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Terrorism related Incidents in Kerala
since 2008
2018
Sl. No.
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Date
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Place
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Incident
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Nature |
1
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January 1
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Kochi
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The NIA is likely to appeal
for the custody of five unidentified IS sympathisers who were
arrested in October 2017 from Kannur city of Kannur District
in Kerala. These IS sympathisers were arrested while their
attempt to flee to Syria and join the terror organisation.
They were sent to the judicial custody and later lodged at
Kakkanad District Jail in Kochi, Kerala. The NIA had filed
charges under Sections 38 and 39 of the UAPA, 1967
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Non-violent |
2 |
January
4 |
Ernakulam
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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan ordered
the closure of the Peace International School in Ernakulam
in Ernakulam District which has been under scanner for objectionable
and non-secular content in the syllabus. The action comes
in the wake of reports filed by the District Collector and
the Education Department. The Kozhikode-based Peace Foundation
operates more than 10 schools under the name 'Peace International.'
Whether the directive is applicable to other schools of the
foundation will be known once the Government Order is issued.
The Chief Minister has demanded that the students in the school,
located at Chakkaraparambu in Kochi in Ernakulam District,
be shifted to other schools in the region. The Police are
trying to bring the school Managing Director M M Akbar from
abroad [Dubai, UAE]. Earlier, a probe conducted by the Education
Department found that the school does not follow textbooks
of NCERT, CBSE or SCERT. The District Education Officer's
report had stated that teaching a syllabus giving prominence
to a single religion is violation of education rights. The
Intelligence agencies have found that Abdul Rashid and Yasmin
Ahammed, who are facing NIA probe for alleged links with the
IS, have worked in the school. Police probe has revealed that
the school teaches textbooks compiled by Burooj Realization,
an Islamic education institution based in Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra.
Three people who readied the text books were later arrested
by Kochi Police from Mumbai. Though there were allegations
that they have links with controversial preacher Zakir Naik,
it has not been confirmed.
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Non-Violent |
3 |
January
5 |
Kochi |
The NIA court in Kochi of Ernakulam District
in Kerala granted permission to NIA for interrogating two
IS accused operatives, Omar al-Hindi and Safvan alias
Rayyan of Kanakamala IS module case as a part of Hadiya case
of 'love-jihad'. The NIA team consists of IT experts would
interrogate two accused on January 8 at the Viyyur Central
jail in Thrissur, Thrissur District (Kerala), in the presence
of jail superintendent. The NIA team will question if Shafin
Jahan, husband of Hadiya had any connections with IS operatives
or IS module in Kerala. The Kanakamala IS module was planning
to attack sensitive places and key personalities in various
regions in South India.
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Non-Violent |
4 |
January
6 |
Kerala |
The Government of Kerala has issued an alert
to all of its DCs to take precautionary security measures
against the possible modules of IS operating in the state.
Abdul Rasheed-an operative and Emir of IS Kerala module, send
an audio message to other members of the group focusing on
the assassination or destroy the non-Muslims with any modus-operandi
including poisoning the drinking water and to carry-out massive
killing through plying trucks over the crowd in Indian festivals
such as Thrissur Pooram and Kumbh Mela, stated the confidential
letter sent out on December 16, 2017 by the UMHA Additional
Chief Secretary (Home and Vigilance) Subrata Biswas. Number
of IS threat messages are spreading out on social media and
all of such messages are getting checked for their authenticity
by the state Police, said Kerala Police Chief Loknath Behera.
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Non-Violent |
5 |
January
8 |
Kerala |
The evident information about its members
joining IS came as a 'shocking' to the Popular Front of India
(PFI) and it was expressed it through an internal circular
distributed among the PFI cadres. Though the numbers are insignificant
but events are the violations of organisation's teachings
that poses as matter of a serious concern, stated as in the
circular (dated November 30, 2017) issued by the National
Chairman of PFI- E. Aboobacker. Since identifying the dangers
inherent in IS, the organisation has been guiding its members
about the anti-religious and anti-national nature of the outfit
[IS]. The PFI also warned its members to be cautious about
the radicalisation performed by the mysterious radical groups
through various means including social media, said Aboobacker.
The circular was issued after at-least 15 PFI members, including
former Divisional Convener from Kannur District, Kerala, had
joined IS.
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Non-Violent |
6 |
January
10 |
Thalassery/Kannur District/Kerala
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The two are friends of Muhammad Riyaz from
Thalassery in Kannur District, the prime accused in the case.
"They have been charged under the UAPA", Ernakulam Rural SP
A V George said, adding a hunt is on to arrest eight more
accused, including Riyas, in the case. He said the police
have begun a probe into their alleged link with the Islamic
State terrorists. George said both Fayaz and Siyad were arrested
based on the woman's complaint that she was allegedly tortured
by them in a house in North Paravoor before Riyaz took her
abroad. The woman had alleged that Riyaz pretended to be in
love with her when she was studying in Bengaluru (Karnataka)
in 2014 and forced her to convert to Islam and married her.
The woman from Pathanamthitta District was brought up in Gujarat.
She had moved the Kerala High Court last year seeking an NIA
probe against Riyaz for attempting to take her to Syria from
Saudi Arabia and sell her to the Islamic State terrorists
as a sex slave. She has also alleged that her marriage was
registered using forged documents.
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Non-Violent |
7 |
January
16 |
Kerala
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The Kerala Police team will be expanding the
investigation to Bengaluru (Karnataka) regarding an alleged
'forcible' conversion of an unnamed 25 years-old woman with
intentions of taking her to Syria and join the IS. Regarding
the case, the accused Fayas and Siyad, will be taken too few
places in North Kerala and Bengaluru where the primary accused
Muhammad Riyas had stayed, said an unnamed senior official
of the Ernakulam Rural Police. The woman had escaped from
80 days 'custody' of her husband Riyas, from an apartment
in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. She claimed that Riyas insisted her
forcefully to watch videos of Islamic preacher Zakir Naik
and attempted to take her to Syria.
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Non-Violent |
8 |
January
18 |
Kannur
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Kerala Police said that one more IS operative
from Kannur District engaged in extremist activities has been
killed in Syria. According to Police, the death of the youth,
identified as Abdul Manaf P P (30), resident of Valapattanamin
Kannur District, was conveyed to the family on January 17
by his friend and another IS operative from the District,
Abdul Khayyoom (25), who is also in Syria.Police have received
information that nearly 17 people from the State, who had
been waging the so-called holy war in Syria have lost their
lives. At least six of them are from Kannur. As per available
information, the IS operative Abdul Manaf was killed in November.
Police said Manaf went to Syria using a fake passport and
there is a case against him in this connection. He was a close
associate of Shahjahan Velluva, another IS operative who was
arrested in Delhi a few months back. He had also worked as
the office secretary of the Popular Front of India (PFI) for
some time before leaving for Syria.Prior to that he was named
an accused in the murder of a CPM worker Bineesh, in 2009,
said Police.According to the investigating agencies, it was
through the network of Manaf that nearly 15 people out of
the 29 who left for Syria to wage 'jihad', reached there.
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Non-Violent |
9 |
January
19 |
Kerala
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The NIA has taken into custody five terror
suspects, including a person who was intercepted at the Mangaluru
International Airport in 2016, in connection with their attempts
to join the IS in Syria. The accused are Midlaj (26), Abdul
Rasak K V (34), Rashid M V (24), Manaf Rahman (42) and Hamza
U K (57), all residents of Kannur, Kerala. Manaf Rahman was
intercepted at Mangalore International Airport on December
23, 2016, when he attempted to travel along with his family
to the UAE, allegedly with the intention of travelling to
Syria to join ISIS. He was influenced by Hamza U K, who was
also supposed to travel to the UAE on December 25, 2016, and
had booked air ticket accordingly. But he dropped the plan
after finding out that Manaf Rahman was intercepted at Mangalore
airport. The investigation hitherto has revealed that Midlaj
and Rashid had travelled along with one Shajahan V K to Turkey
in October, 2016, with the intention of crossing over to Syria,
but were apprehended by the Turkish authorities and deported
to India in January, 2017. Further, Abdul Razak had travelled
to Turkey through Tehran, Iran, along with one Abdul Khayoom
of Kannur in mid-April, 2017. Shajahan had again reached Turkey
in April/May, 2017, using a fake Indian passport as part of
his second attempt to migrate to Syria and join the IS. Subsequently,
Abdul Razak and Shajahan were apprehended by Turkish authorities
when they attempted to cross over to Syria. They were deported
to India on July 1, 2017. Abdul Khayoom managed to cross over
to Syria and join the Islamic State.
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Non-Violent |
10 |
January
24 |
Perinthalmanna / Malappuram District
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The Kerala Police arrested two persons identified
as Saleem alias Sallu (38)-resident of Vatakara of
Kozhikode District and Abdul Latheef (42)-resident of Perinthalmanna,
Malappuram District, for distributing the FICNs. The Police
approached them on pretext to exchange currency and seized
the FICN in denomination of INR 2,000 and INR 500 worth INR
49,000. After preliminary interrogation, the Police has recovered
additional FICNs of worth INR 2,67,500 from their houses,
said Rural SP M.K. Pushkaran. All the FICNs had threads and
look like the original currency notes that were printed in
Wayanad District of Kerala. The state Police is looking-out
for another person involved in this case.
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Non-Violent |
11 |
January
29 |
Kerala
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The NIA is likely to interrogate the Kerala
woman who was allegedly forced to 'conversion to Islam' by
her husband-Mohamed Riyaz (26) and later 'almost sold' to
IS in Syria. The unidentified woman who is resident of Pathanamthitta
of Pathanamthitta District in Kerala had approached the Kerala
High Court and claimed that her husband forced her to convert
to Islam and conspired to sell her off to IS in Syria. In
her plea in the court, the woman claimed that she is a 'victim
of forceful conversion, fraud marriage, and an attempt of
sexual slavery'. Her father had filed an application seeking
an investigation to be carried out by the Central Investigation
Agency. Intelligence agencies are keeping an 'eye' over people
from Kerala joining jihadi groups active in Iraq, Syria and
Afghanistan.
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Non-Violent |
12 |
January
31 |
Kerala
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During the probe of the conversion case of
an unidentified woman from Kerala, the NIA has found that
she was forced to follow the preaching and become a disciple
of an Islamic preacher Zakir Naik. Although, the NIA has registered
the case against nine persons accused for conspiring a fraud
marriage between Mohammad Riyaz/Riyas and the woman, and forcing
her to convert to Islam. Originally, the woman is a resident
of Gujarat.
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Non-Violent |
13 |
February
1 |
Kozhikode District
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Police arrested one Kerala youth, identified
as Riyazur Rehman alias Riyad, a native of Kallai in Kozhikode
District, for trying to join terror outfit IS in April 2015.
Riyad, who was hiding in Ras Al Khaimah (UAE) for the past
two years, was deported to India through Delhi airport (New
Delhi) from where he was arrested by Kerala Police a few days
ago (unspecified date). Earlier, in Karipur (Malappuram District)
Police had registered a case against Riyad under Section 125
of the IPC and Section 20 and 38 of the UA (P) Act. It was
the first IS-related case registered by Kerala Police. The
Police said the 26-year-old man was indoctrinated while he
was working in Ras Al Khaimah. Riyad, along with a Bangladesh
national, left Ras Al Khaimah to join the IS in Yemen. He
returned to Ras Al Khaimah after the Bangladesh national disappeared.
By the time Riyad's disappearance became big news in the media;
his brother was deported to India along with some others who
were suspected to have IS links. Riyad was hiding in various
locations in Ras Al Khaimah and was engaged in small-time
criminal activities for livelihood, the Police said.
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Non-Violent |
14 |
February
2 |
Kannur District
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The NIA arrested Mohammed Riyaz/Riyas-a resident
of Kannur in Kannur District of Kerala, from Chennai Airport
in Chennai District of Tamil Nadu. Mohammed Riyaz was alleged
to force his wife to convert to Islam and attempted to sell
her to the IS operatives in Syria. We had prior information
about Mohammad Riyaz travelling from Jeddah city (Saudi Arabia)
via Colombo (Sri Lanka) and arrested upon his arrival at Chennai
Airport. He has been interrogated at NIA office in Chennai
and his arrest has not been officially recorded so far, said
an unnamed NIA officer. Mohammed Riyaz is also accused of
using Fake Indian Passport.
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Non-Violent |
15 |
February
3 |
Kannur District
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The NIA has been surveillance over Tasleem
alias Rocky-a resident of Kannur (Kerala) but staying in the
UAE, for allegedly financing the travel of IS sympathisers
from Kannur (Kerala) to Syria. Tasleem provided financial
support of 4,000 US dollars (approx. INR 2.5 Lakh) to Mohammad
Shajil alias Abu Dhain-a resident of Kannur (Kerala) for meeting
his travel expenses to Syria and stay-over in Turkey. So far,
Tasleem has not been charged as an accused but there is a
need to make sure if Tasleem has any links with IS and its
active module in Kerala, said an unnamed NIA officer. The
NIA teams of Delhi and Kochi are questioning other two cases
related to the migration of Kannur residents to Syria.
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Non-Violent |
16 |
February
7 |
Mukkom/Kozhikode District
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The Mukkom Police arrested two persons, both
natives of Tamil Nadu, and seized FICNs worth INR 1 million,
following a secret operation. One of the accused Suresh Kumar,
resident of Salem District in Tamil Nadu, was arrested from
a lodge room at Mukkom in Kozhikode District, along with FICNs
to the tune of INR 50,000, following a tip off received by
the Police. "On interrogation, we received information that
a woman named Nirmala from Salem also is involved in the fake
currency racket. Nirmala was arrested by a Police team from
Salem and counterfeit currencies to the tune of Rs 9.5 lakh
and equipment used for printing fake currency," said K P Abhilash
SI of Mukkom Police Station. The Police have seized FICNs
in the denomination of INR 2,000, INR 500, INR 200 and INR
100 from both the arrestees. Investigation is on to identify
the remaining members of the network. According to Police,
the some of the gang members of the same group were arrested
by Thrissur Police in May 2017, with FICN to the tune of INR
300,000. The racket was trying to distribute the FICNs in
different parts of Kozhikode District, Police said.
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Non-Violent
(FICN recovery) |
17 |
February
12 |
Kochi
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The NIA got the custody of Mohammad Riyas/Riyaz-an
accused of selling her wife as a 'sex slave' to the IS in
Syria. The NIA's Special Court in Kochi (Kerala) granted the
custody of Riyaz and other two of his unnamed associates to
the NIA in the same case. The unnamed woman filed a complaint
and alleged that Riyaz raped her and later recorded an "objectionable
footage" of her, and held her hostage in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
A native of Kannur district in Kerala, Mohammad Riyaz has
been under the scanner for forging documents in order to marry
the woman and take her to Saudi Arabia, with intentions to
rape her and further sell her as a sex slave to IS. So far,
11 persons have been accused in the case including Riyaz's
mother who continues to be in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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Non-Violent
(Custody) |
18 |
February
20 |
Kerala
|
The Jharkhand Government banned the Kerala-based
Islamic organization-PFI for its alleged links to IS. The
Government of Jharkhand banned PFI, which is active in Jharkhand
as well; mainly in Pakur District, under the Criminal Law
(Amendment) Act, 1908. The Home Department of Jharkhand Government
also recommended the ban. Reportedly, some PFI members in
Kerala had travelled to Syria and joined IS, read a statement
released by the Government of Jharkhand.
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Non-Violent
(ban on PFI) |
19 |
February
22 |
Kerala
|
Around 28 youths from Tamil Nadu are under
scanner of the NIA for alleged links with IS. Out of 28, 20
people are residents of Coimbatore District, said an unnamed
senior NIA official. The majority of youths, with age between
20-25 years, belong to the State of Kerala, and residing in
Tamil Nadu for over a decade. The suspicious overseas travelling
details of these youths raised an alarm to NIA and soon the
agency started collecting their cell phone and social media
details, said an unnamed senior NIA official. All of them
are well educated-with graduate degrees and some of them are
postgraduate too.
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Non-Violent |
20 |
February
25 |
Kerala
|
Acting upon the alert issued by the Interpol
and Telangana State Intelligence, the Immigration Department
officials arrested the managing director of Peace International
School-M.M. Akbar at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA)
in Hyderabad. Reportedly, M.M Akbar absconded since the Kerala
Police registered criminal charges against him for inciting
the communal hatred through preaching objectionable content
in his school's syllabus. After the arrest, Akbar was handed-over
to the State Police officials for temporary custody. The officials
of Kerala Police would arrive on following day to take over
Akbar's custody. There were Intelligence inputs that Akbar
would be travelling from Australia to Dubai and the flight
would have a layover at RGIA and Akbar would board the connecting
flight on February 26. But with the assistance from the Interpol
and airport's Immigration Department, he got arrested at the
airport, said an unnamed Intelligence official.
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Non-Violent
(Arrest) |
21 |
February
27 |
Kochi
|
The NIA submitted the evidences before the
NIA Court in Kochi, Kerala- including IS' documentaries and
videos recovered from the digital devices of the accused-Mohammad
Riyas/Riyaz Rashid, Fawas Jamal and Siyad, in a case of forcefully
conversion and forged marriage. Opposing the bail plea filed
by the accused, the NIA presented a Case Diary (CD) before
the NIA Court. In the evidence report submitted by the NIA's
prosecutor Arjun Ambalapatta, the NIA managed to recovered
a deleted documentary of Syria from a digital device acquired
from Mohammad Riyas and several videos related to IS was found
on the digital device belong to Fawas Jamal.
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Non-Violent
(submission of CD) |
22 |
March 17 |
Kerala |
The case of 'IS recruitment' filed against
10 people including a resident of Peringadi near Mahe in Puducherry,
has several loopholes and went against the established facts
of the modus operandi of IS. The Kerala Police had
filed a case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act
on the basis of a complaint filed by an unnamed girl against
the accused Mohammed Riyaz and his associates for 'trying
to sell-off the girl as a sex slave to the IS operatives in
Syria'. Earlier, the girl informed the High Court, that she
married Riyaz at Bangalore (Karnataka) and converted to Islam
on her own. But now the Police said that the accused had taken
the nude photos of the girl and compelled her to depose in
favour of Riyaz in the court. The girl was in the custody
of her parents, so how is it possible that she was threaten
by showing the nude photos of her, said a close friend of
Mohammed Riyaz. The case is being investigated by the National
Investigation Agency (NIA). Two of Riyaz's friends hailing
from Paravur in Ernakulam District were arrested and have
been released on bail, later. Mohammed Riyaz who was arrested
at Chennai (Tamil Nadu) when he arrived from Saudi Arabia,
is still in Police custody.
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Non-Violent
(Statement) |
23 |
March 20 |
Kochi |
In first of the six cases of IS, the Special
Court in Kochi, Kerala has announced to give verdict on March
24. In a case where 15 persons from Kasaragod District, Kerala
alleged to migrate to Nangahar Province of Afghanistan to
join IS in 2016, the final hearing of the case was completed
on March 20. The only person arrested in the case is Yasmin
Mohammad Zahid-resident of Bihar who is facing trial at the
moment but out on bail.
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Non-Violent
(Judicial Statement) |
24 |
March 24 |
Kochi |
The NIA's Special Court in Kochi (Kerala)
has announced the verdict in the 'Kerala IS recruitment case'
and sentenced Yasmeen Mohammed Zahid to seven-year imprisonment
with a fine of INR 25,000. The case was related to the illegal
migration of 15 persons from Kerala to Afghanistan in 2016,
with further intentions to join IS. On July 30, 2016, Yasmeen
Zahid was arrested from the IGI Airport in New Delhi, just
before travelling to Kabul along with her child. The first
accused of the case-Abdul Rashid Abdulla is suspected to have
joined IS and living in the Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan.
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Non-Violent
(Sentence granted) |
25 |
March 28 |
Kochi |
One of the founder and member of IM-Abdul
Subhan Qureshi alias Tauqeer likely to be bought to Kochi
regarding a probe in Wagamon SIMI camp case. Qureshi was in
Gujarat Police's custody regarding the Ahmedabad serial blasts
case. However, the NIA is planning to bring Qureshi to Kochi
and produce him before the Kochi NIA Court on April 3, said
an unnamed NIA officer. In December 2007, Qureshi was a treasurer
of the SIMI when the camp at Wagamon or Vagamon in Kottayam
and Idukki District of Kerala. The trial of the case is on-going
at the NIA's court in Kochi.
|
Non-Violent
(Investigation Statement) |
26 |
March 30 |
Kasaragod |
As per the claims of Kerala Police, four people
from Kerala's Kasaragod District who joined Islamic State
in Afghanistan reportedly have been killed in a bomb attack.
The 'killed' people included Shihaz, his wife-Ajmala and their
child, along with another person-Mohammed Mansad. The Police
have been waiting for more information, said an unnamed Police
officer. Including these four, the total number of deaths
of Kerala natives after joining IS in Afghanistan has risen
to eight, after the NIA had confirmed death of four people,
last year. Though, the State Police has no confirmation from
the NIA in this matter.
|
Non-Violent
(Statement) |
28 |
March 28 |
Kochi |
One of the founder and member of IM-Abdul
Subhan Qureshi alias Tauqeer likely to be bought to Kochi
regarding a probe in Wagamon SIMI camp case. Qureshi was in
Gujarat Police's custody regarding the Ahmedabad serial blasts
case. However, the NIA is planning to bring Qureshi to Kochi
and produce him before the Kochi NIA Court on April 3, said
an unnamed NIA officer. In December 2007, Qureshi was a treasurer
of the SIMI when the camp at Wagamon or Vagamon in Kottayam
and Idukki District of Kerala. The trial of the case is on-going
at the NIA's court in Kochi.
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Non-Violent
(Investigation Statement) |
29 |
March 30 |
Kasaragod |
As per the claims of Kerala Police, four people
from Kerala's Kasaragod District who joined Islamic State
in Afghanistan reportedly have been killed in a bomb attack.
The 'killed' people included Shihaz, his wife-Ajmala and their
child, along with another person-Mohammed Mansad. The Police
have been waiting for more information, said an unnamed Police
officer. Including these four, the total number of deaths
of Kerala natives after joining IS in Afghanistan has risen
to eight, after the NIA had confirmed death of four people,
last year. Though, the State Police has no confirmation from
the NIA in this matter.
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Non-Violent
(Statement) |
30 |
April 6 |
Kochi |
One of the IM founders and member Abdul Subhan
Qureshi would be produced before the NIA Court on April 24.
A communication has been conveyed to the officials of Tihar
Jail (Delhi) to produce Qureshi in Kochi (Kerala) on April
10. The Kerala Police will arrange his security and record
his presence. In the case of Vagamon/Wagamon training camp
of the SIMI, the NIA has requested the Court to issue another
warrant to produce him before the NIA court in Kochi on April
24, said an unnamed official of the NIA.
|
Non-Violent
(NIA Statement) |
31 |
April 7 |
Kerala |
The NIA filed a chargesheet against two accused-Sadham
Hussain and Subair in murder case of a Hindu Munnani Spokesperson
of C. Sasikumar. When raided the houses of both accused, the
investigators found incriminating documents and DVDs of Zakir
Naik, read the chargesheet. The team of investigators recovered
the donation receipts of Islamist extremist organisation-Popular
Front of India (PFI), PFI literature, mobile phones, CDs and
pen drives, DVDs of Zakir Naik, said unnamed official of the
NIA. On September 22, 2016, C. Sasikumar of Subramaniyampalayam
near Thudiyalur in Coimbatore District of Tamil Nadu was brutally
hacked to death by four-member gang while he was returning
home on his motorbike.
|
Non-Violent
(Chargesheet) |
32 |
April 23 |
Kochi |
Two persons-Rashid M.V. and Manouf Rehman
who are accused in the Valapattanam case of Islamic State
(IS) in Kerala, turned to be 'approvers'. The Statements of
Rashid and Manouf were recorded in the presence of the Magistrate
and the NIA initiated the steps to turn them approvers in
the case, said an unnamed NIA officer. The investigation in
the case is on-going as more persons from Kerala and their
close associates have had travelled to Syria and probably
staying in IS-controlled region, read the NIA statement.
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Non-Violent
(Judicial proceeding) |
33 |
April 24 |
Kottayam/Idukki District |
According to the chargesheet filed by Delhi
Police's Special Cell, the accused of 2008 Gujarat blasts-Abdul
Subhan Qureshi aka Tauqeer, was in contact with founder leader
of Indian Mujahideen (IM)-Riyaz Bhatkal, soon after executing
the blasts. Qureshi secretly worked for the SIMI and visited
every part of India. During that period, he met Riyaz Bhatkal
and upon his instructions, Qureshi carried out the Ahmedabad
and Surat blasts in July 2008, read the chargesheet. Qureshi
was among other 38 people chargesheeted for their involvement
with SIMI and for organising a training camp at Wagamon/Vagamon
area in Kottayam and Idukki Districts of Kerala. He [Qureshi]
also carried a bounty of INR four lakhs declared by the NIA
for attending the training camp in Kerala. The Chargesheet
also narrated the arrest operation in which Qureshi was arrested
from Delhi's East Ghazipur area on January 20, 2018. During
his arrest, shots were fired from both sides [Police and Qureshi]
but the nearby residents, including residents of Khoda colony
claimed that they did not hear any gunshots and did not acknowledge
the Police presence at the location. However, the chargesheet
stated that Qureshi and his driver-Mohammad Aziz were spotted
at Ghazipur paper market and their car was intercepted by
the Police car. After the surrender warning, the accused came
out of the car and ran in different directions. Reportedly,
Qureshi fired two rounds at the Police team and a bullet hit
DCP Pramod Singh Kushwah but he was saved by the bulletproof
vest that he was wearing. The Police team fired back and finally
arrested Qureshi but Mohammad Aziz managed to escape, read
the chargesheet.
