Yogi govt dismantles 142 terror sleeper cells in UP, neutralizes one terrorist

Since 2017, Yogi model ends daily terror in UP, becomes national benchmark

A dozen sleeper cells linked to ISIS, Al-Qaeda, ISI, PFI & SIMI busted

ATS nets 131 active cells aiding terrorists with shelter and intel

Terrorist killed in encounter, 11 sleeping modules caught for funding terrorists

Govt conducts ‘Surgical strike’ on Rohingya-Bangladeshi infiltration & conversion network

Plot to incite Ram Mandir agitations and processions foiled

Lucknow : Over the past eight years, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s government in Uttar Pradesh has crushed organized crime and dismantled terrorist sleeper cells statewide. Employing a zero-tolerance approach, it has targeted terror networks, their funding, religious extremism, forged documents, and foreign infiltration with a coordinated, multi-pronged strategy.

Since 2017, under Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s decisive leadership, Uttar Pradesh has become inhospitable to terrorists with 230 feared criminals neutralised, 142 sleeper cells dismantled—including 131 active modules that sheltered operatives and leaked intel—and 11 funding networks busted (with one terrorist killed in an encounter).

Since taking office in 2017, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has mandated a zero-tolerance crackdown on crime and terrorism. Under his directive, the UP Anti-Terrorist Squad has deployed intelligence-led operations—backed by advanced technology and surveillance—to dismantle sleeper cells, block foreign infiltrations, and choke extremist funding networks.

The ATS’s eight-year campaign has successfully neutralized sleeper modules linked to global and domestic terrorist organizations, including ISIS, AQIS, JMB, ABT, LeT, JeM, HM, IM-SIMI, Naxals, PFI, and ISI. The sustained effort has not only disrupted terror networks, but also ensured the arrest of key operatives who facilitated these groups through shelter, communication, and logistics.

The ATS also struck at terror-financing by dismantling 11 sleeper modules, arrested 41 counterfeiters seizing Rs 47.03 lakh in fake notes, detained 173 illegal Rohingya and Bangladeshi nationals on security grounds, busted over 20 religious conversion syndicates, and apprehended 19 cybercriminals—including four Chinese nationals running SIM-card and identity scams.

Notably, the ATS has also cracked down on elements inciting religious unrest, including those plotting disruptive events around the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. Arrests in such cases reflect the government’s firm resolve to uphold religious harmony and internal peace.

This focused and relentless campaign has resulted in a significantly improved law and order environment in Uttar Pradesh. CM Yogi’s robust security doctrine has elevated the state to a new benchmark in internal security, making it a national example in the fight against terrorism and anti-national activities.