'Family trip': How doctor terror module surveyed Lucknow targets for bigger attacks
- Reconnaissance Mission: Two doctors, Dr Muzammil Shakeel and Dr Shaheen Saeed, allegedly used a family trip in August 2025 to survey key government buildings and crowded public areas in Lucknow for a terror attack.
- Explosive Plans: Investigators claim they researched TATP chemical suppliers and intended to set up a covert explosives manufacturing base, mimicking the Delhi Red Fort blast methods.
- Targeted Locations: Sensitive sites included Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, Lok Bhawan, Bapu Bhawan, and public spaces like Imambada, Lal Bagh, Aminabad, with detailed on-foot surveys and mobile tracking confirming their presence
India’s premier anti-terror agency has uncovered a chilling plot to target key government buildings in Lucknow, allegedly linked to the same terror module accused in the Delhi Red Fort blast case. According to the National Investigation Agency’s chargesheet, two doctors – Dr Muzammil Shakeel and Dr Shaheen Saeed – allegedly used a seemingly ordinary family trip from Faridabad to Lucknow in August 2025 as cover for a detailed reconnaissance mission tied to a larger terror conspiracy.
The NIA claims that between August 25 and August 30, 2025, the duo travelled to Lucknow in Shaheen Saeed’s Maruti Swift. Investigators allege the visit was not personal in nature but part of a carefully planned operation to identify potential targets, explore logistics, and prepare for future attacks in Uttar Pradesh’s capital.According to the chargesheet, the two stayed both at a relative’s residence and at Shaheen’s ancestral home in Khandari Bazar in Lucknow’s Lal Bagh area. The agency believes the location functioned as an operational base during their stay in the city.
The investigation further alleges that Dr Muzammil searched online for chemical shops in Lucknow that stocked ingredients used in making TATP, a highly volatile explosive often referred to internationally as the “Mother of Satan.” The NIA claims Shaheen Saeed wrote down the names of these chemical suppliers by hand at Muzammil’s direction, while a local contact was allegedly asked to physically verify whether large quantities of such chemicals could be procured.
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