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January - 2 
The Uttar Pradesh (UP) Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on January 2 arrested three persons identified as Yousuf Ali—a Bangladeshi national, from Ghaziabad District in UP and Wasim Ahmed and Ahsan Ahmed from Deoband town of Saharanpur District in UP, being involved in allegedly making ‘fake pa
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The Uttar Pradesh (UP) Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on January 2 arrested three persons identified as Yousuf Ali—a Bangladeshi national, from Ghaziabad District in UP and Wasim Ahmed and Ahsan Ahmed from Deoband town of Saharanpur District in UP, being involved in allegedly making ‘fake passports’ via forged documents for Bangladeshis living illegally in India, reports The Hindu. During the investigation, the Police recovered two Aadhar Cards, a PAN card, Driving License, Voter ID card, photocopies of passport, cheque books of various banks and other identification documents from Yousuf Ali. “The accused would receive heavy amounts of money from the Bangladeshis,” said a Police spokesperson. The ATS is also investigating the case from terror and national security angle, said UP ATS Inspector General (IG) Aseem Arun.
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January - 7 
The Government Railway Police (GRP) officials of Mathura Railway Station arrested a suspected terrorist from Jammu and Kashmir, identified as Bilal Ahmad Wani (32), from Delhi-Bhopal bound Shatabadi Express train at Mathura Railway Station in Mathura District (Uttar Pradesh) on January 7, reports&nb
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The Government Railway Police (GRP) officials of Mathura Railway Station arrested a suspected terrorist from Jammu and Kashmir, identified as Bilal Ahmad Wani (32), from Delhi-Bhopal bound Shatabadi Express train at Mathura Railway Station in Mathura District (Uttar Pradesh) on January 7, reports One India. Later on while corroborating the intelligence reports, it was learnt that Wani is a suspected terrorist. He has been taken by Noida Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) for further interrogation, said an unnamed senior Police officer.ANI News adds that the interrogation of the suspected militant, Bilal Ahmed Wani, has revealed the plans of terrorist attack on Delhi-based Akshardham Temple and disruption of the Republic Day parade on January 26 in Delhi. Bilal revealed that he and other two of his companions identified as Mudsir Ahmed Wah and Mohammad Ashraf checked-in to the Al-Rashid Guest House located near Jama Masjid in Chandni Chowk of Central Delhi District, Delhi on January 2 and the trio vacated the room on January 6. The Uttar Pradesh (UP) Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and Delhi Police has sent a high-alert in search of the alleged absconding militants.
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January - 10 
The suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative, Bilal Ahmad Kawa, was arrested on January 10, by Special Cell of Delhi Police and Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in a joint operation from Delhi Airport, reports New Indian Express. He was arrested after 17 years for his alleged involvemen
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The suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative, Bilal Ahmad Kawa, was arrested on January 10, by Special Cell of Delhi Police and Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in a joint operation from Delhi Airport, reports New Indian Express. He was arrested after 17 years for his alleged involvement in the December 22, 2000 Red Fort terror attack. 37-year-old Bilal was apprehended after the Gujarat ATS got a tip-off regarding his movement from Srinagar to Delhi. Earlier, terrorist Mohammad Arif alias Ashfaq, who was convicted in the case, had been awarded death sentence.
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January - 10 
Two persons were arrested on charges of helping a Muslim man ‘forcibly’ convert a Kerala woman and attempting to take her to Syria to be sold off to Islamic State (IS) terrorists in Ernakulam District on January 10, reports The Indian Express. Fayaz and Siyad, both natives of North
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Two persons were arrested on charges of helping a Muslim man ‘forcibly’ convert a Kerala woman and attempting to take her to Syria to be sold off to Islamic State (IS) terrorists in Ernakulam District on January 10, reports The Indian Express. Fayaz and Siyad, both natives of North Paravur near Kochi, were arrested following investigations based on a complaint by the 25-year-old woman, who was rescued from Saudi Arabia and brought home last year by her family.The two are friends of Muhammad Riyaz from Thalassery in Kannur District, the prime accused in the case. “They have been charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act [UAPA],” Ernakulam Rural Superintendent of Police (SP) A V George said, adding a hunt is on to arrest eight more accused, including Riyas, in the case. He said the police have begun a probe into their alleged link with the Islamic State terrorists. George said both Fayaz and Siyad were arrested based on the woman’s complaint that she was allegedly tortured by them in a house in North Paravoor before Riyaz took her abroad. The woman had alleged that Riyaz pretended to be in love with her when she was studying in Bengaluru (Karnataka) in 2014 and forced her to convert to Islam and married her. The woman from Pathanamthitta District was brought up in Gujarat. She had moved the Kerala High Court last year seeking an NIA probe against Riyaz for attempting to take her to Syria from Saudi Arabia and sell her to the Islamic State terrorists as a sex slave. She has also alleged that her marriage was registered using forged documents.
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January - 17 
The special cell of Delhi Police has arrested Narender—a key member of an international syndicate of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) and recovered FICN in denomination of INR 2,000 worth INR three lakh, reports Daily Pioneer. Acting-upon specific inputs a Police team spread-out a ‘hon
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The special cell of Delhi Police has arrested Narender—a key member of an international syndicate of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) and recovered FICN in denomination of INR 2,000 worth INR three lakh, reports Daily Pioneer. Acting-upon specific inputs a Police team spread-out a ‘honey-trap’ near Red Fort metro station at Chandni Chowk of Central Delhi District in Delhi, where Narender had come to deliver a consignment of FICNs to his contact on January 16, but got arrested by Police team, said an unnamed Police official. During the primary interrogation, Narender revealed that he has been involved in this activity for the last four years and he was getting new prints of FICNs from Farraka of Jangipur Subdivision of Murshidabad District in West Bengal. All seized FICNs are of fine printing and it is difficult to distinguish from original Indian notes, said Delhi’s Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) of special cell Pramod Singh Kushwah.
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January - 19 
The accused Abdul Subhan Qureshi—a most wanted terrorist who was accused of serial blasts in Gujarat and Delhi in 2008, has been arrested by the Delhi Police Special Cell officials on January 19 after a brief gunfight in Ghazipur area of East Delhi District in Delhi, reports NDTV. &n
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The accused Abdul Subhan Qureshi—a most wanted terrorist who was accused of serial blasts in Gujarat and Delhi in 2008, has been arrested by the Delhi Police Special Cell officials on January 19 after a brief gunfight in Ghazipur area of East Delhi District in Delhi, reports NDTV. Abdul Qureshi travelled to Nepal with forge documents and was living there for many years. He also went to Saudi Arabia between 2013 and 2015 and later, returned to India to revive the terror network. Upon his arrest, pistols and documents were recovered that depicts that he was trying to revive the banned terror organization—the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and the Indian Mujahideen (IM), said Delhi’s Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Special Cell Pramod Kushwaha.
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January - 24 
Kerala Police on January 24, arrested two persons identified as Saleem alias Sallu (38)—resident of Vatakara of Kozhikode District and Abdul Latheef (42)—resident of Perinthalmanna, Malappuram District, for distributing the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs), reports Decca
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Kerala Police on January 24, arrested two persons identified as Saleem alias Sallu (38)—resident of Vatakara of Kozhikode District and Abdul Latheef (42)—resident of Perinthalmanna, Malappuram District, for distributing the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs), reports Deccan Chronicle. The Police approached them on pretext to exchange currency and seized the FICN in denomination of INR 2,000 and INR 500 worth INR 49,000. After preliminary interrogation, the Police has recovered additional FICNs of worth INR 2,67,500 from their houses, said Rural Superintendent of Police (SP) M.K. Pushkaran. All the FICNs had threads and look like the original currency notes that were printed in Wayanad District of Kerala. The state Police is looking-out for another person involved in this case.
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January - 26 
Chennai Police busted a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket and arrested two persons, identified as Kamal and Pradeep at Tiruvottiyur railway station in Chennai District of Tamil Nadu while they were smuggling FICN worth of INR 4 lakh from Assam in the Chennai Central-bound Guwahati Express trai
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Chennai Police busted a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket and arrested two persons, identified as Kamal and Pradeep at Tiruvottiyur railway station in Chennai District of Tamil Nadu while they were smuggling FICN worth of INR 4 lakh from Assam in the Chennai Central-bound Guwahati Express train on January 26, reports The Times of India. Police also recovered five pistols and 20 rounds of ammunition from their possession. Preliminary inquiries revealed that the duo admitted to smuggling the counterfeit currencies and arms from Assam at the behest of racket's kingpin Rafiq, who is serving his term at Puzhal prison in Chennai District.
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January - 29 
A team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested one Mohammad Hakim, a resident of Malda (Malda District, West Bengal) in a case related to the seizure of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR 500,0000 that were recovered from another accused, identified as Saddam Hossain, in 2015 r
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A team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested one Mohammad Hakim, a resident of Malda (Malda District, West Bengal) in a case related to the seizure of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR 500,0000 that were recovered from another accused, identified as Saddam Hossain, in 2015 reports One India on January 30. The preliminary investigation has revealed that Hakim had acquired the ‘high quality’ FICNs from across the border, with intentions to distribute them through-out the country. In 2016, the NIA branch based in Hyderabad of Telangana had filed charge-sheet against two persons identified as Saddam Hossain and Amirul Hoque.
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January - 31 
In connection to the low-intensity blast at the Bodh Gaya temple in Gaya District of Bihar on January 19, the Kolkata Police on January 31 arrested two operatives of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), identified as Paigamber Sheikh (24) and Jamirul Sheikh (31), reports First Post. During th
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In connection to the low-intensity blast at the Bodh Gaya temple in Gaya District of Bihar on January 19, the Kolkata Police on January 31 arrested two operatives of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), identified as Paigamber Sheikh (24) and Jamirul Sheikh (31), reports First Post. During the preliminary interrogation, both accused has revealed their connection with JMB and conspiracy of planting an Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) at the Bodh Gaya temple during Dalai Lama’s visit, said the Deputy Commission of Police (DCP) of the Special Task Force (STF) Murlidhar Sharma. Both accused Paigamber Sheikh and Jamirul Sheikh are residents of Murshidabad of Malda Administrative Division in West Bengal. The Kolkata Police arrested Paigamber Sheikh from his residence in Kankuria Gram of Murshidabad in Malda District, whereas Jamirul Sheikh was arrested from Phanisdewa of Darjeeling District in West Bengal. The Central and State investigation agencies are probing the matter and the guilty persons will be given stringent punishment, said Bihar’s Chief Minister Nitish Kumar while inaugurating the ‘Bauddh Mahotsav’ at the Kaalchakra Maidan of the Bodh Gaya temple on February 01.
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February - 1 
Police arrested one Kerala youth, identified as Riyazur Rehman alias Riyad, a native of Kallai in Kozhikode District, for trying to join terror outfit Islamic State (IS) in April 2015, reports The Times of India on February 2. Riyad, who was hiding in Ras Al Khaimah (UAE) for the
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Police arrested one Kerala youth, identified as Riyazur Rehman alias Riyad, a native of Kallai in Kozhikode District, for trying to join terror outfit Islamic State (IS) in April 2015, reports The Times of India on February 2. Riyad, who was hiding in Ras Al Khaimah (UAE) for the past two years, was deported to India through Delhi airport (New Delhi) from where he was arrested by Kerala Police a few days ago (unspecified date), report said. Earlier, Karipur (Malappuram District) Police had registered a case against Riyad under Section 125 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 20 and 38 of the Unlawful Activities [Prevention] Act (UAPA). It was the first IS-related case registered by Kerala Police. The Police said the 26-year-old man was indoctrinated while he was working in Ras Al Khaimah. Riyad, along with a Bangladesh national, left Ras Al Khaimah to join the IS in Yemen. He returned to Ras Al Khaimah after the Bangladesh national disappeared. By the time Riyad's disappearance became a big news in the media, his brother was deported to India along with some others who were suspected to have IS links. Riyad was hiding in various locations in Ras Al Khaimah and was engaged in small-time criminal activities for livelihood, the Police said.
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February - 2 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on February 2 arrested Mohammed Riyaz/Riyas—a resident of Kannur in Kannur District of Kerala, from Chennai Airport in Chennai District of Tamil Nadu, reports The New Indian Express. Mohammed Riyaz was alleged to force his wife to convert to Islam a
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on February 2 arrested Mohammed Riyaz/Riyas—a resident of Kannur in Kannur District of Kerala, from Chennai Airport in Chennai District of Tamil Nadu, reports The New Indian Express. Mohammed Riyaz was alleged to force his wife to convert to Islam and attempted to sell her to the Islamic State (IS) operatives in Syria. We had prior information about Mohammad Riyaz travelling from Jeddah city (Saudi Arabia) via Colombo (Sri Lanka) and arrested upon his arrival at Chennai Airport. He has been interrogated at NIA office in Chennai and his arrest has not been officially recorded so far, said an unnamed NIA officer. Mohammed Riyaz is also accused of using Fake Indian Passport.
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February - 3 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested Mahfuz Alam (22), a Gopalganj based youth who had arranged accommodation for Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist Abu Naeem Sheikh alias Sohail Khan alias Zabbar Khan who had lived covertly in Gopalganj from December 2014 to March 2017,
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested Mahfuz Alam (22), a Gopalganj based youth who had arranged accommodation for Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist Abu Naeem Sheikh alias Sohail Khan alias Zabbar Khan who had lived covertly in Gopalganj from December 2014 to March 2017, The Times of India reports on February 4. Earlier, Sheikh was arrested from Varanasi on November 29, 2017and on his indication later the NIA arrested Bedar Bakht alias Dhannu Raja from Gopalganj on December 3, 2017. Earlier, Bakht was also associated with NSUI. Later, the agency arrested Tausif Ahmed Mallik from Pulwama in South Kashmir on December 9, 2017.Sheikh, originally a native of Aurangabad in Maharashtra, was on a covert reconnaissance mission in India for LeT to identify potential targets for a terror attack. He had conducted recce of hydropower projects and Israeli tourist attraction spots in Himachal Pradesh, Gorakhnath Temple in Uttar Pradesh, Patna airport, Bihar Regimental Centre, army and para-military installations in South Kashmir and several other places across India on commands of his Pakistan based LeT handler Amzad alias Rehan who is in-charge of terror operations in India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Maldives. Photographs of several vital installations were recovered from Sheikh after his arrest.It was on Mahfuz's indication that NIA conducted raids at Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh on February 3, and arrested two hawala (illegal money transaction) operators Dinesh Garg and Adesh Kumar Jain who were pumping money for Sheikh's terror operation after receiving it from UAE. Indian currency of INR 42.84 lakh along with currencies of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, USA, Japan, Thailand and Oman were seized from shops and residence of the duo. Apart from them, two currency counting machines, laptops, cellphones, firearms including a Chinese pistol, three laptops, seven cellphones and some document. NIA also got some cell phone number of suspects during the raids.
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February - 4 
Five members of a Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) gang with links to a group based in Afghanistan arrested on February 4 in Cumbum town in Theni District of Tamil Nadu, along with FICNs in denomination of INR 2,000 worth INR 2.61 Lakhs, reports India Today. During the interrogation, one
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Five members of a Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) gang with links to a group based in Afghanistan arrested on February 4 in Cumbum town in Theni District of Tamil Nadu, along with FICNs in denomination of INR 2,000 worth INR 2.61 Lakhs, reports India Today. During the interrogation, one of the members identified as J. Ajmal Khan claimed that the gang was involved in distribution of the counterfeit currency notes and the notes were printed by his father in the same town. Based on his claim, the Police raided his house and recovered the FICNs. His father and other gang members were also arrested said unnamed source of Tamil Nadu Police.
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February - 4 
The West Bengal Police on February 4 arrested Azhar Hossain (22)—a suspected militant of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), and recovered huge collection of ammunition and Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosives from his possession in Ratnapur village in Samserganj Tehsil of Murshidabad Dis
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The West Bengal Police on February 4 arrested Azhar Hossain (22)—a suspected militant of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), and recovered huge collection of ammunition and Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosives from his possession in Ratnapur village in Samserganj Tehsil of Murshidabad District of West Bengal, reports Hindustan Times. The Police presented Azhar Hossain before a court in Jangipur in Murshidabad District (West Bengal) and sought 14-days Police custody. The Police charged Azhar Hossain under Sections 120, 121, 122, and 123 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860. The Police team raided his house and recovered 75 rounds of ammunition, a loaded magazine, 25 kilograms of explosives and jihadi literature, said an unnamed officer of the District Intelligence wing. “Interrogations of the arrested accused have revealed that several modules and sleeper cells of the JMB are now active in Murshidabad and neighbouring Districts of West Bengal. They have recruited several youngsters so far,” said an unnamed Police officer.
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February - 5 
The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on February 5 has arrested Sheikh Ali Akbar—a resident of Ghazipur District of Uttar Pradesh, who had close connection with terrorist groups operating in Kashmir Valley, reports The Times of India. Sheikh Ali Akbar was arrested from Lohia Path (Road) in L
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The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on February 5 has arrested Sheikh Ali Akbar—a resident of Ghazipur District of Uttar Pradesh, who had close connection with terrorist groups operating in Kashmir Valley, reports The Times of India. Sheikh Ali Akbar was arrested from Lohia Path (Road) in Lucknow, Lucknow District (Uttar Pradesh). The four terrorist that were arrested from Bandipora District in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) on February 4 had informed Police that Akbar was an associated with them and had taken INR 40,000 for supplying them weapons. Akbar’s mobile phone had several ‘terror videos’ and he was an active member of nine groups created on social media sympathising terrorism, said ATS’ Inspector-General (IG) Aseem Arun.
