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January - 4 
The Supreme Court (SC) on January 4 rejected the plea of Syed Shahid Yousuf, son of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) founder and a ‘specially designated global terrorist’ Syed Salahuddin, challenging the Delhi High Court order dismissing his bail petition in a terror funding case, reports The Tribune. The SC
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The Supreme Court (SC) on January 4 rejected the plea of Syed Shahid Yousuf, son of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) founder and a ‘specially designated global terrorist’ Syed Salahuddin, challenging the Delhi High Court order dismissing his bail petition in a terror funding case, reports The Tribune. The SC said that once the trial court had granted extension of time to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to complete the investigation in the case, the accused was not entitled to statutory bail.
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January - 5 
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on January 5 filed a charge sheet in a Delhi court against Shabbir Ahmad Lone, a suspected member of the banned terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), for his alleged involvement in a money laundering case, reports Daily Excelsior. The ED attached foreign currency,
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on January 5 filed a charge sheet in a Delhi court against Shabbir Ahmad Lone, a suspected member of the banned terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), for his alleged involvement in a money laundering case, reports Daily Excelsior. The ED attached foreign currency, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), that was recovered from Lone which, it said, “was meant for the purpose of terrorist activities in India”. Lone was arrested by the Special Cell of Delhi Police in 2007 from the Chandni Chowk area in New Delhi.
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January - 6 
An alleged Babbar Khalsa operative, Bhupinder Singhalias Dilawar, wanted in a May 2017 case in Punjab, has been deported to India by Saudi Arabia, reports Indian Express on January 6. The operative was produced in the court of a duty magistrate on January 6 and remanded to six days in police custody
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An alleged Babbar Khalsa operative, Bhupinder Singhalias Dilawar, wanted in a May 2017 case in Punjab, has been deported to India by Saudi Arabia, reports Indian Express on January 6. The operative was produced in the court of a duty magistrate on January 6 and remanded to six days in police custody.“Bhupinder Singh was fund raiser for the organisation. Punjab Police had sent a request to Interpol for issuance of a Red Corner Notice (RCN) against him in 2017,” said an officer requesting anonymity.
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January - 7 
A Delhi Court on January 7 extended National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody of five of the 10 people arrested on suspicion of being members of Islamic State (IS) module, reports The Hindu. The court remanded the other five accused in judicial custody after the agency said they were not required
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A Delhi Court on January 7 extended National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody of five of the 10 people arrested on suspicion of being members of Islamic State (IS) module, reports The Hindu. The court remanded the other five accused in judicial custody after the agency said they were not required for custodial interrogation. The group was reportedly planning suicide attacks and serial blasts, targeting politicians as also government installations, in Delhi and other parts of north India. The court extended the NIA custody of Mufti Mohammed Suhail alias Hazrath (29) and Saqib Iftekar (26) till January 12.Zubair Malik (20), Rashid Zafar Raq alias Zafar (23) and Anas Yunus (24) were sent to further custodial interrogation till January 10.The others — Zubair’s brother Zaid (22), Saeed alias Sayeed (28), his brother Raees Ahmad, Mohammed Irshad (in late 20s) and Mohammed Azam (35) — were sent to judicial custody till February till February after the NIA did not seek their further remand.They were earlier produced before the court on December 27 after which they were sent to 10-day NIA custody which expired on January 7.The probe agency had initially rounded up 16 persons of the group ‘Harkat ul Harb e Islam’, which loosely translates into war for the cause of Islam.Of the 16 detained, 10 were later arrested — five from Amroha, in Uttar Pradesh (U.P) and five from Seelampur and Jafrabad localities in north-east Delhi.
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January - 8 
National Investigation Agency (NIA) which is probing into the attack on YSR Congress President YS Jagan Mohan Reddy (on October 25, 2018) has reportedly filed a petition in the Vijayawada NIA Special Court, requesting for transfer of the case as well as the related records to it, reports The Hindu o
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National Investigation Agency (NIA) which is probing into the attack on YSR Congress President YS Jagan Mohan Reddy (on October 25, 2018) has reportedly filed a petition in the Vijayawada NIA Special Court, requesting for transfer of the case as well as the related records to it, reports The Hindu on January 9.Vijayawada NIA Special Court judge has directed the Visakhapatnam VIIth Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Court to transfer the case and the relevant records to NIA with immediate effect.
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January - 9 
National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested Laishram Anand alias Sana Singh said to be valley commander of Kangleipak Communist Party-Peoples War Group (KCP-PWG), reports Imphal Free Press on January 10. He was initially arrested by Security Forces (SFs) on December 28, 2018 for his alleged involve
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National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested Laishram Anand alias Sana Singh said to be valley commander of Kangleipak Communist Party-Peoples War Group (KCP-PWG), reports Imphal Free Press on January 10. He was initially arrested by Security Forces (SFs) on December 28, 2018 for his alleged involvement in uploading threatening message on social media against the Central Government and Chief minister. NIA arrested the militant for his suspected involvement in Paraolonambush in 2015. It is reported that while he was in police custody on January 4, NIA examined him and he revealed that he was an active member ofKangleiYaolKanbaLup (KYKL) during the time of ambush and later joined KCP-PWG. One of the accused person of the case identified as Khumlo Abi Anal aliasAmbison was arrested for his direct involvement in the commission of the offence and accordingly, charge sheet was filed against him before the special judge NIA, Manipur on December 19, 2015. The court has also issued a non-bailable warrant of arrest against 17 absconding cadres of militant groups for their direct involvement in the said ambush.Subsequently, three other persons identified as NaoremPremkanta alias Van Damme, Anil Rai alias Meiraba and M. Nimaichand Meitei aliasLanloialiasTapan Rai were also arrested for their direct involvement in the said ambush.
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January - 9 
National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered a case against around 7-8 youths hailing from Kerala and Karnataka but based in Qatar who travelled to or prepared for travel to Syria since 2013 to join terrorist outfits Jund al-Aqsa (JAA) and Jabhat-ul-Nusra, reports The Hindu on January 9. Jund
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National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered a case against around 7-8 youths hailing from Kerala and Karnataka but based in Qatar who travelled to or prepared for travel to Syria since 2013 to join terrorist outfits Jund al-Aqsa (JAA) and Jabhat-ul-Nusra, reports The Hindu on January 9. Jund al-Aqsa, a militant group operating primarily in Idlib and Hama provinces of Syria, was proscribed in 2017 by the UN for being associated with the Islamic State (IS) and Al Qaida in Iraq.The youths are believed to have been radicalised while living in Qatar and had conducted preparations for or travelled to Syria from 2013 onwards. NIA officials stated that ongoing investigation into other cases involving youth from Kerala who had attempted to or joined IS, threw up information on these Qatar-based youth having joined terrorist groups other than IS in Syria. “NIA is aware of the identity and addresses of these youth. However, it is not clear how the youth travelled to Syria and if they are still alive or dead’. In past instances, youth from Kerala have travelled to Syria via two routes. First, travelling to Turkey by flight and then crossing the border illegally to reach Syria, and second, taking a flight to a Gulf country and then travelling to Iran from where they travel to Turkey by road before crossing over to Syria. JAA is comprised of approximately 1,600 militants, mostly foreign terrorist fighters.
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January - 11 
A National Investigation Agency (NIA) on January 11 was granted a seven-day custody of J. Srinivas Rao, the accused in the attack on YSRCP president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, reports The Hindu. The NIA, which took over the case from the State police, produced Srinivas Rao in the court and filed a peti
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A National Investigation Agency (NIA) on January 11 was granted a seven-day custody of J. Srinivas Rao, the accused in the attack on YSRCP president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, reports The Hindu. The NIA, which took over the case from the State police, produced Srinivas Rao in the court and filed a petition seeking his custody. The reason behind attacking the YSRCP president, whether any other person was involved, why was a knife used in rooster fights used for the purpose, when and how was the attack planned, and any attempts made earlier were some of the issues on which the NIA police may grill Srinivas. The NIA team headed by an officer of the rank of Deputy Superintendent (DSP) or above is likely to take Srinivas into custody from Vijayawada jail on January 12 (today).
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January - 15 
National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed a charge sheet before a special court in Ahmedabad in connection with a Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) racket being operated in Gujarat, reports Ahmedabad Mirror on January 16. A spokesperson of NIA stated that a charge sheet was filed against two accused
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National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed a charge sheet before a special court in Ahmedabad in connection with a Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) racket being operated in Gujarat, reports Ahmedabad Mirror on January 16. A spokesperson of NIA stated that a charge sheet was filed against two accused, SanjaykumarMohanbhaiDevadiya alias SanjaykumarMohanbhaiDevaliya and SureshbhaiMavajibhaiLathidadiya alias Guruji and Chakor. The case was first registered by Ahmedabad Anti-Terrorist Squad, on inputs provided by the NIA, when it intercepted Devadiya, a resident of Junagadh, and seized 53 FICN’s in the denomination of INR 2000 and 92 FICN’s in the denomination of INR 500. The total face value of the fake notes seized from him was INR 1,52,000. NIA spokersprson also stated that NIA, subsequently, registered a fresh FIR in the instance. Investigation revealed that Devadiya purchased fake currency from wanted accused Tahir Saikh alias Kaliyo on the directions of Lathidadiya, who is presently lodged in Presidency Correctional Home in West Bengal's Alipore in another NIA case. He added that Devadiya subsequently "brought" the fake currency from New Farakka in West Bengal "for circulation in crowded areas and in markets of Junagadh (in Gujarat). The investigation has also revealed inter-state and international linkages pointing towards supply of FICN received from across the border. Further investigation is in progress.
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January - 15 
Nine persons arrested by Special Operation Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir Police last year (2018) for their Islamic State (ISIS) links were on January 15 handed over to National Investigation Agency (NIA), reports Daily Excelsior. Police handed over all the nine persons to NIA who arrived in Srina
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Nine persons arrested by Special Operation Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir Police last year (2018) for their Islamic State (ISIS) links were on January 15 handed over to National Investigation Agency (NIA), reports Daily Excelsior. Police handed over all the nine persons to NIA who arrived in Srinagar on January 14 from Jammu and filed an application before City Munsiff Srinagar for their custody. All these persons were working as Over Ground Workers (OGWs) of militant outfits and on their instances, Police recovered two pistols along with 14 rounds, three grenades, one 12-bore single barrel rifle, one ISIS flag and one cutter.
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January - 18 
A Delhi Court, on January 18, extended remand of Muhammed Absar, a man arrested from Uttar Pradesh under custody of National Investigation Agency (NIA) by seven days, reports News 18. He was arrested in connection with probe against an Islamic State (IS) inspired group for planning attacks in New De
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A Delhi Court, on January 18, extended remand of Muhammed Absar, a man arrested from Uttar Pradesh under custody of National Investigation Agency (NIA) by seven days, reports News 18. He was arrested in connection with probe against an Islamic State (IS) inspired group for planning attacks in New Delhi and other locations. Special Judge Rakesh Syal allowed the NIA's plea for further remand during in-chamber proceedings after 24-year-old Muhammed Absar was produced in court on the expiry of his six-day custodial interrogation.
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January - 21 
Non-Bailable warrants were issued on January 21 by a sessions court in Mumbai against two Pakistani Army officers for their involvement in 26/11 attack in Mumbai, reports New Indian Express on February 4. The Pakistani Army officers were identified as Major Abdul Rehman Pasha and Major Iqbal. Major
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Non-Bailable warrants were issued on January 21 by a sessions court in Mumbai against two Pakistani Army officers for their involvement in 26/11 attack in Mumbai, reports New Indian Express on February 4. The Pakistani Army officers were identified as Major Abdul Rehman Pasha and Major Iqbal. Major Iqbal and Major Pasha are wanted accused as per the charge sheet filed by the Mumbai Police’s Crime Branch in the case. While Major Pasha has retired, Major Iqbal is still believed to be serving as an Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) official in Pakistan.
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January - 29 
A local court sentenced two cadres of the PLFI, a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist, to life imprisonment in connection with a seven-year-old case in Simdega District of Jharkhand on January 29, reports Devdiscourse News. Additional District Judge Niraj Kumar Srivastav awarded the punishment to Cerin
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A local court sentenced two cadres of the PLFI, a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist, to life imprisonment in connection with a seven-year-old case in Simdega District of Jharkhand on January 29, reports Devdiscourse News. Additional District Judge Niraj Kumar Srivastav awarded the punishment to Cerinius Khadia and Johnson Lugun under various sections of the IPC and also slapped a fine of INR 35,000 on each of them. Khadia and Lugun were residents of Simdega and West Singhbhum Districts respectively. In an encounter with SFs at Odga on July 8, 2012, three rebels were killed and two others, Khadia and Lugun, were injured and were arrested later.
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January - 30 
The ‘president’ of the Ranjan Daimary faction of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-R), Ranjan Daimary, and nine other members of the outfit were sentenced to life imprisonment by a CBI special court on January 30, orchestrating 2008 Assam serial blasts which killed more than 80 people, rep
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The ‘president’ of the Ranjan Daimary faction of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-R), Ranjan Daimary, and nine other members of the outfit were sentenced to life imprisonment by a CBI special court on January 30, orchestrating 2008 Assam serial blasts which killed more than 80 people, reports Morung Express. The life sentence was awarded to Daimary, George Bodo, B Tharai, Raju Sarkar, Anchai Bodo, Indra Brahma, Loko Basumatary, Khargeswar Basumatary, Ajay Basumatary and RajenGoyary Three other convicts – Prabhat Bodo, Jayanti Basumatary and Mathura Brahma – will be released after they pay a fine imposed by the court. NDFB ‘chief’ told reporters that he would appeal to a higher court against his conviction. He also added that “Bodoland will be created as we continue to serve our jail sentence’. Nine serial blasts were triggered by the NDFB on October 30, 2008 — three each in Guwahati and Kokrajhar, two in Barpeta and one in Bongaigaon.
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February - 4 
Supreme Court (SC) alleged that State and Central Government were not allowing NRC work to continue, reports Assam Tribune on February 5. A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman, while declining to extend the July 31 deadline for completion of the NRC
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Supreme Court (SC) alleged that State and Central Government were not allowing NRC work to continue, reports Assam Tribune on February 5. A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman, while declining to extend the July 31 deadline for completion of the NRC exercise, slammed the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for its plea seeking to suspend NRC work for two weeks keeping in mind the role of central armed police forces (CAPF) in election duty.Attorney General (AG) KK Venugopal told the court that in 2014 general elections, 2,500 companies of CAPF were deployed and in 2019, it is likely to go up to 2,700 companies. Putting forward the requirement of CAPF for the conduct of Lok Sabha elections, the AG told the court that they would require withdrawing some of those currently posted in Assam.
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February - 4 
Supreme Court (SC), on February 4, rejected the bail plea of arrested Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda, in the Nayagarh Police Station attack case, reports The Pioneer. Panda, who was arrested in July 2014, had moved the Odisha High Court in 2018 seeking bail in the case. However, the plea was squashe
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Supreme Court (SC), on February 4, rejected the bail plea of arrested Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda, in the Nayagarh Police Station attack case, reports The Pioneer. Panda, who was arrested in July 2014, had moved the Odisha High Court in 2018 seeking bail in the case. However, the plea was squashed. He had then moved the SC challenging the High Court’s decision. Hearing Panda’s bail plea, a Bench of the SC comprising Justices NV Ramana and Deepak Gupta rejected it. Currently, Panda is lodged in the Berhampur Circle Jail.
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February - 5 
Nawanshahr District Court on February 5 announced life imprisonment to three Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) militants, reports The Tribune. The militants were identified as Arvinder Singh, Surjit Singh and Ranjit Singh. They were charged under Section 121 (waging, or attempting to wage war), alon
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Nawanshahr District Court on February 5 announced life imprisonment to three Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) militants, reports The Tribune. The militants were identified as Arvinder Singh, Surjit Singh and Ranjit Singh. They were charged under Section 121 (waging, or attempting to wage war), along with 10 years of imprisonment under Section 121 (a) (Conspiracy to commit offences punishable by section 121) of Indian Penal Code (IPC). As per information, Arvinder had migrated to Doha (Qatar) in 2011, where he came into contact with the BKI. He was preparing to recruit members for the BKI when he was arrested three years ago.
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February - 11 
A local court in Aheri tehsil (revenue unit) in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra on February 11,sent back activists Varavara Rao and Surendra Gadling to Yerawada Jail after their 11-day Police custody in connection with a2016 Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) case related to the Communist
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A local court in Aheri tehsil (revenue unit) in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra on February 11,sent back activists Varavara Rao and Surendra Gadling to Yerawada Jail after their 11-day Police custody in connection with a2016 Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) case related to the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)attack at Surjagarh, reports ANI. The Aheri Court has placed them under judicial remand. They are also accused in Bhima Koregaon case.A Pune Court had on January 31 sent Rao and Gadling to Gadchiroli Police's custody. Gadling and Rao were arrested in June 2018 and were lodged in the Yerawada jail
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February - 11 
Dal Khalsa, a Sikh Organisation on February 11 announced a sit down demonstration at the doorsteps of Nawanshahr District Court on February 13 to protest life imprisonment of three youths arrested for processing pro-Khalistan literature, reports The Indian Express. The arrestees identified as Surjit
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Dal Khalsa, a Sikh Organisation on February 11 announced a sit down demonstration at the doorsteps of Nawanshahr District Court on February 13 to protest life imprisonment of three youths arrested for processing pro-Khalistan literature, reports The Indian Express. The arrestees identified as Surjit Singh, Arvinder Singh and Ranjit Singh were arrested in 2016. According to the spokesperson of Dal Khalsa, ‘The three youth never indulged in any violent activity neither did anyone else allegedly influenced by them. The court held the trio guilty on mere possession of pamphlets’.
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February - 18 
The Supreme Court (SC) fixed March 12 for hearing the Maharashtra Government’s appeal against alleged ‘urban Naxal’[Left Wing Extremist, LWE] Gautam Navlakha’s transit bail that was set aside by the Delhi High Court (HC) in October last year (2018), reports DNA on February 19.In its appeal, the Stat
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The Supreme Court (SC) fixed March 12 for hearing the Maharashtra Government’s appeal against alleged ‘urban Naxal’[Left Wing Extremist, LWE] Gautam Navlakha’s transit bail that was set aside by the Delhi High Court (HC) in October last year (2018), reports DNA on February 19.In its appeal, the State Government had questioned how the Delhi HC entertained a habeas corpus petition by Navlakha while he was in lawful custody of the Police. This order on October 1, 2018, was passed when Navlakha and four other activists — Varavara Rao, Sudha Bhardwaj, Arun Ferreira, and Vernon Gonsalves — were ordered to remain under house arrest for a period of four weeks by the Supreme Court on September 28, 2018. The State Government was then forced to approach the apex court as the Delhi HC set aside the transit bail obtained by Maharashtra Police to take Navlakha to Pune.
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February - 19 
The court of Additional District Judge (ADJ), Gunupur in Rayagada District of Odisha on February 19, acquitted top Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda in two separate cases due to lack of evidence, reportsommcomnews.com.Reportedly, ADJ Nishith Nisank acquitted Panda of all charges in one paddy theft case
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The court of Additional District Judge (ADJ), Gunupur in Rayagada District of Odisha on February 19, acquitted top Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda in two separate cases due to lack of evidence, reportsommcomnews.com.Reportedly, ADJ Nishith Nisank acquitted Panda of all charges in one paddy theft case and abduction of a Works Department's Junior Engineer (JE) case.Panda had been accused of stealing paddy cultivated by one Loknath Panigrahi at Dumbriguda under Gudari Police limits in the District. Further, he had been accused of abduction of JE Biswanath Sahu and his associate in 2001.After his acquittal, the court directed Panda to depose before it again on March 18 and 19 for hearing on various other cases against him.
