India: Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2023

A lower rung Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, identified as Ayata Madkam (30), was arrested by the District Reserve Guard (DRG) from the forests of Nilvaya village in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh on January 1, reports The Pioneer. Dantewada, Superintendent of Police (SP), Siddharth Tiwari, said Madkam was a Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Majdoor Sangathan (DAKMS) member of Nilvaya Panchayat (village level local self-Government institution) of the outlawed Maoist outfit, and was involved in several Naxalite [Left Wing Extremist, LWE] incidents last year. Read less...

An old mortar shell was found 150 metres away from the railway line at Kali Badi near the Samba railway station in Samba District of J&K, Daily Excelsior reports on January 2. A bomb disposal squad inspected the mortar and found it empty. Read less...

Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres reportedly abducted a youth, identified as Sanjay Tati, and killed him after branding him a ‘police informer’ in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on January 1, reports The Times of India. Tati (25), was a resident of Tarem Police Station area, was found lying on the Road Rehabilitation Project (RRP)-I Awapalli-Jagargunda road. Bijapur, Superintendent of Police (SP), Anjaneya Varshney said that some Maoists abducted Sanjay from Kursampara village on December 31. The Jagargunda area committee of CPI (Maoist) claimed responsibility for the incident, SP, Varshney said, the Maoists also dropped pamphlets near the dead body branding him as a ‘police informer’, adds Hindustan Times. Read less...

On January 1, a civilian, identified as Sameer Ahmed Malla was injured in a grenade attack near Mirza Kamil Chowk in Hawal area of Srinagar District in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), reports Daily Excelsior. The grenade was aimed at a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) vehicle but missed the intended target resulting in injuries to the civilian. The CRPF and J&K Police launched a search operation in the area. Read less...

On January 1, a Pakistani drone was spotted by the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel at the Kamalpur border outpost of Gurdaspur District in Punjab, reports amarujala. The BSF personnel fired at the drone following which the drone went back to Pakistan. The BSF troopers have launched a search operation in the area. Read less...

On January 1, the Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP) arrested an individual, identified as Umar Aziz from Karnah Tehsil (revenue unit) in Kupwara District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), reports Daily Excelsior. Five Pistols, 10 Pistol Magazines, 77 Pistol rounds, one pistol cleaning rod, one Pistol User Manual guide, four hand Grenades and 10 packets of Heroin like narcotics substance weighing 9.450 Kgs was recovered from Garangnard Chatkadi in Kupwara District in J&K on disclosure of the arrested accused. The consignment was meant for The Resistance Front (TRF). An FIR under number 01/2023 u/s 7/25 Arms Act (AA), 5 Explosive Substances Act (ESA) 8/21-29 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, Act (NDPS)13,18, 20, 23 & 38 Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) stands registered. Read less...

Suspected militants killed four civilians, identified as Deepak Kumar, Satish Kumar, Pritam Lal and Shiv Pal and injured seven others at upper Dhangri village in Rajouri Tehsil (revenue unit) of Rajouri District in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), on January 1, reports Hindustan Times. Read less...

Two civilians, identified as Samiksha Sharma and Vihan Kumar Sharma, died when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) went off in Dhangri village in Rajauri Tehsil (revenue unit) of Rajouri District in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), Daily Excelsior reports on January 2. Six other individuals were hurt in the explosion, as per officials. In a statement issued following the blast, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Mukesh Singh stated that IED was concealed in a gunny bag and that they had received information about the presence of two terrorists. He also stated that the area has been cordoned off and that a search is underway. Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh, who reached the site said that the IED blast was intended to target senior officers who were about to reach there and that “it is time to give a boost to Village Defence Committees (VDCs).” Read less...

‘Khalistani Zindabad’ slogan was written outside the walls of Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Upinderjit Singh Ghuman's office in Muktsar District of Punjab, Punjab Kesari reports on January 3. The Police have launched an inquiry into the matter. Furthermore, it was written that, much like former Prime Minister (PM) Indira Gandhi was assassinated in 1984 and Rajiv Gandhi in 1991, Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra was threatened to be stopped on January 11, 2023. Shortly after, Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) head Gurpatwant Singh Pannu released a video in which he discussed a number of incidents in Punjab, including a bomb found close to Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Bhagwant Mann's office, Khalistani slogans written, and the assassinations of Rajiv Gandhi and Indira Gandhi. Read less...

A Pakistani infiltrator was shot dead by the Border Security Force (BSF) troops at Channa Border Outpost in the Gurdaspur District along the India-Pakistan International Border (IB) in Punjab, Tribune India reports on January 3. A pump action shotgun has been recovered from the site. Read less...

According to an intelligence report, Pakistan-based terrorists are targeting forward defence locations along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Rajouri District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in an attempt to infiltrate into India, India Today reports on January 3. Around 25-30 terrorists are planning to infiltrate India using four launching pads, namely Kotli, Lanjote, Nikail, and Khuiratta located in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), in front of the Rajouri sector. The intelligence report further states that the terrorist groups Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) are planning to target civilians, and that an alert has been issued in the Poonch District of J&K. Read less...

On January 2, BSF had recovered an old broken Pakistani drone (hexacopter) along with a consignment of one kilogram of narcotics near the Border Observation Post (BOP) Kassowal in Gurdaspur District in Punjab, reports Tribune India. Read less...

The Border Security Force (BSF) personnel, at the Passenger Terminal Building in Kartarpur Corridor at Gurdaspur District of Punjab, have recovered live cartridges of 12 bore pistol from the bag of a woman devotee, identified as Bhupinder Kaur, who was going to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur, in Narowal District, in Punjab Province of Pakistan, Punjab Kesari reports on January 3. Read less...

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) registered 73 cases, including 35 cases of Jihadi terror, in 2022, a 19.67 per cent increase from the 61 cases registered in 2021 and the highest in the last three years, reports The Indian Express. NIA officials asserted that around 60 cases each were filed by the agency in 2019 and 2020. An NIA spokesperson stated, “We have registered 73 cases in 2022, which is a 19.67 per cent increase from the 61 cases registered in 2021 and is an all-time high for the NIA. These cases include 35 cases of Jihadi terror in states such as J&K, Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and West Bengal, 11 other cases in J&K, 10 related to Left Wing Extreme (LWE), five related to insurgents in the northeast, seven related to the Popular Front of India (PFI), four of Punjab, three cases of gangster-terror-drug smuggler nexus, one case of terror funding and two Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN)-related cases.” The spokesperson also stated, “The NIA has filed 59 chargesheets in 2022 against 368 persons and judgements have been pronounced in 38 cases, all of which have ended in conviction. In all, 109 persons have been convicted to rigorous imprisonment along with fine. Six life sentences have also been awarded. Overall conviction rate as on date is 94.39 per cent. Eight persons have been designated as terrorists under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and necessary action against them is being taken by the NIA”. Read less...

An official review of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) released on January 3 showed that in 2022, there was about 54 per cent reduction in terrorist incidents, 84 per cent in the deaths of Security Forces (SFs) and about 22 per cent in the recruitment of terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), reports The Statesman. It also reveals that J&K security situation received constant attention of the UMHA during 2022 and J&K’s security grid was strengthened to ensure zero-fear of terrorists and separatists. Read less...

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, made an attack on Pakistan on January 3, terming it as "epicentre of terrorism", reports NDTV. He said that the impacts of cross-border terrorism cannot be limited within a region, especially when they are deeply linked to the drugs and illegal weapons trade, as well as other forms of international crime. Jaishankar had a detailed discussion on the threats to international peace and security that are posed by terrorism, including its cross-border practices, violent extremism, radicalisation and fundamentalism with Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg on January 3. In reference to the Mumbai 2008 terror attacks (26/11), he said, “This is a country which has attacked the Parliament of India some years ago, which attacked the city of Mumbai, which went after hotels, and foreign tourists, which every day sends terrorists across the border.” He also hit out at the European countries for not condemning Pakistan. "When we speak about judgments and principles, why don't I hear sharp European condemnation of these practices that have been going on for decades?" he said. Read less...

Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) 32nd Battalion arrested a wanted Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre identified as Janaki Koda, during a search operation conducted on the secret information about the presence of Maoists in New Barmasia and Bankura of Kajra Police Station area in Lakhisarai District of Bihar on January 3, reports prabhatkhabar.com. Koda is accused of shooting and killing Chhotu Saav, the driver of Ganesh Rajak, the then head of Bhalui Panchayat (village level local self-Government institution) on August 19, 2019, and a case has been registered regarding this in Chanan Police Station. Apart from this, a case has been registered against him in Piribazar Police Station. He is accused of planting Improvised Explosive Device (IED) bombs and firing on the Police force. Koda has been sent to judicial custody. Read less...

Three Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, including two brothers, were arrested from Pannk Narayanpur Police Station limits of Bokaro District of Jharkhand on January 3, reports The Pioneer. About a dozen cases have been registered against them in Pannk-Narayanpur Police Station of Nawadih Block (administrative division) of the district, said Police. Acting on a tip off that two Maoists, Baburam Marandi and Dalo Ram Marandi belonging to Giridih District and another Maoist Futani alias Kuleshwar Kumar Sharma alias Koleshwar Thakur, a resident of Giridih, were arrested while they arrived at place in Nawadih under Pannk-Narayanpur Police Station. The arrested rebels were charged in case number 161/2014 Section-147/148/149/353/307 Bhadvi and 4/5 Explosive Substances Act and 17 Criminal Law Amendment (CLA) Act's First Information Report (FIR) has been registered on December 12, 2014. The Maoists were also accused of planting a bomb in a culvert on the Palamu-Sarubera Road in Nawadih with the intention of killing him. Read less...

Aijaz Ahmad Ahanger alias Abu Usman Al-Kashmiri, currently based in Afghanistan, one of the chief recruiters of Islamic State Jammu and Kashmir (ISJK), was declared as an individual terrorist by Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) declared through a notification on January 4, reports Daily Excelsior. He also has contacts with al-Qaeda and other global terrorist groups and is engaged in restarting the Islamic State (IS) in India, He has been designated as the individual terrorist under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), 1967. UMHA said Ahanger, appointed as the head of Islamic State (IS) recruitment cell for India, is working towards providing traction to militancy in Kashmir and has started the process of identifying people for inclusion in his Kashmir based network. He has also been instrumental in initiating an online India-centric ISIS propaganda magazine. Read less...

