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Terrorism-related incidents in Rajasthan
since 2007
2018
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Date
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Place
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Incident
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Nature |
1
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May 18
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Jaipur
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The arrested terrorist of Indian Mujahideen
(IM)-Ariz Khan aka Junaid has confessed to the NIA that his
outfit's involvement in the serial blasts in Delhi in 2005
and his role in planting the IED at Sarojini Nagar Market
in Delhi. Junaid also confessed about his role in serial blasts
in Delhi (2005), Varanasi (2006), Uttar Pradesh Court Complex
(2007), and Jaipur, Ahemdabad, and Delhi serial blasts in
2008. The confession raised doubts over the investigation
conducted by Delhi Police which claimed that Lashkar-e-Taiba
(LeT) was behind those blasts. Junaid confessed that he and
another IM terrorist-Mirza Shadab Beg kept IED at Sarojni
Nagar Market while Atif Ameen kept IED in Paharganj. The third
IED was kept by Mohammad Shakeel and Saquib Nisar in a DTC
bus; all terrorist were members of IM, said an unnamed official
from Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA). In 2006, Delhi
Police filed chargesheet against five suspects-Tariq Dar,
Mohammad Hussain Fazli, Rafiq Shah, Farooq Ahmad Batloo, and
Ghulam Ahmad Khan, all residents of J&K, and alleged that
all five belong to LeT. Six other alleged LeT members -- Abu
Huzefa, Abu al Qama, Abu Zaid, Rashid, Mansoor and Sajjad
Salafi - were also accused for their involvement in the same
case. On October 29, 2005, first blast occurred at Paharganj
killed 17 civilians and injured 108. Second blast took place
in Sarojni Nagar Market killing 50 civilians and injured 104,
and the third blast took place at Okhla in which 13 civilians
were injured.
|
Non-Violent
(Confession Statement) |
2 |
May 21 |
Bharatpur
|
Kolkata Police's STF arrested two persons-Mohammad
Abdus Sattar and Azad and recovered the Fake Indian Currency
Notes (FICNs) worth INR 10 Lakhs from their possession. Both-Sattar
and Azad were trying to buy material from a shop with the
FICNs. The counterfeit notes were in the denomination of INR
2,000, said an unnamed Police official. Sattar is a resident
of Kaliachak in Malda District of West Bengal, whereas Azad
is from Bharatpur in Rajasthan.
|
Non-Violent
(Arrest with FICNs) |
3 |
May 30 |
Jalor District/Rajasthan
& Kolkata/West Bengal |
The Kolkata Police's STF arrested Mitha Lal
from Shahid Minar Ground in Maidan Police Station area and
recovered 50 pieces of the FICNs in denomination of INR 2,000
worth INR One lakh from his possession. Mitha Lal-resident
of Jalor District in Rajasthan was a member of an interstate
FICN network and the Police are probing him for further details
about the network, said an unnamed Police official.
|
Non-Violent
(Arrest with FICN) |
2017
Sl. No.
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Date
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Place
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Incident
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Nature |
1
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January 12
|
Rajasthan
|
Ahead of Indian Republic Day, Indo-Pakistan
border adjoining Rajasthan is on an high alert following intelligence
input over possibility of infiltration bid by suicide attackers.
Patrolling on the International Border in the state has been
intensified. According to sources, input received by the officials
hint at terrorists are expected to try and cross the border
along with consignment of heroin and explosives. After these
inputs, BSF has been further alerted and directed to be extra
alert. The night curfew is already on and additional security
forces have been deployed at the sensitive places and vigil
is being done with surveillance gadgets. BSF is also going
to start operation Sard Hawa in next 2-3 days.
Confirming about increasing vigilance at the
borders, BSF official sources said that at the international
borders adjoining Rajasthan, strict vigilance is being made.
Patrolling is being done at the borders and surveillance is
being done through gadgets and additional alertness is being
kept. Sources said that during the night, curfew is being
imposed and directions have been given to shoot at sight on
those violating the curfew.
|
Non-violent |
2 |
February
14 |
Jaipur |
Suspected IS supporter Mohammad Iqbal, who
is in the custody of the Rajasthan Police, had allegedly mobilised
funds from India and China for the terror organisation, Police
said. Iqbal alias Travel Haq had allegedly transferred
money from China and through hawala (illegal money transaction)
from India to Dubai, Additional Director General of Anti-Terrorist
Squad Umesh Mishra told reporters in Jaipur.
|
Statement |
3 |
April 2 |
Ajmer |
Four people, including Sadhvi Pragya Singh
Thakur and senior RSS leader Indresh Kumar, have been cleared
of their alleged role in 2007 Ajmer Dargah blast by the NIA,
according to the final report filed by the agency. The NIA
couldn't find enough evidence to build a case against the
four, the closure report submitted before the special NIA
court in Jaipur said.
Among those acquitted were Harshad Solanki,
Lokesh Sharma, Mehul Kumar, Mukesh Vasani, Bharat Bhai and
Chandrashekar. Three accused -- Sandeep Dange, Ramchandra
and Suresh Nair -- are still absconding, according to the
NIA.
|
Non-violent |
4 |
May 11 |
Rajasthan |
Rajasthan ATS filed chargesheet against suspected
Islamic State (IS) operative Jameel Ahmed at the district
court. Jameel was arrested by Rajasthan ATS from Sikar in
November, 2016. He has been charged with various sections
under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act-UAPA.
|
Non-violent |
5 |
June 2 |
Barmer District
|
The Police unearthed ISI network by arresting
a ISI spy, Deena Khan, from a remote village in Barmer District.
Police has also caught two of his assistants, who are being
quizzed. Khan not only helped Pakistan smugglers, but also
sent information to Pakistan via Facebook.
|
Non-violent |
6 |
June 7 |
Barmer District
|
Intelligence agencies of Rajasthan Police
have found that ISI handlers allegedly set up donation boxes
at places of worship, and use the money donated by devotees
to fund terrorist activities in the border villages of the
state. The sleuths unearthed the funding network while interrogating
ISI spy Deena Khan, who was arrested last week from a remote
village in Barmer District. "Khan revealed that he was in-charge
of a small Mazar in Chohtan village of Barmer district and
distributed Rs 3.5 lakh of Mazar's donation to other spies
like Satram Maheswari and his nephew Vinod Maheswari," a senior
officer of the state intelligence and security wing told,
adding that Deena's handlers in Pakistan would call him over
phone, and ask him to distribute fund accordingly.
|
Non-violent |
7 |
August 15 |
Ajmer District |
Police arrested four persons, identified as
Mohammad Joshin, Mohammad Aaftab, Mohammad Sohal and Samraj
Aalam, all residents of Bihar, for circulating FICN in the
market in Ajmer. FICN worth INR 84,000 have been recovered
from them. All the accused were produced in the court which
sent them to Police custody. A team of IB officials are in
the city to probe the issue. According to sources, the paper
and ink used to make currency notes are not from India. The
investigating team is suspecting that the notes were either
printed in Pakistan or Bangladesh or smuggled through Nepal,
sources said. Cops are trying to nab the kingpin of the racket.
|
Non-violent |
8 |
October
6 |
Jaipur
|
A court in Jaipur awarded life sentence to
Khalistan Liberation Front (KLF) terrorist, Harnek Singh for
the abduction of Congress leader Ram Niwas Mirdha's son Rajendra
more than 22 years ago. Additional District Judge Pramod Malik
also slapped a penalty of INR 20,000 on the convict. Harnek
Singh, who belonged to terrorist outfit KLF, has been in jail
since he was arrested by the Punjab Police in 2004. He was
brought to Jaipur and arrested in this case on February 28,
2007. The Additional District Judge had held Singh guilty
in the abduction case on October 5 and reserved the order
on quantum of punishment for today (October 6).
