In the narrow, crowded lanes of Khandari Bazaar, just a short walk from busy Hazratganj market in Lucknow, stands a narrow three-storey yellow building. Its wooden door, with an iron grille outside, is firmly shut.

For the past three days, the unassuming address had been swarmed by media crews and police.

On Friday, there are just two policemen, including a woman constable, standing guard outside. “The family rarely opens the gate or comes out to speak to anyone,” says a constable, dressed in plainclothes.

This is where Shaheen Shahid Ansari (44) and her younger brother, Parvez Ansari (38), who were picked up in connection with an alleged “transnational and interstate” terror module busted last week by the J&K Police, lived and grew up. Shaheen has been arrested, while Parvez is detaine

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