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Non-Violent
(statement from chargesheet) |
34 |
April 26 |
Kannur |
According to the Chargesheet filed by the
NIA in the court, Shahjahan Velluva Kandy aka Abu Awwad-a
former activist with the Popular Front of India (PFI) based
in Kerala, along with his wife, was arrested and deported
by Turkish authorities in July 2017 while crossing-over the
Turkey-Syria border to join the Islamic State (IS) and formed
a small cell of IS sympathisers of the PFI in Kannur District
of Kerala. In the chargesheet, an unnamed Police constable
was also named who conducted the verification of his [Shahjahan]
passport and the postman who delivered the passport, are named
as accused in the case. Muhammad Shameer was the first in
the PFI group to do hijra to Syria in 2016. He then prompted
others, including Shahjahan, Midhilaj, Rashid, Abdul Manaf,
Muhammad Shajil and Abdul Khayoom to migrate to the IS-controlled
region.
|
Non-Violent
(Chargesheet) |
35 |
May 8 |
Kerala |
The ED has registered criminal charges against
the Kerala-based 'radical' outfit-PFI in connection with money
laundering and its alleged links with terror activities and
funding. The ED has filed a case under the Prevention of Money
Laundering Act (PMLA) on the basis of a FIR and the chargesheet
filed by the NIA in 2013. In their chargesheet, the NIA has
alleged PFI for their involvements in terror activities, including-organising
a training camp in Kannur, Kerala where NIA officials recovered
swords, country-made bombs and ingredients to make an IED,
and the conspiracy of executing terror attacks in South India
with the involvement of an outfit-Islamic State al-Hindi.
The PFI has a presence in 23 States with a stronghold in Kerala,
Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
|
Non-Violent
(Statement) |
36 |
May 10 |
Kasargod |
After the Friday prayers in a local Mosque
in Kasargod District, the Mosque's Imam coordinated with the
special team of the Kerala Police and disseminates the Constitutional
Rights of an Indian citizen and the importance of democracy
to the group of young Islamic believers. The Kerala Police
has been carrying such sessions as a part of 'de-radicalisation'
project aimed at preventing young Muslims from being prey
of the terrorist outfits such as Islamic State (IS), IM, and
LeT. In the de-radicalisation project, the Kerala Police had
identified the Muslim scholars and clerics who have in-depth
knowledge of the Holy Quran and Hadis for implementing the
various schemes of the project.
|
Non-Violent
(de-radicalisation project) |
37 |
May 14 |
Kochi, Kottayam,
Idukki |
The NIA court in Kochi, Kerala has convicted
18 people; including Safdar Nagori-founder of SIMI for organising
the arms training camp at Wagamon/Vagamon in Kottayam and
Idukki Districts of Kerala in 2007. The Special NIA court
Judge Kauser Edappagath convicted 18 people under the various
Sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act [UA(P)A],
The Explosives Substances Act (ESA) and Section 120-B of the
IPC, and acquitted 17 people in the same case. The Court will
pronounce the quantum of punishment on May 15.
|
Non-Violent
(conviction) |
38 |
June 1 |
Kozhikode/Kannur/Malappuram/Ernakulum |
Following an advisory from the UMHA, the NIA
file a case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act
[UAPA] against eight Islamic State (IS) sympathisers-Shaibu
Nihar, Mansoor, Fajid (all three from Kozhikode), Muhadis,
Manzoor, and Ashraf Moulavi (all three from Malappuram), Shahnad
from Kannur, and Safeer from Ernakulum, Kerala. In 2017, Kerala
Police booked these eight accused for allegedly joining the
IS as they were planning to travel from Bahrain to Syria to
join the outfit [IS], said an unnamed NIA officer.
|
Non-Violent
(Statement) |
39 |
June 4 |
Kerala |
The NIA Court has extended the remand period
of Abdul Subhan Qureshi - one of the founder of Indian Mujahideen
(IM) and accused of 2007 Wagamon SIMI camp case, till July
4. The NIA would seek Qureshi's custody in coming days but
as of now he was sent back to the Viyyur Central Jail in Thrissur
in Kerala.
|
Non-Violent
(Judicial Statement) |
2017
Sl. No.
|
Date
|
Place
|
Incident
|
Nature |
1
|
January 2
|
Goa
|
Two persons hailing from Kerala's
Kasaragod District were arrested near Panaji, while canvassing
for a convention of Salafi Muslims scheduled to be held in
Karnataka's Mangalore later this month, and distributing Kannada
language pamphlets which had Islamic State (IS) symbol and
a message titled, "ISIS Shaitan". The arrested persons have
been identified as Ilyas and Abdul Nazir. According to Police
sources, the pamphlet is being analysed by top Police officials
as the content of the pamphlet canvasses for a convention
of Salafi Muslims due to be held in Mangalore from January
9-16. Police is also checking the mobile number mentioned
on these pamphlets. "They have been booked under sections
107 (breach of peace) and 151 (preventive arrest) of the Criminal
Procedure Code. They have been sent for medical examination
at the Goa Medical College", Police official said.
|
Non-violent |
2 |
January
5 |
Kerala |
Intelligence agencies are weighing inputs
indicating the radical elements within the proscribed SIMI
are forging links with similarly minded groups within the
recently banned IRF and may lead to the birth of a new radical
outfit. Such inputs, described by sources as "very disturbing",
have been pouring in for more than a month ever since the
Central Government banned IRF led by controversial Islamic
preacher Zakir Naik. The IB is likely to issue a note to State
intelligence agencies regarding these developments shortly.
Top sources disclosed that over the past couple of months,
person-to-person contact and group interactions between members
of the banned groups have been taking place lately. ''Similar
inputs have been coming from certain areas that are known
to be breeding grounds for militants in different states.
Some political parties, which used to sympathise with SIMI,
are now sympathising with IRF too,'' said one senior official.
While IRF, an NGO run by Salafist preacher
Zakir Naik, was banned for five years in November 2016, SIMI
was 16 years ago and still has a large number of supporters.
Sources in the intelligence agencies said they consider SIMI
as a ''very active'' group despite the ban. Though SIMI members
attending the taqreer (speeches) of Zakir Naik is nothing
new, intelligence sources say there is electronic evidence
of increasing interaction between members of these two groups,
especially since the IRF ban.
Interestingly, just days after IRF was banned,
the Kerala-based Islamic fundamentalist organisation PFI organized
massive rallies in different parts of the country in support
of Zakir Naik. A majority of PFI members are actually from
SIMI. "Since SIMI is banned, the members work in different
outfits. But SIMI is alive and kicking,'' said a senior official.
Sources said inputs indicate that these radical interactions
could lead to the formation of a new radical outfit similar
to IM which was involved in a series of bomb blasts across
the country since it was founded by Abdus Subhan Qureshi in
2010. IM mostly comprised of lower-tier SIMI members. The
change in name was widely seen as a change in tactics by SIMI
members. Till date, while senior SIMI leaders are still available,
there are minimal inputs about the cadres. "The same tactic
is being used again. Only this time, SIMI has IRF to look
to. IRF has dedicated members across the length and breadth
of the country, which will come in handy and this is enough
for extremist elements in both groups to form a new group
and continue with their subversive activities,'' another official
said.
|
Non-violent |
3 |
January
15 |
Kerala
|
Anti-terror intelligence agencies have found
instances of medicines from India landing up with the Islamic
State (IS). The agencies strongly suspect that medicines supplied
to the Gulf countries were ending up in Syria and Iraq for
the use of the terror group.
At the recent All-India Police Science Congress
in Kerala, a top IPS official of the IB noted during a discussion
on the IS: "A total of 70 incidents of violence have been
reported outside the area of ISIS control in 20 countries
including several lone wolf attacks. The targets have been
remarkably similar to the ones chosen by other terror outfits
targeting India, whether it is the Indian Mujahideen or the
Lashkar-e-Tayyaba." The officer said, "There have been loose
ISIS motivated or inspired groups in Hyderabad (one led by
one Yazdani), one in Roorkee and lone wolves like in Parbhani.
Instances of supply of logistics have come to our notice,
particularly in the form of supply of medicines."
According to top IB sources, around 300 individuals
in India are on the radar of various Police forces and central
agencies for their "proclivity towards the ISIS cause".
So far, around 100 persons have tried to travel
to join IS and around 67 have reached the area of operation
of the extremist group. Agencies have arrested about 60 persons,
including some in Telangana state for linkages to the IS.
Explaining the magnitude of the problem, an
IB officer said, "Over 70 lakh Indians work in the Gulf and
West Asia and remain vulnerable to radical propaganda." Several
expats from Hyderabad based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
and Saudi Arabia have joined the IS, as has one person from
Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh who was based in Kuwait. Analysis
by the police has revealed that recent IS recruits from India
were young - about 90 per cent in the 18-33 age group. More
specifically, half the recruits from India were in the 23-28
age group. About 70 per cent had a technical background and
50 per cent were graduates.
|
Non-violent |
4 |
January
15 |
Kerala
|
Investigations following the arrest of five
members of a group called Base Movement in November 2016 have
revealed that a leader of the group was involved in four blasts
carried out in Madurai between 2011 and 2014,. The five members
were arrested by the NIA from Madurai in Tamil Nadu in connection
with a series of bomb blasts at court premises in South India.
One of the arrested men, N Abbas Ali, who is linked to former
operatives of Al Ummah, has revealed that he planted four
bombs in Madurai between 2011 and 2014. Ali is accused by
the NIA of planning and executing blasts in the premises of
courts in Chittoor, Kollam, Mysuru, Nellore and Malapuram
between April 7 and November 1, 2016.
Following are the accounts of the Madurai
blasts provided by Ali to investigators, which are corroborated
by news reports:
The May 2011 blast occurred in a dustbin
near the crowded Mattuthavani bus stand at 9.15 pm. Nobody
was injured in the minor blast. On September 29, 2011, Ali
planted a device in a Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation
bus to mark the anniversary of the 2002 killing of Al Ummah
leader Imam Ali by police in Bengaluru. The IED, made with
materials sourced from firecrackers, was found by employees
of the transport corporation and defused. On September 29,
2012, Ali planted an IED outside a TASMAC wine shop in Theni
to mark the death anniversary of Imam Ali. The device exploded
but no casualties occurred. The fourth blast occurred on February
9, 2014, at the venue of an AIADMK meeting in Madurai. The
bomb, placed below the stage, exploded when no one was around.
The date was the anniversary of the hanging of Afzal Guru,
who was convicted in the 2001 Parliament attack case. "Ali
has claimed to have been involved in four blasts in the Madurai
region. It seems that these cases are undetected or some others
have already been arrested,'' a source said.
|
Non-violent |
5 |
January
27 |
Kochi
|
The NIA arrested two people, identified as
Abdul Rashid Abdulla and Yasmeen Mohammad Zahid from Kochi
(Kerala) in connection with the criminal conspiracy hatched
within and outside India, with the intention of furthering
the objectives of the IS and for joining and supporting the
organization. Accused Abdul Rashid, resident of Kasaragod
District and Yasmeen Mohammad Zahid, resident of Sitamarhi
District, Bihar were booked under sections 120-B and 125 of
the Indian Penal Code (IPC), besides sections 38, 39 and 40
of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), 1967.
|
Non-violent |
6 |
February
9 |
NS
|
The NIA filed a charge sheet against two persons
in connection with its probe in the alleged indoctrination
of Kerala youths to join terror group IS. The agency filed
the charge sheet in a special court here against Arshi Qureshi
(47) alias Arshid, a resident of Thane, Maharashtra
who has been arrested by the agency, and Abdul Rashid Abdulla
(30), hailing from Kasaragod in Kerala, who is absconding.
The NIA said it has charged the two for "their involvement
in unlawful activities and in spreading hatred against India
and for providing support to the proscribed terrorist organisation
IS by furthering its activities", under various sections of
the Unlawful Activity (Prevention) Act-UAPA.
|
Statement |
7 |
February
15 |
New Delhi |
The NIA has arrested a Kerala youth, Mouinudheen
Parakadavath (25), for being part of an IS terrorist conspiracy
in India. The agency said the youth hailing from Kasaragod
District was questioned at the NIA headquarters when he arrived
at the IGI airport in Delhi from Abu Dhabi. During his examination,
he admitted to his involvement in the conspiracy, NIA said.
The case relates to a terror module in which a group of youths
from Kerala including some members based in the Middle-East,
hatched a conspiracy as per instructions from their online
IS handlers.
|
Non-violent |
8 |
February
18 |
NS |
The NIA team investigating the case related
to the radicalisation of Kerala youths by terror groups, has
found key accused Shajeer Mangalassery had created a group
titled 'The Gate' on the Telegram app for coordinating terror
activities in South India. Shajeer, a hardcore IS ideologist,
is the 13th accused in the Kanakamala secret terror camp case.
Earlier, the agency had arraigned seven persons as accused
in the case.
|
Statement |
9 |
February
25-26 |
Afghanistan |
One of the youth among the 21 persons from
Kasaragod District of Kerala suspected to have joined the
Islamic State (IS) in June 2016, identified as Hafeesudheen
T K, was reportedly killed in a drone attack at an IS-stronghold
in Afghanistan. The information on Hafeesudheen's death reached
the relatives in Padanna village in Kasaragod District on
February 26 through a 'Telegram app' message from the account
of Ashfaq Majeed, who is also a member of the 21-member group
that joined the terrorist outfit.
According to Afghan media, at least six leaders
of the IS were among 47 other militants killed in an air and
ground operations carried by the SFs in Haska Meean and Bati
Kot Districts of Eastern Nangarhar Province. As many 25 other
IS cadres were also wounded in operation, the reports said.
However, the Kerala Police have intimated
the relatives of Hafeesudheen that there is no immediate possibility
to confirm the news. The Nangarhar Province is out of bound
even for Afghan Government agencies and NIA has sought the
help of Interpol to get the details of the Indians in the
IS.
|
Violent |
10 |
February
27 |
Kasaragod |
A day after the startling message to his close
relatives that Hafeezuddin (26), a native of Padanna village
in Kasaragod District, who was among the 21 suspected to have
joined the Islamic State (IS), was killed in a drone strike,
the local Police are groping in the dark about the information.
The Kerala Police are still ascertaining the veracity of the
information even as a 'WhatsApp' message said to have been
received by a relative of the 'slain' youth showed the photo
of his body lying on the ground, Special Branch DSP V.T. Assainar
said. "The local police could not as yet ascertain the whereabouts
of the persons who went missing under mysterious circumstances
in June last year and are said to have joined the IS later,"
Assainar said, adding that only Central agencies like the
NIA could get any information, a stance maintained by SP K.G.
Simon too.
|
Violent |
11 |
March 14 |
Bengaluru |
Arrested for alleged involvement in the October
2016 murder of an RSS worker in Bengaluru (Karnataka), Asim
Shariff, leader of the District chapter of social and political
organisation PFI, was associated with members of terror groups
such as IM and Al Ummah, the NIA has alleged. The probe agency
made its contentions while arguing in a plea filed by Shariff
in Karnataka High Court. Shariff has questioned the invoking
of provisions of UAPA, 1967, against him for the murder of
RSS leader R Rudresh, and the suo motu decision of the UMHA
to ask the NIA to probe the case. In the course of arguments,
the UMHA and NIA have stated that provisions of UAPA are applicable
in the case since it involves issues of national security.
|
Non-violent |
12 |
April 4 |
Kochi |
A prominent political leader from Kozhikode
and the Chabad House at Vattakanal near Kodaikanal in Tamil
Nadu frequented by Israeli tourists were the prime targets
of the IS module, says the NIA chargesheet filed in the Kochi
Special Court. But the name of the politician does not appear
in the report. It says the module operated in Kerala and Tamil
Nadu under the leadership of its 'amir' (chief) and NIT graduate
Shajeer Mangalasseri. The kingpin from Kozhikode, also known
as Abu Ayisha, appears in one of the Telegram groups as AfdolAX.
Shajeer, who holds an Indian passport (M2957534), was working
in the Gulf before shifting to Afghanistan.
|
Statement |
13 |
April 6 |
NS |
IS has reportedly made a 'hit list' of 15
Malayalees including four journalists who, according to the
terror outfit, have allegedly been campaigning against Islam.
The list includes 11 computer professionals and four journalists
from Kerala. There are reportedly 152 Indians in the list.
The NIA got the information from the laptop seized from Najir
Bin Yafi, a Maharashtra native recruiting people for IS. The
list was handed over to IS leader Shafi Armar via Instagram.
|
Statement |
14 |
April 13 |
Kerala |
At least two of over 20 people from Kerala
who were lured by the Islamic State (IS) are feared killed
in US's superbomb attack on Afghanistan's Nangarhar. The Pentagon
confirmed that the US dropped GBU-43 bomb, the largest non-nuclear
weapon in its arsenal, on the IS tunnel in Afghanistan's Nangarhar
province.
Indian intelligence agencies said that the
last known location of Indian IS recruits was Nangarhar, the
region where the US military dropped its 'Mother Of All Bombs'
(MOAB) targeting secret tunnels of the terror group. The NIA
is now planning to send a team to Afghanistan to ascertain
the fate of Indians affected in the US bomb attack.
|
Non-violent |
15 |
April 30 |
Kerala
|
Two Keralites who allegedly joined terror
groups in 2016, have reportedly been killed in air strikes
by the US in Syria and Afghanistan. They were identified as
Yahya and Abu Thahir, both hailing from Palakkad District
of Kerala. Yahya had reportedly joined Islamic State (IS)
and Abu Thahir the al Qaeda, Police said. They were among
21 people from Kerala, including women and children, who travelled
to West Asia and went missing in 2016. Police said they received
an information on April 30, night about the death of Thahir
in Syria. A message received by a social worker in Kasargod
said: "Yahya has been martyred while fighting in Afghanistan."
"He was killed while fighting the U.S. forces," the message
read. It, however, did not say when he was killed.
|
Non-violent |
16 |
April 30 |
Kochi
|
A suspected Islamic State (IS) recruit, identified
as Subhani Haja Moideen, has led the NIA to France and Austria
while revealing a possible link between the LeT and IS. Moideen
was chargesheeted by NIA in its case related to the IS Kochi
module. Moideen is one of the two Indians who fought for IS
in Syria and Iraq. He had come back to India in 2016 to lead
a normal life but was arrested by NIA (on October 5, 2016)
on charges of trying to set up an IS module in south India.
The NIA chargesheet accuses him of trying to kill RSS leaders
in Kochi. The chargesheet also accused him of forming an IS
module that conspired and prepared to target prominent persons
including high court judges, political leaders and senior
police officers besides foreigners visiting India.
|
Non-violent |
17 |
May 6 |
Kasaragod
|
A Kasaragod resident exposed Pro-Islamic State
(IS) messages being circulated via WhatsApp messaging services
hailing the terror group. A pro-Islamic State message being
circulated via WhatsApp was brought to the notice of the NIA
after a complaint was filed. Haris Mastan, in his complaint,
alleged that messages promoting the Islamic State were circulated
in WhatsApp groups. He claimed to have received the message
on May 6, in a group where he was added as one of the 200
members.
|
Non-violent |
18 |
May 18 |
Kerala |
Abdul Rashid, a fugitive Islamic State (IS)
preacher from Kerala, has sent out a warning to India, claiming
the Islamic Caliphate will expand and reach India in the near
future. A native of Trikaripur in Kasaragod District of Kerala,
Rashid was part of a 21-member group, including women and
children, that went missing from Kerala last year and later
joined the IS in Afghanistan. He is currently functioning
as the leader of the terror outfit's Kerala members in the
Nangarhar Province, and is sought by the NIA.
|
Non-violent |
19 |
June 14 |
Kerala |
The NIA has uncovered evidence to show that
key aides of Zakir Naik helped Indian youth convert to Islam,
and these youth then left for Afghanistan to join the Islamic
State (IS). On September 12, 2014, Bestin Vincent Francis
became Yahiya. Three of his associates converted in the next
few months. Raids by the NIA on Zakir Naik's close aide Rizwan
Illiyas Khan eventually blew the lid off this terror chain.
Rizwan, according to the probe body, was closely involved
in processing the documents of conversion to Islam. In all,
78 affidavits, including the ones for Bestin Vincent, Bexen
Vincent alias Isa, Merin Jacob alias Mariyam, and Nimisha
alias Fatima, were seized from the residence.
Apart from Rizwan, another Naik aide, Arshi
Qureshi, was closely involved in active conversion of people
from other religions to Islam and radicalising them to follow
the path of IS. NIA has collected material to show that Francis
and his three associates were among the 24 youths who migrated
from Kerala to Afghanistan to join IS. All of the accused
were regular visitors to the office of Naik's Mumbai-based
non-profit IRF and attended meetings that took place between
key Naik aide Arshi Qureshi and the youths.
|
Non-violent |
20 |
June 18 |
Kasaragod
District |
A street in Thuruthi ward of Kasaragod municipality
that was recently named 'Gaza', a reference to the disputed
strip of land between Israel and Egypt, under Palestinian
self-rule, has got intelligence agencies interested. The agencies
are looking at possible radical influence behind the naming,
considering the locality's proximity to Padane from where
the majority of the 21 youths from Kerala, who have gone missing
since 2016 and are suspected to have joined the Islamic State
(IS) hail.
|
Non-violent |
21 |
June 19 |
Kerala |
News has been received here about the death
of another Kerala resident, Sajeer M. Abdullah who had gone
to Afghanistan to join the Islamic State (IS) terror group,
an intelligence official said. The news about the death of
Sajeer and a picture of his body was received on the mobile
of a man, whose relative is among the 21 Keralites who left
their homes here to join the IS, said the official of the
Kerala Police's intelligence unit. However, there was no information
about time and cause of Abdullah's death. An intelligence
official told that the news and picture came to the same person
who received reports about the death of three others of this
group during the course of this year. "Beyond this, there
are no other details...we have done what we normally do when
we get these types of reports," said the official.
|
Non-violent |
22 |
June 22 |
Kodungallur
/ Thrissur District |
Police arrested Yuva Morcha leader Erassery
Rakesh (31) and recovered FICNs and printing machines from
his house at Sree Narayanapuram near Kodungallur in Thrissur
District. Police said they have seized fake currencies worth
over INR 1,31,000. BJP sources said Rakesh was a regional
committee member of the Yuva Morcha. His brother Rajeev who
was also suspected to be involved in the case, was absconding.
The party has expelled both of them, party District president
A Nagesh said.
|
Non-violent |
23 |
June 30 |
Kerala |
Days after news of the massive Islamic State
(IS) recruitment drive from north Kerala's villages in mid-2016
shocked the state, Kerala police launched a de-radicalisation
drive named Operation Pigeon aimed at preventing a repeat
of a Padanne-like situation. What started as a focused drive
in "certain areas'' in Kasaragod District, spread across the
state with various agencies mining social media to prepare
a list of "vulnerable Malayali youth'. The tally at the end
of initial online recce came to 350.
All Districts except Pathanamthitta reported
footprints of recruiters who had "made more than preliminary
contacts with them''. The state intelligence sleuths formed
a special task force with personnel from NIA and IB. "Kannur
district topped with 118 names followed by Malappuram (89)
and Kasaragod (66),'' a top source told. While Kozhikode had
25 youth with ``deep interest'', Palakkad reported 16. ``It
was single digit for the rest. And there was not even one
girl in this list of 350,'' he said. Operation Pigeon's first
phase saw a majority of the youth realising that "the route
was not as easy as they were made to believe''. But about
30 youngsters were firm in their commitment. We continue to
engage them ``without ruffling any feelings'', sources said.
The best part of the campaign, a senior officer said, was
that not even one mosque committee or a single parent protested
against police's frequent visits.
|
Non-violent |
25 |
July 2 |
Kerala |
Intelligence agencies have found out that
at least five persons from Kerala's Malabar region have been
killed while fighting for the Islamic State (IS) in Syria
in the past four months. With this the number of Malayalis
killed in the IS stronghold has risen to 10.
According to report, information on the death
of Sibi from Kanjikkode in Palakkad District reached his relatives
two days ago. Further details of Sibi, who was working in
Bahrain, is not immediately available. It is suspected that
he had links with Yahya alias Esa, who left to join
the IS in July 2016.
Another person killed in Aleppo in Syria is
Muhadis, hailing from Vandoor in Malappuram District. It is
suspected that he was killed in the military operations in
Aleppo in last February. Sources said that his brother Manaf,
who was working in Bahrain, came to Malappuram one month ago
to tell the family about the death of Muhadis.
Another person hailing from Chalad in Kannur
District is also suspected to be killed in Syria. Two more
people, one from Vadakara in Kozhikode District and another
from Kondotty in Malappuram District, are also believed to
have been killed in Syria. All these people are branded as
'Bahrain group' in the Police circles.
Sources said that the group which joined the
IS in Syria, unlike the 21-member group in Afghanistan, were
the frontline soldiers of the terror organization. "The Syrian
group was engaged in actual fighting while the group in Afghanistan
was helping the jihadis in various capacities. The members
of the Afghan group got killed in the surprise attack by the
US forces," they said.
Earlier it was reported that, Hafisudeen,
Murshid and Yahya from Padanna in Kasaragod district and Shajeer
Mangalassery Abdulla have been killed in Nangarhar in Afghanistan
in the last two months. Abu Thahir from Palakkad, who joined
the Jabahat al-Nusra, an ally of the IS, was killed in Syria
last month.
|
Non-violent |
27 |
July 5 |
Thiruvananthapuram
|
The Central Government will provide funds
to Kerala to enhance its coastal security and keep a vigil
on Pakistan-sponsored terror modules, Union Minister of State
for Home Affairs Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said. Pointing out
that Pakistan-sponsored terror modules could be expected to
create problems in any part of the country, he said Police
must be vigilant against such activities. Talking to reporters
in Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala after reviewing the country's
internal security in a meeting with the State Government officials,
Ahir said the Centre would provide funds to Kerala for enhancing
the coastal security.
