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January - 1 
Substantial sums of money are flowing into terrorists’ coffers from Karachi (Pakistan) and Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) to revive the Indian Mujahideen’s (IM) parent organisation, the Students’ Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), the Intelligence Bureau (IB) has warned the states’ law enforcement agencies, N
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Substantial sums of money are flowing into terrorists’ coffers from Karachi (Pakistan) and Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) to revive the Indian Mujahideen’s (IM) parent organisation, the Students’ Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), the Intelligence Bureau (IB) has warned the states’ law enforcement agencies, New Indian Express reported on January 2. The IB note, forwarded to states last week, mentioned SIMI cadres’ interrogation in which operatives admitted to receiving money through hawala (illegal money transfer) and money transfer schemes to revive the banned outfit. The intelligence agency said SIMI was running its terror activities through at least four front organisations Tahreek-e-Ehyaa-e-Ummat, Wahdat-e-Islami, Tehreek-Talaba-e-Arabia and Tahrik Tahaffuz-e-Shaaire Islam. “The arrested operatives told the interrogators that the money from the Al Bashir camp was received through Western Union money transfer and several sleeper cells in Jharkhand, UP, Bihar and Maharashtra were activated to recruit more hands to carry out terror activities. The operatives intensified the activities in October and November last year,” sources said. An official said they have asked security agencies to verify the links between arrested SIMI members from Chhattisgarh and Kerala. Since November 14, Chhattisgarh Police had busted several SIMI modules in the state. Later, during interrogation, a suspected SIMI operative had claimed they travelled to Kerala to receive training and Jihadi materials. Manzar Imam, a SIMI arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), had also confirmed of participating in SIMI training camps.
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January - 1 
Three suspects in the Dilsukhnagar (Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh) twin bomb blasts (February 21, 2013) are still at large, Deccan Chronicle reported on January 2. Director-General of Police (DGP) B. Prasada Rao said that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is working to arrest the three absconding
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Three suspects in the Dilsukhnagar (Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh) twin bomb blasts (February 21, 2013) are still at large, Deccan Chronicle reported on January 2. Director-General of Police (DGP) B. Prasada Rao said that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is working to arrest the three absconding terror suspects. The three absconding are Tahzeen Akhtar alias Monu, Waqas and Riyaz Bhatkal.
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January - 2 
Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court, Patna (Bihar), on January 2 extended the remand of the three of the Patna serial blasts accused Imtiaz Ansari alias Alam, Umer Siddiqui and Azharuddin Quraishi till January 15, 2013, according to The Times of India. The suspected Indian Mujahideen (
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Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court, Patna (Bihar), on January 2 extended the remand of the three of the Patna serial blasts accused Imtiaz Ansari alias Alam, Umer Siddiqui and Azharuddin Quraishi till January 15, 2013, according to The Times of India. The suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives were produced before the court of additional district and sessions judge (ADJ) XI Anil Kumar Singh.
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January - 4 
A special court of National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Patna on January 4 issued an arrest warrant against Muzibullah Ansari, an important part in the Patna blasts, from whose hostel room in Ranchi a sizeable haul of live explosives was recovered on November 4, 2013 but Ansari has escaped to Nepa
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A special court of National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Patna on January 4 issued an arrest warrant against Muzibullah Ansari, an important part in the Patna blasts, from whose hostel room in Ranchi a sizeable haul of live explosives was recovered on November 4, 2013 but Ansari has escaped to Nepal, reports The Telegraph. The whereabouts of Muzibullah were last traced via his cellphone near the Bihar-Nepal border in the first week of November, 2013. After that, the intelligence teams lost the trail. His involvement in the blasts came to light with the interrogation of another suspect, Imtiyaz Ansari.
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January - 6 
New Delhi: A Delhi court on January 6 issued fresh non-bailable warrants against Pakistani-American Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative David Coleman Headley Headley, his accomplice Tahawwur Rana, LeT ‘founder’ Hafiz Saeed and November 26, 2008 (26/11) Mumbai (Maharashtra) attack mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehm
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New Delhi: A Delhi court on January 6 issued fresh non-bailable warrants against Pakistani-American Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative David Coleman Headley Headley, his accomplice Tahawwur Rana, LeT ‘founder’ Hafiz Saeed and November 26, 2008 (26/11) Mumbai (Maharashtra) attack mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, who are accused of carrying out terror attacks, reports Zee News. According to the court sources, District Judge I S Mehta issued non-bailable warrants (NBWs) against nine persons after National Investigation Agency (NIA) informed the court that they were still absconding and warrants issued against them earlier have not been executed yet. The court issued NBWs against them for April 14, 2014 the next date of hearing. Besides Headley, Rana, Saeed and Lakhvi, warrants were issued against Pakistan Army officials Major Iqbal and Major Sameer Ali, top al Qaeda operative Illyas Kashmiri, believed to have died in a drone attack in Pakistan, Headley's handler Sajid Malik and ex-Pakistani Army officer Abdul Rehman Hashmi. These nine accused were charge sheeted by NIA in December 2011 for allegedly entering into a conspiracy with members of banned terror outfits LeT and HuJI to commit terror acts in India. These nine accused have been charge sheeted by the NIA for various offences punishable under the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including sections 121 (waging or attempting to wage war against the country) and 302 (murder) and also under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
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January - 8 
Non Accordist faction of Naga National Council (NNC-NA) has opposed any probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on the Pachaspura killings of nine Karbis, reports Nagaland Post. NNC-NA also stated that the killings which the Naga Rengma Hills Protection Force (NRHPF) claimed responsibilitie
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Non Accordist faction of Naga National Council (NNC-NA) has opposed any probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on the Pachaspura killings of nine Karbis, reports Nagaland Post. NNC-NA also stated that the killings which the Naga Rengma Hills Protection Force (NRHPF) claimed responsibilities alleging the victims were supplying arms to the Karbi People’s Liberation Tigers (KPLT) and has also apologised to the Nagaland Government. NNC-NA ‘lieutenant colonel’ S.A Chishi said “Indian government should be aware of relation between Karbis and Nagas of Nagaland as brotherhood”. NNC-NA also opposed the Nagaland government to allow NIA to probe inside Nagaland rather than solving the root cause. It said the Centre should acknowledge the demand of Rengmas of Karbi Anglong as it was a test of its wisdom and maturity.
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January - 12 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) circulated posters containing photographs and other details of terror modules members in Varanasi, The Times of India reported on January 13. One poster contains the details of 11 terror modules including five from Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh). The names include S
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) circulated posters containing photographs and other details of terror modules members in Varanasi, The Times of India reported on January 13. One poster contains the details of 11 terror modules including five from Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh). The names include Shahnawaj Alam, Arij Khan alias Zunaid, Mohammad Sajid, Mohammad Khalid and Mirza Shadab Beg. Apart from these the details of Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives Mohammad Iqbal Bhatkal, Mohammad Tahsin Akhtar alias Monu of Samastpur (Bihar), Vakas alias Javed alias Ahmed of Pakistan, Mohammad Riyaz of Karnataka, Mohammad Ismail Chawdhary alias Saiyyed alias Mohsin Chawdhary of Hyderabad and Amir Raja Khan of West Bengal are also displayed on the same poster. The agency has also mentioned the style of operation of these modules and the cash rewards on them.
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January - 13 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on January 13 attached properties of two accused, Numan Ansari and Taufeeq Ansari in the Patna blasts of October 27, 2013 case at Seethio in Dhurwa District of Jharkhand, reports The Times of India. B K Rajvanshi, OC at Dhurwa police station, said NIA atta
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on January 13 attached properties of two accused, Numan Ansari and Taufeeq Ansari in the Patna blasts of October 27, 2013 case at Seethio in Dhurwa District of Jharkhand, reports The Times of India. B K Rajvanshi, OC at Dhurwa police station, said NIA attached the properties as per orders obtained from additional district and sessions judge (Patna) Anil Kumar Singh. "All moveable properties of the two have been attached.NIA sought our assistance and we provided it to them," said Rajvanshi. Earlier, on December 14, 2013, NIA had put up proclamation orders at the house of Numan Ansari and Taufeeq Ansari in Seethio asking them to surrender within 30 days failing which their houses would be attached. NIA put up proclamation order at the house of another suspect Mojibullah in Ormanjhi area of Ranchi District on January 12. He has been asked to surrender within 30 days or his properties would also be attached. New Indian Express reported that on January 12, NIA and Bihar Police attached the property in Khiryawa village of Aurangabad District of Bihar of another operative Haider Ali, accused in bomb blasts in Patna and Bodh Gaya after he failed to surrender.
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January - 16 
The Rengma Naga People's Council (RNPC), the apex body of the Rengma Nagas in Assam, urged Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde to immediately initiate a probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into the recent violence in Karbi Anglong as well as the killings in Dimapur (Nagaland), repor
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The Rengma Naga People's Council (RNPC), the apex body of the Rengma Nagas in Assam, urged Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde to immediately initiate a probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into the recent violence in Karbi Anglong as well as the killings in Dimapur (Nagaland), reports Times of India on January 17. A representation, signed by RNPC ‘president’ Shahi K Rengma and general secretary K Solomon Rengma, stated that the Karbis have also accused the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM) of orchestrating trouble in Assam. They added that the allegation needs to be investigated since it relegates the sufferings of the Rengma Nagas and their decades-old agitation for political identity to the sidelines.
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January - 17 
A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on January 17 allowed the plea by Karnataka Police and remanded Indian Mujahideen (IM) co-founder Yasin Bhatkal in its custody till January 28 in connection with the blasts at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore in April, 2010, reports DNA India.
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A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on January 17 allowed the plea by Karnataka Police and remanded Indian Mujahideen (IM) co-founder Yasin Bhatkal in its custody till January 28 in connection with the blasts at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore in April, 2010, reports DNA India. District Judge IS Mehta allowed the application in which Karnataka Police had sought Bhatkal's custody for his alleged role in the blasts at Chinnaswamy Stadium on April 17, 2010, hours before an IPL cricket match between Royal Challengers and Mumbai Indians, in which 15 persons, including some security personnel, were injured in the low-intensity blasts at Chinnaswamy Stadium.
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January - 22 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court on January 22 dismissed the anticipatory bail petition of an accused in the Kasargod Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) case, reports New Indian Express. K M Balachandran, NIA Special Court judge, ordered that accused Mammunhi alias Muhamad Kunji
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court on January 22 dismissed the anticipatory bail petition of an accused in the Kasargod Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) case, reports New Indian Express. K M Balachandran, NIA Special Court judge, ordered that accused Mammunhi alias Muhamad Kunji cannot be granted anticipatory bail as there were serious offenses charged against him. “A very serious investigation has to be conducted with respect of the offences alleged. The investigation definitely would be hampered in case he is let free,” the court observed. Mammunhi is currently working in the UAE and is alleged to have involved in hawala (illegal money transfer) transactions. He is an accused in four cases registered for obtaining FICNs from various parts of Kasargod. In his petition, Mammunhi stated that an Investigation Officer had visited his house and intimidated his wife and family members. The NIA objected to the petition and submitted that he is operating from Dubai as a hawala agent and he was part of the conspiracy in distribution of FICNs. The case against him is charged under 489B, 489C, 420, 201, 120 B, 109 r/w 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
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January - 23 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered an open First Information Report (FIR) against ULFA-I under various sections of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), reports Times of India. This is the first case registered by NIA against ULFA-I. The open-ended case with no accused m
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered an open First Information Report (FIR) against ULFA-I under various sections of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), reports Times of India. This is the first case registered by NIA against ULFA-I. The open-ended case with no accused mentioned in the FIR will help NIA investigate any case or incident committed by the outfit and gives it powers to arrest any of its leaders in connection with the case. It effectively brings top ULFA-I leaders such as Anup Chetia, under detention in Bangladesh, and Paresh Baruah, suspected to be hiding in Myanmar, under NIA radar.
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January - 24 
Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leader and spokesperson of ‘Dandakaranya special zonal committee’ GVK Prasad alias Gudsa Usendi has identified the attackers who carried out the Darbha massacre on May 25, 2013, killing the top Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh, reports The Times of India
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Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leader and spokesperson of ‘Dandakaranya special zonal committee’ GVK Prasad alias Gudsa Usendi has identified the attackers who carried out the Darbha massacre on May 25, 2013, killing the top Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh, reports The Times of India on January 25. Usendi, the alleged mastermind of one of the deadliest Maoist attacks, revealed the names during interrogation sessions by National Investigation Agency (NIA). Usendi identified Surendra, ‘secretary of Darbha divisional committee’ of the Maoists and Jailal, ‘head of the regional command division’, as those having led the brutal attack. "Usendi revealed there were nearly 150-200 Maoists present at the attack site on May 25. We have the list of their names of which Usendi has confirmed a few," said a source. Usendi revealed that Ramanna, ‘head of the Dandakarnya region’, Kosa and Devuji, ‘secretary of ‘Dandakaranya special zonal committee’, were among those to have planned and executed the attack. He had surrendered on January 8, 2013.
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January - 24 
Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), Pune unit is on the lookout for a man identified as 'Ibrahim' for allegedly supplying gelatine to Indian Mujahideen (IM) ‘India operations chief’ Yasin Bhatkal at Swargate in Pune District, The Times of India reported on January 25. National Investigation Agen
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Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), Pune unit is on the lookout for a man identified as 'Ibrahim' for allegedly supplying gelatine to Indian Mujahideen (IM) ‘India operations chief’ Yasin Bhatkal at Swargate in Pune District, The Times of India reported on January 25. National Investigation Agency (NIA) investigations have revealed that gelatine was used to make bombs that caused an explosion at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore in April 2010. On examining the transcripts of internet chats between Bhatkal and IM founder Riyaz Bhatkal, NIA has reported that it found that the terror suspects had sourced gelatine for its bombs from Swargate. ATS sources said, "We have launched a hunt for Ibrahim, but we do not know his full name, address, whereabouts or other details. We are working on all the information to trace Ibrahim ever since his involvement in supplying explosives to terror groups came to light."
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January - 28 
Meghalaya’s opposition National People’s Party (NPP), on January 28, renewed its demand for resignation of Chief Minister Mukul Sangma in view of his alleged nexus with Garo Hills-based militant outfit, the Breakaway faction of Achik National Volunteer Council (ANVC-B) besides seeking a Central Bur
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Meghalaya’s opposition National People’s Party (NPP), on January 28, renewed its demand for resignation of Chief Minister Mukul Sangma in view of his alleged nexus with Garo Hills-based militant outfit, the Breakaway faction of Achik National Volunteer Council (ANVC-B) besides seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the allegation.
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January - 29 
An Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative connected to 26/11 accused Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi and Muzammil was on January 29 convicted by a National Investigation Agency (NIA) NIA special court in connection with possession of arms and explosives and plotting to execute terror attacks in Hyderabad on May 7, 2
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An Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative connected to 26/11 accused Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi and Muzammil was on January 29 convicted by a National Investigation Agency (NIA) NIA special court in connection with possession of arms and explosives and plotting to execute terror attacks in Hyderabad on May 7, 2006, in which two persons were injured, reports The Times of India. The court sentenced the accused, Zia ul Haq, to seven years of rigorous imprisonment. A cab driver who went to Saudi Arabia in 1990's and was tapped there by ISI who took him to Pakistan for terror training, Haq is also accused of a grenade attack on Hyderabad's Odeon Deluxe theatre in 2006.
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January - 29 
In first case where Pakistan's involvement in printing of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) has been nailed by forensic evidence, a National Investigation Agency (NIA) special court on January 29 convicted all six accused, reports The Times of India. It is also the first FICN case to be registered u
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In first case where Pakistan's involvement in printing of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) has been nailed by forensic evidence, a National Investigation Agency (NIA) special court on January 29 convicted all six accused, reports The Times of India. It is also the first FICN case to be registered under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) making such printing and distribution a terror activity. NIA had produced evidence to show that FICNs’ features, paper quality and printing quality matches exactly to Pakistan currency and thus could only have been printed by Pakistan Government press. The six accused, identified as Ravi Dhiren Ghosh, Nuruddin Islam, Mohd Samad, Mohd Aijul Shaikh, Mohd Asruddin Shaikh and Azraul Tamez Shaikh had been first arrested by Maharashtra ATS in 2009 with FICNs worth INR 345,000 in Mumbai.
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January - 29 
Six persons identified as Abdul Shaikh, Mohammed Aizul, Ravi Dhiren Gosh, Nooruddin Bari, Mohammed Samad and Aizul Shaikh in the Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket had been convicted under Section 16 and 18 of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and Section 489 of Indian Penal Code (IPC
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Six persons identified as Abdul Shaikh, Mohammed Aizul, Ravi Dhiren Gosh, Nooruddin Bari, Mohammed Samad and Aizul Shaikh in the Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket had been convicted under Section 16 and 18 of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and Section 489 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) on January 29 by a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Mumbai (Maharashtra), reports IBNLive. They were held guilty for possessing and circulating FICN in May 2009. The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Maharashtra Police had arrested the accused on May 14, 2009 from near Star Cinema at Mazgoan in south Mumbai, after they received the tip-off that they were planning to exchange money.
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February - 3 
An Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative, Abdul Wahid Siddibappa alias Khan, said to be close to IM ‘India operations chief’, Yasin Bhatkal, was arrested by authorities in Abu Dhabi, according to Union Ministry of Home Affairs, India TV reported on February 4. National Investigation Agency (NIA) official
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An Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative, Abdul Wahid Siddibappa alias Khan, said to be close to IM ‘India operations chief’, Yasin Bhatkal, was arrested by authorities in Abu Dhabi, according to Union Ministry of Home Affairs, India TV reported on February 4. National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials will go to Abu Dhabi to present evidence against him for his eventual deportation. NIA officials feel questioning Wahid would help them understand the sources of the IM’s funds. Wahid is alleged to have routed money sent by Riyaz and Iqbal Bhatkal using banking channels and Western Union Money Transfer ahead of blasts in India. An Interpol Red Corner Notice was issued against Wahid which said he was wanted in the July 2006 Mumbai (Maharashtra) serial blasts, the 2008 Delhi blasts and the 2010 Chinnaswamy Stadium blasts in Bangalore (Karnataka). Wahid is believed to be the son of Yasin’s father’s cousin and for the last 10 years has been based in Dubai, where he is said to have multiple business interests and visited Abu Dhabi frequently. Indian Express added that Wahid is also believed to have helped IM in the transit of jihadis using the middle-eastern route to go to Pakistan for training. Investigators said questioning Wahid will also help agencies identify other members of modules operating from Saudi Arabia, UAE and other middle-eastern countries.
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February - 5 
The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) while taking custody of Indian Mujahideen (IM) ‘India operations chief’ Yasin Bhatkal and his aide Asadullah Akhtar alias Shakir alias Daniel alias Haddi alias Tabrez on February 5, for his alleged role in July 13, 2011 (13/7) Mumbai (Maharashtra) serial bl
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The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) while taking custody of Indian Mujahideen (IM) ‘India operations chief’ Yasin Bhatkal and his aide Asadullah Akhtar alias Shakir alias Daniel alias Haddi alias Tabrez on February 5, for his alleged role in July 13, 2011 (13/7) Mumbai (Maharashtra) serial blats, focused on two points in court: they intend to find out the source of hawala (illegal money transaction) money sent for the blasts and to establish that Yasin was a key IM man whose custodial interrogation was required, The Times of India reports on February 7. Moreover, a special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court remanded Bhatkal in Police custody till February 18, 2014. Further, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) interrogation report to the Centre said that Yasin Bhatkal organized the attack on Delhi's Jama Masjid on September 19, 2010 as he was upset with tourists entering the mosque in skimpy clothes. However, he had not discussed the plan with Riyaz Bhatkal before the attack. It was only three days later that Yasin informed Riyaz about the attack.
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February - 6 
Jammu and Kashmir Policeman Khurshid Alam, arrested on January 20, 2014 made revelations in his disclosure statement which have forced sleuths to speed up investigations into Hizb-ul-Mujahideen’s (HM) modules in India, The Times of India reported on February 7. Khurshid told Police that he had
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Jammu and Kashmir Policeman Khurshid Alam, arrested on January 20, 2014 made revelations in his disclosure statement which have forced sleuths to speed up investigations into Hizb-ul-Mujahideen’s (HM) modules in India, The Times of India reported on February 7. Khurshid told Police that he had promised his handler Fayyaz Shamsher who is Pakistan based HM ‘ launching commander’ that he would facilitate infiltration of terrorists through Kashmir border and provide them with logistical support once the passes opened up after winters. But he was arrested before that. "Khurshid had become the group's prized possession because of his occupation as a cop," said the source. Khurshid also revealed that Fayyaz, who was declared dead in the files of Indian Intelligence agencies is a brother of Dawood Khan, a close aide of HM ‘chief’ Syed Salahuddin chargesheeted by National Investigation Agency (NIA). "While Khan runs a tabligh (indoctrination camp) in Abbottabad, Fayyaz …handles transfer of the trained operatives from his brother's camp into Indian territory. Both brothers were swiftly rising within the outfit.” Fayyaz, Police said, was active in Ganderbal (Ganderbal District) in Kashmir till 2006 and thereafter returned to Pakistan. "Khurshid's elder brother, Yusuf, is also a Policeman. Fayyaz and Dawood are Yusuf's brothers-in-law. Khurshid's father-in-law was also a policeman and was even shot at three times," said a senior police officer.
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February - 12 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on February 12 arrested an accused, Shihab H.K. from Bushra Manzil in Kanhangod town of Kasargod District, reports New Indian Express. He is the seventh accused as per the first information report (FIR) in Thaliparamba Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) case. Ac
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on February 12 arrested an accused, Shihab H.K. from Bushra Manzil in Kanhangod town of Kasargod District, reports New Indian Express. He is the seventh accused as per the first information report (FIR) in Thaliparamba Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) case. According to NIA officials, Shihab who was in Dubai went absconding after FICN were intercepted by the Police in September 2011.The NIA Special Court had issued a non-bailable arrest warrant (NBW) against him on November 2012. It was on February 7, 2014 that he arrived at the Karipur Airport using a fake passport issued in the name of Pradeep Kumar. He was taken into custody by the official in the Immigration wing of the airport and was handed over to the Police. He was later remanded to the Manjeri Sub Jail.
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February - 17 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a chargesheet at the NIA Special Court against two accused, Abdul Kalam alias Azad and Abdul Majeed in the Nedumbassery (Ernakulam District, Kerala) Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) case of March, 2010, New Indian Express reported on February 18. The
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a chargesheet at the NIA Special Court against two accused, Abdul Kalam alias Azad and Abdul Majeed in the Nedumbassery (Ernakulam District, Kerala) Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) case of March, 2010, New Indian Express reported on February 18. The NIA charged 489 (B), 489 (C) r/w 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against the accused. Sanal Kumar, Abdulla Haji and Mohammad Rafi are the other accused. These persons were not chargesheeted as they are yet to be arrested. Abdul Kalam was arrested from Kondotty while Abdul Majeed was deported from Dubai last year. According to the NIA, Muhammed Rafi has been raising funds from Gulf countries and smuggling FICN into India to destabilise the Indian economy since 2007. Abdul Kalam had received FICNs from Abdulla Haji and handed them over to Muhammad Rafi.
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February - 20 
Nagaland Post on February 21 reports that National Investigating Agency (NIA) is probing 15 cases in the North East region dealing with arms smuggling, providing arms to the militant groups by Police personnel amongst others. According to sources major cases under investigation by the NIA in the
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Nagaland Post on February 21 reports that National Investigating Agency (NIA) is probing 15 cases in the North East region dealing with arms smuggling, providing arms to the militant groups by Police personnel amongst others. According to sources major cases under investigation by the NIA in the region are related to smuggling of weapons and ammunition from the Police armoury in Nagaland by some Police personnel to both factions of the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN), reports The Assam Tribune. The second major case is the recently registered case (RC-04/2013) against the 'commander-in-chief' of the Independent faction of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA-I) Paresh Baruah and others. Another NIA case in the region relates to the big cache of smuggled weapons seized in Mizoram.