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February - 21 
The Pune Police, on February 21, filed an 1,837-page supplementary chargesheet before a Pune court against five more persons, including human rights activist Sudha Bharadwaj and fugitive Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)leader Ganapathy aka Chandrashekhar, in connection with the Elgaar Pa
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The Pune Police, on February 21, filed an 1,837-page supplementary chargesheet before a Pune court against five more persons, including human rights activist Sudha Bharadwaj and fugitive Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)leader Ganapathy aka Chandrashekhar, in connection with the Elgaar Parishad-cum- Bhima-Koregaon riots case, reports The Pioneer.Three months after they filed the first charge sheet against ten accused in the same case, the Pune Police filed a comprehensive charge-sheet before ted before Additional Sessions Judge Kishor Vadane.Apart from Bhardwaj and Ganapathy, the three other accused named in the supplementary chargesheet are, Telugu poet Varavara Rao, activists Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Pereira.
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February - 22 
National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed a chargesheet on February 22 against eight people allegedly owing allegiance to the banned Khalistan Liberation Front (KLF), in a case of attempt to murder Shiv Sena leader Amit Arora, reports The Hindu. The Shiv Sena leader was attacked on February 3, 2016
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National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed a chargesheet on February 22 against eight people allegedly owing allegiance to the banned Khalistan Liberation Front (KLF), in a case of attempt to murder Shiv Sena leader Amit Arora, reports The Hindu. The Shiv Sena leader was attacked on February 3, 2016 in Ludhiana (Ludhiana District). According to NIA the crime was planned by senior KLF leadership. Those charge sheeted include Hardeep Singh, alias Shera, Ramandeep Singh, alias Canadian, Dharminder Singh, alias Guguni, Anil Kumar, alias Kala, Jagtar Singh Johal, aliasJaggi, Harmeet Singh, alias Happy (suspected to be in Pakistan), Gurjinder Singh, alias Shastri (suspected to be in Italy) and Gursharanbir Singh, alias Pehalwan (suspected to be in U.K.). As part of the conspiracy, substantial amounts of funds were supplied through Italy, Australia and the UK to the perpetrators which included Hardeep Singh and Ramandeep Singh and these funds were used by them to purchase weapons. According to NIA eight incidents of targeted killings or attempts to kill were executed as part of this plan between January 2016 and October 2017 in Punjab, reports The Hindu. An NIA spokesperson stated that ‘objective of the conspiracy was to destabilise the law and order situation in Punjab and to revive the fledgling terrorism in the State’.
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February - 22 
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on February 22 informed the Punjab and Haryana High Court that the Special Task Force (STF) setup by the agency last week will monitor the terror links in the money laundering cases arising out of the drugs cases across India, reports Indian Express on February 23. T
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on February 22 informed the Punjab and Haryana High Court that the Special Task Force (STF) setup by the agency last week will monitor the terror links in the money laundering cases arising out of the drugs cases across India, reports Indian Express on February 23. The ED also added that that it has to register enforcement case investigation report (ECIR) in next three months in around 9,800 drugs cases registered in Punjab in past two years. Senior Advocate Maninder Singh, the special counsel for ED also informed that certain cases of drugs smuggling in Rajasthan where the “terror links” have been connected with cases in Kashmir. He informed the court that ‘Some cases of Rajasthan have links with cases of Kashmir border and some cases of Punjab have also links with Kashmir. It was felt that the monitoring is necessary to ascertain whether these cases are to be seen only through Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) angle or in context of the terror links’.
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February - 22 
The Jammu and Kashmir Government on February 22 moved the Supreme Court seeking the transfer of seven Pakistani terrorists from Jammu jail (Jammu District) to Tihar prison (New Delhi) on grounds that they were allegedly indoctrinating local prisoners, reports Daily Excelsior.A bench of Justices L N
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The Jammu and Kashmir Government on February 22 moved the Supreme Court seeking the transfer of seven Pakistani terrorists from Jammu jail (Jammu District) to Tihar prison (New Delhi) on grounds that they were allegedly indoctrinating local prisoners, reports Daily Excelsior.A bench of Justices L N Rao and M R Shah sought a response from Central Government and the Delhi Government on the plea.Jammu and Kashmir Government’s standing counsel Shoaib Alam said terrorists belonging to various organisations need to be shifted out of Jammu jail as they were involved in the indoctrination of local prisoners.If not Tihar, they can be shifted to other high security prisons in Haryana and Punjab, he said.
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February - 23 
On February 23, Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) court in Lucknow sent the two suspected operatives of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) for a 10-day Police custody, reports New Indian Express. After the initial interrogation, the two suspects reportedly revealed that while being in Deoband as students, they were en
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On February 23, Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) court in Lucknow sent the two suspected operatives of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) for a 10-day Police custody, reports New Indian Express. After the initial interrogation, the two suspects reportedly revealed that while being in Deoband as students, they were entrusted with radicalising potential recruits and convince them to join JeM. According to Uttar Pradesh ATS, two were suspected to be hiding explosives and firearms in Kashmir. Two pistols, 30 cartridges were also reportedly recovered from the suspects when they were arrested.
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February - 25 
Bombay High Court, on February 25, granted bail to an alleged top CPI-Maoist leader Konnath Muralidharan nearly four years after he and one of his aides were arrested by the Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS), reports The Indian Express.However, the High Court imposed a two-week stay on its orde
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Bombay High Court, on February 25, granted bail to an alleged top CPI-Maoist leader Konnath Muralidharan nearly four years after he and one of his aides were arrested by the Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS), reports The Indian Express.However, the High Court imposed a two-week stay on its order after the ATS requested time to appeal the decision before the Supreme Court. Accordingly, Muralidharan (66), who suffers from a heart ailment, will continue to remain behind bars at least until then.Muralidharan and his aide, Ismail Hamza Chiragpalli, were arrested by the ATS in Talegaon Dabhade, on the outskirts of Pune in May 2015. Muralidharan, the ‘national secretary’ of the Communist Party of India-Marxist Leninist - Naxalbari (CPI-ML-Naxalbari), is alleged to have merged his party with the CPI-Maoist in 2014.
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February - 26 
An unidentified businessman from Bahadurpura in Hyderabad District who was summoned to Delhi by National Investigation Agency (NIA) for questioning in a terror funding case failed to appear before the authorities, reports Times of India on February 26. It’s not clear if he has been summoned as a sus
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An unidentified businessman from Bahadurpura in Hyderabad District who was summoned to Delhi by National Investigation Agency (NIA) for questioning in a terror funding case failed to appear before the authorities, reports Times of India on February 26. It’s not clear if he has been summoned as a suspect or a witness. In Sept 2018, NIA had unearthed a terror-funding module of Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF), a charity arm of Lashkar e Toiba (LeT).
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February - 28 
Five Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) members were sentenced to life imprisonment and five acquitted on February 28 for procession of explosives by a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Bhopal (Bhopal District), reports Business Standard. Madhya Pradesh Police's Anti-Terror
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Five Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) members were sentenced to life imprisonment and five acquitted on February 28 for procession of explosives by a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Bhopal (Bhopal District), reports Business Standard. Madhya Pradesh Police's Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) had arrested three SIMI activists with a cache of explosives during a raid in Mahidpur area in Ujjain District on January 1, 2013. Nine others were arrested subsequently. Eight hundred gelatine sticks, 540 detonators, a 'gelatin bomb', a pipe bomb and 11 other types of bombs were recovered from the accused.
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March - 1 
Westminster Magistrates’ Court on March 1 stated that Jabir Moti, a henchman of Dawood Ibrahim will stand trial in his extradition case on money laundering and extortion charges which were brought by US authorities in July 2019, reports The Hindu. Jabir was remanded in further custody to appear for
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Westminster Magistrates’ Court on March 1 stated that Jabir Moti, a henchman of Dawood Ibrahim will stand trial in his extradition case on money laundering and extortion charges which were brought by US authorities in July 2019, reports The Hindu. Jabir was remanded in further custody to appear for another hearing on March 15, with a three-day trial scheduled between July 1 and 3. The charges relate to a period between December 2011 and September 2012, which carry a maximum sentence of 25 years behind bars in the US.
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March - 6 
National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Panchkula (Panchkula District in Punjab) on March 6 fixed March 11 for orders in Samjhauta blasts which had occurred in 2007, reports Times of India.The blasts on Samjhauta Express train had taken place on February 18, 2007, killing 68 people, mostly Paki
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National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Panchkula (Panchkula District in Punjab) on March 6 fixed March 11 for orders in Samjhauta blasts which had occurred in 2007, reports Times of India.The blasts on Samjhauta Express train had taken place on February 18, 2007, killing 68 people, mostly Pakistanis. The train was targeted as Pakistani Muslims used to travel by it. NIA on June 20, 2011 had filed the charge sheet against Swami Aseemanand and four others in the Panchkula NIA court. In the charge sheet, filed before the special NIA court, the agency had accused Aseemanand, Lokesh Sharma, Sunil Joshi (now dead), Sandeep Dange and RamchandraKalasangraalias Ramji of hatching a criminal conspiracy.
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March - 7 
On March 7, a team of National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrived in Agartala in West Tripura District for interrogation of Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) militant, reports Assam Tribune. Additional inspector-general (law and order) Subrata Chakraborty stated that the suspect has been remande
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On March 7, a team of National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrived in Agartala in West Tripura District for interrogation of Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) militant, reports Assam Tribune. Additional inspector-general (law and order) Subrata Chakraborty stated that the suspect has been remanded for 12-day Police custody. Indian Express further adds that joint team of NIA, Intelligence Bureau, Military Intelligence and officials of Tripura Police Special Branch is conducting the interrogation.
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March - 11 
Maoist sympathiser, Lingaraj Azad, convener of Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti (NSS), who was arrested from Kandel area under Kesinga Police limits in Kalahandi District of Odisha on March 6, was granted bail by a local court in Kalahandi District on March 11, reports The Hindu. “We are happy that Mr. Aza
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Maoist sympathiser, Lingaraj Azad, convener of Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti (NSS), who was arrested from Kandel area under Kesinga Police limits in Kalahandi District of Odisha on March 6, was granted bail by a local court in Kalahandi District on March 11, reports The Hindu. “We are happy that Mr. Azad, who was arrested on flimsy grounds, will be released from jail,” said activist Prafulla Samantaray, who met Governor Ganeshi Lal to seek his intervention on the police and administration’s “illogical” actions. Azad had been charged for leading a demonstration outside the Vedanta alumina refinery at Lanjigarh on the foothills of Niyamgiri in April 2017 and for a demonstration outside the India Reserve Battalion camp at Trilochanpur village last month. The activist was earlier granted bail in the Lanjigarh case while the court granted him bail in the Trilochanpur case on March 11. It is to be noted that South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP) had earlier reported that Police arrested a Maoist sympathiser, identified as Lingaraj Azad, in connection with a case (28/17) registered at Lanjigarh Police Station in Kalahandi District on April 26, 2017, from Kandel area under Kesinga Police limits in Kalahandi District of Odisha on March 6.
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March - 12 
Supreme Court, on March 12, gave eight weeks to the Bombay High Court (HC) to decide on a petition filed by Bhima Koregaon accused Gautam Navlakha questioning the Maharashtra Police FIR that linked him with the CPI-Maoist, reports DNA. Facing charges under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, (
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Supreme Court, on March 12, gave eight weeks to the Bombay High Court (HC) to decide on a petition filed by Bhima Koregaon accused Gautam Navlakha questioning the Maharashtra Police FIR that linked him with the CPI-Maoist, reports DNA. Facing charges under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, (UAPA) Navlakha's petition remained pending in HC since October 5, 2018 as separate proceedings against him were pending before the Supreme Court as well.
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March - 13 
Pune Police told the Bombay High Court, on March 13, that activists Arun Ferreira and Vernon Gonsalves, accused in the Bhima-Koregaon case, are senior cadres of the CPI-Maoist, reports The Hindu.Justice P.N. Deshmukh was hearing the bail applications of Ferreira and Gonsalves. They stated in their p
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Pune Police told the Bombay High Court, on March 13, that activists Arun Ferreira and Vernon Gonsalves, accused in the Bhima-Koregaon case, are senior cadres of the CPI-Maoist, reports The Hindu.Justice P.N. Deshmukh was hearing the bail applications of Ferreira and Gonsalves. They stated in their pleas that they were falsely implicated in the case and added as accused despite not being named in the FIR. They said that they were neither present at the Elgar Parishad nor involved in organising the event.The court will hear both the applications on April 5.
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March - 15 
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) moved a Delhi court on March 15, seeking its nod to quiz separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s son-in-law Altaf Shah alias Altaf Fantoosh in connection with a terror-funding case involving Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) chief and 26/11 Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafi
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) moved a Delhi court on March 15, seeking its nod to quiz separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s son-in-law Altaf Shah alias Altaf Fantoosh in connection with a terror-funding case involving Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) chief and 26/11 Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, reports Daily Excelsior. The ED also sought to question Zahoor Watali, an influential businessman and allegedly a friend of Pakistani leaders and Kashmiri separatists, and Naval Kishore Kapoor, a UAE-based businessman. Special Public Prosecutor Nitesh Rana, who is representing the agency, told the court that the accused were required for “interrogation and recording of their statement to proceed further in the investigation”. The court will hear the matter on March 19.
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March - 15 
Three accused in the Gauri Lankesh murder case have also been charged as perpetrators of a petrol bomb attack on Prakash theatre screening the film Padmaavat in Belagavi District in Karnataka in January 2018, reports The Indian Express on March 16. The accused identified as Bharat Kurne,SudhanvaGond
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Three accused in the Gauri Lankesh murder case have also been charged as perpetrators of a petrol bomb attack on Prakash theatre screening the film Padmaavat in Belagavi District in Karnataka in January 2018, reports The Indian Express on March 16. The accused identified as Bharat Kurne,SudhanvaGondhalekar, and Sharad Kalaskar. Kurne and Gondhalekar are linked to Shiv Prathishtan Hindustan and were also closely associated with the Goa-based radical group SanatanSanstha. Kalaskar is linked to the SanatanSanstha.
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March - 16 
Separately, Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) judge Manipur framed charges against three co-accused in the ParaolonChandel ambush on March 16, reports E-pao. The three co-accused are Moirangthem Nimaichand alias Rakesh alias Laloialias Tapan Rai, NaoremPremkumaralias Van Damme and Anil Rai
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Separately, Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) judge Manipur framed charges against three co-accused in the ParaolonChandel ambush on March 16, reports E-pao. The three co-accused are Moirangthem Nimaichand alias Rakesh alias Laloialias Tapan Rai, NaoremPremkumaralias Van Damme and Anil Rai alias Anil Sharma alias Meiraba. NIA and the State police arrested Naorem Premkanta on January 12, 2018 and later identified spot from where the ambush was laid, apart from his position during the ambush as well. Moirangthem Nimaichand was arrested by Bishnupur Police. Later, he was identified as Tapan Rai of KCP and it was also revealed that he was also involved in the Paraolon ambush. Anil Rai was arrested by a combined team of NIA and State police from Maphou Dam on March 7 last year and he revealed that he also took part in the ambush.
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March - 17 
National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a supplementary charge sheet against Kerala resident NashidulHamzafar in the Islamic State (IS) Kasaragod module case where youths from India were recruited for the terror outfit, reports The New Indian Express on March 17. The case relates to the conspi
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National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a supplementary charge sheet against Kerala resident NashidulHamzafar in the Islamic State (IS) Kasaragod module case where youths from India were recruited for the terror outfit, reports The New Indian Express on March 17. The case relates to the conspiracy hatched by Hamzafar and 14 others, belonging to Kasaragod District of Kerala who left India with the intention of joining and furthering the objectives of IS. “Pursuant to the conspiracy, 14 accused from Kasaragod district had exited India or their workplaces in Middle-East Asia between mid-May and early-July, 2016 before travelling to Afghanistan or Syria, where they joined the ISIS/ Daish,” said NIA, in a statement on March 17.
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March - 20 
National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on March 20 acquitted four people, including main accused Swami Aseemanand, in the 2007 Samjhauta Train bombing case, reports The Hindu. Apart from Aseemanand, a former Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) member, the others acquitted were Kamal Chauhan, Rajind
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National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on March 20 acquitted four people, including main accused Swami Aseemanand, in the 2007 Samjhauta Train bombing case, reports The Hindu. Apart from Aseemanand, a former Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) member, the others acquitted were Kamal Chauhan, Rajinder Chaudhary and Lokesh Sharma. All the accused were present when the order was passed by NIA special judge Jagdeep Singh. Earlier, the court dismissed an application filed by a Pakistani woman in connection with the case. On March 11, Rahila Wakeel, a Pakistani national and daughter of one of the victims of the blasts, filed a petition through advocate Momin Malik, to get her statement recorded as witness in the 12-year-old case. NIA counsel Rajan Malhotra said the application was dismissed as the court ruled it was “devoid of any merit.”
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March - 22 
Enforcement Directorate (ED) has levied a penalty of INR 1.4 Million on Hurriyat Conference (HC) leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani in a 17-year-old case of illegal possession of USD 10,000 in alleged contravention of the foreign exchange law, reports Daily Excelsior on March 22. The foreign currency wort
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Enforcement Directorate (ED) has levied a penalty of INR 1.4 Million on Hurriyat Conference (HC) leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani in a 17-year-old case of illegal possession of USD 10,000 in alleged contravention of the foreign exchange law, reports Daily Excelsior on March 22. The foreign currency worth INR 690000 has also been confiscated by the agency as part of an order issued under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) on March 20. The foreign currency was seized during an Income Tax raid at Geelani’s residence in Srinagar’s Hyderpora area in 2002. Under the FEMA, foreign exchange dealings are regulated in India and acquisition and possession of foreign exchange by resident Indians are required to be conducted in accordance with the general or special permission. ED official stated that Geelani did not have any such permission or bona fide explanation for acquisition and possession of the foreign currency. Therefore, he has been asked to show cause to the adjudicating officer under FEMA within 30 days as to why the recovered currency should not be confiscated and penalty imposed on him’.
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March - 25 
The Central Government has constituted a tribunal headed by a Delhi High Court Judge to decide whether there is sufficient cause for declaring Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) Jammu and Kashmir as an unlawful association, reports Daily Excelsior. The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) on March 23 had issued
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The Central Government has constituted a tribunal headed by a Delhi High Court Judge to decide whether there is sufficient cause for declaring Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) Jammu and Kashmir as an unlawful association, reports Daily Excelsior. The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) on March 23 had issued a notification which states that Justice Mukta Gupta would head the tribunal set up under the Unlawful Activities [Prevention] Act (UAPA). Justice Gupta is presently heading another tribunal set up under UAPA to ascertain whether there was sufficient cause to extend the ban on the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) as an unlawful association. The tribunal’s proceedings with regard to the ban on SIMI commenced on February 28 and is ongoing.
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March - 25 
The Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court in Maharashtra, on March 25, rejected GN Saibaba’s bail plea finding no merit in it, reports The Times of India. The bench also noted that he’s an active member of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) and its frontal organization Revolutionary Democr
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The Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court in Maharashtra, on March 25, rejected GN Saibaba’s bail plea finding no merit in it, reports The Times of India. The bench also noted that he’s an active member of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) and its frontal organization Revolutionary Democratic Front (RDF), which is engaged in anti-national activities against the Government. The Delhi University professor had applied for bail on medical grounds citing his deteriorating health condition and his 90 per cent disability. While dismissing Saibaba’s claims, a division bench comprising justices Pradeep Deshmukh and Rohit Deo held that the Nagpur Central Jail authorities provided medical aid to him right from the day of his arrest on March 7, 2017. The bench noted that he was taken to Super Specialty Hospital (SSH) and the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) as and when he complained of uneasiness. The verdict was pronounced in-chamber just after the lunch hours, as both the judges were sitting in different benches.
