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January - 2 
A news analysis in the Times of India on January 3 noted the Indian government’s demand that Pakistan extradites 20 terrorist suspects entails a complex legal issue. India had, on December 15, 2001, presented four demands to Pakistan, following the December 13, 2001 terrorist attack on Parliament.
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A news analysis in the Times of India on January 3 noted the Indian government’s demand that Pakistan extradites 20 terrorist suspects entails a complex legal issue. India had, on December 15, 2001, presented four demands to Pakistan, following the December 13, 2001 terrorist attack on Parliament. The demands were (a) arrest of terrorist leaders present in Pakistan, (b) a ban on their finances (c) a ban on their activities, and (d) the closure of their offices.
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January - 10 
According to media reports, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has asked all banks to monitor the transactions of 23 organisations identified by the Union government as terrorist outfits. The Government of India's (GoI) list includes Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Hark
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According to media reports, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has asked all banks to monitor the transactions of 23 organisations identified by the Union government as terrorist outfits. The Government of India's (GoI) list includes Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM), terrorist organisations of the north-eastern region like the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), the proscribed Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Sources added that the RBI’s measure is consequent to the President of India's promulgation of Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO) in October 2001. "It has been decided in consultation with GoI that banks should keep a watchful eye on the transactions of these organisations and if something is found violative of the extant acts or normal banking operations, the matter must be reported by the concerned bank to the appropriate authorities under the ordinance and to RBI," the apex bank said in a circular issued to all commercial banks.
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January - 18 
A media report on January 18, said that the Federal Bureau of Investigation of USA has given India a list of 30 Indian nationals who are suspected to have been part of the Al Qaeda terrorist network of Osama bin Laden. The FBI move is reported to be part of the co-operation between India and the US
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A media report on January 18, said that the Federal Bureau of Investigation of USA has given India a list of 30 Indian nationals who are suspected to have been part of the Al Qaeda terrorist network of Osama bin Laden. The FBI move is reported to be part of the co-operation between India and the US over sharing of intelligence. The report added that the Karzai government and US authorities have arrested some of them in Afghanistan. At least three of those named in the list are under arrest in Hyderabad. This is in addition to the two Hyderabad men who were held in the US after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The list reportedly also includes the name of Mohammad Afroz, who had been arrested by the Mumbai police in October 2001. As reported earlier, Afroz had confessed that he had been given pilot training in Australia, the UK and the US before September 11. Sources added that the FBI list is being processed by Indian security agencies within and outside the country. The Al Qaeda’s Indian connection is also expected to be discussed by US and Indian intelligence officials at a meeting of the two countries’ joint working group on terrorism which is scheduled to meet on January 21 and 22.
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January - 22 
According to a media report, approximately 125 madrassas (religious seminaries) in the districts along the West Bengal-Bangladesh border have been identified as being linked to various terrorist outfits by the State government. The State and Central intelligence agencies, including the military inte
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According to a media report, approximately 125 madrassas (religious seminaries) in the districts along the West Bengal-Bangladesh border have been identified as being linked to various terrorist outfits by the State government. The State and Central intelligence agencies, including the military intelligence, have reportedly compiled the list of madrassas in the Cooch Behar, Jalpaiguri, Malda and Murshidabad districts. The agencies are reported to have gathered evidence that these madrassas have been harbouring terrorists belonging to various Islamist terrorist outfits and have also been preaching terror. Quoting intelligence sources, the report added that a crackdown on these madrassas is expected to commence soon. While pointing out that all these madrassas have reportedly been funded by trusts based in the Gulf countries, the report added one of the trusts in Saudi Arabia is known to have strong linkages with the Al Qaeda terror network of Osama bin Laden. This trust has reportedly sponsored a number of madrassas in Cooch Behar and Jalpaiguri.
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January - 24 
According to media sources, a report, prepared by the Border Security Force (BSF), in December 2001 and submitted recently to the West Bengal Chief Minister, has indicated a sharp rise in the number of unaffiliated madrassas (religious seminaries) in North Bengal, particularly along the border with
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According to media sources, a report, prepared by the Border Security Force (BSF), in December 2001 and submitted recently to the West Bengal Chief Minister, has indicated a sharp rise in the number of unaffiliated madrassas (religious seminaries) in North Bengal, particularly along the border with Bangladesh. However, it is not known how many madrassas in the border areas are affiliated with the Board of Madarasa Education. Sources indicated that while minority institutions have gone up by approximately 50 per cent, the report points at a change in the demography of North Bengal in the last two decades. A survey was conducted along a 20-km stretch of the border in six districts. According to the report, the number of madrassas and mosques in 1990 were 487 and 823. In 2001, the numbers rose to 734 and 1227 respectively. The report also reportedly indicates that most of the institutions have emerged within a radius of five km from the border. The number of mosques close to the border has gone up from 475 in 1990 to 639. In case of madrassas, it has risen to 317 from 255.