Arms and ammunition were recovered during a joint Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) by Police, along with other Security Forces (SFs) in Sadhpora Taad village under Karnah Tehsil (revenue unit) in Kupwara District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) on January 4, reports Daily Excelsior. “During the search operation, the joint team recovered arms and ammunition including three pistols, three pistol magazines, 22 pistol rounds, and three Chinese grenades from a house belonging to Shameem Ahmad Shiekh, son of Suderdin Sheikh, resident of Sadhpora Taad,” a Police official said. Read less...

Eight prominent Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, including three women who were part of the CPI-Maoist squad led by Misir Besra, surrendered before the State Police in Ranchi District of Jharkhand on January 4, reports Ommcom News. Jairam Bodra, Martam Angaria, Sarita Sardar, Tungir Purti, Patar Koda, Kusnu Sirka aka Kartik Sirka and others, surrendered at a programme organised by the State Police. Many cases have been registered against them in different Police Stations of Chaibasa, Jamshedpur, Seraikela-Kharsawan Districts. Read less...

Suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed a tribal after branding him as a ‘police informer’ in the Chintur Mandal (administrative sub division) area in Alluri Sitarama Raju District of Andhra Pradesh late on January 4, reports The New Indian Express. According to Chintur circle inspector Appala Naidu, about 10 Maoists went to the house of the victim Soyam Subbaiah (40) in Juvvigudem village in Chintur Mandal, later, they rounded up Subbaiah and allegedly thrashed him to death with sticks. Police suspect the Maoists came from the Konta area in Chhattisgarh. According to Police, Maoists killed Subbaiah suspecting him as a ‘police informer’. In the letter purportedly left by the Maoists, it was alleged that Subbaiah was working as a ‘police informer’ for the past five years. The letter read that the Maoists had warned Subbaiah to mend his ways several times, but in vain. Police suspect that Maoists believed Subbaiah passed on crucial information to the Police sometime back leading to the alleged fake encounter of a Maoist cadre. “Subbaiah was an active police informer and we wanted to punish him,’’ the Maoists said in their letter. Read less...

The ‘chairman’ of the Manipur Tribal Revolutionary Army (MTRA), identified as Chuirei Makung and one of his followers were arrested while trying to extort money at Mantripukhri Bazar under the Heingang Police Station in Imphal East District of Manipur on January 4, reports Northeast Now. Two mobile handsets and some incriminating documents have been recovered from their possession. Read less...

The cadres of All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) shot dead a Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M) local tribal leader in Sadar (east) subdivision of Tripura on January 4, reports Telegraph. Police said Bidya Debbarma, member of Janmejaynagar local committee of CPI-M and former chairman of the village development committee, had gone to meet his friend Gurumohan Debbarma in nearby Maharam Sardar para area in the evening. At around 7 pm, five ATTF cadres entered into Gurumohan’s house and dragged Bidya away. The militants shot him dead from point blank range 250 metres from the house. Read less...

The members of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), the political wing of the Popular Front of India (PFI) acted like a terrorist gang, the magisterial inquiry into the KG Halli and DJ Halli violence concluded on January 4, reports One India. The report said that the SDPI conspired to strike terror among the people and Police authorities. "During the course of the investigation, it was revealed that the accused persons conspired with each other to form an unlawful assembly to protest against the decisions of courts and government in cases relating to the Citizenship Amendment Act, the National Register of Citizens (NRC), The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act (popularly known as Triple Talaq Act) and the final judgment in the Ayodhya Ram Janmabhoomi dispute," the report also said. Read less...

Three Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, two of them involved in 2017 Burkapal and Bhejji attacks and carrying a total reward of INR 800,000 on their heads, surrendered in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh on January 4, reports The Print. Madvi Budhra, Vetti Joga and Madvi Joga turned themselves in citing disappointment with the “inhuman” and “hollow” Maoist ideology, Sukma, Superintendent of Police (SP), Sunil Sharma said, adding that they were also impressed by the state government’s rehabilitation policy and District Police’s ‘Puna Narkom (`new dawn’ in the Gondi language) campaign. Budhra, who carried a reward of INR 500,000, was Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Majdoor Sangathan (DAKMS) ‘president’ and Kistaram Area Committee member of Maoist organization. Vetti, who carried a reward of INR 300,000 on his head was active as Kistaram Local Organisation Squad (LOS) ‘deputy commander’, SP said, adding that he was involved in the 2020 Minpa ambush and Tumirpad attack in which one trooper was killed. Madvi Joga was DAKMS ‘vice-president’ under the Palachalma Revolutionary People’s Committee as well as a member of the Naxalites’ platoon number 8, the SP said, adding that Joga was involved in the 2017 Burkapal attack, 2017 Bhejji attack and the Kasalpad attack in which 14 security personnel were killed. Read less...

Two militants of the United National Liberation Front (UNLF) were found dead at Vangli village in Churachandpur District of Manipur on January 4, reports Northeast Now. The two deceased militants have been identified as Major Yaiphaba and Captain Jirilakpa of the UNLF. Read less...

On January 5, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre Chandru Manjhi alias Ramchandra Soren was arrested by the Penk-Narayanpur Police from Jamunia Forest of Uparghat (Nawadih) in Bokaro District of Jharkhand, and sent to jail in connection with the December 6, 2006, land mine blast case in Pulia near Naya Basti of Bokaro Thermal Police Station area in which 13 Security Forces (SF) personnel were killed, reports livehindustan.com. Read less...

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on January 5, conducted searches at six locations in Karnataka in four Districts of Dakshina Kannada, Shivamogga, Davanagere and Bengaluru and arrested two Islamic State (IS) militants, identified as Reshaan Thajuddin Sheikh, a resident of Varamballi, Bramhavar, Udupi District and Huzair Farhan Baig, a resident of 1st main, 7th Cross, Tippu Sultan Nagar, Shivamogga District, reports The New Indian Express. The place of arrest is yet to be disclosed. The case relates to a conspiracy hatched by the accused to further the terror activities of the IS and to endanger the unity, security and sovereignty of the country. The investigation revealed that Reshaan was radicalised by Maaz Muneer, another accused arrested earlier on September 20. The arrested duo received funds from their IS handler through Crypto-wallets for furthering the terrorist activities of the Islamic State. It was also revealed that as part of their larger designs, the accused also indulged in arson and targeting of vehicles and other establishments, such as liquor shops, godowns, transformers etc. Digital devices and incriminating documents were seized from the houses of the accused and the suspects during the search operation. Read less...

The Phundrei Battalion of Assam Rifles, in a joint operation with the Commandoes of Hiyanglam Police arrested one cadre of the United National Liberation Front (UNLF), identified as self-styled ‘2nd lieutenant’ Aslam Khan alias Firoz Khan from Wabagai Tera Pishak Hiyanglam village in Kakching District of Manipur on January 5, reports Northeast Now. He was handed over to Hiyanglam Police Station for further investigation. Read less...

The State Investigation Unit (SIU) of Police, on January 5, conducted raids at multiple locations in Kupwara District in connection with a case regarding militant activities in the area, reports Daily Excelsior. The raids were carried out in an under-investigation case (FIR number 276/2022) of Police Station Kupwara. The searches were conducted at Hyhama, Kralpora, Mirnag, Lolab and Sulkoot localities of the District, in the residential houses of suspected relatives of eight militants who have crossed Line of Control (LoC) and joined militant ranks affiliated with Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM). As per initial investigations, these militants have been found involved in actively conspiring and facilitating infiltration of militants, supplying of arms and ammunition in addition to using of Cyber space in radicalising Kashmiri youths to join militancy besides raising funds for militant activities. During searches mobile phones and other materials have been seized. Read less...

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) on January 5, declared militant outfit The Resistance Front (TRF), as a terrorist organisation, under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act- UAPA 1967, reports Daily Excelsior. The ministry made the announcement through a notification, mentioning that “the activities of TRF are detrimental for the national security and sovereignty of India”, reports ABPLive. The UMHA stated that the TRF, is recruiting youth by using online media to further terrorist activities. The notification also states that the TRF has been involved in carrying out propaganda of terror activities, recruitment of terrorists, infiltration of terrorists, and smuggling of weapons and narcotics from Pakistan into Jammu and Kashmir. Through the notification, the UMHA also designated Sheikh Sajjad Gul, a ‘commander’ of TRF, a terrorist under the fourth schedule of UAPA. Through another notification the UMHA also designated Mohammed Amin alias Abu Khubaib, acting as the ‘launching commander’ of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) as a terrorist. Read less...

Two couriers of the Communist Party of India (CPI-Maoist) were arrested by a joint squad of Charla Police and the personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) during a vehicle checking drive on the outskirts of the Charla Mandal (administrative sub division) headquarters town in Bhadradri Kothagudem District of Telangana on January 5, reports The Hindu. A bundle of 200-metre cordex wire, 10 pressure cookers, some substances used for making explosive materials, and a tractor-trolley were seized from them. The arrested persons were identified as P Sammaiah (35), and Satyaveni (33), both hailing from Charla. According to the Police, the duo had been working as couriers for the CPI-Maoist Dalam (armed squad) led by the Bhadradri-Kothagudem division ‘secretary’ Azad by providing essential commodities and explosive materials to the ultras operating in the neighbouring Chhattisgarh for the last two years. Read less...

Addressing a public event in Dimapur District of Nagaland on January 6, Union Home Minister (UHM) Amit Shah commented on the security situation prevailing in Nagaland, reports Morung Express. He said, “The process of repealing The Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958 (AFSPA) from Nagaland has already started in a gradual manner.” He further added that from 2014 to 2021 there has been a 74 percent reduction in violence related to “insurgency” and 60 percent reduction in the death of Security Force (SF) personnel. Read less...