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February - 6 
The Mukkom Police arrested two persons, both natives of Tamil Nadu, and seized Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR 1 million, following a secret operation, reports The Times of India on February 7. One of the accused Suresh Kumar, resident of Salem District in Tamil Nadu, was arre
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The Mukkom Police arrested two persons, both natives of Tamil Nadu, and seized Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR 1 million, following a secret operation, reports The Times of India on February 7. One of the accused Suresh Kumar, resident of Salem District in Tamil Nadu, was arrested from a lodge room at Mukkom in Kozhikode District, along with FICNs to the tune of INR 50,000, following a tip off received by the Police. "On interrogation, we received information that a woman named Nirmala from Salem also is involved in the fake currency racket. Nirmala was arrested by a Police team from Salem and counterfeit currencies to the tune of Rs 9.5 lakh (INR 950, 000) and equipment used for printing fake currency," said K P Abhilash, Sub-Inspector (SI) of Mukkom Police Station. The Police have seized FICNs in the denomination of INR 2,000, INR 500, INR 200 and INR 100 from both the arrestees. Investigation is on to identify the remaining members of the network. According to Police, the some of the gang members of the same group were arrested by Thrissur Police in May 2017, with FICN to the tune of INR 300,000. The racket was trying to distribute the FICNs in different parts of Kozhikode District, Police said.
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February - 6 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) team arrested a hawala (illegal money transfers) operative named Abdul Samad in connection to the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) activities in India from Haridwar in Haridwar District of Uttarakhand on February 6, reports Hindustan Times. Abdul Samad was produced befor
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) team arrested a hawala (illegal money transfers) operative named Abdul Samad in connection to the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) activities in India from Haridwar in Haridwar District of Uttarakhand on February 6, reports Hindustan Times. Abdul Samad was produced before the designated court. The court sends him to the NIA custody of six days, said an unnamed NIA official. Allegedly, Abdul Samad is a prominent hawala operative whose activities area included Muzaffarnagar, Deoband, in Uttar Pradesh and Roorkee in Uttarakhand. He also acted as a channel for a LeT financer based in Saudi Arabia, said an unnamed NIA Spokesperson. In November 2017, Abdul Samad collected INR 5.50 Lakh from hawala operators in Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh) to deliver it to Shaikh/Sheikh Abdul Naeem/Nayeem, an active LeT member. Shaikh visited and established bases in Bihar, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) on the directions of his handler Abdul alias Rehan based in Pakistan, said an unnamed NIA official.
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February - 7 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested two persons—Dinesh Garg alias Ankit Garg (34) and Adish/Adesh Kumar Jain (57) from Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh in connection to the ongoing probe of terror-funding to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) for its activities in India, reports Hindustan Times on Febru
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested two persons—Dinesh Garg alias Ankit Garg (34) and Adish/Adesh Kumar Jain (57) from Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh in connection to the ongoing probe of terror-funding to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) for its activities in India, reports Hindustan Times on February 8. Including the arrest of Dinesh Garg and Adish Kumar Jain, the total number of people arrested in Hawala (illegal money transfer) risen to seven. Both, Dinesh and Adish were working as Hawala operators and were associated with some Indian gold smugglers based in Saudi Arabia. One of their channels was Abdul Samad who was also a Hawala operator and got arrested on February 6. The NIA team had raided Dinesh and Adish’s shop and house premises in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh regarding the same matter on February 3, said an unnamed NIA Spokesperson.
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February - 8 
The Delhi Police arrested Indian Air Force (IAF) officer Group Captain Arun Marwaha (51) on February 8, for passing on the confidential IAF documents to Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agents who were masquerading as ‘models’ in two profiles on Facebook during mid-December 2017, reports
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The Delhi Police arrested Indian Air Force (IAF) officer Group Captain Arun Marwaha (51) on February 8, for passing on the confidential IAF documents to Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agents who were masquerading as ‘models’ in two profiles on Facebook during mid-December 2017, reports The Times of India. Allegedly, Arun Marwaha had been lured through seductive conversation through Whatsapp for a week or longer and used to click the pictures of classified documents related to IAF’s combat exercises including ‘Gagan Shakti’, placed at the IAF Headquarters, said Deputy Commission of Police (DCP) Special Cell Pramod Khushwah. Marwaha was produced before the court of Judge Deepak Sehrawat at Patiala House Court in Delhi and taken on five days of police remand by the special cell of Delhi Police. Marwaha's mobile phone has been seized and sends for a forensic examination. He also confessed to have had access to many secret documents and plans to leak them to ISI during his posting at the IAF Headquarters. A First Information Report (FIR) has been filed against Arun Marwaha under Section 3 and 5 of the Officials Secret Act (OSA) on the complaint from an unnamed senior IAF official.
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February - 8 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on February 8, arrested two more persons in connection with the financing of terror outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), taking the total number of arrests to seven, india.com reports. The arrested accused Dinesh Garg alias Ankit Garg (34) and Adish Kumar Jain (54) a
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on February 8, arrested two more persons in connection with the financing of terror outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), taking the total number of arrests to seven, india.com reports. The arrested accused Dinesh Garg alias Ankit Garg (34) and Adish Kumar Jain (54) are residents of Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. During the searches conducted at the premises of Dinesh Garg, INR 15,00,000 cash, two currency note counting machines, one Indian made pistol with ammunition, one laptop, four mobile phones and relevant documents were recovered. The recoveries made from the residence and shop of Adish Kumar Jain included INR 32,84,000, one Chinese made pistol with ammunition, some documents containing mobile numbers of associates, currency notes of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, USA, Japan, Thailand, Oman, and electronic devices including two laptops and three mobile phones. The NIA informed that the two had been in telephonic contact with some Indian gold smugglers, based in Saudi Arabia and were found paying the cost of the smuggled gold purchased by them in cash to their conduits and couriers, one of them being the now arrested Abdul Samad. They were also acting as hawala (illegal money laundering) operators. During the investigation, it also surfaced that a sum of INR ,50,000 delivered by Samad to the another arrested LeT operative Shaikh Abdul Naeem was collected from these two arrested persons.
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February - 9 
The Border Security Force (BSF) on February 9, has recovered Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR 8.98 Lakhs nearby Daulatpur border outpost in Malda District of West Bengal, reports India Today. The joint operation conducted by the Special Operations team and representatives of th
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The Border Security Force (BSF) on February 9, has recovered Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR 8.98 Lakhs nearby Daulatpur border outpost in Malda District of West Bengal, reports India Today. The joint operation conducted by the Special Operations team and representatives of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) had suspected some movement inside a house in Daulatpur village in Malda District (West Bengal) and arrested an unnamed man in this case, read a statement released by the BSF. Upon thorough search of arrested man’s house, total of worth INR 8.98 Lakhs of FICNs in denomination of INR 500 and INR 2,000 were recovered. The seized FICNs have been handed-over to the Police of Baishanbnagar Police Station for further action in the matter.
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February - 9 
The Murshidabad Police on February 9 arrested three unidentified person and recovered the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR six Lakhs in Murshidabad town in Murshidabad District of West Bengal, reports Asian News International. All three accused are residents of Malda District i
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The Murshidabad Police on February 9 arrested three unidentified person and recovered the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR six Lakhs in Murshidabad town in Murshidabad District of West Bengal, reports Asian News International. All three accused are residents of Malda District in West Bengal. Total of 388 FICNs in denomination of INR 500 and 203 FICNs in denomination of INR 1,000 were recovered.
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February - 9 
Three persons identified as Palle Raghava Reddy alias Raghunath Reddy, Bandi Raju and Adabala Anjaneya Murthy, arrested on February 9, for the printing and circulating the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) at Pundit Nehru Bus Station in Vijayawada in Krishna District of Andhra Pradesh, re
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Three persons identified as Palle Raghava Reddy alias Raghunath Reddy, Bandi Raju and Adabala Anjaneya Murthy, arrested on February 9, for the printing and circulating the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) at Pundit Nehru Bus Station in Vijayawada in Krishna District of Andhra Pradesh, reports The New Indian Express. A total worth of INR 12 Lakhs FICNs, INR 53,500 genuine Indian currency, a printing machine and papers used for FICNs were also recovered from their possession, said an unnamed source in the Police. To make ‘quick’ money, they chose this path and procured the counterfeit currency in denomination of INR 500 from Adabala Murthy in Tuni Mandal of East Godavari District (Andhra Pradesh). For INR 30,000 of genuine currency notes for FICNs worth a Lakh, Palle Reddy took five Lakhs and exchanged few FICNs in Tuni in East Godavari District and Vijaywada in Krishna District, said Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) of South Division Kanche Srinivas.
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February - 10 
The teams of Intelligence agencies, including the National Investigation Agency (NIA), the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the Gaya Police on February 10, arrested three Islamic State (IS) suspects—Mohammad Anwar Hussain (24), Mohammad Shammi (22) and Mohammad Shaad (22) along with arms and ammunition
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The teams of Intelligence agencies, including the National Investigation Agency (NIA), the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the Gaya Police on February 10, arrested three Islamic State (IS) suspects—Mohammad Anwar Hussain (24), Mohammad Shammi (22) and Mohammad Shaad (22) along with arms and ammunition from different locations in Gaya District of Bihar, reports The Times of India. All three suspects had associates in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), Maharashtra, Kerala and Uttar Pradesh. Based on the specific intelligence inputs, the trio were under surveillance for many weeks. Anwar had a marble-cutting business but behind the scenes he and other were involved in covert operations of IS to build its network for terror attacks across India, said an unnamed senior Intelligence officer.
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February - 11 
Delhi Police’s Special cell on February 11, arrested a man—Mohammad Mumtaz Ansari alias Mumtaz (48) along with the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR 200,000, from Jahangir Road area nearby Central Government Quarters at Minto Road of Central New Delhi District in Del
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Delhi Police’s Special cell on February 11, arrested a man—Mohammad Mumtaz Ansari alias Mumtaz (48) along with the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR 200,000, from Jahangir Road area nearby Central Government Quarters at Minto Road of Central New Delhi District in Delhi, reports United News of India. As per specific Intelligence inputs, Mumtaz had arrived to deliver 100 FICNs in denomination of INR 2,000. He was linked to Malda District (West Bengal) FICNs network which circulates the FICNs allegedly printed in Pakistan and smuggled into via India-Bangladesh border, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Special Cell Pramod Singh Kushwah.
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February - 12 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on February 12 arrested Ansar Meeran (29) from an unspecified hideout in Poonamallee of Poonamallee Taluk, Tiruvallur District in Tamil Nadu, who is accused of being Islamic State (IS) sympathiser and for plotting terror attacks in Tamil Nadu, reports&nbs
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on February 12 arrested Ansar Meeran (29) from an unspecified hideout in Poonamallee of Poonamallee Taluk, Tiruvallur District in Tamil Nadu, who is accused of being Islamic State (IS) sympathiser and for plotting terror attacks in Tamil Nadu, reports The Times of India. Meeran is the fourth accused stated in the First Information Report (FIR) of IS-Tamil Nadu case. Meeran and other eight accused were charged under Sections 120B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Sections 17, 18, 18B, 20, 38, 39, and 40 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act [UA(P)A] 1967. Meeran was produced before the designated Special Court and was sent to judicial custody at Puzhal Central Prison in Chennai District (Tamil Nadu). Meeran and his associates conspired the terror attacks, recruited members for IS, raised illicit funds, arranged travelling for individuals to travel to Syria and join IS, said an unnamed Investigation Officer (IO).
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February - 13 
The Delhi Police’s special cell on February 13 arrested Ariz Khan alias Junaid (32)—a ‘bomb-maker’ in Indian Mujahideen (IM), from Nepal, reports The Hindu. Ariz Khan was a core-member of IM’s Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh) module and masterminded the seri
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The Delhi Police’s special cell on February 13 arrested Ariz Khan alias Junaid (32)—a ‘bomb-maker’ in Indian Mujahideen (IM), from Nepal, reports The Hindu. Ariz Khan was a core-member of IM’s Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh) module and masterminded the serial bomb blasts in Delhi, Jaipur (Rajasthan), Uttar Pradesh and Ahmedabad (Gujarat) in 2007 and 2008, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) P.S. Kushwah. According to Intelligence inputs, Ariz Khan was coming to Uttar Pradesh from Banbasa at India-Nepal border to meet his associate. Acting on the input, a trap was made and successful operation of his arrest was carried out, said Kushwah. In 2008, following the serial blasts in Delhi, a team of Delhi Police’s special cell raided the hideouts of IM suspects in Batla house in Delhi and two IM members were arrested whereas Ariz Khan and Shehzad managed to escape the raid.
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February - 22 
The Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police on February 22, arrested Noor Mohammad—an operative of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), from Dhulian in Jangipur Subdivision of Murshidabad District, West Bengal, reports Millennium Post. The Special team comprised of senior offici
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The Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police on February 22, arrested Noor Mohammad—an operative of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), from Dhulian in Jangipur Subdivision of Murshidabad District, West Bengal, reports Millennium Post. The Special team comprised of senior officials that raided several locations in Murshidabad District and arrested Noor Mohammad. Following day, Noor appeared before the Bankshall Court while being remanded to Police custody for 10 days. During the raid, the STF recovered a Passport and several documents. Noor Mohammad was involved in the Bodh Gaya incident of January 20 in Bihar.
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February - 25 
Acting upon the alert issued by the Interpol and Telangana State Intelligence, the Immigration Department officials on February 25 arrested the managing director of Peace International School—M.M. Akbar at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) in Hyderabad, reports The New Indian Expr
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Acting upon the alert issued by the Interpol and Telangana State Intelligence, the Immigration Department officials on February 25 arrested the managing director of Peace International School—M.M. Akbar at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) in Hyderabad, reports The New Indian Express. Reportedly, M.M Akbar absconded since the Kerala Police registered criminal charges against him for inciting the communal hatred through preaching objectionable content in his school’s syllabus. After the arrest, Akbar was handed-over to the State Police officials for temporary custody. The officials of Kerala Police would arrive on following day to take over Akbar’s custody. There were Intelligence inputs that Akbar would be travelling from Australia to Dubai and the flight would have a layover at RGIA and Akbar would board the connecting flight on February 26. But with the assistance from the Interpol and airport’s Immigration Department, he got arrested at the airport, said an unnmaed Intelligence official
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February - 25 
In a joint operation based on specific intelligence inputs, the Border Security Force (BSF) and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested Asikul Islam on February 25, from his village at Malda District in West Bengal, reports by United News of India. Asikul Islam alleged to use his
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In a joint operation based on specific intelligence inputs, the Border Security Force (BSF) and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested Asikul Islam on February 25, from his village at Malda District in West Bengal, reports by United News of India. Asikul Islam alleged to use his bank accounts for the transactions related to the September 2015 the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) case in which the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) recovered FICNs in denomination of INR 500 worth of INR 594,000 from an accused Afroz Ansari from Ramgarhwa of Motihari District in Bihar.
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February - 25 
The South African Special Police Unit-‘Hawks’ has arrested Fatima Patel (27)—an Indian-origin woman and her partner—Safydeen Aslam Del Vecchio, alleged for their links to Islamic State (IS) and charged with kidnapping of an unidentified British couple, reports The Hindu&
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The South African Special Police Unit-‘Hawks’ has arrested Fatima Patel (27)—an Indian-origin woman and her partner—Safydeen Aslam Del Vecchio, alleged for their links to Islamic State (IS) and charged with kidnapping of an unidentified British couple, reports The Hindu on February 26. Both, Fatima and Safydeen also face charges of robbery and theft on counts of abusing the credit cards of the British couple and shopped for jewellery, camping equipments, and other electronic devices which were found with an IS flag flown at unspecified location.
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March - 12 
Upon credible information, the National Investigation Agency’s (NIA)Mumbai Branch has arrested Dalim Mia, resident of Malda District (West Bengal) and Ashok Kumbar—resident of Belagavi District (Karnataka) for their involvement in the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) supply at several
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Upon credible information, the National Investigation Agency’s (NIA)Mumbai Branch has arrested Dalim Mia, resident of Malda District (West Bengal) and Ashok Kumbar—resident of Belagavi District (Karnataka) for their involvement in the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) supply at several places in Karnataka, Maharashtra and other parts of the country, reports Mumbai Mirror on March 13. The NIA received information about Dalim Mia who was arrested from Pune, Maharashtra. Upon Dalim’s statement, a search operation was carried out with the help of local Police and Ashok Kumbar got arrested. The Police recovered FICNs worth INR 82,000 from Ashok’s possession, said an unnamed NIA official. The recovered FICNs are of fine quality. It is suspected that the FICNs were printed and smuggled from across the border, said NIA’s Spokesperson Alok Mittal.
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March - 15 
A National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) was arrested by customs officials at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi on March 15 after he was found to be in possession of five pistol-conversion carbine units, reports Hindustan Times. The Pistol converters can convert
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A National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) was arrested by customs officials at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi on March 15 after he was found to be in possession of five pistol-conversion carbine units, reports Hindustan Times. The Pistol converters can convert pistol into assault rifles. The recovered items include four RONI G1 pistol-carbine conversion units, one RONI B (Beretta M9/92FS) pistol-carbine conversion unit, two L-3 EoTech holographic weapon sight along with some other equipments.The unidentified 45 year old militant was arrested after he landed in New Delhi from Bangkok. A customs official stated that ‘We had information that he might be carrying contraband. He was stopped and nothing suspicious was found in the hand baggage. His registered baggage was scanned and the converters along with several other accessories which help improve the accuracy of fire arms were recovered’. The customs official mentioned above added that the person had frequently travelled between Bangkok and India, but usually landed in Kolkata.
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March - 15 
The Kolkata Police’s Special Task Force (STF) on March 15, arrested two persons—Rinku Sheikh (23) and Rakimul Sheikh (24) from a unnamed market in Kolkata in West Bengal and recovered Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) in denomination of INR 500 and INR 2,000 of worth INR 10 lakhs, repor
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The Kolkata Police’s Special Task Force (STF) on March 15, arrested two persons—Rinku Sheikh (23) and Rakimul Sheikh (24) from a unnamed market in Kolkata in West Bengal and recovered Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) in denomination of INR 500 and INR 2,000 of worth INR 10 lakhs, reports Indian Express. Reportedly, both have come to the market to make purchases with the FICNs. Both were produced before the Court on next day of the arrest, and granted 12 days Police custody, said an unnamed senior STF officer. Rinku and Rakimul are resident of Kaliachak in Malda District of West Bengal.