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February - 20 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on February 20 filed its second chargesheet against Indian Mujahideen (IM) ‘India operations chief’ Yasin Bhatkal and his associate Asadullah Akhtar in connection with a case of alleged conspiracy to carry out terror acts in India, reports NDTV. The supplement
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on February 20 filed its second chargesheet against Indian Mujahideen (IM) ‘India operations chief’ Yasin Bhatkal and his associate Asadullah Akhtar in connection with a case of alleged conspiracy to carry out terror acts in India, reports NDTV. The supplementary chargesheet was filed before the court of District Judge I S Mehta who posted the matter for February 24 for taking cognisance on the final report. The other two arrested accused Manzar Imam and Ujjair Ahmed, both hailing from Ranchi (Jharkhand) have been charged for their role in the conspiracy to commit terrorist acts, for harbouring IM terrorists, membership of the terrorist organization and for giving support and raising funds for it, adds The Times of India. According to court sources, Bhatkal and Akhtar have been listed in the chargesheet under various sections of the India Penal Code (IPC), including 120-B (criminal conspiracy), 121 (waging war against the country), 121-A (conspiracy to wage war) and under various sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).The sources also said NIA has defined the roles of Bhatkal and Akhtar in the entire conspiracy of the IM to carry out the terror activities. Regarding Bhatkal's role, the NIA had said that he, along with other conspirators, developed different modules and sleeper cells in Delhi, Darbhanga in Bihar, Nanded, Mumbai, Pune, Bhatkal in Karnataka and Hyderabad. It had also said that Bhatkal had contacted several students of Anjuman Engineering College in Bhatkal to motivate them in the name of 'jihad'. Hindustan Times further reports that chargesheet sai, IM operatives intended to go global with two of them expressing a desire to fight in Syria against the Bashar-al-Assad regime. NIA, in its charge sheet, gives extensive details about hundreds of online chats that Yasin had with IM’s Pakistan-based top leader Riyaz Bhatkal and other India-based operatives like Tehseen Akhtar alias Monu, who are wanted by the police for their alleged role in multiple terror cases. Riyaz told Yasin in one of the chat exchanges that two of his operativesdescribed as Shafi and Farhanwant to go to Syria to fight alongside jehadis against the Assad regime, says the charge sheet. In addition, Yasin Bhatkal used a social networking site ‘Nimbuzz’ to deceive Indian security agencies and send messages to other militants, the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has found, dnaindia.com reports on February 21. Bhatkal used this application to keep in constant touch with Riyaz Bhatkal, IM chief based in Pakistan. "Yasin was communicating with other IM members through this site," an ATS officer said. The two emails used by Yasin were
[email protected]
and
[email protected]
, while Riyaz used
[email protected]
. Using these addresses, the two registered themselves on Nimbuzz and used it to communicate with each other. Meanwhile, the chargesheet has virtually given a clean chit to 2010 German Bakery blasts convict Mirza Himayat Baig, according to The Times of India. The agency has produced evidence in the form of a confessional statement by Yasin that exonerates Baig and may help his acquittal in a higher court. Statements recorded under section 164 of the CrPC are admissible as evidence in court.
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February - 22 
Indian Mujahideen (IM) India operations ‘chief’ Yasin Bhatkal planned to strike India soon after he fled to Nepal following the Mumbai July 13, 2011 (13/7) blasts in 2011, The Times of India reports on February 23. As part of its plan to avenge atrocities on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, IM not only
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Indian Mujahideen (IM) India operations ‘chief’ Yasin Bhatkal planned to strike India soon after he fled to Nepal following the Mumbai July 13, 2011 (13/7) blasts in 2011, The Times of India reports on February 23. As part of its plan to avenge atrocities on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, IM not only planned strikes on Buddhist shrines in India, but even the birthplace on Lord Budha- Lumbini in Nepal. The other Buddhist sites on its radar included Bodh Gaya in Bihar and Shravasti and Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh. Investigations have revealed that IM operatives had conducted a recce of all these shrines and planned to target them one by one. National Investigation Agency (NIA) has found evidence in the form of hand-drawn recce maps of all these places. The IM carried out attack in Bodha Gaya on July 7, 2013.
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February - 22 
The 272-page chargesheet filed by National Investigation Agency (NIA) against Indian Mujahideen (IM) Indian operations ‘chief’ Yasin Bhatkal states, he asked Riyaz Bhatkal whether a "small nuclear bomb" could be arranged to nuke Surat (Gujarat), to which Riyaz replied "anything can be arranged in Pa
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The 272-page chargesheet filed by National Investigation Agency (NIA) against Indian Mujahideen (IM) Indian operations ‘chief’ Yasin Bhatkal states, he asked Riyaz Bhatkal whether a "small nuclear bomb" could be arranged to nuke Surat (Gujarat), to which Riyaz replied "anything can be arranged in Pakistan", Indian TV reports on February 23. The plan did not materialize after Yasin was arrested. The chargesheet also reveals how two Azamgarh militants, Abu Rashid and Bada Sajid, experts at making bombs, are handling IM training camps in Waziristan (Pakistan) and Afghan border. It also reveals that the IM has begun shifting its bases to al-Qaeda safe houses in North Waziristan Agency of FATA, after serious differences cropped up between the Pakistani spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and IM. The ISI, according to disclosures in the chargesheet, wanted IM to postpone the serial train blasts as Pakistan feared international scrutiny. NIA chargesheet also says Al-qaeda is IM’s new ally.
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February - 24 
Indian Mujahideen (IM) has established a new module in Rajasthan and operatives of the outfit were "highly motivated" to carry out terrorist activities in the country, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has said in its charge sheet filed in a Delhi court, IBNLive reports on February 24. "Invest
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Indian Mujahideen (IM) has established a new module in Rajasthan and operatives of the outfit were "highly motivated" to carry out terrorist activities in the country, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has said in its charge sheet filed in a Delhi court, IBNLive reports on February 24. "Investigation has also established the emergence of a new module of IM operatives in Rajasthan, the members of which were in regular contact with Riyaz Bhatkal and were highly motivated to carry out terrorist attacks," the NIA said. In addition, Delhi's Akshardham temple and Pune's cantonment area were on top of IM’s list of places to be targeted, the NIA has said in its charge-sheet against IM's India operations ‘chief’ Yasin Bhatkal and his three aides, reports The Times of India on February 25. According to data retrieved from the laptops recovered from Bhatkal and his aide Asadullah Akhtar, IM members were carrying out reconnaissance of these places, the charge-sheet said. "The files named as... are the photographs of Khirkee area in Pune (Army cantonment) which was sent by Riyaz Bhatkal to accused Asadullah Akhtar through internet in order to carry out a reconnaissance during the month of January/February 2012 while Waqas and he were staying in the hideout located at Loni, near Loni Medical college in Ahmednagar district in Maharashtra," the NIA said. It further said, "Files named as... are the photographs of Akshardham temple in Delhi. Investigation revealed that accused Md Ahmed Siddibapa (Yasin Bhatkal) went there for the purpose of recce. This established the design of the accused persons for conducting future attacks." Further, NIA has found forensic evidence that IM operatives received instructions on terror attacks from the mentors from across the border. With help from the Netherlands' instant messaging service provider Nimbuzz, the NIA has traced the chat ID of IM founder Riyaz Bhatkal, through which he passed on instructions to Yasin Bhatkal, to Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL). The chargesheet notes: "The login details from Nimbuzz, in respect of menothing1 and davidthapa77, were received from the providers. From the received details, the creation of IP of the account menothing1 was found to be 221.120.246.6, which belongs to Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited." The chargesheet directly accuses the Pakistan government of providing shelter to the absconding accused. It says, "The organisation is receiving financial and material assistance from the ISI backed by the Government of Pakistan which has sheltered several absconding operatives." The chat exchanges between IM operatives in India and Pakistan also reveal a sinister plan of IM to expand its footprints across the middle-east and Afghanistan and the outfit's growing ties with Taliban and al-Qaeda. In addition, Yasin Bhatkal was inspired by al Qaeda ‘chief’ Osama Bin Laden and used to motivate youngsters for sacrificing their lives in the name of 'jihad' through the videos of the slain terrorist, NIA has also said in its charge sheet. "He (Bhatkal) used to quote selected phrases from Islamic religious books in support of 'jihad'. He had downloaded from internet a number of documents which portrayed Jihad as an obligatory act of every Muslim. He had also downloaded lectures of Muslim leaders and fighters like Osama Bin laden, Al Yazeed, Al Zarkawi, C Khateeb, Awlaqi from internet. He made young Muslim boys watch these videos and read out these documents to them, so as to motivate them to sacrifice their lives in the name of jihad," NIA said, NIA also stated on February 24, that, Yasin Bhatkal was earlier arrested for theft in Kolkata (West Bengal) in 2009 but Kolkata Police did not know he was the terror mastermind. "Accused Md Ahmed Siddibapa (Bhatkal) visited Kolkata in 2009 along with one Qateel Siddiqui and stayed at the residence of one Humayun for the furtherance of the activities of the IM. He tried to build his network with the help of some Bangladeshi terror links and was arrested on suspicion in a case of theft by Kolkata Police," the NIA has said. During arrest, he identified himself with a fake name Mohammad Arshad, the chargesheet said.
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February - 24 
Indian Mujahideen (IM) initially started as a small group called “Usaba” in Bhatkal, Karnataka, and got its present name from media reports after its 2007 terror strike in Uttar Pradesh, according to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) chargesheet, the Hindu reports on February 25. Meaning a gro
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Indian Mujahideen (IM) initially started as a small group called “Usaba” in Bhatkal, Karnataka, and got its present name from media reports after its 2007 terror strike in Uttar Pradesh, according to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) chargesheet, the Hindu reports on February 25. Meaning a group of congregation of men more than 11 but less than 40, Usaba sent out an e-mail claiming responsibility for the 2007 court blasts in Uttar Pradesh while still looking for a suitable name for the group. “The nomenclature of ‘Indian Mujahideen’ was liked by the operatives and was thus used in the subsequent e-mails along with a designed logo,” the NIA chargesheet stated. Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) was code named ‘Taagut’ or ‘Voda’, NIA was Neye, al Qaeda was termed ‘Waagu’ or ‘Micro’ while Taliban became ‘Tech’. Even places got new names. India became ‘Innd’, Delhi ‘Shaam’, Mumbai ‘Gaww’, Pune ‘Metro’, while Bhatkal, the home town of IM men Riyaz, Iqbal and Yasin Bhatkal, was code named ‘Dehat’. Iqbal Bhatkal was codenamed ‘Bebo’. Even weapons were given interesting names: ‘pistol’ became ‘chaloo ticket’ and AK-47 ‘reservation’; with explosives becoming ‘Chrnnn’ and suicide bombers ‘deposits’.
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February - 24 
On February 24 two Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives, identified as Fakhruddin and Ahmed, who procured explosives for the blasts at Narendra Modi's October 27, 2013 rally in Patna and sheltered its prime accused Haidar Ali, were arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) from Mirzapur in Ut
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On February 24 two Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives, identified as Fakhruddin and Ahmed, who procured explosives for the blasts at Narendra Modi's October 27, 2013 rally in Patna and sheltered its prime accused Haidar Ali, were arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) from Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh, according to The Times of India. "The duo provided material and explosives for the blasts. Some of the IEDs for the Patna blasts were assembled at their residence in Mirzapur where Haidar took refuge for a few days," said an NIA officer.
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February - 25 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on February 25 arrested two more suspects, Anil Pandey and Mohammed Raju from Manda near Mirzapur (Mirzapur District) in Uttar Pradesh for providing explosives for the Patna blasts that targeted Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP's) Prime Ministerial candidate Narend
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on February 25 arrested two more suspects, Anil Pandey and Mohammed Raju from Manda near Mirzapur (Mirzapur District) in Uttar Pradesh for providing explosives for the Patna blasts that targeted Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP's) Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's rally on October 27, 2013 in Patna (Bihar), reports The Times of India. NIA sources said the duo's arrest came about following the interrogation of IM operatives Ahmed and Fakhruddin who were arrested by the agency on February 24. "All four are friends and know each other well. We are investigating how and from where Pandey sourced the explosives and to what extent he along with Raju was involved in the blasts conspiracy," said an NIA officer.
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February - 25 
Top Indian Mujahideen (IM) leaders have joined al-Qaeda and are “fighting in Afghanistan-Pakistan border” and Afghanistan, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) stated in the chargesheet against IM India operations 'chief', Yasin Bhatkal and his associate Asadullah Akhtar, Indian Express reports o
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Top Indian Mujahideen (IM) leaders have joined al-Qaeda and are “fighting in Afghanistan-Pakistan border” and Afghanistan, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) stated in the chargesheet against IM India operations 'chief', Yasin Bhatkal and his associate Asadullah Akhtar, Indian Express reports on February 26. NIA has said that “one IM operative Bada Sajid is fighting in Afghanistan-Pakistan border region” and “was also wounded in one of the skirmishes”. According to the chargesheet, the IM is now an al-Qaeda affiliate whose members are trained by the global terror network, and who have been instructed to focus on Myanmar and to “kidnap Jews in India”.The chargesheet says that at a meeting in Dubai five years ago, the IM leadership decided to cut ties with Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), and join the al-Qaeda. “Investigations revealed that during the stay of the accused (Akhtar) in Dubai (in 2008-09), Iqbal Bhatkal was elected as the leader of Indian Mujahideen and it was decided to sever the association with ISI as soon as possible, and shift towards the Al Qaida, since everyone unanimously felt that the ISI was against the true Jihadi ideology,” says the chargesheet. According to the chargesheet, the IM has split into two groups, one of which is led by “Sajid Sheikh @ Bada Sajid, 27, of Azamgarh, UP”, and the other by “Iqbal and Riyaz Bhatkal”. The Times of India, added that IM terrorists had on their target some tourist spots, a royal train and some other places in the state, especially in western Rajasthan including Jodhpur, Barmer and Jaisalmer, sources said. The chargesheet reveals that the IM shifted the base from Bihar and other nearby states to Rajasthan after an intense crackdown on its Bihar unit by the cops probing the low intensity blasts that occurred during Narendra Modi's rally in Patna in October, 2013 and Bodh Gaya in July, 2013. The group allegedly plans to target foreign tourists and has conducted a recce in several places in Rajasthan apart from other places including Delhi, Mumbai and Maharashtra. After the IM's activities were found in the state, the Rajasthan ATS had intensified search for three IM terrorists, identified as Mohammed Taseen Akhtar, Haider Ali and Waqas alias Javed Mohammad on suspicion that they might target Israeli tourists who frequent some cities including Pushkar, Jodhpur and Jaisalmer. The chargesheet further stated that, splinter group of IM had plans to form a group called Tehreek-e-Taliban Hindustan, along the lines of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, Daily Mail reports on February 25.
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February - 26 
Indian Mujahideen (IM) India operations 'chief' Yasin Bhatkal’s associate Asadullah Akhtar confessed that they had planned three blasts in Dilsukhnagar (Andhra Pradesh), Deccan Chronicle reports on February 27. However, they were able to plant only two bombs due to shortage of explosives. "On Februa
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Indian Mujahideen (IM) India operations 'chief' Yasin Bhatkal’s associate Asadullah Akhtar confessed that they had planned three blasts in Dilsukhnagar (Andhra Pradesh), Deccan Chronicle reports on February 27. However, they were able to plant only two bombs due to shortage of explosives. "On February 18, 2013, we decided on Dilsukhnagar as the place to plant the bombs. Thereafter, I picked the spots. We wanted to have three explosions. But due to shortage of explosives, we decided on two places," he said in a confessional statement recorded by National Investigation Agency (NIA). In his statement, recorded under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) in October, 2013, Akhtar said that he executed the Dilsukhnagar twin blasts on the directions of IM cofounder Riyaz Bhatkal. Akhtar also said Riyaz Bhatkal is now hiding in Pakistan. He further confessed that he had assembled the explosives and had "guided" the members of the terror outfit while planting bombs in Dilsukhnagar.
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February - 27 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) revealed that Kolkata (West Bengal) has been an important hub for the activities of Indian Mujahideen (IM), The Times of India reports on February 28. In his confession to NIA, IM operative Asadullah Akhtar alias Haddi said that the American Center attack and
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) revealed that Kolkata (West Bengal) has been an important hub for the activities of Indian Mujahideen (IM), The Times of India reports on February 28. In his confession to NIA, IM operative Asadullah Akhtar alias Haddi said that the American Center attack and the kidnapping of Khadim's boss in Kolkata (both in 2002) were part of a bigger plan. Haddi admitted before a magistrate in Miyapur, Andhra Pradesh, that in 1999-2000, Aftab Ansari started the IM (called Asif's Commando Force then) with Asif Rezza Khan, a resident of Kolkata, who died in an encounter in 2002. Haddi also said that his people attacked the American Center in Kolkata. Haddi added that he got arms training and learnt how to make explosives at a training camp conducted by Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI). "Haddi and Bhatkal had revealed that the 'Bihar module' was the first thing to come up under the leadership of Yasin Bhatkal and Mohammad Tariq Anjum Hasan. Kolkata acted as a base for this module. However, since this module was more ideologically inclined, other modules in Pune, Beed in Maharashtra and Azamgarh in UP, were in charge of executing terror attacks across the country till 2008. It was only when these modules were either eliminated or busted, that the IM fell back on its recruits from Samitipur-Darbhanga and Nalanda,'' according to sources. Further, the custody of IM India operations 'chief' Yasin Bhatkal and his aide Asadullah Akhtar, ends on February 28 (today), reports Zee News. According to the Mumbai Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS), Bhatkal played a very important role in procuring explosives and making Improvised Explosive Device (IED) used in 2011 Mumbai terror attack. IM was keen on 26/11 suicide attack, targeting Police and politicians, instead of planting bombs and running away, The Times of India reports on February 28. IM operative Mirza Shadab Baig and Asadullah Akhtar had discussed that bomb explosions killing common people had little impact as the government moved on after paying compensation to victims. According to the chargesheet filed by NIA, Riyaz Bhatkal and Yasin Bhatkal were particularly impressed with what Maoists had achieved in Darbha, Chhattisgarh where a Congress cavalcade was ambushed killing 27 people, including the party's top leaders. They had discussed that IM, too, should do something similar that would shake the government. With such a plan in mind, Yasin's associate Asadullah Akhtar was trying to procure explosives and guns. He believed that it was time for the outfit to move towards suicide attack. Further, the chargesheet stated that every article needed to make a bomb is easily available in Delhi. "Irshad Khan (Yasin's father-in-law) pointed out the chemical shops, scientific store, buffing shop, tool shop, metal shop, welding workshop and dye shop from where he and Yasin Bhatkal procured chemicals/tools/metal/instruments/dyes etc," it states. All the shops are located in central Delhi's wholesale hubs, such as Esplanade Road, Pai Walan, Jama Masjid, Tilak Bazar, Hauz Qazi, Ajmeri Gate, Sitaram Bazar, Anand Parbat and Lajpat Rai Market. Although there are strict guidelines for the sale of chemical material in Delhi, the IM terrorists found ways to get around them. The chargesheet also states the names of the 16 important IM operatives who are wanted by Delhi Police in various cases. They are: Iqbal Bhatkal, Riyaz Bhatkal, Amir Raza Khan, Mohseen Chaudhary, Waqas, Tehsin alias Monu, Danish, Mohammad Ismail, Mohammad Zasim, Abdul Kadir, Afif, Khalil, Anwar, Sabir, Salim and Abdul Moik.
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February - 27 
Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Patna (Bihar) on February 27 sent Ahmad Hussain, Fakhruddin, Anil Pandey and Mohammed Raju on judicial remand till March 12, 2014 in Patna serial blasts case of October 27, 2013, reports The Times of India. They have been charged with helping the
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Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Patna (Bihar) on February 27 sent Ahmad Hussain, Fakhruddin, Anil Pandey and Mohammed Raju on judicial remand till March 12, 2014 in Patna serial blasts case of October 27, 2013, reports The Times of India. They have been charged with helping the terrorists in procuring explosives and sheltering them. The same court also extended the remand of four other accused, Imtiaz Ansari alias Alam, Umer Siddiqui, Tabish Neyaz and Azharuddin Quraishi, till March 12, 2014 in connection with the blasts. With this, the number of persons arrested in the case has reached eight.
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February - 28 
A perfume shop of Yasin Bhatkal in Karnataka became IM hub in 2001 for establishment of the Darbhanga module, the NIA has said, dnaindia.com reports on March 1. According to NIA, IM's Darbhanga module came into existence after some key IM members, including Yasin and Fasih Mahmood, developed close l
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A perfume shop of Yasin Bhatkal in Karnataka became IM hub in 2001 for establishment of the Darbhanga module, the NIA has said, dnaindia.com reports on March 1. According to NIA, IM's Darbhanga module came into existence after some key IM members, including Yasin and Fasih Mahmood, developed close links in 2001 at the perfume and naturopathy medicines shop in Bhatkal in Udupi District of Karnataka. NIA charge sheet stated that around December 2001, Yasin had opened the shop 'Almohtasham' near Noor Masjid. "The perfume shop was very popular amongst the students of Anjuman Engineering College. The shop used to be frequented by students like Fasih Mahmood, Tarique Anjum... The visitors included a blend of locals and boys from Darbhanga who would discuss 'jihad' along with local and national/global issues together, fostering a very close relationship which in future would be the basis of Darbhanga module of IM".
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February - 28 
A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in New Delhi on February 28 fixed March 24, 2014 for commencement of arguments on framing of charges against Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative Abu Jundal, reports Business Standard. Jundal, who has been charge sheeted for allegedly carrying out terro
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A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in New Delhi on February 28 fixed March 24, 2014 for commencement of arguments on framing of charges against Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative Abu Jundal, reports Business Standard. Jundal, who has been charge sheeted for allegedly carrying out terror activities in India, had earlier claimed before the court that NIA and Maharashtra Police had forced him to sign some documents and blank papers. Jundal is presently lodged, in Arthur road jail in Mumbai (Maharashtra) in connection with an alleged conspiracy to launch terror strikes in the country.
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February - 28 
Indian Mujahideen (IM) harboured plans to free its operatives lodged in various jails apart from expanding its footprint across Asia, The Times of India reports on March 1. From ramming bulldozers to bring down jail walls to creating hideouts in Tibet, Nepal and Azerbaijan, IM had a range of activit
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Indian Mujahideen (IM) harboured plans to free its operatives lodged in various jails apart from expanding its footprint across Asia, The Times of India reports on March 1. From ramming bulldozers to bring down jail walls to creating hideouts in Tibet, Nepal and Azerbaijan, IM had a range of activities on its drawing board. The 277-page National Investigation Agency (NIA) chargesheet filed against Yasin last week says: "Yasin informed Riyaz that he had learnt to operate bulldozer. It drinks 200 litres per day, but can be used to break wall of the jail." Around the same time, the group seemed to be also planning new hideouts in Nepal, Tibet and Azerbaijan. It says while Yasin had already travelled to Rohtat and Barhare areas of Nepal where he was also planning to buy property, in a November 16, 2012 chat with Yasin, "Riyaz asked to find whether Tibet tour for Lhasa which starts from Kathmandu was continuing". "On December 30, 2012, Riyaz asked (Yasin) whether visa for Azerbaijan was obtained from Nepal, since there was a route via Azerbaijan to Pakistan." In order to expand its base in Nepal, the group had even bought a lathe factory, run on captive hydro-electric power, to manufacture weapons there. "Yasin asked Riyaz whether he should work in the hospital ... He also joked to find a poison which will kill after one week," the chargesheet notes.
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March - 2 
Indian Today reports on March 2 that 3,000 pages of internet chats between top IM leaders accessed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) revealed its grand plans to strike terror across India, its growing differences with Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), split within the group, IM'
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Indian Today reports on March 2 that 3,000 pages of internet chats between top IM leaders accessed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) revealed its grand plans to strike terror across India, its growing differences with Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), split within the group, IM's links with Taliban and Al Qaeeda, its hideouts in other countries, plans to run a kidnapping syndicate to raise funds and striking a possible deal with the Maoists- the entire tale is hidden in over.
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March - 2 
The NIA has declared INR 10,00,000 reward on any information leading to Waqas’ arrest. Investigators say he needs constant medical attention due to partial paralysis of the face.
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The NIA has declared INR 10,00,000 reward on any information leading to Waqas’ arrest. Investigators say he needs constant medical attention due to partial paralysis of the face.
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March - 6 
Indian Mujahideen (IM) made attempts to spread communal hatred across India, according to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) chargesheet filed against IM 'India operations cheif' Yasin Bhatkal, The Times of India reports on March 7. The charge-sheet said that "investigation has established that
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Indian Mujahideen (IM) made attempts to spread communal hatred across India, according to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) chargesheet filed against IM 'India operations cheif' Yasin Bhatkal, The Times of India reports on March 7. The charge-sheet said that "investigation has established that in pursuance of the conspiracy, the operatives of IM have been making attempts to foment communal tension in different parts of India". Investigation by NIA found that during the June 2012 conflict in Assam, IM contributed to the flare-up by spreading text messages and online posts falsely claiming atrocities against Muslims. The outfit also spread text messages of hatred against the northeast community in Bangalore (Karnataka) which resulted in several students from the region being attacked. This operation was led by a new head of the outfit suspected to be in Pakistan. The charge-sheet details a chat between Bhatkal and his associate Afeef Mota (in Pakistan) on July 12, 2013 which talks about a certain member of the outfit having participated in spreading fake news about atrocities against Muslims at the hands of northeastern people. The charge-sheet said, "Yasin asked whether their new head had participated in any jihadi operation in India. It was revealed that he had sent SMSs to create panic in northeast region, people staying in Bangalore and other southern states and planned to create violence between groups in India by fake SMSs to avenge the assassination of some Rohingya Muslims."
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March - 9 
A chargesheet filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has claimed that Indian Mujahideen (IM) had attempted putting in place a local module on the border of Jodhpur-Nagaur Districts in 2013, reported Hindustan Times on March 10. IM’s cadre Mohammad Tehseen Akhtar alias Monu had visited Jaip
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A chargesheet filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has claimed that Indian Mujahideen (IM) had attempted putting in place a local module on the border of Jodhpur-Nagaur Districts in 2013, reported Hindustan Times on March 10. IM’s cadre Mohammad Tehseen Akhtar alias Monu had visited Jaipur and Jodhpur in June 2013 and had procured SIM cards on fake documents. The NIA chargesheet hinted that IM was planning to expand its base in Rajasthan. “There are vital clues that efforts were made to set up a module in Jodhpur and its surroundings areas. Akhtar alias Monu was assigned this job along with Waqas a native of Pakistan,” an unnamed Anti-Terrorism squad (ATS) official said. “Akhtar visited Jodhpur and Jaipur but there is no confirmation about formation of such module. It may be because efforts could not materialise after Bhatkal’s arrest”, said a senior official of Rajasthan ATS seeking anonymity. According to ATS sources, Akhtar and Waqas were close confidants of Bhatkal and were trained in Pakistan to carry out terror activities. After Bhatkal’s arrest the NIA alerted the ATS following which posters of Akhtar, Waqas, and Haidar Ali alias Abdullah were pasted at all public places across the State.