Rajendra, was abducted on February 17, 1995
while out for his morning walk. He was later rescued by the
Police in an operation.
|
Non-violent |
9 |
October
19 |
Philippines
|
Manila Police arrested online propagandist
Karen Aisha Hamidon whose name figured during the NIA probe
into Islamic State's (IS) Jaipur module. Hamidon is suspected
to have recruited more than 20 Indians for the terror outfit,
following which the NIA issued a Lookout Circular against
her. Sources said Hamidon was arrested earlier this week after
the Philippines police mounted surveillance on her online
activities. She was under observation of counter-terror agencies
there for the last six months. The NIA is likely to approach
the Philippines authorities to question her in connection
with the Jaipur module of IS in which the agency has filed
a chargesheet. The NIA case into the Jaipur module RC-05/2016/NIA/DLI
was registered by the agency against Sirajuddin, a resident
of Jaipur and native of Bengaluru. The interrogation of Sirajuddin
by the agency revealed that he was radicalised by the Filipino
woman through a WhatsApp group. Following the revelations
by Sirajuddin, the NIA had reportedly sent a Letters Rogatory
(judicial request) to the Philippines seeking details about
her activities and links to the terror outfit.
According to inputs, Hamidon is closely associated
with the IS leadership and has access to the Moro Islamic
insurgents of the Philippines. She is suspected to be engaged
in influencing young Muslim girls from Mindanao province to
join the IS, the sources said. A source said cyber profiling
of Hamidon's social networking accounts suggested she was
in touch with over 20 youth from India, including from Jammu
& Kashmir, Mumbai and the Konkan region, Sri Lanka and Maldives.
The Kashmir connection of Hamidon is reflective of the IS's
growing reach in the Valley with Kashmiri youth waving IS
flags in the state on a regular basis.
|
Non-violent |
10 |
October
20 |
Jaipur
|
Three persons were arrested for suspected
terror link in Jaipur. The three were arrested in a joint
operation by the Jammu and Kashmir Police and RPF. One of
the arrested youth is allegedly wanted in militancy related
cases. The probe is still underway.
|
Non-violent |
11 |
November
12 |
Dholpur District
|
The NIA claimed to have busted an inter-state
gang cheating people on pretext of exchanging FICNs and arrested
three persons from Maharashtra, identified as Rashid Khan,
Gagan Kumar Vyas and Iqbal Ahmad Ansari in Dholpur in Dholpur
District of Rajasthan. The arrest came during investigation
into a 2016 NIA case relating to seizure of FICN of face value
INR 9.8 lakh, by the BSF from Malda District of West Bengal.
NIA has already filed a chargesheet in the case naming arrested
accused Nasir Sheikh and Tajik Sk. Searches were carried out
at two places in Mumbai and one place in Kolhapur (Maharashtra)
after the detention of three persons early on November 12.
A total of 20 gold biscuits, each weighing 100 grams, have
been recovered from their possession so far. The purity of
the gold biscuits is being verified.
|
Non-violent |
12 |
December
2 |
Rajasthan
|
Rajasthan Police's SOG arrested one Rajiv
Sheikh (20 years-old) of Mursheedabad (West Bengal) with FICN
worth INR 190,000 in the denomination of INR 2,000. The investigators
were probing if Rajiv Sheikh is a native of West Bengal or
Bangladesh. "The quality of these currency notes is good and
they also have series under increasing order. Only a few things
can prove that they are FICN. Such currency notes were manufactured
in Bangladesh factories while we were on the job of seizing
FICN in the denomination of older currency notes of Rs 500
and Rs 1,000.", said the ASP of SOG, Karan Sharma.
|
Non-violent |
13. |
March 29 |
Manoharpur
area/Jaipur District |
A joint operation-'Kuber', led by the Rajasthan
ATS and the Income Tax Department cracked down a Hawala (illegal
money) network and arrested a man-Banwari, with unaccounted
cash of worth INR 4 crores from a Delhi-Ahmedabad bound private
bus near Manoharpur area on the outskirts of Jaipur, Rajasthan.
It came to the notice that huge amount of illegal money was
sent and received at intervals. On March 28, the team was
informed that a consignment was being sent from Delhi in a
private bus bound to Ahmedabad. The teams of ATS and Income
Tax Department raided the bus and recovered illegal money,
said DIG of ATS Vikas Kumar. The preliminary investigation
has revealed that the 'kingpin' in the case is a resident
of Bhilwara District of Rajasthan and has association with
a political party.
|
Non-Violent
(Arrest with Hawala money) |
2016
Sl. No.
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Date
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Place
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Incident
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Nature |
1
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January 4
|
Rajasthan
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Defence establishments in Rajasthan have been
advised not to share their contact details with any caller without
proper verification. Jaisalmer Police have alerted the defence
officials to take measures and ask officials to be cautious
in the wake of the recent attempts made by Pakistan Intelligence
agencies to extract contact details of the defence establishments
through internet calls.
|
Non-violent |
2 |
February 1 |
Barmer and Jaisalmer Districts
|
Three employees of Postal department were arrested
and one detained in Barmer and Jaisalmer Districts for allegedly
sharing information related with Indian Army with a Pakistani
spy, a top Police officer said. "State intelligence unit with
the help of local police picked up the employees for interrogation.
They allegedly shared Army related information to a Pakistani
spy," ADGP (Intelligence) UR Sahoo stated. Two men, Islamuddin
and CR Dahiya were arrested and one woman, identified as Pramila
detained in Balotara area of Barmer while one man, Narendra
Sharma was arrested in Jaisalmer. They all are posted with local
post offices in Balotara (Barmer) and Pokaran (Jaisalmer) and
had shared information through emails.
|
Non-violent |
3 |
February 13 |
Jaipur
|
A man, identified as Mohammad Salim Pathan belonging
to Rajasthan's Tonk District was arrested by the Gujarat ATS
in Jaipur in a terrorism related case. Pathan, was taken to
Ahmedabad on February 13 night. Interrogation with him is going
on. ATS claimed that Pathan had provided fake documents to Samir
Khan to procure a passport from Bhopal. On the same passport,
Khan had fled to Pakistan where he was allegedly given training
by various terror outfits. Khan was killed in an encounter by
Gujarat Police in Ahmedabad on October 22, 2002.
|
Non-violent |
4 |
February 23 |
Kama town / Bharatpur District
|
One person, identified as Jakir Hussain alias
Master has been arrested along with FICN of face value INR 73,000
in Kama town of Bharatpur District. Acting on a tip-off, SOG
officials of Rajasthan Police arrested Jakir Hussain hailing
from West Bengal, and seized fake currency notes from him, said
Additional Director General of Police SOG and ATS Alok Tripathi.
The fake currency reportedly arrived from West Bengal.
|
Non-violent |
5 |
March 31 |
Rajasthan |
Gujarat ATS arrested from Kheda District a man
named Narsinh Sevla of Banswada, Rajasthan, with FICN of the
face value of over INR 14.1 million. "We are looking for associates
of Narsinh who had ordered the consignment. We will nab them
very soon," said a senior Police official. "ATS officials are
bringing the accused to Ahmedabad for further interrogation,"
said a senior Police official. The sources said Gujarat ATS
had a tip-off about Narsinh ferrying counterfeit notes into
Gujarat from Rajasthan.
|
Non-violent |
6 |
August 19 |
Jaisalmer
|
Authorities said they have arrested a Pakistani
spy, identified as Nandlal Maharaj from Jaisalmer in Rajasthan,
and he has revealed the influx of a large amount of explosives
into the country from the neighbouring nation. However, seven
or eight of his associates are said to have given the SFs the
slip. The spy caught in a joint operation conducted by the IB,
the RAW and the Rajasthan intelligence authorities, is a resident
of Sanghar District in the Sind province of Pakistan. His wife
and child are said to reside there. He reportedly ran a cloth
showroom there, but was convinced to spy for Pakistan for money.
He is said to have revealed to the authorities
during interrogation that at least 35 kilogram of RDX has been
brought into the country with the intention of perpetrating
terror attacks. He is also suspected of helping in the smuggling
of firearms into India.
