Suspected Terrorist’s Father Says He Can’t Accept a Traitor’s Body

Sartaj, the father of the suspected ISIS terrorist, said he did not want anything to do with Saifullah’s dead body.

Saifullah’s father (Photo altered by The Quint)

Sartaj, the father of the suspected ISIS terrorist, who was killed in an anti-terror operation near Lucknow, said on Wednesday that he did not want anything to do with Saifullah’s mortal remains.

Saifullah was killed in a house on the outskirts of Lucknow after a 12-hour operation by the Uttar Pradesh’s unit of the Anti-Terrorism Squad. An Islamic State flag, eight pistols, 650 rounds of ammo, gold, SIM cards, cash, passports, a train timetable and explosive materials were seized from the house where Saifullah was holed up.

Expressing disappointment at his son’s actions, Sartaj said that he could not accept “a traitor’s body.”

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