Terror suspect Saddam Sheikh, who was arrested in Lucknow on July 2, was planning to use a truck to carry out an attack taking a cue from similar attacks in France and Germany in the past, UP anti-terrorism squad (ATS) officials said. Saddam reportedly told interrogators he was influenced by terrorists like Osama bin Laden, Zakir Musa, Riyaz Naikoo, Naved Jatt, and Sameer Tiger. The suspect was the member of the terror outfit Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGuH), an al-Qaeda affiliated Islamist militant group. Mass attacks were witnessed in France and Germany in 2016. During the Bastille Day celebrations in Nice in France on July 14, 2016, a 19-tonne cargo truck was deliberately rushed into the crowd drenched in festivities, crushing 86 people to death and leaving 434 grievously injured. A few months later, on December 19, 2016, a similar incident was witnessed in Germany when a truck was rammed into a crowded market in Berlin, leaving 12 dead. Saddam Sheikh's name was originally Saifullah. He made a fake Aadhaar card, fake driving license, fake school certificate. And claimed himself to be an orphan. These are signatures of a sleeper cell agent, being in waiting for decades. And living a double life. https://www.bhaskar.com/amp/local/uttar-pradesh/gonda/news/marrying-herself-as-an-orphan-bought-land-got-license-made-with-fake-marksheet-of-8th-131517598.html