LUCKNOW: The two members of Popular Front of India (PFI), who were arrested in Lucknow on Tuesday, were in contact with Bangladesh-based terror outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen. Sources said that the duo, Ansad Badruddin and Firoz Khan, had also visited Bangladesh in the past and arranged explosives to execute the terror attacks.

Uttar Pradesh STF officials said that the two namely Asad Badruddin and Feroz Khan,  had also visited Bangladesh in the past and arranged explosives to execute the terror attacks. The two members were planning a series of terrorist attacks at various places in the country when they were arrested by the Special Task Force with a huge quantity of high-end explosives.

The duo, during their investigation, accepted that they were preparing a huge network with the help of PFI members based in Lucknow, Bahraich, Muzzafarnagar, Shamli and Meerut. The team of 20-25 people were named 'hit squads' and were given training on how to use weapons.

Additional Director General Law and Order, Prashant Kumar told the media: "Both the arrested PFI members are from Kerala and their aim was to create religious enmity in society by engineering attacks." The duo, during their interrogation, accepted that they were preparing a huge network with the help of PFI members based in Lucknow, Bahraich, Muzaffarnagar, Shamli and Meerut.

The team of 20-25 people were named 'hit squads' and were given training on how to use weapons. PFI, which claims to be a social youth organization based in Kerala, has been under the scanner of police in several states.

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