Lauding Kerala for having a good policing
system, he said its community policing was helpful to arrest
radicalisation of the youth. "So far only 22 youths from the
state were reported to have joined the Islamic State outfit,"
Ahir said. He also said the fake currency note menace has
come down considerably in the last one year.
|
Statement |
28 |
July11 |
Kannur
|
A 32-year-old man, identified as Shahjahan
Velluva Kandy with suspected Islamic State (IS) links has
been arrested by the Delhi Police's Special Cell from IGI
airport. Kandy, a resident of Kerala's Kannur, was arrested
after the Indian intelligence agencies received an input from
CIA on June 30. Kandy was deported by Turkey police for travelling
with a fake passport. Sources said he was planning to enter
Syria through Turkey.
Investigations have revealed that this was
Kandy's second attempt to go to Turkey. In February, 2017
he went to Turkey from Chennai, also with a fake passport.
He was deported after which he made another fake passport
in the name of Mohammed Ismail Mohideen from Chennai. However,
his plan was busted by the Turkish police. The Special Cell
also found hundreds of telegram IDs of IS sympathisers on
Kandy's mobile phone. He was in touch with several IS sympathisers
in India and Syria through the Telegram application.
The data from his phone has been sent for verification.
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July 12 |
Kerala
|
A high security alert has been issued at airports,
as the Indian youth including Keralites who joined Islamic
State (IS) may return after the IS continues to lose grip
over Iraq. The NIA has launched an extensive investigation
on 'IS recruit' after a man from Kannur (Kerala) arrested
in New Delhi with suspected IS links on July 11. There are
reports that IS-joined Indian youth may use forged documents
to return the country. The NIA has directed the Immigration
departments at airports across the country to remain on high
alert. The NIA had already sent the list of those who left
the country to join IS. The list includes 183 youth from Kerala
in which 95 are in Namgarhar in Afghanistan and rest are suspected
to be at Iraq, Syria and Lebanon.
Among the Keralites in the list, 88 are from
Kasragod, 33 from Kannur, 28 from Malappuram, 19 from Kozhikode,
six from Kollam and five from Palakkad. The NIA has revised
the list including those who went missing after reaching Gulf
countries. Following NIA warning, the IB has issued a 'Red-corner
notice' to the immigration departments at the airports across
the country. Besides, Indian embassies in Turkey, Saudi Arabia,
Iran and UAE have been told to remain on high alert while
issuing documents especially to those who lost passports.
It must be noted that Subahani Haji of Thodupuzha in Idukki
District in Kerala, had returned from Syria in 2015 and worked
as IS agent till he was arrested in 2016 by NIA.
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Non-violent |
30 |
July 24 |
Kerala |
In the recent times, Kerala has fast emerged
as a hot bed of terror-related activities with many having
close links with the Islamic State (IS). What is certainly
an alarming situation for the Indian security agencies, many
residents of Kerala are believed to have forged strong links
with the IS. Though the agency didn't confirm the number of
IS recruits, it, however, quoted the sources saying that suspects
have gone to Syria to join the dreaded terror outfit.
|
Non-violent |
31 |
August 1 |
Kerala
|
A 23-year-old man from Kasaragod District
of Kerala who was suspected to have joined Islamic State (IS)
in 2016, was reportedly killed in an air strike in Afghanistan.
Police said his father had received a message through Telegram
app two days ago informing him about the death of Marwan Ismail
of Thrikkaripur in an undisclosed location in Afghanistan.
The message purportedly sent by one Asfaq Majeed, one of the
21 youths from Kerala who allegedly went missing and joined
the IS, did not provide more details about Marwan or the place
where he was killed. Marwan had been working as a physiotherapist
in a Gulf nation before joining the terror group last year,
Police said.
|
Non-violent |
32 |
August 3 |
Alappuzha
|
Three persons have been taken into custody
by the NIA on the charge that they were affiliated with the
Islamic State (IS). The NIA arrested one person from Alappuzha
in Kerala and two from Coimbatore. They were detained after
raids at their residence following inputs that they were in
contact with suspected IS recruits from South India. Data
storage devices, mobile phones and other materials were seized.
The raids were conducted after obtaining orders from the NIA
court in Kochi. Alok Mittal, Inspector-General, NIA, confirmed
the detention and said no arrest had been recorded. An NIA
Kochi team is interrogating the Alappuzha native, who is employed
by a private firm in Kochi, and the two others. Reports said
the detained men were maintaining social media contact with
suspected IS recruits. The NIA raids were linked to the investigation
in a case regarding the Umar Al Hindi module and a meeting
held by its members in Kanakamala in Kannur District of Kerala,
in October, 2017. According to the NIA charge sheet in the
case, members of the module - youth from Kerala and Tamil
Nadu entered into a criminal conspiracy to wage war against
the Government of India.
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Non-violent |
33 |
August 4 |
Kerala
|
The NIA was questioning two more persons from
the Coimbatore city (Tamil Nadu), believed to be 'close friends'
of the duo who were interrogated two days ago in connection
with an Islamic State (IS) module busted in Kannur District
(Kerala) last year. A team of officials, led by a DSP from
Kerala arrived in Coimbatore and took the youths to a Police
station for "questioning" about the movement of their friends
from Karumbukadai and Ukkadam in the Coimbatore city. According
to Police sources, one youth is running a shop that sells
second-hand books and the other a shoe outlet in the city.
They would either be released after questioning or taken to
Kochi, they said.
In the past few days, NIA has questioned "a
few persons" from Coimbatore and Alappuzha in Kerala as part
of its probe in connection with an Islamic State module busted
in Kannur District in 2016. Report adds that Basil Shihab
of Alappuzha (Kerala), Abdul Rahman, of Ukkadam in Coimbatore,
and S Abdullah, of Karumbukadai in Coimbatore, are being questioned
by the NIA team at its Kochi office since August 4. Their
interrogation will continue on August 6 too. The NIA had on
August 3 carried out searches at the residences of these youths.
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Non-violent |
34 |
August 8 |
Kerala
|
Forty-two people linked with various organisations,
including IS (Islamic State), were suspected to have gone
missing from Kerala in last five years, Chief Minister Pinarayi
Vijayan said. There was no information about these missing
people, Vijayan said in a written reply in the state Assembly,
adding that all cases connected with IS were probed by the
NIA. Vijayan also said that the state government did not receive
any confirmation report from central agencies about the death
of any of these missing persons.
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Non-violent |
35 |
August 10 |
New Delhi
|
The SC ordered the Kerala Police to hand over
to the NIA the probe records of a case concerning the alleged
conversion and radicalisation of a Hindu girl, and her marriage
to a Muslim. A Bench led by CJI, J.S. Khehar said the NIA
had to get involved to gauge whether this was an "isolated
case" or part of a radicalisation trend in the southern State,
threatening National Security. When the lawyer for Shafin
Jahan protested the move, the court promptly recorded its
"impression" that he "does not desire the correct and independent
view of the controversy".
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Non-violent |
36 |
August 11 |
Kerala
|
The NIA filed a charge sheet against Islamic
State (IS) operative Moinudheen Parakadavath, who was a member
of outfit called Ansar-ul-Khilafah Kerala (soldiers
of the Caliphate as propagated by IS), formed by Shajeer Mangalessary.
Moinudheen, a resident of Kasaragod District, had also travelled
to Tehran (Iran) along with the group leader Shajeer and even
met five members of the 22 missing persons from Kerala, who
are now in Afghanistan, at the Iran border. He was deported
from UAE on February 15, 2017.
He had told the investigators that the eight
member group wanted to target several Hindu leaders, Ahmadiyya
mosques and Jamaat-e-Islami Hind to "create ripples" in India
and mark IS's presence. In one of his conversations in a closed
IS group on `Telegram' channel, he had informed NIA
officials, that someone posted details of a Jamaat-e-Islami
programme to be held in Kochi last year (2016) where Rahul
Eashwar, a Hindu orator, was invited as a speaker. "One person
suggested that we should target such events. I suggested that
Kochi Jewish temple is also close to the venue. Someone suggested
that we should use a bike to carry out the attack. But I suggested
that we should use a tipper lorry for the attack," Moinudheen
said during his interrogation. About the missing 22 persons
from Kerala, who are now said to be in Nangarhar in Afghanistan,
Moinudheen had said that while he tried to reach IS territory
via Tehran in June 2016, he met five of them on the Iraq border.
"I was travelling from Abu Dhabi to Tehran
with Shajeer Mangalasseri Abdulla, another resident of Kasaragod
in Kerala. We reached Tehran in June. After travelling 15
hours from Tehran to the city of Mashhad in Iran, we were
informed on chat that there were some Keralites in Mashhad
who were also travelling to IS territory and if we would like
to meet them," he said. "We met five persons from Kasaragod
in Mashhad - Dr Ijas, Marwan, Manzad, Hafeesudheen and one
more person whose name I don't remember," he told his interrogators.
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37 |
August 13 |
Malabar region
|
The NIA has received information that the
major chunk of foreign funds routed from Qatar to Malabar
region (Kerala) in the name of charity works has been distributed
to agencies related to an organisation having alleged links
with terror outfits. Around INR 96 crore was received by agencies
affiliated to this organisation. Sources said the money has
been transferred to various parts of the country.
Earlier, officials had received information
that the perpetrators of terror attacks in Hyderabad and Bengaluru
received financial assistance from Kerala. According to NIA,
majority of the NGOs that received funds exist only in paper.
Further, it is learnt that the functionaries of the outfit,
who are under the clouds of suspicion for their role in recruitment
to Islamic State (IS) and terror outfits in Kashmir, have
purchased properties and buildings in Wayanad, Kozhikode,
Malappuram Districts. Officials have raised suspicions that
foreign funds were used for major real estate deals carried
out before the demonetisation. It may be noted that the NGO
was active in social service and other philanthropic activities
in the last five years and the office-bearers used it as a
cover to receive funds from Qatar.
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Non-violent |
38 |
August 19 |
Kerala |
With the country ranking second globally for
online searches on the Islamic State (IS), the Kerala Police
have been on a high alert to spot the potential homegrown
recruits who are being radicalised online. A senior officer
with the Kerala Police said a good number of these searches
on the outlawed outfit were from the State, also alluding
to the possible radicalisation of youths through the Internet.
"We have prioritized about 60 user accounts associated with
or sharing extremist material and have zoomed in to examine
the persons of interest closely,'' the official said. The
majority of these groups intend to propagate the ideology
of Islamic terrorism by posting communally flared up videos
and pictures coupled with vitriolic messages, while there
are also a few that espouse the cause of a Hindu Rashtra and
LWE. The department has succeeded in sneaking into some of
these groups using fake profiles. Besides the social media
accounts, the Police are also monitoring their Internet usage
patterns and the kind of websites they are surfing to trace
their interaction with the terror outfit's propagandists in
West Asia.
According to officers, the number of these
groups almost remained stable over the past several months.
They, however, have noticed a recent trend of some of the
members of these groups making one-to-one communications on
their individual capacity as well. Besides monitoring their
activities, the Police often disrupt their messages and even
delete whole of their contents and post counter-messages.
Besides, tracking the handlers of these pages and booking
them under IPC 153(A) may not be practical given that the
majority of them are settled abroad, report said.
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39 |
August 29 |
Malappuram
|
Weeks after he went missing, a Kerala youth,
identified as Najeeb (24) has sent a Telegram app message
to his family that he has escaped from among the kafirs
(unbelievers) and soon would become Shaheed (martyr).
The message has raised suspicion that the MTech student of
Malappuram, has moved out of country. Police on August 28
registered a missing case following a complaint from his mother,
Khamarunnisa, a school teacher. Police sources said they could
not trace Najeeb, who has not been home for weeks. A message
informing that he has met with true jihadis which was
sent to his mother via Telegram messenger triggered
suspicion about the youth. The message further said: "There
is no meaning in living with kafirs and I have escaped from
the world of kafirs.'' Najeeb advised his mother not
to inform Police. Following this message, the mother filed
a complaint.
Intelligence sources said they suspect the
youth might have joined the Islamic State (IS), going by the
nature of his message. "However, we could not confirm it.
All airports have been alerted and probe is on. We began the
probe today (August 29). We have not got any details regarding
his whereabouts,'' a source said. Najeeb's father is employed
in the UAE and he had completed his education there. He is
an MTech student in Vellore in Tamil Nadu. Informing his family
in Kerala that he was going for some special coaching programmes,
Najeeb had recently moved to Hyderabad in Telangana. Police
sources said the family had recently noticed changes in his
behaviour. He had been close to his family, particularly mother.
But recently, he had become aloof.
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Non-violent |
40 |
September
7 |
Kerala
|
NIA has shared details with UMHA of four terror
probes where cadres of PFI and its political arm SDPI were
chargesheeted or convicted under the UAPA. The four cases
related to chopping of a professor's palm in Kerala's Idukki
District; holding of a training camp in Kannur from where
NIA allegedly seized swords, country-made bombs and ingredients
for making IEDs; murder of RSS leader Rudresh in Bengaluru
and the Islamic State- IS Al-Hindi module case in which attacks
were plotted in south India.
Based on its probe findings, NIA has claimed
that PFI pursues a strategy aimed at communalising Indian
polity, enforcing Taliban brand of Islam, heightening existing
social divisions and maintaining a trained bank of volunteers
for physical actions. "PFI had consistently been indulging
in actions detrimental to overall national security," NIA
said while blaming the outfit for seeking to impose religious
orthodoxy on Muslims and using sister outfits like Sathya
Sarani based in Malappuram to carry out "forceful conversions",
with the most recent cases being that of Akhila Asokan and
Athira Nambiar in which PFI women's wing chief Sainaba A S
name figures.
The dossier pointed out that many of PFI's
founding leaders were associated with SIMI before it was banned.
This includes former PFI chairman E M Abdurahiman, who was
all-India general secretary of SIMI in 1980-81 and 1982-93,
PFI national vice-chairman P Koya who was with SIMI in 1978-79
and SDPI president E Aboobacker who was Kerala state president
of SIMI in 1982-84, among others.
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Non-violent |
41 |
September
11 |
Kerala |
The Centre is mulling a crackdown on 'radical'
outfit Popular Front of India (PFI), including banning it
under the UAPA, over alleged involvement of its cadres in
terror activities, sources in the UMHA said. "We have enough
material on PFI's terror links. The time has come to act and
carry out a crackdown on it," an unnamed senior UMHA official
said days after the NIA submitted a dossier to the ministry
detailing four terror cases in which its PFI cadres have been
chargesheeted or convicted under UAPA. The cases relate to
chopping of a professor's hand in Idukki, Kerala; holding
of a training camp in Kannur from where swords and country-made
bombs were allegedly seized; murder of RSS leader Rudresh
in Bengaluru; and the Islamic State Al-Hindi Module case in
which accused from Kerala and Tamil Nadu planned to hit targets
in south India.
|
Non-violent |
42 |
September
28 |
Kerala
|
Catholic priest from Kerala Reverend Father
Tom Uzhunnalil, who was rescued from the Islamic State (IS)
or ISIS captivity in Yemen, arrived in New Delhi. After his
arrival at the IGI Airport in New Delhi, Father Uzhunnalil
said, "Very happy, thank almighty for making this day possible.
All people who have worked in their own ways, I am grateful."
Reverend Father Uzhunnalil was allegedly abducted from Yemen
by ISIS on March 4, 2016, before releasing him on September
12. Soon after his release, Father Uzhunnalil was brought
to the Vatican and efforts were made with the intervention
of Oman, India to bring him back to his hometown in Ramapuram
at Kottayam District of Kerala.
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Non-violent |
43 |
October
2 |
Kerala
|
UMHA held a series of meetings last week to
review the terror cases involving PFI's cadre which are being
probed by NIA and Police forces of Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil
Nadu. PFI, which claims to be an NGO, could face action under
the UAPA, if the UMHA concludes that it is sufficiently linked
with cases of jihadi terror and promotes Islamic fundamentalism.
UMHA sources said there is enough material against PFI, including
a dossier from NIA detailing role of its cadres in six terror
cases probed by and inputs from states where the organisation's
members face allegations of religious extremism, terror and
'forced' conversions to justify a ban.
However, NIA recently added to its dossier
that originally cited four terror cases involving PFI cadres
- chopping of a professor's hand in Kerala's Idukki District,
a training camp in Kannur where NIA seized swords and ingredients
for making IEDs, murder of RSS leader Rudresh in Bengaluru
and the Islamic State Al-Hindi Module case in which IS-inspired
youth from Kerala and Tamil Nadu planned to target prominent
people and places in South India. Two more cases involving
alleged PFI cadres were cited - that of Hadiya alias
Akhila Asokan's "forced" conversion and the 2017 IS-Islamic
State/Daesh Chennai case where linkages to PFI have surfaced.
|
Non-violent |
44 |
October
6 |
Ernakulam District
|
The NIA questioned a 26-yer-old youth, identified
as Amir in Mettupalayam in Coimbatore Rural District of Tamil
Nadu for his suspected links with the militant group Islamic
State (IS/ISIS). The youth, who is running a mobile sales
and service shop, was picked up by a NIA team from Kochi in
Ernakulam District of Kerala on October 6th morning. Amir,
who has no criminal record in the local police stations, was
taken to Mettupalayam station and questioned him. NIA officials
recovered a mobile phone and five SIM cards from him. After
questioning him for hours, the officials let him go. He was
asked to appear before them in Kochi on October 9.
|
Non-violent |
45 |
October
9 |
Kannur District
|
The NIA arrested one accused, identified as
Azharudeen aka Azhar (24) for organising a terror camp
in Kerala's Kannur District in 2013. The person arrested was
a resident of Narath in Kerala. The counter-terror agency
said the arrest involved the April 23, 2013, case when the
secret training camp was organised by Thanal Foundation Trust
inside one of its building to impart training in using of
swords and explosives. The case was first registered by the
state police, before it was taken over by the NIA in August
2013.
|
Non-violent |
46 |
October
22 |
Kerala
|
Indian security agencies are looking for information
about a doctor, believed to be from of Kerala, who recently
featured into a propaganda video of Islamic State (IS). Abu
Muqatil al-Hindi, who appears to be in his mid-forties and
speaks with a thick accent, is seen exhorting medical professionals
from across the world to join the healthcare services at the
IS-held zones of Syria in the name of Islamic brotherhood.
Agencies point out to another doctor in the same video, named
Abu Yusuf al-Australi who turned out to be Dr Tareq Kamleh
from Adelaide (Australia) who joined the terror outfit in
2015. "We strongly suspect al-Hindi to be at the helm of recruiting
jihad-sympathisers from India," a top security official said.
"Shahjahan Velluva Kandy from Kannur (Kerala), who was deported
from Turkey after he was caught trying to sneak into ISIS
territory, had revealed during questioning that at least six
persons from the state have joined ranks in Syria," the official
said.
|
Non-violent |
47 |
October
25 |
Kannur District
|
Three youths from Kerala, identified as Midilaj
K.C (26), Rashid M.P (23), and Abdul Razakh K (24) who joined
the Islamic State (IS) and left the country to undergo training
in Syria were arrested by the Police in Kannur District of
Kerala on October 25 after four months of Police surveillance.
The youths were arrested by the Valapattanam Police in Kannur
District after they were questioned by Police officers led
by the Kannur DSP P.P. Sadanandan. They had been under surveillance
after they returned to the country four months ago from Turkey.
Police said that they had gone to Turkey
and stayed there for three to four months and had been captured
by Turkish authorities while they were trying to cross the
border to Syria. Valapattanam Police registered a case against
the three on charges of joining a banned terrorist organisation
under Sections 38 and 39 of the UAPA. Hinting that more arrests
would be made in the coming days, Sadanandan said that those
who had gone to Syria and Afghanistan to join IS saw themselves
as participants in hijira (migration), and members
of Islamic fighters for Ghazwa-e-Hind (conquest of
India). The latest case relates to those who returned to the
country after joining IS, the Police were also probing cases
of IS fighters from the region who had been killed in Syria
and Afghanistan and those who were still fighting in those
countries, he added.
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Non-violent |
48 |
October
25 |
Kannur District
|
Five Kerala youths, Shahanad (25) of Chalad,
Rishal (30) of Valapattanam, Shameer (45) of Pappinissery
and his son Safwan (20), Shajil (30) of Koodali (all from
Kannur District) were among those who were reportedly killed
in Syria and Afghanistan. In the neighbouring Kasaragod District,
five of the 21 people from Padanna who had gone to Afghanistan
had been confirmed dead, Police said adding that two youths
from neighbouring Vadakara in Kozhikode District were also
reportedly dead. Police also identified Manaf and Shameer
of Valapattanam and Abdul Qayyoom of Mayyil in Kannur District
as an IS fighter still in Syria.
|
Non-violent |
49 |
October
26 |
Thalassery / Kannur District
|
Two more persons suspected of having links
to the terror group Islamic State (IS) were arrested in Kannur
District of Kerala. With this, the number of persons apprehended
in IS terror connection from Kerala so far has raised to five.
Thalassery natives Hamza aka Taliban Hamza and Manaf
were picked up in the morning, Kannur District DSP PP Sadananandan
said. "Hamza, who has strong connections with the terror outfit's
high command, was behind the recruitment of youths from the
state for IS... He had worked in Gulf countries for more than
20 years," he said. About six months ago, Manaf was prevented
by authorities at Mangalore airport in Karnataka from leaving
the country, the official said. All the five suspects were
put under surveillance for the last months, he added. The
accused have been charged under sections 38 and 39 of UAPA.
|
Non-violent |
50 |
November
2 |
Kannur District
|
The Kerala Police confirmed that six more
youth from Kannur District have joined the Islamic State (IS)
in Syria. The Police said these people were active workers
of the PFI in Kerala. Those who have been identified now are
Abdul Khayyoom (25), resident of Chekikulam near Kuttiattoor,
Abdul Manaf P P (30), resident of Valapattanam, Shabeer Muhammed
Shafi (33), resident of Mooppanpara in Valapattanam, his relative
Suhail and his wife Rizwana, and Safwan (18), resident of
Pazhanjirapally in Pappinissery (All in Kannur District).
Kannur DSP P P Sadanandan said that all six men were active
as PFI activists in the state. Police said that these men
managed to move out of India, possibly to Syria, with fake
passports.
Police said that the families of four of
them are in Syria, and efforts are on to get their complete
details. Khayyoom went to Syria on April 18, 2017, while Abdul
Manaf travelled using a fake passport, said Police. Moreover,
he was a close associate of Shahjahan Velluva, another IS
operative who was arrested in Delhi a few months ago. When
Shahjahan and his group reached Istanbul (Turkey) in an effort
to sneak in to Syria, Manaf had met them, but the group could
not coordinate and their bid to enter Syria failed, and they
were deported. Suhail reached Syria from Dubai in 2016, said
Police. Last week, the investigating team had confirmed the
death of Safwan's brother Salman and their father T V Shameer
in Syria, along with three others from the District.
|
Non-violent |
51 |
November
8 |
Kerala
|
Kerala Police have registered a case against
eight persons for joining the Islamic State (IS) and going
to Syria to wage the 'holy war'. The case has been registered
against Shybu Nihar from Thamarassery in Kozhikode District,
Shahnad from Kannur District, Mansoor from Kondotty in Malappuram
District, Mansoor from Vadakara in Kozhikode District, Fajid
from Koyilandi in Kozhikode District, Ashraf Moulavi from
Vaniyambalam in Malappuram District, Safeer from Perumbavoor
in Ernakulam District and Muhadhis from Vaniyambalam in Malappuram
District. Among them, Shahnad, Mansoor (Kondotty), Mansoor
(Vadakara) and Muhadhis are believed to be killed in Syria.
Wandoor Police have registered the case under
Section 38 and 39 of the UAPA on the basis of confessions
of U K Hamza, a Thalassery (Kannur District) native who was
arrested by Police on October 26. They said Hamza had confessed
that he met Shybu while he was in Bahrain 20 years ago and
that they used to discuss religious matters. They were in
contact after Hamza left Bahrain. Shybu told Hamza that some
youths had already left for Syria to join the IS. Hamza said
the youths had contacted him over phone to clear their doubts
on doing Hijra (migration) to Islamic countries. Quoting
various religious texts, Hamza advised them that it would
be better to go to Syria. The group had met at various places,
including at the houses of Hamza and Ashraf Moulavi. Hamza
further told the police the youths had told him that Ashraf
Moulavi and Safeer had conducted classes at a Salafi centre
in Bahrain. It was reported that Moulavi and Safeer had an
important role in radicalising youths, known as the `Bahrain
Group'. District Police Chief Debesh Kumar Behra said the
group of men who were in Bahrain were on the radar of the
State's investigation agency.
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Non-violent |
52 |
November
9 |
Kochi
|
The trial in the first Islamic State (IS)-related
case registered in Kerala, in which 15 persons from Kasaragod
District migrated to Afghanistan to join the terror group,
began at the NIA Court in Kochi. NIA-II Court judge Santhosh
Kumar examined three witnesses on the first day of the trial.
The lone arrested person, Yasmeen Mohammed Zahid of Bihar
was produced at the court as part of the trial.
"The witnesses examined by the court on the
first day include the brother of Abdulla Abdul Rashid of Kasaragod,
his aunt and a village officer, who is an official witness.
Abdul Abdulla Rashid is the prime accused in the case and
his brother has deposed some crucial matters regarding the
case before the judge. As many as five witnesses will be examined
on Friday," an NIA officer said. Though there are 16 accused
persons in the case, the NIA had filed the first chargesheet
against Rashid and Yasmeen. The probe against the other accused
is still proceeding. There are 68 prosecution witnesses in
the case. The witness examination will be completed on December
4. NIA prosecutor Arjun Ambalapatta appeared for the investigation
agency.
|
Non-violent |
53 |
November
9 |
Kozhikode
|
The Kozhikode Rural Police arrested three
youths, identified as Aswin Venugopal (26), Mohammed Aslam
(24) and Sanal Sahadevan (31) in connection with the FICN
distribution case from Kozhikode District. According to Police,
the youths joined the FICN network hoping to make money enough
for their silver screen entry. The youngsters were allegedly
lured to the gang by the three persons who were arrested by
the Rural Police from Karnataka. Earlier, Police had arrested
P V Gold Joseph, M Shihab and Josephs's nephew Vipin and recovered
printers and FICN to the tune of INR 32 lakh. According to
Police, the gangsters have distributed counterfeit currency
notes to the tune of INR 1 crore in Kerala and Karnataka.