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March - 11 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA), in coordination with the Special Investigation Team of Chhattisgarh, will probe the killing of 15 security personnel and a civilian in the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) ambush on March 11 in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh, reports The Hindu. Pr
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA), in coordination with the Special Investigation Team of Chhattisgarh, will probe the killing of 15 security personnel and a civilian in the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) ambush on March 11 in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh, reports The Hindu. Preliminary enquiries have given ample indications that the CPI-Maoist has launched a Tactical Counter-Offensive Campaign (TCOC) that usually extends from three to four months and during which the outfit consolidates its stronghold, target Security Forces (SFs) and carry out strikes with an aim to harvest weapons.
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March - 14 
National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials on March 14 claimed that the DNA fingerprints lifted from various hideouts of IM matched with that those of Asadullah Akhtar and the absconding Tahseen, both accused in the Dilsukhnagar twin blasts (February 21, 2013), according to The Times of India. Th
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National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials on March 14 claimed that the DNA fingerprints lifted from various hideouts of IM matched with that those of Asadullah Akhtar and the absconding Tahseen, both accused in the Dilsukhnagar twin blasts (February 21, 2013), according to The Times of India. This was disclosed by NIA officials in the chargesheet filed by them in the Dilsukhnagar blasts case, in which 18 persons died and 130 persons injured, in the Nampally court on March 14. However, the chargesheet has been filed only against Yasin Bhatkal and Akhtar out of the total five accused. The charges made against the accused are 302 (Murder), 307 (Attempt to murder), 324 (Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means), 316 (Causing death of quick unborn child by act amounting to culpable homicide), 121 (Waging, or attempting to wage war, or abetting waging of war, against the Government of India), 120B (conspiracy) and few more sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) besides Sections 3 & 5 of the Explosive Substances Act 1908; sections 10,16, 17, 19, 20, 38 (2) and 39 (2) and section 18 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) 1967.
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March - 18 
A special NIA (National Investigation Agency) court on March 18 issued production warrants against Indian Mujahideen (IM) 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal and his close aide Asadullah Akhtar and suspected IM operative Obaid-Ur-Rehman seeking their presence before it on April 2 in connection wi
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A special NIA (National Investigation Agency) court on March 18 issued production warrants against Indian Mujahideen (IM) 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal and his close aide Asadullah Akhtar and suspected IM operative Obaid-Ur-Rehman seeking their presence before it on April 2 in connection with a case of alleged conspiracy to carry out terror acts in India, reports PTI News.
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March - 20 
National Investigation Agency (NIA) opposed in the Delhi High Court the bail plea of Asadullah Akhtar, aide of Indian Mujahideen (IM) 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal, saying he is a member of the banned terror outfit allegedly responsible of various attacks in the country, niticentral reports
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National Investigation Agency (NIA) opposed in the Delhi High Court the bail plea of Asadullah Akhtar, aide of Indian Mujahideen (IM) 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal, saying he is a member of the banned terror outfit allegedly responsible of various attacks in the country, niticentral reports on March 21. In a response NIA stated, “The special NIA court vide a legal order enhanced the stipulated time period for filing the charge sheet from 90 days to 180 days and so the plea of grant of statutory bail under section 167 (2) of the CrPC is not maintainable. “It is submitted that the said application (of Akhtar) is not maintainable as the chargesheet qua the appellant was filed on February 20, 2014 and as per the settled law, there can be no application for bail under section 167 (2) of the CrPC after the charge sheet is filed,” NIA’s reply, filed by IPS officer Vikas Vaibhav, said.
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March - 25 
NIA which is probing the Vagamon Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) camp case had found that one of the accused in the case, Mansar Imam had close links with Tehseen Akthar, New Indian Express reports on March 26. The NIA had found that Imam, arranged hide-outs for Yasin Bhatkal and Tehseen a
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NIA which is probing the Vagamon Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) camp case had found that one of the accused in the case, Mansar Imam had close links with Tehseen Akthar, New Indian Express reports on March 26. The NIA had found that Imam, arranged hide-outs for Yasin Bhatkal and Tehseen after bomb blasts in different parts of the country. Bhatkal and Tehseen had escaped to Nepal following the arrest of Manzar Imam from Ranchi on March 3, 2013.
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March - 31 
A National Investigation Agency (NIA) team came to know that leader of a gang involved in inter-country movement of extremists might have a direct hand in the October 27, 2013, Patna (Bihar) bomb blasts, The Times of India reports on April 1. Two teams of the NIA and Intelligence Bureau (IB) are pre
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A National Investigation Agency (NIA) team came to know that leader of a gang involved in inter-country movement of extremists might have a direct hand in the October 27, 2013, Patna (Bihar) bomb blasts, The Times of India reports on April 1. Two teams of the NIA and Intelligence Bureau (IB) are presently scanning the leads at Nadia and North 24-Parganas Districts to arrest the leader from West Bengal. Code words such as "ticket" or "chaloo" were used for pistol and "kalungi" for explosives, while the popular AK-47 assault rifle was addressed as "reservation" and "elaichi" for a detonator were frequently used. "The word 'kalungi' kept featuring in their conversations prior to the blasts in Patna," a source said. This revelation came after the arrest of Tehsin Akhtar alias Monu and Waqas. Sources also said that the main suspect had played a crucial role in delivering hawala (illegal money transaction) money that has funded numerous blasts in India. "We believe that this man, who prefers operating from North 24 Parganas, was close to Abdul Karim Tunda, the LeT operative who virtually sheltered terrorists of different organizations in Bangladesh," the source added.
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March - 31 
A suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative, Afsal alias Binu Varghese was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials from the Medical College Hospital (MCH) in Thrissur (Thrissur District) on March 31, reports New India Express. According to sources, he hailed from Varghese of P
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A suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative, Afsal alias Binu Varghese was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials from the Medical College Hospital (MCH) in Thrissur (Thrissur District) on March 31, reports New India Express. According to sources, he hailed from Varghese of Perumbavoor in Ernakulam District of Kerala. Afsal had sustained injuries during an alleged encounter with an NIA team at Munnar some time back and had been undergoing treatment at the Thrissur MCH during the past few days. However, he had not been admitted to the hospital. Instead, he hired a room in a lodge near the hospital and was undergoing treatment in MCH.
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March - 31 
Yasin Bhatkal, Indian Mujahideen (IM) 'India operations chief', wanted to carry out a jihad in the country using 'gulels' (catapult/slingshot), the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has found in its course of investigations, The Times of India reports on April 1. Bhatkal wanted to train IM cadres
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Yasin Bhatkal, Indian Mujahideen (IM) 'India operations chief', wanted to carry out a jihad in the country using 'gulels' (catapult/slingshot), the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has found in its course of investigations, The Times of India reports on April 1. Bhatkal wanted to train IM cadres in the use of such catapults in terror attacks. Bhatkal, said a Police officer, even got 1,000 such catapults made but the plan never materialised. Bhatkal told his interrogators that he returned to India in 2006 after completing his terror training in Pakistan. He stayed at a friend's place in Udipi, Karnataka, and worked at a cycle repairing shop. After the July 11, 2006, serial train blasts in Mumbai, Riyaz Bhatkal, IM founder, met Yasin in Udipi. Yasin brought some catapults from Dubai and wanted to replicate them in the country and distribute them among Muslims in Udipi. "He planned to distribute some 1,000 gulels," the officer said. Yasin tried to get the catapults made from a place called Arab Tabela in South Mumbai. He brokered a deal with a small-time blacksmith, Raju Bhai, who agreed to make a die-cast and 1,000 catapults for INR18,000. During this time, Yasin stayed at a guest house near Mumbai Central station for Rs100 a day. His partner, Abu Bhai, too stayed with him.
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April - 2 
A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on April 2 issued production warrants against Indian Mujahideen (IM) co-founder Yasin Bhatkal, his aide Asadullah Akhtar and two others for their presence before it on April 15 in connection with a case of alleged conspiracy to carry out terror act
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A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on April 2 issued production warrants against Indian Mujahideen (IM) co-founder Yasin Bhatkal, his aide Asadullah Akhtar and two others for their presence before it on April 15 in connection with a case of alleged conspiracy to carry out terror acts in India, reports First Post. During an in-chamber hearing, District Judge I S Mehta issued production warrants against Bhatkal, Akhtar and alleged IM operatives Obaid-Ur-Rehman and Abu Faisal after they were not produced before him during the proceedings.
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April - 2 
National Investigation Agency (NIA) told a court in New Delhi that arrested Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives Tehsin Akhtar and Zia-ur-Rehman alias Waqas were actively associated in the "planning" and "planting" of two IEDs which exploded at Dilsukhnagar in Hyderabad in 2013, PTI reports on April 3.
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National Investigation Agency (NIA) told a court in New Delhi that arrested Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives Tehsin Akhtar and Zia-ur-Rehman alias Waqas were actively associated in the "planning" and "planting" of two IEDs which exploded at Dilsukhnagar in Hyderabad in 2013, PTI reports on April 3.
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April - 3 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has increased surveillance since last few months and its major priority is to stop the flow of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) during elections, India Today reports on April 4. "Crores of currency notes which are not printed in Indian mints has landed in the
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has increased surveillance since last few months and its major priority is to stop the flow of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) during elections, India Today reports on April 4. "Crores of currency notes which are not printed in Indian mints has landed in the country," one NIA official disclosed. But the agency does not have a uniform estimate of the fake currency in circulation. The NIA source say, "till recently, higher denomination notes dominated the fake market, but now printing smaller denominations like INR 10 and INR 20, which are harder to detect or seize, have the potential to cause a loss of confidence in the Indian rupee." According to NIA, after being printed in facilities across the border, the consignments are smuggled into India through a well-established channel in Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, and the United Arab Emirates. In 2013, the China route was used to send a FICN consignment into India. Organised crime syndicates and terrorist groups like the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and the Indian Mujahideen (IM) are also part of this racket, along with drug traffickers, arms smugglers, and possibly some Indian customs personnel.
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April - 3 
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has given notification to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court I in Kochi (Kerala) to resume trial of NIA cases registered in the state, reports New Indian Express. The notification was published in the Gazette on March 25, 2014. "Since the notific
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The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has given notification to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court I in Kochi (Kerala) to resume trial of NIA cases registered in the state, reports New Indian Express. The notification was published in the Gazette on March 25, 2014. "Since the notification has been published in the Gazette, the order in this regard would come soon,” an NIA official said. Important cases like Vagamon Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) camp case, Kalamassery bus burning case and several Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) cases are pending before the court for trial. The accused persons in the Vagamon SIMI case are believed to be behind the Ahmedabad bomb blast case with some of them having links with top leadership of the Indian Mujahideen (IM). Kalamassery bus burning case is another important case in which Thadiyantavide Nazeer, a suspected south Indian 'commander' of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Sufiya Madhani, wife of Abdul Nasser Madhani, are the accused. Currently, the trial of the palm-chopping case is going on at NIA Special Court II in Kochi.
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April - 5 
Yasin Bhatkal revealed about Dawood lbrahim linkages before the Bangalore Police's Anti-Terrorist Cell and the National Investigation Agency (NIA), dnaindia.com reported on April 6. Also, he told investigators that he collected hawala (illegal money transaction) money, sent from Dubai or Sharjah by
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Yasin Bhatkal revealed about Dawood lbrahim linkages before the Bangalore Police's Anti-Terrorist Cell and the National Investigation Agency (NIA), dnaindia.com reported on April 6. Also, he told investigators that he collected hawala (illegal money transaction) money, sent from Dubai or Sharjah by another IM member, Hafeef Bhatkali, during the November 26, 2008 (26/11) terror attack in Mumbai (Maharashtra). During Yasin's first visit to Pakistan in 2005 he underwent a 50-day terror training in the Balochistan area. During his second visit he stayed with the Bhatkal brothers, Riyaz and Iqbal. Yasin, Riyaz and a few others met Dawood Ibrahim in the Balochistan area in 2011. And Bangalore Police sources say Dawood discussed terror attacks in India with them. Also, Yasin told investigators that he was in Mumbai during the 26/11 attack. "Hafeef Bhatkali, a computer engineer who was earlier based in Dubai, is now in Pakistan. Riyaz is in touch with him. Hafeef finances the IM," Yasin said. "At the time of 26/11, I was in Mumbai to collect INR 4,00,000 in cash sent by Hafeef. The hawala delivery boy handed over the money to me near a mosque in Pydhonie." Hafeef has close links with the D-company and runs hawala rackets in Mumbai and other places in India.
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April - 11 
Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on April 11 gave Delhi Police Special Cell charge to handle the case regarding two Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives, reports New Indian Express. According to sources, “The MHA had transferred the case related to two alleged IM operatives, Syed Maqbool and Imran
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Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on April 11 gave Delhi Police Special Cell charge to handle the case regarding two Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives, reports New Indian Express. According to sources, “The MHA had transferred the case related to two alleged IM operatives, Syed Maqbool and Imran Khan, to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). They were arrested in October 2012, for blasts in German bakery and Dilsukhnagar. They had filed a bail application. The appearance of the NIA and Special Cell in the same case, however, created confusion as to which agency was investigating the case."
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April - 13 
Members of a joint team of Intelligence Bureau (IB) and National Investigation Agency (NIA) are camping in Darbhanga and Kataiya block of Muzaffarpur District in Bihar in search of Abdul Mikas Afzal, an absconding Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative, The Times of India reports on April 14. Apart f
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Members of a joint team of Intelligence Bureau (IB) and National Investigation Agency (NIA) are camping in Darbhanga and Kataiya block of Muzaffarpur District in Bihar in search of Abdul Mikas Afzal, an absconding Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative, The Times of India reports on April 14. Apart from Abdul, the joint team is also looking into the disappearance of about two dozen young boys from Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur and Samastipur along with two others from Kataiya. Their whereabouts is neither known to the local Police nor their family members. Police said the family members claim their wards have gone to Karnataka for studies but the IB has information that they have landed in IM net. The disclosures were made during the interrogation of Yasin Bhatkal and Tehsin Akhtar in Delhi. Interestingly, their family members have not lodged any FIR with the local Police arousing suspicion. Sources further disclosed that Abdul was an important link in the three Districts where the IM was running different modules.
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April - 17 
The Telegraph reports on April 17 that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is hoping to extract information from gunrunner Wuthikorn Naruenartwanich, alias Willy, from Thailand, to effectively nail Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) leader Anthony Shimray on procurem
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The Telegraph reports on April 17 that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is hoping to extract information from gunrunner Wuthikorn Naruenartwanich, alias Willy, from Thailand, to effectively nail Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) leader Anthony Shimray on procurement of Chinese weapons for the outfit. Shimray, who was arrested by the NIA from Nepal in 2010, is currently lodged in a Delhi jail. A source in the NIA said they are hoping to extract some vital information from Willy on the supply of Chinese weapons not only to the NSCN-IM but also to other Northeast insurgent groups. The move follows a Thai court’s nod to extradite the gunrunner. “Willy’s extradition and arrest will also help us build a watertight case against Shimray who is facing trial in an NIA court in Delhi in a case related to a criminal conspiracy for illegal procurement of a shipload of sophisticated arms and ammunition from China,” the source said. Willy was detained by Police in Bangkok in August, 2013 following a tip-off provided by India. A Thai court recently issued an order for his extradition after hearing a request made by India. A non-bailable warrant and a red-corner notice were issued against Willy in this NIA case in 2011. The Indian government had requested Thailand for Willy’s extradition through a diplomatic channel and Indian officers had testified against him in the Thai court. “The Bangkok court has given Willy a period of 30 days to prefer an appeal against the extradition order if he so desires, which will expire early next month,” the source said. After he is extradited, Willy will have to face trial with Shimray in the NIA case (number RC-01/2010).
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April - 23 
Delhi Police Special Cell on April 23 took alleged Madhya Pradesh 'chief' of Student's Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) Abu Faisal alias 'Doctor' in custody, according to The Times of India. Faisal was re-arrested by Madhya Pradesh Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) from Barwani District after his escape fr
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Delhi Police Special Cell on April 23 took alleged Madhya Pradesh 'chief' of Student's Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) Abu Faisal alias 'Doctor' in custody, according to The Times of India. Faisal was re-arrested by Madhya Pradesh Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) from Barwani District after his escape from Khandwa prison with six others on October 2. He has been taken to Delhi from Bhopal for interrogation on his suspected links with Zia-ur-Rehman alias Waqas, a Pakistani national and Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative who was arrested last month from Ajmer (Rajasthan). It is alleged that Abu developed contacts with Waqas in Munnar, Kerala, where Waqas lived in hiding, disguised as a Maharashtrian named Nabil Ahmad in 2013. While in Kerala, Waqas faced financial problems and received money through Western Union money transfer. Delhi Police suspect Abu Faisal deposited funds in Waqas's account. Abu was introduced to Waqas by alleged IM's present 'operational chief' of India, Tehseen Akhtar alias Monu. However, Waqas and Tehseen do not figure anywhere in the Abu Faisal's interrogation report prepared by Madhya Pradesh ATS. Recently, he was taken on transit remand by National Investigation Agency (NIA) for interrogation in connection with different terror attacks. According to sources in state ATS, Faisal has not approached any advocate for help in filing his bail application. When his father came to meet him at Bhopal jail, he said he would come clean.
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April - 24 
According to government sources, National Investigation Agency (NIA) officers have secured statements from several United States (US)-based witnesses linked to the November 26, 2008 (26/11) investigation, The Hindu reports on April 25. The recording of the statements from officers of the Federal Bur
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According to government sources, National Investigation Agency (NIA) officers have secured statements from several United States (US)-based witnesses linked to the November 26, 2008 (26/11) investigation, The Hindu reports on April 25. The recording of the statements from officers of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and independent witnesses had been stalled since 2010 because of the US resistance to the presence of Indian Police officers during the process. The witness statements, a senior government official said, were important to substantiate charges filed by the NIA before a Delhi court in 2012 against Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) 'commanders' alleged to have been involved in organising the 26/11 plot.
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April - 24 
The Kerala Police and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) produced further evidence before the Centre-appointed tribunal for reviewing the ban on Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), The New Indian Express reports on April 25. The state Police which handed over some confidential documents
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The Kerala Police and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) produced further evidence before the Centre-appointed tribunal for reviewing the ban on Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), The New Indian Express reports on April 25. The state Police which handed over some confidential documents prepared by the Intelligence ADGP reiterated its stand favouring the ban. They said the workers of the banned outfit were active in some organisations like the ‘Minority Rights Watch’ and ‘Islamic Students Association’. The three-day hearing here which began on April 23 is part of a countrywide exercise to review the ban first imposed on SIMI in 2001. The state Police presented two cases registered at Nadakavu Police Station in Kozhikode in 2013 in which copies of two books - ‘Dawat-e-Jihad’ and ‘Vazhiyadayalangal’ were seized. The books contained texts perpetuating communal hatred, the Police stated before the tribunal headed by Justice Suresh Kait. NIA presented the Kashmir recruitment case in which Keralite youths were recruited for terror activities in Kashmir. The Keralite presence was detected by the national security forces in 2008 following which 10 persons were arrested. The accused were awarded life term by an NIA court in October 2013.
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April - 24 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on April 24 filed a charge sheet against the first accused, Imtiyaz Ansari in connection with the Patna serial blasts case of October 27, 2013, reports The Hindu. Imtiyaz was associated with the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and also had had very c
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on April 24 filed a charge sheet against the first accused, Imtiyaz Ansari in connection with the Patna serial blasts case of October 27, 2013, reports The Hindu. Imtiyaz was associated with the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and also had had very close links with the members of Indian Mujahideen (IM)” said an NIA release. “Investigation of the cases relating to the serial bomb blasts at Gandhi Maidan in Patna and the Patna railway station was handed over to NIA. During the probe, eight accused persons were arrested, of whom one succumbed to the injuries sustained while planting a bomb at the railway station,” said a NIA official. “Investigations revealed that Imtiyaz along with others had planted the bombs at the Patna railway station and in the hunkar rally of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi", the NIA release added. The charge sheet also mentions four other SIMI operatives, identified as Haidar Ali, Mujibollah, Tafiq Ansari and Nauman Ansari, as absconding accused, according to The Times of India.
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April - 27 
National Investigation Agency (NIA) recorded statements of some witnesses in connection with the conspiracy hatched by American-born Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist David Coleman Headley and others to carry out the 26/11 (November 26, 2008) terror attack, The Times of India reports on April 28. The
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National Investigation Agency (NIA) recorded statements of some witnesses in connection with the conspiracy hatched by American-born Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist David Coleman Headley and others to carry out the 26/11 (November 26, 2008) terror attack, The Times of India reports on April 28. The statements were recorded with the help of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the US Department of Justice over nearly 10 days, sources said. Due to a non-disclosure clause entered with FBI, NIA did not name the witnesses whose statements have been recorded but India had been for long seeking the questioning of Shahzia Gilani, Headley's wife, Indian Express adds.
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April - 30 
Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on April 30 gave NIA an extension of 20 days, a day before the deadline to file the supplementary charge sheet in Malegaon blast (September 8, 2006) case was to end, according to Hindustan Times. Special public prosecutor Rohini Salian argued that NI
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Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on April 30 gave NIA an extension of 20 days, a day before the deadline to file the supplementary charge sheet in Malegaon blast (September 8, 2006) case was to end, according to Hindustan Times. Special public prosecutor Rohini Salian argued that NIA is awaiting important details before filing the charge sheet, and hence NIA should be given 45 days more to file it.
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May - 2 
In a major breakthrough in foiling the Islamist terror group’s recruitment and fundraising operations in West Asia, a key Indian Mujahideen organiser, Faizan Ahmad Sultan was deported by the UAE on May 2, reports The Hindu. Faizan was escorted to New Delhi by Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) officia
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In a major breakthrough in foiling the Islamist terror group’s recruitment and fundraising operations in West Asia, a key Indian Mujahideen organiser, Faizan Ahmad Sultan was deported by the UAE on May 2, reports The Hindu. Faizan was escorted to New Delhi by Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) officials and was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) soon after his arrival. Faizan played a key role in helping Indian Mujahideen fugitives flee India after a 2008 police operation targeting the group led to the arrest of several second-rung operatives, and the death of top commander Mohammad Atif Amin. In addition, he is alleged to have helped Mohammad Ismail, also known as “Gora Ismail,” route funds from Karachi-based Indian Mujahideen military commander Riyaz Ahmad Shahbandri to operatives in India. The UAE authorities detained Faizan soon after he was located by RAW in February, based on leads developed through the interrogation of alleged Indian Mujahideen commander Mohammad Ahmad Zarar Siddibapa. Siddibapa, held while crossing the India-Nepal border last year, is now awaiting trial, the sources said.
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May - 4 
Further, the State government decided to hand over the investigation to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said, “Let the NIA investigate who is involved… I want to coordinate with neighbouring Bhutan as the militants may hide there after committing the crime. If the
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Further, the State government decided to hand over the investigation to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said, “Let the NIA investigate who is involved… I want to coordinate with neighbouring Bhutan as the militants may hide there after committing the crime. If the NIA comes then that can be done.”
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May - 5 
Times Of India on May 6 reports that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is likely to sit for a detailed discussion with the state home department in Dispur and draw up a strategy to probe the recent violence in Assam. In response to the request of the State Government, a senior officer of the N
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Times Of India on May 6 reports that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is likely to sit for a detailed discussion with the state home department in Dispur and draw up a strategy to probe the recent violence in Assam. In response to the request of the State Government, a senior officer of the NIA arrived in Assam on May 5 to finalise the modalities of taking over the investigation. In related news Times of India reports that 26 people including five forest officials have been arrested in connection with the massacre from Narayanguri. Police officials stated that "Empty cartridges of forest department sanctioned rifles and mobile phones were recovered from the villages where the attack took place. The villages are located on the edge of Manas National Park. Preliminary investigations revealed that some of forest volunteers were former militants and still had connections with Bodo ultras."
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May - 6 
In Guwahati, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Assam Police held a high-level meeting to chalk out a co-ordinated strategy to probe the BTAD killings, The Telegraph reports on May 7. Although the NIA is yet to formally register a case in this connection, the Assam government has referred f
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In Guwahati, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Assam Police held a high-level meeting to chalk out a co-ordinated strategy to probe the BTAD killings, The Telegraph reports on May 7. Although the NIA is yet to formally register a case in this connection, the Assam government has referred five cases. Police suspect the involvement of the Songbijit faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-IKS) in the killings. “The support required by the NIA, including logistics and manpower, to carry out the investigation were discussed in the meeting,” a Police official said. A preliminary report about the violence will be submitted, after which the NIA will formally take up the investigation.