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March - 16 
The Odisha Police on March 16 has arrested five persons—Bhabani Bag, Santosh Saraf, Arabinda Bag, Damodar Chalan, and Rameswar Bag, alleged for involvement in Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) production units at Chalanpada area and Chichia area in Nuapada District in Odisha, reports The Time
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The Odisha Police on March 16 has arrested five persons—Bhabani Bag, Santosh Saraf, Arabinda Bag, Damodar Chalan, and Rameswar Bag, alleged for involvement in Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) production units at Chalanpada area and Chichia area in Nuapada District in Odisha, reports The Times of India. Acting on specific inputs, the Police team arrested two persons from Chalanpada unit and the following probing led to the team to Chichia unit. In total, 112 FICNs of denomination INR 100 were recovered from two production units. Another accused is still on large in the same case, said an unnamed Police official from the case. Along with FICNs— a printer, a computer system, five cellphones, a USB drive and other electronic devices had been recovered from the locations.
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March - 17 
The Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) on March 17 has arrested three unidentified Bangladeshi nationals on suspicion of their alleged links with Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), reports The Hindu. All three were residing in Maharashtra using the forged documents and they were picked-up for the probin
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The Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) on March 17 has arrested three unidentified Bangladeshi nationals on suspicion of their alleged links with Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), reports The Hindu. All three were residing in Maharashtra using the forged documents and they were picked-up for the probing from Akurdi and Wanowrie in Pune District, Maharashtra. The probing is ongoing related to their association with ABT and their role in Maharashtra, said an unnamed ATS official.
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March - 22 
The Uttar Pradesh Police on March 22 arrested two persons—Mohammad Uzir and Mohammad Miraz—residents of Kariali village in Malda District (West Bengal), from Vijay Nagar area in Ghaziabad District of Uttar Pradesh, and recovered the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR two lakhs,
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The Uttar Pradesh Police on March 22 arrested two persons—Mohammad Uzir and Mohammad Miraz—residents of Kariali village in Malda District (West Bengal), from Vijay Nagar area in Ghaziabad District of Uttar Pradesh, and recovered the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR two lakhs, reports The Times of India. All recovered FICNs are in the denomination of INR 2,000. The preliminary interrogation has revealed that both of them procured the FICNs from Malda District and after delivering the FICNs to designated person, the duo would get 20 percent amount as a commission, said the Vijay Nagar Police Station’s Station Head Officer (SHO) Naresh Kumar Singh. Considering the sensitivity of the matter, the officials of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Noida Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) had also participated in the preliminary interrogation.
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March - 23 
The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on March 23 has arrested five persons—Mohammad Mantu, Shahnewaz Ansari, Aslam, Zahid, and Wasim, in Sadarpur village of Gautam Buddh Nagar District in Noida (Uttar Pradesh), and recovered the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR 13,000 with
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The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on March 23 has arrested five persons—Mohammad Mantu, Shahnewaz Ansari, Aslam, Zahid, and Wasim, in Sadarpur village of Gautam Buddh Nagar District in Noida (Uttar Pradesh), and recovered the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR 13,000 with original currency worth INR 30,000, reports The Times of India. Acting upon specific information, the Noida Police formed the ATS and arrested the FICNs gang members who tried to circulate FICNs in the local market. Preliminary interrogation has revealed that a person—Shahid who is a resident of West Bengal, gave INR one lakh in FICNs in exchange of original currency worth INR 40,000. Along with FICNs, the ATS team also seized a car, five cellular phones and some documents from the arrested persons.
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March - 23 
The West Bengal’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on March 23 recovered the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) in INR 2,000 denomination of worth INR 4 Lakhs, from Kaliachak area in Malda District of West Bengal, reports Business Standard. Acting upon specific inputs, the CID team raid
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The West Bengal’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on March 23 recovered the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) in INR 2,000 denomination of worth INR 4 Lakhs, from Kaliachak area in Malda District of West Bengal, reports Business Standard. Acting upon specific inputs, the CID team raided the Sujapur bus station in Kaliachak area and arrested two person—Mohibur Rahman (19) and Amir Hossain (20) with FICNs. Both persons are newly involved in the racket, hence further probe in on-going, said an unnamed senior official involved in the case.
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March - 24 
The Uttar Pradesh Police on March 24 has cracked down a Hawala (illegal money transfers) network in which 10 people from Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh respectively, were in contact with people in Pakistan and had opened bank accounts with forge identities following their instructions, reports Hin
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The Uttar Pradesh Police on March 24 has cracked down a Hawala (illegal money transfers) network in which 10 people from Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh respectively, were in contact with people in Pakistan and had opened bank accounts with forge identities following their instructions, reports Hindustan Times. Following the preliminary investigation, the Police has arrested 10 people for their involvement in terror-funding activities and recovered INR 52 lakhs from their various bank accounts. Money flowed in from Nepal, Pakistan and Qatar and that flow was controlled by persons in Pakistan, said an unnamed Police official. The arrested persons were involved in the task of supplying money to the sleeper modules and operatives of terror outfits across the country, said Inspector-General (IG) Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) Asim Arun. Two of the arrested persons are identified as Sanjay Saroj arrested from Pratapgarh District in Uttar Pradesh and Uma Shankar Singh—arrested from Rewa District in Madhya Pradesh, were in direct-connection with a Pakistan-based handler who reportedly had links with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Both—Uma Shankar and Sanjay used to earn 10 percent of the amount transferred as their commission, said IG Arun.
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March - 25 
The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on March 25 arrested eight unidentified Bangladeshi citizens from Kandivali area of Mumbai Suburban District, for staying in India without legal documents, reports The Tribune. Following the preliminary interrogation, the arrested persons confessed that the
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The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on March 25 arrested eight unidentified Bangladeshi citizens from Kandivali area of Mumbai Suburban District, for staying in India without legal documents, reports The Tribune. Following the preliminary interrogation, the arrested persons confessed that they are citizens of Bangladesh. Two managed to procure India’s Permanent Account Number (PAN) and Aadhaar Cards. All eight persons are charged under the various Sections of the Passport (Entry to India) Rules, the Foreigners’ Act and the Indian Penal Code (IPC), said an unnamed Police official.
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March - 29 
A joint operation—‘Kuber’, led by the Rajasthan Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and the Income Tax Department on March 29, 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
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A joint operation—‘Kuber’, led by the Rajasthan Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and the Income Tax Department on March 29, 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, reports Daily News and Analysis. 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 Deputy Inspector-General (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.
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March - 29 
The Delhi Police’s Special Cell on March 29 has busted an international syndicate of the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) and arrested two persons—Dilip Shah (32), a resident of Nepal and, Anand Dass/Das (48)—a resident of West Bengal and recovered FICNs worth INR 4.50 lakhs in t
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The Delhi Police’s Special Cell on March 29 has busted an international syndicate of the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) and arrested two persons—Dilip Shah (32), a resident of Nepal and, Anand Dass/Das (48)—a resident of West Bengal and recovered FICNs worth INR 4.50 lakhs in the denomination of INR 2,000, in Delhi, reports Daily News and Analysis. Acting upon specific information, Delhi Police’s special cell mounted the surveillance on the movements of the accused. During the interrogation, it was revealed that the FICNs were moved into India from Nepal and Bangladesh borders, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) of Special Cell P.S. Kushwah.
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March - 31 
Acting upon specific information, a team of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI)- Visakhapatnam unit on March 31 has intercepted two unidentified person travelling in East Coast Express bound to Hyderabad (Telangana) and recovered five packets of the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) in de
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Acting upon specific information, a team of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI)- Visakhapatnam unit on March 31 has intercepted two unidentified person travelling in East Coast Express bound to Hyderabad (Telangana) and recovered five packets of the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) in denomination of INR 2,000 worth of INR 10.20 Lakhs, reports The Times of India. In interrogation, the arrested persons claimed that the FICNs were handed over to them by an unidentified person who bought it from Bangladesh at ‘Farakka’—a location few kilometres away from Malda District, West Bengal. In preliminary investigation, it has been revealed that the duo belongs to Bengaluru (Karnataka) and had intentions to exchange FICNs during the forthcoming State elections in Karnataka. Both accused are charged with various sections of the Customs Act 1962.
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March - 31 
The Bihar Police on March 31 arrested an unidentified man in West Champaran District of Bihar and recovered the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) of worth INR 1.22 Lakhs, reports Business Standard. The man had obtained FICNs from Malda District in West Bengal. He was wanted in many FICN cases in Bi
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The Bihar Police on March 31 arrested an unidentified man in West Champaran District of Bihar and recovered the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) of worth INR 1.22 Lakhs, reports Business Standard. The man had obtained FICNs from Malda District in West Bengal. He was wanted in many FICN cases in Bihar, West Bengal, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. The FICNs were in denomination of INR 2,000 and INR 500, said the Superintendent of Police (SP) of West Champaran District Jayant Kant.
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April - 4 
A team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on April 4, raided Jamia Arabia Madrasa in Banda District in Uttar Pradesh and arrested seven unidentified students who are residents of Kashmir, reports The New Indian Express. Last month, the NIA team had visited the madrasa and probed the students
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A team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on April 4, raided Jamia Arabia Madrasa in Banda District in Uttar Pradesh and arrested seven unidentified students who are residents of Kashmir, reports The New Indian Express. Last month, the NIA team had visited the madrasa and probed the students on the suspicion of their connection with terrorist activities. After a thorough investigation, the NIA identified seven Kashmiri students and arrested them. The NIA team had arrived on April 4 and did ‘close-door’ interrogation of seven Kashmiri students who were studying Arabic in Madrasa and following the interrogation, all seven Kashmiri students were arrested, said Madrasa coordinator Habib Ahmad. All of the seven students were brilliant in studies who are completely focused on their syllabus, said a teacher at Madrasa—Mohammad Yunus.
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April - 5 
The Punjab Police arrested Inderjit Singh aka Rinku from Mohali in Chandigarh on April 5, and recovered explosive materials and related accessories from his Ford-make car registered in Haryana, reports Hindustan Times. Reportedly, two years back, Inderjit got in contact with Pakistan’s Inter-S
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The Punjab Police arrested Inderjit Singh aka Rinku from Mohali in Chandigarh on April 5, and recovered explosive materials and related accessories from his Ford-make car registered in Haryana, reports Hindustan Times. Reportedly, two years back, Inderjit got in contact with Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) over Facebook and confessed to learn to make Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) with ‘Do-It-Yourself’ (DIY) manuals. The Punjab Police has recovered two light remote controls, multifunctional digital remote control, and different types of chemicals. Inderjit was produced before the Court of law in Mohali and was sent to three-days of Police custody. During interrogation, Inderjit confessed that his ISI-handlers had assigned him to execute blasts in Punjab. Earlier this week, the Punjab Police’s Counterintelligence wing had arrested four youths charged with highlighting the Khalistan propaganda during the cricket matches of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in Mohali, Chandigarh. Inderjit Singh is an MBA graduate and worked with a private company in Faridabad, Haryana.
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April - 9 
The Mumbai crime branch officials on April 9 arrested Shafiqul aka Haq Luqmaan Shaikh (25) from Masjid Bunder area in South Mumbai of Mumbai City, Maharashtra and recovered the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR two lakhs in the denomination of INR 2,000, reports Daily News and Analysis. S
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The Mumbai crime branch officials on April 9 arrested Shafiqul aka Haq Luqmaan Shaikh (25) from Masjid Bunder area in South Mumbai of Mumbai City, Maharashtra and recovered the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR two lakhs in the denomination of INR 2,000, reports Daily News and Analysis. Shafiqul is a resident of Malda District in West Bengal. The Police are probing the origin and network of these FICNs. In preliminary interrogation, Shafiqul confessed that Kamaal Shaikh from Malda District had brought the FICNs package via train and handed-over to his kin Rintu Shaikh in Navi Mumbai area in Maharashtra. Further, Rintu handed-over the FICNs to Shafiqul to distribute them in the Mumbai city, said an unnamed crime branch official.
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April - 10 
A team of the National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) Hyderabad unit on April 10 arrested Roustam (35) in connection to the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) case in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, reports Telangana Today. Earlier [unspecific date], a total of INR 50 lakhs were recovered from an
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A team of the National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) Hyderabad unit on April 10 arrested Roustam (35) in connection to the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) case in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, reports Telangana Today. Earlier [unspecific date], a total of INR 50 lakhs were recovered from another man—Saddam Hossain. Preliminary interrogation has revealed that Hossain travelled to Malda District in West Bengal on the instructions of Amirul Hoque and collected FICNs from Roustam at four different occasions. Roustam was a part of FICN conspiracy as most of the suspects were based in Malda District and recruited people for trafficking and circulation of the FICNs, with an intention to harm the monetary stability in India, revealed the investigation.
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April - 15 
Acting upon a specific information, the Thane Crime Branch’s Kalyan unit on April 15 arrested two persons—Ashok Tamhane (28) and Samir Dhule (24) from Khoni area of Thane District in Maharashtra and recovered 199 gelatine sticks and 100 detonators, reports The Tribune. The recovered mate
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Acting upon a specific information, the Thane Crime Branch’s Kalyan unit on April 15 arrested two persons—Ashok Tamhane (28) and Samir Dhule (24) from Khoni area of Thane District in Maharashtra and recovered 199 gelatine sticks and 100 detonators, reports The Tribune. The recovered material had markings of a firm based in Shivajinagar in Pune District which manufactures emulsion explosives. Such explosives, generally, used in canal construction, land levelling, mine blasting process, said senior Inspector Sanju John. A case under Section 286 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and other relevant sections of the Indian Explosives Act (IEA) has been registered with Manpada Police Station, said an unnamed Police official.
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April - 15 
Five unidentified persons were arrested on April 15 with the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR 1.5 lakhs from Balasore or Baleshwar District in Odisha, reports The Indian Express. The Police arrested an unknown man—resident of Khirkona village of Balasore District, [on unspecific da
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Five unidentified persons were arrested on April 15 with the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR 1.5 lakhs from Balasore or Baleshwar District in Odisha, reports The Indian Express. The Police arrested an unknown man—resident of Khirkona village of Balasore District, [on unspecific date] after few FICNs in denomination of INR 2,000 were detected while he was depositing the same in Khirkona Seva Co-operative Samiti, said Sub-Divisional Police Officer of Balasore Sadar Parvesh Chandra Pal. Acting upon the information provided by the arrested man, the Police raided several places of the District and arrested five unidentified persons.
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April - 15 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on April 15, arrested Rahim SK who was an absconder in the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) case, from Daulatabad in Malda District of West Bengal, reports United News of India. Rahim was directly involved in the procurement and distribution of FIC
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on April 15, arrested Rahim SK who was an absconder in the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) case, from Daulatabad in Malda District of West Bengal, reports United News of India. Rahim was directly involved in the procurement and distribution of FICNs of worth INR 64.65 lakhs, along with his associates and were intercepted by a team of Border Security Force (BSF) in 2015 at the India-Bangladesh border. Rahim SK was chargesheeted by the NIA on May 5, 2017 and was an absconder since then, read a press release from the NIA.
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April - 16 
In a joined operation conducted by the Central and State Intelligence agencies, and the District Police on April 16, an alleged ‘informer’ of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)—Gaurav Kumar who is a resident of Gannaur town in Sonepat District of Haryana has been ar
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In a joined operation conducted by the Central and State Intelligence agencies, and the District Police on April 16, an alleged ‘informer’ of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)—Gaurav Kumar who is a resident of Gannaur town in Sonepat District of Haryana has been arrested from Model Town area in Sonepat District, reports The Tribune. The information was held with the agencies that Gaurav had share the information related to the Indian Army with ISI and was produced before a local court which granted him four-days Police custody, said Superintendent of Police (SP) Pankaj Nain. Around one-and-half-years ago, through Facebook, Gaurav made contact with two women—Amita aka Sonu Kaur, and Amita Ahluwalia. Both women were ISI agents and Gaurav told them that he worked for Indian Army, said SP Nain. Upon asking about the photographs of Army area to be shared, whenever Gaurav visited Army area regarding recruitment, he used to either click the photographs or share videos through video calls and social media. In preliminary interrogation, Gaurav confessed that the women asked him to work for ISI and he would receive ‘attractive’ amount for this work. Gaurav had shared his bank details with both women. Gaurav had been to 18 recruitment drives of the Indian Army, said SP Nain.
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April - 17 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on April 17, has arrested Ariz Khan aka Junaid (32)—an operative of Indian Mujahideen (IM) from Delhi, for his alleged involvement in the cases related to serial blasts in different part of India, reports The Times of India. Ariz Khan
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on April 17, has arrested Ariz Khan aka Junaid (32)—an operative of Indian Mujahideen (IM) from Delhi, for his alleged involvement in the cases related to serial blasts in different part of India, reports The Times of India. Ariz Khan was involved in serial blasts in Delhi (2005), Varanasi (2006), and in Jaipur, Ahmedabad and Delhi in 2008, along with a blast in the court in Uttar Pradesh in 2007, read a statement released by the NIA. Ariz Khan was produced before the NIA’s special judge in Patiala House Court and sent for NIA custody till April 24.
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April - 23 
A convict of 1998 Coimbatore serial blasts—Mohamed Rafiq (53) who served imprisonment and released, was arrested on April 23 after an audio clip of his eight-minutes conversation with a truck contractor—Prakash, surfaced in which Rafiq boasted about his plan to kill Indian Prime Minister
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A convict of 1998 Coimbatore serial blasts—Mohamed Rafiq (53) who served imprisonment and released, was arrested on April 23 after an audio clip of his eight-minutes conversation with a truck contractor—Prakash, surfaced in which Rafiq boasted about his plan to kill Indian Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi and claimed to be the one who planted bombs during the visit of Lal Krishan Advani—a Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) member to Coimbatore in 1998, reports The Times of India. Mohamed Rafiq has been charged with two counts of Sections 153-A and 506 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and was produced before the Judicial Magistrate VI R. Rajavelu and send to judicial custody. The preliminary investigation revealed that it was the case of ‘showing-off’ to intimidate Prakash and no murder conspiracy. However, the investigation is on-going, said an unnamed Police officer from the Special Intelligence Unit.