The authorities are also said to have seized
a diary from him, which contains details of transactions between
him and the Pakistani authorities he is working for. It reportedly
has all the information of when the Pakistani authorities would
send him money, and how much. The amounts are said to range
from PKR 10,000 to PKR 70,000. They have also recovered several
SIM cards and two mobile phones from him. It is being said that
he used these to contact his Pakistani handlers. Pakistani SIM
cards were banned in Rajasthan last year in order to clamp down
on terror activities.
|
Non-violent |
7 |
September
25 |
Jaisalmer
|
In the wake of Uri terror attack (September
18, 2016), Jaisalmer Police has initiated a programme to give
training in the handling of modern weaponry. Six Police Stations
-- Jhinjiniali, Shahgarh, Ramgarh, Rajgarh, Mohangarh and Ranchna
-- in Jaisalmer District -- are undergoing this training. Police
personnel have also been asked to coordinate with the BSF deployed
along the border. "We are training each and every police officials
in these stations to make theme capable to use modern weapons
in times of emergency," Gaurav Yadav,
SP, Jaisalmer, said. "They have been given
training to behave normally with the public and have also asked
to coordinate with the BSF to effectively discharge their duties
so that they can tackle any unforeseen circumstances," he added.
One of the important points to note, Gaurav Yadav said, is the
problem of shifting sand dunes which mostly occurs at Shahgarh
area which is why the probability of infiltration becomes higher.
Hence additional forces have been deployed in these Police Stations.
|
Non-violent |
8 |
October 17 |
Bassi area / Jaipur District
|
Four persons, identified as Dinesh Meena, Raju
Lal Meena, Ashok Meena and Chotey Lal were arrested along with
FICN in Bassi area of Jaipur District. Police recovered a coloured
printer which was used to make the currency notes of INR 100.
Police have also recovered FICN of INR 14,000.
|
Non-violent |
9 |
October 18 |
Jaipur
|
The crime branch of Jaipur Police arrested four
persons and neutralised a racket involved in circulation of
FICNs. Out of four, three are from Malda District of West Bengal.
Police also seized FICN amounting INR 2,97,500 from them. A
team of Jaipur Police is camping in Malda to arrest another
member of counterfeit currency notes gang.
|
Non-violent |
10 |
October 27 |
Jodhpur
|
Three aides of Pakistani detained Pakistani
High Commission official, Mehmood Akhtar were arrested in separate
incidents. Two among the trio, Maulana Ramzan and Subhash Jangir
were arrested in Delhi Zoo, while the third, Shoaib was arrested
in Jodhpur (Rajasthan). They were handing over information to
Mehmood Akhtar, about SF deployment in the Sir Creek area and
Kutch region. The Pakistani official was to hand over the duo
INR 50,000 for getting information. Before being let off because
of diplomatic immunity, Akhtar confessed to Police about his
role in the spy ring. Delhi Police has also done video-recording
of his statement.
|
Non-violent |
11 |
November 21 |
Tonk
|
The NIA probe has revealed that Abu Anas, an
accused in Islamic State (IS) case by the agency, received INR
80,000 from the Zakir Naik's now proscribed organisation Islamic
Research Foundation (IRF) as scholarship in October 2015. Abu
Anas, a software engineer and a resident of Tonk, Rajasthan
wanted to flee India and go to Syria to fight together with
ISIS in the same period. He was arrested by the NIA in January
2016. After owing affiliation to Janoodul-Khalifa-e-Hind, an
IS outfit, Abu Anas told NIA sleuths that he had "applied for
a personal loan with Axis bank," and said he wanted to defraud
the bank. NIA will now probe whether money given by Naik's IRF
for scholarship was intended be used for fleeing or any other
terror activities.
|
Non-violent |
12 |
December 25 |
Ajmer District
|
Three persons, including a marble trader of
Kesarganj area, identified as Hari Ram Jakhar and his labourers,
identified as Ravi Kumar Prajapati and Prahlad Prajapati were
arrested for allegedly printing FICNs of denomination of INR100
and INR 500 from Clock Tower Police Station area in Ajmer District.
Police recovered 3,000 FICNs in INR 100 and INR 500 denomination,
a colour printer, a die and some hand machines from them. The
accused have allegedly pumped counterfeit money worth INR 21
lakh in the market already.
|
Non-violent |
13 |
December 31 |
Bharatpur District
|
Three persons, identified as Mohammad Naushad,
Noor Mohammad and Iqbal were arrested along with FICNs worth
of INR 5,300 in denominations of INR 50 and new notes of INR
500 in Bharatpur District of Rajasthan. The accused were trying
to purchase items on shops in Pahadi area with fake notes of
INR 500. One of the shopkeepers informed the Police, following
which the accused were arrested, Police said.
|
Non-violent |
2015
Sl. No.
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Date
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Place
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Incident
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Nature |
1
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February 19
|
Rajasthan
|
According to reports, states like Bihar, Rajasthan
and software developer Wipro are posing hurdles to CCTNS from
being rolled out any time soon. Mooted by the last UPA Government
and supported by the new Narendra Modi Government, the system
aims to connect all police stations in the country for real-time
exchange of information on criminals and terrorists. Sources said
that, while as many as seven states are lagging behind in digitizing
and connecting database at their end, Bihar and Rajasthan have
not even been able to kick off the system. To make things worse,
Wipro, which is the core software developer for the programme,
has allegedly delivered a system that neither enables real-time
exchange of information nor supports search and query options.
Government sources said that without these features, the system
would be of no use.
|
Non-violent |
2. |
July 1 |
Jailsalmer
|
Jaisalmer District administration banned the use
of Pakistani SIM cards in Jaisalmer to contain illegal activities
along the Indo-Pakistan border. Mobile towers installed in Pakistan's
border have strong signal connectivity with its local SIM and
hence it was necessary to ban it with immediate effect, an official
said quoting the District Collector and Magistrate Vishwa Mohan
Sharma's order. No person in Jaisalmer District would be allowed
to use Pak's SIM, the order said.
|
Non-violent |
3 |
August 13 |
Rajasthan
|
Police arrested three men, identified as Abdul
Khalid, Anwar and Kaka Singh from an unspecified location, for
printing FICNs using a colour printer and circulating them in
the remote rural areas of Rajasthan. The Police said that FICNs
valued INR 18,000 were seized from the trio's possession. They
were scanning and printings notes in the domination of INR 1000,
500 and 100. The Police are investigating how long the accused
had been involved in circulation of fake currency notes prior
to their arrest. One of the accused is said to be member of a
known gang
|
Non-violent |
4 |
September 15 |
Rajasthan |
A key person involved in FICN racket run from
Pakistan was found poisoned to death by a NIA team in Rajasthan.
NIA was following a lead on Bhojraj Singh in a case of a major
seizure of INR 20, 00,000 worth fake currency on a train in Delhi.
The NIA, in a charge-sheet submitted recently in the case, has
said the death of Singh has "affected the investigation as it
now becomes difficult to ascertain the persons responsible for
providing him funds for purchase of FICN and also to ascertain
other people involved in the business".
|
Non-violent |
5 |
September 28 |
Delhi |
Central intelligence agencies have alerted Delhi
and Rajasthan Police of possible terror strike by IS. Delhi Police's
intelligence unit has forwarded the threat perception alert to
special cell of Delhi Police. Central intelligence agencies have
said a possible strike by IS is eminent in the coming festive
season. Delhi's vulnerability has grown manifold with the merger
of IS and AuT, which has been voicing its plans to target India
for some time. Besides, agencies have been warning Delhi Police
of impending threats and possible recruitments by IS.
With the festive season round the corner, intelligence
agencies and Delhi Police have gone into overdrive to check a
massive influx of FICN into the capital. According to sources,
FICN kingpin Iqbal Kana and Dawood Ibrahim's aide, Aftab Batki,
are in the process of sending in huge consignments of FICN by
road and air.
|
Non-Violent |
6 |
December 10 |
Jaipur |
One Mohammad Sirajuddin was arrested by Rajasthan
ATS on charges of "working for the Islamic State", publicising
its ideology online and via social media, and "instigating youth
to join IS". Mohammad, posted as a marketing manager at IOC in
Jaipur, according to ATS sources had been propagating "IS ideology"
via his Facebook page, which had about 1,00,000 followers and
was blocked following his arrest. "He was in touch with some youths
from Maharashtra and a girl from Hyderabad. We tracked him after
we got information about suspicious activities on his computer's
IP address," sources said.
|
Non-violent |
7 |
December 12 |
Jaipur |
The preliminary investigations of the ATS suggested
that Mohammad Sirajuddin could have been lured by the Islamic
State (IS) through the woman who first befriended him on Facebook.