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May - 7 
On May 7 suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative Tehseen Akhtar and Zia-Ur-Rahman alias Waqas were remanded in National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody till May 16, 2014 after the agency said their custody was required for interrogation to unearth the entire conspiracy of the terror outfit, re
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On May 7 suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative Tehseen Akhtar and Zia-Ur-Rahman alias Waqas were remanded in National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody till May 16, 2014 after the agency said their custody was required for interrogation to unearth the entire conspiracy of the terror outfit, reports Indian Express. “I have perused the chargesheet against the co-accused and the case diary on the basis of which non-bailable warrants (NBW) dated July 18, 2013 and September 10, 2013 were issued against both. In these circumstances, prayer of NIA for custody is allowed and the application moved on behalf of NIA dated May 6, 2014 is disposed of accordingly,” District Judge I.S. Mehta said.
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May - 9 
Suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative Faizan Ahmed Sultan, who was earlier arrested on May 2 in Delhi after being deported from Sharjah in connection with a case of waging war against India, was on May 9 remanded in judicial custody till May 22, 2014 by a Delhi Court, reports Hindustan Times.
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Suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative Faizan Ahmed Sultan, who was earlier arrested on May 2 in Delhi after being deported from Sharjah in connection with a case of waging war against India, was on May 9 remanded in judicial custody till May 22, 2014 by a Delhi Court, reports Hindustan Times. According to National Investigation Agency (NIA), he was wanted in various cases in India for allegedly conspiring for waging war against the country, raising funds for terrorist acts and recruitment of persons for the banned terror outfit. An Interpol Red Corner Notice was also issued against him to secure his provisional arrest in Sharjah. NIA has arrested Sultan in connection with a case lodged in 2012 relating to the larger conspiracy of IM operatives to wage war against the country by carrying out various terror strikes in India. Sultan had gone to Pakistan on a fake passport and had undergone arms training there, the agency had said. NIA had said that Sultan was being probed for allegedly having harboured other absconding IM operatives and providing assistance to the banned terror outfit by raising funds from Gulf countries.
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May - 12 
Meanwhile, ‘chairman’ of United National Liberation Front (UNLF), RK Meghen alias Sanayaima was produced before the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court, Guwahati on May 12, reports Kanglaonline. The NIA has charged 19 members of UNLF including Meghen with multiple cases including waging war ag
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Meanwhile, ‘chairman’ of United National Liberation Front (UNLF), RK Meghen alias Sanayaima was produced before the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court, Guwahati on May 12, reports Kanglaonline. The NIA has charged 19 members of UNLF including Meghen with multiple cases including waging war against India, extortion and procuring arms from foreign countries. UNLF chief was reportedly arrested on November 30, 2010 in Bihar’s East Champaran District, while trying to cross over to India from Bangladesh. The claim is denied by the outfit alleging that Meghen was abducted by Indian and Bangladeshi security services in Dhaka on September 29, 2010 and forcibly brought to India
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May - 12 
Meanwhile, the Police have altogether arrested 27 persons, including forest guards, in connection with the attacks and have launched a hunt for forest official Amiyo Kumar Brahma who was picked up for questioning immediately after the Narayanguri attack on May 2 but was later released, reports The T
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Meanwhile, the Police have altogether arrested 27 persons, including forest guards, in connection with the attacks and have launched a hunt for forest official Amiyo Kumar Brahma who was picked up for questioning immediately after the Narayanguri attack on May 2 but was later released, reports The Telegraph on May 13. Brahma is absconding. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is probing the violence following a request by the State Government.
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May - 16 
A Delhi court on May 16 extended till May 23, 2014 the National Investigation (NIA) custody of Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives Tehseen Akhtar and Zia-Ur-Rahman alias Waqas after the agency said they were required to be interrogated further to unearth the larger conspiracy of the banned terror outf
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A Delhi court on May 16 extended till May 23, 2014 the National Investigation (NIA) custody of Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives Tehseen Akhtar and Zia-Ur-Rahman alias Waqas after the agency said they were required to be interrogated further to unearth the larger conspiracy of the banned terror outfit, reports Outlook. "During the examination in police custody, accused persons have disclosed about several hideouts used by them since they joined IM and have also disclosed about various e-mail/chat account addresses used by them for communicating with other IM operatives. All these need to be verified....," NIA said. Regarding Waqas and Akhtar, NIA had said that they both had personally participated in various bomb blasts on the instructions of Pakistan-based handlers, Riyaz Bhatkal and Iqbal Bhatkal, who both are co-founders of the IM and are absconding.
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May - 20 
National Investigation Agency (NIA) on May 20, arrested four suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) militants for alleged involvement in Patna (Bihar) blasts of October 27, 2013, targeting Prime Minister designate, Narendra Modi, from Seethio village in Ranchi District, reports The Times of India. They ha
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National Investigation Agency (NIA) on May 20, arrested four suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) militants for alleged involvement in Patna (Bihar) blasts of October 27, 2013, targeting Prime Minister designate, Narendra Modi, from Seethio village in Ranchi District, reports The Times of India. They have been identified as Haider, Numan, Taufeeq, and Muzibullah, and were absconding for months. The mastermind behind the plan and execution of the Patna bombings is allegedly Tehseen Akhtar, who is the current 'India operations chief' of IM.
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May - 21 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on May 21 claimed that it has solved the October 27, 2013 Patna (Bihar) blast case with the arrest of four suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorists, reports New Indian Express. The Times of India adds on May 22 that main accused in the case Haidar Ali a
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on May 21 claimed that it has solved the October 27, 2013 Patna (Bihar) blast case with the arrest of four suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorists, reports New Indian Express. The Times of India adds on May 22 that main accused in the case Haidar Ali alias Black Beauty was arrested along with his associate Mujibullah from a bus stop in Ranchi on May 20 while Nauman Ansari and a minor were arrested on May 21 from Daltonganj. NIA Director General Sharad Kumar said, “On Tuesday we picked up mastermind of the blast Haider Ali alias Black Beauty and Mojibullah and after their sustained interrogation, other two suspects -- Numan Ansari and a juvenile -- were held. With this, we have arrested all 13 accused in the case", New Indian Express reports on May 22. The NIA Chief further added that Haider was the most wanted terrorist on the run, after the arrest of Yasin Bhatkal, Assadullah Akhtar, Tehseen and Waqas. He was trying to galvanise Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and IM operatives after the arrest of the top terrorists. Haider, the mastermind of Patna and also Bodh Gaya blasts of July 7, 2013, was carrying INR10,00,000 bounty on his head. “He has also been found working at the behest of foreign handlers and receiving funds through hawala [illegal money transaction] channels. Tuesday’s arrest clearly establishes the links between the SIMI and IM. The bombs used in the Patna and Bodh Gaya blasts were manufactured at Baralota lodge in Ranchi,” Kumar said. The group had a unique practice of choosing the leader of an operation through qura'h andazi (a draws of lots) and believed in using maal-e-ghanimat (war booty) for terror attacks. Sources said the group had committed robbery at a jewellery shop in Indore (Madhya Pradesh) few years ago and run away to Rampur (Uttar Pradesh). They used the money from the loot to fund terror activities, The Times of India reports on May 22. . "This SIMI network is big. We suspect some local handlers to be involved as well. We will question him over this," said an NIA officer adding that the group would also be questioned over recent Chennai blasts as the bombs have been found to be similar. The group had also recceed various Buddhist sites in Shrawasti, Sarnath and Kushinagar for attacks to avenge atrocities on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, the motivation that led to Bodh Gaya blasts as well.
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May - 21 
Meanwhile, the National Investigation Agency (NIA), on May 21, received approval from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to register the cases relating to the killing of more than 40 people in Baksa and Kokrajhar Districts on May 1 and 2, reports The Assam Tribune. Sources said that the NIA would re
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Meanwhile, the National Investigation Agency (NIA), on May 21, received approval from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to register the cases relating to the killing of more than 40 people in Baksa and Kokrajhar Districts on May 1 and 2, reports The Assam Tribune. Sources said that the NIA would register four cases, three in Baksa District and one in Kokrajhar District on May 22 (today), and investigations would start soon. There is every possibility of teams of NIA officials coming from New Delhi to investigate the cases.
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May - 22 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested one suspected aide, identified as Soyeb Akhtar of Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative Haidar Ali alias "Black Beauty" and seized explosive materials along with a laptop and a pendrive from a lodge at Bariyatu area in Ranchi city on May 22, reports The Ti
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested one suspected aide, identified as Soyeb Akhtar of Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative Haidar Ali alias "Black Beauty" and seized explosive materials along with a laptop and a pendrive from a lodge at Bariyatu area in Ranchi city on May 22, reports The Times of India. Ranchi City Superintendant of Police (SP) Anoop Birthary confirmed the detention and recovery. "The NIA and Ranchi Police conducted a raid in Bariyatu in the wee hours on Thursday when one Soyeb Akhtar was detained," said Birthary. Soyeb was staying at a lodge in Bariyatu and was allegedly in touch with Haidar Ali, a Police officer said.
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May - 23 
A court in New Delhi on May 23 handed over the custody of Indian Mujahideen (IM) suspects Tehseen Akhtar alias Monu and Waqas alias Zia-ur-Rehman to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) team conducting investigation in 2013 blasts in Hyderabad's Dilsukhnagar, reports Zee News. According to source
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A court in New Delhi on May 23 handed over the custody of Indian Mujahideen (IM) suspects Tehseen Akhtar alias Monu and Waqas alias Zia-ur-Rehman to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) team conducting investigation in 2013 blasts in Hyderabad's Dilsukhnagar, reports Zee News. According to sources, Special Judge I.S. Mehta allowed the investigating agency's plea seeking three days' transit remand of the duo. "Both the accused are allowed to be taken to NIA special court, Nampally, Hyderabad, and both accused persons are given on three days' transit remand to NIA, Hyderabad, and hee is directed to produce them before the said court and thereafter he is further directed to produce both the accused persons before this court after completion of investigation...," the court said.
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May - 23 
The four Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives arrested by the central intelligence agency in connection with Patna Gandhi Maidan blasts on October 27, 2013, were produced before the National Investigation Agency (NIA) designated special court judge at Patna (Bihar) on May 23, reports The Times of India
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The four Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives arrested by the central intelligence agency in connection with Patna Gandhi Maidan blasts on October 27, 2013, were produced before the National Investigation Agency (NIA) designated special court judge at Patna (Bihar) on May 23, reports The Times of India. The court allowed the Police to take them on 14-day remand. Sources said after the serial blasts at Patna Gandhi Maidan, the four had planned to blow up Golden Temple at Amritsar (Punjab) and Lotus Temple in Delhi. This was revealed during their interrogation in Ranchi (Jharkhand).
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May - 23 
The Times of India reports that immediately after the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) gave its nod to National Investigation Agency (NIA) to probe into the recent violence in Bodoland Territorial District Areas (BTAD) that claimed at least 46 lives, the investigation agency has sought four case
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The Times of India reports that immediately after the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) gave its nod to National Investigation Agency (NIA) to probe into the recent violence in Bodoland Territorial District Areas (BTAD) that claimed at least 46 lives, the investigation agency has sought four case diaries from Assam Police. The cases to be investigated include three incidents of killings in the Narayanguri area in Baksa District and the killings in the Balapara area in Kokrajhar District. The NIA received the MHA order on May 21.
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May - 28 
Meanwhile, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) will send a team of investigators from New Delhi to assist the officials of the Guwahati branch of the agency in investigation of the cases relating to killing of more than 40 persons by armed miscreants in the Bodoland Territorial Autonomous Distri
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Meanwhile, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) will send a team of investigators from New Delhi to assist the officials of the Guwahati branch of the agency in investigation of the cases relating to killing of more than 40 persons by armed miscreants in the Bodoland Territorial Autonomous Districts (BTAD) recently, The Assam Tribune reports on March 29. Highly placed official sources said that the NIA has already constituted a team, which would be sent to Assam immediately after the cases are registered formally.
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May - 28 
Police teams investigation May 1, 2014 Chennai train blasts ruled out the involvement of the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) module headed by Patna (Bihar) blasts-accused Haidar Ali, The Times of India reports on May 29. While Ali and his three associates, arrested by NIA on May 19, denied
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Police teams investigation May 1, 2014 Chennai train blasts ruled out the involvement of the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) module headed by Patna (Bihar) blasts-accused Haidar Ali, The Times of India reports on May 29. While Ali and his three associates, arrested by NIA on May 19, denied involvement, their claims have been corroborated with their location being found in Jharkhand at the time of the Chennai blasts. "As of now, there is nothing to suggest that Haidar Ali and his associates were involved in the Chennai blasts. However, there could be involvement of some other module of the same organization," an internal security officer said. The other suspect in the case, Tamil Nadu-based terror outfit Al Umma, is also being ruled out. It was being suspected that Abu Bakr Siddique of the outfit may have carried out the attacks. But investigations failed to establish a motive behind the attack and also the justification for a Tamil Nadu outfit operative to board the train in Bangalore and time the blasts for Nellore in Andhra Pradesh. The blasts happened in Chennai because the train was running almost 90 minutes late. Interrogation of the Patna blasts accused revealed that Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative Tehseen Akhtar, named in the First Information Report (FIR) as one of the accused, may not be involved in the blasts. "There is no evidence of Tehseen's direct involvement in the blasts. As yet there are only indications of Tehseen giving ideological support to the Haidar-led group," said the officer.
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May - 29 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court will frame charges against the accused in the Panayikulam (Tamil Nadu) camp case of Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) on June 16, 2014, reports The Times of India on May 30. The court has asked all the accused, including those who received bail i
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court will frame charges against the accused in the Panayikulam (Tamil Nadu) camp case of Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) on June 16, 2014, reports The Times of India on May 30. The court has asked all the accused, including those who received bail in the case, to be produced in court on June 16 for completing procedures before beginning trial in the case. Panayikulam SIMI camp case is related to a secret meeting of SIMI activists at Panayikulam near Aluva on August 15, 2006, and has listed 17 accused in this regard. Earlier, Lhari Dorgee Latoo, Superintendent of Police (SP), NIA, New Delhi, filed the chargesheet against the 17 persons in the case in 2010.
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June - 1 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on May 31 arrested a native of West Bengal, identified as Muhammed Inshan Ali who is an accused in the Manjeri (Malappuram District of Kerala) Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) case from Chennai (Tamil Nadu), reports New Indian Express. He was produced before t
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on May 31 arrested a native of West Bengal, identified as Muhammed Inshan Ali who is an accused in the Manjeri (Malappuram District of Kerala) Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) case from Chennai (Tamil Nadu), reports New Indian Express. He was produced before the Special Court on June 1, which remanded him in judicial custody until June 13, 2014. NIA officials said they were suspecting the involvement of two other persons in the case. Muhammed Inshan was at large after the incident. So far, seven natives from West Bengal have been listed as accused in the case. The charges against the accused include using forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes. The Manjeri Police had registered a case in 2012. All the accused hail from Talagachi village of Malda District in West Bengal.
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June - 2 
A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in New Delhi on June 2 issued a production warrant for July 2, 2014 against suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist Abu Jundal, one of the alleged masterminds of 26/11 (November 26, 2008) attacks in Mumbai (Maharashtra), reports PTI.
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A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in New Delhi on June 2 issued a production warrant for July 2, 2014 against suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist Abu Jundal, one of the alleged masterminds of 26/11 (November 26, 2008) attacks in Mumbai (Maharashtra), reports PTI.
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June - 2 
A court in New Delhi on June 2 sent Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative Faizan Ahmed Sultan, an accused in the September 13, 2008 Delhi blasts, to judicial custody till June 13, 2014, reports New Indian Express. Sultan was deported from Sharjah to Delhi earlier on May 2 and arrested by the National Inv
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A court in New Delhi on June 2 sent Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative Faizan Ahmed Sultan, an accused in the September 13, 2008 Delhi blasts, to judicial custody till June 13, 2014, reports New Indian Express. Sultan was deported from Sharjah to Delhi earlier on May 2 and arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). The NIA claimed Sultan provided hiding places to top leaders of IM since 2008. His name was also disclosed by IM 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal.
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June - 4 
Police on June 4 arrested three persons and seized Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) amounting to INR 3,80,000 from them near Masjid railway station in Mumbai, reports The Times of India. The case is likely to be transferred to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). "We got information that three
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Police on June 4 arrested three persons and seized Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) amounting to INR 3,80,000 from them near Masjid railway station in Mumbai, reports The Times of India. The case is likely to be transferred to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). "We got information that three people, Alam Shaikh (28), Ataru Rehman Shaikh (38) and Gulam Shaikh (28) will come near Masjid station with fake currency to deliver to their contact in Mumbai. We caught them," said D M Kuprekar, Assistant Inspector of Police. "All notes are in the denomination of INR 1,000. The arrested, who were used as the courier, stay in a Vakola slum. One of the accused was given INR 15,000 for expenses. We could not nab the person who was to take the delivery as he did not turn up," said an officer. The notes are of high quality and have over 98 per cent features that are similar to real currency. All the accused originally belong to Jharkhand.
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June - 6 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is investigating blasts at Narendra Modi’s rally in Patna (Bihar), on October 27, 2013 suspects that money generated from a robbery at the Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) branch of Muthoot Finance in August, 2010 was used in the terror operation, Indian Express
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is investigating blasts at Narendra Modi’s rally in Patna (Bihar), on October 27, 2013 suspects that money generated from a robbery at the Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) branch of Muthoot Finance in August, 2010 was used in the terror operation, Indian Express reports on June 7. According to investigators, Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) ideologue Hyder Ali alias ‘Black Beauty’, who was arrested last month in connection with the blasts, revealed that another arrested SIMI operative Abu Faisal, who was linked to the robbery, had given Hyder INR 5,00,000. Hyder has revealed that Faisal and the other SIMI operatives had collected a large sum of money by looting banks and had deposited the money with him. The investigators also suspect that another arrested SIMI ideologue Umer Siddiqui, who oversaw the Patna operation, was part of this collection chain. It was Umer who had given Hyder the task of carrying out an attack on Modi’s rallies. The group conducted recee at various places and finally decided to carry out the blasts at Patna, said officials.
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June - 7 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) recovered a cache of 18 live bombs, explosives and detonators in Ranchi District on June 7, following information from two suspected aides of alleged Indian Mujahideen (IM) militants, arrested in connection with Patna blasts in 2013, reported The Hindu. While
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) recovered a cache of 18 live bombs, explosives and detonators in Ranchi District on June 7, following information from two suspected aides of alleged Indian Mujahideen (IM) militants, arrested in connection with Patna blasts in 2013, reported The Hindu. While one of the suspects has been arrested, the other is being interrogated. “At the instance of one Iftikhar, we have seized 18 Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) bundled into six clusters. The bombs had been buried in Sithio village, in the outskirts of Ranchi. Four of the accused in the blasts belong to the same village,” an NIA official said. The breakthrough came following the recent arrests of alleged IM suspects Haidar Ali, Mojibullah Ansari and Numan Ansari. “Another person named Feroze Aslam led us to a shop at Hindpirhi in Ranchi, from where we have seized a consignment of explosives and about a dozen detonators,” the official said, adding that Feroze had been arrested.
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June - 8 
Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) leader Haider Ali alias Black Beauty, who masterminded Bodh Gaya blasts of 2013, was also allegedly planning to bomb a special train from Delhi to Gaya carrying pilgrims as well as some other Buddhist sites, The Times of India reports on June 9. Ali has alle
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Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) leader Haider Ali alias Black Beauty, who masterminded Bodh Gaya blasts of 2013, was also allegedly planning to bomb a special train from Delhi to Gaya carrying pilgrims as well as some other Buddhist sites, The Times of India reports on June 9. Ali has allegedly told his interrogators that the attacks were meant to avenge atrocities against Muslims in Myanmar. Haider told his interrogators he was "dissatisfied" with the execution of the Bodh Gaya blasts as "there was no casualty". According to his interrogation report, Haider told Intelligence Bureau and National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials, "After the anti-Muslim [violence] in Burma (Myanmar) in mid-2012, I told Imtiaz and others that the Buddhists had killed many Rohingya Muslims. I downloaded and showed them videos of Muslims being slaughtered, children being smothered and Muslim women being raped by the local Buddhists. I suggested that as Bodh Gaya was the holiest Buddhist shrine in India, it would be appropriate if such an action (blast) is carried out there as it would send a befitting message to the world." His interrogation report also reveals that he had gone to Nepal and also planned to visit Afghanistan. "His agenda was to locate the Pakistani embassy and go to Afghanistan for a 'hijrat' via Pakistan," said a source. Haider said it was Uzair Ahmad who introduced him to SIMI but it was Manzar Imam who motivated him to become a SIMI member. "After first meeting with Manzar Imam in a SIMI programme at Chittarpur (Jharkhand) in 2007, I was very much influenced by him. Once I visited his house to meet him and collect some religious books," Haider told interrogators. Before his arrest, he was reportedly leading a sizeable number of members of SIMI.
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June - 8 
The Indian Mujahideen (IM) plans to set up an extortion cell in the Middle East to generate funds for its terror activities and kidnap rich Indian businessmen to make quick money, according to Indian security agencies, dnaindia.com reports on June 9. IM operatives even plan to resort to robbery, loo
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The Indian Mujahideen (IM) plans to set up an extortion cell in the Middle East to generate funds for its terror activities and kidnap rich Indian businessmen to make quick money, according to Indian security agencies, dnaindia.com reports on June 9. IM operatives even plan to resort to robbery, looting and dacoity to address the cash crunch. Investigations by Indian security agencies have revealed that IM operative Mirza Shadab Baig has planned to set up an extortion cell in Dubai called 'Maal-e-Ghanimat' (system for collection of funds from people) for jihad (religious or holy war). "Earlier, the IM was against the use of such kind of money for terror operations. However, with funds from Pakistan drying up, it has no option but to resort to such things," said a senior intelligence officer. In his statement to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), arrested IM operative Asadullah Akhtar alias Haddi said he was in talks with Baig to identify a hawala (illegal money transaction) operator in Dubai and Middle East so that the money generated from extortion could be routed to India. Baig has been made in charge of the project to set up the extortion cell in Dubai and the point-person to collect the money. Sources said Baig and his associates have procured a few Dubai SIM cards which will be used for making extortion calls. "Of the total extortion money collected by IM, 50 per cent will be used for terror activities and the remaining will be set aside to be given to the al Qaeda," said another senior officer. "IM leaders are in talks with senior Qaeda and Taliban leaders because they want to sever ties with ISI." The NIA which was investigating the October 2013 Patna bomb blasts stumbled upon another source of money generation for the IM's terror activities. "Robberies and bank dacoities were being carried out to generate funds," a Police officer said.
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June - 9 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) team interrogated six persons, all residents of Seethio on the outskirts of Ranchi, and conducted search operation at Tupudana Pahari on June 9 in connection with the Patna (Bihar) serial blasts in October 2013, reports The Times of India. Ranchi SSP Prabhat K
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) team interrogated six persons, all residents of Seethio on the outskirts of Ranchi, and conducted search operation at Tupudana Pahari on June 9 in connection with the Patna (Bihar) serial blasts in October 2013, reports The Times of India. Ranchi SSP Prabhat Kumar confirmed that NIA conducted search operation but said nothing was found.
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June - 11 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on June 11 searched a pond and a well in Seethio village of Ranchi District and recovered two metal objects used to make explosives, reports The Times of India. A Police officer said the materials found during the search were to be used to make bombs. One meta
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on June 11 searched a pond and a well in Seethio village of Ranchi District and recovered two metal objects used to make explosives, reports The Times of India. A Police officer said the materials found during the search were to be used to make bombs. One metal object, recovered from the pond, was similar to the one used to make one of the 18 timer bombs recovered from a field in Seethio village on June 7. The raids were conducted on the basis of the information provided by Akhtar Ansari, elder brother of Imtiaz Ansari, who was arrested after the blast at Patna railway station on October 27, 2013. He (Akhtar) was detained immediately after NIA recovered materials used to make explosives. Ranchi Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Prabhat Kumar said NIA had sought Police assistance to carry out the search operation in the area, which the Police provided. "I have been informed that they have recovered some metal objects, but I do not have the complete details," said Kumar.
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June - 12 
The Shillong Times reports that National People Party (NPP) President, W R Kharlukhi, on June 12, stated that the CM should initiate a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or National Investigation Agency (NIA) inquiry into alleged politician-militant nexus.
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The Shillong Times reports that National People Party (NPP) President, W R Kharlukhi, on June 12, stated that the CM should initiate a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or National Investigation Agency (NIA) inquiry into alleged politician-militant nexus.
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June - 14 
Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative Haider Ali revealed before the intelligence agency that he and another IM operative Tehsin had trained 15 persons as suicide bombers (fidayeen) in Seethio forest of Ranchi District in Jharkhand, The Times of India reports on June 15. Haider, on Police remand, was tak
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Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative Haider Ali revealed before the intelligence agency that he and another IM operative Tehsin had trained 15 persons as suicide bombers (fidayeen) in Seethio forest of Ranchi District in Jharkhand, The Times of India reports on June 15. Haider, on Police remand, was taken to Ranchi by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Intelligence Bureau (IB) officials to ascertain the spot where he trained the youths for fidayeen attack. He said the 15 would attack any particular place or person on the order of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) unit operating from Karachi in Pakistan. Informed sources, however, said he did not divulge the whereabouts of the 15 suicide bombers. Sources said Haider had, in fact, trained around 3,000 persons in Seethio forest over a period of time. While others were trained in firing shots from pistols of different bore and Self Loading Rifles (SLRs), 15 were trained as suicide bombers. Haider also demonstrated to the officials how to use suicide jacket and how he trained the youths. Sources further said when the NIA team reached the spot in the forest, they found some life jackets in which suicide bombers hide bombs and explosives. A few jackets were also test-fired by the NIA officials with the purpose of diffusing it after hanging those from a tree.