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January - 30 
According to media reports on January 31, intelligence agencies are tracing the fund routes of private madrassas in North 24-Parganas and Murshidabad districts of West Bengal. Reports said that unrecognised madrassas in the region have been receiving funds through various international routes which
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According to media reports on January 31, intelligence agencies are tracing the fund routes of private madrassas in North 24-Parganas and Murshidabad districts of West Bengal. Reports said that unrecognised madrassas in the region have been receiving funds through various international routes which depend heavily on illegal finance network, hawala channels. A senior intelligence officer was quoted as saying, "We are now tracking a person in Kazipara area of Barasat who receives the money siphoned to private-run madrassas through separate hawala channels. We have information that this individual recently received more than Rs. 600,000 from one such channel for a 'private-run academy', which doesn't have permission under the Foreign Currency Regulation Act, 1961. We also have reports of the presence of a Pakistan and Bangladesh-based organisation, 'Khilafat Majlish', that is regularly funding private madrassas." The police are also keeping a watch on pre-madrassa institutions in rural areas, 'Makhtabs', which do not need any government registration. There are allegations that Makhtabs are involved in the "elementary brainwashing" of children to create the foundation of the so-called jehadis, says an intelligence report.
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February - 6 
According to media reports, the Union government is planning to deploy Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and Special Services Bureau (SSB) on the Indo-Nepal border in Uttar Pradesh following intelligence reports that Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) supported outfits had restarted
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According to media reports, the Union government is planning to deploy Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and Special Services Bureau (SSB) on the Indo-Nepal border in Uttar Pradesh following intelligence reports that Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) supported outfits had restarted their activities along the border to disrupt the forthcoming State Legislative Assembly elections in the States of Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal. Reports said that some outfits, including some Nepal-based fundamentalist organisations, would be attempting attacks on top political leaders in the two States to disrupt the elections. Media reports quoting intelligence sources added that some Sikh terrorists, primarily belonging to the Babbar Khalsa outfit, were also active in the Terai region in Western Uttar Pradesh. Left-wing extremists, Naxalite outfits, the People’s War Group (PWG) and the Maoist Communist Centre (MCC) are also reportedly planning to target some leaders to disrupt the elections, especially in eastern Uttar Pradesh. The State police have been asked to take all precautionary measures to avert any possible terrorist threat during the elections.
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March - 7 
Minister for State for Home Vidyasagar Rao, in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, on March 7, said more than 1,000 madrassas have sprouted all along the Indo-Bangladesh border and the government has received reports that most of them are being misused to carry out ‘illegal activities’, "though ther
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Minister for State for Home Vidyasagar Rao, in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, on March 7, said more than 1,000 madrassas have sprouted all along the Indo-Bangladesh border and the government has received reports that most of them are being misused to carry out ‘illegal activities’, "though there [are] no specific inputs regarding Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) being actively involved in these". Replying to questions on ISI spreading its nexus beyond Jammu and Kashmir, particularly into Northeastern States, the Minister said, after the January 22 terrorist attacks on the American Centre in Kolkata, the State governments had been advised to keep a strict vigil on these madrassas and take necessary action under the provisions of Religious Institutions Act, 1988.
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March - 8 
Union Minister of State for Finance Gingee N Ramchandran, said in the Lok Sabha on March 8, that preliminary investigations into some of the recent cases of hawala transactions indicate prima facie linkage with terrorist activities. The Minister also informed that as many as 45 hawala dealers have b
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Union Minister of State for Finance Gingee N Ramchandran, said in the Lok Sabha on March 8, that preliminary investigations into some of the recent cases of hawala transactions indicate prima facie linkage with terrorist activities. The Minister also informed that as many as 45 hawala dealers have been arrested in Delhi and other parts of the country during the last three years by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
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March - 11 
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee, while speaking in the State Legislative Assembly on March 11, said Pakistan’s external intelligence agency, the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), was involved in at least 20 incidents of espionage, subversive activities and sabotage in the State.