Officers said that globally IS operatives use women who first
send friend request to the male Muslim members on Facebook and
later divert them towards the ideology of IS. ATS officers are
going through the 2,000-page record of Facebook, WhatsApp
and Telegram to find out and corroborate various evidences
against the arrested IOC official. "It appears that the man was
first allured by a woman who sent him a friend request on Facebook.
It just started from pressing the "like" button on a post relating
to the IS ideology and later the accused himself started commenting
and liking it to an extent that he started urging youth to join
IS," said a senior officer of ATS.
|
Non-violent |
8 |
December 12
|
Tonk District / Rajasthan
|
Police arrested at least four men for allegedly
shouting pro-Islamic State (IS) slogans during a rally in the
Tonk District of Rajasthan. The four accused have been identified
as Firoz, Wasim, Wasim Akram and Mohammad Fahid, all of whom are
reportedly aged 25-32 years. The arrested were reportedly shouting
the pro-Isis slogans along with several others in the Malpura
town on December 11."The accused shouted slogans at a rally on
Friday. They were identified on the basis of video footage and
were named in an FIR. Some other accused are unidentified and
the matter is being investigated," according to investigating
officer. An FIR was registered under IPC Section 153 (A).
|
Non-violent |
9 |
December 27 |
Jaisalmer
|
A Revenue Inspector, identified as Birbal Khan
was arrested on charges of spying for Pakistan. Sources told there
is possibility of a 'huge network of Inter-Services Intelligence
(ISI) spies' being neutralised, adding that more arrests are likely
in coming days. The youth detained on was taking photographs of
the preparations of the Indian Air Force's soon-to-be-held Iron
Fist exercise at the highly sensitive Chandan field firing range
in Jaisalmer. He was also clicking photographs of other sensitive
areas nearby.
|
Non-violent |
2014
Sl. No.
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Date
|
Place
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Incident
|
Nature |
1
|
January 7
|
Rajasthan
|
TADA court in Ajmer remanded alleged LeT bomb
expert Abdul Karim Tunda in CBI custody for six days in a case
relating to tiffin box blasts in Jaipur on September 30, 1993,
in which a teenager was seriously injured.
|
Non-violent |
2 |
February 14 |
Jaipur |
Police arrested six persons with FICN worth INR
11,500 while they were trying to sell the notes to a vendor in
Jaipur.
|
Non-violent |
3 |
February 24 |
Rajasthan |
IM has established a new module in Rajasthan and
operatives of the outfit were "highly motivated" to carry out
terrorist activities in the country, the NIA has said in its charge
sheet filed in a Delhi court.
|
Non-violent |
4 |
February 26 |
Rajasthan |
IM terrorists had on their target some tourist
spots, a royal train and some other places in the state, especially
in western Rajasthan including Jodhpur, Barmer and Jaisalmer,
sources said.
|
Non-violent |
5 |
February 28 |
Kolkata |
NIA revealed that Kolkata (West Bengal) has been
an important hub for the activities of IM.
|
Non-violent |
6 |
March 10 |
Rajasthan |
A chargesheet filed by the NIA has claimed that
IM had attempted putting in place a local module on the border
of Jodhpur-Nagaur Districts in 2013.
|
Non-violent |
7 |
March 22 |
Rajasthan |
Four IM terrorists were arrested by the Delhi
Police Special Cell from Rajasthan. IM top 'commander' Waqas alias
Javed Mohammmad alias Zia Ur Rehman is a Pakistani who came to
India for the first time in September 2010, along with Asadullah
Akhtar alias Haddi. Waqas was arrested outside Ajmer railway
station when he alighted from a train, which came from Bandra.
His three associates, identified as Mohammad Mahruf (21), Mohammad
Waqar Azhar alias Haneef (21), both residents of Jaipur,
and Shaquib Ansari alias Khalid (25), were arrested at
his instance from their residences with the help of Rajasthan
Police.
|
Non-violent |
8 |
March 25 |
Rajasthan |
Barkat Ali, an alleged accomplice of suspected
IM terrorist Mohammad Sakib Ansari, was arrested in Jodhpur (Rajasthan).
|
Non-violent |
9 |
March 25 |
Rajasthan |
A well-coordinated network of IM sleeping cell
was in existence in Rajasthan for the past few months. "It was
a completely different module of IM cropping up in Rajasthan.
|
Non-violent |
10 |
March 26 |
Rajasthan |
The ATS of the Rajasthan Police took over the
investigation of IM modules in the state.
|
Non-violent |
11 |
March 27 |
Pushkar / Rajasthan |
The IM planned to hit tourism in India by targeting
famous places like the Taj Mahal in Agra (Uttar Pradesh) and Pushkar
in Rajasthan.
|
Non-violent |
12 |
March 28 |
Sikar |
Five persons were arrested by the ATS from Sikar
(Sikar District) in connection with the ongoing investigation
into the IM Rajasthan module.
|
Non-violent |
13 |
March 31 |
Barmer |
Police arrested a smuggler of drugs and FICN from
Barmer.
|
Non-violent |
14 |
April 1 |
Kota |
A threatening letter demanding the release of
suspected IM terrorists arrested from Rajasthan over the past
few days was delivered to the Kota SP's office.
|
Non-violent |
15 |
April 19 |
Jaipur |
The Rajasthan ATS brought three suspected IM operatives
Mohammed Mahroof, Mohammed Waqar and Mohammed Saqib to Jaipur
and taken them on Police custody for interrogation.
|
Non-violent |
16 |
April 21 |
Jodhpur |
The main terror suspect of IM module in Jodhpur
(Rajasthan), Mohammad Saqib Ansari has been remanded to 10 days'
Police custody.
|
Non-violent |
17 |
May 1 |
Rajasthan |
The Rajasthan ATS arrested a suspected IM operative,
Ashraf Ali from Chidambaram town in Cuddalore District.
|
Non-violent |
18 |
May 9 |
Jodhpur |
Rajasthan ATS arrested IM operative Zahir from
Jodhpur and they also contacted the Gujarat Police to ascertain
whether Zahir had visited Ahmedabad along with IM operatives Shaqeeb,
Adil and Barkat in March 2013.
|
Non-violent |
19 |
May 11 |
Pokhran |
According to an intelligence source, Pakistan's
ISI is making efforts to get a sample of the sand in Pokhran (Rajasthan)
to test the sand and analyze how the testing was done scientifically
and technically.
|
Non-violent |
20 |
May 12 |
Jaipur |
Rajasthan High Court turned down the prayer of
five Jaipur (Rajasthan) blast accused of May 13, 2008 (Shahbaz
Ahmed, Mohammad Sarvan, Mohammad Salman, Saif ur Rehman, and Mohammad
Saif) for a joint trial of their cases instead of different cases
at several places.
|
Non-violent |
21
|
June 29 |
Rajasthan |
LeT 'founder' and JuD 'chief' Hafiz Muhammad Saeed
has set up terrorist camps in Islamkot and Mithi areas in Pakistan
opposite Tanot and Kishangarh areas of Jaisalmer District in Rajasthan,
according to BSF. He was seen in Islamkot, Meerpur Khas, Mithi
and Kherpur in Sindh Province of Pakistan opposite south west
Tanot area of Jaisalmer border. The BSF was given directions to
be on alert and it believes that Saeed would try to push in terrorists
via the Rajasthan border. Saeed has been giving provocative speeches
against India and even threatened Hindus staying in Pakistan,
asking them to work against India.
|
Non-violent |
22
|
July 2 |
Bharatpur |
Three persons, identified Kamalu, Mufeed and Bhanwar
Singh were arrested along with FICN with a face value of INR 1,00,000
near Bhorni village in Bharatpur District of Rajasthan. The notes
are in the denomination of 500 and 1,000. However, two other accused
managed to escape and they are being traced.
|
Non-violent |
23
|
August 11 |
Jaipur |
A team of the ATS of the Jaipur Police has been
camping in the town of Bhatkal to collect information regarding
two IM?cadres from the town, who are alleged to have had a role
in bomb blasts and acts of terrorism across India. Ten suspects
had been arrested at Jaipur in April, 2014. During questioning,
the suspects had mentioned the names of Shafi Armar and Sultan
Armar, hailing from the town. The ATS?team suspects them to have
fled to Karachi.
|
Non-violent |
24
|
August 18 |
Jaipur |
ATS from Jaipur was in Mangalore to investigate
the alleged links to terror organizations from the coastal belt.
