"I salute Sartaj, father of terrorist Saifulla for refusing to accept the body of traitor son," (sic) the state health and sports minister tweeted.
"A traitor cannot be my son, straight and simple," Sartaj had said after son Saifullah, a suspected ISIS terrorist was killed in an encounter by the Uttar Pradesh Police yesterday in Lucknow after a 12-hour gunfight.
A traitor cannot be related to me, let alone be my son, Sartaj had said.
Saifullah was suspected to be linked with the blast in the Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train, police said.