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March - 26 
A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on March 26 allowed the CBI to file its reply on applications moved by former Police officers D G Vanzara and N K Amin to drop proceedings against them in the 2004 Ishrat Jahan alleged fake encounter case. The applications were moved by the two r
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A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on March 26 allowed the CBI to file its reply on applications moved by former Police officers D G Vanzara and N K Amin to drop proceedings against them in the 2004 Ishrat Jahan alleged fake encounter case. The applications were moved by the two retired police officials on March 26. The court of special CBI judge J K Pandya allowed CBI lawyer R C Kodekar to seek the view of the "higher authority" in the investigating agency, as requested by Pandya, and submit its reply on April 3 on the applications. Jahan, a 19-year-old woman from Mumbra near Mumbai, Javed Shaikh alias Pranesh Pillai, AmjadaliAkbarali Rana and Zeeshan Johar were killed in an alleged fake encounter by police on the outskirts of Ahmedabad on June 15, 2004. The city crime branch officials had gunned down Jahan and three others claiming that the four had links with terrorists and had plotted to kill then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
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March - 26 
A special court in Poonamallee in Chennai in Poonamallee taluk of the Tiruvallur District in Tamil Nadu,on March 26, convicted and sentenced four cadres of the erstwhile Maoist Communist Centre (MCC), a banned outfit presently merged with the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), to life imp
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A special court in Poonamallee in Chennai in Poonamallee taluk of the Tiruvallur District in Tamil Nadu,on March 26, convicted and sentenced four cadres of the erstwhile Maoist Communist Centre (MCC), a banned outfit presently merged with the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), to life imprisonment for killing Thali Panchayat (village level local self-Government institution)union chairman Venkatesan in 2002, reports The Hindu.According to prosecution, on May 8, 2002 at 9.45 a.m, 13 persons came in a jeep to the Thali bus stand and attacked Venkatesan, lobbing country-made bombs at him and others. Two of the accused opened fire at him and slit his neck with a sword.Krishnappa, Narayanappa, Nagappa and Minor Krose alias Venkatagiri were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, finding them guilty of murder, criminal conspiracy and rioting, besides possession of deadly weapons.
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March - 27 
The adjudicating authority under Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) has held a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative and two associates guilty for their involvement in a hawala case related to terror financing and imposed a fine of Rs 15 lakh, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said on March 29, reports
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The adjudicating authority under Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) has held a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative and two associates guilty for their involvement in a hawala case related to terror financing and imposed a fine of Rs 15 lakh, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said on March 29, reports The New Indian Express. In the order on March 27, suspected LeT member Mohd Ayub Mir, his aides Bechh Raj Bengani and Harbans Singh were fined Rs 5 lakh, Rs 7 lakh and Rs 3 lakh respectively. The adjudicating authority has also ordered to confiscate Rs 7 lakh in cash in a 17-year-old terror funding case.
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March - 28 
A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court that acquitted all the accused in the 2007 Samjhauta Express blast case, where 68 people were killed, said in its judgment that the NIA had miserably failed to prove the charges framed against the accused, reports The Hindu on March 28. Special Cou
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A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court that acquitted all the accused in the 2007 Samjhauta Express blast case, where 68 people were killed, said in its judgment that the NIA had miserably failed to prove the charges framed against the accused, reports The Hindu on March 28. Special Court Judge Jagdeep Singh said the court had to “conclude this judgment with deep pain and anguish as a dastardly act of violence remained unpunished for want of credible and admissible evidence.” The court also pulled up the investigating agencies for coining terms like “Muslim terrorism, Hindu fundamentalism etc. or brand an act of criminal(s) as act(s) of particular religion, caste or community.” Several witnesses turned hostile.
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March - 30 
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a charge sheet against a jailed operative of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), a Pakistan-based proscribed terror group, on charges of money laundering and acting as a terror financing conduit, reports Business Standard on April 1.In a statement, the agency said a
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a charge sheet against a jailed operative of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), a Pakistan-based proscribed terror group, on charges of money laundering and acting as a terror financing conduit, reports Business Standard on April 1.In a statement, the agency said a prosecution complaint (charge sheet) was filed against Mohammed Umer Madani, aged about 60 years, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) before a special court here on March 30.The ED took up the case on the basis of an FIR and charge sheet filed against Madani by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police that had arrested them in 2009 with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) with a face value of Rs 50,000, USD 8,000, Nepalese rupee 4,067 and some documents.
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April - 1 
A special court on April 1 issued notices to the Consul General of India, Istanbul, and the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), New Delhi, after Areeb Majeed, who is facing trial for allegedly travelling to Syria to join the Islamic State (IS), made a plea seeking documents from them, claiming that
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A special court on April 1 issued notices to the Consul General of India, Istanbul, and the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), New Delhi, after Areeb Majeed, who is facing trial for allegedly travelling to Syria to join the Islamic State (IS), made a plea seeking documents from them, claiming that arrangements for his return were made through them, reports The Indian Express.According to the submissions made before the court by Majeed, he had filed an application under the Right to Information Act, in September 2018, to the MEA seeking these documents. He was told that his application was being forwarded to the Consulate. Majeed told the court that on October 24, 2018, the response he received from the Consulate said that as per available records, an Emergency Certificate was issued as per Government of India prescribed guidelines for stranded Indian nationals, that one-way ticket for Istanbul-Mumbai and hotel accommodation for one night was provided by the Consulate.While the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has claimed that Majeed, who along with three others, travelled to Baghdad for a religious pilgrimage in May 2014, but separated from the travel group to join the IS. The NIA claims that he was arrested on November 29, 2014, when he returned to the country with “some ulterior motive”. Majeed, however, claimed that his return was facilitated by the agency, whose officials were in touch with his father.
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April - 1 
The Central Government has set up a tribunal, headed by Justice ChanderShekhar of the Delhi High Court, to adjudicate if there exists sufficient cause to ban the Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) Jammu and Kashmir and the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front-Yasin Malik faction (JKLF-Y), reports Daily Excelsior o
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The Central Government has set up a tribunal, headed by Justice ChanderShekhar of the Delhi High Court, to adjudicate if there exists sufficient cause to ban the Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) Jammu and Kashmir and the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front-Yasin Malik faction (JKLF-Y), reports Daily Excelsior on April 2. The decision has been taken by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) exercising the powers conferred under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, an official notification said. The JeI and the JKLF-Y were declared as unlawful associations on February 28 and March 22 respectively. “Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by the sub-Section (1) of Section 5 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (37 of 1967), the Central Government hereby constitutes an Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal consisting of Mr. Justice ChanderShekhar, High Court of Delhi, for the purpose of adjudicating whether or not there is sufficient cause of declaring the Jamaat-e-Islami-Jammu and Kashmir and Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front-Yasin Malik faction, as unlawful association,” the notification said.
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April - 2 
The Supreme Court on April 2 cancelled the bail of Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali, a Kashmiri businessman, accused in a terror funding case linked to Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) ‘chief’ Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, reports The Hindu. A Bench led by Justice A.M. Khanwilkar said National Investigating Age
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The Supreme Court on April 2 cancelled the bail of Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali, a Kashmiri businessman, accused in a terror funding case linked to Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) ‘chief’ Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, reports The Hindu. A Bench led by Justice A.M. Khanwilkar said National Investigating Agency (NIA) has collected ample evidence to show links between the Hurriyat leaders of Jammu and Kashmir and terror organizations and their activities to wage war against India.“Ample material has been collected to show the linkages between the Hurriyat leaders of the Jammu and Kashmir and terrorists/terrorist organizations and their continuous activities to wage war against Government of India,” the court observed.
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April - 5 
The National Investigating Agency (NIA) court in Guwahati convicted a National Democratic Front of Bodoland-Saraigowra (NDFB-S) for his involvement in killing of Adivasis (tribals) in 2014, reports Business Standard on April 6. He was sentenced to four years imprisonment and fine of INR 10,000. This
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The National Investigating Agency (NIA) court in Guwahati convicted a National Democratic Front of Bodoland-Saraigowra (NDFB-S) for his involvement in killing of Adivasis (tribals) in 2014, reports Business Standard on April 6. He was sentenced to four years imprisonment and fine of INR 10,000. This is the first conviction in this case and third in a series of cases registered after the ethnic killings carried out by NDFB-S on December 23, 2014.
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April - 6 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) operative, identified as Syed Hilal Andrabi in connection with the December 30, 2017 terror attack on a CRPF camp at Lethpora, from Jammu in Jammu District on April 6, reports The Times of India. An active over ground worker o
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) operative, identified as Syed Hilal Andrabi in connection with the December 30, 2017 terror attack on a CRPF camp at Lethpora, from Jammu in Jammu District on April 6, reports The Times of India. An active over ground worker of the JeM, Andrabi is a key conspirator who provided logistic support in the form of sheltering the terrorists and conducting reconnaissance of the CRPF camp before the attack, the NIA said. He was produced before a court which sent him to five days' Police custody, they said.
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April - 8 
In a major relief to a Pakistani national who was caught with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) at Munabao railway station in 2013, a single bench of Rajasthan High Court directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to release and deport him, reports Times of India on April 9. The order is dat
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In a major relief to a Pakistani national who was caught with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) at Munabao railway station in 2013, a single bench of Rajasthan High Court directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to release and deport him, reports Times of India on April 9. The order is dated March 12, 2019, and since the prosecuting CBI was yet to file an appeal against it in the Supreme Court, the accused continues to be lodged at Alwar retention centre. Accused Mohammad Yousuf (65) had come to India along with his wife and children via Thar Express on February 23, 2013. During checking at Munabao railway station, he was found in possession of 60 fake Indian currency notes in the denomination of Rs 500. Of these, 40 were found counterfeit. “As the accused is terminally ill, we requested the court to hear the case. On March 12, the single bench comprising Justice Pankaj Bhandari observed that there was no merit in the appeal filed by the CBI. The court asked CBI to deport the accused and maintained the lower court order of acquittal,” said Chauhan. However, the court had also added a condition that he should be deported if not wanted in another case. “I was told that he is yet to be released even after the court’s order,” Chauhan added.
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April - 8 
Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has moved the Islamabad High Court (HC) seeking cancellation of the bail granted to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) ‘operations commander’ZakiurRehmanLakhvi, who is wanted in India for plotting the 2008 Mumbai attacks that left 166 people dead, reports Hindustan T
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Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has moved the Islamabad High Court (HC) seeking cancellation of the bail granted to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) ‘operations commander’ZakiurRehmanLakhvi, who is wanted in India for plotting the 2008 Mumbai attacks that left 166 people dead, reports Hindustan Times on April 9. The Islamabad HC took up FIA’s appeal for Lakhvi’s bail cancellation on Tuesday around a month before FATF is due to review in May Pakistan’s actions in curbing terror financing and money laundering. In a report earlier this year, FATF specifically raised concerns about the activity of eight terror groups, including the LeT, in Pakistan.
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April - 9 
Assam Chief Secretary Alok Kumar on April 9 told the supreme court that 1,000 more tribunals would be required to deal with the illegal migrants in Assam, reports Assam Tribune. The Chief Secretary said the State government has already proposed a INR 9000 Million budget for setting up the tribunals.
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Assam Chief Secretary Alok Kumar on April 9 told the supreme court that 1,000 more tribunals would be required to deal with the illegal migrants in Assam, reports Assam Tribune. The Chief Secretary said the State government has already proposed a INR 9000 Million budget for setting up the tribunals. The State government mentioned before the court that it has managed to deport only four out of 46,000 illegal foreigners identified in Assam.
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April - 10 
A Delhi court on April 10 sent Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik to National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody till April 22 after it sought his custodial interrogation in connection with a case related to funding of separatists and terror groups in Jammu and Kashmir, report
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A Delhi court on April 10 sent Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik to National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody till April 22 after it sought his custodial interrogation in connection with a case related to funding of separatists and terror groups in Jammu and Kashmir, reports Daily Excelsior. Sources said that Malik was produced before special judge Rakesh Syal where the NIA sought the court’s permission to arrest the accused which was allowed. The NIA then arrested him inside the courtroom and sought 15-day custodial interrogation. While seeking his remand, NIA counsel informed the special judge that it has credible evidence to prove that Malik received funds from Pakistan. Malik was brought to the National Capital after a court in Kashmir granted his transit remand to the NIA. He was shifted to Delhi’s Tihar Jail on April 9 after the NIA secured his production remand in connection with the terror funding case.
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April - 11 
A special court on April 11, issued summons to nodal officers of five telecom companies following a Bombay High Court order on March 27 directing production of call data records exchanged between officers of the National Investigation Agency and Areeb Majeed’s father, reports Indian Express. Majeed
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A special court on April 11, issued summons to nodal officers of five telecom companies following a Bombay High Court order on March 27 directing production of call data records exchanged between officers of the National Investigation Agency and Areeb Majeed’s father, reports Indian Express. Majeed is facing trial for allegedly travelling to Syria to join Islamic State (IS). Majeed had claimed that the records are part of his defence to demonstrate that the entire arrangement of his arrival from Turkey was done by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and he was arrested after his return on November 28, 2014.
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April - 12 
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court (HC) on April 12 acquitted five persons sentenced by National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in a case relating to holding a secret meeting of Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) at Panayikulam in Aluva in Ernakulam District in 2006, reports The Hind
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A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court (HC) on April 12 acquitted five persons sentenced by National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in a case relating to holding a secret meeting of Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) at Panayikulam in Aluva in Ernakulam District in 2006, reports The Hindu. Those acquitted have been identified as Shaduly, alias Haris Abdul Karim, Abdul Rasik, AnzarNadvi, Nizamuddin and Shammas. The NIA Court has awarded 14 years of imprisonment for Shaduli and Razik and 12 years of imprisonment for others.
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April - 16 
National Investigation Agency (NIA) Judge Manipur on April 16 released two individuals on bail after the Court found insufficient evidence against them in connection with the missing arms case of 2nd Manipur Rifle Arms, reports The Sangai Express. The released individuals are David Hangshing and Tal
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National Investigation Agency (NIA) Judge Manipur on April 16 released two individuals on bail after the Court found insufficient evidence against them in connection with the missing arms case of 2nd Manipur Rifle Arms, reports The Sangai Express. The released individuals are David Hangshing and TalungPungphinamai. David Hanghing is Kuki Revolutionary Army (KIA) ‘chairman’. NIA had already framed charge sheets against the aforementioned individuals. NIA submitted its first charge sheet on September 25 last year, against eight accused namely LaishramAnilkumar Singh, Thokchom James alias Tonao, PaonamShantikumar Singh, HaobamBrojendro Singh, Ngamboi Haokip alias Raju, NellikattilPodiyan Damodaran, MathurabashimayumHiranjoy Sharma alias Ngoubi, LaishramDamudor Singh alias Thembung. Earlier on April 2, NIA special Judge had issued a warrant of arrest against United Kuki Liberation Front (UKLF) ‘chairman’ Lhunkhonson Haokip in connection with the case, reports The Sangai Express. He is currently absconding. The Court has fiexed April 20 as the date for execution of warrant.
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April - 19 
Myanmar Police on April 19 produced five top leaders of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K) before a Guwahati Court, reports News 18. The Naga separatist leaders were arrested by the Tatmadaw (Myanmar army) during a raid on March 9 on the outfit’s liaison office at Khamti in
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Myanmar Police on April 19 produced five top leaders of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K) before a Guwahati Court, reports News 18. The Naga separatist leaders were arrested by the Tatmadaw (Myanmar army) during a raid on March 9 on the outfit’s liaison office at Khamti in the Sagaing region of Myanmar. The leaders had reportedly come to join a meeting organised by the ‘Naga Cultural Central Committee’ in Khamti town on March 8 to discuss peace in the Naga region, but were arrested by the Tatmadaw, the following day. The leaders were identified as peace committee’ leader U An Kam, ‘spokesperson’ U Kyaw Wan Sein and officers U Saw Htein, Aung Mai and Aung Sai. The NSCN-K militants would again be produced in court on April 29. In early March, more than a month after taking control of the NSCN-K’s headquarters at Ta Ga, the Tatmadaw (Myanmar Army) arrested 10 of its top leaders and six cadres. On April 5, it released five detainees, who were identified as Tomthong, Ngaitum, Manglwan, Athrom and Longsa.
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April - 19 
The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal, constituted by the Central Government, issued a show cause notice to Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu Kashmir (JeI), which was banned by the Government in February, asking it why the organisation cannot be declared as an unlawful association, reports Daily Excelsi
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The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal, constituted by the Central Government, issued a show cause notice to Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu Kashmir (JeI), which was banned by the Government in February, asking it why the organisation cannot be declared as an unlawful association, reports Daily Excelsior on April 20.“A notice is hereby given under sub-Section (2) of Section 4 of the Act (Unlawful Activities Prevention Act) and you are hereby called upon to show cause, within 30 days from the date of service of this notice, as to why your Association, declared as unlawful, be not adjudicated to be so and why an order confirming such declaration be not made under Section 4(3) of the Act,” said the notice issued by Registrar, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal, LorrenBamniyal, to the JeI.The notice was issued on April 5.The Tribunal asked the Jamaat to file objections or reply affidavits, if any, before the next date of hearing of the Tribunal at the office of the Registrar.
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April - 24 
A Delhi court on April 24 sent Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front – Yasin Malik faction (JKLF-Y) chief Yasin Malik, who was arrested in a case related to funding of separatists and terror groups in Jammu and Kashmir, to judicial custody till May 24, reports Daily Excelsior. Additional Sessions Judge
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A Delhi court on April 24 sent Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front – Yasin Malik faction (JKLF-Y) chief Yasin Malik, who was arrested in a case related to funding of separatists and terror groups in Jammu and Kashmir, to judicial custody till May 24, reports Daily Excelsior. Additional Sessions Judge Rakesh Syal also sought reply from the defence counsel on a plea of Tihar jail authorities seeking to produce Malik through video conference due to security concerns. The court had sent Malik to National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody. He was brought to the national capital after a court in Kashmir granted his transit remand to the NIA.
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April - 25 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested two militants belonging to Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) from Jammu District on April 25, reports Daily Excelsior. The two militants identified as Tanveer alias Ahmad Ganie (29) and Bilal Mir alias Bilal Ahmad Mir (23), were detained under the Public Safety
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested two militants belonging to Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) from Jammu District on April 25, reports Daily Excelsior. The two militants identified as Tanveer alias Ahmad Ganie (29) and Bilal Mir alias Bilal Ahmad Mir (23), were detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA) and put in the Kot Bhalwal jail in Jammu, a statement issued by the NIA said. They were produced before a special court that remanded them to a seven-day custody of the NIA. The case against the duo pertained to a criminal conspiracy hatched by the top JeM leadership to strengthen the banned terror outfit’s base in India by recruiting persons for carrying out acts of terrorism, the agency said. “An investigation has disclosed that earlier arrested accused Sajjad Ahmad was in regular contact with these ultras over WhatsApp during the relevant period,” it added.
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April - 29 
Charges were framed against Yasin Bhatkal, alleged co-founder of the terror organization Indian Mujahideen (IM), in the 2010 German Bakery blast case at a trial court in Pune on April 29, reports Times of India. Bhatkal alias Mohammed Ahmed Siddibappa was produced before the court amid tight securit
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Charges were framed against Yasin Bhatkal, alleged co-founder of the terror organization Indian Mujahideen (IM), in the 2010 German Bakery blast case at a trial court in Pune on April 29, reports Times of India. Bhatkal alias Mohammed Ahmed Siddibappa was produced before the court amid tight security. Charges were framed against him under various sections of the IPC, Explosive Substances Act and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, said special prosecutor Ujjwala Pawar. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested Bhatkal, wanted in over 40 terror cases, from the Indo-Nepal border in 2013.
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April - 29 
The trial process of five top leaders of National Socialist Council of Nagaland- Khaplang (NSCN-K) will start from May 6 in Myanmar, reports News 18. On April 29 Myanmar police produced the leaders in court. The Tatmadaw (Myanmar military) accused the NSCN (K) of helping Indian-based rebel outfits l
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The trial process of five top leaders of National Socialist Council of Nagaland- Khaplang (NSCN-K) will start from May 6 in Myanmar, reports News 18. On April 29 Myanmar police produced the leaders in court. The Tatmadaw (Myanmar military) accused the NSCN (K) of helping Indian-based rebel outfits like the United Liberation Front of Assam-Independent (ULFA-I), National Democratic Front of Bodoland-Sarawgaira (NDFB-S), Kamatapur Liberation Organisation (KLO), Peoples’ Democratic Council of Karbi Longri (PDCK), United National Liberation Front (UNLF), Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL), People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) in Myanmar.
