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Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Monday arrested four men who were allegedly conspiring to form a “Mujahideen Army” to topple the Indian government through “violent jihad” and by imposing the Sharia law, officials said.

According to ATS, intelligence inputs suggested they were influenced by radical Pakistani organisations and were holding meetings at different locations. The four men were also active on social media groups to spread extremist ideology.

They were allegedly collecting funds to procure arms and plot targeted killings of prominent non-Muslim religious leaders in the near future, an official statement issued here said. ATS registered a case under relevant provisions on Monday at its Lucknow police station and arrested four men identified as Akm

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