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June - 16 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) was granted 10 days’ custody of an accused in the Kasargod Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) case by the NIA court in Kochi on June 16, reports New Indian Express. Mammunhi alias Muhammad Kunji, the seventh accused in the case, had surrendered before the court
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) was granted 10 days’ custody of an accused in the Kasargod Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) case by the NIA court in Kochi on June 16, reports New Indian Express. Mammunhi alias Muhammad Kunji, the seventh accused in the case, had surrendered before the court last week after arriving from Dubai. According to NIA, Mammunhi was a hawala (illegal money transaction) operator in Dubai and his partner Majeed Koliyad, alias Muhammed Abdur, the eighth accused in the case, had directed agent Abdul Nazar, the fourth accused, to receive and circulate FICN through hawala transactions. As per their direction, FICN with face value of INR 24,00,000 was circulated.
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June - 18 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is investigating nine cases of Naxal [Left-Wing Extremism (LWE)] activities in various States, is now on the radar of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), reports The Hindu on June 19 citing government documents. Sources say the NIA has rec
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is investigating nine cases of Naxal [Left-Wing Extremism (LWE)] activities in various States, is now on the radar of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), reports The Hindu on June 19 citing government documents. Sources say the NIA has received inputs from sister agencies suggesting that the Naxals have taken cognisance of its ongoing investigations and prosecution of suspected CPI-Maoist cadres. “We suspect that they may devise ways to counter our efforts in bringing the Naxals to book, also through front organisations. Be that as it may, we maintain a high level of professionalism and our endeavour is to gather evidence that can stand the scrutiny of even international courts,” an official said confirming that the NIA had figured in the recent CPI-Maoist documents.
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June - 19 
A designated special court in Patna (Bihar) on June 19 granted bail to a Patna bomb blasts (October 27, 2013) accused Tabish Nyaz who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) from Ranchi (Jharkhand) in November, 2013, reports The Times of India. Special Judge (NIA), Anil Kumar granted
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A designated special court in Patna (Bihar) on June 19 granted bail to a Patna bomb blasts (October 27, 2013) accused Tabish Nyaz who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) from Ranchi (Jharkhand) in November, 2013, reports The Times of India. Special Judge (NIA), Anil Kumar granted bail to Nyaz on the ground that the anti-terror investigation agency had failed to submit charge sheet against him within the stipulated period of six months since arrest.
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June - 20 
On June 20, National Investigation Agency (NIA) cautioned the respective Police of Delhi and Maharashtra about suspected terror attacks, reports Indian Today. NIA has written to Maharashtra Police and Delhi Police warning them to be vigilant and take ample precautions to prevent terror attacks in De
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On June 20, National Investigation Agency (NIA) cautioned the respective Police of Delhi and Maharashtra about suspected terror attacks, reports Indian Today. NIA has written to Maharashtra Police and Delhi Police warning them to be vigilant and take ample precautions to prevent terror attacks in Delhi and Maharashtra cities, including Mumbai.
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June - 20 
On June 20, National Investigation Agency (NIA) cautioned the respective Police of Delhi and Maharashtra about suspected terror attacks, reports Indian Today. NIA has written to Maharashtra Police and Delhi Police warning them to be vigilant and take ample precautions to prevent terror attacks in De
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On June 20, National Investigation Agency (NIA) cautioned the respective Police of Delhi and Maharashtra about suspected terror attacks, reports Indian Today. NIA has written to Maharashtra Police and Delhi Police warning them to be vigilant and take ample precautions to prevent terror attacks in Delhi and Maharashtra cities, including Mumbai. According to the NIA letter, some Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorists led by key operative Haider Ali alias Black Beauty had earlier surveyed various places in Maharashtra and Delhi to identify their possible targets. Delhi Police sources said that Lotus Temple, Qutub Minar and Swami Vivekanand Inter State Bus Terminus in Anand Vihar were among the spots where the IM terrorists did a reconnaissance in April, 2014. Meanwhile, sources in the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said that the headquarters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Delhi was also on terror radar. The Delhi Police has been on high alert after receiving the NIA letter. Meanwhile, NIA has found scientific evidence indicating former Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) militant Liaqat Shah was allegedly framed in a terror case by Delhi Police’s Anti-Terror Squad, Hindustan Times reports on June 21. The Special Cell had claimed that an associate of Shah had stored the arms and ammunition in the guesthouse at his request. The NIA is now finalising its charge sheet in the case, which may clear Liaqat Shah. He was arrested on March 20, 2013 at Indo-Nepal border. He arrived there from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK). “Investigators found that a person named Sabir Khan Pathan alias Munna allegedly planted arms and ammunition in the Jama Masjid area guesthouse. Pathan has been living in the Special Cell barracks for eight years and was allegedly working as an informer for the Cell. The NIA sleuths lifted DNA samples from the guesthouse room and, according to a lab report, they matched DNA samples from family members of Pathan, who is now untraceable,” said a home ministry official.
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June - 21 
Two Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives Haider Ali and Mojibullah were taken to Bodh Gaya in Gaya District of Bihar on June 21, reports The Times of India. A joint team of National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Intelligence Bureau (IB) accompanied them to ascertain how they had reached the Mahabodhi
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Two Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives Haider Ali and Mojibullah were taken to Bodh Gaya in Gaya District of Bihar on June 21, reports The Times of India. A joint team of National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Intelligence Bureau (IB) accompanied them to ascertain how they had reached the Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya, where they had planted bombs and other details. The duo were kept there for two-and-a-half hours and later taken to Ranchi (Jharkhand) for more information.
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June - 22 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on June 22 arrived in Ranchi (Jharkhand) to investigate into the case of multiple blasts at Narendra Modi's rally site in Patna (Bihar) in 2013, reports The Times of India. A source said that NIA has come along with two suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrori
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on June 22 arrived in Ranchi (Jharkhand) to investigate into the case of multiple blasts at Narendra Modi's rally site in Patna (Bihar) in 2013, reports The Times of India. A source said that NIA has come along with two suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorists with whom it is here to investigate the case. The suspected terrorists are Haider Ali alias Black Beauty and Mujibullah Ansari. "NIA comes only when it gets certain leads in any case. Now that it has come once again it must have some leads," said a Police officer.
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June - 23 
Patna serial blasts (October 27, 2014) accused Tabish Neyaz was released from jail on June 23, reports The Times of India. His neighbour and relative Z Ansari submitted his release bonds. Both the bail bonds were of INR 10,000 each. Tabish was granted bail by a specially designated National Investig
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Patna serial blasts (October 27, 2014) accused Tabish Neyaz was released from jail on June 23, reports The Times of India. His neighbour and relative Z Ansari submitted his release bonds. Both the bail bonds were of INR 10,000 each. Tabish was granted bail by a specially designated National Investigation Agency (NIA) court of Anil Kumar under section 167 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) on June 19 as the NIA failed to submit charge sheet against him even after 220 days of his arrest against the stipulated six months. An NIA spokesperson said, "As of now, there is no evidence against him. So, no charge sheet could be filed against Tabish." He added that the agency was working to bring to book those involved in the case. NIA took over his custody only after he was arrested by the state police, the spokesperson said.
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June - 23 
The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) told the special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) Court that it has evidence against the nine accused in the 2006 Malegaon (Maharashtra) blasts case and their pleas for discharge from the case may be rejected, The Times of India reports on June 24. Th
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The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) told the special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) Court that it has evidence against the nine accused in the 2006 Malegaon (Maharashtra) blasts case and their pleas for discharge from the case may be rejected, The Times of India reports on June 24. The ATS' 10-page reply explaining the role of each accused and the evidence against them, comes less than a year after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) gave a clean chit to the accused. "The forensic reports of the samples recovered from the bomb sites and those from the godown of the accused and other places and voice samples of the accused , establishes their participation and role in the crime," the ATS said Four bombs went off late in the evening on September 8, 2006, in Malegaon killing 31 and injuring 297.
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June - 26 
Also, on the directions of National Investigation Agency (NIA), authorities in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) have sealed the 9 canals of paddy land of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) ‘commander’ Ghulam Nabi Khan in Pahalgam area of Anantnag District, reported Kashmir Dispatch on June 27.
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Also, on the directions of National Investigation Agency (NIA), authorities in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) have sealed the 9 canals of paddy land of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) ‘commander’ Ghulam Nabi Khan in Pahalgam area of Anantnag District, reported Kashmir Dispatch on June 27.
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June - 28 
The National Investigating Agency (NIA) has taken over the investigation into the case of alleged plot by Pakistan-based terror group to carry out suicide attacks on the US and Israeli consulates in South India, New Indian Express reports on June 29. The probe was handed over by the Tamil Nadu Polic
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The National Investigating Agency (NIA) has taken over the investigation into the case of alleged plot by Pakistan-based terror group to carry out suicide attacks on the US and Israeli consulates in South India, New Indian Express reports on June 29. The probe was handed over by the Tamil Nadu Police so that the complete conspiracy hatched overseas including in Sri Lanka and Malaysia could be unraveled, official sources said. Besides these two countries, investigation would also be carried out in Maldives from where the suicide attackers were supposed to take a boat ride to reach a coast in Kerala, the sources said.
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July - 2 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed charge sheets in two cases related to the unlawful activities of PREPAK, the United People’s Party of Kangleipak (UPPK) and Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP), reports The Telegraph on July 3.
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed charge sheets in two cases related to the unlawful activities of PREPAK, the United People’s Party of Kangleipak (UPPK) and Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP), reports The Telegraph on July 3.
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July - 3 
National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Uttar Pradesh's (UP) Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) are concerned over six men from Azamgarh (in UP), who are said to have links with Indian Mujahideen (IM) and feared to be in Pakistan now, The Times of India reports on July 4. The six have been identified as Dr
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National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Uttar Pradesh's (UP) Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) are concerned over six men from Azamgarh (in UP), who are said to have links with Indian Mujahideen (IM) and feared to be in Pakistan now, The Times of India reports on July 4. The six have been identified as Dr Shah Nawaz, Abu Rashid, Khalid, Mohammad Sajid alias Bada Sajid, Mirza Sadab Beg, Azia Khan alias Zunaid. They are wanted by Police in many states and investigating agencies for their suspected involvement in numerous terror attacks between 2005 and 2008 in different parts of the country. While five terrorists are from Sanjanpur village, one hails from Kotwali area of Azamgarh which has been on the target of Police in UP, Delhi, Maharashtra and Gujarat. "Two of them Mohammad Sajid and Mirza Saadab Beg have joined the al Qaeda and fighting NATO forces at Af-Pak border," said ATS investigators. Sajid carries a reward of INR 10,00,000 on his head, announced by NIA. "The change in recent political climate has also added to our concerns," said sources. They had also uploaded videos like "Lions of Hind" and "Kandhar to Delhi."The six have been booked in the serial blasts in Delhi as well as in Gujarat in 2008, for hatching conspiracy and executing attacks aimed at creating fear by causing loss of human lives and damage to government property.
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July - 8 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court has decided to merge two chargesheets in the Wagamon Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) camp case, reports New Indian Express on July 9. The NIA had filed the main chargesheet against 30 persons and filed another supplementary chargesheet against
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court has decided to merge two chargesheets in the Wagamon Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) camp case, reports New Indian Express on July 9. The NIA had filed the main chargesheet against 30 persons and filed another supplementary chargesheet against six accused persons later. For speedy conduct of the trial, the NIA had filed a petition before the NIA court to merge both the chargesheets in the case. Following the petition, the NIA Court gave its nod in this regard. With the merger of the chargesheets, the NIA Court can conduct trial against 36 accused persons together. Among the 36 accused persons, two are still absconding.SIMI operatives had allegedly organised a secret training camp at Thangalpara, Wagamon, from December 10, 2007 to December 12, 2007. The camp, held within the limits of Mundakayam Police station of Kottayam District, was allegedly for preparing cadets for the Ahmedabad bomb blast.
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July - 9 
The Juvenile Justice Board on July 9 sentenced a minor convict in the 2011 Delhi High Court blast to a three-year stay at a special home, reports The Times of India. The board, presided over by Principal Magistrate Vishal Singh, sentenced the minor after holding him guilty for various offences, incl
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The Juvenile Justice Board on July 9 sentenced a minor convict in the 2011 Delhi High Court blast to a three-year stay at a special home, reports The Times of India. The board, presided over by Principal Magistrate Vishal Singh, sentenced the minor after holding him guilty for various offences, including criminal conspiracy, waging war against the country, murder, attempt to murder, voluntarily causing hurt and provisions of Explosive Substances Act and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). Fifteen people were killed and 79 were injured on September 7, 2011, in the explosion outside Gate 5 of the court complex.According to National Investigation Agency (NIA), the minor was responsible for sending an email to media houses, claiming responsibility for the blast and also threatening to cause more bomb blasts at other courts if Afzal Guru (the prime accused in the Parliament attack) was hanged. The email was reportedly sent from Kishtwar District in Jammu and Kashmir.
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July - 16 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has taken over the investigation into the seizure of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) from Nedumbassery Airport (Ernakulam District) in January 27, 2013, New Indian Express reports on July 17. The NIA re-registered the FIR in the case at NIA Court in Kochi (K
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has taken over the investigation into the seizure of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) from Nedumbassery Airport (Ernakulam District) in January 27, 2013, New Indian Express reports on July 17. The NIA re-registered the FIR in the case at NIA Court in Kochi (Kerala). According to NIA officials, they have taken over the investigation into the case in which 1,950 FICNs of INR 500 denomination, with a face value of INR 9,75,000 were seized from Nedumbassery Airport.
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July - 22 
One person, identified as Rafeeq, an agent dealing with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) in Chennai, was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), probing the case of arrested Inter Services Intelligence agent Sakir Hussain, in Tamil Nadu, reports Deccan Chronicle on July 23. Sakir Hussi
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One person, identified as Rafeeq, an agent dealing with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) in Chennai, was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), probing the case of arrested Inter Services Intelligence agent Sakir Hussain, in Tamil Nadu, reports Deccan Chronicle on July 23. Sakir Hussian, a Sri Lankan national, was arrested by Tamil Nadu Police on May 14, 2014, for alleged espionage activities for ISI.
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July - 23 
The Telegraph reports that, on July 23, National Investigation Agency (NIA) registered three cases in connection with the militant attacks in three villages in Baksa and Kokrajhar Districts in Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD) in May in which 46 people were killed.
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The Telegraph reports that, on July 23, National Investigation Agency (NIA) registered three cases in connection with the militant attacks in three villages in Baksa and Kokrajhar Districts in Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD) in May in which 46 people were killed.
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July - 28 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is investigating the role of Dawood Ibrahim’s close aide Iqbal Kana in the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) syndicate, which is pumping in fake bills, from Pakistan using Dubai as a transit route, reports The New Indian Express on July 29. The agency probe ha
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is investigating the role of Dawood Ibrahim’s close aide Iqbal Kana in the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) syndicate, which is pumping in fake bills, from Pakistan using Dubai as a transit route, reports The New Indian Express on July 29. The agency probe has gained momentum after the arrest of an alleged courier Ekramul Ansari from Delhi Airport last week. Ansari was travelling from Dubai and was supposed to handover the FICN worth INR 4.9 million to a Patna-based handler. NIA sources said Iqbal Kana, a close aide of Dawood Ibrahim has been operating from Pakistan and has founded a core group in India for further circulation. The FICN is being dispatched to Dubai from Pakistan and from Dubai, couriers are used to send the consignment to India.
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July - 31 
National Investigation Agency (NIA) on July 31 was granted an extension of 90 days from the court to continue its investigation on the Bodoland Territorial Autonomous District (BTAD) killings of May in which more than 40 people were killed. NIA is investigating three cases, including two of Gobardha
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National Investigation Agency (NIA) on July 31 was granted an extension of 90 days from the court to continue its investigation on the Bodoland Territorial Autonomous District (BTAD) killings of May in which more than 40 people were killed. NIA is investigating three cases, including two of Gobardhan Police Station in Baksa District and one of Gossaigaon Police Station in Kokrajhar District.
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August - 1 
A Delhi court on August 1 allowed NIA’s plea to complete its investigation against the alleged Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorists Tehsin Akhtar and Zia-Ur-Rahman, reports Asian Age. The NIA had on August 1 told the court that the duo were still hatching the conspiracy to carry out terrorist activity
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A Delhi court on August 1 allowed NIA’s plea to complete its investigation against the alleged Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorists Tehsin Akhtar and Zia-Ur-Rahman, reports Asian Age. The NIA had on August 1 told the court that the duo were still hatching the conspiracy to carry out terrorist activity across the country and had sought an extension of investigation period from 90 days to 180 days. The court sent Tehsin and Zia-Ur-Rahman to judicial custody till August 14.
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August - 1 
National Investigation Agency (NIA) on August 1 told a special court that suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorists Tehsin Akhtar and Zia-ur-Rahman are "still conspiring" to carry out terror strikes at various prominent places in India, especially the national capital, with the aid of Pakistan-bas
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National Investigation Agency (NIA) on August 1 told a special court that suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorists Tehsin Akhtar and Zia-ur-Rahman are "still conspiring" to carry out terror strikes at various prominent places in India, especially the national capital, with the aid of Pakistan-based handlers, reports New Indian Express. "Both these accused (Tehsin and Rahman) had and are still conspiring to commit terrorist acts by preparing for targeting various prominent places in India especially the national capital, Delhi," the agency told the court in its plea seeking extension of period of investigation against them to 180 days. NIA also informed District Judge I S Mehta that they have sent letters rogatory (LRs) to Nepal for collection of reliable evidence against the IM men and contacted competent authorities in the UAE as the accused used to receive money from there for terror acts.
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August - 5 
The Delhi High Court on August 5 dismissed separate pleas for statutory bail of three alleged Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives, accused in September 2011 Delhi High Court blast case, according to PTI. A bench of justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Mukta Gupta also rejected their appeal against a special
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The Delhi High Court on August 5 dismissed separate pleas for statutory bail of three alleged Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives, accused in September 2011 Delhi High Court blast case, according to PTI. A bench of justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Mukta Gupta also rejected their appeal against a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court's decision to extend the period of investigation from 90 to 180 days.
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The prosecution produced two witnesses, Masood Ali Baig and Mohammed Abdul Khader in the court of the First Additional Metropolitan Session-cum-National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court on the second day of the trial in the Mecca Masjid blast case in Nampally, Hyderabad on August 5, reports
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The prosecution produced two witnesses, Masood Ali Baig and Mohammed Abdul Khader in the court of the First Additional Metropolitan Session-cum-National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court on the second day of the trial in the Mecca Masjid blast case in Nampally, Hyderabad on August 5, reports The Times of India. While Baig described the circumstances after the blast, Khader narrated how the evidence-prayer mats soaked with victims' blood, were seized by the investigating agency. Khader's cross-examination is likely to continue on August 6 (today).
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August - 6 
The United National Liberation Front (UNLF) ‘chairman’ RK Meghen alias Sanayaima and his associates who are in National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody were produced in front of the NIA special court in Guwahati in Kamrup Metropolitan District on August 6 reports Kanglaonline. The UNLF ‘chairman’
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The United National Liberation Front (UNLF) ‘chairman’ RK Meghen alias Sanayaima and his associates who are in National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody were produced in front of the NIA special court in Guwahati in Kamrup Metropolitan District on August 6 reports Kanglaonline. The UNLF ‘chairman’ was arrested in 2010.
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August - 7 
The Shillong Times reports that the National People’s Party (NPP), on August 7, has asked Chief Minister Mukul Sangma to immediately ask the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to probe into his recent allegations that the Breakaway faction of Achik National Volunteers Council (ANVC-B) was having li
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The Shillong Times reports that the National People’s Party (NPP), on August 7, has asked Chief Minister Mukul Sangma to immediately ask the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to probe into his recent allegations that the Breakaway faction of Achik National Volunteers Council (ANVC-B) was having links with Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). In a statement, NPP spokesperson James Sangma said that the allegation made by the Chief Minister, which is of an extremely serious nature, bears significance since he is the executive head of the State and is privy to intelligence reports due to which the veracity of this allegation cannot be contested. It is noteworthy that Chief Minister Mukul Sangma had, recently, slammed the ANVC-B for their continued illegal activities while stating that the outfit’s links with ISI and other agencies cannot be ruled out. Meanwhile, in the wake of spurt in killings, kidnappings and other law and order problems in Garo Hills region, the citizens and various pressure groups have formed the Citizens’ Forum for Peace, North Garo Hills, with its head office at Mendipathar, reports The Shillong Times on August 8. The committee held a meeting and decided to try to find out constructive ways and means to ensure peace among all sections of people. A public peace rally will be held on August 19 and 20 in the district headquarter after which memoranda would be submitted to the Chief Minister and the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
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August - 11 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) questioned Congress Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Kawasi Lakhma at a forest guest house in Jagdalpur District on August 11, over the Jiram Ghati Maoist attack on a Congress convoy on May 25, 2013, in which 28 people, including senior Congress leader Mah
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) questioned Congress Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Kawasi Lakhma at a forest guest house in Jagdalpur District on August 11, over the Jiram Ghati Maoist attack on a Congress convoy on May 25, 2013, in which 28 people, including senior Congress leader Mahendra Karma, V.C. Shukla and then State Congress chief Nandkumar Patel were killed, reports The Hindu.
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August - 16 
India has requested Malaysian authorities to hand over evidence against an arrested accused who was part of a conspiracy to plan and carry out terror strikes allegedly at the behest of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) on the US and Israeli consulates in the southern part of this country,
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India has requested Malaysian authorities to hand over evidence against an arrested accused who was part of a conspiracy to plan and carry out terror strikes allegedly at the behest of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) on the US and Israeli consulates in the southern part of this country, New Indian Express reports on August 17. Official sources in the National Investigation Agency (NIA) said the request under the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT), signed by the two countries in 2012, urged Kuala Lumpur to share the evidence against Mohamed Hussain Mohamed Sulaiman, a Sri Lankan national. Under the MLAT, either country can approach the other for collecting evidence against an accused. India has already secured an Interpol Red Corner Notice against Sulaiman and moved Kuala Lumpur with an application for a provisional arrest till all requirements for extradition are completed, the sources said. Sulaiman is wanted in India for alleged hatching of "criminal conspiracy, acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention, possession of forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes, terrorist act and raising funds for terrorist act". Sulaiman has reportedly told the investigators in Malaysia that he had been tasked to ferry two terrorists from Maldives to a South Indian coast to carry out terror strike at US Consulate in Chennai and Israeli Consulate in Bangalore.
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August - 20 
District Judge I.S. Mehta, in an in-camera proceeding, issued the production warrant against the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative Abu Jundal on August 20 who is currently lodged in the Arthur Road jail of Mumbai (Maharashtra) in connection with a conspiracy to launch terror strikes in India, reports
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District Judge I.S. Mehta, in an in-camera proceeding, issued the production warrant against the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative Abu Jundal on August 20 who is currently lodged in the Arthur Road jail of Mumbai (Maharashtra) in connection with a conspiracy to launch terror strikes in India, reports Mumbai Mirror. He has been charge sheeted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for allegedly attempting to recruit people through the internet for joining LeT. He also purportedly taught Hindi to ten militants, including Ajmal Kasab, involved in November 26, 2008 (26/11) terror strike in Mumbai. The NIA has said that Jundal took part in three training courses at LeT camps and came in touch with top operatives, including Hafiz Saeed, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi and Zarar Shah. The matter has been posted for further hearing on October 13, 2014.
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August - 21 
Three Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives, arrested for their alleged involvement in a conspiracy to carry out terror activities across the country, were on August 21 remanded to judicial custody till September 2, 2014 by a special NIA court in Delhi, reports Hindustan Times. Meanwhile, the court kept
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Three Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives, arrested for their alleged involvement in a conspiracy to carry out terror activities across the country, were on August 21 remanded to judicial custody till September 2, 2014 by a special NIA court in Delhi, reports Hindustan Times. Meanwhile, the court kept pending the plea filed earlier by the Mumbai Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) seeking custody of Tehsin Akhtar and Pakistani national Zia-ur-Rahman in connection with the terror cases lodged against them there.
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August - 21 
Two years after the National Investigating Agency (NIA) filed a chargesheet against the ‘external affairs department chief’ of Manipur-based People’s Liberation Army (PLA), N Dilip Singh alias Wangba, and two other members from his outfit — identified as Senjam Dhiren Singh alias Raghu and Arnold Si
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Two years after the National Investigating Agency (NIA) filed a chargesheet against the ‘external affairs department chief’ of Manipur-based People’s Liberation Army (PLA), N Dilip Singh alias Wangba, and two other members from his outfit — identified as Senjam Dhiren Singh alias Raghu and Arnold Singh alias Becon — exposing nexus between the PLA and the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in 2011, the NIA has now gone ahead and filed its supplementary chargesheet in the case, reports The Times of India. The NIA has now named two new persons in the chargesheet. Two accused persons namely Amit Bagchi alias Alok and G Jiteshwar Sharma alias Gypsy have been charged under several sections of the IPC and UA (P). Bagchi is the central committee member of CPI-Maoist, while the accused Sharma is the senior member of RPF-PLA, a proscribed terrorist organization of Manipur.