The currency notes were in the denominations of 2000 and 500.
All the six arrests were made after the arrest of Punaloor
Sabu from Koduvally in Kozhikode District while trying to
fill fuel from a petrol pump by giving fake note in 500 denominations.
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54 |
November
10 |
Kochi
|
A 25-year old woman filed a petition in the
Kerala High Court accusing her husband of forcing her into
marriage and conversion and attempting to sell her as a sex
slave to the Islamic State (IS). The woman has claimed that
her husband Muhammed Riyaz is a member of Popular Front of
India (PFI), which has been under the scanner for its alleged
terror links. In her plea, the woman, a native of Kerala who
was born and brought up in Gujarat, stated that she met Riyaz
in Bengaluru (Karnataka) and the two got into a relationship.
Riyaz later recorded a private video and forced the woman
to change her religion and marry him using the footage. victim
also stated that she was taken to Saudi Arabia and made to
join the ISIS in Syria. Somehow, the girl managed to contact
her parents and asked them to rescue her. The case will be
considered by the court on November 13.
|
Non-violent |
55 |
November
11 |
Kannur
|
Around 100 persons from Kerala are suspected
to have joined the Islamic State (IS) over the years, Kerala
Police said in Kannur. The Kerala Police has collected evidence
in this regard, including over 300 voice clips and messages
from WhatsApp, Telegram messaging applications
and other social media platforms, sources said. The latest
proof was an audio clip from a woman, wherein she can be heard
informing her kin in Kannur District about the death of her
husband, who had joined IS. The woman can be heard saying
her husband Shajil was killed recently in the 'jihadi
war'. According to the audio clip, she and her two children
are still in Syria, the sources said. The woman can be heard
telling her kin that many Keralite women, who have lost their
husbands, and their children are in Syria, they said. The
voice clip was received by Shajil's brother. Police have another
audio clip from one Qayoom, whose photos in the IS uniform
are available on the Internet, the source said.
|
Statement |
56 |
November
12 |
Kochi
|
The NIA has confirmed that the youths from
Kasaragod District of Kerala, who had fled the country last
year (2016), have joined the Islamic State (IS) in Nangarhar
Province in Afghanistan. In the charge-sheet filed against
Yasmin Muhammad, who was arrested at the Delhi airport while
she was allegedly trying to leave for Kabul on August 1, 2016,
NIA states that some of the youths, who are in Afghanistan,
"are still spreading the messages in favour of the IS and
are inviting others join the terror organization." There are
15 persons in the charge-sheet who have been charged under
Section 120 (B), and Sections 38, 39 and 40 of the UAPA. NIA
took over the case on August 23, 2016 from the State Police
after initial investigation. According to the NIA, witnesses
have revealed that Abdul Rashid had taken secret classes in
support of IS to motivate others 'in the path of violent jihad
terming it as holy war, by showing them online propaganda
material of ISIS like the Dabiq magazine.' "Investigation
by the NIA has established that Abdul Rashid (first accused)
along with his wife Sonia Sebastian alias Ayisha had
taken secret classes in support of the proscribed organization
ISIS and violent jihad, as propagated by it, during last part
of Ramadan, sometime in the month of July, 2015," said the
chargesheet.
The charge-sheet further added that the "mobile
communication made by the absconding accused with their relatives,
over internet-based social media platforms, have been recovered
during investigation and the same establish that the absconding
accused Sajid is staying at same place as Murshid." It is
believed that two among the youth, Hafeesudeen and Marwan
have been killed in the battle. The charge-sheet said, "The
mobile phone, SIM Cards and memory cards seized from the possession
of accused Yasmin Mohammed were subjected to digital forensic
examination. The two memory cards contain pro-ISIS propaganda
videos, videos advocating violent jihad, ISIS propaganda
material as PDF documents, besides certain communication amongst
the accused." The charge-sheet has the passport details and
travel information of all the accused.
Abdul Rashid and Ayesha left via Mumbai airport
on May, 31, 2016 on the flight WY 204. Muhammad Sajid went
through Mumbai on March 31, 2016 on the flight AL 983 and
Muhammad Murshid on November 11, 2015 on the flight 9W502.
Muhammad Marwan and Hafeesudheen also left the country through
Mumbai airport on June 5, 2016 on the flight EK 507. Firoskhan
left India on July, 5, 2016 on flight EY 203, Shamsiya, Ashfak
and Muhammad Manzad departed the Mumbai airport on July 2,
2016 EK 507. Dr Ijas and Refeala had gone via Hyderabad airport
on July 2, 2106 on WY 232 flight and Shihas and Ajmala via
Bengaluru on May, 24, 2016 on the flight KU 354.
|
Non-violent |
57 |
November
14 |
Kerala
|
A Malayalam audio clip, claiming to be from
the Islamic State (IS), has surfaced on the internet calling
for war against India and conducting lone-wolf terror attacks
on crowds thronging Indian festival events like Kumbh Mela
(major Hindu religious festival in North India) and Thirssur
Pooram (major Hindu Temple festival in Kerala). The male voice
in the 10-minute clip liberally quotes from the Quran with
an authentic Arabic pronunciation. It claims that it is the
50th audio clip from Daulatul Islam (house of believers).
"You use your intellect. Poison them in food. Use trucks.
Drive over them at Thirssur pooram or at Maha Kumbh Mela.
IS Mujahideen are doing it in several parts of the world.
In Las Vegas, one of our supporters killed many people at
a music concert. At least you should try to derail a train.
Or use a knife," the clip said.
Police sources said the audio clip has been
transmitted over Telegram Messenger from Afghanistan
and its voice belongs to Rashid Abdullah, the leader of the
Kasaragod IS module who left to join Islamic State in Afghanistan.
He has been chargesheeted by NIA under IPC sections 120B r/w
125 and UAPA Sections 38, 39 and 40. There has also been an
Interpol red notice issued against him. The case against him
came to light after his father filed a Police complaint last
year saying Rashid Abdullah, his wife and son were missing
from Kasaragod.
The clip in question says that Muslims should
go for hijrah (migrate) from Darul Kufr
(house of non-believers) to Darul Islam (house of believers).
"If you are not able to do that despite your prayers and efforts,
then you should financially support Daulatul Islam and Islamic
State," it says. According to sources, Rashid Abdulla's previous
audio clips had only urged people to perform hijrah.
However, in his 50th clip, he has changed his tone and has
made an open call for attacks in India, which he has described
as a country where 'Hindus rule.' "Many are trying to finish
IS and khilafat. We have been reduced to nothing in many parts.
But, Daultaul Islam is still active and we will fight until
the last man," the clip adds. Responding to the audio clip,
former special Director of Cabinet Secretariat, V Balachandran
said, "This is very serious. They are going to take the battle
to India from Europe and Middle East."
|
Non-violent |
58 |
November
15 |
Kerala
|
Kerala Police have come across a money trail
behind the migration of youths from Kannur (Kannur District)
to fight for the Islamic State (IS) in Syria. Police sources
said the money was handed over to the recruited persons by
K O P Thasleem, a native of Pappinissery in Kannur District.
"All those who either migrated to Syria or tried to sneak
into that country from Kannur have got financial assistance
to the tune of $400 each. They were paid through Popular Front
of India [PFI] activist Thasleem, who channelled the funds
from the Gulf through a hawala route. Thasleem has been in
Sharjah for the last six months and we now suspect he has
moved to Syria,'' a Police source said.
Sources said documents seized from the houses
of the arrested persons substantiated the money transactions.
"We are yet to look into the sources who have channelled the
money from the Gulf through Thasleem. The amount handed over
to the recruited persons was meant only to meet their travel
and other expenses. We have not come across any evidence to
suggest that money was paid to lure youths to join the IS,''
the source said. Two weeks back, Police in Kannur had arrested
six persons who had earlier tried to go to Syria but were
deported by security agencies. Based on the input received
from the arrested persons, Police said five others from Kannur
were still fighting in Syria, while five others had been killed
since 2015.
|
Non-violent |
59 |
November
15 |
Kerala
|
The national executive member of the PFI,
P Koya said that getting killed in an unknown country that,
too, for a mysterious organization which has ulterior motive
is not the martyrdom envisaged in Islam. Inaugurating a public
meeting held here against the Islamic State (IS), he said
martyrdom in Islam is sacrificing life in the fight against
injustice. "IS is a dubious outfit, the origin of which is
shrouded in mystery," he said. Koya said that only less than
150 Muslims have reportedly joined IS from India which has
18 crore Muslims. "That means IS has not succeeded in influencing
the Muslim population in the country'" he said.
|
Non-violent |
60 |
November
17 |
Kerala
|
Kerala Police are on the lookout for a former
PFI worker from Kannur District who is suspected to have raised
funds for the Islamic State (IS) cadres from the State to
travel to Syria. Thasleem, from Pappinassery in Kannur District,
is presently in the Gulf and is an accused in eight cases
related to the clashes between the PFI and the CPM, Police
said. "Thasleem had handed over $400 to two of the IS cadres
who were leaving the country at the Kannur railway station
premises. He had also arranged money for another group in
the Gulf," said a Police officer. PFI Kannur district president
V K Noufal said that Thasleem had dissociated from the organisation
ever since he left for the Gulf around seven years ago. "He
used to come to Pappinassery while on leave but never contacted
our organisation. We learnt that Thasleem was in Kannur around
six months ago," he said.
Police have also found out that V K Shajahan,
the PFI worker from Koodali in Kannur District who was arrested
from Turkey for trying to sneak into Syria four months ago,
had received money sent from Kannur while he was in the Gulf.
The money was sent through 'reverse hawala' channels
operating in Kerala and the Gulf. A businessman from Kannur,
who was in the WhatsApp group of IS leader Abdul Rashid
Abdualla, is also in the radar of the Police for lending financial
help to the IS module from Kannur.
|
Non-violent |
61 |
November
19 |
Kerala
|
Considering the gravity of the growing Islamic
State (IS) related activities, the Kerala Police machinery
has been forced to change its operational procedures and the
State is now in high alert mode. Ever since the first migration
of Malayalees to join IS in Syria and Afghanistan was reported
in June 2016, Kerala Police have been on the trail of suspected
IS operatives in the State. With the latest audio clip of
Rashid Abdullah, the leader of the Kasaragod group which left
for Syria to join IS, exhorting IS modules to unleash lone
wolf attacks in Kerala, the Police have become even more determined
to go for an all out offensive drive.
State Police chief Loknath Behera said the
situation has become very alarming and the Police have taken
necessary operational measures to counter IS activities. "We
are fully geared up. The entire force has been put on high
alert," he said. Though the State Police have been tracking
the activities of dedicated IS cells camouflaged in the form
of other organisations, the real, functioning modules in the
State were identified after a dedicated Kerala Police started
to coordinate with Central agencies in analyzing various communication
channels of the suspects. "We have been interacting with Central
agencies on various levels to ensure we don't miss any leads
in the investigation into IS activities in the state," said
a senior intelligence officer.
A few senior police officers in north Kerala
have been specifically tasked with keeping track of the activities
of a few suspects flagged for their association with certain
organisations clandestinely supporting IS modules in Kerala,
Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. "In the past two years, a few suspects
have flown to West Asia to raise funds using the cover of
some organisations, said the intelligence officer. "The fund
is used to strengthen IS activities in Kerala.
|
Non-violent |
62 |
November
21 |
Kerala
|
The NIA have intensified search for more than
20 suspected Islamic State (IS) recruits, including 12 Keralites,
who they believe, might have returned to the country from
Syria. According to information provided by foreign intelligence
agencies, the members of the IS's Bahrain module, who were
engaged in militant activities in Syria, have returned to
the country. Most of them found their way back home via Turkey
and had used fake passports. NIA has handed over the details
of 12 Malayalees to the Kerala Police. Eleven people are from
Kannur (Kannur District) and Kasaragod (Kasaragod District)
regions and one belongs to Malappuram (Malappuram District).
A total of 97 Indians were learned to have
joined the terror outfit's Bahrain module. Of them, 67 people
migrated to the war-torn regions of Syria. Fifteen of them
were killed in various conflicts.
|
Non-violent |
63 |
November
22 |
Kerala
|
The NSG is planning to train their commandos
exclusively to deal with 'lone wolf' terror attacks using
vehicles at public places. The elite SF has taken this decision
in the wake of some recent incidents across the world where
terrorists used vehicles to mow down people at crowded places.
According to sources, the NSG is likely to send their commandos
to European countries to get training to deal with 'lone wolf'
attacks. This comes amid Indian authorities fearing a possible
attack by the Islamic State (IS) on places of religious significance
like Kumbh Mela (major Hindu religious festival in North India)
and Thirssur Pooram (major Temple festival in Kerala).
|
Non-violent |
64 |
November
26 |
Thrissur
|
The Railway Police on the basis of an intelligence
tip-off have warned of a likely security threat to the lives
of commuters, especially Ayyappa devotees, in Thrissur
(Thrissur District of Kerala) from the so-called Islamic State
(IS) terror outfit. According to the advisory received by
the Station Master at the Thrissur Railway station, the IS
operatives might well poison the potable water provided at
the station as part of the terror design. Hence, the Station
Master has been advised to undertake a safety audit of the
food and potable water made available to commuters and Sabarimala
pilgrims.
Thrissur Station Master K R Jayakumar said
he had indeed received a tip-off in this regard from the Railway
Police. He revealed the missive specifically referred to a
possible bid by the IS operatives to lace the potable water
with poison. "We are not taking any chances and viewing the
issue in all seriousness. The water tanks and food items will
be properly inspected and regular checking will be carried
out," Jayakumar said.
|
Non-violent |
65 |
November
26 |
Kerala
|
State Police Chief Loknath Behera cautioned
people against spreading threat messages through social media,
claiming to be those of IS (Islamic State). Against the backdrop
of Police issuing an alert to railway authorities in Thrissur,
Behra said it was a normal Policing activity and there was
no need to panic. "Every aspect of threat messages, including
their veracity, is being inquired into by the police. We normally
give certain alert messages to the authorities concerned,
as a precaution and to remain alert. We are keeping a watch
on the critical infrastructure of public interest." said a
statement from Police chief.
|
Statement |
66 |
December
3 |
Kerala
|
The NIA probe has found that Shafin Jahan
- husband of Akhila Asokan alias 'Hadiya', was allegedly
in contact with two members of IS - Manseed and P. Safvan
- through group chats on Facebook, during the months
preceding his marriage with Hadiya. Manseed and P. Safvan
were arrested by the NIA and chargesheeted in a case related
to the criminal conspiracy to target the judges of the High
Court, Senior Police Officers and well-known political leaders
in South India, says the report.
|
Non-violent |
67 |
December
17 |
Kannur
|
The NIA has registered a case against five
men from Kannur in Kerala for allegedly being members of the
IS. The men had gone missing from Kannur between 2015 and
2017 and are suspected to be in Syria. In October 2017, Kerala
Police had booked the five - Midhilaj (26), Abdul Rasak (34),
M V Rashid (24), Manaf Rahman (42) and U K Hamsa (57). The
central probe agency said it has taken over the case from
the Kerala Police. The NIA case against the five was registered
under the UAPA for "being members of the proscribed terrorist
organisation, ISIS/Daesh, and for supporting the organisation
by travelling out of India to join the terrorist organisation
in Syria and fight on its behalf". Some of the accused, NIA
sources said, had been activists of PFI. According to them,
one of the suspects used fake passport to move out of India
while one of them is suspected to have died fighting. Abdul
Manaf Rahman, from Valapattanam in Kannur, allegedly went
to Syria on a fake passport. Manaf allegedly had close links
with Valluva Kandy Shajahan, who was arrested by Delhi Police
in July after his deportation from Turkey. U K Hamsa is suspected
to be behind prompting the youths from Kannur to move to Syria.
Hamsa, who lived in Bahrain for two decades, had close links
with IS ideologue Abu Thurki, according to Police.
|
Non-violent |
68 |
December
19 |
Kannur |
A youth from Kannur in Kannur District of
Kerala, who is allegedly an activist of the PFI and now working
in a Gulf country, is under the Police scanner for his suspected
links with the IS operatives from Kerala. DSP of Kannur P.P.
Sadanandan, who is probing the IS-related cases, said investigation
was under way into the suspected links of K.O.P. Thasleem,
PFI activist from Pappinissery (Kannur District), with two
youths who had gone to Syria or tried to reach there to join
the IS. He said the youths were provided financial assistance
by Thasleem, who had also collected funds from various sources
in the Gulf. The Police had registered a case against him.
The DSP said the Police had already collected evidence that
established the money trail linked to the recruitment of youths
to the IS in Syria.
|
Non-violent |
2016
Sl. No.
|
Date
|
Place
|
Incident
|
Nature |
1
|
January 1
|
Kerala
|
NIA filed its final charge
sheet in December 2007 Wagamon SIMI arms training camp case
against two absconding accused Wasiq Billa and Alam Jeb Afridi
for alleged sedition and other offences. They have been charged
with participation in terror activities and association with
terror groups besides criminal conspiracy and violation of
Arms Act among others in the charge sheet filed before the
special court for trial of NIA cases in Ernakulam, Kerala.
NIA has alleged that they
conducted camps at Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat from
December 10, 2007 to December 12, 2007. They organized a secret
training camp at Thangalpara, Wagamon within the limits of
Mundakayam Police Station, Kottayam (Kerala).The agency alleged
that the SIMI cadre were involved in physical training, arms
training, firing practices, manufacture of bombs/petrol bombs,
motor bike racing, rope climbing practices in the camp.
They also allegedly conducted
"jihadi" classes in the camp with an intention to train
the cadres to advocate, incite and abet unlawful, terrorist
activities, disrupt communal harmony and causing threat to
the sovereignty and integrity of the country, thereby waging
war against Government of India.
|
Non-violent |
2 |
January
19 |
Wayanad
District |
Kerala Police started a special drive to collect
information about all missing persons following the arrest
of a man Dineshan alias Riyaz Rasheed from the Punjab, who
went missing from north Kerala's Wayanad, in connection with
the terror attack on Pathankot airbase. "An NIA team had visited
the district two days ago and questioned some of his relatives,"
Wayanad superintendent of police MK Pushkaran said. Dineshan's
relatives told the NIA that he had left home 16 years ago
and was incommunicado all these years. The state police had
booked him in 2000 after he was involved in a hooch smuggling
case. He jumped bail, slipped to Saudi Arabia and later converted
to Islam and changed his named, police said. The arrest of
Dineshan has forced Kerala Police to start looking at the
list of the missing persons in detail.
|
Non-violent |
3 |
January
20 |
Ernakulam
|
A Special NIA Court jailed 21 people who were
found guilty in a case of seizure of weapons from an arms
training centre of PFI at Narath in Kannur District of Kerala
in April 2013. While convict Abdul Aziz was awarded seven
years jail term, the rest 20 were sentenced to five years
imprisonment each by NIA Special Judge S Santhosh Kumar. The
court, which found them guilty under various sections of IPC,
UAPA, Arms Act and Explosives Act, also imposed a fine of
INR 5000 each on the convicts. In default, they will have
to undergo jail term for six months more. The court acquitted
Kamaruddin as the charges against him could not be proved.
|
Non-violent |
4 |
January
20 |
Mananthavady
|
Security agencies have intensified their search
for the absconding accused in various terror-related cases
registered in Kerala. The move assumes significance in the
backdrop of the recent terror attack on the Pathankot Air
Force base and the arrest of Mananthavady native Dinesh alias
Riyas in connection with the incident. Dinesh had been on
the run after a court in Wayanad declared him wanted. The
search for at least six accused in major cases is being carried
out by the NIA. "We had arrested six accused in various cases
in 2015, while two surrendered before court. We are now on
the lookout for the other absconding accused," said an NIA
source.
|
Non-violent |
5 |
February
24 |
Kerala
|
According to Enforcement agencies the flow
of FICN to Kerala has recorded an increase of 360 per cent
in 2015 compared to 2014. Though the total seized value of
counterfeit money is INR 34,55,000 in 2015 compared to INR
7,51,000 in 2014, the Police estimate that the seized amount
is just below 10 per cent of the actual volume being circulated
in the state.
Police officials said counterfeit valued around
INR 3 to 4 crore was being pumped into the state by the rackets
every year and the bulk of it was used for real estate transactions.
As per the latest Police data, Kozhikode accounted for highest
seizure of FICN, INR 9,04000 lakh in September 2015, followed
by Malappuram - INR 2,09000 in June 2015. Officials with the
DRI and NIA confirmed the increase in the inflow of FICNs
to Kerala in the last one year and the seized amount was minuscule.
The NIA has already tracked the role of Pakistan's
ISI in production and distribution of FICNs via Dubai, Bangladesh
and Sri Lanka. "Sri Lankans are the new suppliers of the FICNs.
Ports are still the hot destinations for the rackets to smuggle
in FICNs. The new strategy is to smuggle in printed sheets
of counterfeit and cut them to size in various hideouts in
the state," said an intelligence officer.
|
Non-violent |
6 |
May 2 |
Malappuram
|
Expanding the probe into Islamic State (IS)
related case registered in Kerala, the ISIT has taken over
the case from Malappuram Crime Detachment Wing and will coordinate
with NIA to trace the links of Non Resident Keralites with
the terrorist organisation. "Though we conducted a detailed
probe in the case, a comprehensive investigation is required
to unearth the wider terror network. Being a district crime
squad, our reach is limited and a case of this magnitude requires
an agency like ISIT," said Malappuram Crime Detachment DySP
C K Babu, who confirmed the order directing to handover the
case file to ISIT.
|
Non-violent |
7 |
May 10 |
Ernakulam
|
A Police probe into Thadiyantavida Nazeer,
an alleged IM operative, sending letters from the jail through
one of his aides, has found that those letters were intended
to promote terrorist activities in the country. On May 10,
in a charge-sheet submitted at the Ernakulam Principal Sessions
Court, Police stated that the letters recovered from Shahnaz,
an aide of Nazeer, were written in a coded script and intended
to promote terrorist activities. Police names Shahnaz P.A.
and Taslim K.K. as the two accused in the case.
|
Non-violent |
8 |
May 24 |
Kannur District
|
Police arrested three people, identified as
M K Fainaz, C Rasaq and Rasheed along with FICN worth INR
28,000 in Kannur District. According to Police Rasaq was supplying
the fake notes to Fainaz for distributing the fake note. Fainaz
paid INR 65,000 for getting a INR 1,00,000 value of fake currency
notes. Police have begun an intensive investigation in this
regard.
|
Non-violent |
9 |
May 26 |
Kochi
|
The Indian Coast Guard ship 'Arush', the 17th
in the series of 20 FPVs, designed and built by Cochin Shipyard
Limited, was commissioned in Kochi (Kerala). The ship was
commissioned by the Coast Guard Commander (western seaboard)
Additional Director General SPS Basra in the presence of the
Commander Coast Guard Region (West) Inspector General K Natarajan
and other senior dignitaries of the central and state governments.
|
Non-violent |
10 |
May 29 |
Kerala
|
A key accused in the Bengaluru serial blasts
of July 25, 2008, K P Sabeer alias Mohammed Sabeer
alias Ayub is living in Peshawar, KP Pakistan, investigations
by the NIA and the Kerala Police have revealed. Sabeer, allegedly
linked to the LeT, had fallen off the radar of investigating
agencies after fleeing India on a fake passport in November
2008. He was also the 'former president' of SIMI in Kerala.
His whereabouts have reportedly emerged now
following investigations around K A Anoop, an alleged associate
of Sabeer who was deported from the UAE in April, 2016. The
NIA had arrested Anoop on April 8, 2016, after he was detained
on his arrival at IGI Airport, New Delhi in connection with
the September 2005 Kalamassery (Kochi) bus-burning case. Sources
familiar with the investigations claimed the two were in touch
and that analysis of Anoop's Dubai phone call records has
revealed a number linked to Sabeer. "He has been trying to
take his wife to Pakistan and has been offering 100,000 dirhams
to obtain travel documents for her. This is the first time
in many years that some information has emerged about Sabeer,"
said sources.
|
Non-violent |
11 |
June 3 |
Attingal / Thiruvananthapuram District
|
Police recorded the arrest of five people
in connection with the probe into the FICN, from Attingal
in Thiruvananthapuram District. Police identified the accused
as Jayanthan, Pradeep, Bose Thomas, Ansari and Shinu Krishnan.
Police have seized counterfeit notes amounting to INR 1,25,000
from the accused after raiding their residences. All the notes
were of denomination 500. Police said that Pradeep and Manju
had been circulating fake notes in various parts of the state
for the past two years. It was the other four accused who
delivered them the notes. They got the notes from gangs based
in Bengaluru and Coimbatore.
|
Non-violent |
12 |
June 15 |
Kollam District
|
A bomb hidden in a tiffin box and planted
inside a parked jeep at the Kollam civil station premises
in Kollam District of Kerala exploded at around 10.45am, injuring
one person. The civil station houses the district collector's
office apart from several courts and government offices. Though
it was a low-intensity explosion, Police are examining all
possibilities including a terrorist link. Thiruvananthapuram
Range IG Manoj Abraham, who visited the spot, said that the
explosion was of a serious nature and more than one individual
may have been involved. He also said that the Police are not
ruling out the involvement of extremist groups.