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April - 30 
A retired Delhi Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) was arrested on April 24 from an unspecified location in Delhi for providing arms pro-Khalistan militants, reports Time of India on April 30. The arrestee identified as Sunderlal Parashar was arrested by NIA. He was sent to judicial custody on A
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A retired Delhi Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) was arrested on April 24 from an unspecified location in Delhi for providing arms pro-Khalistan militants, reports Time of India on April 30. The arrestee identified as Sunderlal Parashar was arrested by NIA. He was sent to judicial custody on April 30 till May 14. NIA alleged that the retired Police officer had exchanged 250 calls with another a terror suspect in the case identified as Harpal Singh. He was active on social media, by calling for a separate Khalistan and attempting to revive the militancy, according to National Investigation Agency (NIA). Harpal Singh was arrested on December 2, 2018 by Pune Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS). NIA also allege that the accused were planning jail breaks to free Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) militants. Also arrested in the case in December was Delhi resident identified as Mohiuddin Siddiqui. It was alleged that in November 2018 Siddiqui had handed over the illegal weapons to Harpal Singh through another individual.
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May - 1 
The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal, Delhi on May 1 issued a show cause notice to Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front – Yasin Malik faction (JKLF-Y) asking them to explain why their association, declared as unlawful, be not confirmed so under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, repo
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The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal, Delhi on May 1 issued a show cause notice to Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front – Yasin Malik faction (JKLF-Y) asking them to explain why their association, declared as unlawful, be not confirmed so under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, reports Daily Excelsior. In a communique issued from Registrar Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal, JKLF-Y has been served a notice giving them 30 days to explain why their association, declared as unlawful, be not adjudicated to be so and why an order confirming such declaration be not issued. The Tribunal has asked JKLF-Y to file objections/reply affidavits, before the next date of hearing of the Tribunal. The Tribunal has asked JKLF-Y to appear through a duly authorized person before it on May 30 at 3 pm.
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May - 2 
The Enforcement Directorate on May 2 filed its first direct charge sheet against Islamic preacher Zakir Naik on charges of laundering criminal money to the tune of INR 193 crore and allegedly creating illegal real estate assets worth crores in India and abroad, officials said, reports The New Indian
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The Enforcement Directorate on May 2 filed its first direct charge sheet against Islamic preacher Zakir Naik on charges of laundering criminal money to the tune of INR 193 crore and allegedly creating illegal real estate assets worth crores in India and abroad, officials said, reports The New Indian Express. The agency filed the prosecution complaint under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) before a special court in Mumbai and said Naik's "inflammatory speeches and lectures have inspired and incited a number of Muslim youths in India to commit unlawful activities and terrorist acts. His thoughts created disharmony amongst various faiths and created hatred amongst people following different faiths," it said. This is the second charge sheet in the case by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), but the first against Naik that specifically underlines his role. The agency claimed its probe revealed that "most of the incriminating speeches of Naik were delivered during the 10-day Peace Conference organised by the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) in Mumbai during the period between 2007-2011." The IRF is owned and promoted by Naik. "The said conference was planned, organised, funded and promoted by the IRF and people of other religions were openly converted into Islam by Naik," it charged. "Investigation has also revealed that Naik was also involved in suspicious unaccounted cash transactions," it said.
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May - 3 
Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) Superintendent Ravindrasinh Pardeshi, filed an affidavit before the tribunal on May 3 justifying the ban on Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), reports The Indian Express. Pardeshi submitted information on the Mumbai local train bombings of July 2006, in which alleg
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Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) Superintendent Ravindrasinh Pardeshi, filed an affidavit before the tribunal on May 3 justifying the ban on Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), reports The Indian Express. Pardeshi submitted information on the Mumbai local train bombings of July 2006, in which alleged SIMI operative Ethesham Siddiqui was convicted by court. He said that alleged terror operative Abdul Subhan Qureshi alias Tauqeer, arrested last year and allegedly involved in several terror cases including the 2006 Mumbai train bombings, was also associated with SIMI.Besides, Pardeshi told the tribunal that Mirza Himayat Inayat Baig, convicted in the 2010 German Bakery blast in Pune, was convicted under the UAPA Act for his links with SIMI.Moreover, Pardeshi told the court about the fake currency case of 2011, in which an alleged SIMI operative was arrested.Also, Pardeshi submitted details of the bomb blast of July 16, 2014 near the Faraskhana–Vishrambag police station in Pune. Investigation and CCTV footage revealed the involvement of five alleged SIMI operatives. Three of the accused died in an encounter with police in Madhya Pradesh while two died in Telangana, he told the tribunal. Pardeshi said that information from MP police revealed these accused were SIMI operatives.Pardeshi told the tribunal that SIMI continued to indulge in terror activities even after 2014, so the ban on the outfit was essential.DCP Ganesh Shinde of Special Branch (SB-1), CID, Mumbai City, also deposed before the tribunal, justifying the ban on SIMI. He cited a 2001 case from Dharavi in which an alleged SIMI operative was arrested and incriminating material like pamphlets in Urdu and other languages were recovered.He also cited the conviction of SIMI general secretary Saquib Abdul Hamid Nachan under the Prevention of Terrorism Act in the 2003 Mulund train blast case. He then told the tribunal about a suspect, an alleged SIMI operative, arrested in connection with the 2002 Ghatkopar bomb blast, who was later discharged.Justice Gupta then slammed the police officials for submitting details of cases in which the suspects were discharged and asked police to submit relevant information, mainly pertaining to SIMI’s terror activities after 2014.Justice Gupta said that none appeared on behalf of the organisation (SIMI).Also, no public witness appeared before the tribunal, despite the public notice.
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May - 4 
A Ranchi court in Jharkhand on May 4, granted bail to Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) top cadre Kundan Pahan, in connection with a 2009 encounter between Security Forces (SFs) and CPI-Maoist cadres at Lali village in Namkum, citing lack of evidence against the surrendered rebel, reports
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A Ranchi court in Jharkhand on May 4, granted bail to Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) top cadre Kundan Pahan, in connection with a 2009 encounter between Security Forces (SFs) and CPI-Maoist cadres at Lali village in Namkum, citing lack of evidence against the surrendered rebel, reports The Pioneer. The court of Justice SK Singh, after listening to statements of nine witnesses from the prosecution and four witnesses from defendants, decided to grant bail to Pahan in the case as there was lack of evidence proving his involvement in the encounter. Pahan, however, will continue to serve imprisonment for other cases, in which he was found guilty. One of the most wanted rebels in Jharkhand for nearly two decades, Pahan faces charges in at least 128 cases, including beheading of Special Branch officer Francis Induwar and assassination of former minister Ramesh Singh Munda. He is also accused of looting INR 55 million from a private bank on National Highway 33. Police had named Pahan and seven others in the 2009 encounter at Lali village under Namkum police station in Ranchi. The other seven have already been granted bail in the case. Pahan officially surrendered under the Maoist surrender cum rehabilitation scheme of the State Government on May 15, 2017 at the State police headquarters in Ranchi.
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May - 8 
Accused discussed logistics, execution of attacks in Bastar of Chhattisgarh and Gadchiroli in Maharashtra with Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), says prosecution in Elgar Parishad case, reports The Indian Express on May 9. The prosecution has claimed that the “emails” are addressed to Co
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Accused discussed logistics, execution of attacks in Bastar of Chhattisgarh and Gadchiroli in Maharashtra with Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), says prosecution in Elgar Parishad case, reports The Indian Express on May 9. The prosecution has claimed that the “emails” are addressed to Comrade Surendra, a name denoting lawyer Surendra Gadling and activists Varavara Rao and Rona Wilson, who are among the 23 accused in the case.The accused in the ElgaarParishad case and some “underground Maoists” discussed the execution and logistical arrangements for carrying out Maoist attacks in Bastar and Gadchiroli, the prosecution claimed in a special court in Pune on May 8, while quoting purported emails between the two parties. The emails also included plans for arranging weapons and future attacks, said the prosecution.District Government Pleader UjjwalaPawar read out parts of the purported communication by alleged underground Maoists including Comrade Prakash, Comrade Sudarshan and Comrade Milind. The prosecution has claimed that the “emails” are addressed to Comrade Surendra, a name denoting lawyer Surendra Gadling and activists Varavara Rao and Rona Wilson, who are among the 23 accused in the case.“These emails, which have been written over 2016 and 2017, are about the arrangement of funding, logistics, weapons, mobilisation of Maoist cadre for Naxal attacks in areas like Bastar and Gadchiroli… thus showing that these accused are not only members of the banned CPI-Maoist but have been actively involved in execution of terrorist activities in Maoist-infested areas.” Pawar said while concluding her arguments.
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May - 8 
The Supreme Court (SC) on May 8 refused to extend the deadline for the finalisation of National Register for Citizens (NRC) in Assam, reports Northeast Today. The court declared that the process must be completed on or before July 31, 2019.
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The Supreme Court (SC) on May 8 refused to extend the deadline for the finalisation of National Register for Citizens (NRC) in Assam, reports Northeast Today. The court declared that the process must be completed on or before July 31, 2019.
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May - 13 
Nisar Ahmed Sayyed Bilal, whose son Sayyed Azhar died in the 2008 Malegaon blast, filed a plea before a special court on May 13, seeking directions to the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) to assist the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the ongoing trial, reports The Indian Express. “The A
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Nisar Ahmed Sayyed Bilal, whose son Sayyed Azhar died in the 2008 Malegaon blast, filed a plea before a special court on May 13, seeking directions to the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) to assist the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the ongoing trial, reports The Indian Express. “The ATS has not been present during the trial proceedings while ATS witness statements are being recorded by this court. It is unfortunate that the investigating agency that recorded material statements and drew panchnamas against the present accused is not interested in the trial proceedings without any cogent reasons,” the application filed by Bilal through lawyer Shahid Nadeem states. “The NIA and ATS must work in symphony for a fair prosecution. Instances such as tracing documents and witnesses have been a herculean task and without the assistance of ATS officers, it becomes even more difficult to deal with such instances, often leading to delays and adjournments,” the plea states. The court has directed the NIA to file its reply on the application on May 20. SPP AvinashRasal has been representing both the NIA and the ATS in the trial since 2015.
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May - 14 
Separately, retired Supreme Court Judge Justice A. K. Patnaik chaired a committee formed to review the cases registered against Scheduled Tribe (ST) people of Naxal-affected areas of Chhattisgarh, reports The Pioneer on May 14. The committee reviewed the cases registered against the ST residents of
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Separately, retired Supreme Court Judge Justice A. K. Patnaik chaired a committee formed to review the cases registered against Scheduled Tribe (ST) people of Naxal-affected areas of Chhattisgarh, reports The Pioneer on May 14. The committee reviewed the cases registered against the ST residents of seven Naxal affected Districts of Bastar Range and Rajnandgaon District. Based on the merits and demerits of each case, it would be reviewed in time-bound manner protecting the rights of STs as per the decision taken. Apart from the Naxal-related cases, other cases too will be reviewed. Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIGP), Sundarraj P will review the cases registered underdifferent sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The cases registered under local Special Act will be dealt by DIG Sanjeev Shukla, while secretary-Commissioner, Excise department will take action on the Excise Act related cases. The secretary, Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe department will coordinate for necessary action, as per the decision.
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May - 17 
The Supreme Court on May 17 stated that a Foreigner Tribunal’s order declaring a person as an illegal foreigner would be binding and prevail over the government decision to exclude or include the name from the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, reports The Shillong Times. The Court howeve
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The Supreme Court on May 17 stated that a Foreigner Tribunal’s order declaring a person as an illegal foreigner would be binding and prevail over the government decision to exclude or include the name from the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, reports The Shillong Times. The Court however said the persons whose names are not included in the NRC in Assam can produce documents including the ones related to family tree and seek review of the tribunal’s decision.
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May - 18 
Top Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leader Sabyasachi Panda was awarded life imprisonment by the Additional District Judge (ADJ) Court in Ganjam District of Odisha on May 18, reports The Pioneer. Panda was produced in the court of Sanjay Sahu, who found him guilty on the charge of sedit
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Top Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leader Sabyasachi Panda was awarded life imprisonment by the Additional District Judge (ADJ) Court in Ganjam District of Odisha on May 18, reports The Pioneer. Panda was produced in the court of Sanjay Sahu, who found him guilty on the charge of sedition under Section 121 of IPC. The judge also ordered him to pay a fine of INR 10,000. The court proclaimed the judgement after hearing the deposition of 15 witnesses. The Maoist leader, who has more than 136 criminal cases pending against him, has been acquitted in 52 cases. He was alleged to be involved in the killing of Laxmanananda Saraswati in 2008 and was also the alleged mastermind in the abduction of two Italian tourists in 2012. Panda had been arrested from the residence of one Chandra Rao in Bada Bazaar in Ganjam on July 17, 2014 by Police. A gun, 800 grams of gold ornaments and cash of INR 200,000 were recovered from his possession.
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May - 22 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on May 22 filed a charge sheet against four suspected terrorists of the Islamic State of Jammu and Kashmir (ISJK) for the attack on a Police team in Srinagar last year (2018), reports Daily Excelsior. Nearly 20-days after the attack at the Tourist Reception Ce
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on May 22 filed a charge sheet against four suspected terrorists of the Islamic State of Jammu and Kashmir (ISJK) for the attack on a Police team in Srinagar last year (2018), reports Daily Excelsior. Nearly 20-days after the attack at the Tourist Reception Centre in Srinagar on November 24, 2018, the NIA had taken over the probe into the incident from the State Police, official said. During its probe, the Jammu and Kashmir Police had arrested three suspected members of the terror group — Tahir Ahmad Khan, Haris Mushtaq Khan and Asif Suhail Nadaf — immediately after the incident. “During their search, two pistols, 14 live rounds and three hand grenades were recovered from their possession along with an Islamic State (ISIS) flag. The case was subsequently taken over by the NIA for investigation on December 13, 2018,” an NIA spokesperson said in New Delhi. The agency had arrested one more accused Asif Majid Khan, who was allegedly involved in “harbouring other co-accused persons”, he said. “One illegal 12 bore single-barrel gun without a number and two KF-12 cartridges were recovered on his disclosure,” the spokesperson said. The agency alleged that all the arrested persons were members of the ISJK, an affiliate of the West Asia based terror group ISIS.
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May - 26 
Three of the Khalistan accused arrested earlier in separate incidents this year and in 2018 were charge sheeted by National Investigation Agency (NIA) in a special court in Mumbai, reports Yahoo.com on May 27. Harpal Singh, Mohiuddin Siddiqui and Gurjeet Singh Nijjar have been charged under sections
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Three of the Khalistan accused arrested earlier in separate incidents this year and in 2018 were charge sheeted by National Investigation Agency (NIA) in a special court in Mumbai, reports Yahoo.com on May 27. Harpal Singh, Mohiuddin Siddiqui and Gurjeet Singh Nijjar have been charged under sections of the Indian Penal Code, as well as sections of the Bombay/Maharashtra Police Act and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. Although the police had arrested them at different time in different locations, they were being instructed by a single operative who was working at the behest of his masters in Canada, United Kingdom and Pakistan.
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May - 27 
Four National Democratic Front of Bodoland-Saraigowra (NDFB-S) were convicted on May 27 for killing five people during the massacre of tea tribals in Kokrajhar District of Assam on December 23, 2014, reports Morung Express. They were sentenced by National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Guwahati
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Four National Democratic Front of Bodoland-Saraigowra (NDFB-S) were convicted on May 27 for killing five people during the massacre of tea tribals in Kokrajhar District of Assam on December 23, 2014, reports Morung Express. They were sentenced by National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Guwahati n Kamrup Metropolitan District in Assam. The militants identified as Bina Basumatary, Jayanta Mushahary, Dwithai Basumatary and Khanda Daimary were sentenced to five-year imprisonment. Earlier another NDFB-S militant identified as Gautam Mahalia was sentenced to 4.5 years imprisonment.
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June - 4 
A Delhi court on June 4 sent Kashmiri separatists Masarat Alam, Asiya Andrabi and Shabir Shah to 10-day National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody in a terror funding case involving the 2008 Mumbai terror attack mastermind and Jama’at-ud-Dawa (JuD) ‘chief’ Hafiz Saeed, reports Daily Excelsior. The
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A Delhi court on June 4 sent Kashmiri separatists Masarat Alam, Asiya Andrabi and Shabir Shah to 10-day National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody in a terror funding case involving the 2008 Mumbai terror attack mastermind and Jama’at-ud-Dawa (JuD) ‘chief’ Hafiz Saeed, reports Daily Excelsior. The NIA arrested the three during in-chamber proceedings before Special Judge Rakesh Syal and sought 15-day custodial interrogation. Asiya and Shah were already in custody in separate cases while Alam was brought from Jammu and Kashmir on transit remand, advocate MS Khan appearing for the accused said.
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June - 12 
The Bombay High Court (HC), on June 12, said prima facie there is nothing against activist Gautam Navlakha, who has been booked for his alleged involvement in the Bhima-Koregaon violence, and extended his protection from arrest till June 18, reports The Hindu.A Division Bench of Justices Ranjit More
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The Bombay High Court (HC), on June 12, said prima facie there is nothing against activist Gautam Navlakha, who has been booked for his alleged involvement in the Bhima-Koregaon violence, and extended his protection from arrest till June 18, reports The Hindu.A Division Bench of Justices Ranjit More and Bharati Dangre was hearing a plea filed by Navlakha urging the court to quash the FIR registered against him by the Pune police. The Bench was presented with some letters allegedly sent by senior Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leaders to Navlakha. After perusing the letters, the court said, “There is nothing against him [Navlakha] in any of the letters. Based on the documents submitted to us, prima facie, we are of the opinion that there is nothing against him that supports any of the charges against him.”
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June - 18 
A Special Court in Allahabad on June 18 convicted four of the five Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants and sentenced them to life imprisonment for attacking the makeshift Ram Lalla temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya, reports Times of India. The fifth accused in the attack was acquitted for
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A Special Court in Allahabad on June 18 convicted four of the five Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants and sentenced them to life imprisonment for attacking the makeshift Ram Lalla temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya, reports Times of India. The fifth accused in the attack was acquitted for lack of evidence. The court also imposed a fine of INR 60,000 each on Irfan, Mohammad Shakeel, Mohammad Naseem and Asif Iqbal alias Farookh. The fifth accused, Mohammad Aziz, was acquitted. On July 2, 2005, a joint team of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and UP Police personnel had killed five LeT terroristsat the Ayodhya site, in a two-hour long gunfight. Two civilians were killed and seven CRPF jawans were injured. Police had seized one RPG-7 rocket-propelled grenade launcher, five AK-56 assault rifles, five M1911 pistols and several M67 grenades.
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June - 19 
A Mumbai court on June 19 ordered controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, accused of laundering money to the tune of Rs 193 crore, to personally appear before it on July 31, reports The New Indian Express. The court warned that if Naik fails to appear before it by July 31, a non-bailable warrant
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A Mumbai court on June 19 ordered controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, accused of laundering money to the tune of Rs 193 crore, to personally appear before it on July 31, reports The New Indian Express. The court warned that if Naik fails to appear before it by July 31, a non-bailable warrant will be issued against him. Judge Prashant P Rajvaidya gave the order after taking cognizance of the supplementary charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against one of the accused in the case, AbulSathak. Naik himself is absconding and is said to be in Malaysia.