An encounter between Police and cadres of the Tritiya Sammelan Prastuti Committee (TSPC/TPC), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India (CPI-Maoist), took place in Angada Forest area under Kunda Police Station limits in Chatra District of Jharkhand on January 6, reports prabhatkhabar.com. Seeing the Police dominating, the TSPC cadres were able to escape by taking advantage of the forest while firing. After the encounter, Police recovered a huge quantity of goods from the encounter site. The recoveries included, one walkie talkie, wire, army paternal cloth, two solar plates with two mobile chargers, cooking utensils, steel plates eight, rice 20 kilograms, fresh vegetables, blanket, civil cloth, pithu bag and other daily use items. Following inputs that ‘regional commander’ of the banned Naxalite [Left Wing Extremist, LWE] organization TSPC, Akraman Ganjhu, carrying a prize of INR 1.5 million, and the ‘regional commander’, Shashikant alias Arif, carrying a prize of INR 1 million, are busy in the forest to carry out the incident, the operation was launched to arrest them. Seeing the Police coming towards them, the cadres started firing on the Police party, and the Police fired in retaliation. After this, the TSPC cadres escaped by taking advantage of the forest. Read less...

Bihar's Special Task Force (STF) arrested 57 Naxals [Left Wing Extremists, LWEs], including the six of the most wanted cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), in several operations in 2022, reports Republic World on January 7. The STF also arrested 283 most wanted criminals in the same period of time. Additional Director General (ADG), HQ, Patna, JS Gangwar, on January 6, said, "In 2022, STF arrested 57 Naxals including 6 most wanted Naxals and 283 most wanted criminals." He said the STF also seized arms and ammunition in large quantities. "Many arms and ammunition were recovered including 14 regular weapons, 3 AK-47s, one weapon belonging to the AK-56 series and five weapons that were snatched from police," ADG, Gangwar said. The Bihar Police official also highlighted the arrests of Naxals outside the State saying, "33 Naxals were arrested by Bihar police from other states like Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Maharashtra, and West Bengal." ADG, Gangwar said around 120 country-made weapons and live ammunition were also recovered for them. "118 country-made weapons, 7,870 live cartridges, 1 hand grenade, and 15-gram explosive material were also recovered," he added. Read less...

Mumbai Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) youth wing leader Tajinder Tiwana has filed a complaint with the Bangur Nagar Police station in Mumbai City District, alleging that he received threatening text messages from a spokesperson, identified as Sandeep Singh, for the Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Khalsa, Hindustan Times reports on January 7. The sender threatened Tiwana and his family with death if he did not resign from the BJP. Read less...

National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval on January 6, met his counterpart, the visiting Diplomatic Adviser to the French President, Emmanuel Bonne, and reiterated their commitment to take forward their strategic partnership to ensure peace, stability and security in the Indo-Pacific based on common beliefs in rules-based international order and strategic autonomy, reports The Indian Express. The French Embassy in Delhi stated that they discussed aspects of the Indo-French strategic partnership which includes defence and security cooperation, major international and regional issues, including the war in Ukraine, and cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, counter-terrorism cooperation, cyber-security, space and civil nuclear energy. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) stated that the agenda included discussions on the situation in Afghanistan, Africa, South East Asia, Eurasia; Third Country Cooperation; cooperation in the lndo-Pacific, nuclear energy, space and cyber domains. Read less...

The Intelligence Bureau (IB) started enquiry over the social media accounts of the Popular Front of India (PFI), on January 6, that function secretly against the National Investigation Agency (NIA), reports english.janamtv.com. The investigation agencies have taken up working of the social media group that supports religious terrorists. It has been reported that secret meetings and group discussions of the PFI are still taking place even after the outfit has been banned. Read less...

The international jihadist group, Al-Qaeda in the latest issue of their journal Ghazwa-e-Hind threatened that it will demolish the Ram temple being built in Ayodhya and replace it with a mosque, reports indileak.com on January 7. The magazine, which was published online by jihadist channels, also mentioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, advising them not to disregard its exhortations as “propaganda of the Pakistani establishment,” and urged Indian Muslims to support jihad (holy war). Al-Qaeda stated in the magazine, “Just as the Ram temple is being built on the ruins of the Babri Masjid, it will be demolished, and the Babri Masjid will be rebuilt over the place of the idols in the name of Allah.” Read less...

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on January 6, arrested a student of a mechanical engineering college in Bangaluru, identified as Rihan Shaikh for his suspected links with the cooker blast that took place in Mangaluru on November 19, 2022, reports Daiji World. The NIA officials raided the flat of the accused, situated at Varamballi, Brahmavar taluk in Udupi District in Karnataka and took into custody a few documents and questioned the family members of Rihan. The NIA revealed that the Rihan had close contact with suspected Islamic State (IS) terrorist Maaz Muneer, who was earlier arrested on September 20 from Shivamogga and was said to done experimental blast on Tunga river bank near Purale of Shivamogga. Read less...

The Resistance Front (TRF), on January 6, warned of terror attacks on people whose names it has released on the ‘hit list’, reports India Today. According to a Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) notification, TRF is recruiting youth through the online medium for the furtherance of terrorist activities, recruitment of terrorists, infiltration of terrorists and smuggling of weapons and narcotics from Pakistan into Jammu and Kashmir. Read less...

A person identified as Abdullah Saood Ansari, a resident of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh who was arrested by the National Investigating Agency (NIA) under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) on September 30, 2022 for his suspected links with the Popular Front of India (PFI) was granted bail by the Hon’ble Additional District and Sessions Judge, Special Judge NIA/ Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) Lucknow on January 7, reports muslimmirror.com. It was suspected that the accused was working as an active member of PFI from the year 2017. However, the investigating officer in the case found no evidence to prove the connection of the accused to the PFI. Read less...

A total of 43 militants, including a woman, of eight different militant outfits laid down their arms and ammunition before Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh in Imphal at a function on January 7, reports Sentinel. The 43 militants included 13 cadres of the Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL), 11 from the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP), five each from the People's Liberation Army (PLA) / Revolutionary People's Front (RPF), the Kangleipak Communist Party - Noyon (KCP-N) and the United National Liberation Front (UNLF), two from the People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PRO) and one each from People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Unification (NSCN-U). The surrendered militants deposited arms, ammunition and explosives, including 19 AK series rifles, pistols, hand grenades, IEDs and live ammunition. Read less...

The Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP) has detained 18 suspects for interrogation in connection with the Dhangri village attack on January 1, 2023 in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), India, reports Kashmir Reader on January 8. According to the authorities, "several vital leads" have been found that point to the presence of terrorists in various areas near Rajouri town in the Rajouri District of J&K. Read less...

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on January 7, filed a chargesheet against a person, identified as Marghoob Ahmad Danish alias Tahir, a resident of Phulwari Sharif in Patna in connection with the 'Ghazwa-e-Hind' case relating to the radicalization of impressionable youth over various social media platforms, before a special court in Patna, reports India Tv News. An NIA spokesperson stated that investigations revealed that Danish was the admin of WhatsApp group 'Ghazwa E Hind' created by a Pakistani national namely Zain, and had added many people from India as well as other countries to the group in order to radicalize them and constitute them into sleeper cells for carrying out terrorist activities. The NIA spokesperson also asserted that, "Danish had created the said 'Ghazwa E Hind' group on different social media platforms viz WhatsApp, Telegram, and Bip Messenger. He had also created another WhatsApp group in the name of 'BDGhazwa E HindBD' and had added Bangladeshi nationals." Read less...

The Special Task Force (STF) of the Kolkata Police on January 7, arrested two persons, suspected to be terrorists allied to Islamic State (IS), from Aftabuddin Munshi Lane of Tikiapara area in Howrah District in West Bengal, reports The Indian Express. “Both persons are involved in spreading tentacles of the terror group in Howrah. We are questioning them to understand more about their roles,” said an unnamed officer, adding that they were also involved in “brainwashing local youths towards anti-national activities”. Read less...

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) through a notification on January 7, banned People’s Anti-Fascist Front (PAFF), an offshoot of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), reports India Tv News. The notification stated that PAFF is a proxy outfit of Maulana Masood Azhar-led Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and it is involved in regularly issuing threats to security forces, political leaders and civilians working in Jammu and Kashmir from other states. The notification also stated that “The PAFF along with other organisations is indulging in radicalization of impressionable youth for the purpose of recruitment and training in handling guns, ammunition and explosives.”, further reports The Indian Express. Read less...

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) through a notification on January 7, designated Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) operative Dr Asif Maqbool Dar as a terrorist under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), 1967, reports newindian.in. The notification reads, “Dr. Asif Maqbool, who is resident of Bandi Payeen, Wagoora, Baramulla, presently based at Daman, Ash Sharqiyah, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, is associated with terror outfit Hizb-ul- Mujahideen. The said Dr. Asif Maqbool Dar is involved in instigating the youth of Kashmir Valley for terrorist activities by using social media platforms.” According to the UMHA, Dr Asif Maqbool Dar is one of the leading radical voices on social media and is involved in nefariously influencing Kashmiri youth to take up arms against the Indian government and security forces. The UMHA further stated that Dr. Asif Maqbool Dar is accused in a case investigated by the National Investigating Agency (NIA) relating to a conspiracy hatched by the cadres of the terrorist organization to undertake violent terrorist acts in Jammu and Kashmir and major cities in India including New Delhi on the direction of handlers based across the border. Dr. Asif Maqbool is the 52nd person to be declared as a terrorist under the UAPA. Read less...

Thoubal District Police arrested 28 cadres of militant groups during the year 2022, reports Imphal Free Press. As per the report, Thoubal Police arrested 30 cadres of proscribed groups which included 16 cadres of Revolutionary People's Front (RPF)/ People's Liberation Army (PLA), one overground worker of PLA, one cadre of People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak- Progressive (PREPAK-Pro), four cadres each of Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL), two cadres of Kangleipak Communist Party - Military Council (KCP-MC). Thoubal Police also seized numerous firearms, including seven 9MM pistol, one each of .32 and 7.65MM pistol, 15 hand grenade, 138 live bullets of different guns, nine detonator, three wireless detonator reviver, one each of remote control, walkie talkie and 9-volt battery. Read less...