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April - 23 
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on April 23 arrested Mohammad Farooq (39) from the Chhatrapati Shivaji International (CSI) Airport in Mumbai, Maharashtra, for his alleged involvement in Hawala (illegal money transfer) operation of foreign remittance of worth INR 2,253 crores in which 13 companies (
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on April 23 arrested Mohammad Farooq (39) from the Chhatrapati Shivaji International (CSI) Airport in Mumbai, Maharashtra, for his alleged involvement in Hawala (illegal money transfer) operation of foreign remittance of worth INR 2,253 crores in which 13 companies (non-disclosed) were also involved, reports Hindustan Times. During 2015-2016, 13 companies (non-disclosed) remitted around INR 2,253 crores to overseas destinations by submitting non-existing and forged import documents to banks. The actual bills of entry amount to INR 24 crores while the remitted amount was INR 2,253 crores, said the unnamed ED official. Farooq is known to confidential information that would assist in unravelling the truth behind the said scam. However, Farooq has not cooperated with the ED officials so far and has denied any links with the 13 companies that are being investigated. Farooq has been sent to custody till April 26, said ED prosecutor Hiten Venegaonkar.
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April - 27 
Thane Police on April 27 arrested Tariq Parveen—an accused of 1998 murder case and close aid of Dawood Ibrahim, from Mumbai, reports The Indian Express. Acting upon the information, the Police team raided the Ashoka Shopping Centre in Mumbai and arrested Praveen. The accused has been handed-ov
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Thane Police on April 27 arrested Tariq Parveen—an accused of 1998 murder case and close aid of Dawood Ibrahim, from Mumbai, reports The Indian Express. Acting upon the information, the Police team raided the Ashoka Shopping Centre in Mumbai and arrested Praveen. The accused has been handed-over to the Mumbra Police for further investigation, said Anti-Extortion Cell Chief Inspector Pradeep Sharma.
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April - 28 
The State Police has arrested Arghya and Krishna on April 28 and recovered 34 counts of the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR 6,800 in denominations of INR 200, from North Kolkata’s Baranagar, reports Business Standard. Arghya was arrested in Baranagar of Kolkata District while he t
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The State Police has arrested Arghya and Krishna on April 28 and recovered 34 counts of the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR 6,800 in denominations of INR 200, from North Kolkata’s Baranagar, reports Business Standard. Arghya was arrested in Baranagar of Kolkata District while he tried to give FICNs at a shop. Acting upon the information provided by Arghya, the State Police raided the house of Krishna and found that he was printing FICNs, he was arrested then and there, said an unnamed officer at the Baranagar Police Station. Apart from FICNs, the Police also recovered a printer, scanner and paper used for printing the FICNs.
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May - 12 
The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on May 12 arrested an alleged terror suspect—Faisal Hasan Mirza (32) who is trained in Pakistan to carry-out terror attacks in India, reports The Indian Express. Hasan Mirza is an associate of a wanted terrorist—Amir Reza Khan, co-foun
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The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on May 12 arrested an alleged terror suspect—Faisal Hasan Mirza (32) who is trained in Pakistan to carry-out terror attacks in India, reports The Indian Express. Hasan Mirza is an associate of a wanted terrorist—Amir Reza Khan, co-founder of Indian Mujahideen (IM) and was ordered to plan an attack in Mumbai, said an unnamed senior officer. Mirza was arrested in a joint operation conducted by the Maharashtra ATS and Kolkata Special Task Force (STF), which has been tracking Reza and his associates, said an unnamed official. The preliminary interrogation has revealed that Mirza had stayed in Sharjah, UAE and moved to Karachi, Pakistan via Dubai. In Karachi, he was trained in a terror camp at unspecified location, said an unnamed officer.
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May - 14 
The arrested terrorist—Faisal Hasan Mirza (32) - highlighted a connection between Dawood Ibrahim’s D-Company and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)—a terror outfit headed by Hafiz Saeed, reports Hindustan Times on May 14. The preliminary interrogation revealed that Faisal was pr
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The arrested terrorist—Faisal Hasan Mirza (32) - highlighted a connection between Dawood Ibrahim’s D-Company and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)—a terror outfit headed by Hafiz Saeed, reports Hindustan Times on May 14. The preliminary interrogation revealed that Faisal was provided logistics and airline tickets to travel between India, UAE and Pakistan, by Farooque Devadiwala—a distant relative of Faisal and close associate of Dawood Ibrahim. Devadiwala booked Faisal’s airline ticket to Nairobi via Pakistan from Dubai and was instructed to travel to Karachi from where an agent of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) would contact him [Faisal]. After his arrival in Pakistan, Faisal was reportedly contacted by an unnamed ISI agent who escorted Faisal to LeT training camp at unspecified location in Pakistan, says an unnamed official of Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS).
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May - 15 
Dubai Police on May 15 arrested India’s ‘most wanted’ terrorist Chhota Shakeel’s aide and close associate, Farooque Devadiwala aka Farooque Ahmed Gani aka Hazrat, reports India Today. Farooque was an absconder from last two decades and allegedly worke
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Dubai Police on May 15 arrested India’s ‘most wanted’ terrorist Chhota Shakeel’s aide and close associate, Farooque Devadiwala aka Farooque Ahmed Gani aka Hazrat, reports India Today. Farooque was an absconder from last two decades and allegedly worked for Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Farooque was wanted for his involvement in many terror activities in Gujarat and Maharashtra. Devadiwala was based in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE) from where he was running operations against India. His activities were supported by the ISI. His job was to get in contact with Indian Muslim youth, radicalise them and then sent them to Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (POK) for terror training. The recent arrest of Faisal Mirza revealed Farooque’s active involvement in militancy against India. Chhota Shakeel helped Farooque to flee India and reach Pakistan, said unnamed source. The process of extradition of Farooque to India has been initiated and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) with the assistance from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) would speed-up the process.
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May - 21 
Kolkata Police’s Special Task Force (STF) on May 21 arrested two persons—Mohammad Abdus Sattar and Azad and recovered the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR 10 Lakhs from their possession, reports India Today. Both—Sattar and Azad were trying to buy material from a s
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Kolkata Police’s Special Task Force (STF) on May 21 arrested two persons—Mohammad Abdus Sattar and Azad and recovered the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR 10 Lakhs from their possession, reports India Today. 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.
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May - 23 
The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on May 23 arrested a man—Ramesh Singh Kanyal (43) from Didihat in Pithoragarh District of Uttarakhand for allegedly sharing sensitive information with Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), reports Hindustan Times. Ramesh was
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The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on May 23 arrested a man—Ramesh Singh Kanyal (43) from Didihat in Pithoragarh District of Uttarakhand for allegedly sharing sensitive information with Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), reports Hindustan Times. Ramesh was produced in the Court and was sent to ATS custody. Kanyal was serving as a cook to an unnamed Indian Diplomat in Pakistan during 2015 to 2017 and was approached by the ISI operatives who promised him to pay for sharing information related to the National Security. Kanyal bugged the house of the Diplomat to get the information that ISI needed. Acting upon the Intelligence inputs shared by the Indian Army, the ATS team arrested Kanyal and recovered a cellular SIM card and a Pakistan-made cellular phone from his possession. The case has been registered in Uttar Pradesh.
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May - 24 
Murshidabad Police arrested two persons—Manglu Khan (30) and Sadekul Khan (30) and recovered bomb-making chemicals/explosives weighing 98 kgs, from Nimtita in Murshidabad District in West Bengal on May 24, reports Hindustan Times. The border between India and Bangladesh is not very f
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Murshidabad Police arrested two persons—Manglu Khan (30) and Sadekul Khan (30) and recovered bomb-making chemicals/explosives weighing 98 kgs, from Nimtita in Murshidabad District in West Bengal on May 24, reports Hindustan Times. The border between India and Bangladesh is not very far from where Manglu and Sadekul were arrested. Preliminary investigation has revealed that duo were engaged in bomb making and selling it to either Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen (JMB) or Ansarullah Bangal Team (ABT)—banned terror outfits in Bangladesh, said an unnamed District Intelligence officer. Manglu Khan and Sadekul Khan bought the explosives material from an arms dealer based in Jharkhand. Allegedly, the duo has sold more than a tonne explosive to local criminal gangs in Malda and Murshidabad Districts.
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May - 24 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on May 22 arrested Saddam Hussain (23) and recovered the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR 26,000 from Hyderabad, Telangana, reports Times of India. The arrest was in connection to a case of FICN worth INR 5,01,500 that was recovered from
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on May 22 arrested Saddam Hussain (23) and recovered the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR 26,000 from Hyderabad, Telangana, reports Times of India. The arrest was in connection to a case of FICN worth INR 5,01,500 that was recovered from the possession of Saddam Hossain at Visakhapatnam in 2015 Saddam Hussain was a part of larger syndicate of FICN smuggled from across the border and circulation of the same in various parts of the country. Saddam Hussain is a close associate of other accused persons and had obtained FICNs from them for circulation in Bengaluru (Karnataka), read the statement released by the NIA.
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May - 28 
The joint team of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Delhi Police probed Mohammad Rasheed (40)—a native of Tamil Nadu at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport for his alleged links with terrorist organisations and recruiting two French citizens for training in Pakistan, reports
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The joint team of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Delhi Police probed Mohammad Rasheed (40)—a native of Tamil Nadu at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport for his alleged links with terrorist organisations and recruiting two French citizens for training in Pakistan, reports Hindustan Times on May 29. Rasheed was handed-over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and later to Tamil Nadu Police for further investigation. Rasheed believed to be self-radicalised and was allegedly in contact with terrorists involved in 2002 Bali bombings in Indonesia which claimed 202 lives. In 2013, for his alleged links with terrorist organisations—Rasheed was sentenced to eight years imprisonment in France. Rasheed was deported to India in third week of May 2018 [date unspecified].
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May - 29 
The Kolkata Special Task Force (STF) on May 29 has arrested a man—Anarul Sheikh and recovered 11,000 Gelatin Sticks, over 50,000 detonators and sacks of Ammonium Nitrate from Bahadurpur village in Birbhum District of West Bengal, reportsThe New Indian Express. The explosives were smuggled from
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The Kolkata Special Task Force (STF) on May 29 has arrested a man—Anarul Sheikh and recovered 11,000 Gelatin Sticks, over 50,000 detonators and sacks of Ammonium Nitrate from Bahadurpur village in Birbhum District of West Bengal, reportsThe New Indian Express. The explosives were smuggled from neighbouring State—Jharkhand in two vehicles but the drivers are absconding, revealed the preliminary investigation. It is believed that the explosives shall be used for illegal stone quarries but the terror angle is also not ruled-out in the case, said an unnamed investigator. “Investigation during the Burdwan blast case revealed that Birbhum District has a good presence of Jihadi terrorists and several Islamic terrorists were nabbed from the district in subsequent operations. It is also possible that any terror module might have collected the raw materials for a massive terror plot in West Bengal or any other State. We are trying to locate the drivers of the vehicles”, said an unnamed top Police official.
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May - 31 
In connection of supply of the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs), Delhi Police’s Special Cell on May 31 arrested Narendra (41) aka Secretary from his resident in Rohtak of Haryana and recovered FICNs in denomination of INR 2,000 of worth INR 30,000 from his possession, reports Daily Pioneer.
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In connection of supply of the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs), Delhi Police’s Special Cell on May 31 arrested Narendra (41) aka Secretary from his resident in Rohtak of Haryana and recovered FICNs in denomination of INR 2,000 of worth INR 30,000 from his possession, reports Daily Pioneer. During the interrogation, Narendra confessed that he used to obtain FICNs as well as Narcotics from different sources in Kaliachak, Malda District, West Bengal. These FICNs were smuggled from Pakistan via Bangladesh border, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) of Special Cell—Pramod Singh Kushwah. Reportedly, Narendra is a ‘hardcore’ criminal and was arrested earlier by the Haryana Police in 2013-2014. In 2016, Delhi Police had arrested him with FICNs worth INR three lakh, and after his release from jail, the Special Cell monitored his movement. Reportedly, he was involved in more than 30 cases of Robbery, Dacoity, Arms Act and FICNs incidents and the cases were registered against him in Delhi, Rajasthan and Haryana. In two cases [unspecified], he has been convicted. Delhi Police had kept a reward of INR one lakh on Narendra’s arrest.
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June - 2 
The Tamil Nadu Police on June 2 unrevealed a printing unit of the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu and arrested an unidentified man with 6,000 FICNs worth INR one crore, reports The Indian Express. During a routine vehicle check, a man was found carrying FICNs worth INR 8
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The Tamil Nadu Police on June 2 unrevealed a printing unit of the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu and arrested an unidentified man with 6,000 FICNs worth INR one crore, reports The Indian Express. During a routine vehicle check, a man was found carrying FICNs worth INR 83 lakh on his two-wheeler vehicle. Acting on the confession made by the arrested man, Police searched his house in Velandipalayam in Coimbatore city and recovered another slot of FICNs worth INR 20 lakh. Along with FICNs—a computer, printer, and note cutting machine was also recovered from the house. Further investigation is ongoing, said an unnamed Police officer.
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June - 5 
The Hyderabad Police arrested a Pakistani national—Mohammad Usman Ikram aka Abbas Ikram from Hyderabad for overstaying in India with forged documents, reports India Today on June 5. The arrest of Usman raised a security alarm in the city of Hyderabad. Reportedly, Usman has been staying in Indi
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The Hyderabad Police arrested a Pakistani national—Mohammad Usman Ikram aka Abbas Ikram from Hyderabad for overstaying in India with forged documents, reports India Today on June 5. The arrest of Usman raised a security alarm in the city of Hyderabad. Reportedly, Usman has been staying in India from last seven years after he entered via Nepal and reached Hyderabad city in 2011. Usman’s wife [an Indian citizen] approached the Cybercrime Police to complaint about harassment and threat from Usman. Usman threatened his wife to upload nude videos of her and daughter. Usman held Indian Passport and several other documents to stay undetected in the city. During the investigation, the Cybercrime department arrested Maqsood Ahmed—a lecturer from Karimnagar District in Telangana and two of his associates—Syed Badaruzzama Kirmani and Mohammad Khaja Nizam for providing forged documents to Usman. The Police is investigating Usman’s connection with Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and terrorist organisations, if any. Usman is a resident of Piplan of Punjab’s Province in Pakistan.
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June - 10 
A team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on June 10 has arrested Biswanath Mandal aka Debu (25) at Chor Sujapur Village in Malda District in West Bengal, and recovered the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR 4.91 lakh from his possession, reports The Echo of India.
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A team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on June 10 has arrested Biswanath Mandal aka Debu (25) at Chor Sujapur Village in Malda District in West Bengal, and recovered the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR 4.91 lakh from his possession, reports The Echo of India. It is believed that Biswanath Mandal is a kingpin of FICN network. Mandal was absconding from three years with a monetary reward of INR 50,000 upon his arrest, said an unnamed CBI official. The CBI officials would take Mandal to Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) for further interrogation. The CBI is also in search for few other persons involved in FICN peddling in other cases.
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June - 11 
The Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police on June 11 arrested Hajibullah (57)—a suspected terrorist of sleeper cell involved in 2013 Bodh Gaya Blasts, from Bandel Railway Station in Hoogly District of West Bengal, reports Hindustan Times. Besides being a sleeper cell member, Haj
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The Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police on June 11 arrested Hajibullah (57)—a suspected terrorist of sleeper cell involved in 2013 Bodh Gaya Blasts, from Bandel Railway Station in Hoogly District of West Bengal, reports Hindustan Times. Besides being a sleeper cell member, Hajibullah was involved in supplying explosives to the ‘masterminds’ of the Bodh Gaya blast, said an unnamed STF officer. The STF officers are also probing Hajibullah for his links to different terror groups, if any. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) — which took up the investigation into the blasts has said in November 2013 that the terror group—Indian Mujahideen (IM) was responsible for the explosions.
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June - 13 
Six unidentified persons were arrested on June 13 for allegedly printing the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) in the denominations of INR 2,000 and INR 500 in Satara District in Maharashtra, reports The Times of India. The Police team spotted two persons trying to exchange the FICNs outside K
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Six unidentified persons were arrested on June 13 for allegedly printing the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) in the denominations of INR 2,000 and INR 500 in Satara District in Maharashtra, reports The Times of India. The Police team spotted two persons trying to exchange the FICNs outside Kateshwar Temple in Satara. Both were arrested by the local Police team, said an unnamed Police official. During interrogation, they revealed that other members of the FICN gang were printing FICNs through colour photocopiers. The Crime Branch raided some places in Satara District and recovered FICNs worth INR 26.54 lakh. Whereas local Police also recovered FICNs worth INR 29.88 lakh, that had been printed only one side, said Superintendent of Police (SP) Sandeep Patil.
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June - 21 
Madhepura Police arrested four youths along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) from near Belo-Chamgadh village under Murliganj Police Station in the Madhepura District on June 21, reports The Times of India. The arrested youths were identified as Awadhesh Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar, Sanjay Singh
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Madhepura Police arrested four youths along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) from near Belo-Chamgadh village under Murliganj Police Station in the Madhepura District on June 21, reports The Times of India. The arrested youths were identified as Awadhesh Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar, Sanjay Singh and Raushan Singh. Altogether, 18 new notes of INR 500 denomination, three of INR 100 and 887 of INR 50 denomination were recovered from them.
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June - 26 
Kolkata Police’s Special Task Force (STF) on June 26 has arrested an unidentified person with the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR five lakh, from Chandni Chowk area of Kolkata District in West Bengal, reports Business-Standard. The STF team recovered 200 FICNs in the den
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Kolkata Police’s Special Task Force (STF) on June 26 has arrested an unidentified person with the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR five lakh, from Chandni Chowk area of Kolkata District in West Bengal, reports Business-Standard. The STF team recovered 200 FICNs in the denomination of INR 2,000 and INR 500 from person’s possession, said an unnamed Police official.