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June - 21 
The Calcutta High Court (HC), on June 21, acquitted late Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leader Sushil Roy and two of his comrades, 14 years after they were sentenced to life imprisonment by a trial court on sedition charges, reports The Hindu. One of the three died during pendency of t
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The Calcutta High Court (HC), on June 21, acquitted late Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leader Sushil Roy and two of his comrades, 14 years after they were sentenced to life imprisonment by a trial court on sedition charges, reports The Hindu. One of the three died during pendency of their appeal which was filed in 2006. A Division Bench, comprising Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Suvra Ghosh, declared the three not guilty of sedition and other charges. Sushil Roy, Patitpaban Haldar and Santosh Debnath were arrested from Jhargram in the then Maoist-affected Jangalmahal area of West Bengal in 2005 on the charge that they were inciting people to hold armed struggle to overthrow the elected government in the State, their lawyer Amartya Ghosh said. Ghosh submitted before the Division Bench that they were falsely implicated on sedition charges and the Arms Act by the police who claimed to have seized gelatin sticks and ammunition for .303 rifles from a rented apartment in the Hooghly District of West Bengal. The sessions court in Jhargram found them guilty of sedition charges and under Arms Act and sentenced them to life imprisonment in 2005. The three persons filed an appeal before the High Court in 2006. Sushil Roy died during pendency of the appeal in 2014, Ghosh said.
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June - 30 
Gadchiroli Police arrested one electrical shop owner in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra, in connection with the May 1, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) attack in the District, in which 16 persons, including 15 Policemen, were killed, reports The Times of India on July 1. The arrestee
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Gadchiroli Police arrested one electrical shop owner in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra, in connection with the May 1, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) attack in the District, in which 16 persons, including 15 Policemen, were killed, reports The Times of India on July 1. The arrestee identified as Kailash Ramchandani (34), a native of Kurkheda, was produced before a court which remanded him in custody for 13 days for further interrogation. Ramchandani is the eighth person to be arrested in the case so far. “We arrested him on Saturday on the basis of interrogation of the seven accused persons arrested earlier,” Superintendent of Police (SP), Shailesh Balkawade said, adds The New Indian Express. He added, “He had supplied the blast material like wire, battery and switches.” Asked if he had supplied the material knowing that it was going to be used in blast, Balkawade said, “He was aware of that. That’s why we arrested him.” Earlier, South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP) had reported that Police arrested three more persons in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra on June 24, in connection with the May 1, CPI-Maoist attack in the District, also, two CPI-Maoist cadres, identified as Dilip Hidami (22) and Parasram Tulavi (28), were arrested by Police in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra on June 14, for their alleged role behind the blast at Lendali Nullah near Jamburkheda village in Gadchiroli on May 1, and, a key CPI-Maoist leader identified as Kiran Kumar alias Kiran Dada (63), and his wife Narmada alias Aluri Krishna Kumari alias Sujathakka (60) from Andhra Pradesh were arrested by the Maharashtra Police from Secunderabad in Hyderabad District of Telangana on June 9, for their alleged involvement in the killing of at least 16 people, including 15 security personnel in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast triggered by Maoists in Gadchiroli District on May 1.
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July - 1 
A special court on July 1 rejected the bail plea of a retired Delhi Police official, who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for allegedly providing a weapon to an accused linked to a group attempting to revive Sikh militancy for a separate Khalistan, reports The Indian Express.
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A special court on July 1 rejected the bail plea of a retired Delhi Police official, who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for allegedly providing a weapon to an accused linked to a group attempting to revive Sikh militancy for a separate Khalistan, reports The Indian Express. The court on July 1 rejected 62-year-old Sundarlal Parashar’s bail application. He was arrested on April 24, following which a charge sheet was filed against him on May 23. In his bail plea, Parashar said there was no evidence presented by the NIA that could show his involvement in the alleged conspiracy. The NIA had invoked sections under the Arms Act against him, stating that Parashar had provided a pistol and live rounds, which was recovered from another accused in the case named Moinuddin Siddiqui. According to the NIA, Siddiqui gave the weapon to another accused, Harpal Singh. The NIA alleged that Singh was active on social media, seeking the creation of a separate Khalistan and had links with a radical group called Babbar Khalsa International (BKI).
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July - 1 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a chargesheet in a Delhi court against six cadres of Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist, that allegedly extorted money from contractors to fund their illegal business and violent activities, reports The Pioneer on Ju
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a chargesheet in a Delhi court against six cadres of Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist, that allegedly extorted money from contractors to fund their illegal business and violent activities, reports The Pioneer on July 2. A NIA spokesperson said the complaint, the second supplementary chargesheet, was filed before a special court on July 1, and it relates to purported terror financing activities of TPC in States affected by Left-Wing Extremism (LWE). Those chargesheeted include Kamlesh Ganjhu (34), Karampal Ganjhu, Amar Singh Bhokta (37), Gopal Singh Bhokta, Mukesh Ganjhu and Akramanji. While the first three have been arrested in the case, the rest are absconding.
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July - 1 
The Supreme Court (SC) on July 1 rejected a plea filed by Popular Front of India (PFI) member, Asim Sharif challenging framing of charges against him for his alleged involvement in the killing of an RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) activist in Bengaluru in 2016, reports India Today. The RSS worker,
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The Supreme Court (SC) on July 1 rejected a plea filed by Popular Front of India (PFI) member, Asim Sharif challenging framing of charges against him for his alleged involvement in the killing of an RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) activist in Bengaluru in 2016, reports India Today. The RSS worker, Rudresh was hacked to death in the Shivajinagar area in Bengaluru City in Bengaluru District of Karnataka in October 2016. Five persons including Asim Sharif were arrested in the case and a National Investigation Agency (NIA) court had framed charges against them. PFI is a political organisation that operates mainly in Kerala. It has been accused of having links with the banned Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI).
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July - 3 
A Delhi Court on July 3 allowed Enforcement Directorate (ED) to quiz Kashmiri businessman Zahoor Watali and six others in a terror-funding case, reports Daily Excelsior. Special Judge Rakesh Syal allowed ED officers to interrogate Watali and others on any two working days from July 10-30. Besides Wa
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A Delhi Court on July 3 allowed Enforcement Directorate (ED) to quiz Kashmiri businessman Zahoor Watali and six others in a terror-funding case, reports Daily Excelsior. Special Judge Rakesh Syal allowed ED officers to interrogate Watali and others on any two working days from July 10-30. Besides Watali, the other to be quizzed include Altaf Shah alias Altaf Fantoosh [son-in-law of Syed Ali Shah Geelani, chairman of the Geelani faction of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC-G], Bashir Ahmad Bhat, Javed Ahmad Bhat, APHC leaders Nayeem Ahmad Khan, Farooq Ahmad Dar alias Bitta Karate, Mohammad Akbar Khanday and Raja Mehrajuddin Kalwal. A charge sheet was filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in January 2019 against Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) ‘chief’ and 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) leader Syed Salahuddin and the others mentioned above for “conspiring to wage war against the Government” and fomenting trouble in the Kashmir valley. The 12,794-page charge sheet also alleged that officials of the Pakistan High Commission here were passing on money through Watali to the separatists. The separatist leaders were accused of taking a cut before handing over the money to foment trouble. The court had on February 2, 2019 taken cognisance of the charge sheet.
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July - 3 
A National Democratic Front of Bodoland-Saraigowra (NDFB-S) militant Khamrei Basumatary was sentenced to seven-year imprisonment for involvement in December 2014 massacre, reports East mirror. The case pertains to the terrorist attack on December 23, 2014 by NDFB-S cadres killing 30 persons belongin
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A National Democratic Front of Bodoland-Saraigowra (NDFB-S) militant Khamrei Basumatary was sentenced to seven-year imprisonment for involvement in December 2014 massacre, reports East mirror. The case pertains to the terrorist attack on December 23, 2014 by NDFB-S cadres killing 30 persons belonging to Adivasi Community at Sonajuli area under Biswanath Chariali Police Station in Sonitpur District of Assam.
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July - 4 
A Dhemaji District Court of Assam sentenced four convicts to life imprisonment and sent two others to four-year jail terms in connection with the 2004 Dhemaji blast case, reports East Mojo. Those convicted for life imprisonment has been identified as Muhi Handique, Jatin Duwari, Dipanjali Gohain and
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A Dhemaji District Court of Assam sentenced four convicts to life imprisonment and sent two others to four-year jail terms in connection with the 2004 Dhemaji blast case, reports East Mojo. Those convicted for life imprisonment has been identified as Muhi Handique, Jatin Duwari, Dipanjali Gohain and Lila Gogoi alias Lila Khano. Four-year jail terms were given to two militants identified as Prashanta Bhuyan and Hemen Gogoi. Eight were acquitted. The case pertained to the blast triggered by United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) during Independence Day celebration on August 15,2004 in which 18 civilians, mostly school children were killed.
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July - 5 
National Investigation Agency (NIA) on July 5 filed a secondary charge sheet against 19 accused in the June 4,2015 ambush in Chandel District in Manipur which killed 18 Army Personnel, reports The Shillong Times. Charge sheet adds that senior leadership of Kangleipak Communist Party-Noyon (KCP-Noyon
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National Investigation Agency (NIA) on July 5 filed a secondary charge sheet against 19 accused in the June 4,2015 ambush in Chandel District in Manipur which killed 18 Army Personnel, reports The Shillong Times. Charge sheet adds that senior leadership of Kangleipak Communist Party-Noyon (KCP-Noyon), National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K) and Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL) were involved in planning the attack.
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July - 5 
The Supreme Court (SC) put an end to the controversy surrounding the killing of former Gujarat Home Minister Haren Pandya in 2003 by declaring that he was killed as part of an international terror plot by 12 persons following the 2002 Gujarat riots, reports DNA on July 6. By doing so, the SC dismiss
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The Supreme Court (SC) put an end to the controversy surrounding the killing of former Gujarat Home Minister Haren Pandya in 2003 by declaring that he was killed as part of an international terror plot by 12 persons following the 2002 Gujarat riots, reports DNA on July 6. By doing so, the SC dismissed the demand for a fresh probe made in a PIL filed by NGO Centre for PIL with a cost of INR 50,000 to be deposited with the lawyers' welfare fund of the SC. Though the trial court did not doubt the claim of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) that Pandya was killed as part of a terror plot hatched in Gujarat and Hyderabad with help from non-state actors in Pakistan, the case had an interesting twist in August 2011 when the Gujarat High Court disbelieved the prosecution story and acquitted nine out of the 12 convicted persons for the murder of Pandya.
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July - 6 
The Tumkur Police sent Telugu poet and writer Varavara Rao back to Yerawada jail in Pune after two days in custody in Tumkur District of Karnataka on July 6, reports The Hindu. Rao was produced before the Judicial Magistrate of First Class (JMFC) court in Pavagada on July 6. The Additional Civil Jud
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The Tumkur Police sent Telugu poet and writer Varavara Rao back to Yerawada jail in Pune after two days in custody in Tumkur District of Karnataka on July 6, reports The Hindu. Rao was produced before the Judicial Magistrate of First Class (JMFC) court in Pavagada on July 6. The Additional Civil Judge and JMFC, Bharath Yogeesh Karagudari, also granted permission to him to meet his family members on the premises of the court after Rao made an appeal to the judge. The judge has transferred the case from Pavagada JMFC court to the Fourth Additional Session Court, Madhugiri, in Tumkur District.
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July - 9 
Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court in Manipur has issued a non-bailable warrant for two persons in connection with the Paraolon Ambush of June 4, 2015, reports Imphal Free Press. The individuals were identified as Oinam Lukok and SK Stephen Lamkang. NIA had also put up the supplementa
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Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court in Manipur has issued a non-bailable warrant for two persons in connection with the Paraolon Ambush of June 4, 2015, reports Imphal Free Press. The individuals were identified as Oinam Lukok and SK Stephen Lamkang. NIA had also put up the supplementary charge sheet that was submitted on July 5 against 19 persons, and took cognisance against 19 persons while praying for issuing warrant of arrest against two persons. The 19 people were identified as Laishram Anand Meitei alias Anand, Moirangthem Uttam alias Tamba, Moirang Vikram, Laishram Jinen alias Angou, Pukhrambam Samananda alias Sumon, Thokchom Gandhi, Laishram Gulliver, Takhellambam Ako alias Raghu, Athokpam Milan, Thoudam Somorendra, Angom Sanatomba, Oinam Lukok, Nameirakpam Nanao, Starson Lamkang, Ksh. Kiran Kumar, Thoudam Thoiba, Namoijam Okendro, S.Mangal, SK Stephen Lamkang.
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July - 9 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court in Kochi (Ernakulam District of Kerala) on July 9 resumed trial against Subahani Haja Moideen, who allegedly fought for Islamic State (IS) in Iraq in 2015, reports The New Indian Express. The NIA Court examined a witness in the case registered against Su
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court in Kochi (Ernakulam District of Kerala) on July 9 resumed trial against Subahani Haja Moideen, who allegedly fought for Islamic State (IS) in Iraq in 2015, reports The New Indian Express. The NIA Court examined a witness in the case registered against Subahani Haja Moideen. Though the trial in the case was started at NIA Court last year (2018), it was postponed as witness examination in Kanakamala IS case was progressing. There are 55 witnesses in the case. It was during the investigation into the Kanakamala IS case that the NIA traced out Subahani who allegedly joined and fought for IS at Mosul in 2015. However, after witnessing the death of a co-fighter on the war front, he returned to India. In December 2018, a French investigation team visited Viyyur Central Jail (Thrissur District) to quiz Subahani as part of probe into the 2015 Paris attack. NIA had shared information with French authorities that Subahani fought for Omer-Kathi-Kaliph.
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July - 10 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) special court in Lucknow on July 10 convicted five operatives of the ‘Babbar Khalsa 2020’ outfit facing charges under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and also conspiring to assassinate former Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal in 2018, apart
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) special court in Lucknow on July 10 convicted five operatives of the ‘Babbar Khalsa 2020’ outfit facing charges under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and also conspiring to assassinate former Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal in 2018, apart from supporting the Khalistan movement, reports The Indian Express. Four of them had also attacked and looted two service rifles from Policemen in Shamli District of Uttar Pradesh last year (2018) to use the weapons in the attack on Badal. While four of the accused were sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment, another was sentenced to five years. The NIA had filed chargesheet against five accused, Gurjant Singh alias Jinta of Saharanpur, Amrit Singh of Haryana, Karam Singh, Karamveer Singh and Jarman Singh, who belong to Shamli, on April 11. They were lodged in Lucknow District jail.
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July - 14 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested two persons, identified as Hassan Ali (28), and Harish Mohamed (32) for allegedly conspiring to form a terror group in the State from Nagapattinam District of Tamil Nadu on July 14, reports Hindustan Times. The duo was arrested a day after a 14-member
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested two persons, identified as Hassan Ali (28), and Harish Mohamed (32) for allegedly conspiring to form a terror group in the State from Nagapattinam District of Tamil Nadu on July 14, reports Hindustan Times. The duo was arrested a day after a 14-member team of NIA officials conducted raids on July 13 at four locations in Chennai and Nagapattinam and busted a gang which allegedly conspired, collected funds and made preparations to carry out terrorist attacks in India with the intention of establishing Islamic rule in the country. The NIA said it recovered nine mobiles, 15 SIM cards, seven memory cards, three laptops, five hard discs, six pen drives, two tablets and three CDs/DVDs besides documents including magazines, banners, notices, posters and books during the raids on July 13. NIA, in its statement, said that the arrests were made on the basis of “incriminating facts revealed during the searches and subsequent investigation”. It added that Ali and Mohamed were produced in a special NIA court in Chennai and remanded in the agency’s custody until July 24. The Times of India adds that according to NIA sources, a new Tamil Nadu based terror outfit, ‘Ansarulla’ was “planning to strike at democratic institutions with terror acts in order to establish the rule of Sharia in the country”. NIA had on July 9 registered a case against three identified accused and others based on NIA’s information regarding the group’s plans to strike terror in the country, for which they had collected funds and made preparations. “The group’s intention was to strike at the democratic institutions of India with the intention of establishing supremacy of Sharia law,” an NIA officer said. The NIA also said that the accused and others “while being within and beyond India, had conspired and conducted consequent preparations to wage war against the Government of India by forming the terrorist gang Ansarulla”. As for the linkages of the Ansarulla to a known jihadi outfit like the Islamic State (IS), an officer said the same shall be established after forensically examining the documents and computer resources recovered during the searches.
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July - 15 
Fourteen persons, deported for allegedly raising funds in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for an Islamic State in India, were arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), reports The Hindu. They were brought in a special aircraft to Chennai (Tamil Nadu) from New Delhi on July 15 and remanded
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Fourteen persons, deported for allegedly raising funds in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for an Islamic State in India, were arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), reports The Hindu. They were brought in a special aircraft to Chennai (Tamil Nadu) from New Delhi on July 15 and remanded in judicial custody after being produced before a special court for NIA cases in Poonamallee on the Chennai city’s outskirts. The arrests were made by the NIA following the registration of an FIR in New Delhi on receipt of credible information by the Central Government that the group which called itself Wahdat-e-Islami, along with another called Jarnab Islam Al Jihadya, was trying to establish Islamic rule in India. They had allegedly received training from the ‘Ansarullah Movement’ in Yemen. According to NIA sources, the group members were influenced by al Qaeda and Islamic State (IS) and were from Melapalayam (Tirunelveli District), Tiruvarur (Thiruvarur District), Nagapattinam (Nagapattinam District), Ramanathapuram (Ramanathapuram District) and Chennai (Chennai District). They were engaged in raising funds for the purpose of committing acts of terror. The Special Public Prosecutor, C.S. Pillai said, “The UAE authorities detained them and deported them.” They were first produced before a Delhi court on July 14 After granting transit remand, the court directed that they be produced before the jurisdictional court concerned in the State (as they hailed from Tamil Nadu), said NIA officials. The NIA named Hassan Ali Yunus Maraikayar as prime accused. Among the other members are: Mohammed Sheik, Mohhamed Azharuddin, Thoufik Ahamed, Mohammed Aksar, Moideen Seeni Shahul Hameed, Mohammed Ibrahim, Meeran Kani and Mohammed Ibrahim.
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July - 16 
Government of India (GoI) and Assam State Government have moved Supreme Court on July 16 seeking re-verification of 20 percent of draft National Registry of Citizens (NRC) data, reports Times of India. The dead line for the publication of final NRC has been set by Supreme Court for July 31. Accordin
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Government of India (GoI) and Assam State Government have moved Supreme Court on July 16 seeking re-verification of 20 percent of draft National Registry of Citizens (NRC) data, reports Times of India. The dead line for the publication of final NRC has been set by Supreme Court for July 31. According to Assam Government, many original inhabitants found their names excluded as they lacked documents and did not even apply for inclusion in NRC. Moreover, many of those detected as foreigners by the tribunals has been included in draft NRC. According to Assam Government, while Districts bordering Bangladesh had recorded a higher rate of inclusion (in the NRC), those dominated by original inhabitants had witnessed highest rate of exclusion from the NRC. Additionally, Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) has notified a high-level committee to look into the implementation of a clause of Assam Accord that seeks to provide safeguards to preserve and promote social, cultural and linguistic identity of Assamese, reports Indian Express on July 17. The committee, headed by retired Guwahati High Court judge Biplab Kumar Sarma, will also make recommendations on reservation for Assamese people in the Assembly, and other local bodies. The committee may also suggest other measures to protect, preserve and promote cultural, social, linguistic identity and heritage of the Assamese.
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July - 16 
The Police arrested a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militant from Srinagar city in Srinagar District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) early on July 16 (today), reports India TV. According to Sanjeev Yadav, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Special Cell, the militant has been identified as Basir Ahamad, carrying a r
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The Police arrested a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militant from Srinagar city in Srinagar District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) early on July 16 (today), reports India TV. According to Sanjeev Yadav, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Special Cell, the militant has been identified as Basir Ahamad, carrying a reward of INR 200,000. Ahmad was earlier arrested by Delhi Police in 2007, following an encounter. He was later released on bail by a court after which the Delhi Police had approached the High Court. A non-bailable warrant was issued against Ahmad after he refused to appear in the court. Other than the JeM terrorist, two other accomplices of Ahmad have also been arrested by the Delhi Police. The identities of the other two accomplices are yet to be established.