Two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, one carrying a reward of INR 100,000 on his head, surrendered to Security Forces (SFs) in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh on January 7, reports The Pioneer. Lekam Gujja and Madkam Hidiya turned themselves in after being impressed with the Government’s rehabilitation policy, Sukma, Superintendent of Police (SP), Sunil Sharma said. Gujja was the Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Majdoor Sangathan (DAKMS) ‘President’ and carried a bounty of INR 100,000 on his head, while, Hidiya was a ‘Militia Deputy Commander’, Sharma said, adding that they were reportedly involved in several Maoist incidents in Chintagufa and Chintalnar areas in the district. Read less...

Canada-based gangster and Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) operative Arshdeep Singh Gill alias Arsh Dalla was declared a designated terrorist by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) after it found his involvement in heinous crimes such as murder, extortion and targeted killings, disturbing communal harmony and creating terror among the people in Punjab, Indian Express reported on January 9. Punjab Police officials reported that Arshdeep Singh Gill funded his associates through hawala (illegal money transactions), which the latter utilise to commit various crimes, The Tribune reports on January 11. Read less...

On January 8, one more civilian, identified as Prince Sharma, died as a result of injuries inflicted from the firing attack by terrorists in Dhangri village in Rajouri Tehsil (revenue unit) of Rajouri District in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), India on January 1, 2023, bringing the dead toll to five, reports Daily Excelsior. SATP previously reported that four civilians were killed in the Dhangri firing attack on January 1, 2023. Read less...

On January 8, Security Forces (SFs) destroyed an Improvised Explosive Devise (IED) that was found from Dandote village in Budhal Block in Rajouri District of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), India, reports Daily Excelsior. Read less...

On January 8, the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel fired 75 rounds on a Pakistani drone spotted near India-Pakistan border in Gurdaspur District in Punjab, reports Punjab Kesari. Search operation continues in the area. Read less...

On January 8, two infiltrators were killed by Indian Army troops along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Balakot sector of Poonch District in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India, reports Daily Excelsior. Huge quantity of arms and ammunition, including one AK 47 Rifle, one modified AK 56 Rifle, One Chinese Pistol, two Chinese hand grenades and two Improvised Explosive Device (IED), were recovered from the possession of the slain militants whose identity and group affiliation is awaited. A mobile phone, two night-vision goggles, one binocular, a camcorder with images of terrorists and their training, steel core AK ammunition, combat dress and warm clothing were also recovered from the neutralised terrorist. Read less...

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed supplementary chargesheet before the NIA Special Court, Ranchi, Jharkhand against 14 accused persons in connection with the Naxal [Left Wing Extremist, LWE] attack on former Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Gurucharan Nayak and the killing of two Police personnel in West Singhbhum, Jharkhand on January 4, 2022, reports lawbeat.in on January 9. The 14 accused charge sheeted persons are: Pradhan Korah @ Mantri, Sriram Tubid @ Sheeram Tubid, Shailendra Bahanda, Pusa Lugun @ Puse Lugun, Sunia Surin, Mangal Singh Diggi, Rangiya Lugun, Kujari, Mangal Singh Lugun @ Vikram, Kishmat Korah, Misir Besra @ Sagar da @ Bhaskar Da @ Diwakar Da @ Sunirmal, Sushant Da @ Anmol @ Samar Ji @ Lalchand Hembrom, Sameer @ Lalu Modiyam, and Ashwin @ Lachhu Korsa. All the accused persons have been charge sheeted under Sections 120B, 121, 121-A, 147, 148, 149, 201, 302, 307, 333, 353, 395, 396, 397 of IPC, Sections 16, 18, 18-A, 18-B, 19, 20, 38 & 39 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and Section 27 of Arms Act. The NIA press release stated, “Investigations have revealed that the accused persons are CPI (Maoist) [Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)] members and they participated in meetings in which a conspiracy was hatched to target former MLA Gurucharan Nayak. They also participated in the crime which resulted in the injury and death of police personnel and the looting of arms and ammunition. Investigations also revealed that the accused persons were involved in recruiting members for the commission of terrorist acts and organized Training Camps for carrying out terrorist activities.” As per the NIA press release, the case was initially registered on January 5, 2022, at Goilkera, Police Station in West Singhbhum, and later re-registered by the NIA on June 30, 2022. Read less...

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on January 8 filed a chargesheet against five persons, identified as Gagi (dead), Surmukh Singh alias Sammu, Dilbagh Singh alias Baggo, Rajanpreet Singh, Zulfikar alias Pehalwan (Pakistani national) in a case related to a bomb explosion in Court Complex Ludhiana on December 23, 2021 reports Tribune India. In the chargesheet, NIA said that Lakhbir Singh Rode, a Pakistan-based International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF) / Khalistan Liberation Front (KLF) terrorist handler, had planned to execute Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blasts at various locations in Punjab. NIA further adds that in order to execute the plans, Lakhbir Singh Rode in association with Pakistan-based smugglers, recruited India-based operatives to smuggle IEDs and to carry out blasts to cause maximum casualties and to strike terror among the general public. In furtherance of the conspiracy to carry out IED blasts in Punjab, Lakhbir Singh Rode, with the help of Zulfikar, a Pakistan based Cross-border Arms-Explosives-Narcotics smuggler, Harpreet Singh alias Happy Malaysia, Surmukh Singh, Dilbagh Singh and Rajanpreet Singh, formed a terror gang to carry out blasts and smuggle weapons into India. The accused are charged under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Explosive Substances Act (ESA), Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act. Read less...

The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy for the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), threatened the Sikh community in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in an open letter that any Sikh youth found working as Special Police Officers (SPOs) in the J&K Police Department under civilian cover will be deemed a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) agent, reports Tribune India on January 9. They also threatened members of the Sikh community who use religious places as meeting places for political persons. "You must stop such activities, otherwise you will not have a place in Kashmir, we are actively monitoring the situation," the group warned. Read less...

The Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata (West Bengal) Police on January 8, arrested a former member of the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), identified as Abdul Raqib Qureshi, a resident of the Khanshahwali locality in the Khandwa District in Madhya Pradesh, from Khandwa District, reports The Indian Express. The accused had links with two suspected Islamic State (IS) terrorists, namely Mohammad Saddam alias Abdul Mallick and Sayeed Ahmed – who were arrested from Howrah (Howrah District), West Bengal, on January 6. His association with the two arrested terrorists, points to his involvement with the terror outfit. He has a history of association with fundamentalist organisations, adds NDTV. Abdul Rakib has been associated with SIMI and three cases, including two Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), were registered against him in the past. He has also been sentenced in three crimes out of which he has completed the sentence in two cases and he has been on bail in the third case since 2019. Read less...

A Special Court in Mumbai on January 9, granted 10-year sentence to a ‘gutka’ manufacturer, identified as Joshi and two other persons, namely Jamiruddin Ansari and Farukh Mansuri for aiding Dawood Ibrahim in setting up a ‘gutka’ plant in Pakistan’s Karachi, reports msn.com. The three persons were convicted under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) and Indian Penal Code (IPC) provisions by special judge BD Shelke. As per the prosecution, there was a monetary dispute between Joshi and co-accused Rasiklal Dhariwal, and the two sought the help of Ibrahim to resolve the dispute. The prosecution stated that in return for settling the dispute, Dawood sought their assistance to set up a ‘gutka’ unit in Karachi in 2002. Read less...

An improvised explosive device (IED) exploded on January 9 at the gate of a residence at Nagamapal Kangjabi Leirak Laikangbam Leikai under Imphal Police Station in Imphal West District of Manipur, reports Imphal Free Press. The residence belonged to deputy registrar of National institute of Technology Manipur (NIIT) Laikangbam Dorendro. The blast caused some damage to the gate but no casualties were reported. Read less...

Following the Dhangri village firing attack in J&K on January 1, 2023, the Union Minister of Home Affairs (UMH) Amit Shah declared on January 9 that all conspiracies to derail peace process in J&K will be thwarted, no one will be allowed to disturb peace in Rajouri and Poonch Districts, Security and Intelligence Grids will be strengthened, and every challenge thrown by hostile forces will be met with very effectively, reports Daily Excelsior. “Those responsible for the lapse will be held accountable,” he said, adding security agencies will also hunt down militants responsible for the terror attacks. The Minister further stated that the Village Defence Groups (VDGs) will get automatic weapons Read less...

Intelligence sources stated that Pakistan-based terror outfits Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) are planning a major attack on the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple in Ayodhya (earlier known as Faizabad) in Uttar Pradesh in an attempt to foment Hindu-Muslim communal violence, reports news18.com on January 10. Sources further revealed that the JeM and LeT would be bringing ammunition and suicide bombers from Nepal to carry out the attack. Read less...

On January 9, a Village Defence Guard (VDG) member fired shots from his .303 rifle after a suspected movement of militants was detected in Marad Pur village in Rajauri tehsil (revenue unit) of Rajouri District in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), India. No casualty was reported. Read less...

On January 9, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officials have reported that the CRPF will provide weapons training to the Village Defence Guards (VDGs), earlier known as Village Defence Committees (VDCs), in J&K so that they can act as a line of defence in case of a terrorist attack, reports Hindustan Times on January 10. The Jammu and Kashmir administration has recently started reissuing weapons to the VDGs, following the Dhangri incident on January 1, 2023 in Rajouri District in J&K, India. The force may also be required to perform a range of internal security duties in the Jammu District in J&K, with the rising terror threats and the elections in J&K in mind. VDGs have also been activated along the India-Pakistan International Border (IB) in the Districts of Jammu, Samba, and Kathua, according to authorities. Read less...