It is said that a team of six persons had been camping for a few
days with Ullal as centre, and conducted investigations in places
like Attavar, Suratkal, Pandeshwar and Mukkacheri.
|
Non-violent |
25
|
August 21 |
Jaipur |
Delhi Police charge sheet stated that the three
engineering students, Mohammad Maroof alias Ibrahim, Waqar and
Mehrajudeen who were arrested from Jaipur for allegedly being
IM members in March, 2014 have been accused of helping IM operatives
Tehsin Akhtar and Zia-ur-Rahman in setting up an illegal arms
factory in Meet Vihar area of Delhi from where a huge quantity
of arms and ammunition were seized.
|
Non-violent |
26
|
August 29 |
Rajasthan |
ATS of Rajasthan Police informed that at least
15 militants have been waiting to enter Rajasthan from across
the International Border. BSF increased patrolling in border areas.
|
Non-violent |
27
|
September 16 |
Rajastan |
Nearly six months after neutralising an alleged
IM network in Rajasthan, the ATS will file chargesheet this week
against the IM suspects arrested from Jaipur and Jodhpur. Under
the UAPA and Section 121A of IPC (waging war against nation),
the State Government provides prosecution sanction but the ATS
waited for almost two months to get the prosecution section.
|
Non-violent |
28
|
September 18 |
Sikar |
Engineering student, Mohammed Maroof, has emerged
as the brainchild of IM Rajasthan module. He not only recruited
six people from Sikar on instructions from his IM handlers, but
also contacted people in Jodhpur to join the terror outfit. All
these claims have been made in two charge sheets filed in courts
in Jaipur and Jodhpur.
|
Non-violent |
29
|
September 21 |
Jaipur |
Investigations in Jaipur and Hyderabad into recent
attempts by global jihadi outfits to recruit Indian youths has
revealed the presence of at least two Indian origin recruiters
on the Internet luring youths on behalf of ISIS or IS and al Qaeda,
and working in collaboration with each other. Former Bhatkal native
Abdul Khader Sultan Armar, who is believed to be currently based
on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border and associated with the Ansar
ul-Tawhid ul-Hind has emerged as a common al Qaeda-linked recruiter
in both the Jaipur and Hyderabad investigations. Besides, a SIMI
man from Karnataka currently said to be based in the Gulf region
has been identified as a recruiter for the ISIS and as the one
who recently attempted to recruit four Hyderabad youths via the
Internet.
|
Non-violent |
30
|
September 24 |
Rajasthan |
The IB has warned that "groups and elements supportive
of extremist ideology similar to al-Qaeda" are trying to "increase
communal tension" in states like J&K, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan,
UP, Bihar, Karnataka, Kerala and Delhi. The intelligence report
(reference no-3627-60 & 3698- 3731/C&R Cell-C-2/SII), has reiterated
that al- Qaeda 'chief' Ayman-al-Zawahari, who launched a new branch
for the Indian sub-continent, also intends to target commercial
centres, tourist destinations, religious places, aviation sector,
railways infrastructure and BJP offices in various states, including
West Bengal and Assam. The report has been dispatched to all state
police agencies.
|
Non-violent |
31
|
September 26 |
Rajasthan |
The Special Cell of Delhi Police claimed to have
neutralised an international FICN racket with the arrest of two
men, identified as Rasmuddin and Nasirul Sheikh. They were arrested
from Delhi-Haryana border in Old Toll Plaza on NH-8. Rasmuddin
hails from Mewat District in Haryana while Nasirul is from Malda
District of West Bengal. FICN of the face value of INR 700,000
was seized from them. Police also found that huge quantities of
FICN pumps to the NCR through sub-syndicates based in Mewat and
Rajasthan.
|
Non-violent |
32
|
September 29 |
Rajasthan
|
A Rajasthan Court sentenced one accused to death
while awarding life term to six others in 1996 Rajasthan bus blast
case. Abdul Hameed who was awarded death sentence belongs to Uttar
Pradesh along with two other accused, the rest four belong to
J&K. Another accused was acquitted in the absence of solid evidences.
|
Non-violent |
33
|
December 4 |
Barmer District
|
In a joint search operation ATS and SOG, arrested
two persons, identified as Nawab alias Nabiya and Kachra
Khan along with FICN with a face value of INR 2,40,000 at Hatma-Phanta
check post in Barmer District. Both were being interrogated to
explore their links with other FICN suppliers.
|
Non-violent |
2013
Sl. No.
|
Date
|
Place
|
Incident
|
Nature |
1
|
February 24
|
Munabao Railway Station, Barmer District
|
Mohammad Yusuf, a Pakistani national, was arrested
for possessing FICN worth INR 20,000.
|
Non-violent |
2 |
April 22 |
Nagal village, Bharatpur District
|
8,750 kg of illegal ammonium nitrate along with
explosives, 25 detonators, 75-meter fuse wires, 21-meter safety
fuse wires and five boosters were also recovered.
|
Non-violent |
3 |
May 18 |
Jaipur |
An Upper Division Clerk, B.K. Sinha (43), was
arrested in Jaipur by the special branch personnel for allegedly
sharing classified information and documents with Pakistan's ISI
through a Nepal-based agent.
|
Arrested |
4 |
May 26 |
Sri Ganganagar sector, Ganganagar District
|
Foiling an incursion, the BSF personnel shot dead
an intruder at along the IB.
|
Violent |
5 |
October 24 |
Rajasthan |
Israel was briefed last month about a possible
IM attack against the country's nationals visiting Rajasthan,
said Union Ministry of Home Affairs and Israeli sources.
|
Non-violent |
6 |
November 6 |
Rajasthan |
Official security sources said in the last few
months, IM terrorists from the Nepal border were given the task
to attack Israeli and American tourists visiting leading places
like Jaisalmer, Jodhpur and Jaipur.
|
Statement |
7 |
December 17 |
Rajasthan |
The cyber Police station in Jaipur (Rajasthan)
neutralised a Pakistan-based racket involved in cheating people
and arrested three persons including one Pakistani national who
allegedly duped a Jaipur-based man of INR 1.87 lakh.
|
Non-violent |
2012
-
November 28: Pakistani hackers
are routinely attacking Rajasthan Government's websites by
name of Khantastic, Dr Den, Dr Neo, Dr Freak, The Ajan, ndh
and Mafia Hacking Team.
-
November 9: An African national
and a local resident were arrested with FICN with a face value
of INR 13.20 lakh at Bhiwadi Industrial Area in Alwar District
(Rajasthan).
-
November 2: Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
city Crime Branch arrested an alleged agent of Pakistan's
ISI, identified as Naushad Ali from Jodhpur (Jodhpur District)
on charges of espionage.
-
October 16: Crime Branch said
Pakistan's ISI agent, Sirajuddin Fakir, arrested on October
14, in Gujarat, has turned out to be an ISI 'zonal coordinator'.
Police said Fakir has been working to set up a network of
spies in western India and has recruited a number of youths
in Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat for this.
-
October 10: IM terrorist,
identified as Langde Irfan, allegedly involved in the Pune
(Maharashtra) serial blasts (August 1, 2012) was arrested
in Jaipur by the Delhi Police. With this, the total number
of arrests in the case has gone up to four.
-
October 9: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot gave approval to notifications for setting up
of a state-level cyber crime Police Station and one nodal
Police Station at every District in Rajasthan to deal with
FICN.
-
October 8: The BSF troopers
killed one person who was trying to exfiltrate into Pakistan
from border pillar number 521/1 located at the International
Border in Mohangarh area of Jaisalmer District (Rajasthan).
INR 1,470, a wire cutter and an old Gujarat Gas Company ID
card were recovered from him.
-
October 7: Pakistani smugglers
have found a new way to smuggle goods, through Rajasthan border
which they find safe for smuggling FICN and weapon consignment
and drugs into the Indian territory especially the border
adjoining Ganganagar, Barmer and Jaisalmer Districts.
-
September 30: BSF has formed
a new anti-terrorist commando force "Desert Scorpion" to deal
with incidents of cross border intrusion in Rajasthan.
