday.

The gunbattle broke out at around 4 pm on Tuesday in Lucknow and continued for over 11 hours, concluding early on Wednesday.

Saifullah opened fire when the police reached the hideout to nab him.

Faisal, a suspect, was arrested from Tiwaripur area in Kanpur and his elder brother Imran was arrested from Unnao. They are currently being interrogated by the ATS.

Two others detained by the ATS in Kanpur were set free by a mob.

(With Agency inputs)