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June - 27 
Tamil Nadu Police have arrested a Sri Lankan man on June 27 at Uchipuli Valangapuri coast near Rameswaram with a cache of ammunition while two others have escaped into a nearby forest, reports Colombo Page. The Sri Lankan, identified as Sagaya Stephen from Thalaimannar was seen moving around in
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Tamil Nadu Police have arrested a Sri Lankan man on June 27 at Uchipuli Valangapuri coast near Rameswaram with a cache of ammunition while two others have escaped into a nearby forest, reports Colombo Page. The Sri Lankan, identified as Sagaya Stephen from Thalaimannar was seen moving around in suspicious circumstances near the coast last night along with two others when he was arrested. The two others managed to escape into a nearby forest. According to the Police, the trio had come from Thalaimannar by a fiberglass boat, and the Police also seized the boat which was fitted with a Suzuki engine. Investigations are continuing to find out why the trio had come to the coastal town.
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June - 28 
Last week [date unspecified], the Mumbai Police arrested Harish Gyanchandani—an angadia, through whom Anees Ibrahim (Dawood’s brother) passed on the Hawala (illegal money transfer) money to Ramdas Rahane—an alleged shooter of Dawood Ibrahim gang, based in Mumbai (Mah
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Last week [date unspecified], the Mumbai Police arrested Harish Gyanchandani—an angadia, through whom Anees Ibrahim (Dawood’s brother) passed on the Hawala (illegal money transfer) money to Ramdas Rahane—an alleged shooter of Dawood Ibrahim gang, based in Mumbai (Maharashtra), reports The Indian Express on June 29. The Police have recovered INR 93 lakh from the residence of Gyanchandani who had paid INR 3.55 lakh to Ramdas. Gyanchandani was produced before the Court and remanded in Police custody till July 2, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch) Dilip Sawant.
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June - 28 
The Special Cell of Delhi Police (North) has arrested two people—Parveen (26) and Sonu Chaudhary (25), key members of an international racket of the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs), from Delhi, reports The Tribune on June 29. Both—Parveen and Sonu are resident of Champaran (
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The Special Cell of Delhi Police (North) has arrested two people—Parveen (26) and Sonu Chaudhary (25), key members of an international racket of the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs), from Delhi, reports The Tribune on June 29. Both—Parveen and Sonu are resident of Champaran (Bihar). The FICN worth INR 500,000 in the denomination of INR 2,000 has also been recovered from their possession. The recovered FICNs were of sophisticated printing quality, said an unnamed Police official. The probe in this case has revealed that the circulation of FICNs initiated with the smuggling of FICNs in Malda (West Bengal) via India-Bangladesh border and also in bordering districts of Bihar via India-Nepal border by anti-India elements, said an unnamed Police official. Sonu disclosed that he procured the supply of FICNs from Ashraf—resident of Malda (West Bengal) and that Ashraf used to receive supply of FICN from Bangladesh via Nepal where it is smuggled from Pakistan, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Sanjeev Kumar Yadav of Special Cell.
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June - 30 
In a campaign against the counterfeit Indian currency, the State Police had arrested five people—Dinesh Kumar Meghwal (26), Lateef Shah (20), Ravishankar Balmiki (34), Dinesh Rao (33), and Jaipal Singh (30), from Pali District, Rajasthan in the last six days of June 2018 [date unspecifie
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In a campaign against the counterfeit Indian currency, the State Police had arrested five people—Dinesh Kumar Meghwal (26), Lateef Shah (20), Ravishankar Balmiki (34), Dinesh Rao (33), and Jaipal Singh (30), from Pali District, Rajasthan in the last six days of June 2018 [date unspecified], reports Business Standard on July 1. The Police had recovered the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) of worth INR 34.37 lakh in the denomination of INR 2,000 and INR 100; along with a printing machine, lamination machine, and miscellaneous items, said Superintendent of Police (SP) of Pali District Deepak Bhargava.
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July - 2 
The Police on June 30 arrested three unidentified persons and recovered demonetised Indian currency notes worth INR 1.68 crore in Kalwa town of Thane District in Maharashtra, reports The Tribune. Reportedly, the Police kept watch at a garden area near Parsik Reti Bunder where three persons
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The Police on June 30 arrested three unidentified persons and recovered demonetised Indian currency notes worth INR 1.68 crore in Kalwa town of Thane District in Maharashtra, reports The Tribune. Reportedly, the Police kept watch at a garden area near Parsik Reti Bunder where three persons came to dispose-off the demonetised currency, read the statement released by Thane Police on July 3.
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July - 3 
A Malayalam TV celebrity—Surya Sasikumar (36), her mother Ramadevi (56) and sister—Sruthy (29) were arrested from their residence at Manayilkulangara in Kollam (city and District) of Kerala, for allegedly printing and circulating the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs), reports The N
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A Malayalam TV celebrity—Surya Sasikumar (36), her mother Ramadevi (56) and sister—Sruthy (29) were arrested from their residence at Manayilkulangara in Kollam (city and District) of Kerala, for allegedly printing and circulating the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs), reports The New Indian Express on July 4. The Police team has also recovered FICNs worth INR 57 lakh in denomination of INR 500 and INR 200; along with a printer, paper and other material used for printing FICNs.
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July - 7 
A former cook—Shashikant Jha at the Indian Air Force (IAF) Officer’s mess based in Gorakhpur has been arrested on July 7, with the possession of confidential information related to the ‘take-off’ schedule of the IAF’s fighter planes based in Air Force Station—Gora
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A former cook—Shashikant Jha at the Indian Air Force (IAF) Officer’s mess based in Gorakhpur has been arrested on July 7, with the possession of confidential information related to the ‘take-off’ schedule of the IAF’s fighter planes based in Air Force Station—Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, reports NDTV. Shashikant who is a native of Banka District in Bihar was caught by the IAF officials and was later handed-over to the Police for the investigation, said Inspector Pradeep Shukla of Shahpur Police Station in Gorakhpur. The interrogation revealed that Shashikant worked at Officer’s mess as cook till September 2017 and used to note down the secret information while over-hearing the Officer’s conversation. He [Shashikant] had not ‘entry pass’ to enter the Air Force colony from where he was caught by the Air Force security personnel, said unnamed Police official.
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July - 8 
The Police Commissionerate of Bhubaneswar-Cuttack on July 8 arrested five persons—Rameswar Moharana (43) aka Ramesh, K. Ramesh (56), Pranam Bhoi (22), Dillip Bhoi (19), and Sarat Kumar Sahoo (32) aka Bapi, and recovered FICNs worth INR 4.5 lakh along with a printing unit op
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The Police Commissionerate of Bhubaneswar-Cuttack on July 8 arrested five persons—Rameswar Moharana (43) aka Ramesh, K. Ramesh (56), Pranam Bhoi (22), Dillip Bhoi (19), and Sarat Kumar Sahoo (32) aka Bapi, and recovered FICNs worth INR 4.5 lakh along with a printing unit operating at Paluru Bangla street in Behrampur in Ganjam District of Odisha, reports Kalinga TV. The accused Rameswar Moharana and K. Ramesh belongs to Ganjam district, whereas other three accused are from Khordha District. The Tamando Police received the information about the FICN racket and raided in Mahura Bazaar area and arrested Pranam, Dillip and Sarat Kumar with FICNs in the denomination of INR 100, INR 500, and INR 2,000 worth INR 15,000. Based on the preliminary interrogation, Police arrested Rameswar and K. Ramesh and recovered FICNs worth INR 4,49,550 in denominations of INR 50, INR 100, INR 200, INR 500, and INR 2,000 from their possession. Along with the FICNs, the Police seized a colour printer, 22 Xerox cartridges, nine rubber stamps, 32 nail polish, 22 paper cutters, five cellular phones, and a steel scale from the FICN printing unit.
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July - 14 
Uttarakhand Police on July 14 has arrested two men—Arun Kaushal (32) and Pankaj Rawat (30), from Gauchar town of Chamoli District and recovered the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) of worth INR 6.04 lakh from their possession, reports Hindustan Times. The duo used to do labour jobs and
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Uttarakhand Police on July 14 has arrested two men—Arun Kaushal (32) and Pankaj Rawat (30), from Gauchar town of Chamoli District and recovered the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) of worth INR 6.04 lakh from their possession, reports Hindustan Times. The duo used to do labour jobs and printed FICNs at home using a colour printer with motive to repay their debt of amount INR five lakh. For this activity, they took help from YouTube videos for printing methods. They had plans to circulate the FICNs in villages, assuming that villagers could not differentiate between the real and fake currency notes, said the Station House Officer (SHO) of KarnprayagKotwali Chitragupta. “The police are taking necessary steps to curb circulation of FICNs in the State, but the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) should do more about making the masses aware about fake and real currency notes,” said Additional Director-General (Addl DG) of Police Ashok Kumar.
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July - 21 
In a joint operation, the teams of the Crime Investigation Department (CID) and the Border Security Force (BSF) on July 21, has arrested two unidentified persons and recovered the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR 11 lakh from two separate locations—Baishnabnagar Township and 18th&n
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In a joint operation, the teams of the Crime Investigation Department (CID) and the Border Security Force (BSF) on July 21, has arrested two unidentified persons and recovered the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR 11 lakh from two separate locations—Baishnabnagar Township and 18th Mile, in Malda District of West Bengal, reports Business Standard. The BSF personnel handed-over the FICNs and arrested persons to Kaliachak Police Station for further investigation.
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July - 24 
In a joint operation by the Uttar Pradesh’s Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), Noida Police, and the West Bengal Police on July 24, two Bangladesh nationals—Rubel Ahmed aka Munir ul-Islam and Musharraf Hussain aka Musa, suspected members of Jammat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (J
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In a joint operation by the Uttar Pradesh’s Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), Noida Police, and the West Bengal Police on July 24, two Bangladesh nationals—Rubel Ahmed aka Munir ul-Islam and Musharraf Hussain aka Musa, suspected members of Jammat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), were arrested from Gautam Buddh Nagar District of Uttar Pradesh, reports The Hindu. They managed to escape from Bangladesh in March 2018 and started operating in Noida and Ghaziabad Districts, read a statement issued by the ATS. However, no recoveries of any arms, cash or narcotics were made from them upon their arrest. A joint investigation will be carried out, said Uttar Pradesh’s Director-General of Police (DGP) O.P. Singh.
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July - 31 
The Kolkata Police’s Special Task Force (STF) on July 31, raided an illegal Arms manufacturing factory in Jagatdal in North 24 Parganas District of West Bengal and arrested nine people along with the recovery of 60 semi-finished improvised weapons mainly pistols, a firearm making machine, and
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The Kolkata Police’s Special Task Force (STF) on July 31, raided an illegal Arms manufacturing factory in Jagatdal in North 24 Parganas District of West Bengal and arrested nine people along with the recovery of 60 semi-finished improvised weapons mainly pistols, a firearm making machine, and INR one lakh of the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) in the denomination of INR 500, reports The New Indian Express. The nine accused were charged with Sections 120-B, 489-B, and 489-C of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Sections 25 (1a) and 25 (1B-a) of the Arms Act.
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July - 31 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials on July 31, arrested Abdul Rahim from Hotel Pabitra in Farakka in Murshidabad District of West Bengal and recovered the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth 1.92 lakh from his possession, reports United News of India.
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials on July 31, arrested Abdul Rahim from Hotel Pabitra in Farakka in Murshidabad District of West Bengal and recovered the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth 1.92 lakh from his possession, reports United News of India.
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August - 4 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested Abdul Karim and Mustafizur Rehman— the operatives of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and West Bengal residents, for their alleged involvement in planting three Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) at the Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya, B
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested Abdul Karim and Mustafizur Rehman— the operatives of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and West Bengal residents, for their alleged involvement in planting three Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) at the Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, on January 19, 2018, reports Hindustan Times on August 5. Abdul Karim and Mustafizur Rehman were arrested from Bengali colonies in Malappuram District in Kerala. Both accused were being brought to Patna Court and the NIA would seek their remand for further investigation, said an unnamed NIA official.
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August - 6 
In a joint operation conducted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) with the Central agencies on August 6, Mohammed Jahidul Islam (38) aka Munna aka Mizan aka Boma Miyan—an operative of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), was arrested from Ramanagara, same District in Karnataka, repor
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In a joint operation conducted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) with the Central agencies on August 6, Mohammed Jahidul Islam (38) aka Munna aka Mizan aka Boma Miyan—an operative of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), was arrested from Ramanagara, same District in Karnataka, reports The Hindu. Reportedly, Mohammed Jahidul Islam is wanted in Burdwan blast case, and masterminded Bodh Gaya blast case, and several terrorist attacks in Bangladesh. In a search of Jahidul’s house, the team recovered a laptop having images of tourist spots, Mosques, temples and other establishments in and around Bengaluru, Karnataka, said an unnamed NIA official. For his rent agreement, Jahidul produced a copy of Aadhaar Card—a biometric ID proof, for verification, claimed Jahidul’s landlord Rafiqh Khan. Mohammed Jahidul has been sent in ‘transit remand’ for five days by the Special NIA court in Bengaluru, and will be produced before the Special NIA Court, Patna.
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August - 6 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials has arrested Habibur Rahman—an alleged operative of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), and handler of LeT terrorist Shaikh Abdul Naeem aka Nomi, at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in Delhi, after being deported from Saudi Arabia, reports The Time
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials has arrested Habibur Rahman—an alleged operative of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), and handler of LeT terrorist Shaikh Abdul Naeem aka Nomi, at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in Delhi, after being deported from Saudi Arabia, reports The Times of India on August 6. Habibur Rehman will be produced in Patiala House Courts in New Delhi where NIA would seek his custody for further interrogation, said NIA Spokesperson.
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August - 7 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on August 7, conducted raids at two different location—Alur in Bangalore District and Srirampura in Mysuru District of Karnataka and arrested four people including an unidentified woman, with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR 4.34 lakh, report
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on August 7, conducted raids at two different location—Alur in Bangalore District and Srirampura in Mysuru District of Karnataka and arrested four people including an unidentified woman, with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR 4.34 lakh, reports The Hindu. Acting upon the specific information, the NIA team led by Inspector Vinod B. Kadam raided the house in Alur and arrested three men—M.G. Raju, Gangadhar Kolkar, and Sajjad Ali. The preliminary interrogation revealed that Sajjad Ali, was procuring FICNs across the border and smuggled into the Bengaluru city to distribute the FICNs in the market. On August 8, the team raided a house in Srirampura and arrested a woman and recovered INR 2.5 lakh from her possession. The total FICNs recovered amount to INR 6.84 lakh.
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August - 8 
Soyyam was arrested along with 12 pistols and 19 magazines from GT Karnal Road of North West Delhi District on August 8. Police said Soyyam was a carrier for a gang in Uttar Pradesh’s Kairana which smuggled guns into the National Capital. Police said the receiver in the first case and the supp
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Soyyam was arrested along with 12 pistols and 19 magazines from GT Karnal Road of North West Delhi District on August 8. Police said Soyyam was a carrier for a gang in Uttar Pradesh’s Kairana which smuggled guns into the National Capital. Police said the receiver in the first case and the supplier in the second have been identified and efforts are on to nab them.
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August - 9 
A member of Jamat-e-Islami of Bangladesh was arrested by Border Security Force (BSF) at Baghmara in South Garo Hills along the Indo-Bangla border on August 9, reports Assam Tribune. The arrestee has been identified as Mohammed Jahrul Islam.
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A member of Jamat-e-Islami of Bangladesh was arrested by Border Security Force (BSF) at Baghmara in South Garo Hills along the Indo-Bangla border on August 9, reports Assam Tribune. The arrestee has been identified as Mohammed Jahrul Islam.
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August - 9 
Delhi Police arrested a man from West Bengal, identified as Deepak Mandal (32) along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth of INR 7.5 lakh from near Khanpur Bus Stand in South Delhi District on August 9, reports UNI.
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Delhi Police arrested a man from West Bengal, identified as Deepak Mandal (32) along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth of INR 7.5 lakh from near Khanpur Bus Stand in South Delhi District on August 9, reports UNI.
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August - 9 
Mohd Azimuddin Sheikh was arrested along with arms including two carbines, 38 pistols and 50 cartridges in dheerpur in West Delhi District on August 6.
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Mohd Azimuddin Sheikh was arrested along with arms including two carbines, 38 pistols and 50 cartridges in dheerpur in West Delhi District on August 6.
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August - 10 
The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on August 10, during multiple raids, arrested three persons affiliated to radical Hindu outfits along huge cache of explosives from Nallasopara in Palghar District and Satara in Satara District of Maharashtra, reports The Indian Express. The ATS said that w
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The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on August 10, during multiple raids, arrested three persons affiliated to radical Hindu outfits along huge cache of explosives from Nallasopara in Palghar District and Satara in Satara District of Maharashtra, reports The Indian Express. The ATS said that with the recovery of a huge cache of explosives, including live crude bombs and gelatin sticks, they had averted major terror attacks at multiple places. Among the arrested is Vaibhav Raut (40), allegedly a member of the Hindu Govansh Raksha Samiti who is also said to be a sympathiser of the right wing Sanatan Sanstha. Suspects allegedly linked to the Sanatan Sanstha were involved in the murders of three rationalists – Narendra Dabholkar, Govind Pansare and MM Kalburgi – and the killing of journalist Gauri Lankesh.
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August - 12 
Two persons, identified as Abdullah Basith and Mohammed Abdul Qhadeer were arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Hyderabad for allegedly planning to carry out Islamic State (IS)’s activities, including recruitment in India on August 12, reports The Indian Express. According to
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Two persons, identified as Abdullah Basith and Mohammed Abdul Qhadeer were arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Hyderabad for allegedly planning to carry out Islamic State (IS)’s activities, including recruitment in India on August 12, reports The Indian Express. According to NIA, Abdullah Basith, who was caught in 2014 and 2015 before he could leave India for Syria to fight for the IS, and his associate Mohammed Abdul Qhadeer were arrested for ‘conspiring to further the activities of IS (and) carry out terrorist acts in India’. Both are part of a group of eight men from Hyderabad who are being questioned by NIA on suspicion of planning to carry out subversive activities at the behest of IS handlers, officials said. The Indian Express had reported on August 9 that NIA had raided seven locations in Hyderabad and apprehended the eight on the basis of “suspicious” online activity.
