Hathras: Uttar Pradesh police, on Monday nabbed four persons, allegedly having links with the radical outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) and its associate organisation Campus Front of India (CFI).
The four were nabbed from Mathura’s toll plaza, while on their way to Hathras and as per police, the four were set to instigate violence in Hathras.
The four were identified as Atiq-ur Rehman of Muzaffarnagar, Siddique of Malappuram, Masood Ahmed of Bahraich and Alam of Rampur.
Police claimed that they have seized their mobile phones, laptops and some literature, which could disturb peace and stability in Uttar Pradesh.
ADG law and order Prashant Kumar is quoted in Zeenews.com saying that police had received credible information about suspicious persons moving towards Hathras.
“During this time a swift When the Desire train (DL01ZC 1203) was stopped and four youths were interrogated, they came to know about their relationship with PFI and their associate organization CFI,” he said.
Hathras grabbed headlines after a 19-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped on September 14 and she succumbed to her injuries after two weeks at Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital.