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August - 22 
Indian Mujahideen (IM)’s top commanader Tehsin Akhtar alias Monu, who was earlier suspected to be the mastermind of blasts at Narendra Modi rally in Patna, the capital of Bihar in 2013 and listed as prime accused in the FIR filled by Patna Police in the case, has been absolved by the National Invest
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Indian Mujahideen (IM)’s top commanader Tehsin Akhtar alias Monu, who was earlier suspected to be the mastermind of blasts at Narendra Modi rally in Patna, the capital of Bihar in 2013 and listed as prime accused in the FIR filled by Patna Police in the case, has been absolved by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on August 22, reports Times of India. The NIA filed a supplementary chargesheet in the case against key accused Haidar Ali of banned Students’ Islamic Movement in India (SIMI) and nine others. It conspicuously left out Tensin Akhtar and Tabish Niyaz alias Arshad Ansari from Motihari (Bihar).
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August - 22 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed a charge sheet against 10 people, including alleged activist of banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) group of Hyder Ali, in a court in Patna (Bihar) in the case relating to the serial blasts at Narendra Modi's rally in Patna in 2013, reports
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed a charge sheet against 10 people, including alleged activist of banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) group of Hyder Ali, in a court in Patna (Bihar) in the case relating to the serial blasts at Narendra Modi's rally in Patna in 2013, reports The Times of India. The charge sheet alleged that Ali, who was SIMI in-charge of Jharkhand, had allegedly conspired with others to target Modi. "After realising that it was not possible to reach Modi during such rallies due to stringent security arrangements, the accused Ali and other co-conspirators decided to trigger bomb blasts at one such public rally which would result in a stampede and in the ensuing melee and chaos, they could reach to Modi," the charg esheet said. Giving details of the alleged conspiracy, NIA said the accused had collected explosives from Mirzapur and other material from Patna to fabricate Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). The charge sheet in the serial blasts case, in which six people were killed and 89 injured, also names Numan Ansari, Mujibullah Ansari, Umer Siddique, Azharuddin Quresh, Ahmad Hussain, Fakkruddin, Firoz Aslam, Iftheqar Alam and a juvenile.
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August - 24 
A person suspected to be Amir Raza Khan, one of the founders of terror outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM), has been detained in a European country since almost a week, Hindustan Times reports on August 25. A team of Indian investigators is being dispatched with all the evidence to prove his identity. “Th
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A person suspected to be Amir Raza Khan, one of the founders of terror outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM), has been detained in a European country since almost a week, Hindustan Times reports on August 25. A team of Indian investigators is being dispatched with all the evidence to prove his identity. “The Kolkata Police was asked to gather all the evidence for proving his identity. The main Interpol notice against Amir Raza Khan was issued in 2002 for his alleged involvement in the American Centre shootout case. Later, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) also approached the Interpol to add more cases wherein he is wanted. The NIA is looking for him for making extortion calls to businessmen in order to raise funds for his jehadi activities,” said a government official requesting anonymity.
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August - 24 
A team of National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials on August 24 detained one person, identified as a doctor, Syed Ajaj Hasmi in Ranchi (Jharkhand) for the second time in connection with the October 27, 2013 Patna (Bihar) serial blasts, reports The Times of India. Hasmi, who is associated with R
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A team of National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials on August 24 detained one person, identified as a doctor, Syed Ajaj Hasmi in Ranchi (Jharkhand) for the second time in connection with the October 27, 2013 Patna (Bihar) serial blasts, reports The Times of India. Hasmi, who is associated with Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, was first detained for questioning by NIA in May, 2014 but later he was released. Ranchi City Superintendant of Police (SP) Anoop Birthary said, "A team of NIA officers is in town to further investigate the case. I don't know if they've arrested or detained anyone. It is an independent agency and we don't interfere in its affairs."
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August - 24 
Investigation into the blasts at Narendra Modi's election rally in Patna (Bihar) on 27 October, 2013 revealed that Indian Mujahideen (IM) and Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) are trying to turn communally peaceful states such as Chhattisgarh into new hubs of terror activities, Firstpost rep
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Investigation into the blasts at Narendra Modi's election rally in Patna (Bihar) on 27 October, 2013 revealed that Indian Mujahideen (IM) and Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) are trying to turn communally peaceful states such as Chhattisgarh into new hubs of terror activities, Firstpost reports on August 25. Chhattisgarh figures prominently in the charge sheet filed by the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) in connection with the Patna bomb blasts. While consecutive arrests made by the State Police in November and December 2013 revealed a conspiracy hatched by SIMI-IM combine to unleash 'fidayeen' (suicide) attack on Narendra Modi during his pre-poll campaigns, it also jolted the people of Chhattisgarh to the rude awakening that terror plots are being hatched in their backyard. If intelligence reports and the disclosure made by arrested IM 'India operations cheif' Yasin Bhatkal during the course of his interrogation by the NIA are to be believed, a 'lethal cocktail' is fermenting in the backyards of Chhattisgarh. Intelligence sources said the fact couldn’t be ignored that similar to other IM modules like the Dharbhanga module, they were planning a Raipur module as well.
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August - 27 
Main accused in the Samjhauta blasts case (February 18, 2007), Swami Aseemanand, was on August 27 granted bail by the Punjab and Haryana High court, reports The Times of India. National Investigation Agency (NIA) had filed a charge sheet against Swami Aseemanand and others on June 20, 2011, terming
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Main accused in the Samjhauta blasts case (February 18, 2007), Swami Aseemanand, was on August 27 granted bail by the Punjab and Haryana High court, reports The Times of India. National Investigation Agency (NIA) had filed a charge sheet against Swami Aseemanand and others on June 20, 2011, terming him the mastermind of the blasts. Lodged in Ambala Jail (Haryana) for the past four years, Aseemanad was undergoing trial along with other accused before the special court of NIA in Panchkula (Haryana). Division bench, comprising Justice S S Saron and Justice Lisa Gill of the high court, has granted him bail, considering pleas that Assemanand has been in custody for the past four years and there are around 300 witnesses in this case some in Pakistan and it would take years to complete everyone's examination.
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August - 28 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is likely to file a case against Iraqi terror group IS (Islamic State) and its 'chief' Al-Baghdadi, Zee News reports on August 29. The First Information Report (FIR) is likely to be filed under section 121A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for waging war against
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is likely to file a case against Iraqi terror group IS (Islamic State) and its 'chief' Al-Baghdadi, Zee News reports on August 29. The First Information Report (FIR) is likely to be filed under section 121A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for waging war against India. The FIR is based on the United Nations' (UN) ban on the terror outfit. It is likely to be used to push for a ban on IS under Indian law, sources said. The NIA is currently preparing a dossier on IS activities in India. There have been sporadic reports of IS trying to recruit people of a specific community from different states of India such as Maharashtra, Karnataka, Jammu and Kashmir and Kerala. The terrorist organisation Indian Mujahideen (IM) is reportedly working in close coordination to speed up recruiting. According to the NIA, the recruitment drive has been on for at least a year now.
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September - 2 
Meanwhile, the arrested United National Liberation Front (UNLF) ‘chairman’ R K Sanayaima was produced in front of National Investigation Agency (NIA) special court in Guwahati on September 2, reports Kanglaonline.
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Meanwhile, the arrested United National Liberation Front (UNLF) ‘chairman’ R K Sanayaima was produced in front of National Investigation Agency (NIA) special court in Guwahati on September 2, reports Kanglaonline.
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September - 2 
The Breakaway faction of Achik National Volunteer Council (ANVC-B), on September 2, has called for a 12–hour bandh (shut down) in Garo Hills region on September 4 demanding the intervention of Government of India (GoI) to restore peace in troubled western region of the State, reports The Shillong Ti
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The Breakaway faction of Achik National Volunteer Council (ANVC-B), on September 2, has called for a 12–hour bandh (shut down) in Garo Hills region on September 4 demanding the intervention of Government of India (GoI) to restore peace in troubled western region of the State, reports The Shillong Times. ANVC-B is also demanding Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or National Investigation Agency (NIA) enquiry into alleged ‘secret killing’ order issued by Chief Minister Mukul Sangma.
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September - 3 
The Karnataka High Court on September 3 rejected the bail application of Syed Tanzeem Ahmed, who was arrested in November 7, 2012 on the charge of having links with banned organisations like Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI), reports Deccan Herald. Tanzeem is accused No 2
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The Karnataka High Court on September 3 rejected the bail application of Syed Tanzeem Ahmed, who was arrested in November 7, 2012 on the charge of having links with banned organisations like Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI), reports Deccan Herald. Tanzeem is accused No 25 in the Bangalore module terror case being heard by a special court of the National Investigating Agency (NIA). He has been accused of possessing jihadi material in his mobile phones and email accounts, besides having photographs of Narendra Modi and a right-wing Kannada journalist.
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September - 6 
Four of the seven persons who have been identified as kingpins in a nationwide Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket are from West Bengal, The Times of India reports on September 6. The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has identified seven persons responsible for smuggling FICN into the country and
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Four of the seven persons who have been identified as kingpins in a nationwide Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket are from West Bengal, The Times of India reports on September 6. The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has identified seven persons responsible for smuggling FICN into the country and circulating. Alam Seikh, Babar Seikh, Solemi and Ayan are suspected to be from Bengal. The Crime Investigation Department (CID) has been asked to investigate the matter. On September 4, 2012, Balgalore Police arrested nine persons, including Rehman, Jeevan, Buntu Singh and Pradeep, and seized FICN worth INR 40,00,000 along with six carbines, six revolvers and 600 cartridges. Forensic test revealed that the arms and ammunition were manufactured in Pakistan and the case was handed over to National Investigation Agency (NIA). Seven days later, Gujarat Police arrested 14 people and seized INR 26.18 lakh in FICN which was manufactured in Pakistan and routed to India through Bangladesh. NIA recently revealed that the entire FICN racket was operated through seven kingpins in the country and it was done in three steps. The main agents procure counterfeit notes from Bangladesh and Nepal and sent it through various sub-agents to a person who works as a controller of the market.
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September - 10 
A Sri Lankan national, Arun Selvarajan was arrested by National Investigation Agency (NIA) on September 10, in Chennai (Tamil Nadu) for spying in India on behalf of Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), reports The Times of India. Selvarajan, sources said, was caught with pictures of Officer
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A Sri Lankan national, Arun Selvarajan was arrested by National Investigation Agency (NIA) on September 10, in Chennai (Tamil Nadu) for spying in India on behalf of Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), reports The Times of India. Selvarajan, sources said, was caught with pictures of Officers Training Academy and National Security Guard (NSG) hub in Chennai apart from other vital installations. Sources said he is part of the ring of spies recruited by Pakistani diplomat in Sri Lanka Amir Zubair Siddiqui. NIA sources said Selvarajan was carrying two passports and had gained entry into vital installations such as the NSG hub in Chennai as an event manager. He had also recced crowded places in Chennai for suspected terror attacks in future. "He was being handled by one Saage in Pakistan embassy in Sri Lanka after Siddiqui was sent back by Pakistan government recently," said an officer privy to investigation details. An NIA statement said Selvarajan "has been indulging in espionage activities at the instigation of a neighbouring country. He is found in possession of two passports i.e., from Sri Lanka and India. He is learnt to have gained access to certain vital installations in the guise of managing events. He was passing on information using internet communication tools. Incriminating evidence has been seized from him which is under scrutiny."
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September - 10 
Earlier, SFs, on September 10, arrested a miscreant identified as Jahiruddin Hussain in Tezpur in Sonitpur District and recovered 57 pre-activated fake SIM cards, fake documents, stamps and IT equipment, reports Nagaland Post. On interrogating him another miscreant identified as, Imran Hussain was a
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Earlier, SFs, on September 10, arrested a miscreant identified as Jahiruddin Hussain in Tezpur in Sonitpur District and recovered 57 pre-activated fake SIM cards, fake documents, stamps and IT equipment, reports Nagaland Post. On interrogating him another miscreant identified as, Imran Hussain was arrested with 96 pre-activated SIMs at Mission Charali in Sonitpur District. Other recoveries include blank certificates, fake rubber stamps, one CPU, two pen drives, two mobile handsets. The network operates in Nagaon, Darrang, Sonitpur, and Udalguri Districts with external links in Uttar Pradesh. The case is likely to be investigated by National Investigation Agency (NIA).
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September - 10 
National Investigation Agency (NIA) on September 10 arrested a person, identified as Sharda Shankar Kushwaha, a Nepal citizen who is suspected to be a Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) agent, from Pantoka area near Raxaul in East Champaran District, reports The Times of India. Sources sai
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National Investigation Agency (NIA) on September 10 arrested a person, identified as Sharda Shankar Kushwaha, a Nepal citizen who is suspected to be a Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) agent, from Pantoka area near Raxaul in East Champaran District, reports The Times of India. Sources said Sharda was arrested when he was trying to enter Bihar from Nepal. NIA had been tracking for him since April 2014 as he was wanted in connection with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) rackets and terror links.
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September - 11 
National Investigation Agency (NIA) on September 11 filed a final chargesheet in July 7, 2013 Bodhgaya blasts in which ten bombs exploded in the vicinity of the temple and two monks were injured, reports The Times of India. The chargesheet was filed against key accused Haider Ali, Mujibullah and Tau
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National Investigation Agency (NIA) on September 11 filed a final chargesheet in July 7, 2013 Bodhgaya blasts in which ten bombs exploded in the vicinity of the temple and two monks were injured, reports The Times of India. The chargesheet was filed against key accused Haider Ali, Mujibullah and Taufique Ansari. It claimed to have established through forensic evidence Haider Ali and his associate Umer Siddiqui, who were Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) incharge of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh respectively, conspired with other co-conspirators to target the Buddhist site to avenge the alleged atrocities on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.
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September - 12 
Kanglaonline reports that on September 12 the State cabinet decided to hand over the cases of assassination of Ukhrul Autonomous District Council (ADC) member Ngalangzar Malue on July 12 at Finch Corner under Ukhrul District and the attacks on September 9 which killed Manipur Police Commando Thotyo
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Kanglaonline reports that on September 12 the State cabinet decided to hand over the cases of assassination of Ukhrul Autonomous District Council (ADC) member Ngalangzar Malue on July 12 at Finch Corner under Ukhrul District and the attacks on September 9 which killed Manipur Police Commando Thotyo Kashung at Nungshangkhong in the same District to the National Investigative Agency (NIA).
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September - 15 
The NIA has sent a report on the outfit to Union Ministry of Home Affairs and various avenues are being explored through which an First Information Report (FIR) can be lodged against Islamic State (IS) as an outfit and the returning boys questioned legally, The Times of India reports on September 16
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The NIA has sent a report on the outfit to Union Ministry of Home Affairs and various avenues are being explored through which an First Information Report (FIR) can be lodged against Islamic State (IS) as an outfit and the returning boys questioned legally, The Times of India reports on September 16. Of the four boys from Thane in Maharashtra who recently went to Iraq to fight alongside IS, while one has died, three have called up their families and informed that they would return. Fears have been expressed within the security establishment that these battle-hardened boys could be tapped by IS as and when they decide to begin operations in India. This would effectively pull India into the cauldron of global terror.
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September - 16 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed its second charge sheet in the Dilsukhnagar twin blasts case on September 16, reports Deccan Chronicle. The charge sheet was filed against three Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives, Mohammad Riyaz alias Riyaz Bhatkal alias Ismail Shahbandri alias Riyaz Ism
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed its second charge sheet in the Dilsukhnagar twin blasts case on September 16, reports Deccan Chronicle. The charge sheet was filed against three Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives, Mohammad Riyaz alias Riyaz Bhatkal alias Ismail Shahbandri alias Riyaz Ismail Shahbandri, Zia-ur-Rahman alias Waqas alias Javed alias Ahmed alias Nabeel Ahmed, a Pakistan national and Tahaseen Akhtar alias Monu alias Hassan alias Sameer. The NIA alleged that it was conclusively established that the main operative of the module Riyaz Bhatkal, the accused number 1, taking shelter in a neighbouring country conspired along with Ahmed Siddappa alias Yasin Bhatkal, who too was hiding in another neighbouring country, and the other accused in India. NIA said that Riyaz arranged the explosives and directed Asadullah Akhtar and Zia-ur-Rahman in Mangalore to receive the material. They took the explosives and the money sent by Riyaz. The NIA alleged that Asadullah Akhtar and Waqas reached Hyderabad and joined Tahseen Akhthar. They prepared two Improvised Explosive Device (IEDs), bought two bicycles, placed bombs and parked them at two separate places on February 21, 2013.
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September - 17 
A special court on September 17 granted six days custody of suspected Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agent Arun Selvarajan to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), reports The Times of India. The judge, however, dismissed a petition by CBI to include it as a party in the investigation. NIA off
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A special court on September 17 granted six days custody of suspected Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agent Arun Selvarajan to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), reports The Times of India. The judge, however, dismissed a petition by CBI to include it as a party in the investigation. NIA officials said they would be focusing on the kind of information the accused is believed to have passed on to his Pakistani handlers in Sri Lanka, Shaji and Siddiqui. NIA had arrested Selvarajan from a hideout in Chennai (Tamil Nadu) on September 10.
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September - 19 
Officers of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) are interrogating a woman student of a dental college after Sri Lankan Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agent Arun Selvarajan, revealed about his relationship with her and his accomplices in Tamil Nadu, The Times of India reports on September 19.
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Officers of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) are interrogating a woman student of a dental college after Sri Lankan Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agent Arun Selvarajan, revealed about his relationship with her and his accomplices in Tamil Nadu, The Times of India reports on September 19. Investigating officers have taken in the woman for questioning as well as another of Selvarajan's associates, an undergraduate student at a top college in the city. The investigators are looking to determine if they were aware of Selvarajan's ISI connection and if they helped him collect information about sensitive installations in Tamil Nadu. "Selvarajan, who opened event management firm Ice Events in Nungambakkam in the city, helped the dental college student invite celebrities to a college function held earlier this year," an investigating officer said. Investigators also took Selvarajan to Sri Lankan refugee camps in Tiruvallur and Kancheepuram to identify people he often met from the camps.
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September - 19 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed charge sheets in First Information Reports (FIRs) registered in the four Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) cases before the NIA court in Kochi (Kerala), New Indian Express reports on September 19. NIA, which is investigating the Kasargod Fake Indian C
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed charge sheets in First Information Reports (FIRs) registered in the four Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) cases before the NIA court in Kochi (Kerala), New Indian Express reports on September 19. NIA, which is investigating the Kasargod Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) cases, has found that FICN with face value of INR 31,00,000 were brought to Kerala from Dubai through the Bangalore (Karnataka) Airport in August 2012. NIA has charge sheeted Abdul Jabbar; Usman; Abdul Nazir K A alias Nasar alias Safar Nazar; A M Subaida; Moideen alias Moideenabba Ummer Beary, Haji Master Manzil and Abdul Rehman. The NIA exempted Mammunhi alias Muhammed Kunji alias Thailangadi Mammunhi and Majeed Mohammad Abdul Khader alias Majeed Koliyad from charge sheet, stating that the evidence available against them were not sufficient for prosecution. Moreover, another accused, Majeed Koliyad is still absconding.The NIA has sought the court’s permission to conduct further investigation to collect additional evidence before prosecuting them. Meanwhile, the NIA has given clean chit to Muhammad Shareef, Balan K K, Girish and Gopalakrishna Pandit, who were initially named in the FIRs.
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September - 30 
Investigations by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) against key Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives have revealed that their relationship with Pakistan's external intelligence agency, Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) has turned sour and is almost on the verge of a breakup, reports DNA India on
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Investigations by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) against key Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives have revealed that their relationship with Pakistan's external intelligence agency, Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) has turned sour and is almost on the verge of a breakup, reports DNA India on October 1. The NIA got the whiff of it when scouring through the voluminous chats and e-mail correspondence between senior IM operatives, including Iqbal Bhatkal, Riyaz Bhatkal and Shadaab Beg, it came across that they are not happy with the ISI control and have code named ISI as kutte (dogs) for treating them as slaves living on its crumbs. He IM is now trying to forge alliance with al Qaeda and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to intensify war against India and some of its members are even fighting against NATO forces in Af-Pak region.
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October - 2 
The National Investigative Agency (NIA) has told a Delhi court that Pakistan’s intelligence agency the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) was closely connected with top terrorists of the Indian Mujahideen (IM), reports The Asian Age on October 3. The NIA told the Court that ISI had been provoking the
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The National Investigative Agency (NIA) has told a Delhi court that Pakistan’s intelligence agency the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) was closely connected with top terrorists of the Indian Mujahideen (IM), reports The Asian Age on October 3. The NIA told the Court that ISI had been provoking them against Indian and had been giving them shelter too. The NIA said this in its supplementary charge sheet filed against 20 suspected IM operatives, including its absconding co-founders Riyaz Bhatkal and Iqbal Bhatkal, in connection with a case relating to larger conspiracy of the banned group to carry out terror activities across the country.
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October - 6 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) in its supplementary charge sheet filed against 20 suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) men in a special court said that IM co-founder Riyaz Bhatkal not only used to send funds for terror acts across the country but also regularly provided money to families of the
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) in its supplementary charge sheet filed against 20 suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) men in a special court said that IM co-founder Riyaz Bhatkal not only used to send funds for terror acts across the country but also regularly provided money to families of the jailed and absconding operatives of the banned outfit, reports Pune Mirror on October 7. "Investigation has established that in pursuance of the conspiracy, accused A-10 (Riyaz Bhatkal) regularly sent funds for terrorist activities and also for daily subsistence needs to other IM operatives. Money was also regularly sent to the jailed IM operatives and to the families of jailed or absconding IM operatives," it said. The NIA claimed that Pakistan-based Riyaz Bhatkal had earlier asked arrested IM India chief Yasin Bhatkal to establish contacts with Maoists in Nepal for supply of arms for terror activities in India. "Acting on the directions of Riyaz Bhatkal, accused A-6 (Yasin Bhatkal) tried to establish contact with the Maoists in Nepal for arms supply. Riyaz had also told Yasin that he has been trying to establish some contact for procuring weapons from Kashmir," the agency said.
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October - 8 
Fearing a backlash against Indians in Iraq, the Central Government is reluctant to allow National Investigation Agency (NIA) to register a case against terror group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), reports India Today on October 9. Highly-placed sources said Indians who are still in the capti
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Fearing a backlash against Indians in Iraq, the Central Government is reluctant to allow National Investigation Agency (NIA) to register a case against terror group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), reports India Today on October 9. Highly-placed sources said Indians who are still in the captivity of the ISIS could become soft targets if India initiates any action against them. Thirty nine Indians still remain in their custody. Top Government sources said the Government was not in a hurry to register a case as it wasn't in favour of it at the moment. "We are apprehensive as the group could target Indians in Iraq and other countries in the region where it is active," said a senior Government official. Last month, the NIA wrote to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), seeking permission to register an First Information Report (FIR) against the ISIS, suggesting that an open case under various provisions of Unlawful Activities [Prevention] Act (UAPA) and the United Nations Convention on terrorism could be filed for brainwashing the youths for terror activities. The NIA was of the view that registering an FIR would also help the Government to declare ISIS a banned organization.
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October - 9 
The Central Government on October 9 transferred the Burdwan blast case (in which two suspected militants were killed and another person was injured on October 2 in Khagragarh area in Burdwan District of West Bengal) to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), a day after the West Bengal Police invok
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The Central Government on October 9 transferred the Burdwan blast case (in which two suspected militants were killed and another person was injured on October 2 in Khagragarh area in Burdwan District of West Bengal) to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), a day after the West Bengal Police invoked the provisions of the Unlawful Activities [Prevention] Act (UAPA) against the four arrested accused, reports The Hindu. A week after the incident, the Centre invoked Section 6 (5) of the NIA Act, 2008 to transfer the case to the agency. The provision empowers the Centre to suo motu transfer cases involving laws specified in the Offences Schedule of the Act.
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October - 9 
The Central probe was approved after it was apparent that the West Bengal Government would not come in the way of the NIA investigation. Sources said formal orders to take over the case were given to NIA around 7 pm on October 9. NIA is likely to file a First Information Report (FIR) on October 10 a
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The Central probe was approved after it was apparent that the West Bengal Government would not come in the way of the NIA investigation. Sources said formal orders to take over the case were given to NIA around 7 pm on October 9. NIA is likely to file a First Information Report (FIR) on October 10 after taking over case papers from West Bengal Police. The agency would also move the court seeking custody of the arrested persons for a fresh round of questioning.
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October - 10 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has been granted three days custody of Arun Selvarajan, a suspected Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spy who was arrested last month in Chennai by a special Court in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, reports The New Indian Express on October 11. NIAy sought cus
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has been granted three days custody of Arun Selvarajan, a suspected Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spy who was arrested last month in Chennai by a special Court in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, reports The New Indian Express on October 11. NIAy sought custody of Selvarajan for the second time, submitting a need to further interrogate him on details of his activities and of his links with the Pakistan’s intelligence agency.