Police confirmed that gun powder had been
used in the bomb at Kollam. Kollam city Police Commissioner,
S Sathish Bino, said eight teams have been formed to probe
the case. He said a clear picture would emerge only after
a detailed probe.
|
Violent |
13 |
July 2 |
Kerala
|
A Facebook group, which levelled a
death threat against Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin, has
raised fears of the influence and presence of dreaded terrorist
group Islamic State (IS) in Kerala. The Facebook page,
Ansarul Khilafa (The Followers of Khalifa), which had posts
in Malayalam and English, was taken down today morning soon
after media started reporting about its existence.
The threat against the Bangladesh writer
known for her progressive views was made by one of the members
of the group. The group had 135 likes before it was deactivated.
The group's presence comes amid a spate of terror attacks
in Bangladesh, the busting of an IS module in Hyderabad and
the arrests of IS sympathizers from various states in the
last few months. It raises troubling concerns about whether
the terrorist outfit, known for its beheading and sex slavery
of captured non-Muslim women, is striking deeper roots in
India.
|
Non-violent |
14 |
July 8 |
Kerala
|
At least 16 Muslim people, including a doctor,
his wife and their toddler son, are missing for a month from
north Kerala, family members said, sparking fears that they
might have joined radical groups in Syria or Iraq. The missing
people, said to be well-educated from fairly good economic
background, also include four women who are suspected to have
travelled to the Middle East to join militant groups such
as the Islamic State (IS).
A relative of one of the missing youth told
that they left the country on June 6 on the pretext of going
on a pilgrimage. While 12 of those missing are from Kasargode
District, four are from Palakkad. "One of them sent a message
on an encrypted site Telegram saying they reached their final
destination. (The) initial message came from an Afghanistan
number. We now fear that they might have reached the conflict
zone, either in Syria or Iraq," said TK Salam, whose 23-year-old
nephew TK Afizudding is among the missing.
|
Non-violent |
15 |
July 9 |
Kerala
|
The Kerala Government ordered a probe into
reports that at least 17 youths, including three women, from
the State who had travelled to West Asia and reportedly gone
missing, may have joined the Islamic State (IS). The disappearance
of the youths, some of whom are medical students and engineering
graduates, came to light after their relatives brought the
matter before the authorities. Some families from Kasaragod
and Palakkad Districts had approached Kasaragod MP P. Karunakaran
and expressed fear that their children were missing for the
past one month and they have no contact with them. CM Pinarayi
Vijayan said it was a "very serious issue" and ordered an
urgent probe.
DGP Loknath Behara said on the basis of information
provided by the families, Police has started investigation.
"We do not know if children and women are part of the group.
But they (families) say that some women are in the group.
We also do not have any confirmation so far that the missing
youths have joined the IS. But we have started investigation,"
Behara said. Of the 17 persons, 11 hail from Padna and Thrikaripur
in the Kerala's northernmost Kasaragod District while the
others hailed from Palakkad. There are at least three women
in the list of missing persons, including a pregnant woman.
|
Non-violent |
16 |
July 10 |
Kerala
|
India is investigating claims that a girl,
identified as Nimisha claimed she was going to Sri Lanka but
had later joined the Islamic State (IS). Bindu, mother of
that woman, who converted to Islam after marriage and is among
a group of people from Kerala suspected to have joined IS,
met Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and sought investigation
into the matter. Bindu, said her 25-year-old daughter Nimisha
came along with her husband to her house on May 16 last and
on May 18, she received a call from her daughter that she
was going to Sri Lanka on some business. Meanwhile, Leader
of Opposition in Kerala Assembly, Ramesh Chennithala said,
"...what I came to know is that the state and Central agencies
have started an investigation in the matter."
|
Non-violent |
17 |
July 11 |
Kochi |
The Kochi unit of the NIA has started gathering
information from its counterparts in Hyderabad, where an IS-Islamic
State module was neutralised. "Top officials of NIA-Kochi,
who are currently in Hyderabad in connection with the investigation,
will be looking into the Kerala-link of the IS link as well,"
said officials. "Online activities of suspected IS sympathisers
are under surveillance. Probe of the Hyderabad case showed
that the IS module had connection with several youths in South
India, including Kerala. It is being probed whether the Hyderabad
module received any aid from Kerala," said an NIA official.
|
Non-violent |
18 |
July 14 |
Kerala |
India has sought Iran's help in tracing 17
persons from Kerala, who have been missing for over a month,
and are suspected to have joined the Islamic State (IS). Investigations
by Indian agencies have revealed that the 17 Indians, including
women and children, travelled till Iran on tourist visas before
going off the radar, a senior intelligence official told.
"We have shared the details of these people with the Iranian
authorities and have asked them to find out about their further
movement," the official said. The missing include nine men,
four of their wives, a child and an infant. Three of the women
are pregnant. All are in their 20s.
|
Non-violent |
19 |
July 17 |
Kerala |
One of the missing youngsters of Kerala, identified
as Mohammad Marwan (23) has sent a message to his family,
accepting that he has become a terrorist. "People may call
me a terrorist. If fighting in the path of Allah is terrorism,
yes I am a terrorist (sic)," reads the message sent by one
of the missing Kerala youngsters to his family. Marwan sent
the message to his family in the last week of June saying
he is in West Asia. Moreover, in the message, he promises
to come back after he finishes work with Islamic State (IS)
to help the persecuted Muslims in Kashmir, Gujarat and Muzaffarnagar,
the report added. Quoting Quran, Marwan said, "Allah will
ask what I was doing when the community was being persecuted".
He added, "Didn't the Prophet taught (sic) us that the entire
ummah is like one body? It is my religious duty to fight for
the protection of the community".
|
Non-violent |
20 |
July 20 |
Kerala
|
Kerala has become a breeding base of many
hardcore terrorists operating in international arena, the
most wanted among the Islamic terror operatives from the state
is Mohammed Sabir alias K.P. Sabir alias Ayub,
who now controls the terror-linked FICN cartel operating from
Peshawar in Pakistan. Once they are caught on the radar of
intelligence agencies, they shift their operations to other
countries, including Bangladesh, Dubai, Pakistan and Afghanistan,
according to sources.
|
Non-violent |
21 |
July 25 |
Kochi
|
A court in Kochi (Kerala) sent the two suspected
Islamic State (IS) sympathisers, Arshid Qureshi and Rizwan
Khan to Police custody till August 8, 2016. Arshid Qureshi
and Rizwan Khan, who are known to be close to preacher Zakir
Naik of the IRF, were last week picked up in Mumbai in a joint
operation of Maharashtra ATS along with a team of Kerala Police.
"It was Sunday that the two were brought here and they were
produced before the court on Monday. Now we will begin our
job," Inspector General of Police, Ernakulam, S.Sreejith told.
The arrest took place after a Police complaint was raised
by Ebin Abraham, brother of Kochi resident, Merin alias
Mariyam, who along with her husband, is reported to be missing
and is alleged to have joined the IS. The Police probe team
plans to now seek the help of the NIA in finding out more
about the duo and their acts.
|
Non-violent |
22 |
July 25 |
Kerala
|
Many of the people from Kerala accused of
terror links in the recent past have been new converts to
Islam, including five of the 21 currently missing who are
feared to have joined the Islamic State (IS). In 2008, when
four youths from Kerala were killed in an encounter in Kashmir
while allegedly trying to cross over to PoK for training,
one of them was Muhammed Yasin, a Christian who had recently
converted to Islam. The Police and NIA said their probe showed
that Yasin, earlier Joseph Varghese, was handpicked by suspected
LeT militant Tadiyantavide Nazir, who is now serving life
term after being convicted in the terror recruitment case.
Nazir was alleged to have at least two more converts in his
network. Hindu youths Baburaj and Abhilash, took on the names
Muhammed Sahal and Vahabudeen respectively. Sahal gave a statement
to Police that Nazir and his gang had played a crucial role
in converting him to Islam. "When Nazir met me first in Kochi,
he asked me to get converted to Islam. I learnt about Islam
from the Internet," Sahal said in his statement. Another person,
Vahabudeen, a native of Kalamassery near Kochi, claimed Nazir
had imparted religious lessons to him as a new convert. And
that he had tried to arrange a woman from Kannur to marry
him.
Of the 21 from Kerala missing now, one is
Merin, who took on the name Mirriam after conversion. Her
brother Ebin Jacob has complained to the Kochi city Police
that R C Qureshi, a member of the Mumbai-based IRF and close
aide of preacher Zakir Naik, had forced her to embrace Islam.
Qureshi was arrested from Navi Mumbai on July 20. Also missing
is her husband Eshia, who was known as Bestin before conversion,
Eshia's brother Isa (Bexen before conversion) and Isa's wife
Fatima (once known as Nimisha). Jacob has told police Eshia
had taken Mirriam to Qureshi for conversion. Eshia's Christian
family who lives in Palakkad in turn says the two embraced
Islam at the behest of Naik. Data on conversion obtained by
Police from various conversion centres shows that 5,793 people
have embraced Islam in the last five years.
|
Non-violent |
23 |
August 3 |
Kochi
|
After managing to evade arrest for the past
seven years, Sasi alias Poovar Sasi, a 48-year-old
man, who had been booked for distributing FICN was finally
arrested by the Crime Branch (Organised Crime Wing) in Kochi.
It was the investigation carried out by special crime squad
set up to apprehend the fugitive accused in various cases
followed by a tip-off to Crime Branch SP Alex K John that
led to Sasi's arrest.
|
Non-violent |
24 |
August 6 |
Kerala
|
Yasmin Ahmad, a 28-year-old schoolteacher
in Kerala, told investigators that Abdul Rashid, a fugitive
Islamic State (IS) recruiter from Kerala who is now operating
from Afghanistan, indoctrinated about 40 people. "We have
identified some of those who attended radicalization sessions
conducted by Rashid in Thrikkaripur in north Kerala's Kasargode.
We are closely watching movements of some of them," a source
in the Kerala Police SIT said. Investigators said some of
the radicalized people from Rashid's "terror class" might
have backed out and decided to lie low as the disappearance
of the 21 triggered a national outcry. Yasmin too was supposed
to leave the country along with the group of 21, but delayed
travel documents for her four-year-old child held her back.
|
Non-violent |
25 |
August 16 |
Kerala
|
Indian investigative agencies have found that
youths who want to join Islamic State (IS) are using current
bank accounts instead of savings account. The trend is very
unusual given that current accounts are generally meant for
businesses and trading and they don't give any interest. "The
police have come across at least three such savings accounts
which the holder stopped using to begin financial transactions
through current accounts," a Police source said.
Police sources said that since they had come
across this new piece of information, they might look at bank
accounts of other potential suspects. "In case of Arshi Qureshi,
arrested by Kerala police in an UAPA case two weeks ago, he
had also changed his family's two accounts from savings to
current. We are trying to find out if there are such more
cases," an officer said.
|
Non-violent |
26 |
August 23 |
Kerala
|
The NIA took over the probe into 21 missing
youths from Kerala, including women, who are suspected to
have joined Islamic State (IS). Kerala Police had meticulously
investigated the case and identified at least 21 youths who
have gone missing from the State. Among them 17 were from
Kasaragod District and four from Palakkad District. They include
four women and three children. Out of those women who have
joined ISIS, two women are from Palakkad. The probe so far
has revealed that the 21 persons had left India in May to
July this year (2016) and took separate routes to reach ISIS
held areas. Sources said the Kerala Police had finished its
part of investigation and the case was transferred to the
NIA for carrying out the probe overseas. The exercise will
include collecting of evidence from foreign countries..
|
Non-violent |
27 |
August 25 |
Kochi
|
The Kochi unit of NIA submitted FIRs of the
two cases before the special court in Kochi in Ernakulam District
for starting probe into suspected recruitment of Kerala youths
to Islamic State (IS). The missing cases, 17 from Kasaragod
and five from Palakkad will be probed by two DSP-ranked officers.
There are 19 accused in the two cases against whom UAPA has
been invoked among other sections of the IPC. "The investigating
officers and the NIA team will interact with officers of state
police who have investigated the cases so far. Some of electronic
equipment recovered by the state police will be examined by
the NIA at government-run forensic laboratories," said an
NIA source.
|
Non-violent |
28 |
August
25 |
Kochi
|
The investigation team probing the theft of
cash and gold from a house at Perumbavoor, by persons with
terror links who posed as VACB officials, found that a Kochi-based
gang was also involved in the crime. Earlier, the investigators
had established the involvement of a 14-member group in the
crime, and had arrested five persons including mastermind
Abdul Halim and his associate Shamnas. Halim is a close aide
of IM operative Thadiyantavide Nazeer.
|
Non-violent |
29 |
August 26 |
India
|
Earlier this month, the Global Islamic Media
Front (GIMF), an international proscribed affiliate of the
terror group al Qaeda (AQ) that creates and disseminates jihadi
media, formed a new branch -- GIMF Sub-continent to publish
and translate the group's messages, videos and magazines in
Hindi, Bengali, Urdu and Tamil. Other AQ-related media and
its supporters too have begun a big propaganda drive particularly
targeting Tamil and Malayalam speakers to reach out to the
Muslim youth for recruitment in South India.
Post-Dhaka attack in Bangladesh, both terror
groups the Islamic State (IS) and AQ, have upped their recruitment
drive in the Indian sub-continent, with the former clearly
winning more supporters online as it publishes its official
information in Bengali language in addition to English, Arabic,
French etc. To counter the IS propaganda, AQ too has started
disseminating messages, videos and jihadi literature
in Tamil and Malyalam language. And it is heavily using the
social media platform of Facebook for propaganda and communication.
Groups like Tamil Ansar and Olivin Charathu (under the shade
of Olive tree), Syria through Indian Eyes regularly update
information on AQ and its activities in Syria in Tamil and
Malayalam.
|
Non-violent |
30 |
August 29 |
Kerala
|
A radicalised Kerala schoolteacher, Yasmin
Ahamd (29) who was arrested at Delhi airport on August 2 before
she could board a flight to Kabul has revealed that Islamic
State (IS) is now running "terror classes" in the country.
40 young men and women have already been indoctrinated there
by fugitive IS recruiter Abdul Rashid, who persuaded Mumbai
graduate Ashfaq Abdul Majid to join the group, which controls
swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria. Ashfaq is believed
to have left India on June 2, 2016. The information provided
by Yasmin, has deepened counter-terror agencies' worries as
it confirms the growing perception that IS has overtaken Pakistani
outfits as the biggest threat to national security.
|
Non-violent |
31 |
October
2 |
Kozhikode
and Kannur Districts |
The NIA neutralised an Islamic State (IS)
inspired module from Kerala and Tamil Nadu as it arrested
six youngsters who were reportedly planning to carry out terror
attacks in the country. The arrest was made during the agency's
ongoing investigation into the disappearance of 21 people
from the state who were suspected to have joined the so called
caliphate led by Abu-Bakr al-Baghdadi. Those arrested have
been identified as Manseed alias Omar Al Hindi, Abu Basheer
alias Rashid, Swalih Mohammed T alias Yousuf, Safwan P, Jasim
NK and Ramshad Nageelan Kandiyil alias Aaamu from Kozhikode
and Kannur Districts of Kerala. Five of them were arrested
when they were allegedly conducting a meeting at Kanakamala
hilltop in Kannur District. During subsequent searches, another
person was detained from Kuttiyadi in Kozhikode District and
later arrested.
NIA was assisted by Police personnel from
Kerala, Delhi and Telangana during the operations. The NIA
spokesman said that during the searches, incriminating material
besides electronic devices were seized. "Follow up searches
are being conducted by NIA in Chennai, Coimbatore in Tamil
Nadu and Kannur, Kozikhode and Mallapuram in Kerala with support
of Tamil Nadu and Kerala Police," the spokesman said.
|
Non-violent |
32 |
October
3 |
Kannur |
A day after the NIA busted an Islamic State
(IS) module in Kerala and Tamil Nadu which was allegedly planning
to carry out major strikes in several parts of south India,
the probe revealed that one of the senior members of the module
- Majeeb alias Omar Al Hindi, a resident of Kannur - was associated
with Kerala-based PFI. Investigations revealed that the module
members came in touch with each other on Facebook and later
started interacting on Telegram channel as they were all inclined
towards the ideology of the so-called 'caliphate' led by Abu
Bakr Al Baghdadi. "They forged an alliance and decided to
operate from India instead of travelling to Iraq and Syria.
However, we are questioning them on their links with online
recruiters including Shafi Armar alias Yousuf Al Hindi," a
source said. The NIA is investigating the module's link with
21 missing Kerala persons, including children and women, who
travelled to Afghanistan in May-June. According to reports,
Omar Al Hindi was an important cog in this IS module which
was collecting explosives for its activities. He was working
in Qatar and came to India recently. The, PFI, however has
declined. PFI's director of media and PR Mohammed Arif Ahmed
said, "PFI has taken a strong stand against the Islamic State
and has condemned its activities. As an organisation, PFI
has no links with people involved in such activities."
|
Non-violent |
33 |
October
3 |
Kerala |
The mastermind behind the Islamic State (IS)-inspired
module that the NIA neutralised on October 2, was allegedly
operating from Qatar through a WhatsApp group, to keep in
touch with other members of the group. The NIA believes that
30-year-old Manseed alias Omar Al Hindi, a native of Kerala
and employed in Qatar, had devised plans to carry out terror
attacks in India. Manseed was on a short four-day visit to
his native Kannur and had asked other members to come there
for a meeting when the NIA sleuths were believed to have got
a tip-off and acted swiftly to arrest him and five others.
The members of the module, who were residing in different
places, had reached Kannur on October 1 for the meeting. Though
he was in Qatar, Mansheed was operating a WhatsApp group with
him as the admin to keep in touch with other members of the
module, sources said.
|
Non-violent |
34 |
October
4 |
Kerala |
Intelligence agencies in Kerala have alerted
the State government of a threat from an Islamic State (IS)-linked
module to two High Court judges and some politicians, close
on the heels of the NIA arresting six persons of the terror
module from the State. NIA teams along with the Kerala Police,
the Delhi Police and the Telangana Police had launched surveillance
on the movement of the accused involved in the conspiracy.
The NIA has registered a case in connection with the 21 missing
youths from Kerala who are believed to have joined the IS
in Afghanistan and later moved to Syria and other countries.
|
Non-violent |
35 |
October
11 |
India
|
After arresting over 50 suspects for conspiring
to set-up terror modules inspired by the Islamic State (IS)
or for providing material support to the militant group, the
NIA has identified another 130 radicalised individuals, believed
to be in contact with the accused. This watch list is a "preemptive
measure" by the agency to track and monitor these individuals.
The individuals on the watch list have not
participated in any incriminating activities till now. They
are, however, active on the social media and have made efforts
on ground to gather support for IS, officials said. "They've
tried to gather support for IS online and offline and enroll
other members. They themselves, however, have refrained from
joining any module,'' they added. The decision to put these
individuals under surveillance was taken recently, after a
few names cropped up frequently during interrogations. Consequently,
the NIA wrote to police authorities in nine states - Delhi,
Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala, Tamil Nadu,
West Bengal, Jharkhand and Haryana - asking them to monitor
these supporters.
|
Non-violent |
36 |
October
19 |
Kerala
|
According to reports, ever since the NIA arrested
six men from Kerala this month for allegedly planning terror
attacks in the country, the intelligence agencies of India,
UAE and Afghanistan have been on the lookout for one man,
identified as is Sajeer Mangalachari Abdullah, a key Islamic
State (IS/ISIS) recruiter in Afghanistan. Given the rapid
advance of US-led forces into ISIS bastions in Iraq and Syria,
the terrorist group is now focusing on a new target - Afghanistan.
As part of this plan, Islamic State has been telling Indian
volunteers keen for military training to make their way to
Afghanistan. It has also been pushing them to stage attacks
at home, providing detailed do-it-yourself instructions on
manufacturing explosive devices. The volunteers are being
routed to the Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, which has
its capital in Jalalabad. "Nangarhar is about as close as
you can get to a black hole," an Indian intelligence official
was quoted as saying. "It's the perfect place to go if you
want to disappear. Even Afghanistan's intelligence services
have next to no on-ground reach there."
|
Non-violent |
37 |
October
19 |
Kerala
|
A red alert has been sounded across three
countries, India, Afghanistan and UAE for the arrest of a
native of Kerala, who is suspected of recruiting Indians for
Islamic State (IS). Sajeer Mangalachari Abdullah, who hails
from Kozhikode city, has fled to Dubai in April this year.
"He passed immigration and security checks without trouble,
and settled into an economy-class seat for the four-hour flight
to Dubai," the report said.
His name had come up during the interrogation
of six suspected IS supporters, also from Kerala, by the NIA
in October, 2016. Besides India, Afghanistan and the United
Arab Emirates are also hunting for Abdullah who is now "believed
to occupy a key position" in Islamic State.
|
Non-violent |
38 |
October
21 |
Kerala
|
The seven people who were recently arrested
for working as Islamic State's (IS) south India module were
planning to carry out 'lone wolf' attacks on targets, revealed
the NIA. NIA officials said the members were having their
first meeting at Kanakamala in Kannur District of Kerala after
the group was formed a year ago.
"When the attacks are carried out by a group,
it is easy for security agencies to track and foil its plans.
However, when it comes to single-man operations, agencies
cannot keep focusing on one person. The IS attack in Nice
in France, in which a truck was used to ram into the crowd,
was carried out by a lone wolf," said an NIA official. The
IS group decided to have a face-to-face meeting in Kannur
after security agencies managed to secure some of their plans,
and they found it tough to procure explosives. Five members
of the group were arrested on October 2. "Subahani, who had
fought for the IS in Iraq, had the task of arranging explosives.
Even though he had contacted several explosives agents, none
of his attempts bore fruit. The meeting was organised to make
changes in the operations of the module," the official said.
After tracing the funds received by Subahani,
the NIA suspects that more IS modules are functioning in south
India. He was directed by handlers stationed abroad and was
told that the money for purchasing explosives would be kept
under an idol at a park in Chennai in Tamil Nadu. "As directed,
Subahani visited Butterfly Park in Chennai where he found
`20,000 under an idol. We are trying to trace the people who
kept the cash there," said the NIA official.
|
Non-violent |
39 |
October
25 |
Kerala
|
The NIA probe into 21 missing persons from
Kerala has unearthed that more than 30 youths from the state
had attended Islamic State (IS) training camps in Afghanistan.
According to a report, many of these youth may have returned
to India to set up sleeper cells. Many educated Muslim youths
from Kerala who were working in Gulf countries had strong
links with IS terror networks, the report also said. Furthermore,
some NRI businessmen had funded the terror activities of these
youth. Apart from radical Muslim outfits operating in the
state, so-called secular religious groups are also involved
in encouraging youth to join IS, said the report. Handlers
of terror outfits have used social media effectively to recruit
the youths from the state without alerting the police and
intelligence agencies.
Earlier, NIA identified Sajeer Abdulla Mangalaseri
as the 'chief' of IS network in Kerala. 35-year-old Sajeer,
a Civil Engineer from NIT, Kozhikode and a Salafist who hails
from Moozhikal in Kozhikode District had been recruiting people
from Kerala in IS fold. Intelligence agencies now believe
that Sajeer is no more working in UAE, but hiding somewhere
in Afghanistan, keeping in close touch with the missing youth
from Kerala.
|
Non-violent |
40 |
November
1 |
Malappuram
|
A low intensity IED went off in a car parked
near the judicial first class magistrate court inside the
civil station in Malappuram in Kerala. No one was injured
in the incident. The investigation officials suspect a terror
group named `The Base Movement' behind the explosion. The
explosion occurred around 1 pm near a taxi car hired by district
medical officer (homoeopathy), which was parked in front of
DMO office near the court complex. The windshield of the vehicle
and another car in the parking area suffered damages in the
explosion.
Police said the explosive material was placed
inside pressure cooker, but there is no confirmation whether
a timer device or remote control was used to trigger the blast.
Initial finding is that ammonium nitrate was used in the explosive.
The bomb squad of Police and forensic experts who collected
evidence from the spot recovered a box on which `The Base
Movement' was written. Police have also recovered a damaged
battery, a pen drive and a notice issued by `The Base Movement'
from the site.
|
Non-violent |
41 |
November
2 |
Malappuram
|
The terror outfit, the Base Movement that
claimed responsibility of the blast at collectorate in Malappuram
on November 1, has warned of similar attacks in various parts
of the country. It is learnt that the Base Movement has also
issued a death threat against Prime Minister Narendra Modi
and Union ministers in a pen drive abandoned at the blast
site but police have not confirmed it.
A special Police team, led by Narcotic Cell
DSP P T Balan, has been formed to probe the incident. An eight-member
team of the NIA, also visited the spot on November 2. The
agency will be assisting the police team. IG (Thrissur range)
M R Ajithkumar, said the pen drive contained visuals of six
spots across the country -including one in Kerala. He said
a preliminary investigation hinted at the role of `The Base
Movement', reportedly the Indian affiliate of Al Qaeda, in
the blast. "The pen drive contained visuals similar to those
recovered from blast sites in Kollam, Nellore and Mysuru.
There were no personal references made in the pen drive or
in the map. There is a warning also that such things can happen
again. The state police chief is directly supervising the
probe," he said.
|
Non-violent |
42 |
November
21 |
Ernakulum District
|
For the first time 28 accused of July 2008
Ahmedabad serial blasts were produced before the special court
for trial of NIA cases at Ernakulum, Kerala, through video
conferencing arranged by National Informatics Centre in the
morning at the District collector office in Ahmedabad. The
accused are facing a trial for allegedly being part of the
training camp organized by SIMI, a banned organization, in
December 2007 in the forests of Wagamon in Kerala.
|
Non-violent |
43 |
November
22 |
Kerala
|
The NIA probing activities of the Islamic
State (IS) in South India has confirmed the involvement of
one person, Abu Ayisha a native of Kerala in instigating members
of the local IS module to carry out terror activities in various
parts of the country. The agency has initiated steps to ascertain
whether it is IS activist and Kozhikode-native Shajeer Mangalassery
operating in the name of 'Abu Ayisha.' Once the identity of
Abu Ayisha is confirmed, he will be prosecuted as accused
in the case. Earlier on November 21, NIA sleuths had conducted
raid at the residence of Shajeer, who is a graduate from the
NIT.