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West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee, while speaking in the State Legislative Assembly on March 11, said Pakistan’s external intelligence agency, the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), was involved in at least 20 incidents of espionage, subversive activities and sabotage in the State. Expressing concern at the spurt in the activities of the ISI since 1993-94, the Chief Minister said 104 ISI agents and activists had so far been arrested and five awarded punishment.
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March - 18 
The Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO) was passed by Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament) on March 18 with 261 of the members present supporting it and 137 opposing it. Accused by some members of legislating a harsh law to curb basic liberties, the government said that without POTO the war ag
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The Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO) was passed by Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament) on March 18 with 261 of the members present supporting it and 137 opposing it. Accused by some members of legislating a harsh law to curb basic liberties, the government said that without POTO the war against terrorism would have no meaning. Responding to the criticism of the Bill, Union Law Minister Arun Jetley said an effective law was required to blunt the edge of the terrorist campaign which had claimed more lives than the four full-scale wars the country had fought since Independence. Giving details, he said that while 45,468 lives were lost in the four wars, terrorism in the past 15 years claimed 61,031 lives. He added that 600,000 people had been rendered homeless by terrorism in different parts of the country. The cost of fighting cross border terrorism, according to the Minister, was an estimated Rs. 450 billion. The volume of explosives seized by the security forces from terrorist elements in recent years was 48,000 tonnes. “With that kind of explosives in terrorist hands every inch of India would have been taken care of “, Jetley said, claiming an extraordinary situation requires an extraordinary response. Earlier, moving the Bill for consideration, Union Home Minister LK Advani said the shortcomings of the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act TADA had been eliminated in the proposed Bill removing scope for abuse and violation of human rights. He said the government had incorporated all the inputs from the Supreme Court’s judgement of TADA as well as suggestions from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in an effort to minimise potential abuse.
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March - 19 
According to media reports, the main accused in the Purulia arms drop case, Kim Davey, who deceived the police and disappeared from the Mumbai domestic airport on December 17, 1997, has been recently sighted in Sudan. Reports said the Interpol and intelligence agencies of several countries have, in
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According to media reports, the main accused in the Purulia arms drop case, Kim Davey, who deceived the police and disappeared from the Mumbai domestic airport on December 17, 1997, has been recently sighted in Sudan. Reports said the Interpol and intelligence agencies of several countries have, in a coordinated manner, traced him. These agencies, which have also been on the trail of Osama bin Laden and the Al-Qaeda network, have found some linkages between Davey, international arms dealers and terrorist outfits, reports said. The US State Department Protective Intelligence division had, while investigating the "Purulia Project", reportedly found that, in order to escape police, Kim Davey had got a plastic surgery done in Hongkong. Later, he reportedly escaped to Sudan and has been working in close nexus with Sudanese Peoples Liberation Army (SPLA). The SPLA is an anti-American, Islamic organisation which has close links with the Al Qaida. Along with five Latvians (now released) and British pilot Peter Bleach (in custody at present), Kim Davey had taken a cargo AN-26 plane from Varanasi and dropped 250 AK-47 assault rifles, grenades and a rocket launcher in Purulia village in West Bengal on the night of December 17, 1995.
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March - 29 
According to the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), huge funds earmarked for combating terrorism were found to have been diverted by the Army's Eastern Command authorities to purchase vehicles, television sets, video cassette recorders, computers and generators. The CAG report says that the East
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According to the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), huge funds earmarked for combating terrorism were found to have been diverted by the Army's Eastern Command authorities to purchase vehicles, television sets, video cassette recorders, computers and generators. The CAG report says that the Eastern Command purchased consumer goods worth Rs 6.79 crore over a period of three years from 1998 to 2001 from the Rs 10 crore annual fund given to Army commanders by way of special financial powers. "These funds are allocated to meet urgent and immediate requirements of counter-insurgency operations and internal security duties," the CAG observed as it indicted the Army for diverting the funds to purchase consumer goods saying these should have been purchased under normal over-heads. Commenting that these funds were meant to acquire cutting edge weaponry for the counter insurgency forces, the CAG said even in such purchases, the command had procured stores worth over Rs 3.12 crore which were found to be sub-standard and defective. "Procurement of substandard items has failed to provide proper security cover to troops engaged in counter-insurgency operations," the report said.