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July - 19 
A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Mumbai on July 19 conducted proceedings in the May 1 Naxal [Left Wing Extremism, LWE] attack case, in which 15 Policemen and a civilian were killed in a blast in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra, reports The Times of India. NIA, which took ove
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A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Mumbai on July 19 conducted proceedings in the May 1 Naxal [Left Wing Extremism, LWE] attack case, in which 15 Policemen and a civilian were killed in a blast in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra, reports The Times of India. NIA, which took over the case, has sought custody of the eight accused who are in judicial custody. The court will hear the plea next week. Those arrested include Uppuganti Nirmala Kumari alias Narmadaakka (63), Satyanarayana Ravi alias Kiran (67), Dilip Hidami (22), Parasram Tulavi (28), Somsay Madavi (38), Kisan Hidami (42), Sakru Gota (35) and Kailash Ramchandani (34). Among those named as absconding include Milind Teltumbde, Mallojula Venugopal, Bhaskar Hichami and several others. The agency told court there was sufficient prima facie evidence against them.
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July - 22 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on July 22 got remand of four Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)-backed Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terrorists in Punjab, reports The Times of India. The four, identified as Ravinder Pal Singh, Jagdev Singh, Nishan Singh and Harcharan Singh, part of Amrit
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on July 22 got remand of four Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)-backed Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terrorists in Punjab, reports The Times of India. The four, identified as Ravinder Pal Singh, Jagdev Singh, Nishan Singh and Harcharan Singh, part of Amritsar module of BKI, were produced in the court of special NIA judge Nirbhow Singh Gill. NIA took custody of the four from Punjab Police. They will be on NIA remand till July 29.
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July - 22 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on July 22 sought time before the Bombay High Court (Mumbai in Maharashtra) to decide whether a truncated copy alone can be supplied to the accused facing trial in the September 2008 Malegaon blast case, reports The Times of India. NIA counsel Sandesh Patil sa
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on July 22 sought time before the Bombay High Court (Mumbai in Maharashtra) to decide whether a truncated copy alone can be supplied to the accused facing trial in the September 2008 Malegaon blast case, reports The Times of India. NIA counsel Sandesh Patil said the agency will not examine prosecution witnesses whose names were not disclosed in the truncated list supplied to the accused in the on-going trial before a special court in Mumbai. The HC will hear the matter now on August 2. One of the accused Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Purohit, had filed a plea to demanding the list of names of witnesses and an untruncated chargesheet copy.
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July - 23 
In view of the floods in Assam, Supreme Court on July 23 extended the deadline for publication of the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) on July 31, reports Assam Tribune. However, a bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi and comprising Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman rejecte
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In view of the floods in Assam, Supreme Court on July 23 extended the deadline for publication of the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) on July 31, reports Assam Tribune. However, a bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi and comprising Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman rejected the pleas seeking permission for 20 per cent sample reverification. The Centre and the Assam government sought permission for sample reverification to find out wrongful inclusions and exclusions of persons in the NRC.
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July - 24 
According to a charge sheet filed by the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in a Mumbai court, members of an "Islamic State (IS)-inspired" terror group arrested from Maharashtra in January 2019 for allegedly planning mass killing at a temple were inspired by speeches of controversial Islamic preacher Zakir
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According to a charge sheet filed by the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in a Mumbai court, members of an "Islamic State (IS)-inspired" terror group arrested from Maharashtra in January 2019 for allegedly planning mass killing at a temple were inspired by speeches of controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, reports India Today on July 24. The accused had tried to poison the temple's 'mahaprasad' (holy food) at the temple, it said, adding that they also underwent training for making explosives and poison and participated in blast trials at a hill near the Mumbra bypass in Thane District. As SATP had reported earlier, the Maharashtra ATS arrested 10 members of the ‘Ummat-E-Mohammaddiya’ group, allegedly having links with the terror group IS, from Mumbra and Aurangabad in January 2019 and foiled their plans of mass-casualty attacks using poisonous chemical mixtures at big gatherings. After a detailed investigation, the ATS earlier this month filed a charge sheet containing stunning revelations before a Mumbai court. According to the charge sheet, "the accused were inspired by speeches of Naik", against whom charges of money laundering have been filed by the Enforcement Directorate. The ATS found several videos featuring Naik and his images on social media profiles of the accused, it said.
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July - 24 
An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on July 24 resuming the hearing of a case pertaining to the 26/11 attack on a Mumbai hotel and ordered the prosecution for completion of arguments in the next date at a plea of recalling all the nineteen witnesses already testified, reports Daily Times. The ATC-I judge
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An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on July 24 resuming the hearing of a case pertaining to the 26/11 attack on a Mumbai hotel and ordered the prosecution for completion of arguments in the next date at a plea of recalling all the nineteen witnesses already testified, reports Daily Times. The ATC-I judge Raja Sajjad Abbas resumed the hearing, whereas the prosecution argued for recalling of witnesses already testified. The judge ordered the prosecution to complete the arguments, after which the court would decide whether it was necessary to call already testified witnesses.The hearing of post-arrest bail application of five accused in the case was also adjourned.The hearing of the case was adjourned till July 31
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July - 28 
Fourteen Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres surrendered before Police in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh on July 28, on the first day of Naxal [Left Wing Extremism, LWE] ‘Shaheed Saptah’ (‘Martyr’s week’ being observed by Maoists) in Bastar region, reports The Pioneer. “They were dis
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Fourteen Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres surrendered before Police in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh on July 28, on the first day of Naxal [Left Wing Extremism, LWE] ‘Shaheed Saptah’ (‘Martyr’s week’ being observed by Maoists) in Bastar region, reports The Pioneer. “They were disappointed with the Maoist ideology and hardships of the jungle. They also had lost faith in violence perpetrated by Naxals in the Bastar region,” a local Police officer said. Of the surrendering Maoists six were involved in criminal offences like setting vehicles on fire deployed in road construction, obstructing roads, illegally handling arms and looting polling material during 2015 Panchayat (village level local self-Government institution) elections, Police said while adding Sukma District court had issued permanent warrant for their arrest. They will be provided compensations as per the policy of State Government, Police claimed. The ‘Shaheed Saptah’ is observed by Maoists every year in memory of their fallen comrades, beginning from July 28 and will conclude on August 2. The identities of the surrendered Maoists are yet to be established.
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July - 29 
The special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Mohali in Punjab on July 29 sent all the four Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)-backed Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) module members to judicial custody, reports The Times of India. NIA had produced the four in the court of special NIA judg
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The special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Mohali in Punjab on July 29 sent all the four Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)-backed Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) module members to judicial custody, reports The Times of India. NIA had produced the four in the court of special NIA judge Nirbhaw Singh Gill after the end of their five-day remand. The accused were initially arrested by Amritsar Police on charges of disturbing the state’s communal harmony, during the Ghalughara (massacre) week.
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July - 29 
The National Investigating Agency (NIA) arrested a militant of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) on July 29, in a case related to a conspiracy by the outfit’s leadership to strengthen its base and organise terrorist acts in India, reports Daily Excelsior. Muzaffar Bhat alias Muzaffar Ahmad Bhat (25), a res
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The National Investigating Agency (NIA) arrested a militant of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) on July 29, in a case related to a conspiracy by the outfit’s leadership to strengthen its base and organise terrorist acts in India, reports Daily Excelsior. Muzaffar Bhat alias Muzaffar Ahmad Bhat (25), a resident of Tral in Pulwama District, was arrested from Central Jail at Kot Bhalwal in Jammu where he was detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA), the NIA said. Bhat was produced before Special Court NIA, New Delhi against a production warrant which granted nine days’ custody of the accused to the agency.
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August - 1 
A special court, on August 1, rejected the National Investigation Agency (NIA) plea to extend the Police custody of three of the eight accused in the May 1 Maoist attack case in which 15 Policemen and a civilian were killed in a blast in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra, reports The Times of India
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A special court, on August 1, rejected the National Investigation Agency (NIA) plea to extend the Police custody of three of the eight accused in the May 1 Maoist attack case in which 15 Policemen and a civilian were killed in a blast in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra, reports The Times of India. The court said that the agency's grounds to seek the custody of the trio, Somsay Madavi (38), Kisan Hidami (42) and Sakru Gota (35), were "absolutely not sufficient". During the hearing last week, the court had allowed NIA's plea for custody of the eight accused until August 1. Notably, on May 1, an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was used to carry out the blast when the Police team was travelling in a private vehicle to Kurkheda village to take stock of the situation after Maoists set on fire vehicles and machines.
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August - 2 
The Supreme Court (SC) on August 2 upheld the conviction of a woman, Yasmeen Mohammed Zahid, a native of Bihar, who was found to have joined the Islamic State (IS) along with a group of Kerala youth, on the counts of criminal conspiracy and association with a banned terror outfit with intention to f
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The Supreme Court (SC) on August 2 upheld the conviction of a woman, Yasmeen Mohammed Zahid, a native of Bihar, who was found to have joined the Islamic State (IS) along with a group of Kerala youth, on the counts of criminal conspiracy and association with a banned terror outfit with intention to further its activities, reports The Hindu. However, SC Bench disagreed with the Centre that the young woman, waged war or attempted/abetted war against the government of any Asiatic power in alliance with or at peace with the government of India. The court further found that she was not guilty, as the Centre claimed, of raising funds for the IS or garnering support for the terror outfit by arranging and managing meetings to encourage support for the outfit. Yet, the SC found her guilty of association (with IS ideology), saying she had attended classes propagating its ideology by her husband. According to a complaint received by the local Police in Kerala in July 2016, Yasmeen, who was staying at Kasaragod District of Kerala, had first left India with 14 others, including her husband to join the IS. She was the only one to stand trial among them. The SC for National Investigation Agency (NIA) cases, in March 2018, found her guilty for offences charged under the Indian Penal Code and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
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August - 3 
The founder of terror outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM), Yasin Bhatkal was produced before a special court in Pune in Maharashtra in connection with the German Bakery blast case on August 3, reports The Indian Express. A team of Delhi Police brought Yasin Bhatkal from Tihar Jail and produced him before
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The founder of terror outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM), Yasin Bhatkal was produced before a special court in Pune in Maharashtra in connection with the German Bakery blast case on August 3, reports The Indian Express. A team of Delhi Police brought Yasin Bhatkal from Tihar Jail and produced him before Special Judge R M Pande, in the presence of ATS officials and heavy Police security. Yasin Bhatkal is one of the key accused arrested by the State Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in connection with the blast, in which 17 people were killed in Pune on February 13, 2010. According to the ATS, Bhatkal can be seen in the CCTV footage obtained from the blast site.
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August - 8 
The Supreme Court on August 8 said that it will pass orders on a plea challenging non-inclusion of those born in India to migrants between 1971 and 1987 in the National Register for Citizens (NRC) unless they have ancestral links to the country, reports Indian Express. A petitioner who has challenge
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The Supreme Court on August 8 said that it will pass orders on a plea challenging non-inclusion of those born in India to migrants between 1971 and 1987 in the National Register for Citizens (NRC) unless they have ancestral links to the country, reports Indian Express. A petitioner who has challenged Section 3(A) of the Act in a separate plea, meanwhile, pointed out that the different approach was on account of Section 6(A) of the Act, which applies to those covered by the Assam Accord and fixes the cut-off date for grant of citizenship as March 25, 1971.
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August - 13 
Supreme Court on August 13 rejected a plea to reopen the exercise to update the National Register of Citizens (NRC) for Assam and directed that to ensure security of the data, reports Indian Express. It also directed that to ensure security of the data, an appropriate regime be enacted.
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Supreme Court on August 13 rejected a plea to reopen the exercise to update the National Register of Citizens (NRC) for Assam and directed that to ensure security of the data, reports Indian Express. It also directed that to ensure security of the data, an appropriate regime be enacted.
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August - 14 
A Delhi court, on August 14, extended till August 21 the National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody of former Independent Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Rashid Engineer, arrested in a case related to funding of terror activit
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A Delhi court, on August 14, extended till August 21 the National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody of former Independent Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Rashid Engineer, arrested in a case related to funding of terror activities in the Valley, reports Daily Excelsior. Rashid, who was a legislator from the Langate Assembly seat in North Kashmir, is the first mainstream politician to have been arrested by the NIA in the case.
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August - 14 
The Calcutta High Court, on August 14, reduced the life term awarded to Chattradhar Mahato, convenor of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)-backed People’s Committee against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) and the face of CPI-Maoist’s backed Lalgarh movement in 2008-2009, to 10 years imprison
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The Calcutta High Court, on August 14, reduced the life term awarded to Chattradhar Mahato, convenor of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)-backed People’s Committee against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) and the face of CPI-Maoist’s backed Lalgarh movement in 2008-2009, to 10 years imprisonment, and also acquitted two other sympathisers of the outfit, reports The New Indian Express. A division bench of the court also quashed the lower court’s life-sentence awarded to three cadres of PCAPA, the organisation that had spearheaded the movement in which 275 Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) leaders and workers were allegedly killed, and reduced their sentence to 10 years imprisonment. The four convicts, Chattradhar, Sukhshanti Baskey, Shambhu Soren and Sagun Murmu, are expected to be released next week as they have already completed the said terms in jail. During the course of the hearing in the high court challenging the lower court’s order, the Government did not oppose the petition filed by Mahato and others.
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August - 20 
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on August 20 put Punjab Government on notice on a plea seeking release of 8-year-old son of Malaysian woman arrested by Punjab Police for funding terror activities, reports Hindustan Times. As SATP reported earlier, the woman, Kulbir Kuar was arrested from Delhi air
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The Punjab and Haryana High Court on August 20 put Punjab Government on notice on a plea seeking release of 8-year-old son of Malaysian woman arrested by Punjab Police for funding terror activities, reports Hindustan Times. As SATP reported earlier, the woman, Kulbir Kuar was arrested from Delhi airport on August 15 for her linkage with a pro-Khalistan group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ). The court was told that Diljot Singh is son of Kulbir Kaur, who was deported to India from Malaysia and was arrested at the Delhi airport. The police sent the child to a shelter home in Gurdaspur. The state’s response has been sought by August 27.
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August - 21 
Delhi court on August 21 sent Rashid Engineer, a former independent Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Jammu and Kashmir, Sheikh Abdul Rashid to judicial custody in a case related to funding of terror activities, reports Daily Excelsior. District Judge Yashwant Kumar sent Rashid to the custody
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Delhi court on August 21 sent Rashid Engineer, a former independent Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Jammu and Kashmir, Sheikh Abdul Rashid to judicial custody in a case related to funding of terror activities, reports Daily Excelsior. District Judge Yashwant Kumar sent Rashid to the custody for two weeks after the NIA produced him before the court on expiry of his custodial interrogation. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had registered the case unidentified members of the Hurriyat Conference (HC) and other secessionist leaders who have been acting in connivance with Hizbul Mujahideen (HM), Dukhtaran-e-Millat, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and other outfits.
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August - 21 
The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court recently granted bail to a person, who had been arrested in connection with the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) worth INR 99,500, reports Times of India on August 22. The court ordered that the applicant be released on bail on furnishing a person bond
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The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court recently granted bail to a person, who had been arrested in connection with the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) worth INR 99,500, reports Times of India on August 22. The court ordered that the applicant be released on bail on furnishing a person bond of Rs 20,000 and the condition that the applicant “shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence in any manner.
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August - 27 
On August 27 National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court has declared ‘chairman’ of United Kuki Liberation Front (UKLF) Lhonkoson Haokip as a proclaimed absconder in connection with arms missing case, reports The Sangai Express. Earlier, charges were farmed by the Special Court on October 1 20
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On August 27 National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court has declared ‘chairman’ of United Kuki Liberation Front (UKLF) Lhonkoson Haokip as a proclaimed absconder in connection with arms missing case, reports The Sangai Express. Earlier, charges were farmed by the Special Court on October 1 2018 against eight accused against whom the main charge sheet of the case was submitted before the Court on September 25 last year. The accused were identified as Laishram Anilkumar, Thokchom James, Paonam Shatikumar, Haobam Brojendro, Ngamboi Haokip, Nellikattil Podiyan Damodaran, Mathurabashi Hiranjoy, and Laishram Damodor Singh.
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August - 28 
A tribunal headed by a Delhi High Court judge has confirmed five-year extension of the ban imposed on Students Islamic Movements of India (SIMI) by the Central Government under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), reports News 18 on August 29.
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A tribunal headed by a Delhi High Court judge has confirmed five-year extension of the ban imposed on Students Islamic Movements of India (SIMI) by the Central Government under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), reports News 18 on August 29.
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August - 28 
The Union Home Ministry told a Tribunal constituted under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) that the Students Islamic Movements of India (SIMI) was filing applications under the Right to Information Act (RTI) to help its members under trial in various courts, reports The Hindu on Augus
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The Union Home Ministry told a Tribunal constituted under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) that the Students Islamic Movements of India (SIMI) was filing applications under the Right to Information Act (RTI) to help its members under trial in various courts, reports The Hindu on August 29. To impose the recent ban, the Tribunal examined at least 34 cases registered against the members of SIMI since January 2014 and noted that activists of SIMI continue to have “links with number of other terrorist organizations Al-Qaeda, Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), Islamic State (IS), Indian Mujahideen (IM) etc.” The Tamil Nadu Police deposed that “SIMI activists/cadres are regrouping themselves under the banner of Wahadat-e-Islaami Hind (WeIH) to expand their militant outreach among Muslim youth under the guise of spreading Islamic ideology. SIMI activists under the guise of WeIH continue to hold meetings, classes, symposium, seminars etc. to spread their anti-national ideology.” The National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Delhi Police told the Tribunal that terror outfit Indian Mujahideen’s chief Riyaz Bhatkal “was making his efforts and using the cadres of SIMI for furthering the unlawful activities of IM.”
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August - 28 
Total 19, including four Bangladeshi nationals, who were booked in connection with Burdwan blast case in 2014, pled guilty in the city sessions court, Kolkata, on August 28, reports New Indian Express. The chief judge, Siddhartha Kanjilal, said he would pronounce the quantum of punishment on August
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Total 19, including four Bangladeshi nationals, who were booked in connection with Burdwan blast case in 2014, pled guilty in the city sessions court, Kolkata, on August 28, reports New Indian Express. The chief judge, Siddhartha Kanjilal, said he would pronounce the quantum of punishment on August 30. The blast at East Burdwan's Khagragarh in West Bengal took place in October 2014 killed two people. Investigations by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) revealed the hands of Jamat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) behind the explosion.
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August - 29 
The suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leader, in connection with a case registered against him for trying to recruit members of a tribal community in Nedugal Combai during August 2016, was produced before District Judge P. Vadamalai, in Nilgiris District of Tamil Nadu on August
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The suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leader, in connection with a case registered against him for trying to recruit members of a tribal community in Nedugal Combai during August 2016, was produced before District Judge P. Vadamalai, in Nilgiris District of Tamil Nadu on August 29, reports The Hindu. Danish alias Krishnan (31), a resident of Puliyakulam in Coimbatore, was under the custody of the District Police in connection with an incident in 2016, when Danish, along with seven others, allegedly visited a village in the Nilgiris and tried to get the people residing there to rise up against the Government. After his arrest in Kerala last year, Danish was produced before the judge on August 29, with the Police being given one-day custody to interrogate him. After the completion of the interrogation, he was produced before the court on August 30, where the judge extended his remand till September 12. While exiting the court premises, Danish raised pro-Maoist slogans. The suspect also voiced support for the protesting workers at the Cordite Factory in Aravankadu.
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August - 30 
A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on August 30 sentenced 19 people, including four Bangladeshi nationals, to jail terms ranging from six to 10 years in the Khagragarh blast case, reports Times of India. Out of the 19 sentenced, four Bangladeshis convicted in the case were awarded 1
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A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on August 30 sentenced 19 people, including four Bangladeshi nationals, to jail terms ranging from six to 10 years in the Khagragarh blast case, reports Times of India. Out of the 19 sentenced, four Bangladeshis convicted in the case were awarded 10 years' rigorous imprisonment and would be sent back to their country following completion of sentence. Two women and a young man, who claimed to be a student, were sentenced to six years' rigorous imprisonment. The rest 12 convicts were sentenced to various terms from eight years to 10 years in prison. Trial of the remaining 12 accused in the case would continue, NIA lawyer Shyamal Ghosh said.