-
September 3: Left Wing Extremists
are targeting Rajasthan for fund-raising activities through
dacoities and extortion in a bid to step up their operations
in Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha, top intelligence
sources revealed.
-
August 29: Police arrested
two persons trying to deposit FICN worth INR 63,000 in the
main branch of SBI in Beawar area of Ajmer district.
-
August 12: A high alert was
sounded at Jaipur airport by the CISF and the city Police
in the wake of an IB alert on a possible hijack plan at four
probable spots in the country, including Jaipur.
-
August 8: Special Police team
from Rajasthan launched joint operations with the Palamu District
Police and arrested two persons link with CPI-Maoist cadre,
in connection with a dacoity incident in and recovered jewellery
worth INR 7 million.
-
August 6: Rajasthan State
ATS intensified its search for the four absconding suspects
associated with the IM terror outfit of the Jaipur serial
blasts of May 13, 2008.
-
August 1: The department of
home, Rajasthan is planning to have a nodal police station
to deal with FICN cases at every district in the state.
-
June 16: SOG of Rajasthan
Police busted a FICN racket and arrested two persons, identified
as Mohammed Taiyab (32) and Mubarak Khan (22) involved in
illegal trafficking of INR 1.38 million worth FICN from Pahari
area in Bharatpur District.
-
April 24: A designated TADA
Court in Jaipur, awarded 15 years of rigorous imprisonment
to Pakistan-trained militant Jalees Ansari and 20 years rigorous
imprisonment to his aide Abrar Rehmat Ansari in the 1993 tiffin
box blasts case in Jaipur (September 30, 1992).
-
March 21: A fast-track court
in Ajmer handed a 10-years jail sentence to two militants,
Shabir Ahmed Ratar and Ravindra Mali, and a seven-year sentence
to two others, Mujib Ahmed alias Ahmed bhai and Mohammad
Yasin, for smuggling weapons, including an AK 47 rifle, from
Jammu and Kashmir to Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) and for conspiracy.
Shabir was a member of JKLF and Ahmed was a cadre of HM.
2011
-
December 25: The 60-page NIA
charge sheet (filed on December 24), highlighted roles of
Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed, LeT commander Zakir-ur-Rehman
Lakhvi, al-Qaeda operative Ilyas Kashmiri and two serving
Pakistani ISI officers - Major Iqbal and Major Sameer Ali
in "larger conspiracy to organize spectacular terrorist attacks
on places of iconic importance in India".
It also gave details of how
Headley during his post-26\11 visits to India in March, 2009,
went for reconnaissance trips for synchronized terror strikes
on Jewish houses located in five places - New Delhi, Mumbai
and Pune in Maharashtra, Goa and Pushkar (Rajasthan) - at the
behest of Ilyas Kashmiri.
According to the charge sheet,
Headley was scouting only the Jewish targets on instructions
from Kashmiri.
India will share NIA's charge
sheet, filed against American terrorist David Coleman Headley
and eight others, including Hafiz Saeed and two serving Pakistani
ISI officials, with Pakistan during home secretary-level talks
between the two countries in Islamabad in January, 2012.
It also documented the communication
between Headley and his accomplice Tahawwur Hussain Rana through
an email account - "[email protected]" - enlisting property
details and debts. Details of Headley's stay in two hotels -
De Holiday Inn and Anand - in Delhi's Paharganj area and other
hotels in places like Pune, Goa, Mumbai, Pushkar are given in
the charge sheet, backed by records of his visit and travel
documents. The charge sheet said: "He also collected critical
information and videos of places including but not limited to
Chabad houses in India, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mantralaya
and Air India building in Mumbai, National Defence College in
Delhi and so on".
-
September 9: Two suspects
from Jammu and Kashmir were detained in Alwar District in
Rajasthan on the basis of their resemblance to the sketches
of suspects released in connection with the Delhi high court
blast.
-
April 7: A local court in
Ajmer in Rajasthan rejected the application of the extremist
leader Swami Aseemanand, an accused in several terror cases,
to turn an approver in the Ajmer Dargah blast.
- March 31: The
Rajasthan ATS said that it would file a charge sheet in the
Ajmer Dargah blast case (October 11, 2007)against the extremist
leader Swami Aseemanand on April 8.
2010
-
December 25: The
Rajasthan Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) claimed to have seized
the car used in transporting explosives for the blasts in
Ajmer dargah (October 11, 2007). According to ATS officials,
the explosives were brought to Ajmer from Indore by Harshad
Solanki who is currently in the custody of Madhya Pradesh
Police.
-
November 3: The Rajasthan
Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) arrested a person suspected to be
involved in the Ajmer Dargah blast case (October 11, 2007).
The arrestee, identified as Mukesh Vasani is the second person
from Gujarat, to be arrested by the ATS following the arrest
of Harshad Bhai Solanki. Vasani, an anti-cow slaughter activist,
was arrested from Godhra in Gujarat. According to the ATS,
he had conducted a recce of the Dargah three days before planting
explosives there. The ATS has so far arrested five men, including
senior RSS functionary Indresh Kumar, in connection with the
case.
-
November 1: The bomb-maker
in the Ajmer Dargah blast case (October 11, 2007) was arrested
by the Rajasthan Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) in Ajmer in Rajasthan,
where he was remanded to Police custody by a local court till
November 9. The arrestee, identified as Harshad Bhai Solanki
alias Munna alias Raja, resident of Vadodara in Gujarat was
also involved in the Best Bakery case (March 1, 2002) and
was absconding after the carnage. Additional Director General
of Police Kapil Garg, who is also in-charge of the ATS, said
that Harshad played an active role in gathering bomb-making
material, assembling them and packaging the bombs to Ajmer.
-
October 26: A lower
court in Ajmer in Rajasthan committed the trial of the 2007
Ajmer Dargah blast case to the Sessions Court. Chief Judicial
Magistrate Ratan Lal Moond, in whose court the Anti-Terrorism
Squad (ATS) of Rajasthan Police filed charge sheet against
the five accused on October 22, fixed the next hearing before
the District and Sessions Judge on November 2 after the sessions'
committal. The five accused in the blast case include Devendra
Gupta (who is also affiliated to Abhinav Bharat), Lokesh Sharma
and Chandrashekhar Lave. Two of the accused, Sandeep Dange
and Ramji Kalsangre are stated to be absconding, while another
accused, Sunil Joshi from Indore, was murdered during the
course of investigation.
-
October 22: Rajasthan
ATS filed a charge sheet against five accused in the 2007
Ajmer blast. They have been charged with murder and defiling
of a place of worship.
-
October 21: The
Rajasthan Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) arrested three suspected
LeT militants, Babu alias Nishachandra Ali of Bikaner,
Arun Jain of Nagaur and Hafiz Abdul Majid of Jhalawar, allegedly
involved in luring youths in terror activities and sending
them to Pakistan for training. They were under the Unlawful
Activities Prevention Act 1967. Preliminary investigations
have revealed that the LeT ‘commanders’ based in Pakistan
were planning to carry out anti-India activities through the
Indians trained as terrorists on Pakistani soil, according
to an official release of Criminal Investigation Department.
The anti-India activities included bomb explosions, circulation
of counterfeit Indian currency, smuggling of arms and ammunition,
fuelling communal riots and violence in the country and also
working to ensure release of Pakistani terrorists from Indian
prisons. During the course of investigations it has also come
to light that the imprisoned Pakistani terrorists used to
take other jailed Indian criminals into their confidence and
involve them in terror activities. After their release, these
criminals used to indulge in terrorist activities on the directives
of the LeT ‘commanders’ of Pakistan, the release said. During
the probe, it was also found that Pakistani spy Asgar Ali,
who is being held in Jodhpur jail, used to lure Indian inmates
to undergo training in Pakistani training camps and perpetrate
terror in the country on the behest of Pakistan-based LeT
‘commander’ Wahid alias Vikki Bhai. Among those who were lured
by Asgar were Nisha Chandra Ali and Arun Jain. Both Ali and
Jain had direct interaction with Vikki and plans were afoot
to hand over huge quantity of counterfeit Indian currency
to both of them, the release said. Efforts were made to obtain
Indian passports for Ali and Jain and send them to Pakistan.
However, as a number of criminal cases were pending against
both of them, the passports were not issued, the release said.