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October - 10 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 10 began its probe into the Burdwan blast (in which two suspected militants were killed and another person was injured on October 2 in Khagragarh area in Burdwan District of West Bengal) after registering a First Information Report (FIR) in connecti
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 10 began its probe into the Burdwan blast (in which two suspected militants were killed and another person was injured on October 2 in Khagragarh area in Burdwan District of West Bengal) after registering a First Information Report (FIR) in connection with the case in Delhi, reports The Times of India. Sources said the case would be investigated by NIA's Kolkata branch. The NIA FIR has invoked five sections of Unlawful Activities [Prevention] Act (UAPA) apart from various sections of Arms Act and Indian Penal Code (IPC). The Hindu adds that the NIA will take into custody all the suspects for questioning. An NIA official said that “There is evidence to suggest that those involved had links in Bangladesh. If necessary, we will also contact the Bangladeshi authorities seeking cooperation in the probe. The material evidence would also be sent for forensic examination and analysis. The case papers are being handed over to us.” An Intelligence Bureau (IB) report based on the statement of the suspected JMB hit squad member, Razia Begum alias Rumi said that Shakil Ahmed Gazi, who died in the Burdwan blast, was the operations head of Bangladesh-based terror outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen (JMB) and the No. 2 of JMB's India unit, reports The Times of India. The Central investigating agencies said that the JMB module operating in Bengal, led by Shakil, specialized in improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and had 12 core members with dozens of locals who provided the logistics. An IB report says that the module prepared IEDs only on specific demand made from across the border and after money was paid through hawala channels. Sometimes, orders would come for deliveries in Assam. Security agencies are ascertaining if Assam insurgent outfits received these IEDs or they were smuggled to JMB bases in Chittagong and adjoining areas. According to security agencies, Police are investigating how many IEDs have crossed the border. Sources said that Kausar, who acted as the group's carrier and now tops Bengal's most-wanted list may have delivered at least seven "consignments" from Khagragarh. Since each consignment contained about 100 IEDs, over 700 such IEDs might have crossed the border, said security agencies.
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October - 11 
The National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) probe into the Burdwan blast (in which two suspected militants were killed and another person was injured on October 2 in Khagragarh area in Burdwan District of West Bengal) is pointing to a bigger plot extending not just to neighbouring Assam, but also to J
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The National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) probe into the Burdwan blast (in which two suspected militants were killed and another person was injured on October 2 in Khagragarh area in Burdwan District of West Bengal) is pointing to a bigger plot extending not just to neighbouring Assam, but also to Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) and the southern states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala, reports The Times of India on October 12. The NIA has, based on leads gathered from the women arrested from the Burdwan blast site, picked up a suspect from J&K, a construction worker belonging to West Bengal. The J&K suspect, to whom calls were made from the SIM cards seized from Rajira Bibi, wife of militant Shakil Ahmed killed in the blast, was found to be in touch with two other suspects in Birbhum District of West Bengal. The NIA is now on the lookout for the duo. An official said that “Phone records reveal that they had contacts in almost all the major megacities, also in South India. We will have to verify the antecedents of each and every contact. Six of the Assam-based suspects who were in touch with the two men killed in the blast have already been arrested.”
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October - 11 
The National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) probe into the Burdwan blast (in which two suspected militants were killed and another person was injured on October 2 in Khagragarh area in Burdwan District of West Bengal) is pointing to a bigger plot extending not just to neighbouring Assam, but also to J
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The National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) probe into the Burdwan blast (in which two suspected militants were killed and another person was injured on October 2 in Khagragarh area in Burdwan District of West Bengal) is pointing to a bigger plot extending not just to neighbouring Assam, but also to Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) and the southern states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala, reports The Times of India on October 12. The NIA has, based on leads gathered from the women arrested from the Burdwan blast site, picked up a suspect from J&K, a construction worker belonging to West Bengal. The J&K suspect, to whom calls were made from the SIM cards seized from Rajira Bibi, wife of militant Shakil Ahmed killed in the blast, was found to be in touch with two other suspects in Birbhum District of West Bengal. The NIA is now on the lookout for the duo. An official said that “Phone records reveal that they had contacts in almost all the major megacities, also in South India. We will have to verify the antecedents of each and every contact. Six of the Assam-based suspects who were in touch with the two men killed in the blast have already been arrested.” Meanwhile, the Assam Police claimed the arrested were linked to a module operating under the patronage of Bangladesh-based terror outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen (JMB). Importantly, terrorist organization Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has also cropped up in the course of questioning of the suspects. The agencies have found a picture of the ISIS flag downloaded a suspect's phones. Though the suspect claimed that the phone was being used by another person, who may have downloaded the flag, the NIA will be probing the angle further. The discovery of grenades and bomb-making equipment from Burdwan, as well as linkages across several states like J&K and even southern states, indicate elaborate planning and high level of preparations by JMB to carry out attacks in Bangladesh, adds The Times of India. Intelligence agencies believe that strikes were planned as retaliation against the Prime Minister (PM) of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina regime's crackdown on JMB elements. NIA officials fear the suspects arrested so far and aides contacted across states by the militants are possibly foot soldiers. The probe will now focus on identifying the leaders of the module. Separately, Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officers said that, the prime accused in the Burdwan blast, Sheik Kausar travelled nearly 100 kilometres before he sneaked into Bangladesh via Hakimpur bordering Nadia and North 24-Parganas District of West Bengal. The investigators have also reconstructed the escape route. According to CID, Kausar left the spot immediately after the blast, but he didn't leave the place till the next day. However, the CID officers are not sure about the exact day he crossed the border. But, they believe that he had at least five facilitators who arranged the logistics for a safe transit.
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October - 13 
A city court in Kolkata on October 13 remanded three accused in the Burdwan blast case, who were till now in Criminal Investigation Department (CID) custody, to National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody till October 22, reports Business Standard. Additional Sessions Judge Gopal Chandra Karmakar d
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A city court in Kolkata on October 13 remanded three accused in the Burdwan blast case, who were till now in Criminal Investigation Department (CID) custody, to National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody till October 22, reports Business Standard. Additional Sessions Judge Gopal Chandra Karmakar directed that the accused Hafez Molla alias Hasan, Rajira alias Razia Bibi and Alima Bibi would be in NIA custody till October 22. The NIA counsels requested for 14 days' custody of the accused citing the gravity of the incident, its international ramifications and investigation into the conspiracy angle. The Judge, however, granted only 10 days' custody, stating that it would decide on further NIA custody after considering the developments on October 22. A fourth accused, Sheik Hakim, who was injured in the blast is undergoing treatment at the state-run SSKM Hospital in Kolkata. Hakim was interrogated by NIA officers on October 13 for two hours at SSKM Hospital in Kolkata, reports The Times of India. Hakim maintained that he has no links with terror groups and said he was not into arms-making. An NIA officer said that, "Hakim claimed that Shakil had asked him to visit Bardhaman. He also said that his wife Amina Bibi and Shakil's wife Rumi Bibi are friends. Shakil insisted him to join a burqa business. According to Hakim, he was supposed to provide expertise for burqa-making and was not aware what Shakil was doing in his room. The sudden blast, he said, took him by surprise."
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October - 13 
According to The Times of India, when NIA sleuths entered the madrassa on October 13, they found chilling evidence that it was used for arms and improvised explosive device (IED) training. Air gun cartridges, glass bottles tied with chords for use as targets, and pellets embedded in the mud walls ga
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According to The Times of India, when NIA sleuths entered the madrassa on October 13, they found chilling evidence that it was used for arms and improvised explosive device (IED) training. Air gun cartridges, glass bottles tied with chords for use as targets, and pellets embedded in the mud walls gave proof of target practice. There were bundles of optical fibre, electrical equipment and a lot of chemicals found in three rooms. NIA also seized a Sigma table clock, whose circuit could be used as a timer in an IED, sources said. Pamphlets and literature in Arabic and Urdu and bows and arrows were found along with Tiffin boxes and 14 large tin trunks. There was also a punching bag filled with sand, like the ones used by boxers. Investigators seized a phone book believed to belong to Yousuf Sheikh, the terror module's mentor. It has the contact numbers of women who took training in the Simulia madrassa, added sources.
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October - 13 
The New Indian Express adds that the NIA probing the Burdwan blast case is examining the links of suspected al Qaeda and Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terrorists with the Simulia Madrassa that is believed to be a centre for training terrorists, around 38km from the blast site. Investigators
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The New Indian Express adds that the NIA probing the Burdwan blast case is examining the links of suspected al Qaeda and Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terrorists with the Simulia Madrassa that is believed to be a centre for training terrorists, around 38km from the blast site. Investigators said all the terrorists of the Burdwan module, who infiltrated the non-descript village in West Bengal to set up terror arms factory, were radicalised in jihadi ideology in the same Simulia Madrassa. Sources said “At least four teams of the NIA have launched a simultaneous probe at Burdwan, Kolkata, Nadia and Barpeta in Assam. Six suspects were picked by the Assam Police last week in connection with the Burdwan blast. They will be interrogated soon.”
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October - 13 
The six accused, including two women, who were arrested in the Burdwan blast case have reportedly given some important leads in the transnational terror conspiracy, in which Jamaat ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB)’s key militant Kausar, who is now on the run, reportedly has connections with some Keral
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The six accused, including two women, who were arrested in the Burdwan blast case have reportedly given some important leads in the transnational terror conspiracy, in which Jamaat ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB)’s key militant Kausar, who is now on the run, reportedly has connections with some Kerala-based terror modules, which are an alleged offshoot of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), reports Deccan Chronicle on October 14. Karnataka Police and State Intelligence have also sought information from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on possible terror links here after unconfirmed reports indicated that Abdul Qader Sultan Armar from Bhatkal, who is reportedly absconding and is recruiting vulnerable Indian Muslim youth for the global jihadi organization, al Qaeda may also have a hand in the terror conspiracy and the revival of JMB. An unnamed officer said that “The terror network seems to cut across states and international boundaries. There are reported links with some terrorist modules in Kerala, which are being verified.”
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October - 14 
Meanwhile, another NIA team questioned three suspects, including an alleged Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) conduit in Chennai, Tamil Nadu after the agency found uncanny similarities in the IEDs that exploded in Burdwan and the May 1 blasts on Bangalore-Guwahati Express at Chennai central station,
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Meanwhile, another NIA team questioned three suspects, including an alleged Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) conduit in Chennai, Tamil Nadu after the agency found uncanny similarities in the IEDs that exploded in Burdwan and the May 1 blasts on Bangalore-Guwahati Express at Chennai central station, reports The Times of India.
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October - 14 
Sources said that NIA on October 14 summoned three persons from Chennai, Tamil Nadu for interrogation in connection with the case, reports Deccan Chronicle. The terror blast case, which has cross-border ramifications, is reportedly spread from West Bengal to Assam and South India. Karnataka has also
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Sources said that NIA on October 14 summoned three persons from Chennai, Tamil Nadu for interrogation in connection with the case, reports Deccan Chronicle. The terror blast case, which has cross-border ramifications, is reportedly spread from West Bengal to Assam and South India. Karnataka has also sought information from the West Bengal Police and NIA about the case and the support network of JMB. Official sources said that “We are at a security risk because we have a sizeable population of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants in Bengaluru and other Districts.” However, despite initial suspicion that the Burdwan blast might be linked to a terror module of either the al Qaeda or the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), both the NIA and Central Intelligence agencies have now categorically ruled out any such possibility, reports The Asian Age on October 16. Two alleged terrorists believed to be members of the JMB died in the Burdwan blast and it was being initially suspected that the JMB had directed them to set up terror modules in India for either al Qaeda or the ISIS. Sources said so far the probe has not revealed any al Qaeda or ISIS link though the investigations are progressing at a fast pace.
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October - 14 
The Asian Age on October 15 adds that the NIA has found a secret chamber-like small room at Shimulia madrassa, which was allegedly used as a terror hideout with links with Burdwan blast. This clandestine room was apparently used to store either arms and explosives or militant literature. The NIA rec
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The Asian Age on October 15 adds that the NIA has found a secret chamber-like small room at Shimulia madrassa, which was allegedly used as a terror hideout with links with Burdwan blast. This clandestine room was apparently used to store either arms and explosives or militant literature. The NIA recovered several key books, documents and arms from the room.
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October - 14 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) investigators on October 14 questioned three mysterious suspects at a Park Circus nursing home, Kolkata where they were admitted by Burdwan Police on October 6 with blast injuries, reports The Times of India. NIA is probing if the trio is linked to the Burdwan
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) investigators on October 14 questioned three mysterious suspects at a Park Circus nursing home, Kolkata where they were admitted by Burdwan Police on October 6 with blast injuries, reports The Times of India. NIA is probing if the trio is linked to the Burdwan blast (in which two suspected militants were killed and another person was injured on October 2 in Khagragarh area in Burdwan District of West Bengal). Sources said that NIA wonders why these "suspects" were taken to a private nursing home, while Abdul Hakim, who was injured in the Burdwan blast, was admitted to the state-run SSKM Hospital. There is tell-tale evidence at the Burdwan blast site that a few more people may have been present when the improvised explosive devices (IEDs) exploded. Some villagers have told investigators that they saw a few persons fleeing on motorcycles immediately after the blast. The Central Forensic Science Laboratory is already looking into this aspect after collecting blood samples. However, the injured trio has denied involvement in the Burdwan blast, claiming they were injured in a separate blast in Malda on October 5.
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October - 14 
The NIA officials were surprised by the variety of explosives and chemicals found at the blast site in Burdwan leading them to suspect a foreign link with the accused, reports The Times of India. The list of explosives seized includes gun powder, power gel, picric acid, lead azide, magnesium powder,
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The NIA officials were surprised by the variety of explosives and chemicals found at the blast site in Burdwan leading them to suspect a foreign link with the accused, reports The Times of India. The list of explosives seized includes gun powder, power gel, picric acid, lead azide, magnesium powder, urea nitrate, potassium nitrate, sulphur, ammonium nitrate, iron oxide, methyl alcohol, ethanol, nitrobenzene, barium peroxide, sodium hydroxide and lead nitrate purified. Besides, detonators, wires and timer devices were also seized. An officer said "This is the first time such a variety of chemicals and explosives were found at a single place related to blast suspects.”
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October - 14 
The NIA, along with West Bengal Police, on October 14 conducted searches at various places in the state in connection with the Burdwan blast. Another madrassa at Lalgola in Murshidabad, suspected to be a terror hideout, has also come under the scanner of the NIA. The madrassa has remained under lock
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The NIA, along with West Bengal Police, on October 14 conducted searches at various places in the state in connection with the Burdwan blast. Another madrassa at Lalgola in Murshidabad, suspected to be a terror hideout, has also come under the scanner of the NIA. The madrassa has remained under lock and key since October 3, a day after the Burdwan blast.
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October - 15 
A series of Internet chats between key members of Indian Mujahideen (IM) based in India and Pakistan provided leads as early as July 2013 to the emergence of new terror modules with links to West Bengal, Assam and Bangladesh, and a branch leader identified only as “Bengali”, reports The Indian Expre
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A series of Internet chats between key members of Indian Mujahideen (IM) based in India and Pakistan provided leads as early as July 2013 to the emergence of new terror modules with links to West Bengal, Assam and Bangladesh, and a branch leader identified only as “Bengali”, reports The Indian Express. The transcripts of some of these chats, unearthed last year by National Investigation Agency (NIA) reveal that the ground had been laid in 2013 to launch terror operations under the leadership of “Bengali”. They also indicate that it was this operative who carried out the SMS campaign in 2012 that sparked panic among people from the northeast living in southern cities such as Bangalore, Karnataka. These chat conversations have gained significance in the light of the October 2 blast at a house in Burdwan in West Bengal which resulted in the death of two persons allegedly involved in making explosive devices.
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October - 15 
Assam Chief Minister (CM) Tarun Gogoi on October 15 said that his state is more vulnerable to threats from the jihadi elements than Jammu& Kashmir (J&K), reports The New Indian Express. Gogoi said “They (jihadi elements) have for long been trying to set up bases here and I had once told Prime Minist
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Assam Chief Minister (CM) Tarun Gogoi on October 15 said that his state is more vulnerable to threats from the jihadi elements than Jammu& Kashmir (J&K), reports The New Indian Express. Gogoi said “They (jihadi elements) have for long been trying to set up bases here and I had once told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that Assam is more dangerous than Kashmir when it comes to the threat from them.” “Fundamentalist elements and extremists are all dangerous. Not just the fundamentalist elements, we also have threats from the ULFA (United Liberation Front of Assam) and the NDFB (National Democratic Front of Bodoland),” he added. According to the CM, Assam had once been home to some jihadi outfits. However, the State Government had been able to weed out those. He also said that “We have information that they (jihadi elements in Assam) have links with a Bangladeshi outfit. But their links with the al Qaeda are yet to be established. The NIA will hopefully be able to unearth more.” Six people have been arrested in Assam in connection with the October 2 Burdwan blast in West Bengal and a number of madrasas in the state are now under the scanner.
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October - 15 
Meanwhile, NIA officers have found blood stains in the Tata Nano car found parked near the Simulia madrassa. Investigators fear that Sahidul might have driven some of those injured in the Burdwan blast to safe destinations. NIA believes that the Indian Army sticker pasted on the car was genuine and
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Meanwhile, NIA officers have found blood stains in the Tata Nano car found parked near the Simulia madrassa. Investigators fear that Sahidul might have driven some of those injured in the Burdwan blast to safe destinations. NIA believes that the Indian Army sticker pasted on the car was genuine and procured from the Army base at Nasik, Maharashtra which is home to the Artillery Regiment Headquarter. According to the sources, the central agencies including National Security Guard (NSG) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) will also arrive in Burdwan on October 16 to look into the matter.
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October - 15 
Separately, NIA on October 15 also arrested alleged Kader aide Hifzulla Kaji from Kirnahar market in Birbhum District in connection with the Burdwan blast case. According to Police, Kader had ganged up with a group of local youths, including Hifzulla. The agency discovered two more suspicious constr
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Separately, NIA on October 15 also arrested alleged Kader aide Hifzulla Kaji from Kirnahar market in Birbhum District in connection with the Burdwan blast case. According to Police, Kader had ganged up with a group of local youths, including Hifzulla. The agency discovered two more suspicious constructions in Burdwan District. One of them is in Nigon village, about 5 kilometers from the Shimulia madrassa that was allegedly used to indoctrinate and train women recruits for Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB). The second unfinished building is at Tamilpukur, just one and a half kilometers from the Shimulia madrassa.
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October - 15 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 15 arrested one of the most wanted in the Burdwan blast case, identified as Habibur Shiekh, an alleged operative of the terror module and 'trainer' at the Shimulia madrassa from Muluk on the outskirts of Bolpur town in Birbhum District, reports The
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 15 arrested one of the most wanted in the Burdwan blast case, identified as Habibur Shiekh, an alleged operative of the terror module and 'trainer' at the Shimulia madrassa from Muluk on the outskirts of Bolpur town in Birbhum District, reports The Times of India. According to NIA, Habibur Shiekh had fled his hideout in Baburbagh in Murshidabad along with Kausar, soon after being tipped off by Amina Bibi within minutes of the Burdwan blast on October 2. Habibur's arrest comes a day before terror suspect Abdul Hakim, who was injured in the Burdwan blast, is likely to be released from SSKM Hospital in Kolkata. NIA plans to interrogate Habibur with the inputs its officers have got from questioning Hakim all these days in hospital.
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October - 16 
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) has placed a company of Border Security Force (BSF), comprising around 100 personnel, at the disposal of NIA to help it with raids and searches conducted as part of the Burdwan blasts probe, reports The Times of India on October 17. The Times of India
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The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) has placed a company of Border Security Force (BSF), comprising around 100 personnel, at the disposal of NIA to help it with raids and searches conducted as part of the Burdwan blasts probe, reports The Times of India on October 17. The Times of India adds that the NIA has found fresh evidence which shows that the terror module stored IEDs at several hideouts in four Districts of West Bengal. According to central intelligence sources the nature of the planning and the information from the interrogation of Abdul Hakim at SSKM Hospital in Kolkata point towards links with Harkat-ul-Jihadi Islami (HuJI), Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT). The network's main targets in Bangladesh were Dhaka and Rajshahi but Indian cities may also have been on the radar. Intelligence Bureau (IB) sources said that the terror module seems much more organized than it appeared. According to sources, Hakim has admitted to making bombs for three years. He also claims that dead 'terrorist' Subhan Mondal is actually Suvan Sheikh, a relative of Shakil Ahmed Gazi, the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) No. 2 who was killed in the blast. From his statement, it appears that many locals had worked as foot soldiers, helping the module get land, money and daily logistics. Hakim has told investigators that the module has extensive presence across Burdwan, Birbhum, Murshidabad and Nadia and was scouting for new hideouts in West Midnapore and Malda. They recruited heavily from several educational institutes and had roped in over 150 operatives in the past three years, he said.
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October - 16 
Nagaland Post reports that on October 16 NPP also demanded for a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the alleged nexus between politicians and militants.
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Nagaland Post reports that on October 16 NPP also demanded for a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the alleged nexus between politicians and militants.
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October - 16 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 16 recovered a sack containing 40 improvised hand grenades from a store room in a house near the Burdwan blast occurred in which two suspected militants were killed and another person was injured on October 2 in Khagragarh area in Burdwan District o
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 16 recovered a sack containing 40 improvised hand grenades from a store room in a house near the Burdwan blast occurred in which two suspected militants were killed and another person was injured on October 2 in Khagragarh area in Burdwan District of West Bengal, reports The Times of India. NIA officials said that “NIA investigators, along with Burdwan District Police during a search of the house of one Rezaul Karim recovered the Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) this evening (October 16)”. The recovery was made when the investigators were searching the house of Rezaul located at Mathpara on Badsahi Road near Khagragarh. This is one of the three houses found by the investigators to be used by the blast suspects besides the one where the explosion had taken place. The state Criminal Investigation Department (CID) had earlier searched the house and found some documents. Rezaul has been missing since the October 2 blast. NIA had conducted searches at various places including the residence and shop of the arrested accused Hashem Moulla alias Badre Alam in Burdwan District.
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October - 17 
Police on October 17 recovered more than two dozen crude bombs from a mango orchard in 16 Mile area under Kaliachak Police station in Malda District of West Bengal, reports The Times of India. A Police officer said that "About 30 crude bombs have been found from the bag. A bomb disposal squad is dif
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Police on October 17 recovered more than two dozen crude bombs from a mango orchard in 16 Mile area under Kaliachak Police station in Malda District of West Bengal, reports The Times of India. A Police officer said that "About 30 crude bombs have been found from the bag. A bomb disposal squad is diffusing them. We are also in the lookout for Mohshin Sheikh, the owner of the orchard." The recovery in Malda comes a day after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the National Security Guard (NSG), probing the October 2 Burdwan blast, seized 40 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) from a house in the District. Several incidents of crude bombs going off or being seized by Police have been reported from several Districts of the state in the last few days.
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October - 17 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is investigating the Burdwan blast case, in a preliminary report submitted to the Central Government said that there was a conspiracy by the Burdwan terror module to convert West Bengal into a major terror hub over the next few months to carryout subver
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is investigating the Burdwan blast case, in a preliminary report submitted to the Central Government said that there was a conspiracy by the Burdwan terror module to convert West Bengal into a major terror hub over the next few months to carryout subversive activities in different parts of the country, reports The Asian Age on October 18. The NIA along with Central intelligence agencies is investigating the matter which is suspected to have international ramifications also. Police have already arrested three accused in the Burdwan blast, Badrul Alam Molla and two women, Razia and Amina and questioning them regularly over the last few days which has provided some valuable leads regarding the conspiracy. Sources said that the accused have disclosed that they were getting regular assistance both in terms of finance and explosives from “certain elements in Bangladesh” with clear instructions to form a strong terror network in West Bengal. A senior intelligence official said that “Considering the close proximity of the state to the porous Indo-Bangladesh border West Bengal was an ideal choice for making it a major terror hub in the country. The investigations have thrown up important leads and we are working on them. We have already recovered a huge quantity of explosives based on the disclosures of the accused persons and have also identified some members of the terror module who are still on the run.” Sources also said that during the course of investigations it has also come to light that the terror operatives have already made Malda into a major centre for smuggling fake Indian currency notes (FICN). The Times of India on October 18 adds that with mounting evidence that the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) network has spread its tentacles across the central and bordering Districts of West Bengal, NIA has begun visiting each of the suspects' homes and questioning their aides. According to intelligence inputs, JMB cadres are known to recruit from their close and extended families, creating strong blood networks. Sources said that "once you begin questioning these aides of the absconding men, there are chances you can gain valuable leads."
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October - 19 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) and a Border Security Force (BSF) team in a raid at three key hideouts in Murshidabad District of West Bengal on October 19 recovered several crucial evidence in connection with the Burdwan blast of October 2, reports The Asian Age. NIA team with BSF’s intelli
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) and a Border Security Force (BSF) team in a raid at three key hideouts in Murshidabad District of West Bengal on October 19 recovered several crucial evidence in connection with the Burdwan blast of October 2, reports The Asian Age. NIA team with BSF’s intelligence officials and personnel searched the unlicensed madrassa, Talimul Banatli Hatematuj Johura at Mukhimnagar village in Lalgola and recovered two gas cylinders, two motorbikes, bunches of jihadi scripts, some of them being half-burnt, and leaflets. After that NIA-BSF joint team raided the house of Mofazzul alias Laden, who has been absconding and recovered two cellphones, a SIM, a mobile chip, a passbook and some money receipts. Later, they searched “Burqa Ghar” in Beldanga which had been run by Shakeel Ahmed, one of the two deceased in the Burdwan blast and recovered a cellphone, a SIM, various carry bags and leaflets. Meanwhile, another NIA team questioned Mithu Sheikh, an aide of the terror accused, and his family members at the office of sub-divisional Police officer at Bolpur in Birbhum District. The police then summoned him. Reports also said that during the day, the officers inspected the blast site in Burdwan once again and recovered various items close to two dozen.
