New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh in the Lok Sabha has praised the father of Mohammed Saifullah for disowning his terror suspect son who was gunned down by Uttar Pradesh police commandos.
Members thumped desks when Rajnath lauded Saifullah's father Sartaj for his refusal to accept his son's body saying "if he could not be loyal to the country, how can he be ours".
"The government is proud of him and I am sure Parliament too is," Rajnath said on Thursday while adding that the NIA will probe suspected terror cases, including the Lucknow encounter in which an alleged terrorist linked to a train blast was killed.
Saifullah - who was hiding in a house in Thakurganj area of Lucknow - was killed by the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of the Uttar Pradesh police on Wednesday.
"For me nation comes first. He did something which is against my country. He has let me down. A traitor cannot be my son," Saifullah's father Sartaj said.
"We never thought that he will end his life like this. He was very good and not after money. We scolded him over some issues and then he ran away from house. He told I am going to Mumbai and then will go to Saudi," he added.
"After the incident, I said that there is no place of terrorist at our home. We have given the message to everyone. I am proud that I am not taking his body. I am not sad with the incident," he said.
While addressing the Lok Sabha, Union Home Minister Rajnath has Praised Saifullah's father for condemning his son's act.
Giving details of various cases registered in the two states following the blast which injured 10 persons, Rajnath said the state police arrested three suspects in Hoshangabad in Madhya Pradesh, following which the UP cops acted in various parts of the state following information provided by the accused and nabbed three persons.
"The above sequence of events presents an excellent example of coordination amongst state police and central agencies. Due to the prompt action taken by the police of both the state, a possible threat to national security was successfully averted.
"Further investigations will be handed over to the NIA," he said.
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