Plans were also made to send both of them to Pakistan through
Nepal but it could not materialise, the release added. However,
the LeT ‘commanders’ were successful in inducting Hafiz Abdul,
who used to teach in a madrassa (seminary).
-
October 15: The
Rajasthan Police and Karnataka anti-terrorist squad (ATS)
arrested two alleged LeT militants from Kasargod (Kerala)
and Ajmer (Rajasthan) for their role in the 2008 blasts in
Bangalore in which one person was killed and over a dozen
people were injured. The suspects were identified as Umar
Farooq and Ibrahim Moulvi. "Umar was held in Ajmer and Ibrahim
in Kasargod in Kerala," said Bangalore Police Commissioner
Shankar Bidari. There were reports that an accomplice of Farooq
was also caught in Ajmer, but it could not be confirmed. The
Police have named 32 people in the chargesheet in the blasts
case. Sources said Farooq was arrested from the railway station,
where he had gone to receive a guest. Farooq and another suspect
had been staying in Nala Bazaar area of Ajmer for two months
and were under Karnataka ATS surveillance. Farooq is also
accused of recruiting youth for militant activities in the
Kashmir Valley. The case surfaced following the death of four
Malayalee youth in an encounter with Security Forces in Kashmir.
He is also said to be the key conspirator in the September
2005 case of burning of a bus belonging to the Tamil Nadu
State Road Transport Corporation in Aluva near Kochi. This
was to protest the TN Government's decision to oppose the
bail plea of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader Abdul
Nasser Madani, who was then in jail for the 1998 Coimbatore
serial blasts. Farooq belongs to Prappanangadi in Malappuram
District. Police sources said Ibrahim Moulvi was arrested
from Badiyadukka in Kasargod District, where he worked as
a cleric in a mosque using a fake identity. Moulvi had also
played a significant part with LeT south India operative T.
Nasir in recruiting Malayalee youth for terror training across
the border. Farooq and Moulvi are suspected to be linked to
26/11 plotter Tahawwur Hussein Rana through Sabir, a LeT operative
believed to be hiding in the Gulf.
-
October
10: The Union Home Ministry asked Rajasthan and three other
States to be alert during the festival season. The alert has
been issued on the basis of some specific inputs about a possible
terror strike at certain places, including Jaipur and Pushkar
where the Pakistani-American militant David Coleman Headley
is reported to have conducted a recce. According to reports
just after 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, Headley had stayed
for more than 40 days in Pushkar to keep an eye on the situation
after the Mumbai mayhem. A National Investigating Agency (NIA)
team identified two hotels where Headley stayed as a tourist.
The agencies believed that Headley in Pushkar was plotting
an attack on Israeli tourists visiting the holy town. Some
specific leads, hinted that Headley had done a recce of the
Bed-khabad — the prayer hall of the Jews, where hundreds of
them gather every evening for routine prayers.
-
August 29: A huge
cache of explosives bought from Rajasthan Explosives and Chemicals
Limited (RECL) at Dholpur in Rajasthan in the name of Ganesh
Explosives was diverted and sold to 40 parties in different
States. During interrogation, the prime accused in the missing
explosives case, Jaikishan Aswani revealed that 61 consignments
of explosives bought by Ganesh Explosives from RECL between
April and June were further sold to around 40 people. Aswani
had surrendered before Bahediya Police in Sagar District of
Madhya Pradesh on August 27. The three other accused Shivcharan
Heda, Deepa Heda and Devendra Singh Thakur are still absconding.
-
May
21: A local court extended the Police remand of Lokesh Sharma,
arrested in connection with the October 2007 Ajmer Dargah
blast, till June 1. In addition, the court sent two other
accused in the case to judicial custody. The Chief Judicial
Magistrate Court here extended the police remand of Sharma
by 10 days, and sent Devender Gupta and Chandra Shekhar Leve
to judicial custody.
-
May
14: One more person was arrested by the Rajasthan ATS in connection
with the October 2007 Ajmer dargah (Sufi Shrine) blast, Police
said. Lokesh Sharma was arrested by the Rajasthan ATS while
he was along with his family members at Lasudia Police Station
area of Chhindwara District. Sharma, a resident of Indore,
is an accused in the murder of All India Congress Committee
(AICC) leader Pyar Singh Nenama, who was killed at Manpur
locality of the District in August 2003, Police said.
-
May
12: The ATS of Rajasthan has informed that out of the 13 identified
terrorist who planted bombs at eight places in the Walled
City in May 13, 2008, four are still absconding. They include
Khalid, Arif, Shajid Bhai and Salman.
-
May
2: A team of the Rajasthan ATS detained one more suspect,
identified as Sanjay Gupta, a small-scale industrialist, from
Mhow, 25 kilometres from Indore for questioning in connection
with the 2007 Ajmer (Rajasthan) Dargah (Sufi Shrine) blast.
In all, two people have been arrested and two others detained
for the Ajmer blast so far.
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April
26: A person, identified as Devendra Gupta, a resident of
Bihari Ganj in Ajmer, was arrested in the night of April 26
by Rajasthan Police in connection with the 2007 Ajmer Dargah
bomb blast, in which three people were killed and over 30
injured. He reportedly had links with ‘Abhinav Bharat Sangathan’
and is suspected to be involved in the bomb blast inside the
Dargah of Khawaja Moinuddin Chishty at Ajmer in October 2007,
Police said.
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March
23: Security was beefed up at Marwar Junction after authorities
received two separate letters containing threats to blow up
the station, reports PTI. While a postcard threatening
to blow up the station was received by the Government Railway
Police (GRP) and the Railway Police Force (RPF) at the junction
this morning, a similar letter was found outside the station
master's office, Superintendent of Police (GRP-Ajmer) Veerbhan Ajwani said.
Written in Hindi, the postcard bears the name of Indian Mujahideen
(IM) at the end and mentions the date 24 for the strike but
does not specify the month, he said. However, taking no chances
and assuming the date to be 24th of March, security has been
tightened at the station, the official said.
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February
18: Rajasthan Police issued a terror alert for the One-Day
International (ODI) cricket match between India and South
Africa to
be played at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium
(SMS) in Jaipur on February 21, reports IANS.
"We do have intelligence inputs, though a bit vague,
of a terror threat to the first ODI," Inspector General
(IG) of Police of Jaipur B. L. Soni said.
"We don’t want to take any chances, especially after
the Pune blast," Soni added.
2009
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September 13: Rajasthan Police
and the Special Operations Group (SOG) seized a consignment
of explosives and firearms from a village in the Barmer District.
With the latest seizure, the Police have foiled attempts by
the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) to execute attacks in
the country, said official sources. Intelligence agencies
and the SOG in Rajasthan have come across facts which indicate
that the Pakistani ISI was using the India-Pakistan border
in Rajasthan to push in lethal material into India. Two carriers,
Fotia and Alia, belonging to Pakistan, were entrusted with
the task of pushing the consignment.
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September 10: A consignment
containing illegal arms, cartridges, explosive and equipment
for making bombs were recovered in the Barmer District of
Rajasthan, Police sources said. Following a tip off, the consignment,
which was sent from across the Indian border for an unidentified
terrorist outfit, was recovered in the night of September
9 near Moradi village in the Barmer District before its delivery,
the sources said. Eight foreign-made revolvers, over 400 cartridges
and several detonators have been recovered.
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July 10: The intelligence
agencies sounded an alert of a possible terror strike by LeT
militants in Jodhpur city of Rajasthan in the
coming days. Intelligence sources said the militants were
planning blasts in the city on either July 11, 14 or 28 or
on August 21. According to sources, the Intelligence Bureau
sounded the alert on the basis of inputs received from Jammu
and Kashmir.
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June 1: A court in Bikaner
remanded the arrested agent of Pakistan’s ISI, Mohammad Sajid,
to five days’ Police custody to facilitate investigation into
his local contacts and his alleged espionage activities. The
accused was also sent to the P.B.M. Government Hospital in
Jaipur for medical examination. As reported earlier, Sajid,
who allegedly carried out printing work for the Indian Army,
was arrested in Bikaner District on May 31.