On January 9, Palamu Police arrested ‘area commander’ of the Tritiya Sammelan Prastuti Committee (TSPC/TPC), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India (CPI-Maoist), Bansat Singh alias Bachchan ji alias Diwakar ji of the Shashikant alias Arif squad, along with his four associates, following information of Special Intelligence Branch (SIB) Police Headquarters Ranchi, from Duruh Pahari area of Sultani Ghati under Chhatarpur Police Station limits in Palamu District of Jharkhand, reports jagran.com. Superintendent of Police (SP), Chandan Sinha informed that first of all Bachchan and his three associates were arrested, and after this, on the statement of the ‘area commander’, a youth named Irfan was arrested from Kutumba of Aurangabad District of Bihar. As per the Police records, the ‘area commander’ Bachchan was absconding for the last three years. A country-made revolver with three live cartridges and a loaded country-made katta, a mobile and a pamphlet with two diaries have been recovered from the captured Naxalite commander and from his associate Aurangabad resident Sonu Kumar. Bachchan, who was arrested by Palamu Police, had earlier escaped from the custody of the Police during the Covid test after being caught in Dumaria Police Station of Bihar State in Case No. 0-29/2020. During the absconding, he was collecting ‘levy’ (extortion money) for the organization from businessmen, public representatives and contractors. Manatu resident Bachchan is accompanied by Pipra resident Deepak Kumar, Aurangabad's Tandwa resident Guddu Kumar Yadav, and Dev resident Sonu Kumar. There are 8 cases registered against Bachchan in Chhatarpur, Naudiha Bazar, Nawabazar, Pipra, Baya's Bankebazar, Dumaria, Kutumba etc. Police Stations. Read less...

On January 9, the Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) authorities handed over Self-Loading Rifles (SLRs) along with 100 bullets each, to 40 ex-servicemen acting as Village Defence Guards (VDGs) in Dhangri village in Rajouri Tehsil (revenue unit) of Rajouri District in J&K in India, reports Deccan herald. Earlier, all the VDC members in Rajouri District were equipped with .303 rifles which are single bullet loading weapons and having 10 bullets in magazine. Read less...

On January 9, the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) authorities have attached the property of a militant, identified as Usman Gulzar Wani, who was arrested in 2022 during an encounter in the Shopian village in Shopian District on August 30, 2022 during which three militants were killed, reports Daily Excelsior. He is presently lodged at Kot Bhalwal Jail in Jammu District in J&K on judicial custody. Read less...

On January 9, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested a major logistics provider, identified as Chhotu Ram Bhaat, from an unspecified location, on the allegations that he was acting a weapons supplier and was also providing hideouts to the gangsters of the Bambiha group before and after different crimes committed by them, reports NIA press release. On December 21, 2022, the NIA conducted searches at two locations in Sirsa District in Haryana (including the house of Chhotu Bhaat in Chautala village in Sirsa District in Haryana) to dismantle the emerging nexus between terrorists, gangsters and weapon suppliers based in India and abroad. "They were taking advantage of the border location of their hideout with Punjab. Further, investigations will continue to dismantle such terror networks as well as their funding and support infrastructure," the NIA press release stated. Read less...

Ten Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, one of them carrying a reward of INR 100,000 on his head, surrendered in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh on January 9, reports The Pioneer. Dantewada, Superintendent of Police (SP), Siddharth Tiwari, said they were with the Malanger Area Committee of the outlawed Maoist outfit. Bandi alias Kolla Madkam, who carried the bounty, was a ‘Militia Platoon Commander’. The identity of the remaining cadres is yet to be ascertained. Read less...

The Delhi High Court on January 9, disposed of the petitions of two leaders of the Popular Front of India (PFI), identified as Mohd Perwez Ahmad, who was the president of PFI's Delhi unit, and its office secretary Abdul Muqeet, seeking for interim bail in a money laundering case, stating that they should wait for the trial court's order in the matter, reports theweek.in. The two persons had sought interim bail in the case registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) as the agency failed to file a charge sheet within the stipulated period of 60 days from arrest which expired on November 21, 2022. Read less...

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on January 9, filed a chargesheet before a special NIA court in Patna in Bihar, against four persons accused in the Bihar Popular Front of India (PFI) case, identified as Athar Parvej, Md Jalaluddin Khan, Nooruddin Zangi alias Advocate Nooruddin and Arman Malick alias Md Imteyaz Anwer, pointing “criminal conspiracy was hatched with an intention to carry out acts of terror and violence, leading to an atmosphere of terror and endangering the unity and integrity of the nation”, reports The Print. All the accused are residents of different districts in Bihar and have been charge-sheeted under IPC and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), 1967. The case pertains to the involvement of the accused and suspected persons, associated with the PFI in unlawful and anti-national activities, who assembled in Phulwari Sharif area of Patna. The case was initially registered on July 12, 2022 at Phulwarisharif Police Station in Patna and re-registered by the NIA on July 22, 2022. The NIA chargesheet stated, “Investigations revealed that the criminal conspiracy was hatched with an intention to carry out acts of terror and violence, leading to an atmosphere of terror and endangering the unity and integrity of the nation.” Read less...

The Supreme Court, on January 9, extended till February 17 its interim order placing social activist Gautam Navlakha, accused of having links to Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) and Pakistan's spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), under house arrest, reports The Pioneer. The top court had on November 18 ordered that Navlakha be placed under house arrest "without fail" within 24 hours and ordered some additional security measures to be put in place at the building where the activist will be kept under house arrest. Alleging that Navlakha's medical report issued by the Jaslok Hospital was "vitiated", the National Investigation Agency (NIA) had said proper treatment was given to him whenever required and his condition was manageable within the premises of Taloja central jail. The case relates to alleged inflammatory speeches made at the Elgar Parishad conclave held in Pune on December 31, 2017, which the Police claim triggered violence the next day near the Koregaon-Bhima war memorial on the outskirts of the western Maharashtra city. Read less...

Two Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) concealed inside tiffin boxes, planted by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, were defused by the Security Forces (SFs) in Gorra village under Edka Police Station limits in Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh on January 9, reports The Print. “Acting on a tip-off regarding a Naxalite pamphlet, thrown on a gravel road leading to village Gorra, a team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) Force, accompanied by police personnel reached the spot and carefully inspected the road,” Police said in a statement. During the inspection, security personnel found Naxalites [Left Wing Extremists, LWEs] pamphlets and traced two 25 kilograms IEDs, concealed inside tiffin boxes dumped at around 150 meters before Gorra village and defused them before they went off. The IEDs are believed to be planted by Maoists in the area, with the intent to injure security personnel. A case has been registered at Edka Police Station in Narayanpur against ‘unidentified’ Kiskodo Area Committee of CPI-Maoist under sections of the Explosive Substances Act. Read less...

A Court in Gujarat's Devbhumi Dwarka on January 10, extended till January 16 the Gujarat Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) custody of three of 10 Pakistani nationals arrested on December 26, with a boat for smuggling heroin worth Rs 300 crore along with arms and ammunition, reports PTI News. SATP had earlier reported the news of this arrest on December 27, 2022. The court of Judicial Magistrate First Class, KR Yadav, remanded the seven other crew members in judicial custody in the Jamnagar jail in Gujarat. The ATS, Gujarat had requested the extension of custody of the three crew members of the boat after the 12-day remand of all the ten Pakistani nationals expired on January 10. Read less...

A special NIA court in Kerala on January 10, sentenced an Islamic State (IS) terrorist, identified as Muhammad Polakanni, a resident of Kozhikode in Kerala, who was arrested on September 18, 2020 at the Delhi airport on his arrival from Georgia, to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment for planning to carry out attacks on various targets including foreigners in the country, reports siasat.com. An NIA spokesperson stated that Muhammad Polakanni was the ninth accused convicted in a case relating to the conspiracy and consequent formation of the IS/Daesh-inspired terrorist module Ansarul Khilafa-Kerala in early 2016 by some youths which was registered suo motu by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 1, 2016. Read less...

On January 10, the Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP) arrested a terrorist, identified as Farzan Farooz of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), along with proceeds of terror worth INR 9,95,000; 450 grams of Heroin (narcotics); letter pads of LeT and Matrix sheets; from Srinagar District in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), reports Daily Excelsior. Read less...

On January 10, the Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP) reported that more than 50 suspects have been detained so far for questioning in connection with the Dhangri attack on January 1, 2023, reports Daily Excelsior. A joint Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) by the Indian Army, JKP and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is in progress, adding special operational teams deployed at designated locations. Read less...

Police arrested a Communist Party of India (CPI-Maoist) cadre identified as Lalu Yadav who was an expert in making and planting bombs from his village Gere in the Kunda Block (administrative division) in Chatra District of Jharkhand on January 10, reports lagatar24.com. Superintendent of Police (SP), Rakesh Ranjan confirmed his arrest and said the Police was behind him since 2015. Notably, Lalu was known as a bomb planner as well as a courier of the Maoists. He was part of the explosive team of the outfit, and was also known as an expert in making bombs for the outfit. He was also an expert in planting bombs and targeting Police parties. In 2015, he planted bombs on the Hesatu-Dundu Road which was to be used by Security Forces (SFs). But timely information had made the Police diffuse bombs foiling the plan of Maoists. Read less...

The Assam Rifles Phundrei Battalion arrested a militant of People’s Liberation Army (PLA) at Wangoo Nurathel Leikai in Kakching District of Manipur on January 10, twitted @official_dgar on January 15. Read less...

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) brought four co-accused of Jamessha Mubin (prime accused in the Coimbatore blast case), identified as Mohammed Riyas, Mohammed Nawaz Ismail, Sanofar Ali and Mohammed Thoufeek, from NIA custody at Chennai to Coimbatore for investigating the case, canindia.com reports on January 11. The accused were taken to the deceased Jameesha Mubin’s residence where he stayed with his family. Read less...

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on January 10 arrested two suspected operatives of the Islamic State (IS), identified as Mazin Abdul Rahman and Nadeem Ahmed, both belonging to Karnataka, from an unspecified location in Karnataka, reports The Hindu. They were arrested in the Shivamogga conspiracy case. With this, the total number of arrests in the case have reached to six. Read less...