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April - 1 
According to police sources, more than 100 left wing extremists, Naxalites of the People’s War Group (PWG) had been arrested over the week from the border areas of Bankura and Midnapore districts. The Bankura district police chief said the arrests were made during raids conducted by Bankura and Midn
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According to police sources, more than 100 left wing extremists, Naxalites of the People’s War Group (PWG) had been arrested over the week from the border areas of Bankura and Midnapore districts. The Bankura district police chief said the arrests were made during raids conducted by Bankura and Midnapore police in Sarenga and Gwaltor areas bordering the two districts. He said the PWG is active in Pakirbasha, Baka colony, Bhalubhasa, Bhalu-chiri and Khaiarpur forest areas of the two districts. Arms including guns, improvised pipe guns, rifles and cartridges were seized during the raids, he added.
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April - 23 
A media report on April 23 said there has been the mushrooming of some 50 madrassas and mazaars in sensitive areas in Bikaner, Anupgarh, Suratgarh and Sriganagnagar sectors along the Indo-Pak border in Rajasthan. The report quoted an intelligence official as saying that these institutions, which hav
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A media report on April 23 said there has been the mushrooming of some 50 madrassas and mazaars in sensitive areas in Bikaner, Anupgarh, Suratgarh and Sriganagnagar sectors along the Indo-Pak border in Rajasthan. The report quoted an intelligence official as saying that these institutions, which have allegedly sprung up over the last two months, appear to be the handiwork of Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI). Senior intelligence officials currently on a tour of the area say they are suspicious as the villages are near the International Border. The officials have reportedly sent a detailed report to the Union government seeking "necessary action".
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May - 31 
According to media reports on May 31, four private banks in Mumbai are suspected to have been used to carry out the serial bomb blasts in Coimbattore in early 1998. The blasts coincided with Union Home Minister L K Advani's visit to the city. Investigations have revealed that as much as Rs 280 crore
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According to media reports on May 31, four private banks in Mumbai are suspected to have been used to carry out the serial bomb blasts in Coimbattore in early 1998. The blasts coincided with Union Home Minister L K Advani's visit to the city. Investigations have revealed that as much as Rs 280 crore was transferred to Coimbattore alone, just before the serial blasts and that the banks had flouted Reserve Bank of India (RBI) guidelines and had colluded with the laundering syndicates. No introduction was taken when accounts were opened and in many cases it was given by the bank employees themselves. The Income Tax departments’ investigations have also revealed that members of a particular community were involved in the laundering.
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June - 16 
According to media reports of June 16, Kamatapur Liberation Organization (KLO) terrorists are the latest to set up bases in Bhutan following United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB). The report claimed that the KLO had set up camps across Wangchu ri
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According to media reports of June 16, Kamatapur Liberation Organization (KLO) terrorists are the latest to set up bases in Bhutan following United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB). The report claimed that the KLO had set up camps across Wangchu river, very close to Chukha district, creating great security concerns for the government there. Reports quoting the latest edition of Kuensel, Bhutan’s weekly newspaper, note that Bhutan Home Minister Lyonpo Thinley Gyamtsho, during a recent Co-ordination Committee meeting, acknowledged the presence of KLO terrorists in the district, which could reportedly affect existing cordial relations between the people of West Bengal and Bhutan.
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August - 4 
According to media reports, Delhi police and other security agencies have been alerted following intelligence reports about terrorists trying to set-up bases in areas close to Delhi in order to strike in the national capital. Quoting police sources, reports added terrorists were setting up bases in
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According to media reports, Delhi police and other security agencies have been alerted following intelligence reports about terrorists trying to set-up bases in areas close to Delhi in order to strike in the national capital. Quoting police sources, reports added terrorists were setting up bases in the neighboring Meerut, Saharanpur, Moradabad and Aligarh, which would enable them to reach Delhi faster, attack and return to their base. Pakistan, reports claimed, has directed terrorists based in Jammu and Kashmir to spread to various parts of India to motivate and lure youth into terrorism.
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August - 17 
Media reports from India said, on August 17, the first-ever convictions under Britain’s Anti-Terrorism Act, 2000 were made in that country. Reports said two Germany-based members of the International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF) have been handed down prison terms of 30 months. India’s Union Home Mi
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Media reports from India said, on August 17, the first-ever convictions under Britain’s Anti-Terrorism Act, 2000 were made in that country. Reports said two Germany-based members of the International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF) have been handed down prison terms of 30 months. India’s Union Home Ministry termed the convictions as ‘very significant’ and added that they would go a long way in deterring terrorist organisations from using U.K. as a base against India. The ISYF was active during the terrorist campaign in India for an independent state of Khalistan.