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August - 20 
Acting upon specific information, the Police on August 20 arrested Arun Mondal and recovered two firearms and 36 cartridges from his house in Atghara of Nadia District in West Bengal, reports The Tribune.
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Acting upon specific information, the Police on August 20 arrested Arun Mondal and recovered two firearms and 36 cartridges from his house in Atghara of Nadia District in West Bengal, reports The Tribune.
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August - 26 
The Uttar Pradesh (U.P.) Police team on August 26, arrested five unidentified people and recovered the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR 1.63 lakh from their possession, reports The Tribune. The Police team also recovered a printing machine which was used to print the counterfeit Indian c
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The Uttar Pradesh (U.P.) Police team on August 26, arrested five unidentified people and recovered the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR 1.63 lakh from their possession, reports The Tribune. The Police team also recovered a printing machine which was used to print the counterfeit Indian currency, a car, and a motorbike. The matter is in the process of further investigation, said Superintendent of Police (SP)-CityOmbir Singh.
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August - 29 
The Munger Police on August 29 arrested Imran Alam (42) and recovered three AK47 rifles with 30 magazines and other parts of the weapon from his possession in Jubli Well locality of Jamalpur town in Munger District in Bihar, reports Times of India. Alam was intercepted by the Police when he was carr
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The Munger Police on August 29 arrested Imran Alam (42) and recovered three AK47 rifles with 30 magazines and other parts of the weapon from his possession in Jubli Well locality of Jamalpur town in Munger District in Bihar, reports Times of India. Alam was intercepted by the Police when he was carrying the consignment in a bag. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Intelligence Bureau (IB) has been informed about the incident as the consignment was brought from Jabalpur town in Madhya Pradesh, said an unnamed senior Police officer in Bihar Police. During preliminary interrogation, Alam confessed that the consignment was carried from Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) for another arms smuggler whose task was to forward the consignment to the customer who made advance payment of INR 15 lakh. The weapons were meant for use in Bihar, said Munger’s Superintendent of Police (SP) Additional Charge Babu Ram.
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August - 31 
The Telangana Cyber Police led by Sub Inspector D. Prashanth arrested two people—Rabiul Sepai and Anarul Molla, in a bank fraud case from West Bengal, reports United News India on August 31. Both accused were assisting Inter-State fraudsters involved in obtaining Debit/Credit card details of a bank
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The Telangana Cyber Police led by Sub Inspector D. Prashanth arrested two people—Rabiul Sepai and Anarul Molla, in a bank fraud case from West Bengal, reports United News India on August 31. Both accused were assisting Inter-State fraudsters involved in obtaining Debit/Credit card details of a bank customer including the One Time Password (OTP) posing themselves as a bank employee by providing them bank accounts on ‘commission’ basis. Telangana Cyber Police acted on a complaint from unnamed retired bank employee in Hyderabad, Telangana who was duped and lost INR 69,994 in a illegal online transaction made by both accused—Sepai and Molla.
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September - 4 
The State Police on September 4, arrested Prakash—a native of Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu for circulating the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) at a super market in Old Perungalathur of Kanchipuram District in Tamil Nadu, reports The Hindu. Reportedly, Prakash and an unidentified woman visited super mark
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The State Police on September 4, arrested Prakash—a native of Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu for circulating the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) at a super market in Old Perungalathur of Kanchipuram District in Tamil Nadu, reports The Hindu. Reportedly, Prakash and an unidentified woman visited super market and paid two fake notes of INR 500. The staff noticed some fishy and reported to the Police. Sensing the danger, the woman ran away but Prakash was arrested by the Police.
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September - 6 
The Special cell of Delhi Police arrested two alleged Islamic State (IS) operatives—Parvez (24), and Jamshid (19) on September 6 from the Jama Masjid bus stop near the Red Fort in Delhi, reports The Times of India. Reportedly, both, Parvez and Jamshid are residents of Shopian in Jammu and Kashmir (J
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The Special cell of Delhi Police arrested two alleged Islamic State (IS) operatives—Parvez (24), and Jamshid (19) on September 6 from the Jama Masjid bus stop near the Red Fort in Delhi, reports The Times of India. Reportedly, both, Parvez and Jamshid are residents of Shopian in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and pledged allegiance to Islamic State Jammu and Kashmir (IS-JK)—a newly formed outfit of IS. A First Information Report (FIR) under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act [UA(P)A] has been registered and the Intelligence agencies are interrogating the suspects to trace other members of the outfit. The Police have recovered two .32 bore pistols and four cellular phones from Parvez and Jamshid. They both were working for Omar Ibn Nazir and Adil Thokar and had no plans to carry out terror activities in the Delhi but using it only as a transit point.
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September - 8 
The Uttar Pradesh (UP) Special Task Force (STF) on September 8 arrested two unidentified persons from Chinhat in Lucknow District of Uttar Pradesh, for allegedly involved in printing Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs), reports The Times of India. The STF team recovered FICNs worth INR 8,700 in denom
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The Uttar Pradesh (UP) Special Task Force (STF) on September 8 arrested two unidentified persons from Chinhat in Lucknow District of Uttar Pradesh, for allegedly involved in printing Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs), reports The Times of India. The STF team recovered FICNs worth INR 8,700 in denominations of INR 100, INR 200, and INR 50. Along with, a colour printer, scanner, paper cutter, and a number of semi-printed FICNs were also recovered from their possession. An investigation is ongoing in the matter.
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September - 10 
The Udham Singh Nagar Police arrested two men—Kulwinder Singh and Harjeet Singh, both in the age of 20s from Haldi Ghera Village in Khatima block of Udham Singh Nagar District in Uttarakhand, for running a social media group on WhatsApp messenger application to highlight the Khalistan propaganda and
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The Udham Singh Nagar Police arrested two men—Kulwinder Singh and Harjeet Singh, both in the age of 20s from Haldi Ghera Village in Khatima block of Udham Singh Nagar District in Uttarakhand, for running a social media group on WhatsApp messenger application to highlight the Khalistan propaganda and seeking support for it, reports The Times of India on September 10. Reportedly, both Kulwinder and Harjeet Singh were ‘Group Admin’ of a social media group— “2020 Khalistan Referendum” which was instigating the local youth against the country [India] while running an anti-India propaganda. Both of them are charged with sedition and sent to the jail. This case is the first of its kind of sedition charges that are being applied on “Group Administrators” of a WhatsApp messenger application in the Districts in Uttarakhand, said Udham Singh Nagar’s Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Sadanand Date.
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September - 12 
The Cybercrime Police of Bengaluru arrested a management consultant—Abhilash Rao Magavanna, for ‘financial cheating’ and stealing the data of a Dubai-based education group’s funds of worth Dh 3.79 million (Dirham) or INR 75 million, from Bengaluru, reports The Khaleej Times on September 12. The arre
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The Cybercrime Police of Bengaluru arrested a management consultant—Abhilash Rao Magavanna, for ‘financial cheating’ and stealing the data of a Dubai-based education group’s funds of worth Dh 3.79 million (Dirham) or INR 75 million, from Bengaluru, reports The Khaleej Times on September 12. The arrest was a following up on the complaint filed with the Indiranagar Police Station by the management representative of IQRA Group [education group], which have Head Quarters (HQ) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Cybercrime Police team have recovered 12 laptops, eight debit cards and a cellular phone from his possession. After the arrest, Abhilash has been remanded to judicial custody.
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September - 13 
Following up on the information tip from the National Investigation Agency (NIA), the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on September 13 has arrested a Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) terrorist—Qamar uj-Zama from Kanpur, in Uttar Pradesh, reports Asian Age. Qamar uj-Zama had plans to commit a terroris
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Following up on the information tip from the National Investigation Agency (NIA), the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on September 13 has arrested a Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) terrorist—Qamar uj-Zama from Kanpur, in Uttar Pradesh, reports Asian Age. Qamar uj-Zama had plans to commit a terrorist attack on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi—a Hindu festival. Qamar uj Zama was active from April 2018 when he had first posted his pictures on Facebook with AK-47 rifle. He is a native of Assam, said Uttar Pradesh Director-General of Police (DGP) O.P. Singh. During the interrogation, he [Zama] revealed that he had gone to Kashmir for terrorist training in April 2017. He is an Indian national, and a literate person, said DGP Singh.
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September - 13 
The Bihar Police on September 13 has arrested three people—Shamshuddin, Shiv Shankar Chaurasia (both resident of Parsa District in Nepal), and Noorjanati Khatoon, from West Champaran District of Bihar, and recovered the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) of worth INR 14,700 from their possession, re
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The Bihar Police on September 13 has arrested three people—Shamshuddin, Shiv Shankar Chaurasia (both resident of Parsa District in Nepal), and Noorjanati Khatoon, from West Champaran District of Bihar, and recovered the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) of worth INR 14,700 from their possession, reports The Times of India. Shiv Shankar Chaurasia and Shamshuddin are Nepal nationals whereas the woman—Noorjanati is a local resident. The Counterfeit Indian currency notes are in denomination of INR 2,000, INR 500, and INR 100. During the interrogation, all three identified their suppliers in Nepal and a report about the same would be sent to the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal, said Superintendent of Police (SP) of West Champaran District Jayant Kant.
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September - 17 
The Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police on September 17 arrested Majibur Shaikh from Malda District, West Bengal and recovered the 250 Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR 5 lakh from his possession, reports Millennium Post. The FICNs were in denomination of INR 2,000. The investigato
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The Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police on September 17 arrested Majibur Shaikh from Malda District, West Bengal and recovered the 250 Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR 5 lakh from his possession, reports Millennium Post. The FICNs were in denomination of INR 2,000. The investigators suspects that Majibur may have connections with international FICN networks.
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September - 17 
The State Police has arrested two unnamed men on September 17 for alleged conspiracy of killing India’s Raksha Mantri (Defence Minister) Nirmala Sitharaman, during her visit to Dharchula District of Uttarakhand, reports Hindustan Times. The Police received an alert about a conversation on WhatsApp—m
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The State Police has arrested two unnamed men on September 17 for alleged conspiracy of killing India’s Raksha Mantri (Defence Minister) Nirmala Sitharaman, during her visit to Dharchula District of Uttarakhand, reports Hindustan Times. The Police received an alert about a conversation on WhatsApp—messaging application about killing the Raksha Mantri and arrested two people prior to her visit, said Pithoragarh Superintendent of Police (SP) Ramchandra Rajguru. It is being investigated if both accused had any criminal background or possessed any arms and ammunitions. The credentials of the ‘Administrator’ of the WhatsApp group are also being looked into, said SP Rajguru. However, both have been booked under Section 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 66 of the Information Technology (IT) Act.
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September - 18 
In a first extradition, the Afghanistan government has deported an Islamic State (IS) sympathiser—Nashidul Hamzafar, to India who travelled with another 14 people to join Islamic State in Afghanistan, reports The Tribune on September 19. Upon arrival from Kabul, Nashidul was arrested by the National
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In a first extradition, the Afghanistan government has deported an Islamic State (IS) sympathiser—Nashidul Hamzafar, to India who travelled with another 14 people to join Islamic State in Afghanistan, reports The Tribune on September 19. Upon arrival from Kabul, Nashidul was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials. In 2017 [date unspecified], Nashidul was arrested by the Afghanistan Security Agency for illegally entering into Afghanistan to join his associates in IS. Nashidul was produced before the NIA’s special court in Delhi on September 19, later he was taken to Kochi in Kerala that had issued warrant against him, said an unnamed NIA Spokesperson.
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September - 21 
The Odisha Police on September 21 arrested two people—Rajendra Bhoi, and Kulamani Nayak, from Dharmagarh area of Kalahandi District in Odisha and recovered the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR 17,000 from their possession, reports Kalinga TV. Few days earlier, both did a transaction of w
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The Odisha Police on September 21 arrested two people—Rajendra Bhoi, and Kulamani Nayak, from Dharmagarh area of Kalahandi District in Odisha and recovered the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR 17,000 from their possession, reports Kalinga TV. Few days earlier, both did a transaction of worth INR 40,000 with Xerox copies of the original Indian currency at a shop in the village. Acting upon the information, the Police team laid a trap and arrested both accused. The case has been registered and forward to the Court of law.
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September - 26 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on September 26 arrested—Mohammad Salman (52), Mohammad Salim aka Mama (62), and Sajjad Abdul Wani (34) and recovered INR 1.56 crore and NPR 43,000 (Nepalese Rupee), as a terror fund network in Daryaganj, Nizamuddin, and Kucha Ghasiram areas in Delhi, reports
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on September 26 arrested—Mohammad Salman (52), Mohammad Salim aka Mama (62), and Sajjad Abdul Wani (34) and recovered INR 1.56 crore and NPR 43,000 (Nepalese Rupee), as a terror fund network in Daryaganj, Nizamuddin, and Kucha Ghasiram areas in Delhi, reports Indian Express. The terror fund network in Delhi was backed by Pakistan-based Hafiz Saeed’s Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF) and funds were received from FIF operatives based abroad. In preliminary investigation, it emerged that Mohammad Salman, a resident of the Nizamuddin area in New Delhi, was in regular touch with an unspecified Dubai-based Pakistani national, who is connected to the ‘Deputy Chief’ of FIF— a front organisation of the proscribed terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). The accused person has been receiving funds, being sent by FIF operator and his associates, through Hawala (illegal money transfer) operators to further their activities and create unrest in India and carry out the terrorist activities,” read the statement released by the NIA. The NIA team also recovered 14 cellular phones, five Pen drives, and several incriminating documents. Reportedly, Mohammad Salman is a FIF operative, whereas Mohammad Salim and Sajjad Wani are Hawala operators.
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September - 29 
The Delhi Police on September 29 arrested two persons—Manish (29), and Naeem Ansari (37) involved in printing and circulation of the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) from Chitra Gupta Road in Paharganj, Delhi; and recovered the FICNs worth INR 123,550 in the denomination of INR 500, INR 200, and I
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The Delhi Police on September 29 arrested two persons—Manish (29), and Naeem Ansari (37) involved in printing and circulation of the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) from Chitra Gupta Road in Paharganj, Delhi; and recovered the FICNs worth INR 123,550 in the denomination of INR 500, INR 200, and INR 50, reports The Tribune. Along with FICNs, the Police recovered papers used in FICNs, a colour printer, and other unspecified items. Both accused were fond of gambling and became friends while gambling at Raghubir Nagar area in Delhi, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Mandeep S. Randhawa.
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October - 2 
The Siwan District Police on October 2 has arrested four persons—Mantosh Kumar, Dinesh Kumar, Ashu aka Mallik Sahni from Bhagwanpur in Siwan District, and Rajesh Kumar from Kopa in Saran District of Bihar, and recovered the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR 4.55 lakh, reports The Times of
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The Siwan District Police on October 2 has arrested four persons—Mantosh Kumar, Dinesh Kumar, Ashu aka Mallik Sahni from Bhagwanpur in Siwan District, and Rajesh Kumar from Kopa in Saran District of Bihar, and recovered the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR 4.55 lakh, reports The Times of India. The Police also seized a high quality note printing machine with a scanner. The gang was printing high-quality FICNs of various denominations, including Rs 2,000, on quality papers, said Siwan Superintendent of Police (SP) Navin Chandra Jha.
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October - 5 
The Hyderabad Police on October 5 has arrested two persons—Bhavesh Patel (36) and Suresh Kumar Dayabhai Patel, and recovered Hawala (illegal money transfer) money worth INR 99.36 Lakh, from unspecified location in Telangana, reports The New Indian Express. The recovered money was in denominations of
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The Hyderabad Police on October 5 has arrested two persons—Bhavesh Patel (36) and Suresh Kumar Dayabhai Patel, and recovered Hawala (illegal money transfer) money worth INR 99.36 Lakh, from unspecified location in Telangana, reports The New Indian Express. The recovered money was in denominations of INR 500, INR 200, and INR 2000 and meant to be hand-over to their ‘customers’ in the Hyderabad city. The duo was also carrying a code, one-half of a 10 rupee note. The money was to be delivered to the client who had the other half of the same 10 rupee note. Both, Bhavesh and Suresh Kumar are residents of Gandhinagar in Gujarat. In preliminary interrogation, the accused confessed that they were deputed by Hawala operators—Ankit Patel and Amit N. Mehta who are based in Gujarat, said the Commissioner of Police (CP) Anjani Kumar.
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October - 7 
The Pallikaranai Police on October 7 arrested a businessman—Mohammed Anwar Raja (29) and recovered the Hawala (illegal transfer money) worth INR 53 lakh [in total] from his residence in Guduvancherry town in Kanchipuram District of Tamil Nadu, reports The Times of India. Reportedly, Raja created a ‘
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The Pallikaranai Police on October 7 arrested a businessman—Mohammed Anwar Raja (29) and recovered the Hawala (illegal transfer money) worth INR 53 lakh [in total] from his residence in Guduvancherry town in Kanchipuram District of Tamil Nadu, reports The Times of India. Reportedly, Raja created a ‘drama’ and call the Police that he was attacked and robbed by an armed gang who snatched INR 20 lakh from him [Raja]. Later, Police team browsed through the CCTV cameras and found no such incident occurred. However, the preliminary inquiries proved that Raja handed over the cash to his wife and asked her to hide it at their house before staging the ‘drama’. Police recovered INR 20 lakh which was handed-over by Raja to his wife and another INR 33 lakh buried in his residence’s courtyard. Police believed that the recovered money is a part of Hawala transactions. Later, the Court sent Raja to jail.