The Phundrei Battalion of the Assam Rifles in a joint operation with the Commandos of Waikhong Police arrested one militant of the United National Liberation Front (UNLF) from Umathel Bazaar in Waikhong subdivision at Kakching District of Manipur on January 10, reports Northeast Now. The arrested militant was identified as the self-styled ‘Sergeant Major’ Hemam Nungshiba alias Maniton from Umathel Bazaar of Kakching District. Read less...

A Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre was killed in an encounter on Telangana-Chhattisgarh border in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on January 11, reports The New Indian Express. There were reports that top Maoist leader Madvi Hidma (42), was reportedly killed in the encounter, however, CPI-Maoist Bhadradri-Kothagudem- Alluri Sitarama Raju Division Committee (BK-ASR) ‘secretary’ Azad on January 12 rejected reports that Maoist leader Madvi Hidma was killed in an alleged encounter. Though the Police are yet to confirm the death, the office of Inspector General of Police (IGP), Chhattisgarh Sector, released a communique saying CRPF’s Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) Battalion personnel were undertaking operations against the militants. Read less...

On January 11, the Indian Army provided training in handling weapons and their maintenance to Village Defence Guards (VDGs) in Makhidhar and Batsiyala in Reasi District in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), reports Tribune India. While Self Loading Rifles (SLRs) are being provided to the trained ex-servicemen, other VDGs are trained in the use of the automatic weapons by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). Read less...

Six Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast during a search and encounter with Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in Chaibasa town in West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand on January 11, reports ptcnews.tv. "Six personnel of CRPF's elite COBRA [Commando Battalion for Resolute Action] battalion were injured on Wednesday in a bomb blast after an encounter with the outlawed CPI(Maoist) at Tumbahaka forest in Jharkhand's Naxal-affected West Singhbhum district," a senior Police official said. According to the Police, when the Security Forces (SFs) approached, the Left Wing Extremists (LWEs) opened fire. "This prompted the security forces to retaliate and the Naxals were forced to retreat triggering the blast. A massive search operation is on to track down the extremists," the Police added. Read less...

The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in a statement have alleged that security personnel had carried out aerial strikes on villages in Sukma and Bijapur Districts of Chhattisgarh on January 11, reports Hindustan Times. The purported statement was circulated on social media on Wednesday (January 11) night following an encounter between Security Forces (SFs) and Maoists on Wednesday morning. The statement issued in the name of Ganga, ‘secretary’ of South Bastar Division Committee of Maoists, accused the SFs of conducting airstrikes in several villages of South Bastar on Wednesday. It claimed that Madkanguda, Mettaguda, Bottetong, Sakiler, Madpadulade, Kannemarka, Pottemangum, Bottalanka, Rasapalli, and Errapad villages and forest hills of South Bastar were targeted by drones and helicopters in the border areas of Pamed, Kistaram, Telangana and Chhattisgarh. Certainly, a CPI-Maoist cadre was killed in an encounter on Telangana-Chhattisgarh border in Bijapur District on January 11, the incident has been documented by SATP. Read less...

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on January 11 conducted raids at over four locations in Karnataka, including at a building in Thirthahalli taluk (administrative division) of Shivamogga District, owned by a person with suspected links to Mohammed Shariq, main accused in the Mangaluru blast case, reports The Print. The raids were conducted to probe “terror financing” in connection to the Mangaluru blast case of November 19, 2022. According to sources, the ED had registered a fresh case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act to probe “money generated for terror activities” and where it had been spent. Read less...

A gunfight broke out between Security Forces (SFs) and Naxals [Left Wing Extremists, LWEs] on the outskirts of Ranchi city on January 12, reports Business Standard. Acting on a tip-off that five members of the Tritiya Sammelan Prastuti Committee (TSPC), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), were in a forest in the Budmu Police Station area, a search operation was started around 3.30 pm, and seeing the SFs, a gunfight broke out between the Naxals and the forces. "However, the extremists escaped taking advantage of the forest," Superintendent of Police (Ranchi-Rural) Naushad Alam said. A rifle and live bullets were seized from the area, he added. Read less...

India and other member nations of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) grouping on January 12, explored ways to cooperate in dealing with various security challenges, including threat of terrorism, in a meeting held in New Delhi, reports Business Standard. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) stated that the delegates discussed traditional and emerging non-traditional security threats in the BIMSTEC region, different aspects of implementation of the BIMSTEC Convention on Cooperation in Combating International Terrorism, Transnational Organised Crime and Illicit Drug Trafficking, which entered into force on March 16, 2021. Read less...

India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj in the UN Security Council on January 12 stated that countries that use cross-border terror to serve their own narrow political purposes must be held accountable, reports Outlook India. Referring to Pakistan, she underlined the need for nations to stand together against the common threat of terrorism and not engage in double standards for political convenience. Kamboj stated, “The application of rule of law at the international level should protect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of states from aggression, including terrorism, and including cross border terrorism.” Read less...

On January 12, a Village Defence Guard (VDG), identified as Yashpal, fired a few rounds in the air from his gun after two suspicious persons came to his house in Androla village in Rajauri tehsil (revenue unit) of Rajouri District in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), India, reports Daily Excelsior. The suspects escaped taking the advantage of darkness, sources said. Read less...

On January 12, Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Manoj Chandrashekhar Pande stated following the Dhangri incident on January 1, 2023 that Pakistan has tried to target minorities ‘to cover up their failure in the Kashmir valley’, reports Daily Excelsior. He added that the Army and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) have increased their presence in the area. He further stressed the need to ‘remain alert’, saying the ceasefire has held well on the Pakistan border but the neighbour’s support to terror infrastructure and terror groups is still persistent. Read less...

On January 12, the BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir in Melbourne, Australia was vandalised by unidentified Khalistan supporters by painting the walls with "Hindu-stan Murdabad" (down with India), reports Australia Today. The Khalistan group also praised Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, a militant leader of the Sikh organization Damdami Taksal and wrote ‘Martyr’ on the temple’s walls. Read less...

On January 12, the Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP) has recovered a live, rusted grenade in a ground near District Police Lines (DPL) in Poonch District in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), reports Kashmir images. Read less...

The Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP) on January 12 arrested a suspect, identified as Altaf Ahmad Rather, from Palhallan in Pattan tehsil (revenue unit) of Baramulla District in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), India involved in issuing threats to non-locals besides condemning Government’s decision of opening wine shop in Pahalgam in Anantnag District, reports Daily Excelsior. The threats were issued by a terror group called ‘Lone Wolf Warrior’, at Tantray Pora village in Shahoora Tehsil (revenue unit) of Pulwama District in J&K, officials said. The authorities further stated that the accused was in touch with Pakistan-based terrorist handlers on social media and was working with them on their instructions to paste posters in order to create an atmosphere of fear among the public and hatred against India. Read less...

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on January 12 filed a charge sheet against six Lashkar-e- Toiba (LeT) operatives, identified as Sheikh Sajjad Gul, Faisal Muneer, Mian Sohail, Muni Mohd (deceased), Habib, and Rashid in a case of recovery of a drone along with several rounds of Under Barrel Grenade Launcher (UBGL) and magnetic bombs near the International Border (IB) in Rajbagh area of Kathua District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), India in 2022, reports Daily Excelsior. LeT operative Sheikh Sajjad Gul, who has been designated as a terrorist under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), is absconding. “Investigations revealed that on directions of Gul, the Pakistani handler, the accused used to collect, receive and transport the weapons, dropped over drones, to the militants active in the Kashmir Valley for the commission of terror activities in J&K, as part of the conspiracy to wage war against the Government of India (GOI)," NIA spokesperson stated. Read less...

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on January 12 filed a charge sheet in a NIA Special Court in Jammu, against a top Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative identified as Sheikh Sajjad Gul, a resident of Srinagar and five other namely, Faisal Muneer of Jammu and Habib, Mian Sohail, Muni Mohd (deceased) and Rashid, all residents of Kathua District in Jammu and Kashmir, reports Daily Excelsior. An NIA spokesperson stated that the case pertains to the interception and recovery of a drone along with several rounds of Under Barrel Grenade Launcher and magnetic bombs from Dhalli near the International Border in Rajbagh area of Kathua district in 2022. They were charge sheeted under various Sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), UAPA, Arms Act and the Explosive Substances Act. The NIA spokesperson also asserted “Investigations revealed that on directions of Gul, the Pakistani handler, the accused used to collect, receive and transport the weapons, dropped over drones, to the militants active in the Kashmir valley for the commission of terror activities in Jammu and Kashmir, as part of the conspiracy to wage war against the Government of India.” Read less...

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on January 12, raided total nine places, four places each in Jaipur and Kota, and one in Sawai Madhopur Districts in Rajasthan in a case related to the conspiracy of the Popular Front of India (PFI) to promote hatred between different religious groups and carry out terrorist acts in the country, reports latestly.com. NIA stated that the case is related to secret information received from reliable sources that Sadiq Sarraf, a resident of Shyopuriyon Ki Masjid in Baran District of Rajasthan, and Mohammed Asif, a resident of Retipada in Kota, of PFI along with officer bearers and members of the PFI are indulging in unlawful activities. NIA revealed that digital devices (mobile phones, SIM cards), sharp-edged knives, and incriminating material, literature and posters were recovered during the search operation. Read less...

The Special Cell of Delhi Police on January 12, arrested two persons from Jahangirpuri in Delhi, identified as Jagjit Singh alias Jagga, a resident of Udham Singh Nagar in Uttarakhand, and Naushad, a resident of Jahangirpuri in Delhi, over their suspected links with terror organisations and involvement in heinous crimes, reports The Print. Delhi Police spokesperson Suman Nalwa revealed that Jagga had suspected links with a Canada-based Khalistani terrorist and is a member of the notorious 'Bambiha' gang and had been getting instructions from anti-national elements based abroad while Naushad had suspected links with terror organisation 'Harkat ul-Ansar'. Three pistols and 22 live cartridges were recovered during the arrest. Read less...

