Father Of IS Terrorist Killed In Lucknow Refuses To Accept His Body, Calls Him ‘Anti-National’

Sartaj, father of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist, who was killed in Lucknow in a 12-hour encounter on Wednesday, has refused to take his son’s body for last rites.

Sartaj called his son ‘anti-national’ and informed that he left home after being beating for not working according to his advice. “Yeh desh-hitt mein nahi tha hum usse naraz hain, aise deshdrohi ki laash nahi lenge,” ANI quoted him as saying.

Reports suggest that the terrorist was linked to the explosion on a train in Madhya Pradesh which injured nine people on Tuesday morning and was an active member of the terror group’s Khorasan module. IS had announced its expansion to 'Khorasan province' in January 2015 and claimed responsibility for the deadly shrine blast in Pakistan that killed over 90 people.