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August - 19 
A media report of August 19, quoting intelligence sources, said Kamatapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) terrorists might have connived with Assam-based United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) to carry out the August 17-Jalpaiguri killings in which five Communist Party of India- Marxist (CPI-M) activi
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A media report of August 19, quoting intelligence sources, said Kamatapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) terrorists might have connived with Assam-based United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) to carry out the August 17-Jalpaiguri killings in which five Communist Party of India- Marxist (CPI-M) activists had been killed.
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August - 19 
According to media reports, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), India’s crime agency, has sought the assistance of the US’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to question the then Taliban Foreign Minister, Mullah Abdul Wakil Muttawakil, now in the custody of the FBI. The CBI wants to questi
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According to media reports, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), India’s crime agency, has sought the assistance of the US’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to question the then Taliban Foreign Minister, Mullah Abdul Wakil Muttawakil, now in the custody of the FBI. The CBI wants to question him on the hijacking of Indian Airlines aircraft, IC-814. The flight was hijacked in December 1999 after it left Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport and was finally diverted to Kandahar, which was the then headquarters of the Taliban regime. Reports said the CBI alleged that Muttawakil, who was the point man in the negotiations on behalf of the hijackers with the Indian government, was also involved in the conspiracy. The role of Muttawakil as a negotiator was suspicious as per the statements of the team members who had gone to negotiate with the hijackers.
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August - 25 
According to media reports, a hitherto unknown group, the Kamtapur Liberation Organisation Killing Squad (KLOKS), has threatened to kill Kamtapur Liberation Oraganisation (KLO) activists if they continued to ‘assassinate people’. The message conveyed in a leaflet recently distributed in Alipurduar s
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According to media reports, a hitherto unknown group, the Kamtapur Liberation Organisation Killing Squad (KLOKS), has threatened to kill Kamtapur Liberation Oraganisation (KLO) activists if they continued to ‘assassinate people’. The message conveyed in a leaflet recently distributed in Alipurduar subdivision, Jalpaiguri district, warns KLO members that their family members would have to "face dire consequences" for the killings the terrorists undertake. According to reports, KLOKS stated that its operations would start from Kumargramduar, since a majority of KLO cadres belong to that place. The leaflet mentions 17 names that are reportedly on their hit list. Police have launched investigations to identify the source of the leaflets.
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October - 2 
According to media reports, investigations following the arrest of an agent of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan’s external intelligence agency, Nazrul, in Jaisalmer on September 8, 2002, have indicated that the racket had its hub at the Pakistan Embassy in Dhaka. Reports said, after
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According to media reports, investigations following the arrest of an agent of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan’s external intelligence agency, Nazrul, in Jaisalmer on September 8, 2002, have indicated that the racket had its hub at the Pakistan Embassy in Dhaka. Reports said, after interrogating Nazrul, security agencies were able to discover the racket’s activities, which had also penetrated the security forces. Subsequently, a number of arrests were made in West Bengal, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Assam and Bihar. Reports quoting official sources further added, Nazrul revealed that Farooque, who had deputed him in India, was a staff of the Pakistan Embassy in Dhaka. Non-listed telephone numbers of the Embassy, along with Farooque’s own, were recovered from Nazrul. He also reportedly revealed that he had been developing the network within India for the last two years. During this period, he collected information on troop movement from Army officials at different Army establishments in India, including Bangdubi, Binaguri and Kalimpong and passed on the same to Pakistan via Farooque. The Army intelligence has started an investigation to nab all those within the Army named by Nazrul.
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October - 3 
A statutory inquiry into the derailment of the Howrah-Delhi Rajdhani express that killed 116 persons near Gaya in Bihar on September 9, 2002 said in its preliminary report that the accident occurred due to ‘sabotage’. Headed by Commissioner of Railway Safety (Eastern Circle) Mahesh Prasad, the inqui
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A statutory inquiry into the derailment of the Howrah-Delhi Rajdhani express that killed 116 persons near Gaya in Bihar on September 9, 2002 said in its preliminary report that the accident occurred due to ‘sabotage’. Headed by Commissioner of Railway Safety (Eastern Circle) Mahesh Prasad, the inquiry committee finding supports the earlier assertions by Railway authorities who suspected sabotage as the cause for the mishap.