According the NIA, Shajeer who moved to Afghanistan
via the UAE has been communicating with the IS operatives
in India. The agency had neutralised the South Indian module
of the terror organisation in October, 2016 and arrested six
persons, while the group was holding a meeting at Kanakamala
in Kannur.
"The IS members used to receive messages from
Abu Ayisha through Telegram. The initial inquiry revealed
that Abu Ayisha instigated members of the module to wage war
against the nation and the Government of India. We suspect
that 'Abu Ayisha' is Shajeer himself, who has also been actively
propagating the IS ideology through Facebook, under the profile
name Sameer Ali," said NIA officials. It was also found that
Abu Ayisha was the link between the local IS module and the
22 persons who moved to Afghanistan from Kerala to join the
IS.
|
Non-violent |
44 |
November
22 |
Kerala
|
The NIA and state security agencies have so
far arrested 68 supporters of Islamic State (IS) in various
parts of the country, Lok Sabha was informed. The NIA and
state security agencies have so far arrested 68 ISIS supporters/sympathisers,"
Minister of State for Home Hansraj Ahir said replying to a
written question. Ahir further said a total of 50 people have
been arrested by security agencies during 2016 of whom 11
belonged to Maharashtra, 11 belonged to Telangana, 7 belonged
to Karnataka, 4 from Uttarakhand, 6 from Kerala, 1 from Delhi,
2 from West Bengal, 1 from Rajasthan, 2 from Uttar Pradesh,
1 from Madhya Pradesh, 1 from Jammu and Kashmir, 1 from Bihar
and 2 from Tamil Nadu.
|
Non-violent |
45 |
November
28 |
Kerala
|
The 'Base Movement' was linked to the five
court blasts - in Chittoor (Andhra Pradesh) on April 7, Kollam
(Kerala) on June 15, Mysuru (Karnataka) on August 1, Nellore
(Andhra Pradesh) on September 12 and Malappuram (Kerala) on
November 2 - following messages from the group claiming credit.
Computer printouts of messages from the 'Base Movement' were
found at the blast sites in Malappuram and Nellore. Pen drives
found at both sites contained messages with a picture of Osama
bin Laden and a map of India. The messages claimed that the
blasts were being carried out in retaliation for alleged injustices
to members of the Muslim community. The outfit also sent a
mail to authorities claiming credit for the Chittoor court
blast. "Almost all the bombs, from Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh
to Malappuram in Kerala, have been found to be assembled by
someone well-trained in bomb-making. Except for one bomb which
was packed in a pressure cooker, all other bombs were relatively
less lethal as they had no shrapnel. The organisation also
deliberately left pen drives and leaflets at blast sites.
It seems they were trying to make a statement. But things
will be more clear now after interrogating the three arrested
from Madurai," said an unnamed officer.
The term 'Base Movement' is suspected to
be a reference to the AQIS formed in August 2014, with the
official name of "JamaatQaidat al-jihad fi'shibhi al-qarrat
al-Hindiya'' or "Organisation of the Base of Jihad in the
Indian Sub-Continent''. "Investigations indicate that the
'Base Movement' is inspired by Al Qaeda but probably has no
links with it. In the pen drives that it left at some blast
sites and the letters sent to authorities, there is mention
of Al Qaeda and pictures of bin Laden, but no mention of the
Islamic State or any other terror organisation," said an unnamed
intelligence officer. Sources said it appears that the group
is self-funded and self-motivated. "It doesn't appear to be
a Pakistan-supported group as such groups always aim for mass
casualty," the officer said.
|
Non-violent |
46 |
November
30 |
Kerala
|
Tamil Nadu, followed by Kerala have emerged
as the new safe haven for Islamic terrorists operating from
South India, say senior intelligence officials based in Chennai.
They were reacting to the arrests of five suspected Islamic
terrorists from various places of Tamil Nadu over November
28-29. Official sources confided that those arrested were
conspiring to unleash a series of terrorist activities including
assassinations all over India. "We have tracked strong undercurrents
of secessionist activities in Tamil Nadu and Kerala spearheaded
by various Islamic outfits. All these arrests have been made
based on precise information gathered by our moles," said
a senior intelligence official. He said all espionage agencies
have increased the intensity of monitoring the suspects. "All
suspects are always on our radars and hence there is nothing
to panic," he said.
|
Statement |
47 |
December
14 |
Kerala
|
The NIA has approached the NCB, a wing under
CBI that acts as Interpol in India, for issuing red corner
notice (RCN) against 19 Keralites, including five women, who
are believed to have joined Islamic State (IS) in Afghanistan.
The notice, which is an arrest warrant circulated by Interpol
on behalf of the government of a particular country and serves
as a request from one country to another to arrest and deport
the wanted individual, will enable the NIA to track the missing
persons with assistance from police agencies, which act as
Interpol in Afghanistan.
NIA officials said an application for the
notice was filed a few weeks ago. "NCB would proceed on the
application against the absconding accused in the missing
person cases reported in Kasargod and Palakkad. It will be
sent to the Interpol Secretariat for issuing red corner notices.
There is a non-bailable arrest warrant pending against the
19 accused," said an NIA official. The official added that
once the notice is issued, agencies acting as Interpol in
Afghanistan would assist in tracking them. "They can also
be nabbed easily at airports, should they choose to fly. We
suspect the accused have reached Nangarhar Province in Afghanistan,
where IS has gained a foothold after Syria, Iraq and North
African countries. Hence tracking them would not be easy,"
the official said. In all, 22 persons - 14 men, five women
and three children - were reported absconding from Kasargod
and Palakkad. The children were not named as accused in the
case.
|
Non-violent |
48 |
December
22 |
Kerala
|
The NIA arrested one person, identified as
Abdul Salam alias Podi Salam, wanted in connection
with a 2013 FICN case as soon as he landed at the IGI airport
in New Delhi. Earlier, Saudi Arabia has deported Abdul Salam,
a resident of Malappuram District in Kerala, is wanted in
connection with a 2013 case.
The case relates to conspiracy to smuggle
FICN worth of INR 9.75 lakh, which were recovered from one
Abid Chullikulavan Hassan by Customs wing Kochi at Nedumbasserry
International Airport in Kochi in Ernakulum District in 2013.
NIA took over the probe in July 2014. Abdul Salam was part
of the criminal conspiracy to smuggle high quality counterfeit
Indian currency notes to India from UAE and had facilitated
smuggling of the contraband through Abid Chullikulavan Hassan.
|
Non-violent |
49 |
December
23 |
Kerala
|
Abdul Salam alias Podi Salam, the key
accused in the Nedumbassery FICN case who was deported from
Saudi Arabia and arrested on December 22 from New Delhi airport,
was brought to Kochi in Ernakulum District of Kerala. After
arresting him at the IGI airport, he was brought from New
Delhi to Kochi and produced before the NIA court. The court
sent him to the agency's custody for three days. Salam worked
with members of Dawood Ibrahim's gang and was instrumental
in bringing in a sum of INR 9.75 lakh worth FICN to the country.
Abdul Salam from Wandoor in Malappuram District
was the third accused in the case. "There was also an Interpol
red corner notice issued against him," said an NIA official.
Salam, who was engaged in hotel business, was absconding ever
since the case was lodged against him. On January 26, 2013
when around 1,950 counterfeit notes in the denominations of
INR 500 were recovered from a man, Abid Hassan, who arrived
at the Cochin airport from Dubai. Aftab Bhatki, a member of
Dawood Ibrahim's crime syndicate had arranged the counterfeit
notes. Aftab is still absconding. Salam had arranged the carrier
for transporting the notes from Dubai to Kerala. The agency
had found that the notes were printed in Pakistan.
|
Non-violent |
50 |
December
27 |
Kerala
|
Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj
said India will spare no effort to secure release of Father
Tom Uzhunnalil, a Keralite priest abducted nearly nine months
ago by Islamic State (IS) a terror group in war-torn Yemen.
The minister's remarks come a day after a purported video
by the priest appealing to the government to free him surfaced.
"We have spared no effort and we will spare no effort to secure
Fr Tom's release from captivity," Swaraj tweeted. Expressing
government's resolve to bring him back, she cited examples
of India ensuring release of kidnapped citizens like Judith
D'Souza and Fr Alexis Prem Kumar from Afghanistan.
|
Statement |
2015
Sl. No.
|
Date
|
Place
|
Incident
|
Nature |
1
|
February 7
|
Kochi
|
Commodore G. Prakash, Director
of the Maritime Warfare Centre at the Southern Naval Command
said that the security of the seas surrounding India has
financial, diplomatic and geopolitical ramifications, hence
the need to incorporate coastal and seaward security subjects
in school and college curriculums. "Citizens must be made
aware of the significance of maritime security and its link
to the growth of the country and its ties with nations across
the seas," he said while speaking on 'ocean and national
security' at the World Ocean Science Congress in Kochi in
Kerala.
|
Statement |
2 |
March
17 |
Palakkad |
The Additional District
Court of Palakkad sentenced two Al Ummah cadres, Pandamkodu
Myhammed Sherif and Malappuram Valanchery Karthala Said
Habeeb Koya to double life term for murdering BJP leader
Kollangode Mani on September 13, 1996. The convicts also
have to pay INR 215,000 as fine. The court recently pronounced
that four Al Ummah cadres from Palakkad and Malappuram Districts
guilty in the murder of Muthalamada Mani. The other two
Saidali Bava and Abdul Khader did not appear before the
court then. The court has issued an arrest warrant against
them. The charges against the four include murder, conspiracy
and inciting communal hatred.
|
Non-violent |
3 |
March 26
|
Panayikulam / Ernakulam
District
|
The examination of prosecution
witnesses in the August 15, 2006, Panayikulam (Ernakulam
District, Kerala) SIMI camp case was completed at the NIA
Court in Kochi. The court would begin procedures under Section
313 of the CrPC on April 18, 2015. NIA Court Judge K M Balachandran
examined 50 witnesses, 230 documents and 10 material objects
in the first phase of the trial. The accused persons in
the case are P A Shaduly alias Harris, Abdul Rasik,
Ansar alias Ansar Nadim, Nizamudeen alias
Nizamon, Shammi alias Shammer, Shammer, Abdul Hakeem,
Nizar, Mahayudheenkutty alias Taha, Muhammad Nisar,
Ashkar, Nissar alias Muhammed Nissar, Salih, Hasim,
Riyas, Muhammad Naizam, and Nisar. Binanipuram Sub Inspector
K N Rajesh had received information on August 15, 2006,
about a secret meeting of SIMI (Students Islamic Movement
of India) at an auditorium at Panayikulam. On visiting the
spot, he found that there were 17 persons in the room and
some of them were making inflammatory speeches. Seditious
books and pamphlets were also seized from the spot where
the meeting was being organised. Later on, Lhari Dorgee
Latoo, Superintendent of Police, NIA, filed the chargesheet
against a total of 17 persons in the case in 2010.
|
Non-violent |
4 |
May 8 |
Ernakulam
|
The Special Court for NIA,
Ernakulam in Kerala sentenced 10 convicts in the sensational
palm chopping case to 8 years of rigorous imprisonment and
three others have been sentenced to two years of rigorous
imprisonment. Earlier, on April 30 the Court had found 13
persons guilty of various charges including terrorism and
criminal conspiracy in the cases related to the chopping
of the palm of T J Joseph, a professor with the Newman College
in Thodupuzha in Idukki District by the activists of radical
outfit Popular Front of India (PFI).
|
Non-violent |
5 |
May 25 |
Perinthalmanna town / Malappuram
District
|
A special investigation
team of Police arrested two persons, identified as K K Krishnakumar
and David Sam and seized FICN with a face value of INR 2.1
million in Perinthalmanna town of Malappuram District in
Kerala. According to Police, the accused are active in smuggling
and fake currency rackets based n Bangalore (Karnataka)
and they collect the currencies from a Chennai based Malayali,
who was arrested earlier by Kerala Police. Police also said
that the search for the agents and distributors functioning
under the gang has already started and they would be arrested
soon.
|
Non-violent |
6 |
July 31 |
Kochi
|
The naval harbour at Kochi
has become the first in the country to get a top-notch defence
system which will enable operators to foresee, and respond
to, surface and sub-surface threats to vital assets along
the harbour and warships in the quay. The IUHDSS, a state-of-the-art
automated system capable of detecting, identifying, tracking
and generating warning for surface and underwater threats,
was commissioned by Vice-Admiral Sunil Lanba, Flag Officer
Commanding-in-Chief of the Southern Naval Command. The system,
comprising a cluster of coastal surveillance radars, high-power
underwater sensors and diver detection sonars, was designed
by IAI ELTA.
|
Non-violent |
7 |
August
3 |
Kerala |
The Intelligence Wing of
the Kerala Police has confirmed that a youth from the state
has joined the Islamic State (IS). Officials who refused
to share the whereabouts of the person said he had been
working in the Middle East before joining the militant group
a year ago. "The information is reasonably confirmed. He
is reported to have lived in Syria and Iraq afterwards,"
the official said. Though there are reports that two other
Keralites too joined the group, the Police said they were
yet to receive reliable information in this regard.
|
Non-violent |
8 |
August
5 |
Alappuzha |
The NIA began its probe
into an Iranian boat, which was captured by the Indian Coast
Guard off the Alappuzha coast in July. The 12 crew members
of the captured Iranian boat, who are now in judicial custody,
are likely to be interrogated by the NIA team. According
to reports, the crew had made calls to Pakistan and Afghanistan
using a satellite phone.
|
Non-violent |
9 |
August
10 |
Kerala
|
The Centre has alerted Kerala
that a dormant module of the IM having links with the Islamic
State (IS) militia may be planning to recruit fighters for
strife-torn Syria and Iraq. Sources said the IM's links
with the IS had come to light after the death of Muhammed
Sajjid aka Bada Sajjid, an IM operative. He was killed during
a shelling in Syria last month. The IM had been dormant
in the country after the arrest of some of its top leaders
such as Yasin Bhatkal, T.A. Shibili and Safdar Nagori. There
were others from Kerala as well who had links with IM and
Jam-I-yyathuk Ansurul Muslimeen. IM operatives behind bars
include Thadiyanvide Nazir aka Ummer Haji, Umar Farooq,
and Ibrahim Moulavi. However, intelligence sources said
many absconders, including Ayub and Shoaib from Kannur and
Shuhaib from Parappangadi, wanted in terror-linked cases,
may have joined the IS using new names and identities
Sources said the case of
two missing Keralites from the UAE and Qatar a few months
ago had increased suspicion that radicalised Kerala youths
were joining the IS militants. Intelligence agencies had
already traced the identity of Abu Thahir, who had left
his home at Puduppariyaram, near Palakkad in Kerala for
Qatar, two years ago. But the Indian Consulate in Qatar
had no clue if he had reached the Emirate, even as his Facebook
page remained active for long after he was reported missing.
Another is an unnamed Keralite youth hailing from Kunnummal
in Kozhikode District. He has been missing from Ras-al-Khaimah
in UAE for the past four months. Sources said that a Keralite's
name figured in the radar of intelligence agencies after
the detention of IM sympathisers in Saudi Arabia. It was
unclear whether he was still alive, sources said.
|
Non-violent |
10 |
August
20 |
Kerala
|
Kerala government decided
to open three more Cyber Police Stations in major cities,
including Kochi, Kozhikode and Kannur in 2015 to tackle
the menace of cyber crime. Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala
also said that the state will soon have a CyberDome functional
at the Technopark campus in Thiruvananthapuram to tackle
cyber crime.
|
Non-violent |
11 |
September
1 |
Kochi
|
Two youth from Kerala have
been deported by the UAE after they posted pro-Islamic State
(IS) comments on Facebook. Sources said that the
Facebook posts indicated that they had been "radicalized."
The two men are reportedly part of a group of 10 Indians
being monitored closely in the UAE for sharing terror group
Islamic State's propaganda on social media. The UAE has
sent the two men back to India, but has not registered cases
against them. It has also not revealed their names citing
security reasons.
The two youth are Kochi
based. On their return to Kochi, they were taken in by the
Intelligence Agencies for questioning. After being questioned,
the agencies found that they were misguided and decided
to let them go home with a warning. The two youth will now
be counselled and a close watch will be kept on them. The
UMHA is opposed to the idea of booking cases against such
youth. They were in the process of committing an offence
while trying to join the ISIS, a Home Ministry official
informed.
|
Non-violent |
12 |
September
4 |
Kerala
|
Kerala Police is conducting
a probe into the allegations against two Keralites, who
were deported by the UAE for 'endorsing' the ideas of Islamic
State (IS) through social media. It has not been confirmed
that the deported persons have any link with terror outfit
IS, State DGP T P Senkumar stated. However, he said probe
into the issue was on. In UAE a person would be under scanner
if they react even though social media, he added.
|
Non-violent |
13 |
September
13 |
Ernakulam
|
A youth working with a private
company at Kakkanad in Ernakulam District received a series
of text messages from a WhatsApp group in the name of Islamic
State (IS). The youth hailing from Kasaragod has filed a
complaint before the Cyber Cell of Kochi city Police in
this regard. The conversation started with a text message:
"You are in our contact list. Welcome to Dawlathul
Islam Dwah group." The messages were sent from the
number +1(509)871-0700 by a person who introduced himself
as Shami. The sender has warned the youth that joining the
WhatsApp group of IS involves risk and hence needs to be
careful.
The stranger first messaged
the youth on September 11 with the greeting 'asalamu alaikkum'.
When the youth asked the sender's identity, the stranger
sent the reply "Shami, from Islamic State". The other messages
in the conversation were sent on September 12. The stranger
had also asked the whereabouts of the youth, including his
profession. Later, the youth received an audio file, which
is believed to be in Arabic. After seeing the flag of IS
as display picture of the group, the youth left the group.
Before quitting the group, the youth took screenshots for
evidence. According to the youth, the stranger could have
accessed his mobile number from a Facebook group named Right
Thinkers, wherein he used to have conversation with many.
|
Non-violent |
14 |
September
14 |
Thiruvananthapuram
& Kozhikode |
Four youth of Kerala origin,
reportedly sympathizers of Islamic State (IS) have been
deported from the UAE. While two youth were sent to Thiruvananthapuram
the other two were detained at Kozhikode. This is the second
incident of sympathizers of the IS being deported in two
weeks.
|
Non-violent |
15 |
September
15 |
Kerala |
The four youths informally
deported from the UAE for suspected links with Islamic State
(IS) are suspected to be part of a 20-member module of radicalised
Malayali youths operating out of Ras Al Khaimah at UAE.
The module came to light and was subsequently neutralised
after UAE Police started investigating the disappearance
of another Malayali youth now believed to have joined the
IS in Syria. "We have details of one Malayali who has gone
to Syria and possibly joined the IS. Riyad, a native of
the Kundungal in Kozhikode, is missing and is suspected
to be in Syria," said an intelligence source, who is part
of a coordinated effort by central and state agencies to
track the growing influence of IS among Indian youth. Riyad
is reportedly from an influential family in north Kerala.
His immediate family members, who were in Ras Al Khaimah,
were sent back to Kerala two days ago.
|
Non-violent |
16 |
September
16 |
Kerala |
The Kerala Police registered
a case against Riyab-ul-Rehman, a youth from Payyanakkal
in Kozhikode District on the charge of joining the Islamic
State (IS) and trying to recruit people to the banned militia
operating in Syria and Iraq. Intelligence agencies say that
Rehman had left for Syria from the UAE about six months
ago. He is the son of a textile businessman, who too was
deported from the UAE on September 16. The entire family
had been in Ras-al-Khaimah, one of the seven emirates in
the UAE, for the past 41 years. ADGP (North Zone) N. Shankar
Reddy stated the case was registered under Section 125 (waging
war against an Asiatic Power that is in alliance with the
government of India) of the IPC and Section 18 of the UAPA.
|
Non-violent |
17 |
September
16 |
Kerala |
Intelligence sources said
that Rehman had left home after he had fallen out with his
father over his radical ideology. His name had figured in
the radar of security agencies after the detention of IM
sympathisers in Saudi Arabia. The case of two missing Keralites
from the UAE and Qatar a few months ago had increased the
suspicion that radicalised Kerala youths were joining the
IS militants. Security agencies had traced the identity
of Abu Thahir, who had left his home Palakkad for Qatar
two years ago. But the Indian consulate in Qatar has no
clue if he has reached the emirate.
|
Non-violent |
18 |
September
29 |
Kerala |
Several Muslim organisations
have started a strong campaign against terror outfit IS
asserting that "it was justifying terrorist actions by distorting
Islamic symbols as well as history". Muslim organisations
in Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) Jodhpur and
Ajmer (Rajasthan) Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) and Delhi and
other cities have organised conclaves, press conferences,
public meetings and youth conferences which hundreds of
Muslim youngsters/men have attended in the past few weeks.
|
Non-Violent |
19 |
October
5 |
Kerala |
The multi-crore narcotic,
gold and hawala rackets operating in Kerala, particularly
in Aluva of Ernakulam District, with national and international
connections will likely come under the scanner of the NIA.
NIA officials interrogated Aluva based narcotic operator
Ibrahim, who was arrested by the Excise Enforcement and
Anti-narcotic Squad the other day in connection with brown
sugar haul. According to the Excise Enforcement and Anti-narcotic
Squad, the narco racket led by Ibrahim was instrumental
in smuggling brown sugar consignments to the Middle East,
especially Kuwait, on several occasion.
|
Non-Violent |
20 |
October
16 |
Kerala
|
The NIA has decided to set
free two persons accused of attending a terror training
camp in Kerala for launching a series of attacks across
India. NIA sought the sanction of UMHA for dropping charges
against Abu Saad and Shah Alam, residents of Azamgarh in
Uttar Pradesh. They were accused of attending the training
camp organised by leaders of the banned SIMI at Wagamon
in Kerala in 2007. The two were named by multiple investigating
agencies for being part of various terror attacks in the
country from 2008 to 2011. The investigation by the NIA,
however, could not find any evidence against the two. The
NIA also stated that they found that the two persons had
not attended the camp.
|
Non-violent |
21 |
November
2 |
Kakkodi Mukku in Kozhikode
District
|
A team of the Kerala State
Special Branch (Intelligence Wing) arrested the State (Assam)
'organising secretary' of NDFB-IKS, identified as Dimga
alias Lidion Basumatary (34) from Kakkodi Mukku in
Kozhikode District. Dimga, hailing from Chirang District
of Assam, was arrested after the police received an intelligence
input about his stay at a rented house at Kakkodi Mukku
for the past two weeks.
|
Non-violent |
22 |
November
14 |
Kochi / Ernakulam District
|
The Kerala Police arrested
a close aide of alleged LeT operative, Thadiyantavide Nazir,
identified as Shahanas from Kochi in Ernakulam District
|
Non-violent |
23 |
November
15 |
Kerala
|
The Kerala State Intelligence
is closely monitoring a suspected larger network in the
State working for alleged LeT operative, Thadiyantavide
Nazir who is currently in Police custody. The racket has
come under the scanner, especially after the arrest of his
close aide Shahanas from Kochi in Ernakulam District on
November 14. ''There is a group of sympathisers, who are
evolving into the form of a network and is facilitating
and coordinating Nazir's activities from inside the prison.
Their number may not be statistically significant but most
of them are enjoying the support of some mainstream political
organisations, known for their affinity towards such fringe
radical groups,'' a top intelligence official said.
|
Non-violent |
24 |
November
15 |
Mannam Paravur / Ernakulam
District
|
The Police recovered a couple
of mobile phone from the residence of Nizammuddin, an accused
of Panayikulam SIMI case, at Mannam Paravur in Ernakulam
District.
|
Non-violent |
25 |
November
25 |
Kochi
|
The NIA court in Kochi found
five persons guilty in a case pertaining to the conduct
of a secret meeting of banned SIMI nine years ago. Of the
total 17 persons arraigned as accused, the court acquitted
11 for want of evidence. The trial of one of the five accused,
a minor at the time of the incident, is being held at a
juvenile court. The others found guilty were P A Shaduli,
Abdul Rasik, Ansar Nadvi, Nizamudheen and Shameem. The court
upheld the UAPA charges against the first three accused.
The quantum of punishment will be announced on November
26.
As per the prosecution,
the five accused entered into a criminal conspiracy in Kochi
and other places to advocate, incite and abet unlawful activities
for cession of Jammu and Kashmir from India and to bring
hatred and contempt towards the government, and in pursuance
therefore, organised a secret meeting at Panayikulam near
Kochi on August 15, 2006.
The NIA chargesheet said
that all the 17 accused had attended the meeting with books
and pamphlets that were anti-national, seditious and contained
inflammatory writings. They brought a publication of SIMI
with an intention to bring hatred and contempt against the
government, to conduct jihad for cession of Kashmir from
India and bring back Muslim rule in India, the chargesheet
said, adding that the five accused found guilty were sitting
on the dais and the acquitted persons were in the audience.
|
Non-violent |
26 |
November
27 |
Ernakulam |
The Additional Chief Judicial
Magistrate court in Ernakulam District in Kerala, has issued
a production warrant against suspected IM operative Thadiyantavide
Nazeer in connection with a case of attempting to influence
witnesses of Bengaluru (Karnataka) blast case of 2008. The
Police said the warrant stipulated production of Nazeer
before the court on December 4, 2015. Police may also record
his arrest. A convict in the Kozhikode twin blast case,
Nazeer is currently lodged in a Bengaluru jail.
|
Non-violent |
27
|
November
27 |
Kollam
District |
As part of the Navy week
activities CSACs along the coastal villages of Kollam District
(Kerala) was organised by a team from Southern Naval Command
of Kochi. The campaign was aimed at bringing in awareness
among fishermen about the threats from the sea and the way
coastal populace can help in thwarting it and safety precautions
to be taken by fishermen at sea, a Navy release said.
|
Non-violent |
28
|
November
29 |
Kalamassery
/ Ernakulam District |
Police arrested one person,
identified as Rabi ul Haq, a West Bengal-native along with
four FICNs of 1,000 denomination, while trying to change
the notes at a lottery vending shop at Kalamassery in Ernakulam
District. He is suspected to have brought the FICN from
Bangladesh.
|
Non-violent |
29 |
November
30 |
Kochi |
The NIA court in Kochi sentenced
two persons to undergo 14 years of imprisonment and three
others to 12 years after they were found guilty in a case
pertaining to the conduct of a secret meeting of banned
SIMI nine years back. Of the 17 persons arraigned as the
accused, the court had acquitted 11 persons for lack of
evidence. The trial of another accused, a minor at the time
of crime, is going on at the juvenile court.
