Rajnath commended the father of the terrorist killed in Lucknow for refusing to take his son's body.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday commended the father of a suspected ISIS terrorist who was killed in an operation in Lucknow, for refusing to take his body.
Refusing to accept his son's body, Saifullah's father Sartaj had said, "One who cannot be loyal to the nation, how can he be ours." He added that, "A traitor can't be our son. We are Indians, we were born here, our forefathers were born here. One who indulges in anti-national activities can't be our son... we won't accept his body."
Rajnath said, "I express my sympathy on behalf of the government and the House will also express sympathy. He lost his son due to terror activities. The government and the House is proud of people like Sartaj."
Saifullah, suspected to be a self-proclaimed ISIS terrorist, was killed in Lucknow in an exchange of fire with the police after a 12-hour stand-off. He was allegedly linked to the blast in the Bhopal-Ujjain train.
"My child has done a wrong thing and I have regrets for it...I would have handed him over to the police had I had about it...The entire world would have seen and noticed how a father could put his own son in police hands," Sartaj told reporters.
"There is no need to hide a disease, else it becomes an incurable wound," Sartaj told reporters.
"We are Indian citizens. I was born here, my ancestors were born here," he said, adding, "Almost everyone in the family is sad. But it is more shame than sadness for what he has done."
Uttar Pradesh Police (ADG UP) Daljeet Chaudhary said the youth was self-radicalised and was influenced by 'literature'.
"These days, people self-radicalise themselves. They read their literature and come under its influence. Also, they follow social media for the same," Chaudhary told the media.
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