Three personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)’s elite Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) were injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast triggered by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in Sarjan Buru Forest area under Tonto Police Station in Chaibasa in West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand on January 12, reports The New Indian Express. “Same operation was being continued on Thursday following the blast on Wednesday, during which, an IED triggered by the Maoists injured three of our CoBRA jawans,” said Chaibasa Superintendent of Police (SP), Ashutosh Shekhar, adding that all the three were airlifted to Ranchi and admitted to Medica Hospital for better treatment. Notably, six personnel of the CoBRA battalion were also injured on January 11, in an IED blast triggered by the Maoists at the same Forest area when a joint team of CRPF’s elite CoBRA battalion, Jharkhand Jaguar of the State Police and the District Armed Police were conducting anti-Maoist operation in the forests. The incident was reported by SATP on January 12. Read less...

A special NIA Court in Bengaluru on January 13, awarded seven-year rigorous imprisonment to four members of the proscribed outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), identified as Kador Kazi alias Mijanur Rahaman, Mustafizur Rahman alias Tuhin, Adil Sheikh alias Asadullah, and Abdul Karim alias Korim, in a case pertaining to the seizure of large quantities of electrical and electronics items, tools, chemical apparatus, containers used for fabrication of bombs and Improvised Explosive Device IEDs from the hideout of the JMB operatives, reports daijiworld.com. The case was initially registered by Karnataka Police in Bengaluru in 2019 and registered by NIA later. The NIA stated, "Our investigations established that the accused had raised funds by committing dacoity at various places in Bengaluru with the intention of furthering the activities of JMB in India. They had also collected explosive materials and test fired a rocket launcher for commission of terror acts. The proceeds of crime in the form of gold was sold by the accused for raising funds for carrying out terror activities. Eleven accused have been arrested and chargesheeted so far, while three of them were convicted earlier.” Read less...

Four Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, including three with a cumulative bounty of INR 1.2 million on their heads, surrendered in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on January 13, reports Devdiscourse. Police identified them as Madded ‘area committee member, (ACM)’ Rakesh Mandvi alias Joga (33), Dula Punem (34) of the PLGA platoon 2 under National Park Area Committee, Bhopalpatnam Local Organising Squad (LOS) 'commander' Somaru alias Kishore Karam (26) and 'militia' (people's army of the Maoists) platoon 'section commander' of Gangaloor Area Committee Suresh Madvi alias Sukka (24). Rakesh and Somaru were carrying a cash reward of INR 500,000 each, while Dula had a reward of INR 200,000 against his name. Rakesh was associated with the Maoists since 2005 and was allegedly involved in the murders of security personnel, firing on the camp of forces, Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blasts, encounters, looting of weapons, and arson between 2009 and 2022. Somaru, who joined the outlawed organization in 2006 as Bal Sangham, was allegedly involved in the murder of three security personnel, attack on Bhadrakali Police Station in 2010, and an encounter in which 11 personnel were killed in 2011. Dula and Suresh were also involved in several incidents that took place in the district. Read less...

Jamui Police arrested a woman Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre identified as Renuka Koda alias Renu Koda, carrying a reward of INR 50,000, in Jamui District of Bihar on January 13, reports livehindustan.com. More than half a dozen cases are registered against Renu in Munger, and Superintendent of Police (SP), Jagunathreddy Jalareddy said that soon Renu will be taken on remand in Munger cases. Renu, a resident of Saradhi village under Ladaitand Police Station area of Munger District, used to provide food and water to Maoists first and later joined the Naxalites' [Left Wing Extremist, LWE] ‘Marak’ (killing) Squad and was carrying out Naxal activities by staying with wanted Maoist Parvez. Read less...

On January 13, Union Home Minister (UHM) Amit Shah stated that all security agencies agreed "to cast a 360-degree net to wipe out militancy from Jammu region and strengthen Security Grid within three months, and that the Dhangri terror strike case has been handed over to National Investigation Agency (NIA) for investigation (along with the J&K Police in Jammu)”, reports Daily Excelsior. The UHM reiterated that the security agencies in Jammu are alert and "committed to wipe-out terror, its ecosystem, Over Ground Workers’ (OGW) network and zero-in on those who are providing logistic support to terrorism”. He added that strengthening Village Defence Guards (VDGs) has “nothing to do with the twin terror attacks in Dhangri on January 1 and 2, 2023 and that the decision to empower those volunteers was taken in August 2022”. The Minister further stated that “following the revocation of Article 370, violence level in the past three years has reduced. While the killing of terrorists has gone up, the deaths of civilians have come down considerably”. Read less...

The Assam Rifles Keithelmanbi Battalion in a joint operation with Thoubal Police arrested one militant of the People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) from Heirok in Thoubal District of Manipur on January 13, reports India Today NE. The arrested militant has been identified as Manglem Meiteis Budhi a resident of Heirok Part-III Ngarouthen Khuman Leikai of Thoubal District Manipur. He was arrested with a.32-caliber pistol, a magazine, and two rounds of ammunition Read less...

The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) triggered three Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blasts in West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand on January 13, when Security Forces (SFs) were carrying out search operations but nobody was injured in the explosions, reports Outlook India. Superintendent of Police (SP), Ashutosh Shekhar said the SFs were carrying out search operations in Tumbahaka Forest when the IEDs exploded, however, all the personnel of law enforcing agencies were safe and no injury was reported in the incident. Read less...

The Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) ‘Chief’ Jeevan Singha alias Jeevan Koch Timir Das, surrendered before Assam Rifles in the Longwa area in Mon District along Indo-Myanmar in Nagaland on January 13, reports East Mojo. Sources stated that “Singha has been involved in several KLO operations in Assam and West Bengal and had reported imparted arms training to hundreds of youths who joined the outfit.” The development came within five months after two top KLO militants – Kailash Koch, the second most important leader of the outfit and his wife Jugli – surrendered before the DGP of West Bengal Police in Kolkata and days after Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had invited the outfit for “peace talks”. Read less...

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on January 13 filed a supplementary charge sheet against an accused, identified as Ali Asgar alias Abdullah Bihari, a resident of Bihar, involved in terror activities of the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), in a special court in Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, reports newsdrum.in. The case pertains to the arrest of 10 active cadres of the proscribed terrorist organisation, including 6 illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, which was registered at the Special Task Force (STF) Police Station in Bhopal in March 2022 and taken over by the NIA in April 2022. An NIA spokesperson stated, “Investigations have established that Asgar had been deeply influenced by the ideology of various proscribed terrorist organisations such as JMB and Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent with an intention to further their activities in India. He entered into a criminal conspiracy with his associates to influence, radicalize and motivate Indian Muslims to prepare for violent jihad against the Indian State. In pursuance of the criminal conspiracy, Asgar translated jihadi literature from Urdu and Arabic to Hindi and uploaded it on social media groups for its circulation amongst impressionable Muslims." Read less...

The Police arrested Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) ‘commander’ Krishna Hansda aka Avinash aka Saurabh, who was carrying a bounty of INR 1.5 million on his head, and was wanted in several cases in Giridih District of Jharkhand on January 13, reports newsroomodisha.com. Hansda, who hails from Pirtand block, was arrested during a joint operation by the paramilitary forces and the Police at Fatehpur under Dumri Police Station limits in the district, Police said, adding that many weapons were recovered from Hansda. Read less...

A combined team of National Investigation Agency (NIA), Imphal Branch, along with the 5 Assam Rifles arrested four persons along with INR 30 lakhs during a raid in Moreh town at Tengnoupal District of Manipur on January 14, reports the Imphal Free Press. The arrested persons were identified as Suraj Jaiswal, Vishal Jaiswal, Nepollian Bahadur and Santosh Gupte. All the arrested individuals hail from Morning Bazar Moreh ward No 3 under Moreh Police Station. The Police further added that the recovered money could be a part of the funding module for underground outfits. Read less...

A trooper of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) sustained critical injuries in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast near Pegdapalli camp under Tarem Police Station limits in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on January 14, reports The Indian Express. The injured trooper was identified as Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Muhammad Aslam (51) of the CRPF 153 battalion. Aslam along with his troops was out from the Pegdapalli CRPF camp on a Road Security and Area Domination Operation, when he inadvertently stepped on a pressure IED (victim operated mechanism) planted by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) and the blast hit his right leg, which got critically injured. “He was treated at the Basaguda field hospital and later, air evacuated to a better medical facility in Raipur. His condition is stable,” said Sundarraj P, Inspector general of Police (IGP), Bastar range. Read less...

The Delhi Police on January 14, recovered two hand grenades and a man’s dismembered body following the interrogation of two terror suspects, identified as Jagjit Singh alias Jagga, and Naushad who were arrested on January 12, reports Hindustan Times. The two persons led the Police to their rented accommodation in North-West Delhi on January 13, with a team recovering two grenades and “traces of blood” from the house. The recovery of hand grenades, arms, and ammunition, and decomposed parts of a human body in Delhi at the instance of the two suspects prompted Delhi Police to tighten security arrangements ahead of Republic Day celebrations as Police suspect a possible terror strike plan. Read less...

Two terror suspects arrested by Delhi Police on January 12, identified as Jagjit Singh alias Jagga and Naushad for their suspected links to terror organisations, revealed on January 14, that being inspired by Islamic State, they beheaded a 21-year-old man in Delhi on December 14-15, 2022, and made a 37-second video of the killing which they sent to their Pakistan-based handler, Sohail, reports The Indian Express. Police stated that the act and the video were meant to prove their allegiance to Sohail, who used to be associated with the Lashkar-e-Toiba(LeT) and is currently linked to Pakistan’s the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Police further revealed that the arrested men confessed that they took the man to Naushad's house in Bhalswa Dairy in North East Delhi on December 14-15, 2022, strangulated the man before beheading him and then chopped his body into eight pieces. Police recovered six pieces of what they believe is the man’s body and a few clothes from Delhi’s Bhalswa Dairy area. SATP earlier reported the arrests on January 13. Read less...

A group of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres opened fire at Police team when the special Police were carrying out their anti-Naxal [Left Wing Extremism, LWE] operation in Vedampalli Forest in Aheri Tehsil (revenue unit) in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra on January 15, reports UNI. About 25 outlaws started firing at the security personnel. After a heavy exchange of fire between the two sides, the Naxalites fled into the forest, a press release said, however, no casualties reported from either side. The Police later conducted search and recovered weapons and other Naxal material from the spot, the release said adding that Naxal plan to carry out sabotage during "Bhumkal Week" has been spoiled. Read less...