The court granted jail term
of 14 years to the first accused P A Shaduli and second
accused Abdul Rasik. The three others who were sentenced
to undergo 12 years of jail term are Ansar Nadvi, Nizamudheen
and Shameem. While the first two convicted have to pay fine
of INR 60,000 each, the three others have to pay INR 50,000
each. As per the prosecution, the five accused entered into
a criminal conspiracy in Kochi and other places to advocate,
incite and abet unlawful activities for cession of Kashmir
from India and to bring hatred and contempt towards the
government, and in pursuance therefore, organised a secret
meeting at Panayikulam near Kochi on August 15, 2006.
|
Non-violent |
30 |
December
7 |
Kerala |
After repeated cases of
migrant labourers being held with FICN of high denominations,
in Kerala, the NIA has decided to probe the origin of such
notes. The NIA, after assessing recent cases reported in
Ernakulam and Kottayam Districts, has found that the counterfeits
were printed with great precision using high quality paper.
A senior NIA official said the seized FICN are suspected
to be of Pakistan-origin.
According to NIA officials,
such counterfeits can only be printed by a neigbouring country
on sophisticated machineries. "Similar FICNs seized were
subjected to examination in Mumbai in 2008. The physical
features of the seized FICNs were tested and found similarities
with Pakistan currency. Also, the paper used for FICNs matched
with the legal tender of Pakistan," the officer said. The
NIA has found that the currencies are initially trafficked
to Malda District of West Bengal which borders India and
Bangladesh. Moreover, migrant labourers who were held with
FICNs in Ernakulam and Kottayam were getting a commission
of 50 per cent.
|
Non-violent |
31 |
December
24 |
Kerala |
With the case of suspected Popular Front
of India (PFI) activists running a weapons training camp
at Narath in Kannur District in April 2013 reaching trial
stage, there is concern that the accused are trying to influence
witnesses and delay proceedings, according to the NIA, which
is probing the case. "The tactics being used are the same
as in the hand-chopping case of Thodupuzha Newman College
professor and the Bengaluru blast case. The witnesses are
made to turn hostile by various means," said an NIA source.
NIA suspects that the manner in which the
22nd accused, Kamarudheen, surrendered in court was also
intended to delay the court process. "There is a concerted
effort to sabotage the case with the support of leaders
of a major political party in the ruling front. However,
evidence clearly shows that it was a weapons training camp.
The members were taught to hurl bombs and use swords, for
which they were taught human anatomy," the official said.
Under threat, the witnesses are afraid to even register
a Police complaint. However, the accused could not get bail.
Many parents are now hesitant to send their children to
PFI training programmes, said a cop. "So they are hell bent
on sabotaging the case to regain their eroding mass support,"
he said.
|
Non-violent |
32 |
June 22 |
Dharmadam
/ Kannur District |
A FICN case with a Chinese connection has
been established by investigation agencies in Kerala. The
NIA which interrogated the accused in the counterfeits seizure
from Dharmadam, Kannur, recently found that FICN was sourced
by a Pakistani national residing in China. The inflow of
FICN have increased double fold in the past few years as
seizure of notes having face value of INR 34,55,000 were
recovered in 2015 compared to INR 7,51,000 in 2014. In the
first three months of 2016, there were 11 FICN seizure cases
were registered in Kerala. NIA is currently probing eight
fake currency seizure cases reported in Kerala. NIA has
unraveled Pakistan's ISI and D-company link in some of the
cases here earlier.
|
Non-violent |
33 |
September
12 |
Kerala |
Yasmin Zaid, the radicalised schoolteacher
from Kerala who was arrested at Delhi airport last month
before she could board a flight to Kabul (Afghanistan) in
her attempt to join Islamic State (IS), has told the NIA
that at least 22 people from Kerala had left India between
May and July this year to join the terror outfit. Yasmin
told the interrogators that among the 22 people, six were
women and three infants, and all of them exited India in
batches, from Bangalore (Karnataka), Hyderabad (Telangana)
and Mumbai (Maharashtra). She also provided information
on fugitive IS recruiter Abdul Rashid, saying she had in
fact married him on May 3 during a nikah conducted over
the phone.
The NIA sources said that Yasmin told the
interrogators that Rashid and his first wife Ayisha were
in touch with a couple from the UK, who were actively championing
IS on the internet. Yasmin has already told the NIA that
IS was running "terror classes" in India, and that 40 people
had already been indoctrinated by Rashid, who also persuaded
Mumbai graduate Ashfaq Abdul Majid to join the group. "Yasmin
revealed that Rashid is a vital cog in Daesh's India operations.
In fact, he provided her with Rs 1.5 lakh to facilitate
her travel to Afghanistan," an NIA source said.
|
Non-violent |
2014
Sl. No.
|
Date
|
Place
|
Incident
|
Nature |
1
|
January 7
|
Kerala
|
Kochi is turning out to be the cybercrime
capital of Kerala, registering an almost 75 per cet increase
in such crimes in 2012 compared with 2011.
|
Non-violent |
2 |
January
9 |
Kochi, Eranakulam District
|
Three persons were arrested from Old Market
Road in Angamaly of Ernakullam District while shopping with
FICN with a face value of INR 1000.
|
Non-violent |
3 |
February
12 |
Kasargod |
The NIA arrested an accused, Shihab H.K. from
Bushra Manzil in Kanhangod town of Kasargod District. He is
the seventh accused as per the FIR in Thaliparamba FICN case.
|
Non-violent |
4
|
February
18 |
Ernakulam / Kerala
|
The NIA has filed a chargesheet at the NIA
Special Court against two accused, Abdul Kalam alias
Azad and Abdul Majeed in the Nedumbassery (Ernakulam District,
Kerala) FICN case of March, 2010.
|
Non-violent |
5
|
February
23 |
Kerala
|
A team of Kerala and Tamil Nadu Police arrested
a key suspect, K Sahul Hameed alias Paravi Badusha wanted
in connection with a bomb blast on April 17, 2013, outside
a BJP in Bangalore (Karnataka), from his hideout in Anchal
in Punalur of Kollam District. Police also seized a pistol
and 17 kg of explosive substances from him.
|
Non-violent |
6 |
March 3 |
Taliparamba
/ Kannur |
NIA Special Court dismissed the bail petition
of Aboobacker Haji alias Masthigooda Aboobacker, the fourth
accused in the Taliparamba (Kannur District of Kerala) FICN
case.
|
Non-violent |
7 |
March 14 |
Kerala |
The central enforcement and intelligence agencies
have commenced surveillance activities to curb high inflow
Hawala (illegal money transaction) money in Kerala.
|
Non-violent |
8 |
March 14 |
Trichi |
The counterfeit currency wing of the Crime
Branch of Criminal Investigation Departement (CID) neutralised
a four-member gang who were trying to exchange FICN with a
face value of INR 1,96,500 in Trichy.
|
Non-violent |
9 |
April 3 |
Ernakulam |
Police arrested two persons, identified as
Deenabandhu Barman and Shine Mandal hailing from West Bengal
along with FICN to the tune of INR 56,500 at Muvattupuzha
in Ernakulam District.
|
Non-violent |
10 |
April 3 |
Kerala |
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has given
notification to the NIA Special Court I in Kochi (Kerala)
to resume trial of NIA cases registered in the state.
|
Non-violent |
11 |
April 25 |
Kerala |
The Kerala Police and the NIA produced further
evidence before the Centre-appointed tribunal for reviewing
the ban on SIMI.
|
Non-violent |
12 |
May 5 |
Kerala |
The Kerala Police asserted that IM operatives
Zia-ur-Rehman alias Waqas and Tehseen Akhtar, who stayed
in Munnar from September to November 2013, didn't get more
local help than what was found earlier. The state Police called
off their investigation in this regard.
|
Non-violent |
13 |
May 6 |
Kochi |
The Additional District and Sessions Court
of Kochi sentenced three persons, identified as Mohanan (61),
his son Visak (27) and Vijyan (51) to four years imprisonment
for involvement in a FICN case and the court also ordered
them to pay a fine of INR 5,000.
|
Non-violent |
14 |
May 16 |
Kochi |
One person, identified as Naveen was arrested
by Kadavanthra Police in 'Operation Kuber' along with FICN
with a face value of INR 1,45,495 in Kochi of Ernakulam District.
|
Non-violent |
15 |
May 19 |
Kerala |
Police and intelligence agencies are investigating
the origin of a 'circular' purportedly written by an IM operative,
which details the recruitment drive initiated by the banned
terrorist outfit in Kerala.
|
Non-violent |
16 |
May 29 |
Ernakulam, Kerala
|
NIA Court will frame charges against the accused
in the Panayikulam (Ernakulam District in Kerala) camp case
of SIMI on June 16, 2014. The court has asked all the accused,
including those who received bail in the case, to be produced
in court on June 16 for completing procedures before beginning
trial in the case.
|
Non-violent |
17 |
May 30 |
Thiruvananthapuram
|
Kerala Police seized over 200kg of ammonium
nitrate and over 2,000 gelatine sticks from the outhouse of
the residence of Binu of Arattukuzhi near Vellarada in Thiruvananthapuram
District, Kerala. The explosives were brought from Trichy
in Tamil Nadu. Besides Binu, Police have booked one more person,
Vinod in the case.
|
Non-violent |
18 |
May 30 |
Thiruvananthapuram
|
Interceptor vessel C-407 was commissioned
into the Indian Coast Guard to strengthen coastal security
off Kerala coast by K S Balasubramanian, Kerala DGP. The induction
of interceptor boat in Coast Guard will enhance the capability
of the Coast Guard towards coastal security, Search and Rescue
and enforcement of Maritime laws off Kerala coast.
|
Non-violent |
19 |
May 31 |
Malappuram, Kerala
|
NIA arrested a native of West Bengal, identified
as Muhammed Inshan Ali who is an accused in the Manjeri (Malappuram
District of Kerala) FICN case from Chennai.
|
Non-violent |
20 |
June 1 |
Kerala
|
Muhammed Inshan Ali, who is an accused in
the Manjeri (Malappuram District of Kerala) FICN case was
produced before the Special Court which remanded him in judicial
custody until June 13, 2014.
|
Non-violent |
21 |
June 16 |
Kochi |
NIA was granted 10 days custody of an accused,
Mammunhi alias Muhammad Kunji in the Kasargod FICN
case by the NIA court in Kochi.
|
Non-violent |
22 |
June 21 |
Kasargod |
Police arrested an underworld militant and
former aide of Dawood Ibrahim, identified as Abdul Hameed
alias Puttu (40) from Manjeshwar town of Kasargod District
in Kerala.
|
Non-violent |
23 |
June 24 |
Ernakulam |
Kerala Police arrested two persons, identified
as Israt Ali and Mohammed Ujeer in Ernakulam District and
seized FICN worth INR 2,10,000. Both are reportedly from Bihar.
|
Non-violent |
24 |
June 26 |
Kochi |
FICNs seized earlier on June 24 from two persons
have been reportedly brought to Kochi from Pakistan through
Bangladesh border, RBI verified the notes and revealed the
information. According to official sources, Police are investigating
the probable role of Pakistan in producing the FICNs. According
to sources, the notes were handed over to a Bangladeshi citizen
residing illegally in Jharkhand. The notes came to Kerala
through migrant labourers working in the state who frequently
visit their native places.
|
Non-violent |
25 |
June 28 |
Kerala |
NIA has taken over the investigation into
the case of alleged plot by Pakistan-based terror group to
carry out suicide attacks on the US and Israeli consulates
in South India. The probe was handed over by the Tamil Nadu
Police so that the complete conspiracy hatched overseas including
in Sri Lanka and Malaysia could be unravelled, official sources
said. Besides these two countries, investigation would also
be carried out in Maldives from where the suicide attackers
were supposed to take a boat ride to reach a coast in Kerala,
the sources said.
|
Non-violent |
26 |
June 29 |
Kochi |
The Kochi International airport in Kerala,
where security had been tightened following receipt of threatening
calls of attack by terrorists, would continue to be on red
alert. Police, CRPF and Thunderbolt Commandos will continue
to provide security to the airport.
|
Non-violent |
27 |
July 2 |
Kalamassery |
Police received information that Kerala has
turned out to be a hotspot for racketeers who arrive here
to turn FICN into original currency notes. The information
was received after interrogating two youths from Bihar, who
were arrested by the Police for possessing counterfeit notes
at Kalamassery last week.
|
Non-violent |
28 |
July 14 |
Kochi |
A Kochi court withdrew a warrant issued against
Abdul Nasser Madani after SC granted him bail. The case related
to organizing a meeting of the banned Islamic Sevak Sangham
at Anwarssery (Kollam District) in December 1992. In the warrant
sent to the Bangalore jail, the court had ordered to produce
Madani before it by August 13, 2013. The warrant had been
lying unexecuted.
|
Non-violent |
29 |
July 16 |
Kochi |
NIA has taken over the investigation into
the seizure of FICN from Nedumbassery Airport, Ernakulam District
in January 27, 2013. The NIA re-registered the FIR in the
case at NIA Court in Kochi. According to NIA officials, they
have taken over the investigation into the case in which 1,950
FICNs of INR 500 denomination, with a face value of INR 9,75,000
were seized from Nedumbassery Airport.
|
Non-violent |
30 |
July 18 |
Malappuram |
Police arrested a person, Haroon Rasheed in
connection with the distribution of FICN worth INR 3,00,000,
in Malappuram. "Haroon Rasheed worked as a sub-contractor
at a hollow bricks firm in Kondotty. He used the Bengali labourers
there to bring fake notes via Bangladesh to India. Haroon
Rasheed will use this money in different shops during hectic
hours. More persons are involved in this crime. It also has
an international link. National agencies have collected evidence
in the case and we are in search for the remaining persons
in the mafia," Malappuram SI Manoj Parayatta said.
|
Non-violent |
31 |
July 23 |
Ernakulam |
The Kerala High Court dismissed the bail plea
of an accused, Mastigudda Aboobacker in the Thaliparamba FICN
case.
|
Non-violent |
32 |
July 29 |
Palakkad |
Hindu Munnani's headquarters at Chintadripet
in Chennai received a letter, which threatened to kill Hindu
leaders who make inflammatory speeches against Prophet Muhammad.
Police said the letter had been posted from Palakkad in Kerala
and they were trying to trace the sender.
|
Non-violent |
33 |
July 31 |
Malappuram
District |
An accused in the February 14, 1998 Coimbatore
serial bomb blasts case, identified as S Kunhi Mohammed was
arrested in Malappuram District. However, three other accused
including B Mujibur Rehman alias Muji, A Jagubar Sadiq alias
Tailor Raja alias Valarntha Raja and NP Noohu are still absconding
for the past 16 years.
|
Non-violent |
34 |
August 26 |
Kerala
|
Sources said that IS, in a deadly pursuit
to establish an Islamic Caliphate, is recruiting poor Muslims
in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra and J&K. The
several security agencies including RAW and NIA have said
that more than 100 Indian men could have already joined the
IS in Iraq and these IS recruits could be used to strike terror
in India once the war in Iraq and Syria ends. Sources also
said that an IM man who is declared as wanted by the NIA could
be recruiting for the ISIS.
|
Non-violent |
35 |
August 29 |
Idukki District
|
Kerala Police arrested Jamil Akhtar, a suspected
aide of IM operatives Waqas Ahmed and Tehseen Aktarat from
Munnar in Idukki District on charges of arranging accommodation
for them in 2013. According to Police, Aktar hails from Bihar.
|
Non-violent |
36 |
August 30 |
Idukki District
|
Police have released Jamil Aktar who was taken
into custody from Munnar in Idukki District of Kerala on August
29 for suspected links with IM operatives Waqas Ahmed and
Tehseen Aktar. Police said they had decided to release Aktar
after a detailed interrogation failed to yield any substantive
evidence to establish his suspected IM links.
|
Non-violent |
37 |
August 30 |
Kerala
|
A noted Muslim cleric in Kerala issued a fatwa
asking his community members to boycott the IS and other terrorist
organisations. In his religious decree, general secretary
of All India Sunni Jam-e-yyathul Ulema, Shaikh Abu Bakr Ahmad
said favouring the extremist organizations is antithetical
to the Islamic sharia.
|
Non-violent |
38 |
September
18 |
Kochi |
NIA, which is investigating the Kasargod FICN
cases, has found that FICN with face value of INR 31,00,000
were brought to Kerala from Dubai through the Bangalore Airport
in August 2012.NIA has charge sheeted Abdul Jabbar Usman Abdul
Nazir K A alias Nasar alias Safar Nazar A M Subaida Moideen
alias Moideenabba Ummer Beary, Haji Master Manzil and Abdul
Rehman. The NIA exempted Mammunhi alias Muhammed Kunji alias
Thailangadi Mammunhi and Majeed Mohammad Abdul Khader alias
Majeed Koliyad from charge sheet, stating that the evidence
available against them were not sufficient for prosecution.
Moreover, another accused, Majeed Koliyad is still absconding.
|
Non-violent |
39 |
September
24 |
Kerala |
The IB has warned that "groups and elements
supportive of extremist ideology similar to al-Qaeda" are
trying to "increase communal tension" in states like J&K,
Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, UP, Bihar, Karnataka, Kerala
and Delhi. The intelligence report (reference no-3627-60 &
3698- 3731/C&R Cell-C-2/SII), has reiterated that al- Qaeda
'chief' Ayman-al-Zawahari, who launched a new branch for the
Indian sub-continent, also intends to target commercial centres,
tourist destinations, religious places, aviation sector, railways
infrastructure and BJP offices in various states, including
West Bengal and Assam. The report has been dispatched to all
state police agencies.
|
Non-violent |
40 |
September
27 |
Kozhikode |
The ISIT of the Kerala Police arrested a key
accused, identified as P. A. Raisal, in the 2008 Bangalore
bomb blast case, at the Kozhikode International Airport. Raisal,
an aide of IM operative Thadiyantavide Nazeer, who is an accused
in many terror-related cases in Kerala and Karnataka, was
arrested by a team led by SP, Sam Christy Daniel.
|
Non-violent |
41 |
September
29 |
Kochi |
The Bangalore unit of the NIA will come to
Kochi to interrogate P. A. Raisal, the key accused in the
Bangalore bomb blast case. According to sources, the NIA would
take Raisal to Bangalore for collecting details pertaining
to his alleged role in the bomb blast. He was arrested from
Kozhikode international airport of Kozhikode District in Kerala
on September 27.
|
Non-violent |
42 |
October
11 |
Kerala |
The NIA's probe into the Burdwan blast is
pointing to a bigger plot extending not just to neighbouring
Assam, but also to J&K and the southern states of Tamil Nadu
and Kerala. The NIA has, based on leads gathered from the
women arrested from the Burdwan blast site, picked up a suspect
from J&K, a construction worker belonging to West Bengal.
An official said that "Phone records reveal that they had
contacts in almost all the major megacities, also in South
India. We will have to verify the antecedents of each and
every contact. Six of the Assam-based suspects who were in
touch with the two men killed in the blast have already been
arrested."
|
Non-violent |
43 |
October
13 |
Kerala |
The six accused, including two women, who
were arrested in the Burdwan blast case have reportedly given
some important leads in the transnational terror conspiracy,
in which JMB's key militant Kausar, who is now on the run,
reportedly has connections with some Kerala-based terror modules,
which are an alleged offshoot of the banned SIMI.
|
Non-violent |
44 |
October
24 |
Kochi |
The security at the Kochi airport in Kerala
had been tightened after the airport authorities received
information from Kolkata that there was a threat of a bomb
explosion or a possible suicide attack to the Air India (AI)
flight on the Mumbai-Kochi and Ahmedabad-Mumbai sectors. Airport
director AKC Nair said that they received information from
Kolkata that there was a threat of bomb attack or bomb suicide
attack on an AI flight on the Mumbai-Kochi sector on October
25 and Ahmedabad-Mumbai sector on October 24. Airport sources
said that the airport will be on high security till Monday
(October 27) when a review meeting will be held. The situation
will be analysed after the meeting after which a decision
to continue with the high security or not will be taken.
|
Non-violent |
45 |
October
28 |
Thiruvananthapuram |
Days after the Kerala Government was warned
that the state was turning into a recruiting hub for IS, a
poster supporting the terror outfit appeared near the Thampanoor
Police Station in the Thiruvananthapuram District. The Police
immediately removed the poster and are investigating the case.
The poster reportedly carried a message justifying IS's activities
in Iraq and Syria.
|
Non-violent |
46 |
October
28 |
Thiruvananthapuram |
The BJP office in Kerala's capital has received
a letter threatening harm to PM Narendra Modi, who is slated
to visit Thiruvananthapuram next month. The letter features
Modi's photo juxtaposed against that of British aid worker
David Haines, who was beheaded by the IS.
|
Non-violent |
2013
Sl. No.
|
Date
|
Place
|
Incident
|
Nature |
1
|
January 26
|
Kochi Airport, Ernakulam District
|
Customs officials seized FICN worth INR 975,000
on board a Dubai-Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)-Kochi Emirates flight.
|
Non-violent |
2 |
February
12 |
Kochi, Eranakulam District
|
Police an imam and his assistant for possession
of Pakistan-printed FICN.
|
Non-violent |
3 |
March 11 |
Olavakode Railway Station, Palakkad District
|
Police arrested three persons involved in
possessing FICN and seized FICN worth INR 49,000.
|
Non-violent |
4 |
April 25 |
Kerala |
Terrorist organisations like IM have agents
to source two-wheelers which are used to plant bombs and trigger
blasts in various parts of India.
|
Statement |
5 |
May 2 |
Kochi District |
The security of the Court Complex which includes,
NIA and CBI courts, have been increased following an alert
issued by the Intelligence Wing.
|
Statement |
6 |
May 2 |
Ernakulam |
The NIA on filed a chargesheet before the
NIA special court against Aboobacker Haji alias Masthigooda
Aboobacker, a close aide of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim
and three others in the Taliparamba (Kannur District of Kerala)
FICN case.
|
Statement |
7 |
May 3 |
Kannur District |
Kerala CM Oommen Chandy said that his government
was willing to permit the NIA take over the probe into the
alleged seizure of weapons from an arms training centre of
the Popular Front of India (PFI) at Narath, near Kannur (Kannur
District), on April 23, 2013.
|
Statement |
8 |
May 10 |
Kerala |
Kerala Government decided to hand over the
investigation into the case related to the seizure of weapons
from a training camp of PFI at Narath in Kannur District to
the NIA.
|
Statement |
9 |
May 11 |
Thrissur
District |
Police arrested two persons, Sulfikar Ali
(22) and Shabeer (24), for their suspected involvement in
the April 17, 2013 bomb blast in front of the BJP office in
Bangalore, from Kecheri near Kunnamkulam in Thrissur District.
|
Non-Violent |
10 |
May 13 |
Thiruvananthapuram |
The coastal security arrangements in Kerala,
mainly along Thiruvananthapuram, are not up to standard and
cannot effectively thwart possible infiltration bid by terrorists.The
drawbacks in the existing coastal security system came to
the fore after officers of the Indian Navy, coast guard, Police
and other government agencies analyzed the outcome of Gemini-2,
the recently concluded second edition of coastal defence drill
held for Kerala and Lakshadweep Islands.
|
Statement |
11 |
May 30 |
Kollam Railway Station, Kollam District
|
Police arrested two members of a major FICN
racket engaged in circulating FICN in various parts of south
India.
|
Non-violent |
12 |
May 31 |
Varanasi
District |
Despite adverse report from District administration,
the UP Government decided to withdraw cases against suspected
Bangladesh based militant organisation HuJI militant, Shamim.
|
Statement |
13 |
June 11 |
Mudavanmughal, Poojappura, Kollam District
|
Police seized FICN of INR 285,000 from the
residence of a former officer of ISRO, identified as Madhava
Kurup at and arrested him and his accomplice- Sunil Thomas
for their alleged links with FICN racket.
|
Non-violent |
14 |
June 12 |
Kondotty, Malappuram District
|
The NIA has filed a charge sheet against seven
persons, including an accused in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts
case, in a case related to circulation of NIA.
|
Non-violent |
15 |
June 13 |
Ernakulam, Ernakulam District
|
The NIA Special Court dismissed the bail plea
of Kamaludeen alias Shobharaj Kamal, a key accused in the
Kondotty (Malappuram District) FICN case.
|
Statement |
16 |
July 1 |
Narath Kannur District
|
Kerala State Police submitted before Kerala
High Court that the PFI cadres, who participated in the Narath
(Kannur District) weapons training camp, had close links with
IM and Dawood Ibrahim. Police found that one of the accused
had contacted Sanaulla Shabandri belonging to the Bhatkal
family, founder of IM. The bank accounts of the accused establish
the link.
|
Non- violent |
17 |
July 18 |
Tiruchirapalli
District |
The counterfeit currency wing of CBCID at
Trichy (Tiruchirapalli District) arrested three people and
seized FICN with a face value of INR 2.5 milion. Police arrested
Ramadass, Augustin and Krishnamoorthy based on a complaint
filed by a land broker Ramu of Pudukkottai (Pudukkottai District).
|
Non- violent |
18 |
July 31 |
Kannur District |
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has given
orders to the NIA to take over the Narath Popular Front camp
case.
|
Statement |
19 |
August 12 |
Kochi / Ernakulam
|
NIA formally launched an investigation into
the April 2013 Narath Arms seizure case and filed a fresh
FIR before the NIA special court II in Kochi (Ernakulam District)
in Kerala.
|
Non- Violent |
20 |
September
12 |
Kerala |
An unnamed IB official said that Yasin and
Riaz Bhatkal had close connections with JIAM which is the
Kerala module of Indian Mujahideen suspected to be operating
in rural parts of Ernakulam, Kannur and Kasargod Districts.
|
Non- Violent |
21
|
September
18 |
Kerala |
Yasin Bhatkal told his interrogators that
he has been instrumental in setting up new sleeper cells of
IM in north Kerala Districts.
|
Statement |
22 |
September
29 |
Nadakkavu / Kozhikode
|
Kerala Police arrested Kallarimangalam Puthenparakkal
Abdurehiman (38), a former activist of the proscribed SIMI
and managing director of Nanma Books from Nadakkavu area of
Kozhikode city in Kozhikode District, on the charge of publishing
a book aimed at fomenting communal hatred.
|
Non-violent |
23
|
October
4 |
Kochi |
The NIA special court in Kochi, sentenced
13 people to life imprisonment after they were found guilty
on charges of recruiting youths from Kerala to carry out acts
of terror with the support of LeT and Pakistan's ISI.
|
Non-violent |
24
|
October
14 |
Thiruvananthapuram |
Four persons, identified as Shehin S (20),
Vishnu A (22), R Adarsh (19) and Jithin Shanker (21), were
arrested for their involvement in running FICN racket from
Kilimanoor area of Thiruvananthapuram city of Thiruvananthapuram
District.
|
Non-violent |
25
|
October
15 |
Thiruvananthapuram |
Rajesh (24), was arrested for their involvement
in the circulation of FICN from Thiruvananthapuram city.
|
Non-violent |
26
|
October
17 |
Kerala |
Yasin Bhatkal has admitted his indirect links
with terror operators in Kerala during an interrogation by
the State Police recently.
|
Non-violent |
27 |
October
21 |
Kerala
|
The chargesheet filed by NIA in Narath (Kannur
District) arms training case, in which 21 persons were arrested
on April 23, 2013 is a sign of involvement of outfits like
PFI and their political outfit Socialist Democratic Party
of India in conducting arms training camps across Kerala under
the pretence of health awareness camps and yoga classes.
|
Non-violent |
28 |
October
24 |
Vadakara /Kozikode
|
Minister of State for Home Mullappally Ramachandran
laid the foundation stone for the second coastal Police Station
in Kerala at Vadakara in Kozikode District.
|
Non-violent |
29 |
October
31 |
Kochi |
NIA arrested a key accused, identified as
Abdul Karim alias Azad in a FICN case from Kondotty
in Malappuram District and produced him before the NIA special
court in Kochi.
|
Non- violent |
30 |
November
10 |
Kochi |
The Crime Branch investigating the FICN case,
which were seized at Nedumbassery airport, has identified
the kingpin of the FICN racket operating from Dubai.
|
Non- violent |
31 |
November
18 |
Kerala |
NIA probing FICN cases in Kerala suspects
that Haji Abdul Rahman, a major dealer of counterfeit notes
has played a prominent role in the Kasargod FICN case.
|
Non- violent |
2012
Sl. No.
|
Date
|
Place/ District
|
Incident
|
1 |
January 29
|
Karela
|
The NIA informed that Muhammed
Shameer, a native of Kannur in Kerala, who was arrested in Delhi,
in connection with the 2008 Bangalore Blast case, on January
25 was a vital link for the inflow of money for terrorist purposes.
