UP STF nabs mastermind of Hathras conspiracy, was plotting to flee country

New Delhi: In a major success for Uttar Pradesh Police, the Special Task Force (STF) today nabbed Rauf, the alleged mastermind of Hathras conspiracy.

The UP STF apprehended him from Trivandram airport as he was about to flee the country to Oman.

Rauf is said to be the guide of 4 PFI (Popular Front of India) members, who were arrested in Mathura while they were on their way to Hathras.

It was on the directions of Rauf that all 4 PFI operatives had planned a secret operation to reach the beleaguered town and incite caste based unrest across the state.

ये है हाथरस का मास्टर माइंड रऊफ़,PFI का अगुवा रऊफ़ विदेश भागते समय एयरपोर्ट से धरा गया,हुआ खुलासा,हाथरस में हुई बड़ी साज़िश,घूंघट वाली भाभी से लेकर तमाम ‘चर्चित चेहरों’ ने पढ़ी PFI की लिखी हुई स्क्रिप्ट,नफ़रत फैला प्रदेश में जातीय दंगा कराने के लिए रऊफ़ को विदेशों से मिले करोड़ों pic.twitter.com/xUM3J4elpL

— Shalabh Mani Tripathi (@shalabhmani) December 12, 2020

The PFI members namely Siddiqui of Muzaffarnagar, Siddique of Malappuram, Masood Ahmed of Bahraich, and Alam of Rampur had sinister plan of creating caste and communal clashes in Hathras.

They were intercepted while they were trvelling from Delhi to Hathras. According to police, they had plans of hatching conspiracy to spoil government’s image and disturb communal harmony in the region.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had also said that conspiracies were hatched to spread communal riots in the state and the rest of the country. He also alleged foreign funding involved in the conspiracy.