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September - 5 
The Rayagada District Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM)-cum-Assistant Session Judge court on September 5, acquitted former Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leader Sabyasachi Panda in one more case due to lack of evidence, reports Ommcomnews. Reportedly, Police had filed a chargesheet again
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The Rayagada District Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM)-cum-Assistant Session Judge court on September 5, acquitted former Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leader Sabyasachi Panda in one more case due to lack of evidence, reports Ommcomnews. Reportedly, Police had filed a chargesheet against Panda mentioning his involvement in an exchange of fire incident between Maoists and Security Forces (SFs) at Linga Guda under Chandili Police limits of the District in 2002. Statement of witnesses in a Police van explosion incident, which had occurred near Majhighariani Institute of Technology and Science (MITS) in the year 2002, was also recorded. Next hearing of the case will be held on September 16. Earlier this year, Panda had been acquitted in two cases including looting paddy crops from a person’s farmland at Dumbriguda village in 2001 and abducting a Works Department’s Junior Engineer in 2004.
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September - 6 
The Supreme Court on September 6, issued a stay on a Kerala High Court judgment which held that being a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) is not a crime, reports The Times of India. The single bench had held that Police can’t detain a person merely because he is a Maoist, unless Police fo
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The Supreme Court on September 6, issued a stay on a Kerala High Court judgment which held that being a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) is not a crime, reports The Times of India. The single bench had held that Police can’t detain a person merely because he is a Maoist, unless Police forms a reasonable opinion that his activities are unlawful, the court had said while ordering a compensation of INR 100,000 to Shyam Balakrishnan of Wayanad District of Kerala for illegal detention and house raid without warrant in 2014. A bench comprising Justices Indu Malhotra and R Subhash Reddy issued a stay after considering during admission hearing a special leave petition by Kerala Government challenging the judgment originally issued by a single bench of the high court in May 2015 and later upheld by a division bench on July 8 this year.
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September - 13 
A special court on September 13, framed charges against Sayyed Ismail Afaaq Aleem Lanka and Saddham Hussain Feroz Khan, two of the 11 arrested in the triple blasts case in Mumbai, reports Indian Express. The ATS has alleged that the two men, had provided explosive materials to the other accused, Yas
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A special court on September 13, framed charges against Sayyed Ismail Afaaq Aleem Lanka and Saddham Hussain Feroz Khan, two of the 11 arrested in the triple blasts case in Mumbai, reports Indian Express. The ATS has alleged that the two men, had provided explosive materials to the other accused, Yaseen Bhatkal, cadre of Indian Mujahideen (IM), who along with others had executed the blasts.
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September - 13 
The Bombay High Court (HC), on September 13, dismissed a petition filed by activist Gautam Navlakha to quash the case filed against him in Pune last year for alleged Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) links, reports The Times of India. The HC bench of Justices Ranjit More and Bharati Dangr
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The Bombay High Court (HC), on September 13, dismissed a petition filed by activist Gautam Navlakha to quash the case filed against him in Pune last year for alleged Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) links, reports The Times of India. The HC bench of Justices Ranjit More and Bharati Dangre, however, on a plea made by Navlakha’s counsel Yug Chaudhary extended its existing interim relief granted earlier to ensure that Police don't take coercive action against Navlakha for three weeks in the case registered concerning Elgar Parishad. A FIR was registered against Navlakha after the Elgar Parishad conclave on December 31, 2017, that allegedly triggered violence at Bhima Koregaon village in Pune the next day.
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September - 16 
A special court in Pune District, Maharashtra on September 16, allowed the petition filed by the Delhi Police seeking permission to produce Indian Mujahideen (IM) ‘India operations chief’, Yasin Bhatkal alias Mohammad Ahmed Siddibappa Zarrar alias Imran alias Asif alias Shahrukh, via video-conferenc
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A special court in Pune District, Maharashtra on September 16, allowed the petition filed by the Delhi Police seeking permission to produce Indian Mujahideen (IM) ‘India operations chief’, Yasin Bhatkal alias Mohammad Ahmed Siddibappa Zarrar alias Imran alias Asif alias Shahrukh, via video-conferencing for the trial in the German Bakery bomb blast case, reports Indian Express. Bhatkal is one of the key accused in the German Bakery bomb blast in Pune (Maharashtra), in which 17 persons were killed and 60 were left injured on February 13, 2010.
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September - 16 
National Investigation Agency (NIA) on September 16, filed a chargesheet against four Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) operatives, identified as Sajjad Ahmad Khan, Tanveer Ahmed Ganie, Bilal Ahmad Mir and Muzaffar Ahmad Bhat, who were planning terror attacks in different parts of India, reports republicworld.
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National Investigation Agency (NIA) on September 16, filed a chargesheet against four Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) operatives, identified as Sajjad Ahmad Khan, Tanveer Ahmed Ganie, Bilal Ahmad Mir and Muzaffar Ahmad Bhat, who were planning terror attacks in different parts of India, reports republicworld.com. Sajjad Ahmad Khan is a close aide of Pulwama attack mastermind Mudassir Ahmad Khan, who was killed by the Security Forces in March 2019.
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September - 18 
A special court in Mumbai on September 18, issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against Zakir Naik in the 2016 alleged money laundering case, reports Indian Express. The warrant was issued by Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court judge PP Rajvaidya on a plea filed by the Enforcement Directo
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A special court in Mumbai on September 18, issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against Zakir Naik in the 2016 alleged money laundering case, reports Indian Express. The warrant was issued by Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court judge PP Rajvaidya on a plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) which is investigating the case.
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September - 19 
A special Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) court on September 19, rejected the bail plea of Areeb Majeed, a Kalyan (Thane District, Maharashtra) resident who was accused of travelling to Syria and joining the banned terrorist organisation Islamic State (IS), reports Hindustan Times. Accor
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A special Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) court on September 19, rejected the bail plea of Areeb Majeed, a Kalyan (Thane District, Maharashtra) resident who was accused of travelling to Syria and joining the banned terrorist organisation Islamic State (IS), reports Hindustan Times. According to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Majeed left for Syria in May 2014 and allegedly participated in a criminal conspiracy to commit terror acts in Iraq and Syria. On his return to India in November 2014, he was arrested at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai (Mumbai District), Maharashtra and handed over to the NIA.
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September - 20 
Kerala High Court (HC), on September 20, quashed the charges under Unlawful Activities Prohibition Act (UAPA) against Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leader Roopesh, who is in jail for allegedly working for banned organisations, reports New Kerala. Justice Raja Vijaya Raghavan, hearing
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Kerala High Court (HC), on September 20, quashed the charges under Unlawful Activities Prohibition Act (UAPA) against Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leader Roopesh, who is in jail for allegedly working for banned organisations, reports New Kerala. Justice Raja Vijaya Raghavan, hearing the case, observed that there was a delay on the part of the State Government in granting sanction for the prosecution as per the rules. Roopesh was arrested in 2016 in connection with the distribution of pamphlets of a banned organisation in Kozhikode District of Kerala. Rupesh is currently lodged in Viyoor Central Jail. Three cases under UAPA Sections were registered against him - two at Valayam and one at Kuttiyadi Police Station. Earlier, a District sessions court had rejected his petition seeking acquittal in the matter. A case was also registered against him under the Sections in 2013 in Karnataka's Bagamandala. However, those charges were also quashed by Kodak Madikeri Principal Sessions Court.
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September - 24 
On September 24, three persons were convicted in Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) and narcotics case by a civil court in Kolkata (Kolkata District), West Bengal, reports Times of India. The three persons were part of a seven-member group who were arrested by National Investigation Agency (NIA) alon
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On September 24, three persons were convicted in Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) and narcotics case by a civil court in Kolkata (Kolkata District), West Bengal, reports Times of India. The three persons were part of a seven-member group who were arrested by National Investigation Agency (NIA) along with FICN worth INR 900,000 and 800 gms of opium from Kaliachak (Malda District), West Bengal four years ago. Among the three persons, Sunesh Kumar who was the main culprit was sentenced to six years of imprisonment while the two others Ranjit Chopra and Rajen were given five years each of imprisonment.
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September - 25 
A special Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) court on September 25 convicted two persons, including 7/11 train blast case convict Mohammed Ali, for being members of banned organisation Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), reports asianage.com. In 2007, the Mumbai Police Crime Branch had
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A special Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) court on September 25 convicted two persons, including 7/11 train blast case convict Mohammed Ali, for being members of banned organisation Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), reports asianage.com. In 2007, the Mumbai Police Crime Branch had claimed that its officers had received information that members of SIMI were likely to carry out unlawful activities during the Ganesh festival. Based on this, Shabbir Rehmatullah, who passed away pending trial, and Nafis Ahmed were arrested from Malegaon (Nashik District) and Govandi (Mumbai Suburban District) respectively. Ali, who was in custody for the blasts case, was also named as an accused allegedly for undergoing training in Pakistan in 2003 at the instance of Indian Mujahideen founder Riyaz Bhatkal. The 7/11 blasts refer to a series of seven bomb blasts that took place in 2006 on the Suburban Railway in Mumbai. It killed 209 people and injured over 700 more. In September 2015, 12 people were convicted in this case.
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September - 26 
A special court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Kolkata has sent the main accused in the Kaliachak Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) case, Anarul Islam to 10 years rigorous imprisonment on September 26, reports the weekendleader.com. The court also sentenced five years' rigorous impris
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A special court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Kolkata has sent the main accused in the Kaliachak Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) case, Anarul Islam to 10 years rigorous imprisonment on September 26, reports the weekendleader.com. The court also sentenced five years' rigorous imprisonment to two accomplices of Anarul, Ripon and Fatima alias Litchi. In January 2016, West Bengal police and personnel of Border Security Force had seized FICN worth INR 800,000 from Anarul who was involved in cross-border trafficking of FICN from Kaliachak Chowranghee in Malda District of West Bengal.
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September - 26 
Sujata aka Nagaram Rupa (32), who is believed to be involved in several serious Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) incidents in South Bastar that reportedly claimed lives of dozens of security personnel, was brought to Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on production warrant, reports The Pio
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Sujata aka Nagaram Rupa (32), who is believed to be involved in several serious Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) incidents in South Bastar that reportedly claimed lives of dozens of security personnel, was brought to Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on production warrant, reports The Pioneer on September 27. According to Police, Sujata is wife of Azad, who is member of Maoist Telangana state committee and is believed to be the master mind of several serious Naxal [Left Wing Extremism, LWE] attacks. Sujatha, who was a member of a ‘divisional committee member, DCM’ of CPI-Maoist and carried a prize of INR 800,000 on her head, was arrested in Warangal District by Telangana Police in October 2018. She was produced before a local court, which has sent her to Jagdalpur central jail, Police informed.
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October - 1 
A Thai court of appeal has overturned a lower court verdict of 2018 and denied senior D-Company operative, Munna Jhingada’s extradition to India, reports The Times of India on October 2. Jhingada served 16 years in prison in Thailand for an assassination attempt on underworld don Chotta Rajan. New D
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A Thai court of appeal has overturned a lower court verdict of 2018 and denied senior D-Company operative, Munna Jhingada’s extradition to India, reports The Times of India on October 2. Jhingada served 16 years in prison in Thailand for an assassination attempt on underworld don Chotta Rajan. New Delhi was hopeful that his extradition would help it establish his boss Dawood Ibrahim’s presence in Pakistan. According to intelligence sources, it was Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) that prepared Jhingada’s Pakistani passport in the fake name of Mohammed Saleem to facilitate his visit to Thailand for executing the assassination of Chhota Rajan. Even after he reached Thailand for the assigned task, his protection was taken care of by the Embassy of Pakistan. After his conviction, ISI officials tried to get Jhingada’s sentence reduced through the Pakistani Embassy. India too made a formal request for Jhingada’s extradition, first in March 2012 and then on December 27, 2016. Jhingada was released on December 27, 2016 but immediately rearrested and imprisoned under Extradition Act.
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October - 4 
National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 4, filed a charge sheet naming seven persons, identified as Shaibu Nihar, Muhammad Mansoor, Mansoor Nittoor Veettil, Shahanad, Fajid Hamsa, Safeer Rahman and Mukhadis, in the Islamic State (IS) Wandoor case before a special court in Kerala, reports dail
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National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 4, filed a charge sheet naming seven persons, identified as Shaibu Nihar, Muhammad Mansoor, Mansoor Nittoor Veettil, Shahanad, Fajid Hamsa, Safeer Rahman and Mukhadis, in the Islamic State (IS) Wandoor case before a special court in Kerala, reports dailyhunt.com. Of them, Nihar has been arrested while others are absconding. The NIA has revealed that the accused persons, while being in Bahrain and India, travelled or attempted to travel to IS -controlled territory in Syria, for physically joining the proscribed organization and waging war on its behalf against Syria.
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October - 4 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 4, filed a supplementary charge sheet before a Delhi court against Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik and four other Kashmiri separatists, including a woman accused Aasiya Andrabi, for allegedly conspiring to wage a war agai
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 4, filed a supplementary charge sheet before a Delhi court against Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik and four other Kashmiri separatists, including a woman accused Aasiya Andrabi, for allegedly conspiring to wage a war against the Central Government by carrying out terrorist and secessionist activities, reports Daily Excelsior. The charge sheet claimed that Pakistan High Commission supported the separatists through transfer of funds via financial conduits to create unrest in the Kashmir valley. The case relates to alleged terror funding in 2017 in the Valley and involves Jama’at-ud-Da’wah (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, the 2008 Mumbai terror attack mastermind based in Pakistan. Separatists Shabir Shah, Masarat Alam Bhat and former Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Rashid Engineer have also been named as accused in the supplementary charge sheet, NIA’s Special Public Prosecutor Sidharth Luthra said. The charge sheet was filed before Additional Sessions Judge Rakesh Syal, during in-camera proceedings. The court has put up the matter for taking cognisance of the charge sheet on October 23. The NIA stated later in a press release that during the investigation, searches were conducted at nine locations in J&K and 400 electronic devices along with 85 incriminating documents were seized.
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October - 7 
India lost the case in the Thailand Court to extradite Munna Jhingada, an aide of Dawood Ibrahim Kasker, because Jhingada refused to give samples of his DNA and the court accepted Pakistan’s plea that he was a citizen of the country, leaving Jhingada free to return to D-company in Pakistan, reports
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India lost the case in the Thailand Court to extradite Munna Jhingada, an aide of Dawood Ibrahim Kasker, because Jhingada refused to give samples of his DNA and the court accepted Pakistan’s plea that he was a citizen of the country, leaving Jhingada free to return to D-company in Pakistan, reports Hindustan times on October 8. Legal system in Thailand does not allow drawing of samples without the subject’s consent, which meant the biological connection between Jhingada and his family in Mumbai could not be established.
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October - 9 
A local Amritsar court on October 9 sent nine suspected terrorists of Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF), arrested by the Punjab Police in September, 2019, to judicial custody till October 11, reports newsnation.in. They were backed by the Pakistan-based chief of the KZF, Ranjeet Singh, alias Neeta, and
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A local Amritsar court on October 9 sent nine suspected terrorists of Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF), arrested by the Punjab Police in September, 2019, to judicial custody till October 11, reports newsnation.in. They were backed by the Pakistan-based chief of the KZF, Ranjeet Singh, alias Neeta, and his Germany-based associate, Gurmeet Singh, alias Bagga. Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh had handed over the case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to ensure that the entire conspiracy is unravelled. Simranjeet Singh, the advocate of the accused said, "On October 4, the Punjab government marked this case to NIA and there is an order of NIA that on October 11, everyone should be produced in Mohali NIA court... Punjab Police's jurisdiction has ended and the investigation will be done by NIA", reports aninews.com on October 9.
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October - 10 
Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Mohali (Mohali District), Punjab has framed charges against four Kashmiri students Zahid Gulzar, Mohammed Idris Shah alias Nadeem, Sohail Ahmed Bhatt and Yusuf Rafiq Bhatt for their connection with Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGH), a Kashmir-based terr
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Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Mohali (Mohali District), Punjab has framed charges against four Kashmiri students Zahid Gulzar, Mohammed Idris Shah alias Nadeem, Sohail Ahmed Bhatt and Yusuf Rafiq Bhatt for their connection with Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGH), a Kashmir-based terrorist outfit with links to Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), The Times of India reported on October 11. The outfit was led by Zakir Rashid Bhatt alias Zakir Musa, who was killed in an encounter. The four Kashmiri students were detained on October 10, 2018 from the hostel of CT Institute of Engineering Management and Technology at Shahpur, Jalandhar, after their terror module was neutralised by Punjab Police and special operations group of Jammu and Kashmir Police. Two weapons, including an assault rifle, and explosives were recovered from them.
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October - 11 
Nine Naxal [Left Wing Extremist, LWE] sympathisers were arrested in the Jogulamba Gadwal District of Telangana on October 11, reports The Hans India. According to the report, the Jogulamba Gadwal Police arrested the sympathisers on charges of their involvement in various cases. The Police after rece
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Nine Naxal [Left Wing Extremist, LWE] sympathisers were arrested in the Jogulamba Gadwal District of Telangana on October 11, reports The Hans India. According to the report, the Jogulamba Gadwal Police arrested the sympathisers on charges of their involvement in various cases. The Police after receiving a tip off laid a trap and arrested a ‘student leader’ – Naganna, resident of Yelukuru village of Maldakal Mandal (administrative sub-division) in the District. Similarly, the Police also arrested Jagan, editor of Student March publication. Apart from these two prominent Naxalite sympathisers, the Police had also arrested seven others and produced them before the Court. The Special Judge of the Court had directed the Police to send them to judicial remand. With this, the Police had shifted all the arrested persons to Mahbubnagar Police Station. "We have prepared the first information reports (FIR) of all the nine persons and shifted them to Mahbubnagar prison on remand," a Police Officer said.
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October - 11 
The National Investigating Agency (NIA) produced nine suspects and alleged activists of Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF), identified as Mann Singh, Balwant Singh, Akashdeep, Shubhdeep, Romandeep Singh alias Robin, Sajanpreet Singh, Gurdev Singh, Balveer Singh and Harbhajan Singh, in the Special NIA co
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The National Investigating Agency (NIA) produced nine suspects and alleged activists of Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF), identified as Mann Singh, Balwant Singh, Akashdeep, Shubhdeep, Romandeep Singh alias Robin, Sajanpreet Singh, Gurdev Singh, Balveer Singh and Harbhajan Singh, in the Special NIA court in Mohali District on October 11, reports the Times of India. The court sent four suspects in five-day police remand and the fifth to judicial custody.
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October - 16 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 16 produced four accused of the bomb explosion at Pandori Gola village of Tarn Taran at the NIA court in Mohali (Mohali District), Punjab, reports The Times of India. The NIA court handed over the police custody of the five accused, identified as Ma
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 16 produced four accused of the bomb explosion at Pandori Gola village of Tarn Taran at the NIA court in Mohali (Mohali District), Punjab, reports The Times of India. The NIA court handed over the police custody of the five accused, identified as Malkit Singh alias Shera, Mandeep Singh alias Massa, Amritpal Singh, Chandeep Singh and Amarjit Singh. Romandeep Singh alias Robin, Sajanpreet Singh, Gurdev Singh, Balbir Singh and Harbhajan Singh were already in judicial custody since October 11. They are on police remand till October 23. According to NIA sources, the accused have the support of Sikh for Justice (SFJ) organisation and are suspected of reviving terrorism in the state. The case was earlier being probed by Punjab Police.