The NIA has undertaken two major
FICNs cases in the State, after some Pakistan links were established
in both the cases.
|
2 |
February 9 |
Kochi |
NIA submitted charge sheet against
18 accused in the Kashmir Terrorist Recruitment Case at NIA
court Kochi, in Kerala. According to the charge sheet, Tadiyantavide
Nazeer and Shafas who are accused in several other terrorism
cases have joined hands with the banned LeT to execute anti-national
activities.
|
3
|
February 14
|
Kochi
|
NIA suspects the role of state-sponsored
agencies behind the printing of FICN. The high quality of duplication
exhibited in the FICN seized at Taliparamba of Kerala shows
the involvement of a state-sponsored racket.
|
4
|
February 18
|
Perla / Kasargod District
|
Police recovered a huge cache
of explosive substances from a parked car at Perla under the
Badiaduka Police Station limits in Kasargod District. The recovery
of nearly 200 kg of Ammonium Nitrate kept in four plastic bags,
500 aluminium detonators kept in five packets and six roles
of wicks were recovered by the Badiaduka Police.
|
5 |
March 2 |
Kochi |
Kerala Government submitted
before the Kerala High Court that Susan Nathan- a British-born
Jewish writer- has close connections with some extremists in
the State, including the SIMI and NDF and should be deported.
|
6 |
March 7 |
Dubai, UAE |
Abdul Rehman Haji from Hosdurg
Kolavayal in Kasargod District, who is said to be the chief
operator of a cartel engaged in supplying FICN printed in Pakistan
to Kerala and Karnataka, was arrested by the Dubai police in
Dubai, UAE
|
7 |
March 14 |
Kochi |
SIMI leader Habib Falahi was
produced before NIA Special Court in Kochi and was included
as accused 32 in the Wagamon SIMI training camp case. After
ascertaining the role of Habib Falahi, NIA is now on the lookout
for another Uttar Pradesh-based SIMI leader Fariz who attended
this camp.
|
8 |
April 24 |
Puthiyatheru/Kannur |
The Kashmir terror recruitment
case involving LeT 'southern commandant', Thadiyantavide Nazeer,
the Police arrested two militants, Shahraz and Muneer who "extorted
money" from people to fight the case of the culprits in Puthiyatheru
of Kannur District of Kerala.
|
9 |
April 26 |
Chunnambuthara/Palakkad |
Police arrested three youths
from Chunnambuthara town in Palakkad District of Kerala with
FICN of face value of INR 846,000 with 1000 and 500 denominations
brought in a car from Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) to Thrissur. The
three arrested persons have been identified as Prasad (37),
M.K. Joy (43) and Manoj (38).
|
10 |
May 28 |
Kizhakkambalam/ Ernakulam
|
Two suspected LeT militants,
identified as K.P. Shabeer and Ismail alias Bomb Ismail
were arrested by Kerala crime branch team, in connection with
the attack on a jewellery owner and his two sons, and looting
of 2.25 kilogram of gold at Kizhakkambalam in Ernakulam District
on June 20, 2002.
|
11 |
June 4 |
Kizhakkambal/Ernakulam |
The crime branch team probing
the Kizhakkambal (Ernakulam District in Kerala) robbery case,
involving suspected LeT militants, took suspected LeT militant,
Thadiyantavide Nazeer into custody.
|
12 |
June 7 |
NS |
Thadiyantavide Nazeer, the suspected
LeT terrorist, pleaded guilty in two vehicle theft cases that
he had mastermind in 2008.
|
13 |
June 27 |
Kochi/Palakkad |
An Iranian national, Abdul Majeed
Abu Najli was arrested in Kochi with INR 32 FICNs of a denomination
of INR 500.
|
14 |
July 4 |
Wagamon/Idukki |
Seven terror related cases,
including the camp held by SIMI activists at Wagamon (Idukki
District), were handed over to the National Investigating Agency.
|
15 |
August 4 |
Perumbavoor, Ernakulum |
Kerala Crime Branch team arrested
three suspects, alleged links with terrorist outfit LeT, from
their hideout at Perumbavoor in Ernakulum. The arrested have
been identified as Abdul Halim (35), Shamnad (24), Ponnani and
Anaz (28).
|
16 |
August 6 |
Perumbavoor, Ernakulum |
Kerala Crime Branch team arrested
three suspects, alleged links with terrorist outfit LeT, from
their hideout at Perumbavoor in Ernakulum. The arrested have
been identified as Abdul Halim (35), Shamnad (24), Ponnani and
Anaz (28).
|
17 |
August 11 |
Thiruvananthapuram,
Kerala |
According to the reports from
the NIA South Zone Coordination conference in Thiruvananthapuram,
Kerala is the fountainhead of most of the Islamist terror operations
in the country.
|
18 |
August 20 |
NS |
Cyber security agencies have
detected the hand of the PFI in Kerala and Bangladesh-based
HuJI, while tracking SMSs that led to the exodus of Northeast
people.
|
19 |
August 23 |
Velloor, Kottayam District |
Police defused a bomb found
from the railway track near Velloor (Kottayam District, Kerala)
along Kottayam-Ernakulam stretch.
|
20 |
August 24 |
|
Government report says that
the recent cyber attacks was to test the effectiveness of network
of 'modules and sleeper cells' of subversive outfits in states
like Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Kerala.
Intelligence agencies in their
report have warned that outfits like HuJI, IM, SIMI and even
the PFI have a formidable network in southern India and have
'increased their support base manifold' in the last few years.
|
21 |
September 3 |
|
Crime in India 2011 Report released
recently by the NCRB states Kerala is ahead in cyber crimes.
|
22 |
October 10 |
Thalassery/ Kerala |
The chief judicial magistrate
in Thalassery (Kerala) sent terror suspect Rayeez to Police
custody in connection with a case of the seizure of explosives
in Malayalamkunnu under Chakkarakkal Police limits on December
10, 2009.
|
23 |
November 3 |
NS |
NIA has learnt that Masthigudda
Aboobacker, prime accused arrested on November 2, in FICN racket,
has links with terrorist organizations and has been funding
them in northern parts of Kerala.
|
24 |
November 9 |
NS |
A Special CBI Court, designated
NIA Court left Tahir Merchant alias Tahir Taklya known as "cashier"
of Dawood Ibrahim and a key accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial
blasts case, in the custody of NIA till November 16, for questioning
in Kerala's Karippur FICN case of 2008.
|
25 |
November 9 |
Coimbatore |
A man was arrested near KMCH
hospital on Avinashi road, Coimbatore (Kerala) for possessing
FICN worth INR 5,000.
|
26 |
November 15 |
NS |
Tahir Merchant alias Tahir Taklya,
told the NIA that the underworld don and his company were behind
the operation of smuggling in Pakistan-manufactured FICN worth
several millions of INR to India since 2007.
NIA will conduct a detailed
probe on non-resident Keralites, who acted as conduits for the
Karippur (Malappuram District of Kerala) counterfeit currency
note case racket.
|
27 |
November 21 |
Kannur |
Police have arrested a man suspected
to be part of a FICN racket in Kannur District (Kerala).
|
28 |
December 7 |
Nedumbassery airport, (Ernakulum District)
|
Abdul Majeed, an accused in the FICN case of
August 16, 2008, was arrested by NIA following his deportation
from Dubai. He was picked up from Nedumbassery airport, Ernakulum
District (Kerala) and produced before the NIA special court.
|
29 |
December 11 |
Bangalore |
Karnataka is facing a new challenge of dealing
with Cyber Crimes, with Bangalore continuing to see a rapid
rise in the numbers in the past four years.
|
30 |
December 10 |
Chengamanadum Nadakkavu and Kochi
|
The NIA said Supreme Court that bail should
not be granted to persons engaged in circulating high value
FICN as it amounted to an act of terror intended to destabilize
India's economy.
It said the network for smuggling FICN was seized
from Chengamanadum Nadakkavu and Kochi (in Kerala), Bettiah
and Raxaul (Bihar), Kolkata (West Bengal), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh)
and Nawanshehr (Punjab).
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Sl. No.
|
Date
|
Place/ District
|
Incident
|
1 |
January 14
|
Kochi
|
The Police filed a charge
sheet against 27 members of the Popular Front of India (PFI)
in the case relating to the attack on college teacher T.J.
Joseph in Muvattupuzha in Kerala.
|
2 |
April 28 |
Kochi |
The NIA was granted the permission
by a CBI judge in Kochi in Kerala to conduct further probe
into a case relating to chopping off of the palm of T J Joseph,
a lecturer of Newman College in Thodupuzha following blasphemy
allegations in 2010.
|
3 |
June 8 |
Kottayam |
According to highly placed
sources in the Indian intelligence agencies, the SIMI and
the CPI-Maoist have recently conducted a secret meeting in
Kottayam District of Kerala.
|
4
|
June 25
|
Kochi
|
Madhya Pradesh Police arrested
a former cadre of the SIMI at the Cochin International Airport
in Kochi town of Kerala.
|
5 |
July 27 |
Guruvayur, Kochi |
Authorities of the Lord Krishna Temple at
Guruvayur received a letter which warned of bomb attacks from
al- Qaeda on the temple.
|
6
|
December 9
|
Karela
|
Three fishermen of Azhikkal harbor suffered
stab injuries when they were attacked by cadres of PFI, an
Islamic extremist outfit, and Campus Front, its student wing.
|
7
|
December 29
|
Karela
|
An ATS official said that Habib's name had
come to light in the interrogation of another SIMI cadre,
Abu Bashar of Azamgarh who was arrested in August 2008 in
Lucknow by Gujarat and UP ATS in connection with the same
case. Habib allegedly had played role in conducting recce
of places where the timer devices were planted in Ahmadabad
and also in triggering off the blasts. The official added
that Habib had studied at Islah madarsa (seminary)
near Sarai Mir where he came in contact with SIMI operatives
Abu Bashar, Abu Jafar and Anwar Azam, and then joined the
outfit. He also had attended training camps at Khandwa in
Madhya Pradesh and Ernakulum in Kerala between 2007 and 2008.
The camps were organised by SIMI president Safdar Nagori,
said the ATS official. Habib had been in regular contact with
top SIMI men, including Nagori, Kayamuddin Kapadia and Tauqir
before he played a role in the Ahmadabad serial blasts.
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2010
Sl. No.
|
Date
|
Place/ District
|
Incident
|
1 |
July 12
|
Thiruvananthapuram
|
Kerala Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) leader Abdul Nassar Madani, one of the
accused in the 2008 Bangalore serial blasts case, filed an anticipatory
bail application before the Bangalore (Karnataka) High Court.
Madani moved high court after the fifth fast track court had
dismissed his anticipatory bail application on July 9. City
Crime Branch police named Madani as the 31st accused in the
blast case.
|
2 |
August 5
|
Kerala
|
A new outfit,
Popular Front of India (PFI), which calls India its enemy and
asks for 'total Muslim empowerment', is under scanner in Kerala
for its alleged anti-India ideology. The documents seized from
cadres of the outfit, prove its anti-national ideology. The
documents portray the nation as its enemy and calls to work
towards 'total Muslim empowerment’. The documents also describe
the so-called 'freedom parade' organised by the PFI at various
centres on Independence Day (August 15), as a means to motivate
and rejuvenate Muslims.
The PFI activists recently chopped
the hands of a college lecturer, T. J. Joseph, who allegedly
set a question paper, which hurt Muslim sentiments. Meanwhile,
Kerala's Education Minister M. A. Baby said that the State Government
would soon be banning the Freedom Parade organised by PFI activists
on every Independence Day in the light of the attack on Joseph
|
3 |
August 15
|
Kollam
|
Facing arrest
warrant in the July 2008 Bangalore serial blast blasts case,
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Abdul Nassar Madani said
he would surrender before the nearest court in the coming days.
Addressing a press meet at his camp at Anwarassery near Kollam
in Kerala amid intense speculation and suspense over his arrest,
Madani said he "preferred surrendering before the nearest court
in the coming days" as he was keen to avoid law and order problems
that his arrest could trigger.
|
4 |
August 17 |
Kollam District |
The PDP leader, Abdul Nasir
Madani, was arrested in Kollam in Kerala in connection with
the 2008 Bangalore blasts case. A Karnataka Police team backed
by the Kerala Police entered the Anwarssery camp of the PDP
leader and arrested him. Madani was brought to Bangalore and
produced before the First Additional City Metropolitan Magistrate,
Venkatesh R. Hulgi, at the latter's residence. He was remanded
to Police custody till August 26.
|
5
|
September 6
|
Muvattupuzha
|
Union Home
Secretary G.K. Pillai said that there was no need for the National
Investigation Agency (NIA) to inquire into the attack on lecturer
T.J. Joseph at Muvattupuzha in Kerala as the State Police were
investigating the case creditably. Speaking to newspersons,
Pillai said the State Government had made no demand for an NIA
investigation into the incident. It had only intimated the Centre
about the ongoing investigation. As regards the radical outfit
Popular Front of India (PFI) whose cadres allegedly had attacked
Joseph, Pillai said that the State Police was aware of the activities
of the PFI and it was under close watch but there had been no
discussion about banning the outfit, as of yet.
|
6
|
September 8
|
Cochin
|
Kerala High
Court on dismissed the bail applications of seven activists
of the radical outfit Popular Front of India (PFI), arrested
in connection with the brutal attack on a college lecturer for
preparing a question paper with alleged derogatory reference
to Prophet Mohammad. The seven accused are Siyad, Sikander,
Kamarudeen, Abdul Lateef, Moideen Kutty, Shiyas and Mohammed
Ali.Turning down their bail pleas, Justice V Ramkumar said if
the objective of the activity was to disturb harmony and tranquillity
of the society and create fear, it would be held to be a terrorist
activity.
|
7
|
October 15
|
Kasargod
|
The
Rajasthan Police and Karnataka anti-terrorist squad (ATS) arrested
two alleged LeT militants from Kasargod (Kerala) and Ajmer (Rajasthan)
for their role in the 2008 blasts in Bangalore in which one
person was killed and over a dozen people were injured. The
suspects were identified as Umar Farooq and Ibrahim Moulvi.
"Umar was held in Ajmer and Ibrahim in Kasargod in Kerala,"
said Bangalore Police Commissioner Shankar Bidari. There were
reports that an accomplice of Farooq was also caught in Ajmer,
but it could not be confirmed. The Police have named 32 people
in the chargesheet in the blasts case.
|
8
|
December 30
|
Panayuikkulam/Kochi
|
The National Investigation Agency
(NIA) filed a chargesheet against 18 cadres of the banned outfit
SIMI, in a Kerala court for allegedly conspiring to advocate,
incite and abet unlawful activities for secession of Kashmir
from India.
|
2009
Sl. No.
|
Date
|
Place/ District
|
Incident
|
1 |
February 27 |
Kottayam |
Two suspected Students Islamic Movement of India
(SIMI) cadres, identified
as Shibili and Hafeez Hussain, who were arrested for reportedly
attending a secret training camp held by the outfit in 2007, were
remanded to a 15-day judicial custody. About 40 cases were pending
against the duo in various parts of the country, including in
Gujarat, Indore in Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Malegaon in Maharashtra.
Nearly 40 SIMI cadres had participated in the camp for about three
days, the Police mentioned, adding that till date, ten cadres
were arrested in this connection.
|
2 |
March 30
|
Thiruvananthapuram
|
E. T. Zainudheen alias
Abdul Sattar, who was a key operative in the suspected terrorist
network having links with the LeT, was sent to the Police's SIT
custody till April 13 for interrogation in connection with the
ongoing investigation into the operations of terrorist recruitment
modules in the State.
|
3 |
May 7
|
Thiruvananthapuram
|
Sarfras Navas alias Hakim,
an accused in the suspected operation of terror modules in Kerala,
was remanded till May 19. He will be in Police custody till May
18 for interrogation, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate V.K.
Rajan ordered.
|
4
|
March 17
|
Kannur and Ernakulam
|
185 people from Kerala were reportedly
selected by the LeT and provided preliminary training at camps
conducted in various centres. The Special Investigation Team (SIT)
probing the terror link to Kerala obtained this information from
three Kashmiri youngsters, identified as Fiyaz Ahammed (26), Sajad
Ahammed Reshi alias Hanzulla and Shabbir Ahammed Tali alias
Abu Saquib (20). These three youngsters took part in the terror
camp organised by the LeT in Kupwara and Dorusa forest areas in
Kashmir during October 2008, along with a five-member team from
Kerala. The Lashkar camp had 17 members, including seven Pakistanis
and three Kashmiris. Yasin, Fayaz, Shakeer alias Rahim
and Fayiz who were killed in encounters with the Police in Kashmir
and Abdul Jabbar, who had escaped the scene, constituted the militants’
team sent from Kerala to Kashmir. "The Malayalis joined the camp
in the second week of September. Shakeer alias Rahim was
their leader. He could speak Urdu," said Fiaz Ahammed. Shabbir
Ahammed Tali told the Police that 180 more youngsters were waiting
in Kerala after the preliminary training to join the Jihad.
"One Ustad had indoctrinated them," said Tali.
|
5
|
March 30
|
Thiruvananthapuram
|
E. T. Zainudheen alias
Abdul Sattar, who was a key operative in the suspected terrorist
network having links with the LeT, was sent to the Police's SIT
custody till April 13 for interrogation in connection with the
ongoing investigation into the operations of terrorist recruitment
modules in the State.
|
6
|
May 7
|
Thiruvananthapuram
|
Sarfras Navas alias Hakim,
an accused in the suspected operation of terror modules in Kerala,
was remanded till May 19. He will be in Police custody till May
18 for interrogation, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate V.K.
Rajan ordered.
|
7
|
May 13
|
Thiruvananthapuram
|
The ATS of the Kerala Police questioned
the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chairman Abdul Nazer Madhani
for several hours, in connection with his terrorism linkages.
Madhani is suspected to have links with the LeT militants. According
to unnamed sources, the Police questioned Madhani based on the
confessions of Sarfras Nawas and Sainudheen, who were arrested
in connection with the July 26, 2008 Bangalore serial bomb blasts
case. Nawas had told the Karnataka Police that he had met Madhani
in his residence at Kollam a few months after the PDP leader was
released from Coimbatore jail, where he had been housed as an
under trial in the Coimbatore bomb blast case.
|
8
|
July 22
|
Kannur
|
The Kerala Police arrested a suspected
terrorist, identified as Mohammed Abdul Haleem, for his involvement
in the July 2008 Bangalore serial bomb blasts and a series of
low-intensity blasts in Kerala in the last decade. Police said
he was associated with the ultra-Islamic Noorish Tariquat based
in Hyderabad and received terror training there. Meanwhile, the
Kochi Police commissioner Manoj Abraham said that the vehicle
used to plant bombs in Bangalore was the one stolen by Haleem
from Aluva in Ernakulam.
|
9
|
August 30
|
Thiruvananthapuram
|
The Kerala Police arrested a suspected
militant, identified as Kabir, a resident of Rippon in the Wayanad
District, who had a lookout notice issued against him by the Intelligence
Bureau (IB). Unconfirmed reports said the IB suspects him of being
involved in terrorist attacks, including the Bangalore serial
bomb blasts in July 25, 2008.
|
10
|
December 17
|
Kochi
|
Soofiya Madani, wife of PDP leader
Abdul Nasser Madani, was arrested from her residence in Kochi
shortly after the Kerala High Court dismissed her anticipatory
bail application in connection with the burning of a Tamil Nadu
bus in the State in September 2005.
|
2008
Sl. No.
|
Date
|
Place/ District
|
Incident
|
1
|
January 6
|
Kumili, Idukki
|
Police arrested a Hizb-ul-Mujahideen
(HM) militant, Altaf Ahmed, a 29-year old native of Jammu and
Kashmir. Assistant Superintendent of Police Vikramjith Singh said
that he was involved in various crimes against the state. He had
reportedly applied for a passport in Idukki and the Kerala Police
had sent his documents to their counterparts in Jammu and Kashmir
for verification when his identity came to light, police said
adding the accused got training from Pakistan.
|
2 |
October 6
|
Thrissur
|
The Kerala police arrested two
persons for their suspected links with the banned SIMI. Abdul
Hakeem (22) from Azheekal in Guruvayur and Shameer (29) from Karukapadathu
were arrested on information that the duo attended a clandestine
meeting of SIMI activists at Panayikulam on August 15, 2006. The
police had taken 18 persons into custody. Five of them were arrested
and the others released for lack of evidence. Shibili and Ansar,
who were among those arrested from Panayikulam and later released
on bail, were again arrested from Indore in Madhya Pradesh with
firearms in their possession. They were produced before the Paravoor
Judicial First Class Magistrate who remanded them to judicial
custody till October 21.
|
3 |
October 21
|
Thrissur
|
Thrissur Police arrested two SIMI
cadres from Kodungallur. The two cadres, identified as Nisar and
Asghar, reportedly participated in a SIMI camp at Panayikulam
on August 15, 2006.
|
4 |
November 9
|
Kannur
|
Kerala police has arrested one
suspected militant, identified as Mohammed Nainar, from the District
Hospital area. He was accused of supporting terrorist activities
and motivating a local youth Mohamad Fayaz, who was killed in
an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir in October 2008. He was reportedly
also associated with a network that is involved in recruiting
cadres for Kashmir-based militant groups.
|
5 |
November 22
|
Kasargod
|
Two youths suspected to have links
with Islamist extremist activities were arrested by the Kerala
Police from Kanhangad. They were identified as Firose, a trader
on the railway station road, and his relative Shakeeb.
|
6 |
December 2
|
Thrissur
|
A four-member squad of District
police arrested two National Development Front cadres, identified
as Pappali Thechalveettil Naushad and Thekkekattil Majeed, at
Mangalamkunnu.
|
7 |
December 20
|
Kannur
|
The Police arrested a militant,
identified as Sheneej, from Anayidukku for suspected links to
a gang recruiting cadres from Kerala for terrorist outfits in
Jammu and Kashmir. Police suspected that Sheneej had a
close association with persons from Kerala having links with the
Jammu and Kashmir-based terrorist outfits, Deputy Superintendent
of Police, V. K. Akbar, said. Sheneej was produced before the
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate court in Thalassery on the
same day and remanded to judicial custody till January 3, 2009.
|
Source:Compiled from news reports and
are provisional.
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