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October - 7 
The Rajasthan Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on October 7 arrested two persons— Pankaj and Dinesh for their involvement in Hawala (illegal money transfer) network, and recovered INR 3.50 crore in Swaroopganj area of Sirohi District in Rajasthan, reports Pink City Post. The officials of the Income Tax (I
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The Rajasthan Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on October 7 arrested two persons— Pankaj and Dinesh for their involvement in Hawala (illegal money transfer) network, and recovered INR 3.50 crore in Swaroopganj area of Sirohi District in Rajasthan, reports Pink City Post. The officials of the Income Tax (IT) Department initiated the interrogation of two arrested youth who belong to Gujarat. Both were smuggling the cash from Delhi’s Chandni Chowk to Ahmedabad in Gujarat. Acting upon the information, the ATS team led by Inspector Shyam Singh, tracked and intercepted the car of duo. The ATS officials informed and handed over the cash to the IT department.
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October - 8 
In a joint operation, the Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on October 8 has arrested—Nishant Agrawal, an engineer employed with the BrahMos Aerospace Unit at Wardha Road in Nagpur in Maharashtra for allegedly passing the “technical information” to Pakistan, reports The Tribun
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In a joint operation, the Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on October 8 has arrested—Nishant Agrawal, an engineer employed with the BrahMos Aerospace Unit at Wardha Road in Nagpur in Maharashtra for allegedly passing the “technical information” to Pakistan, reports The Tribune. Nishant is from Roorkee (Uttar Pradesh) and got married two months ago. He was living at a rented accommodation on Wardha Road since 2017.
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October - 9 
After arrests of several suspects in AK-47 smuggling case in September 2018, Patna Police on October 9 arrested another suspect and ‘kingpin’ of the network— Manzar Alam from Munger District in Bihar, reports Republic World. As the case is handed-over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Manz
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After arrests of several suspects in AK-47 smuggling case in September 2018, Patna Police on October 9 arrested another suspect and ‘kingpin’ of the network— Manzar Alam from Munger District in Bihar, reports Republic World. As the case is handed-over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Manzar Alam will be hand-over to the Agency for further interrogation.
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October - 9 
The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) team on October 9 arrested Aziz Darvesh Shaikh (34)—a native of Jharkhand, and an “absconder” in 2012 the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) case, from Kurnool [same District] in Andhra Pradesh, reports Daily News and Analysis. In 2012, the Police recovered
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The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) team on October 9 arrested Aziz Darvesh Shaikh (34)—a native of Jharkhand, and an “absconder” in 2012 the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) case, from Kurnool [same District] in Andhra Pradesh, reports Daily News and Analysis. In 2012, the Police recovered FICNs worth INR 3.75 lakh in the denomination of INR 500 and INR 1,000.
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October - 10 
Acting upon the information, the Police team on October 10 has intercept a private bus en route to Mumbai from Udaipur and arrested a Hawala (illegal money transfer) suspect— Vasudev, and recovered eight bundles of INR 2,000, and 15 bundles of INR 500 currency notes worth total INR 47 lakh, reports
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Acting upon the information, the Police team on October 10 has intercept a private bus en route to Mumbai from Udaipur and arrested a Hawala (illegal money transfer) suspect— Vasudev, and recovered eight bundles of INR 2,000, and 15 bundles of INR 500 currency notes worth total INR 47 lakh, reports Udaipur Times. Police suspects that the money is of Hawala. In preliminary interrogation, Vasudev claimed that he was carrying money at the behest of the shop owner to Zaveri Bazaar in Mumbai for the purchase of jewellery. Vasudev works at Kesari Gold Shop in Ghantaghar area in Udaipur, Rajasthan. Due to unavailability of any document that support Vasudev’s claim, the Police seized the money and arrested him.
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October - 10 
After the trail of ten years, the Police has arrested Abdul Saleem—a member of the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and ‘key’ suspect in 2008 Bengaluru serial blasts, from Kerala, reports One India on October 11. Reportedly, on July 25, 2008, series of blasts took place at several locations
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After the trail of ten years, the Police has arrested Abdul Saleem—a member of the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and ‘key’ suspect in 2008 Bengaluru serial blasts, from Kerala, reports One India on October 11. Reportedly, on July 25, 2008, series of blasts took place at several locations in Bengaluru, Karnataka. The Police said that the blasts were caused by low intensity crude bombs triggered by timers. Several persons were injured in the blasts, while only a lady lost her life.
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October - 12 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 12 arrested two persons—Saddam Salim Hawaldar, and Fahad Naushad Chandiwala from Andheri in Mumbai Suburban District in Maharashtra, and recovered 48 Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR 96,000 in denomination of INR 2,000, reports Daily New
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 12 arrested two persons—Saddam Salim Hawaldar, and Fahad Naushad Chandiwala from Andheri in Mumbai Suburban District in Maharashtra, and recovered 48 Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR 96,000 in denomination of INR 2,000, reports Daily News and Analysis. A First Information Report (FIR) was registered against the Saddam and Fahad on October 13 at the MIDC Police Station under Sections 34, 489C, and 489D of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), said an unnamed NIA official.
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October - 18 
A suspected pro-Khalistan group member, Karam Singh, was arrested on October 18 in Shamli district, reports Daily Excelsior. Karam Singh was involved in a plot allegedly to kill former Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal.
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A suspected pro-Khalistan group member, Karam Singh, was arrested on October 18 in Shamli district, reports Daily Excelsior. Karam Singh was involved in a plot allegedly to kill former Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal.
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October - 18 
The Commissioner’s Task Force (CTF)-Central Zone officers on October 18 has cracked a Hawala (illegal money transfer) network and arrested five persons— Pupalla Mahesh (28), Guman Singh Rajpurohitaka Guman Singh (63), Nepal Singh (22), Damuluri Srinivas Rao (28), and SirishillaAvinash (35), and reco
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The Commissioner’s Task Force (CTF)-Central Zone officers on October 18 has cracked a Hawala (illegal money transfer) network and arrested five persons— Pupalla Mahesh (28), Guman Singh Rajpurohitaka Guman Singh (63), Nepal Singh (22), Damuluri Srinivas Rao (28), and SirishillaAvinash (35), and recovered INR 59 lakh from their possession, reports Telangana Today. Reportedly, Papulla Mahesh was a driver of Vallabhaneni Anil Kumar— ‘President’ of Telugu Yuvatha Telangana State (TYTS). Anil Kumar told Papulla to transport the money to Jagitial through the hawala agents Naresh and SirishillaAvinash. SirishillaAvinash organised the illegal transfer of the hawala money by charging a commission between 0.6 percent to 0.8 percent, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Task Force— Radhakrishna Rao.
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October - 18 
The joint team of Patiala and Rajasthan Police on October 18 arrested a wanted criminal and pro-Khalistan member— German Singh, in a conspiracy to attack former Chief Minister (CM) of Punjab—Prakash Singh Badal, from Navagaon Village in Bikaner district of Rajasthan, reports Hindustan Times. The Int
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The joint team of Patiala and Rajasthan Police on October 18 arrested a wanted criminal and pro-Khalistan member— German Singh, in a conspiracy to attack former Chief Minister (CM) of Punjab—Prakash Singh Badal, from Navagaon Village in Bikaner district of Rajasthan, reports Hindustan Times. The Intelligence agencies and Uttar Pradesh (U.P.) Police had shared key information with Patiala Police about German Singh’s activities in the region. On the basis of these inputs, a team comprising 12 Police personnel rushed to Rajasthan on October 17. German Singh will be brought to Patiala and produced in the Court, said Patiala Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Mandeep Singh Sidhu.
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October - 19 
The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Gujarat has intercepted and arrested Sanjay Devaliya on October 19 and recovered the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR 1.52 lakh from his possession, in Junagadh District of Gujarat, reports NDTV. The recovered FICNs were in the counts of 53 currency note
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The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Gujarat has intercepted and arrested Sanjay Devaliya on October 19 and recovered the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR 1.52 lakh from his possession, in Junagadh District of Gujarat, reports NDTV. The recovered FICNs were in the counts of 53 currency notes in denomination of INR 2,000, and 92 currency notes in denomination of INR 500. Reportedly, Sanjay bought FICNs from Farakka town of Murshidabad District in West Bengal, to distribute in Gujarat. The ATS Gujarat has filed a case under the relevant provisions in the law.
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October - 20 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 20 arrested Ashraf Khandey—an absconder in 2016 Nagrota Army Camp attack, from Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in Delhi, reports The Hindu. Allegedly, Ashraf was trying to leave for Saudi Arabia via Sri Lanka, said an NIA official [unnamed
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 20 arrested Ashraf Khandey—an absconder in 2016 Nagrota Army Camp attack, from Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in Delhi, reports The Hindu. Allegedly, Ashraf was trying to leave for Saudi Arabia via Sri Lanka, said an NIA official [unnamed]. Ashraf Khandey had his alleged involvement in the terrorist attack on the Army Camp in Nagrota, Jammu on November 29, 2016, in which seven Army personnel including two officers were killed and three others were injured.
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October - 21 
The West Zone Task Force (WZTF) on October 21 arrested four men— Jayesh Patel aka Athul (43), Vanraj (29), Ashwin Patel (48), and Naveen (40) from two separate locations in Ramkote in Hyderabad District of Telangana, and recovered INR 2.54 crore of alleged Hawala (illegal money transfer) money from
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The West Zone Task Force (WZTF) on October 21 arrested four men— Jayesh Patel aka Athul (43), Vanraj (29), Ashwin Patel (48), and Naveen (40) from two separate locations in Ramkote in Hyderabad District of Telangana, and recovered INR 2.54 crore of alleged Hawala (illegal money transfer) money from their possession, reports Deccan Chronicle. On October 21, Jayesh informed Vanraj and Ashwin to deliver the hawala money to a person [unspecified] in Ramkote. Further investigation is on-going, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) of Commissioner’s Task Force P. Radhakrishna Rao.
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October - 23 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 23, 2018 has arrested—Shafeek Ahamed (30), a resident of Tamil Nadu, for his alleged assistance to Islamic State (IS) sympathiser—V.K. Shajahan aka Shajahan Velluva Kandy on obtaining the Indian passport under the fake name of “Mohammed Ismail Mohid
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 23, 2018 has arrested—Shafeek Ahamed (30), a resident of Tamil Nadu, for his alleged assistance to Islamic State (IS) sympathiser—V.K. Shajahan aka Shajahan Velluva Kandy on obtaining the Indian passport under the fake name of “Mohammed Ismail Mohideen” on the basis of forged documents, reports The Times of India. Shafeek was presented before the NIA Special Court in New Delhi where NIA received his remand for seven days for interrogation, read the statement released by the NIA.
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October - 23 
The Special Task Force (STF) of Bihar Police on October 23 has arrested four Arms smugglers—Deepak Singh, Praveen Kumar aka Toni, Chunchun Kumar, and Ramsevak Singh, from Simha Village in Begusarai district of Bihar, reports The Times of India. The STF team also recovered an AK-47 assault rifle, thr
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The Special Task Force (STF) of Bihar Police on October 23 has arrested four Arms smugglers—Deepak Singh, Praveen Kumar aka Toni, Chunchun Kumar, and Ramsevak Singh, from Simha Village in Begusarai district of Bihar, reports The Times of India. The STF team also recovered an AK-47 assault rifle, three live cartridges of AK-47, a country-made semi-automatic pistol, and two single barrel rifles from their possession, said an STF official [unnamed]. Reportedly, Deepak Singh was in contact of Maoists for selling the weapon for around INR 5 lakh. In between STF received intelligence input about Deepak’s attempt for selling the rifle after which a plan was chalked out to arrest him and seized the weapon.
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October - 27 
The Police team on October 27, arrested three persons, including two women—Wahidaben Ramodiya (50), Manju Raniga (50), and Vasantbhai Rajput, for their involvement in printing and circulating the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs), reports The Tribune. Two women—Wahidaben Ramodiya and Manju Raniga w
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The Police team on October 27, arrested three persons, including two women—Wahidaben Ramodiya (50), Manju Raniga (50), and Vasantbhai Rajput, for their involvement in printing and circulating the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs), reports The Tribune. Two women—Wahidaben Ramodiya and Manju Raniga were arrested from a market in Sardar Gam locality while doing shopping with FICNs. During interrogation, it was revealed that the FICNs were printed by Vasantbhai Rajput using a colour printer located at Wahidaben’s residence at Dudhsagar Road in Rajkot District of Gujarat. The Police team raided the house and arrested Vasantbhai Rajput. The Police team also recovered three FICNs in the denomination of INR 200 and seized the colour printer, a scanner, and papers used to print FICNs. In total, the Police team recovered 87 counterfeit notes in the denomination of INR 200, and INR 500 worth INR 19,000, said Aji Dam Police Station’s Inspector P.N. Vaghela.
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October - 27 
The Uttar Pradesh Police, on October 27, has arrested a Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agent— Zahid from Khurja city in Bulandshahr district on Uttar Pradesh, reports The New Indian Express. Zahid was collecting Defence related information from Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) and passing-on the
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The Uttar Pradesh Police, on October 27, has arrested a Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agent— Zahid from Khurja city in Bulandshahr district on Uttar Pradesh, reports The New Indian Express. Zahid was collecting Defence related information from Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) and passing-on the same to his bosses in Pakistan through WhatsApp web-based messaging application. Zahid visited Pakistan in 2012 and 2014 in search of a job where he came in contact with ISI. The primary operation area of Zahid was Meerut Cantonment area and the Hindon Airbase. The UP Police officials also recovered 19 Pakistan-based cellular numbers in his [Zahid] phone. Zahid is currently being interrogated by the Security agencies.
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October - 30 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) team has arrested an absconder in the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) case— Shukruddin Shek, from Malda District in West Bengal, reports One India News on October 30. The case is related to the recovery of FICNs worth INR 82,000, with arrest of three accuse
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) team has arrested an absconder in the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) case— Shukruddin Shek, from Malda District in West Bengal, reports One India News on October 30. The case is related to the recovery of FICNs worth INR 82,000, with arrest of three accused—Dalim Mia, Ashok Kumbar, and Rajendra Patil from Chikkodi area in Belagavi District of Karnataka, on March 12, 2018. Shek was an absconder from several months. The NIA has managed to obtain Shek’s transit from Malda Court and will be produced before the NIA Special Court in Bengaluru, Karnataka by November 1, 2018.
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November - 1 
The Commissioner’s Task Force (CTF)-West team on November 1, raided a Hawala (illegal money transfer) network and arrested two persons—Pavan Kumar Sharma (22), and Hansraj (26), natives of Rajasthan, from Gowliguda Chaman in Hyderabad district of Telangana, reports Telangana Today. The CTF team also
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The Commissioner’s Task Force (CTF)-West team on November 1, raided a Hawala (illegal money transfer) network and arrested two persons—Pavan Kumar Sharma (22), and Hansraj (26), natives of Rajasthan, from Gowliguda Chaman in Hyderabad district of Telangana, reports Telangana Today. The CTF team also recovered INR 29.35 lakh of Hawala money from their possession. Acting upon the information, the Police raided the premises and found huge amount of cash kept in a room. Both— Pavan, and Hansaraj, who were present at the house, were failed to give a convincing reply to the officials. Upon inquiry, it was revealed that both were indulged into Hawala business, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Task Force P. Radhakrishna Rao.
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November - 7 
Hyderabad Police on November 7 arrested four persons—Sunil Kumar Ahuja (50), Ashish Kumar Ahuja (Sunil’s son), Mohammed Azam (Sunil’s driver), and the Hawala (illegal money transfer) network kingpin Bhabut Singh Raj Purohit, for their involvement in transportation of the unaccounted cash or Hawala m
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Hyderabad Police on November 7 arrested four persons—Sunil Kumar Ahuja (50), Ashish Kumar Ahuja (Sunil’s son), Mohammed Azam (Sunil’s driver), and the Hawala (illegal money transfer) network kingpin Bhabut Singh Raj Purohit, for their involvement in transportation of the unaccounted cash or Hawala money, from N.T.R Marg in Hyderabad district of Telangana, reports The Times of India. Hyderabad Police have alerted both the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Income Tax (I-T) officers about the illegal money recovery. The Hawala members called up Sunil and asked him to deliver money to some persons [unspecified] in and around Hyderabad. On November 7, Sunil had sent Ashish and Azam to meet Bhabut and collect INR two crore. After collecting the cash, the two were arrested for being in possession of unaccounted cash in their car, said Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar.
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November - 20 
The Delhi Police on November 20 arrested an alleged militant of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM)— Ansar ul-Haqe (28) from Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in Delhi, reports The Times of India. Ansar and his girlfriend— Saika conspired the abduction and killing of a Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Police Sub
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The Delhi Police on November 20 arrested an alleged militant of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM)— Ansar ul-Haqe (28) from Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in Delhi, reports The Times of India. Ansar and his girlfriend— Saika conspired the abduction and killing of a Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Police Sub-Inspector (SI) Imtiyaz Ali killed by HM terrorists in October 2018. Reportedly Saika was friend of SI Imtiyaz Ali. Ansar had arrived from Bangalore (Karnataka) and was heading to Srinagar (J&K) before he was arrested by the Delhi Police, said a Delhi Police official [identity undisclosed].
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November - 21 
The Hyderabad City Task Force (CTF) on November 21 intercepted a two wheeler and arrested two people—Mohammed Siddiq Ahmed, and Mohammed Muneer; and recovered Hawala (illegal transfer) money worth INR 97 lakh from their possession at R.P. Road in Hyderabad district of Telangana, reports United News
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The Hyderabad City Task Force (CTF) on November 21 intercepted a two wheeler and arrested two people—Mohammed Siddiq Ahmed, and Mohammed Muneer; and recovered Hawala (illegal transfer) money worth INR 97 lakh from their possession at R.P. Road in Hyderabad district of Telangana, reports United News of India. The accused Mohammed Siddiqi Ahmed is the owner of Ahmed Tour & Travels and also runs business of Western Union money transfers; whereas Mohammed Muneer is an Arabic language tutor, said CTF (Hyderabad) Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) P. Radhakishan Rao. Along with the hawala money, Police recovered three cellular phones from their possession.