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October - 8 
Speaking to media persons in New Delhi, Deputy Election Commissioner, Sayan Chatterjee, said that in Lolab constituency in Kupwara district, an estimated 44 per cent of the voters had cast their votes. He said that polling in Lolab, scheduled for September 16 and which was countermanded following th
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Speaking to media persons in New Delhi, Deputy Election Commissioner, Sayan Chatterjee, said that in Lolab constituency in Kupwara district, an estimated 44 per cent of the voters had cast their votes. He said that polling in Lolab, scheduled for September 16 and which was countermanded following the assassination of the National Conference nominee and Law Minister, Mushtaq Ahmed Lone, was also held on October 8. Chatterjee further said that counting of votes would be taken up at 8 a.m. on October 10 and every effort would be made to declare the results on the same day as voting was done through electronic voting machines.
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November - 20 
India has released a comprehensive list of Pakistan-based terrorists in a recent report. According to a media report of November 21, the 188-page report on Pakistan's involvement in terrorism against India has also been sent to the country's missions abroad. It contains details on terrorists of
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India has released a comprehensive list of Pakistan-based terrorists in a recent report. According to a media report of November 21, the 188-page report on Pakistan's involvement in terrorism against India has also been sent to the country's missions abroad. It contains details on terrorists of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Al Badr, among others. It also lists names of Khalistani leaders who have allegedly found shelter in Pakistan. According to the report, Al Badr terrorists were among the earliest Pakistanis to start anti-Indian activities in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). Al Badr has two main offices in Rawalpindi and Karachi, seven fund raising offices and two active bank accounts. The reports further reveals that the Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka is the "nerve centre" of terrorism in India's Northeast. The report reads, "Pakistani ISI officials engage in networking from the High Commission and co-ordinate activities of agents in different fields. ISI agents have also played a leading role in helping and consolidating the Islam Pasand and anti-Awami league forces." The report also mentions Pakistan’s external intelligence agency, Inter Services Intelligence’s (ISI's) activities in Nepal. It says, "The Pak mission in Kathmandu is providing logistic help to Sikh militants in India for the supply of explosives, fake currency and safe passage to India. Babbar Khalsa activists arrested in 2000-01 have reported the connivance of Pak ISI officials in Kathmandu in Sikh extremist activities." It finally explains how Pakistan has emerged as a terrorist training centre for various terrorist groups.
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November - 23 
Media reports on November 23 said at least 11 Bangladeshis have been arrested in different parts of West Bengal during the past few days on the suspicion that they were agents of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan’s external intelligence agency.
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Media reports on November 23 said at least 11 Bangladeshis have been arrested in different parts of West Bengal during the past few days on the suspicion that they were agents of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan’s external intelligence agency.
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December - 3 
Media reports said investigations are on into the incident in which an explosion occurred inside a stationary bus at Ghatokpar, Mumbai, on December 2. Reportedly, it was the handiwork of an indigenous fundamentalist group, sources said, but did not name any group. According to official sources, the
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Media reports said investigations are on into the incident in which an explosion occurred inside a stationary bus at Ghatokpar, Mumbai, on December 2. Reportedly, it was the handiwork of an indigenous fundamentalist group, sources said, but did not name any group. According to official sources, the discovery of an explosive device in another bus later in the night, on December 2, points to a larger design. Besides, official sources clarified that the group may not be Mumbai-based, but one that organised itself within the country. Till date no group had claimed responsibility for the blast. Some media reports said the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) is suspected for the blasts.
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December - 9 
According to media reports, the forensic report on the December 6-bomb blast at a fast food outlet at Mumbai Central railway station, in which 25 people were injured, held that a crude bomb caused the blast. After examining samples collected at the blast-site, the forensic department found that a cr
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According to media reports, the forensic report on the December 6-bomb blast at a fast food outlet at Mumbai Central railway station, in which 25 people were injured, held that a crude bomb caused the blast. After examining samples collected at the blast-site, the forensic department found that a crude device consisting of gunpowder, nails and iron balls, the report says caused the blast.
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December - 27 
Media reports on December 28, quoting a Union Home Ministry report, said the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) is training Indian Muslim youth working in the Gulf for assassinating political and religious leaders, in order to trigger communal violences, especially in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. A
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Media reports on December 28, quoting a Union Home Ministry report, said the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) is training Indian Muslim youth working in the Gulf for assassinating political and religious leaders, in order to trigger communal violences, especially in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. A series of attack on Hindu temples and explosions in Andhra Pradesh recently, especially outside a temple in Hyderabad on November 21, were traced to groups connected with LeT modules in that State, reports said. A year ago, Andhra Pradesh Police, with the help of the Research Analysis Wing (RAW), the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and other intelligence agencies, cracked a module of the LeT led by Azam Gauri in Hyderabad. He was later killed in an encounter. Subsequently, some more LeT operatives were detected and arrested.
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