UP police team involved in 'terrorist' killing honoured

Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) chief Aseem Arun and a number of other personnel involved in the killing of alleged terrorist Saifullah in an encounter in March were today honoured with a 'Commendation Disc'.

Inspector General of Police (Kanpur Range) Alok Singh and IG Special Task force Manoj Tiwari, who were recently involved in rescuing a businessmen from kidnappers, were also honoured by the Director General of Police Sulkhan Singh.

In all, 104 police personnel got the "Commendation Disc" across various ranks including additional director general Anand Kumar and Abhay Kumar Prasad.

The ATS team has arrested many people involved in anti- national activities including 12 terrorists, 13 naxalites and 19 ISI agents, Arun told

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