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November - 23 
Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on November 22 arrested Jyush Sheikh from Mumbai, Maharashtra for his alleged involvement in smuggling the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) from Bangladesh via Malda district of West Bengal, reports Business Standard. Jyush was wanted in 2016 FICN case of Gujarat
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Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on November 22 arrested Jyush Sheikh from Mumbai, Maharashtra for his alleged involvement in smuggling the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) from Bangladesh via Malda district of West Bengal, reports Business Standard. Jyush was wanted in 2016 FICN case of Gujarat. Upon specific information that Jyush is active in FICN network and will be coming to Mumbai, Gujarat ATS went to Mumbai and arrested Jyush, read the statement released by the Gujarat ATS. Reportedly, nothing recovered from Jyush upon his arrest.
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November - 24 
In connection to Hawala (illegal money transfer) deal, P.T Shabeer—the son and Vayoli Muhammad Shabeer—the son-in-law of Kerala’s National Secular Conference (NSC) politician and Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA)—P.T.A Rahim, has been arrested in Saudi Arabia, reports The New Indian Express on No
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In connection to Hawala (illegal money transfer) deal, P.T Shabeer—the son and Vayoli Muhammad Shabeer—the son-in-law of Kerala’s National Secular Conference (NSC) politician and Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA)—P.T.A Rahim, has been arrested in Saudi Arabia, reports The New Indian Express on November 24. Reportedly, P.T Shabeer and Vayoli were among other 19 persons who were arrested 10 days ago for illegal money transfer for gold, read an alert sent by the Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry to India’s Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI). I spoke to them [P.T Shabeer and Vayoli] two days ago. My son-in-law runs a multinational firm based in Saudi Arabia where my son also works. The money transferred to the company’s Bahrain branch exceeded the maximum transaction limit as per the Saudi Arabia rules. Apart from this all reports are baseless, said MLA Rahim.
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November - 25 
The Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on November 25 arrested Suresh Nair—an accused of 2007 Ajmer Dargah blast, from Shukal tirth (a pilgrimage spot) in Bharuch district of Gujarat, reports Hindustan Times. The ATS brought him to Ahmedabad for further interrogation and later, handed-over him to th
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The Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on November 25 arrested Suresh Nair—an accused of 2007 Ajmer Dargah blast, from Shukal tirth (a pilgrimage spot) in Bharuch district of Gujarat, reports Hindustan Times. The ATS brought him to Ahmedabad for further interrogation and later, handed-over him to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), said ATS Superintendent of Police (SP) Himanshu Shukla. Suresh Nair was an absconder for 11 years with a reward of INR 2 lakh announced by the NIA for information on his whereabouts. Suresh Nair not only supplied the bomb to the conspirators but also allegedly present at the scene when it was planted in the courtyard of Sufi Saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti’s Shrine in Ajmer, Rajasthan.
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November - 26 
The Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police on November 26 arrested two men—Golam Rabbani (25) aka Rabbani S.K., and Alamin S.K. (22), and recovered 250 counts of the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR Five lakh from their possession, from Narkeldanga area in Kolkata district of West Be
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The Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police on November 26 arrested two men—Golam Rabbani (25) aka Rabbani S.K., and Alamin S.K. (22), and recovered 250 counts of the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR Five lakh from their possession, from Narkeldanga area in Kolkata district of West Bengal, reports The Indian Express. All the FICNs were in the denomination of INR 2,000. Both accused are residents of Malda district which is considered as a hub of FICN networks.
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November - 28 
The Central Crime Branch (CCB) arrested two men— Nisar Ahmed (35), and Nandish (52), on November 28 from V.V. Puram or Vishveshwarapura in Bangalore district of Karnataka and recovered INR 75.70 lakh of Hawala (illegal money transfer) money from them, reports The Hindu. Preliminary interrogation has
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The Central Crime Branch (CCB) arrested two men— Nisar Ahmed (35), and Nandish (52), on November 28 from V.V. Puram or Vishveshwarapura in Bangalore district of Karnataka and recovered INR 75.70 lakh of Hawala (illegal money transfer) money from them, reports The Hindu. Preliminary interrogation has revealed that the hawala money was a commission to be paid to Nandish— a Real Estate broker. Nisar and Nandish were arrested while they were waiting for another hawala agent, said a Police official [identity undisclosed].
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November - 29 
Three persons suspected to linked with the National Democratic Front for Bodoland (NDFB), were arrested from a plywood factory at Mannur village in Kunnathunadu near Perumbavur in Ernakulam District on November 29, reports The Sentinel.
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Three persons suspected to linked with the National Democratic Front for Bodoland (NDFB), were arrested from a plywood factory at Mannur village in Kunnathunadu near Perumbavur in Ernakulam District on November 29, reports The Sentinel.
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December - 2 
The Income Tax (I-T) department on December 2, raided 100 lockers of a private vault in a shop located at Naya Bazaar of Chandni Chowk in Delhi, and recovered INR 25 crore of Hawala (illegal transfer) money, reports Daily Pioneer. The recovered cash is unaccounted and belonged to some [unidentified]
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The Income Tax (I-T) department on December 2, raided 100 lockers of a private vault in a shop located at Naya Bazaar of Chandni Chowk in Delhi, and recovered INR 25 crore of Hawala (illegal transfer) money, reports Daily Pioneer. The recovered cash is unaccounted and belonged to some [unidentified] big players who runs the network of hawala from the area, said an official [identify undisclosed]. The I-T raids were linked to the businesses and alleged illegal financial transactions of a Dubai-based hawala operator Pankaj Kapur. Pankaj is already under investigation by the respective investigation agency in a hawala case of worth INR 3,700 crore.
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December - 2 
The Raipur Police on December 2 arrested a couple—Nikhil Kumar Singh (29), and his wife—Poonam Agrawal (30), and recovered the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR five crore, from Amlidih area of Raipur District of Chhattisgarh, reports The New Indian Express. Nikhil was a Civil Service asp
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The Raipur Police on December 2 arrested a couple—Nikhil Kumar Singh (29), and his wife—Poonam Agrawal (30), and recovered the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR five crore, from Amlidih area of Raipur District of Chhattisgarh, reports The New Indian Express. Nikhil was a Civil Service aspirant from Bihar and came to Raipur with his wife—Poonam. Later, both got indulge in illegal activity of printing FICNs. They were in contact with some industrial houses and the Non-Government Organisations (NGOs). Both of them printed large quantity of FICNs and prepared its video clippings to win the confidence of the big companies and the NGOs to deceive them. As a modus-operandi, they had tried to convince various companies about their close contacts with several NGOs and promised them to return 80 percent of the sanctioned Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds immediately; if they sanction the amount to the NGOs that will get remaining 20 percent, said Raipur’s Additional Superintendent of Police (Add. SP) Prafulla Thakur.
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December - 3 
The Telangana Police on December 3 arrested three persons [identity undisclosed] and recovered Hawala (illegal money transfer) of worth INR Five crore in cash from a car intercepted at a check-post in Jangaon town [and district] in Telangana, report Times Now. Telangana is set to go to the Assembly
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The Telangana Police on December 3 arrested three persons [identity undisclosed] and recovered Hawala (illegal money transfer) of worth INR Five crore in cash from a car intercepted at a check-post in Jangaon town [and district] in Telangana, report Times Now. Telangana is set to go to the Assembly Elections on December 7 and the counting will be done on December 11, 2018. So far, the volume of contraband and 'hawala' money recovered by the State Police has gone up to almost INR 120 crores.
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December - 6 
The officials of North and West Zone Task Force conducted raids and arrested seven people with INR 3, 13,44, 000 of hawala [illegal money transfer] money, and also recovered 1.8 kg of gold, from various locations in Hyderabad in Telangana, reports Deccan Chronicle on December 6. In the first raid, t
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The officials of North and West Zone Task Force conducted raids and arrested seven people with INR 3, 13,44, 000 of hawala [illegal money transfer] money, and also recovered 1.8 kg of gold, from various locations in Hyderabad in Telangana, reports Deccan Chronicle on December 6. In the first raid, the West Zone Task Force [WZTF] arrested A. Prakash (38), R. Kiran Goud (38), and S.V. Krishnam Raju (38), from Jubilee Hills area in Hyderabad district in Telangana. The officials recovered INR 2.12 crore from their possession. The three accused were planning to distribute the money among the voters allegedly in favour of Turupu Jayaprakash Reddy aka Jaggareddy— the Congress party candidate, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) of Commissioner’s Task Force (CTF) P. Radhakrishna Rao. In the second raid, officials arrested K. Ganesh Goud and recovered INR 45 lakh from his possession, said DCP Rao. In another incident, the North Zone Task Force [NZTF] arrested two person— Sanjay Kumar Jha, and D. Yadagiri, and recovered INR 50 lakh in cash and 1.8 kg of gold biscuits. The NZTF also raided Ispat Bhawan in Ranigunj in Hyderabad district and arrested Naresh Angara with hawala money in cash worth INR 6.53 lakh.
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December - 6 
Two residents of Jammu and Kashmir including a minor, allegedly involved in pelting stones at Security Forces (SFs), were arrested from Bhuj town in Kutch District of Gujarat, Police said on December 6, reports Daily Excelsior. Altaf Najar (23) and a 16-year-old boy were allegedly involved in attack
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Two residents of Jammu and Kashmir including a minor, allegedly involved in pelting stones at Security Forces (SFs), were arrested from Bhuj town in Kutch District of Gujarat, Police said on December 6, reports Daily Excelsior. Altaf Najar (23) and a 16-year-old boy were allegedly involved in attacking SFs, and three First Information Reports (FIRs) have been registered against them in J&K, said a senior Gujarat Police official.
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December - 10 
A team of Hyderabad’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) on December 10 arrested an absconder—Abdul Kadir, from Malda district of West Bengal, in a Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) case, report Business Standard. Allegedly, Abdul Kadir was involved in procurement, trafficking and supply of the FI
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A team of Hyderabad’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) on December 10 arrested an absconder—Abdul Kadir, from Malda district of West Bengal, in a Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) case, report Business Standard. Allegedly, Abdul Kadir was involved in procurement, trafficking and supply of the FICNs with support from his associates based in West Bengal and Karnataka, read a statement released by the NIA. Including Abdul Kadir, total seven people have been arrested and lodged in the Presidency Correction Home of Alipore in Kolkata, West Bengal.
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December - 10 
Maharashtra Police’s Anti-Terrorism Squad [ATS] released a statement on December 10 stating that ATS officials arrested two alleged Khalistan sympathisers—Harpal Singh Nagra [42], from Pune, and [identity undisclosed] from Punjab [location undisclosed], for their connection with Khalistan separatist
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Maharashtra Police’s Anti-Terrorism Squad [ATS] released a statement on December 10 stating that ATS officials arrested two alleged Khalistan sympathisers—Harpal Singh Nagra [42], from Pune, and [identity undisclosed] from Punjab [location undisclosed], for their connection with Khalistan separatists based in Pakistan and other parts of the world, report Business Standard. The ATS team recovered an India-made pistol, and five live rounds of ammunition. The interrogation revealed that Harpal Singh Nagra was a supporter of ‘independent’ Khalistan and was involved in procuring arms through the Internet and radicalisation of the youth through social media. Acting on the information provided by Harpal Singh, the ATS arrested another person from Punjab and will be brought to Mumbai for further investigation, said an ATS official [identity undisclosed].
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December - 14 
The Special Task Force [STF] of Kolkata Police on December 14 arrested three persons—Paran Mondal, Mahendar Prasad, and Pappu Prasad, from Central Kolkata in West Bengal, for their alleged involvement in buying and selling Fake Indian Currency Notes [FICNs], reports Deccan Herald. The STF team also
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The Special Task Force [STF] of Kolkata Police on December 14 arrested three persons—Paran Mondal, Mahendar Prasad, and Pappu Prasad, from Central Kolkata in West Bengal, for their alleged involvement in buying and selling Fake Indian Currency Notes [FICNs], reports Deccan Herald. The STF team also recovered FICNs worth INR 4 lakh from their possession. All three accused are charged with Sections 120B, 489B, and 489C of the Indian Penal Code [IPC], and sent to Police remand by the City Court till December 27.
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December - 16 
The Tamil Nadu Police arrested Mohammad Arafat [19] and recovered the Hawala [illegal monetary transaction] money of worth INR 21,000, from an ATM [Automated Teller Machine] of Punjab National Bank in Mylapore in Chennai District of Tamil Nadu, reports The Times of India on December 16. Post prelimi
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The Tamil Nadu Police arrested Mohammad Arafat [19] and recovered the Hawala [illegal monetary transaction] money of worth INR 21,000, from an ATM [Automated Teller Machine] of Punjab National Bank in Mylapore in Chennai District of Tamil Nadu, reports The Times of India on December 16. Post preliminary interrogation, the Police arrested Arafat’s associates-- Mohammad Ali [23], Abdul Khader [30], Khader [23], and two other persons [identity undisclosed] from a location [undisclosed]. The interrogation has revealed that the arrestees have deposited INR Seven lakh to particular bank account. The Police suspected that the case relates to Hawala money, and hand-over the custody of arrestees to the Income Tax [I-T] Department.
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December - 19 
The officials of National Investigation Agency [NIA] on December 19 raided houses and arrests 7 Islamic State [IS] suspects— Ismail, Ashiq, Salaudin, Samsudeen, Jaffer Siddique, Anwar and Faizal, from different locations in Tamil Nadu, reports Hindustan Times. Early morning of December 19, the NIA t
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The officials of National Investigation Agency [NIA] on December 19 raided houses and arrests 7 Islamic State [IS] suspects— Ismail, Ashiq, Salaudin, Samsudeen, Jaffer Siddique, Anwar and Faizal, from different locations in Tamil Nadu, reports Hindustan Times. Early morning of December 19, the NIA team raided Otteri in Chennai District, Tindivanam in Viluppuram District, Kuniyamuthur, Ukkadam, and Variety Hall Road in Coimbatore District of Tamil Nadu. All arrested IS suspects were conspiring the assassination of Hindu leaders— Arjun Sampath and Anbu Mari, of Hindu outfit—Hindu Makkal Katchi, and Shakti Sena respectively. The NIA officials recovered CDs [Compact Discs], bank transactions, and books propagating fundamentalist ideology. The preliminary interrogation revealed that all 7 suspects are connected to IS movement.
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December - 22 
The Jinsi Police on December 22 arrested two men—Shaikh Harun [38], and Ali [25], both resident of Mumbai, from Bari Colony in Aurangabad District of Maharashtra, and recovered Fake Indian Currency Notes [FICNs] worth INR 44,000 in the denominations of INR 100, and INR 200, from their possession, re
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The Jinsi Police on December 22 arrested two men—Shaikh Harun [38], and Ali [25], both resident of Mumbai, from Bari Colony in Aurangabad District of Maharashtra, and recovered Fake Indian Currency Notes [FICNs] worth INR 44,000 in the denominations of INR 100, and INR 200, from their possession, reports United News of India. In preliminary interrogation, Harun confessed that both have printed FICNs worth INR One lakh and circulated the counterfeit currency in the Districts of Jalna, and Hingoli, said a Police official [identity undisclosed].
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December - 26 
The National Investigation Agency [NIA] on December 26 arrested Habeeb Rahman [25]—an absconder in the case of Islamic State [IS] youths travelled from Kasaragod District in Kerala to join IS, reports First Post. The case relates to the criminal conspiracy by the accused persons from Kasaragod Distr
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The National Investigation Agency [NIA] on December 26 arrested Habeeb Rahman [25]—an absconder in the case of Islamic State [IS] youths travelled from Kasaragod District in Kerala to join IS, reports First Post. The case relates to the criminal conspiracy by the accused persons from Kasaragod District of Kerala and their associates in 2015, with the intention of joining IS. 14 accused from Kasaragod District had left India or their workplaces in Middle-East Asia between mid-May and early July of 2016, before travelling to Afghanistan or Syria, where they joined the IS, read a statement released by the NIA.
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December - 26 
The National Investigation Agency [NIA] on December 26 has raided 17 different locations including Seelampurin Delhi, and Lucknow, Hapur, and Amroha in Uttar Pradesh [U.P.], and arrested 10 Islamic State [IS] operativesfor being part of IS-inspired module—Harkat-ul-Harb-e-Islam [HuHI], reports Hindu
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The National Investigation Agency [NIA] on December 26 has raided 17 different locations including Seelampurin Delhi, and Lucknow, Hapur, and Amroha in Uttar Pradesh [U.P.], and arrested 10 Islamic State [IS] operativesfor being part of IS-inspired module—Harkat-ul-Harb-e-Islam [HuHI], reports Hindustan Times. The arrested IS operatives— Mufti Mohammad Suhail aka Hazrath, Anas Yunus, Rashid Zafar Raqaka Zafar, Saeed aka Sayeed, Raees Ahmad, Zubair Malik, Zaid Malik, Saqib Iftekar, Mohammad Irshad, and Mohammad Azam, were conspiring a terrorist attack on the New Year’s Eve. Among the 10 IS operatives, there is an engineering student, a graduation student, two brothers who worked as welders and a mufti working at a madrasa in Amroha, U.P. The mufti Mohammad Suhail was the mastermind of the group. The NIA officials also detained other six IS operatives [identity undisclosed] who are being interrogated and may be placed under arrest depending on the information obtained from them.
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December - 27 
Acting upon the intelligence inputs from Military Intelligence Division in Jammu and Kashmir [J&K], the Telangana Police cracked an illegal Internet telephone exchange network in Hyderabad of Telangana, which was allegedly used by the Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence [ISI] officials to ‘trick’
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Acting upon the intelligence inputs from Military Intelligence Division in Jammu and Kashmir [J&K], the Telangana Police cracked an illegal Internet telephone exchange network in Hyderabad of Telangana, which was allegedly used by the Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence [ISI] officials to ‘trick’ the Indian Army officials to obtain sensitive information from them, reports The Times of India on December 28. In this operation, a person [identity undisclosed] has been arrested and large number of illegally procured SIM box devices, and SIM cards were recovered from his possession. Reportedly, a suspicious VoIP exchanges were facilitated in Hyderabad which was exploited by the ISI officials to make telephonic calls to Indian Army officials in J&K to obtain sensitive information by posing as ‘senior Indian Army officials’, said a senior Telangana Police officer [identity undisclosed].
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