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October - 20 
Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned six persons in connection to the probe into funding of terror modules in Burdwan blast, reports The Times of India on October 21. According to sources, the six persons are Asua Biwi (Burhan Seikh's mother), Abul Kalam (absconding Seikh Kader's brother), Jam
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Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned six persons in connection to the probe into funding of terror modules in Burdwan blast, reports The Times of India on October 21. According to sources, the six persons are Asua Biwi (Burhan Seikh's mother), Abul Kalam (absconding Seikh Kader's brother), Jamat Seikh of Napara village (Ayesha's father), Seikh Asadulla of Bhatar, Nazrul and Israel (brothers of Yousuf Sheikh). Further, Criminal Investigation Department (CID) recovered cash worth INR 44,000 from Rumi Biwi, wife of deceased Shakeel Ahmed Gazi, from the Khagragarh house in Burdwan District. She has told investigators that she has received INR 30,000 from Nadia and INR 14,000 was given to her by Rezaul. She said she took the money to purchase land at Goda mouza to build her own house. National Investigation Agency (NIA) has already discovered that Yousuf Seikh purchased several plots for construction of madrassas. They have also traced 48 bank accounts of Yusuf and 21 bank accounts of Ayesha to Canara Bank's Nigon branch. ED has now started to track those behind such large pay-outs. Meanwhile, three NIA officials, led by Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Vijayendra Singh, have begun the probe to find out whether there was a Trinamool Congress (TMC) party office above the garage at the Burdwan blast house, reports The Times of India. The agency questioned landlord and TMC leader Nurul Hasan Choudhury and his son Ashraf Ali Choudhury over four hours.
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October - 21 
Specific intelligence reports reaching the Centre suggest that the National Investigation Agency (NIA)’s team probing the Burdwan blast case is facing a serious threat from subversive elements, reports Deccan Chronicle on October 22. According to the sources, even though the NIA team has been provid
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Specific intelligence reports reaching the Centre suggest that the National Investigation Agency (NIA)’s team probing the Burdwan blast case is facing a serious threat from subversive elements, reports Deccan Chronicle on October 22. According to the sources, even though the NIA team has been provided adequate security cover by para-military and local Police, the high threat perception shows that the Burdwan terror module had probably managed to establish a good network within the state (West Bengal) and subversive elements may want to prevent security agencies from busting the entire module. The NIA team has already recovered a large amount of explosive materials from some madrassas in the area and suspect the presence of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) modules in the state. The case has serious security ramifications for both India and Bangladesh due to which intelligence agencies of the two countries are said to be working in close co-ordination.
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October - 23 
A three-month long conspiracy culminated into the meticulously planned Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) attack, which was rehearsed over six days, on the convoy of senior Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh on May 25 in 2013, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has concluded after condu
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A three-month long conspiracy culminated into the meticulously planned Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) attack, which was rehearsed over six days, on the convoy of senior Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh on May 25 in 2013, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has concluded after conducting a probe for nearly 16 months, reports The Economic Times on October 24. The report was submitted in a court in Bilaspur on September 23 and said the Maoists celebrated with a "macabre dance of death" on the spot after killing Karma. "Presence of Salwa Judum founder and Congress leader Mahendra Karma in the convoy was one of tempting and lucrative reason for CPI (Maoist) in taking decision to attack the convoy of Congress. The previous and post conduct of the accused persons establish their intention, conspiracy, reparation, and execution to lay ambush on the Congress Parivartan yatra to avenge against Mahendra Karma," said the 36-page NIA charge sheet. "A decision to carry out a big attack in Darbha region was hatched in the meeting of South Regional Unified Command (SRUC) of CPI (Maoist) held from February 16-25, 2013, somewhere in forest area near village Pidia of Bijapur district and various Maoist formations were asked to assemble in Darbha", the charge sheet said. A week before the attack, Maoists got "information" of possible movement of Karma and other Congress leaders in Darbha to participate in Parivartan Yatra and decided to target it, the NIA added. "In pursuant to the conspiracy to attack Parivartan Yatra, Maoist commanders conducted recce of Sukma - Jagdalpur Highway (NH221, now NH-31) and identified a suitable spot in Jheeram valley for ambush. The rehearsal / mock drills for the attack was carried out for five six days in the forest area near Ekkum-Chikpal. During mock drills, cadres were divided into various teams/groups like Assault group, Stop Group, Signal Group, Blast Squad, Seizing party and Senior Commanders briefed them about the terrain, possible situation, their individual role, snatching tactics & escape routes," the NIA said. The NIA investigation also brought out that Maoists planted a landmine under the NH- 221 near the culvert as well as at different places for defensive measures as well as to inflict causality on probable reinforcement/ rescue team.
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October - 24 
Sources said that a man suspected to be Sheikh Yusuf, one of the key operatives accused of running the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) module in West Bengal, has been arrested from a border town in Nepal by Kolkata police’s special task force (STF) on October 24, reports The Telegraph. Accordi
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Sources said that a man suspected to be Sheikh Yusuf, one of the key operatives accused of running the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) module in West Bengal, has been arrested from a border town in Nepal by Kolkata police’s special task force (STF) on October 24, reports The Telegraph. According to the sources, the detained man, whose appearance apparently matches with Yusuf’s latest photograph that is with the investigators, was arrested from Kakarbhitta, around 70km from Siliguri, Darjeeling District on the other side of the Nepal border. STF sources said that “We are certain that the detained man is Yusuf and have handed him over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is probing the Burdwan blast.” However, NIA did not confirm any such detention.
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October - 24 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 24 filed a chargesheet in a Chennai (Tamil Nadu) court against the Sri Lankan national Sakir Hussain and two others for conducting espionage on behalf of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and plotting to attack Israeli and United States (
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 24 filed a chargesheet in a Chennai (Tamil Nadu) court against the Sri Lankan national Sakir Hussain and two others for conducting espionage on behalf of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and plotting to attack Israeli and United States (US) consulates in Chennai and Bangalore, reported The Times of India. . The chargesheet has cited as evidence photos of vital installations in India, emails exchanged between the accused and a Pakistani embassy official in Colombo, Sri Lanka and forensic analysis of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) recovered from the accused at the time of arrest. The Chargesheet has also listed 40 witnesses. Sources said that the Sri Lankan national was hired by Pakistan embassy official Aamir Zubair Siddiqui who had been building a network of spies from the country to conduct espionage in India. Hussain had, in turn, hired Siva Balan and Mohammed Saleem who were arrested with FICN. There are a total of nine accused in the case including the Pakistan embassy official.
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October - 24 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA), along with West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Special Task Force (STF) and Jamshedpur Police, on October 24 arrested one suspect, identified as Sheesh Mahmood (45), from Tanzil Manzil, Azadnagar Raod No-12A in Jamshedpur in Purbi Singhbhum D
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA), along with West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Special Task Force (STF) and Jamshedpur Police, on October 24 arrested one suspect, identified as Sheesh Mahmood (45), from Tanzil Manzil, Azadnagar Raod No-12A in Jamshedpur in Purbi Singhbhum District of Jharkhand, reports Hindustan Times. The joint team led by Bidhannagar commissionerate inspector Tarak Bhattacharya recovered two mobiles, three SIM cards, telephone diary, passport, voter card, driving licence and other documents. According to the sources, NIA is now focusing on Jamshedpur in connection with the Burdwan blast (West Bengal) on October 2 after their interrogation revealed arrested accused Sheesh Mahmood’s links with Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and his Bangladeshi nationality. Police sources said that Sheesh Mahmood was traced through call details from the mobile phones recovered from Shakeel Ghazi, who was killed in the Burdwan blast. Police sources also said Sheesh was originally a resident of Bagura District of Bangladesh but has been living in Jamshedpur with his second wife Nazira Biwi for the past nine years during which he graduated from a mason to building contractor.
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October - 26 
The National Investigating Agency (NIA) expressed its concern that Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) continue to be pumped across the border from Bangladesh to fund the activities of outfits like the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and Indian Mujahideen (IM), reports The Times of India on Octo
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The National Investigating Agency (NIA) expressed its concern that Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) continue to be pumped across the border from Bangladesh to fund the activities of outfits like the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and Indian Mujahideen (IM), reports The Times of India on October 27. The high quality FICNs are printed in Pakistan and routed to India through Bangladesh. NIA sources said that “We now suspect that sending in FICN is a form of the much talked about 'Money Jihad'. A clear pattern has emerged regarding the route of the FICN once it reaches Indian soil. A large part of it is sent to places like Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh that have links to terror outfits. The remaining has been tracked to southern states, particularly to locations from where terror modules are known to operate.” Sources also said that “Despite the developments over the last few weeks that has led to tightening of security, attempts are continuing to push in FICN from across the International Border into West Bengal. Even when IM co-founder Yasin Bhatkal was first arrested, FICN was found in his possession."
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October - 27 
NIA, investigating the Burdwan blast case, on October 27 said that they had identified 25-30 members of the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), mostly of Bangladeshi origin and part of the larger conspiracy to launch attacks in Bangladesh and India, are active in India, reports The Times of India
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NIA, investigating the Burdwan blast case, on October 27 said that they had identified 25-30 members of the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), mostly of Bangladeshi origin and part of the larger conspiracy to launch attacks in Bangladesh and India, are active in India, reports The Times of India. NIA along with intelligence agencies is conducting raids across the country for these suspects, some of whom are also suspected to have fled to Bangladesh. Sources said that NIA has conducted as many as 150 raids to get these suspected JMB members across the country, especially West Bengal, Assam and some South Indian states. During the investigation, NIA has found that JMB was trying to set up bases in different locations and recruiting locals. Sources added that the JMB module in Burdwan managed to transport six improvised explosive device (IED) consignments to Bangladesh to be used for terrorist activities. Investigators are trying to find out whether the explosives found in Burdwan, were exclusively meant for Bangladesh or to be used somewhere in India as well, the source said.
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October - 28 
A National Investigation Agency (NIA) report on the Burdwan blast case revealed a new trend of women taking to Jihadi indoctrination and terror activities in Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh’s (JMB) all-female jihadi training centres in Burdwan and Murshidabad areas of West Bengal, reports The New In
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A National Investigation Agency (NIA) report on the Burdwan blast case revealed a new trend of women taking to Jihadi indoctrination and terror activities in Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh’s (JMB) all-female jihadi training centres in Burdwan and Murshidabad areas of West Bengal, reports The New Indian Express on October 29. According to top officials, these centres started operating in 2011 and recruited women who were trained in bomb-making and violent extremist ideologies. Sources said that the two madrassas, one is at Shimulia in Burdwan District and another is at Laal Gola in Murshidabad District were reportedly training only females in bomb making and other terror activities like transporting arms and ammunition safely from one area to the other. NIA officers concluded that Rejara Biwi and Amina Biwi, arrested after the October 2 Burdwan blast, were also trained in one of these madrassas and a few more madrassas in the bordering areas are under the NIA scanner. “So far, we have been able to link 40 terror modules to the Burdwan blast,” said an officer. The NIA report also said that Interrogation of the suspects have also revealed that at least 40 ready improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were shipped to Bangladesh in four consignments. However, Investigators were yet to ascertain whether the explosive shipments were moved within the country. According to the sources, the bomb-manufacturing unit was operational for almost three years in the house rented by alleged JMB terrorists in Burdwan District. Sources said that the Burdwan blast mastermind, Sheikh Kausar, who escaped after the blast is believed to have been in Birbhum District for three days after the blasts. He went off the radar on October 5. Unconfirmed reports said that Kausar may have escaped to Nepal and the Security agencies are learnt to have received information on his whereabouts. Further, the NIA said that the terrorist module operating in West Bengal had a specific design where not only local agents but also local politicians may have played an active role, reports The Times of India. In their report to NIA Director General (DG) Sharad Kumar, investigators hinted at the involvement of at least 40 politicians helped these terrorists gain a foothold in West Bengal. In addition, a status report on the probe into the Burdwan blast states at least 165 to 190 Bangladeshis managed to sneak into India in the past few months to join JMB terror modules. Investigators have identified as many as 27 routes used by terrorists to move within the country and sneak out. NIA has broadly divided the routes in three categories, inter-Districts, inter-State and borders with Bangladesh and Nepal. Report said that nearly 58 terror modules had bases in nine Districts of Bengal, including Burdwan, Birbhum, Nadia, Murshidabad, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar, Howrah, and South and North 24-Parganas. It is also believed that these routes were chosen to give them easy access to Uttar Pradesh (UP), Bihar, Jharkhand and Sikkim and Bangladesh and Nepal.
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October - 28 
The Economic Times on October 29 reports that NIA has come across various information about the activities of JMB members in different parts of India and their links with Bangladesh. Moreover, NIA has come to the conclusion that at least 120 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were transported to Ba
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The Economic Times on October 29 reports that NIA has come across various information about the activities of JMB members in different parts of India and their links with Bangladesh. Moreover, NIA has come to the conclusion that at least 120 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were transported to Bangladesh in four batches. Sources added that India has also sought details from Bangladesh about the interrogation report of two JMB militants Asif Adnan (26) and Fazle Elahi Tanjil (24) who were arrested from Segunbagicha area of Dhaka city, Bangladesh.
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October - 29 
A National Investigation Agency (NIA) team on October 29 met Ahmedabad city Crime Branch officials to get details of the accused with a Students Islamic Movement in India (SIMI) background arrested in the July 26, 2008, serial blasts case, reports The Times of India. According to sources before car
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A National Investigation Agency (NIA) team on October 29 met Ahmedabad city Crime Branch officials to get details of the accused with a Students Islamic Movement in India (SIMI) background arrested in the July 26, 2008, serial blasts case, reports The Times of India. According to sources before carrying out the serial blasts in the city, SIMI and Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives had attended terror camps held in the jungles of Wagamon in Kerala and Halol in Gujarat. Senior Police officials said after the Bijnor blast in Uttar Pradesh (September 12, 2014), it had come to light that the explosion had occurred when alleged IM operatives, who had earlier escaped from Khandwa jail (Madhya Pradesh), were making explosives inside the house. "There was an intelligence input that IM operatives, while on the run from Khandwa, had passed through a place near Ahmedabad. It is also believed that the IM operatives were helped by underground sleeper cells of SIMI," said a Police official.
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October - 29 
Sources said that Meghalaya has been given an advisory to take extra vigilant steps to prevent the fanatical Jihadi elements, reports The Sentinel on October 30. The advisory, which is said to have come from the National Investigation Agency (NIA), pertains to monitoring of certain pockets that coul
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Sources said that Meghalaya has been given an advisory to take extra vigilant steps to prevent the fanatical Jihadi elements, reports The Sentinel on October 30. The advisory, which is said to have come from the National Investigation Agency (NIA), pertains to monitoring of certain pockets that could be vulnerable to establishment or existence of the sleeping cells.
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October - 29 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA), investigating the Burdwan blast case, will interrogate two persons arrested from Chinwan in Madhya Pradesh along with huge amount of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs), reports The Times of India on October 30. NIA has found during the investigation that the
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA), investigating the Burdwan blast case, will interrogate two persons arrested from Chinwan in Madhya Pradesh along with huge amount of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs), reports The Times of India on October 30. NIA has found during the investigation that the duo arrested by Madhya Pradesh Police allegedly made several calls to Shakil Ahmed Gazi (who died in the Burdwan blast) six days before the Burdwan blast on October 2. NIA officers believe the duo might provide vital links in the case. The NIA also has information that the duo was in touch with the six suspected Students Islamic Movement in India (SIMI) activists who fled from a jail at Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh and were allegedly responsible for the Bijnor blast in Uttar Pradesh (UP).
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October - 30 
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on October 30 registered a case of money laundering against JMB and several of its recruits to probe the funding of Burdwan blasts, reports The Times of India. The case was registered by the agency based on the First Information Report (FIR) filed by the NIA and the
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on October 30 registered a case of money laundering against JMB and several of its recruits to probe the funding of Burdwan blasts, reports The Times of India. The case was registered by the agency based on the First Information Report (FIR) filed by the NIA and the information provided by it. Sources said all the accused in the case, including two women, who are part of the NIA FIR are also accused in the ED case.
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October - 30 
The New Indian Express reports on October 31 that the officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has informed the NIA, which is probing the Islamist terror network in West Bengal, that a prominent Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader was involved in passing funds through hawala transactions to the Ja
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The New Indian Express reports on October 31 that the officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has informed the NIA, which is probing the Islamist terror network in West Bengal, that a prominent Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader was involved in passing funds through hawala transactions to the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, who were running terror training camps in the state. The ED has provided detailed information to the NIA officials on how the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terrorists received funds from the Jamaat in Bangladesh through some businessmen in the state.
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October - 31 
According to the latest investigation update shared by the NIA with the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA), a key Burdwan blast suspect Amjad Ali alias Kajal may have been hiding in Delhi around the time the NIA took over the probe from West Bengal Police, reports The Times of India. Amjad Ali, t
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According to the latest investigation update shared by the NIA with the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA), a key Burdwan blast suspect Amjad Ali alias Kajal may have been hiding in Delhi around the time the NIA took over the probe from West Bengal Police, reports The Times of India. Amjad Ali, the main supplier of chemicals for IEDs to be used by JMB for attacks in Bangladesh and different parts of India, is believed to have escaped from West Bengal soon after the blast and was in Delhi on October 8. Sources said that the NIA's probe into SIM card details of the accused has not only exposed JMB's network extending to several Indian states, including West Bengal, Assam and Tamil Nadu, but it has also thrown up numbers in Bangladesh, Nepal and Saudi Arabia.
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October - 31 
National Investigation Agency (NIA), on October 31, submitted charge sheet on the May 2, 2014 Baksa killings, reports The Assam Tribune. Those charge sheeted are Rajen Boro, Jayanta Boro, Mallajit Kherkatari and Nijam Basumatary. All the four are Forest Department employees of which two are currentl
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National Investigation Agency (NIA), on October 31, submitted charge sheet on the May 2, 2014 Baksa killings, reports The Assam Tribune. Those charge sheeted are Rajen Boro, Jayanta Boro, Mallajit Kherkatari and Nijam Basumatary. All the four are Forest Department employees of which two are currently in judicial custody. Times of India further adds that on May 2, they helped a group of militant’s torch villages and kill at least 36 people in the NK Khagrabari area in Baksa District. Currently, Rajen and Jayanta are in judicial custody while Mallajit Kherkatari and Nijam Basumatary are out on bail.
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October - 31 
NIA in its preliminary report to the UMHA has not mentioned anything about JMB’s alleged plan to target Bangladesh Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina and the main opposition leader Khaleda Zia, reports The Indian Express on November 1. NIA, meanwhile, identified 14 women cadres of the JMB who were tr
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NIA in its preliminary report to the UMHA has not mentioned anything about JMB’s alleged plan to target Bangladesh Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina and the main opposition leader Khaleda Zia, reports The Indian Express on November 1. NIA, meanwhile, identified 14 women cadres of the JMB who were training girls enrolled in two madarssas in Shimulia in Burdwan District and in Lalgola in Murshidabad District in “gun shooting and other jihadi activities.” The agency also said that the JMB aimed to establish an Islamic State comprising Bangladesh and the Murshidabad, Malda and Nadia Districts of West Bengal.
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October - 31 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 31 announced rewards ranging from INR 3 lakh to INR 10 lakh on 12 suspected members of banned terror outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in connection with the Burdwan blast case, reports The Hindu. The identification details of these suspe
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 31 announced rewards ranging from INR 3 lakh to INR 10 lakh on 12 suspected members of banned terror outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in connection with the Burdwan blast case, reports The Hindu. The identification details of these suspects including photographs, build, complexion and height, and their known addresses have been uploaded on the NIA website. The suspects on whom the NIA has declared the highest reward of INR 10 lakh are Sajid, a suspected Bangladeshi national and the head of the Burdwan module; Kausar, who made IEDs and transported them to Bangladesh; Yusuf Sheikh, who oversaw jihadi indoctrination and training at the Shimulia mosque; and jihadi trainers Nasirullah and Talha Sheikh. A bounty of INR 5 lakh each has been announced on Amjad Ali Sheikh, the main supplier of chemicals for the IEDs fabricated by the Burdwan module; Sahanur Alom, a resident of Barpeta in Assam; and Habibur Rahman Sheikh, resident of Birbhum in West Bengal. Absconding suspect Abul Kalam alias Azad, Burhan Sheikh, Rejaul Karim and Jahirul Shaikh carry a reward of INR3 lakh each. According to the NIA, seven of the suspects are said to be from different parts of West Bengal and Assam. Official said that “All the 12 suspects have been declared proclaimed offenders by court in connection with the Burdwan blast case or the conspiracy hatched by the JMB.”
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November - 1 
National Investigation Agency (NIA) on November 1 announced a reward of INR 5,00,000 to information leading to the arrest of a 'most wanted' suspect, Sahanour Alom alias Doctor hailing from Barpeta District of Assam, reports Deccan Chronicle. After about a week from the October 2, 2014 blast in West
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National Investigation Agency (NIA) on November 1 announced a reward of INR 5,00,000 to information leading to the arrest of a 'most wanted' suspect, Sahanour Alom alias Doctor hailing from Barpeta District of Assam, reports Deccan Chronicle. After about a week from the October 2, 2014 blast in West Bengal's Burdwan District, he disappeared.However, the Assam Police arrested his brother Zakaria on charges of having links with terror outfit, Jamatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB). While local Police of Assam, suspect Alom has been associated with JMB for about three years or so, NIA has found evidence of his frequent trips to Bardhaman and other places in West Bengal. The Assam Police meanwhile is on the look-out for Alom’s wife Sajina, who hails from Chenimari Borpitha village in Barpeta District, for her alleged links with JMB. Sajina, Police said, had attended a madrasa (Islamic seminary) in Bardhaman District, before she got married to Alom.
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November - 1 
On November 1, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed a chargesheet against Hizb-ul-Mujahideen's (HM) 'chief of operations' in Kashmir valley, Muzaffar Ahmad Dar and claimed that he was able to engineer terror attacks in the Kashmir valley and collect funds while being in jail, reports The Ti
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On November 1, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed a chargesheet against Hizb-ul-Mujahideen's (HM) 'chief of operations' in Kashmir valley, Muzaffar Ahmad Dar and claimed that he was able to engineer terror attacks in the Kashmir valley and collect funds while being in jail, reports The Times of India. The chargesheet was filed in connection with a case of terror funding in which NIA has alleged that HM was funding its activities through cross-border trade and Non-Government Oraganisations (NGOs) which collected funds in the name of welfare of Kashmiri people.Describing Dar as a terrorist trained in Pakistan and Afghanistan who remained active in the Valley since the late 1990s before he was arrested in 2009, the chargesheet said, "Muzaffar Ahmad Dar continued his terrorist and other unlawful activities from inside Central Jail Srinagar, where he was lodged."The chargesheet described Dar as "a terrorist trained in Pakistan and Afghanistan, who had illegally crossed over the Indian borders twice in 1990 and 1994, infiltrated into India in 1992 and 1999 after obtaining training in Pakistan/PoK and remained active in furthering terrorist activities of Jammu & Kashmir in different capacities in the hierarchy of the said proscribed terrorist organization and was first arrested in 2009." The chargesheet further said HM's modus operandi was to "under-invoice the goods sent from across [Pakistan occupied Kashmir] PoK/Pakistan. Indian counterparts send equivalent goods as per barter system and the extra money generated in this exchange is collected by HM from the traders in India".These funds are then received by HM cadres known as "relief takers". NIA has claimed to have evidence which establishes that "around 263 individuals based in PoK who are assigned the work of relief takers in Pakistan/PoK" are active terrorists of HM. These relief takers had obtained INR 20.9 million from Jammu & Kashmir Affectees Relief Trust (JKART), an overground NGO working as a front for HM to fund terror, for further distribution among 673 beneficiaries. JKART also received funds from another trust 'Relief Organization for Kashmiri Muslims (ROKM)' founded for rehabilitation of migrant Kashmiri Muslims in Pakistan and PoK, it said, adding JKART and ROKM were primarily funded by Pakistan government and its agencies.
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November - 1 
Telengana anti-terror agencies’ list of wanted terror absconders, from Hyderabad and Karnataka include 22 persons suspected to be hiding in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Dubai and the Philippines, Deccan Chronicle reports on November 2. “Of the 22, eight are believed to be holed up in Pakistan and 11 in S
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Telengana anti-terror agencies’ list of wanted terror absconders, from Hyderabad and Karnataka include 22 persons suspected to be hiding in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Dubai and the Philippines, Deccan Chronicle reports on November 2. “Of the 22, eight are believed to be holed up in Pakistan and 11 in Saudi Arabia. One of them is in Dubai and others in the Philippines,” revealed an official. The suspects are linked to Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), Indian Mujahideen (IM) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), against whom red corner notices are issued by the Interpol.Police suspect that Chota Sajid, alias Mohammed Sajid, is hiding in the Philippines. One Najiullah, alias Najji, is believed to have been sent to India by the LeT. National Investigation Agency (NIA) has also issued a second request to Interpol regarding Shahed Bilal’s brother, Mohammed Majeed, seeking his whereabouts. Far-hatullah Ghori, another suspect, is an accused in a conspiracy to eliminate Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders. Mohammed Asadullah Khan is an accused in the Bengaluru conspiracy case. Sabeel Ahmed and Mohammed Faisal, who are linked to the Bengaluru module, are also in the list.
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