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May 31: A suspected ISI agent,
Mohammad Sajid, who allegedly carried out printing work for
the Indian Army, was arrested in Bikaner District. Sajid,
a resident of Bilalganj at Lahore in Pakistan, infiltrated
into India via Bangladesh and Nepal and had established himself
as a resident of Bikaner as a tenant under the assumed name
of Lakhan Joshi since 2005, the Additional Director General
of Police (Intelligence), M. K. Devarajan, said. Sajid had
been reportedly running a printing press in the city where
he purportedly managed to get some job works for Army units
located there. Devarajan affirmed that the ISI gave him training
in intelligence work and Hindi in the Lahore Military Hospital
for three months. Meanwhile, the Rajasthan Police have registered
a case against Sajid under the Official Secrets Act, 1923,
and the Foreigners Act, 1946.
2008
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November 18: Police filed
charge sheets against 11 Students Islamic Movement of India
(SIMI) cadres,
identified as Mohammad Qureshi, Mahndi Hassan, Imran, Nazakat
Hussain, Shahbaz Hussain, Mohammad Toufiq, Munnavar Khan,
Ateeq-ur-Rahman, Mohammad Iliyas, Mohammad Sohail and Mohammad
Azam, in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate in capital
Jaipur. The charge-sheets claimed that they were associated
with the SIMI and had taken part in the meetings held by the
banned group across the country. They were also accused of
conspiracy against the nation for giving shelter to main accused
of the Jaipur serial blasts, Sajid, Karimudeen and Taukir.
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September 7: Two youths, identified
as Mohammad Sohail and Azam, detained in Jodhpur were arrested
by the Special Investigation team (SIT) of Rajasthan Police
on charges of involvement in the May 13, 2008 Jaipur serial
blasts case. During investigation, it was found that both
had links with the banned SIMI and the main accused of the
Jaipur serial blasts, including Sajid, Karimudeen and Taukir.
They had allegedly arranged hotel rooms for the meetings of
Sajid and his accomplices. The SIT sources claimed, "Sajid
and his associates like Taukir, Karimudeen and others had
visited Jodhpur many times and generated funds from there.
It was found that Sohail and Azam had also gathered Zakat
(charity) for them". With these two arrests, the total number
of people arrested in connection with the Jaipur serial blasts
has gone up to 14.
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September 1: Police arrested
four SIMI cadres suspected to be involved in the May 13 explosions
in Jaipur. The arrested were identified as Munawar Husain
alias Muzaffar Husain, Atiqur Rehman alias Abdul
Hakim, Nadeem Akhtar alias Yaminuddin, all residents
of Kota and Mohammed Iliyas alias Mohammed Husain from
Baran. All of them were produced in the court and were sent
on 11 days Police remand.
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August 25: Rajasthan Police
arrested seven persons from Kota District for their involvement
in the May 13 explosions in Jaipur. Police sources said the
suspected mastermind behind the explosions, Shahbaz Hussain,
who has since been arrested and remanded to 10 days Police
custody held three terror camps in Nanta of Kota District
between November 2007 and January 2008, along with other SIMI
activists, Mufti Abu Bashir and Sajid Mansuri.
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August 24: Rajasthan Police,
with the assistance of the Anti-Terrorism Squad of the Uttar
Pradesh Police, arrested Shahbaz Hussain, a resident of the
Maulviganj area of capital Lucknow, for his suspected involvement
in the May 13 terrorist attack in Jaipur. A. K. Jain, the
Additional Director General of Police (Crime) and chief of
the Special Investigation Team in Rajasthan, said, "Shahbaz
was a key player in planting the bombs in Jaipur as he was
instrumental in mobilising resources as well as selecting
the team, which executed the blasts." Police sources said
that 25-year old Shahbaz, a diploma holder in mass communications
and owner of a cyber cafe in Maulviganj, was a key aide of
Sajid Mansoori who reportedly masterminded the Jaipur blasts.
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June 13: Ajmer District Police
received a letter from the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI)
threatening to carry out bomb blasts in the State between
June 12 and 20. The letter, sent on a postcard and written
in English, warns of dire consequences if the Rajasthan Government
and Police do not stop their crackdown on illegal Bangladeshi
migrants. The letter also demands the release of Bangladeshis
detained in Rajasthan for suspected terror links.
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June 9: The Special Operations
Group (SOG) of Rajasthan Police investigating the May 13 Jaipur
blasts case formally arrested Bharatpur cleric Mohammed Ilyas,
who had been detained by the Police on May 26 under the Passport
Act. Ilyas was also charged with possessing disproportionate
assets and has been taken to Jaipur for further interrogation.
Police recovered two forged passports from Chandigarh and
Jaipur, a computer, a mobile phone and diaries from him. Police
sources said that Ilyas is the imam (priest) of the
Bharatpur mosque and also the convener of the Madarsa Jamia
Islamia Arabia Darool Uloom's Bharatpur chapter.
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May 27: The Special Investigation
Team probing the May 13 serial bomb blasts in Jaipur detained
a madrassa (seminary) teacher and a telephone booth
owner in Bharatpur for their alleged role in the bombings
that killed 80 people. The teacher, identified as Hakimuddin,
a resident of Nagla Imam Khan village in Mathura District,
was living in Bharatpur for the past two years. The telephone
booth owner, Kamil, had his shop at Khumer Gate in Idgah Colony
in Bharatpur. The name of both persons had been disclosed
by Mohammed Ilyas, the imam of the Jama Masjid, who
was arrested on May 23.
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May 17: Police conducted raids
across the State targeting SIMI activists. A SIMI cadre, Mohammad
Shajid, was detained for questioning. Raids were conducted
at Jaipur, Ajmer, Fatehpur, Godhpur, Tonk and Sikar on the
basis of Intelligence inputs. A senior Police officer said,
"Raids were conducted, but it seems most of the activists
have gone underground fearing arrests."
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May 14: A day after the serial
bomb blasts in Jaipur, the Rajasthan Police released the sketch
of a suspected terrorist on the basis of details provided
by a shopkeeper at Kishenpole Bazaar who sold him a cycle,
which was used in planting a bomb in the crowded area of the
walled city. Inspector-General of Police, Pankaj Kumar Singh,
said the shopkeeper remembered the suspect as he behaved suspiciously
and seemed to be in undue hurry to buy the cycle.
An e-mail by an outfit known
as Indian Mujahideen has claimed responsibility for the serial
bomb blasts in Jaipur. The e-mail, which was sent on May 14-night
to various television channels, has given the frame number
(129489) of the bicycle which was planted at Choti Chaupad
near Kotwali in Jaipur. The frame number of a bicycle recovered
by the Rajasthan Police from the spot is same, official sources
said, adding the e-mail was written on May 14 from a cyber
cafe in Sahibabad in the outskirts of the national capital
New Delhi. The e-mail id used was "[email protected]",
the sources said. The e-mail said India should stop supporting
the US in the international arena, "and if you do continue
then get ready to face more attacks at other important tourist
places..."
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May 13: At least 80 persons
were killed and over 150 others wounded when eight serial
bomb blasts were triggered at Johari Bazaar, Hanuman temple,
Hawa Mahal, Badi Chaupad, Tripolia Bazaar and Chandpole in
Jaipur, capital city of Rajasthan. The first blast took place
at 7.20pm (IST) in the crowded Johari Bazaar and within 15
minutes seven more blasts occurred in adjoining areas in the
walled city area - near the Hanuman Mandir, which was reportedly
crowded with devotees, near Hawa Mahal, at Badi Chaupad, Tripolia
Bazaar and Chandpole. "We have information that 80 people
have died," Rajasthan Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria was
quoted as saying.
2007
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October 13: Rajasthan Police
sources said six people, including two Bangladeshis, had been
detained for questioning following the blast that killed two
people and injured nearly 17.
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October 12: A live bomb was
found near the main gate of the shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin
Chishti in Ajmer.
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October 11: Two persons, including
one identified as Mohammed Shoaib, were killed and 17 others
injured when a bomb exploded in the dargah (shrine)
of the Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer. Official
sources said that the bomb exploded at 6.12 pm (IST) near
the Ahata-e-Noor courtyard. Intelligence sources revealed
that the device used to execute the explosion was fabricated
by packing a low-intensity explosive and metal fragment inside
a metal lunch-box. Some fragments of a mobile phone were also
recovered from the incident site.
Source: Compiled from English
language media sources.
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