CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: The Uttar Pradesh anti-terrorism squad (ATS) has summoned 11 men from the city to its headquarters in Lucknow, between January 15 and 18, in a case of an alleged
hate speech
made during a meeting on September 17 in the city and for offences under UAPA.
"Our team, with the help of our counterparts from the Maharashtra ATS, has issued notices to 11 out of the 14 suspects named in the FIR (registered on October 11, 2023, with ATS police station at Gomti Nagar in Lucknow)," Kuldeep Tiwari, the deputy superintendent of
UP ATS
, told TOI.
Tiwari, however, said he was not authorized to divulge any further information related to the case. TOI made repeated calls and sent messages to UP ATS's additional director general Mohit Agarwal, senior superintendent of police Abhishek Singh and superintendent of police Brijesh Kumar Singh, but the same did not evoke any response till the time of going to press on Monday.
Another UP ATS officer, privy to the investigation, said, "The case relates to alleged statements made during a secret meeting held on September 17, 2023, in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar to hatch a conspiracy to execute a sensational incident early in 2024."
The FIR registered by the UP ATS states that a salesman employed with a pharmacy store is an alleged supporter of banned terror outfit IS and continuously shares 'radical' content on social media.
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