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October - 22 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA), on October 22, has filed charge sheet against 11 persons associated with People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), in connection with terror financing probe in New Delhi, reports New Keral
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA), on October 22, has filed charge sheet against 11 persons associated with People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), in connection with terror financing probe in New Delhi, reports New Kerala. An NIA spokesperson said, the agency filed the charge sheet under several sections of IPC and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in the Special NIA court in Ranchi of Jharkhand on October 21. The charge sheet included the name of PLFI ‘chief’ Dinesh Gope, who is absconding. Ten others, who have been arrested, are Vinod Kumar aka Binod Kumar, Chandrashekhar Kumar, Nand Kishor Mahto, Mohan Kumar aka Rajesh Kumar, Sumant Kumar aka Pawan Kumar, Nandlal Swarnkar aka Nandlal Soni, Chandra Shekhar Singh, Arun Gope, Jitender Kumar and Navinbhai Jayantibhai Patel. The accused have been charged with raising funds through extortion/levy collection and channelising it through banks and dubious shell companies in the names of close associates and family members of Dinesh Gope. The NIA registered the case on the basis of the Jharkhand Police FIR on January 19, 2018. The Jharkhand Police filed a case on November 10, 2016, after the recovery of INR 2.538 million demonetised currency from the operatives of PLFI, which was being deposited into the bank account of a petrol pump owned by one of the accused.
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October - 24 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 24 filed a supplementary chargesheet against alleged Islamic State (IS) militant Riyas Aboobacker alias Riyas A in the Kasaragod case before a Special Court at Ernakulam District, Kerala, reports Times Now. Riyas was arrested on 28 April, 2019 from
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 24 filed a supplementary chargesheet against alleged Islamic State (IS) militant Riyas Aboobacker alias Riyas A in the Kasaragod case before a Special Court at Ernakulam District, Kerala, reports Times Now. Riyas was arrested on 28 April, 2019 from Palakkad District, Kerala for allegedly conspiring to commit a terrorist act in the state. The probe by NIA revealed that a conspiracy was hatched from mid-2015 onwards by 14 people from Kasaragod District, Kerala to join and support IS in Afghanistan and Syria. They joined the terror outfit around May or July 2016. In April, 2019 the NIA learnt that Aboobacker and his three associates were radicalised through social media platforms by Abdul Rashid Abdulla and Ashfak Majeed. The investigation found out that Aboobacker, from July 2018, had contacted his associates and shared the ideology of the ISIS. In October, 2019 he organised conspiracy meetings at Kochi (Ernakulam District) where he had decided to carry out suicide attacks for furthering the terror outfit's activities in India.
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October - 30 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Kochi on October 30 took two persons, Mohammed Azaruddin and Sheikh Hidayathullah, alleged have links with those behind the Easter bombings in Sri Lanka, into four days’ custody, reports thenewsminute.com. With the aid of experts from the Centre for D
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Kochi on October 30 took two persons, Mohammed Azaruddin and Sheikh Hidayathullah, alleged have links with those behind the Easter bombings in Sri Lanka, into four days’ custody, reports thenewsminute.com. With the aid of experts from the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, NIA had examined the seized mobile phones and electronic gadgets of the accused persons which establish the alleged links the accused persons have with those involved in the Easter blasts. Sheik Hidayathullah (38) and Mohammed Azaruddin (32) were arrested in June from Coimbatore district by the NIA. Sheikh Hidayathullah was arrested for his alleged association with Student Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). Mohammed Azaruddin was arrested for running a Facebook page called ‘KhilafahGFX’ through which he had allegedly been propagating Islamic State (IS) ideology.
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October - 30 
Udupi Principal District and Sessions Judge C.M. Joshi, on October 30, acquitted three persons accused of involvement in an attack by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) that resulted in the death of one Bhoja Shetty, a teacher, and his neighbour, Suresh Shetty, in Seeta Nadi near Hebri Tal
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Udupi Principal District and Sessions Judge C.M. Joshi, on October 30, acquitted three persons accused of involvement in an attack by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) that resulted in the death of one Bhoja Shetty, a teacher, and his neighbour, Suresh Shetty, in Seeta Nadi near Hebri Taluk (revenue sub-division) in Udupi District of Karnataka in May 2008, reports The Hindu. The judge acquitted Ishwara alias Vajramani, who is presently lodged in the prison in Coimbatore, Neelaguli Padmanabha and Noor Julfikar in the case. These three were among the accused arrested for an alleged attempt to open fire at Bhoja Shetty in 2006 and later murdering him in 2008. The judge acquitted Padmanabha and Noor Julfikar in the case related to accusation of the two being part of the Maoist group that allegedly opened fire at Bhoja Shetty before throwing Maoist literature at the latter's house in 2006. Padmanabha was also acquitted in another case accusing him of being a part of the group of Maoists that abducted Sadananda Shetty and that burnt the latter’s vehicle on February 27, 2006, in Mutlupady of Karkala Taluk. The judge acquitted Ishwara in a case accusing him of being part of the group that murdered Bhoja Shetty and Suresh Shetty.
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November - 10 
Official trial proceedings on the May 21 killing in Tirap of Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Tirong Aboh and 10 others began on November 9 at Yupia in Papum Pare District in Arunachal Pradesh, reports East Mojo. The proceedings come following the recent arrests of six suspects by the National I
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Official trial proceedings on the May 21 killing in Tirap of Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Tirong Aboh and 10 others began on November 9 at Yupia in Papum Pare District in Arunachal Pradesh, reports East Mojo. The proceedings come following the recent arrests of six suspects by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). A total of six people Jai Kishan Sharma, Ellie Ketok, Samgin Wangsu, Anok Wangsa, Yangte Josaham and Luckin Mashangva are facing trial. Jai Kishan is also believed to be one of the masterminds of the attack.
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November - 13 
The Kozhikode Sessions Court, on November 13, granted the request of the prosecution for the custodial interrogation of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) worker Alan Suhaib who had been booked for Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) links a fortnight ago, reports The Hindu. The 20-ye
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The Kozhikode Sessions Court, on November 13, granted the request of the prosecution for the custodial interrogation of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) worker Alan Suhaib who had been booked for Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) links a fortnight ago, reports The Hindu. The 20-year-old student, whose connection with the banned CPI-Maoist was prima facie revealed, will be in Police custody till 11 a.m. on November 15. Meanwhile, Sessions judge M.R. Anitha will consider the petition of the Police for securing the custody of the second suspect Thaha Fasal on November 14, after getting a report from the Kozhikode Government Medical College Hospital (MCH) on his health condition. He was to be produced along with Alan in the court on November 13. The duo, students of Kannur University, were taken into custody from Kozhikode on November 1 and their bail pleas were rejected.
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November - 13 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on November 13, in its charge sheet informed Patiala House Court of Delhi, that Al-Qaeda tried to establish a base in Delhi through its operative Samiun Rahman alias Hamdan, who was arrested in 2017 by the Delhi Police, reports sentinalassam.com. The Britain-b
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on November 13, in its charge sheet informed Patiala House Court of Delhi, that Al-Qaeda tried to establish a base in Delhi through its operative Samiun Rahman alias Hamdan, who was arrested in 2017 by the Delhi Police, reports sentinalassam.com. The Britain-based Rahman had planned to fight for the Rohingya cause in Myanmar and entered India illegally via Beenapole border in West Bengal from Bangladesh, the NIA said in its charge sheet filed under the Arms Act, Foreigners Act, and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). The NIA said that Rahman a resident of Port Pool Lane in London, was staying in India on a fake identity of Shumon Haq alias Raju Bhai. The fake ID proof mentions his residential address as House No.88, Mullabadi post office, Dhantola Thakurganj, Kishanganj, Bihar. “At the time of his arrest, a pistol and four rounds of ammunition were seized from Rahman. Incriminating material showing his allegiance to the Al-Qaeda and regarding his chat with the associates of the terror organisation was recovered from his laptop and mobile phone,” said the NIA.
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November - 14 
A United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) militant was arrested on November 14 from outskirts Guwahati in Kamrup Metropolitan District of Assam, reports Assam Tribune. The militants identified as Ranjan Bikash Borgohain alias Ramen Barua was involved in extortion from high-profile polit
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A United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) militant was arrested on November 14 from outskirts Guwahati in Kamrup Metropolitan District of Assam, reports Assam Tribune. The militants identified as Ranjan Bikash Borgohain alias Ramen Barua was involved in extortion from high-profile politicians of North East, including Arunachal Pradesh. He had joined ULFA-I in 1985. Police recovered extortion notes addressed to politicians of different parties on the outfit’s letterheads bearing signatures of ULFA-I ‘deputy commander-in-chief’ Drishti Rajkhowa. The accused was tracked down and arrested following sustained effort and raids carried out in Delhi, Dibrugarh, and Guwahati over a period of one month. He was produced at the court and remanded in seven-day police custody.
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November - 15 
A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on November 15, sentenced five accused in the Khagragarh (in Bardhaman District of West Bengal) blast case of October 2, 2014, to varying terms from five years to six years in jail after convicting them for conspiracy and waging war against the co
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A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on November 15, sentenced five accused in the Khagragarh (in Bardhaman District of West Bengal) blast case of October 2, 2014, to varying terms from five years to six years in jail after convicting them for conspiracy and waging war against the country and under various provisions of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), reports outlookindia.com. Links with terror group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) were found in the blast. Siddhartha Kanjilal, the chief judge at City Sessions Court who was presiding over the special NIA court, sentenced Enamul Haq and Habibur Rahaman to five years'' rigorous imprisonment. The court sentenced Habibur Sheikh, Faizul Rahaman and Burhan Sheikh to six years'' rigorous imprisonment, NIA lawyer Shyamal Ghosh said. Judge Kanjilal also slapped a fine of INR 20,000 on each of the five convicts. Failure to pay the fine would invite an additional year in jail for them.
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November - 16 
Former Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) Kundan Pahan, jailed for killing Janata Dal-United (JD-U) Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Tamar Ramesh Singh Munda, has been allowed to contest the Assembly polls in the State by a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Nove
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Former Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) Kundan Pahan, jailed for killing Janata Dal-United (JD-U) Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Tamar Ramesh Singh Munda, has been allowed to contest the Assembly polls in the State by a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on November 11, reports The Pioneer. Pahan is likely to contest poll from Tamar Assembly segment. Ramesh Singh Munda in 2008 was addressing a function at SS High School, Bundu in Jharkhand when he was killed. Kundan Pahan was shifted from Birsa Munda Central Jail in Hotwar to Hazaribagh Open Jail last month.
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November - 25 
A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Kolkata (West Bengal) on November 25, convicted and sentenced eight people for running a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) smuggling racket across the India-Bangladesh border from West Bengal, reports outlookindia.com. An NIA spokesperson in Delh
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A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Kolkata (West Bengal) on November 25, convicted and sentenced eight people for running a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) smuggling racket across the India-Bangladesh border from West Bengal, reports outlookindia.com. An NIA spokesperson in Delhi, in a statement, said that Barkat Ali, 24, the kingpin of the racket, was sentenced to six years in jail and a fine of INR 10,000 slapped on him. The other convicts -- Dalim, 24, Anikul, 42, Salim, 33, Rahim, 37, Tahir, 34, Montu, 34, and Biyol, 35 -- have been sentenced to five years in jail along with INR 10,000 fine each, the spokesperson said, adding that all the accused have been convicted under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Unlawful (Activities) Prevention Act (UAPA). All the eight accused pleaded guilty during the trial, the spokesperson said. The crime came to light following the seizure of fake currency of face value worth INR 64,00,000 from Ali by the Border Security Force (BSF) in West Bengal's Malda District that borders Bangladesh in 2015.
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November - 25 
Delhi High Court upheld the life imprisonment sentence for a National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) militant Hopeson Ningshen, who had abducted and killed three Manipur Government officials in 2009, reports North East Now. The incident occurred on February 13, 2009. He was late
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Delhi High Court upheld the life imprisonment sentence for a National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) militant Hopeson Ningshen, who had abducted and killed three Manipur Government officials in 2009, reports North East Now. The incident occurred on February 13, 2009. He was later arrested on May 25, 2009.
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November - 25 
National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Kochi on November 25, found six people, arrested in connection with a 2016 Islamic State (IS) terror plot case, guilty of conspiring to carry out strikes across Kerala and neighbouring states, reports telegraphindia.com. Those convicted are Manseed Mehmoo
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National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Kochi on November 25, found six people, arrested in connection with a 2016 Islamic State (IS) terror plot case, guilty of conspiring to carry out strikes across Kerala and neighbouring states, reports telegraphindia.com. Those convicted are Manseed Mehmood, Swalih Mohammed, Rashid Ali, Ramshad N. K., Safvan and Moinuddin. Special Judge P. Krishnakumar, however, acquitted Jasim N. K. The court said they had not joined the IS but made it clear that they were qualified to be called as members of a terror gang. The quantum of punishment will be pronounced on November 27, it said. They have been found guilty under various sections of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), including offences relating to membership of a terrorist organisation and support given to a terrorist organisation. During the hearing on quantum of punishment, the prosecution argued that they should be awarded life imprisonment as they did not show any remorse or repentance for their act.
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November - 27 
A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Kochi in Ernakulam District of Kerala, on November 27, awarded 14-year rigorous imprisonment to a person arrested in connection with a conspiracy to carry out terror strikes across Kerala and neighbouring States in 2016, reports Sify News. The C
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A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Kochi in Ernakulam District of Kerala, on November 27, awarded 14-year rigorous imprisonment to a person arrested in connection with a conspiracy to carry out terror strikes across Kerala and neighbouring States in 2016, reports Sify News. The Court found guilty six persons including prime accused Manseed Mehmood under various sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) including offences relating to conspiracy and membership of a terrorist organisation and support given to a terrorist organisation. Meanwhile, one accused in the case, identified as Jasim N K was acquitted. All the six persons were arrested by the NIA in the Kanakamala Islamic State (IS) terror plot case. The judge awarded 10 years rigorous imprisonment to second accused Swalih Mohammed and seven years rigorous imprisonment to third accused Rashid Ali in the case. While fourth accused N K Ramshad and eighth accused Moinuddin were awarded three years RI, fifth accused Safvan was awarded eight years rigorous imprisonment. The court also slapped a fine of varying amounts on each of the convicts. The NIA had busted the IS module from Kanakamala in Kannur District in October 2016 when they were holding a meeting to plan terror attacks against prominent persons, including judges, Police officers and politicians, and foreign tourists.
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December - 5 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a charge-sheet against eight arrested cadres of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) and four absconding accused for their alleged involvement in triggering a blast in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra on May 1 this year, reports New Indian
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a charge-sheet against eight arrested cadres of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) and four absconding accused for their alleged involvement in triggering a blast in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra on May 1 this year, reports New Indian Express on December 6. In the aforementioned incident, fifteen personnel of the Quick Response Team (QRT) of Police and a civilian driver were killed in a landmine blast carried out by the Maoists under a small bridge near Jamburkheda village in the District.The NIA said that the investigation has established that accused persons are members/supporters of the CPI-Maoist. Earlier, South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP) has reported the incident on May, 1, 2019.
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December - 9 
The Ludhiana District court of Punjab on December 9, acquitted Jagtar Singh Hawara, a militant of Babbar Khalsa International (BKI), of all charges in the December 6, 1995 Clock Tower bomb blast case in the District, reports Indian Express. In the said case, at least 24 people were injured in the bl
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The Ludhiana District court of Punjab on December 9, acquitted Jagtar Singh Hawara, a militant of Babbar Khalsa International (BKI), of all charges in the December 6, 1995 Clock Tower bomb blast case in the District, reports Indian Express. In the said case, at least 24 people were injured in the blast that rocked Lottery Market near Ghanta Ghar Chowk (Clock Tower) market of Ludhiana, nearly 24 years ago when the Khalistan movement was at its peak in the State. Of the five accused booked in the case, two, including Hawara, now stand acquitted, two were declared proclaimed offenders and one was discharged by the court. Hawara is currently serving life term for assassinating former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh. He is lodged at Tihar Jail in Delhi. “Observing that no evidence has been found against him, the court acquitted Hawara,” said his counsel Jaspal Singh Manjhpur. “Charges were framed against Hawara on May 12, 2017 in this case, but the prosecution failed to produce any solid evidence. Nothing incriminatory came up against him and there was no recovery,” Manjhpur added.
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December - 9 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on December 9 had sought the production warrant of four accused involved in the bomb blast at Pandori Kalan village in Tarn Taran District of Punjab on September 5, reports The Tribune. The NIA senior public prosecutor Surinder Singh had filed an application i
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on December 9 had sought the production warrant of four accused involved in the bomb blast at Pandori Kalan village in Tarn Taran District of Punjab on September 5, reports The Tribune. The NIA senior public prosecutor Surinder Singh had filed an application in the Special NIA court seeking the production warrant of four accused – Gurjant Singh, Massa Singh, Amritpal Singh and Harjit Singh, for reinvestigating them. The court had now issued the production warrant of the accused for December 16.
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December - 18 
On December 18, a special court in Jaipur convicted four people for the 2008 Jaipur blasts, which killed nearly 80 people and left many others injured, reports opindia.com. According to the reports, the names of the convicts are Mohammad Saif aka Carreon, Mohammad Sarwar Azmi, Mohammad Saif alias Sa
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On December 18, a special court in Jaipur convicted four people for the 2008 Jaipur blasts, which killed nearly 80 people and left many others injured, reports opindia.com. According to the reports, the names of the convicts are Mohammad Saif aka Carreon, Mohammad Sarwar Azmi, Mohammad Saif alias Saifurrahman Ansari and Mohammad Salman. The court acquitted fifth accused Mohammad Shahbaz Hussain getting the benefit of doubt. The Court also held banned terror outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM) responsible for the same. The special court convicted the four accused under sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC), Prevention of Unlawful Activities Act, Explosives Act, and PDPP Act. The Rajasthan Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) investigated the case and a charge-sheet was filed against five people.
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December - 20 
A special court in Jaipur (Rajasthan) sentenced four people to death on December 20, two days after holding them guilty of planting bombs at eight locations in the walled city in May 2008, reports Hindustan Times. The death sentence was given on charges of murder (section 302 of the IPC) and committ
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A special court in Jaipur (Rajasthan) sentenced four people to death on December 20, two days after holding them guilty of planting bombs at eight locations in the walled city in May 2008, reports Hindustan Times. The death sentence was given on charges of murder (section 302 of the IPC) and committing a terrorist act (section 16 1[A] of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act)-UAPA, said prosecution lawyer Shrichand.
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December - 27 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed chargesheet in the special NIA court at Mohali in Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar District of Punjab on December 27, against 11 accused and four companies in the case relating to the seizure of 532 Kilogram of heroin at Integrated Check Post (ICP), Attari, re
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed chargesheet in the special NIA court at Mohali in Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar District of Punjab on December 27, against 11 accused and four companies in the case relating to the seizure of 532 Kilogram of heroin at Integrated Check Post (ICP), Attari, reports The Tribune. The 11 accused are – Tariq Ahmad Lone, Jasbir Singh, Nirbhail Singh, Sandeep Kaur, Ajay Gupta, Ranjit Singh, Iqbal Singh, Farookh Lone, Sahil, Shoaib Noor and Amir Noor. The chargesheet has also been filed against four companies — Kanishk Enterprises, Gupta Fast Forwarders, Global Vision Impex and Aimex General Trading Company. As per the report, the case relates to the seizure of 532 Kilogram heroin and 52 Kilogram of mixed narcotics this year on June 29 at the ICP. The Police had intercepted two persons — Gurpinder Singh, an Amritsar-based trader, and Tariq Ahmed Lone from Handwara in Jammu and Kashmir. The involvement of an international drug racket based in Pakistan as well as Afghanistan was suspected. The investigation has brought to light the case of narco-terrorism, having national and international implications with evidence of generation of funds through the proceeds of sale of narcotics smuggled from across the border. The probe had established that the accused formed a terrorist gang to smuggle narcotics into India. The NIA had conducted raids at various places in Punjab and seized incriminating documents, including bank accounts details, electronic and digital devices, ammunitions and details of Hawala transactions. The investigation has also established an international conspiracy in which nationals of Afghanistan and Pakistan worked in alliance with Indian nationals belonging to Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir and Delhi.
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