A large quantity of explosives suspected to have been kept hidden by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were seized by security personnel in Dumka District of Jharkhand on January 15, reports The Print. Superintendent of Police (SP), Ambar Lakra said acting on a tip-off a massive search operation was jointly conducted by Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and District Armed Police (DAP) on January 15 and the explosives hidden underneath the soil in Karkatta pahad was seized. The seized explosives included 200 gelatine pieces, 411 pieces of detonators, codex wire, 18 pieces of People’s Liberation Guerilla Army (PLGA) badges, 31 pieces Mao badges, and 27 number ‘Naya Prabhat’ (naxal book), SP said. Police have registered a case under relevant sections of IPC, UPA Act, and Explosive Substances Act, the SP added. Read less...

Assam Rifles in a joint operation with the Mizoram Police arrested two Myanmar nationals along with 100 detonators and eight rolls of detonating cord from Champhai District of Mizoram near the Indo-Myanmar border on January 15, reports The Mizoram Post. Read less...

Chief of the Army Staff (CoAS) General Manoj Pande stated on January 15 that “though ceasefire violations saw a dip along the western border, still there is a terror infrastructure on the other side and several proxy outfits have resorted to targeted killings to gain visibility”, reports Hindustan Times. He stressed the people of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) have rejected violence and are welcoming positive changes. CoAs further stated that counter-drone jammers and spoofers are being used to defeat efforts to smuggle in arms and drugs through the International Border (IB) sectors in Jammu and Punjab. On the security situation in north-eastern region, General Pande said Indian Army has played an important role in bringing down level of violence and making insurgents leave the path of violence. Asked on readiness for future warfare, he said, "The utility of disruptive and dual-use technologies, information warfare in the form of cyber and space variants, and grey zone warfare have made wars more complex and lethal. Read less...

Four cadres of the Tritiya Sammelan Prastuti Committee (TSPC), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), were arrested from Tandwa block under Simaria subdivision in Chatra District of Jharkhand on January 15, reports newsnationtv.com. The arrested militants identified as Santosh Ram from Simaria, Shiv Shankar Bharti from Tandwa, Nandlal Bharti from Simaria and Mohammad Noman from Badhar, are residents of Rajpur Police Station area, were trying to collect ‘levy’ (extortion money) by spreading terror in Koyalanchal area in Chatra and Hazaribagh District. A few days ago, the arrested cadres had demanded a ‘levy’ of INR 10 million over the phone from the LNT company operating in Hazaribagh, and the company officials were warned of dire consequences for not paying the ‘levy’. Apart from this, an attempt was also made by these extremists to spread terror by pasting posters of extremist organization TSPC in other areas including Tandwa and Simaria of Chatra and Keredari Police Station area of Hazaribagh District. Superintendent of Police (SP) Rakesh Ranjan had formed a special team launched a special campaign against the militants and arrested them red-handed while pasting the poster of the organization. Two motorcycles of the Naxalites used for pasting posters, nine mobile phones of different companies used for demanding ‘levy’, 525 posters of TSPC and laptop of printing press used for designing posters have been recovered from their possession. Read less...

On January 15, an encounter broke out between Security Forces (SFs) and terrorists in Redbugh Village, Kupwara Block in Kupwara District of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), India, reports Daily Excelsior. The J&K Police and SFs has launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) and it is believed that the militants fled from the cordon during the initial firing. No casualty was reported. Read less...

On January 15, the SFs and Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP) neutralised a terrorist hideout in Surankot Sector near Sindara village in Poonch District of J&K and recovered three AK rifles, three AK rifle magazines, 28 bullets, 10 hand grenades and one Under Barrell Grenade Launcher (UBGL), reports Kashmir Reader. Read less...

On January 15, two armed individuals (names not stated) entered the house of a panch (member of Panchayat, village level local-self Government institution), identified as Abdul Qayoom, in Narla Bambal village, Rajouri District, Jammu and Kashmir, India and demanded food and water from the family, reports Tribune India. Furthermore, they gave the family INR 1,500 and threatened to cause trouble if they told the Security Forces about them. The armed individuals also informed "they were mujahids and would reach far away in sometime". Read less...

Security agencies have issued a terrorist attack alert in Punjab on the occasion of Republic Day, January 26, reports Punjab Kesari on January 16. Following this, the Punjab Police has increased security from border areas to all government buildings, police stations and market places. A terrorist attack alert has also been issued in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, in addition to Punjab. According to the sources, the G-20 summit is going to be held in India, targeting it also, the terrorists are planning to carry out a big attack. Read less...

Six suspected insurgents opened fire at the residence of Ningombam Ojit Meitei, the working president of the Manipur People’s Party (MPP), at Basikhong Makha Leikai village in Imphal East District of Manipur on January 15, reports India Today NE. According to reports, the suspected insurgents fired at least two rounds into the air and fled from the scene. This is the second time that the armed men have attacked the residence of Meitei. A 9-mm pistol was recovered from his gate. No casualties were reported in the incident. Read less...

The Jharkhand Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) team arrested a teacher with 150 live bullets on a tip-off from Koderma District of Jharkhand on January 15, reports lagatar24.com. The ATS claimed that he was the man supplying arms to different Naxal [Left Wing Extremist, LWE] outfits in the State. The arrested suspect identified as Ravi Prajapati of Barhi in Hazaribagh is a teacher in the area who runs a coaching institute near Hanuman Mandir in Barhi. Police officials said that ATS got a tip-off about a supplier who received a consignment of bullets from Nalanda in Bihar and was coming to Jharkhand via Koderma. The ATS alerted Koderma Police following which Ravi was found and arrested near the Baghitand checkpost in Koderma, along with the consignment of bullets. During interrogation, Ravi admitted to supplying bullets to Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist). Later, a team also searched his house in Barhidih village in Barhi. Read less...

The Police arrested four Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, including a wanted woman leader from Odisha in Dhamtari District of Chhattisgarh on January 15, reports newsriveting.com. The woman leader had been identified as Karuna C. She is reported to be the wife of Maoist ‘commander’ Sangram Singh, the senior most Maoist leader in Odisha. According to Police, Karuna had been diagnosed with a serious cataract in eyes and was suggested to undergo surgery. She along with three others reached a private hospital in Ratnabandha road of Dhamtari. Following, a tip about the arrival of Karuna, the Dhamtari Police arrested all the four from the hospital. The identity of the other three cadres is yet to be ascertained. Read less...

The Punjab Police on January 15 arrested Inderpreet Singh alias Parry, a close associate of Canada-based gangster Goldy Brar, from Sundar Nagar in Mandi District in Himachal Pradesh, reports Indian Express. The accused was involved in cases of murder and attempt to murder, including the targeted killing of Dera Sacha Sauda (a religious cult) follower Pradeep Singh on November 10, 2022. He had also harboured gangster Lawrence Bishnoi when he fled from police custody. Read less...

Abdul Rehman Makki, the Pakistan-based Deputy Chief and head foreign affairs wing of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), was on January 16, designated as a global terrorist by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), reports Free Press Journal. Makki, who is involved in raising funds, recruiting and radicalising youths to resort to violence and planning attacks in India, is LeT Chief Hafiz Saeed’s cousin (the son of his maternal uncle). Makki had reportedly mentored the Pakistani LeT operative, Sajid Majid alias Sajid Mir alias Wasi, the suspected co-mastermind of the LeT-sponsored November 26, 2008 Mumbai attacks (also known as 26/11 attacks). Read less...

East Jaintia Hills District Police arrested four people along with 26 carton boxes of gelatin sticks weighing 650 kilograms and four boxes of electric detonators numbering 200 from a forest area of Jalaphet Bri-Sumer village in Saipung Block in East Jaintia Hills District of Meghalaya on January 16, reports The Shillong Times. The arrested individuals were identified as Point Chyrmang, Nikalai Chyrmang, Mij Chyrmang and Shanbor Chyrmang. Read less...

Miscreants planted a Chinese-made hand-grenade at the residence of one Asheibam Tombisana in Andro Khoibu Leikai under Andro Police Station in Imphal East District of Manipur and it was recovered by a team of Manipur Police Bomb Disposal Squad and safely detonated at Andro Hill on January 16, reports Imphal Free Press. Read less...

On January 16, two Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operatives, identified as Altaf Hussain Shah and his Pakistan-occupied Jammu Kashmir (PoJK)-based associate Mohd Qasim alias Suleiman were charge sheeted in a case related to grenade attack on a house in Rajouri District in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) on 2021, reports Daily Excelsior. One of the operative, namely, Mohammad Qasim, is absconding. The accused were charge sheeted under relevant Sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Explosive Substance Act (ESA) and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). Read less...

On January 16, two Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorists, identified as Arbaaz Mir and Shahid Sheikh, were killed in an encounter between Security Forces (SFs) and terrorists near court complex at the Budgam District in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), reports Daily Excelsior. An AK rifle and a pistol were recovered from the slain terrorists. Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Kashmir, Vijay Kumar said both the terrorists had escaped from a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in nearby Magam area in Budgam District in J&K. Read less...

A Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre carrying a reward of INR 100,000 on his head surrendered to Security Forces (SFs) in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh on January 17, reports The Pioneer. Madvi Pandu was the Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Majdoor Sangathan (DAKMS) ‘President’ of the outlawed Maoist organization, Sukma, Superintendent of Police (SP), Sunil Sharma said. He joined the Maoist outfit in 2010 and was involved in several Maoist incidents in Phoolbagdi and Gadiras areas in the district. Read less...

Investigations in the case related to the arrest of the two terrorists, identified as Jagjit Singh alias Jagga and Naushad by Delhi Police on January 12, further revealed that the two terrorists were in direct contact with four terrorists -- Nazeer Bhat, Nasir Khan and Nazeer Khan of Harkat-ul Ansar, and Nadeem of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), reports latestly.com on January 18. Other than these, the duo was also in touch with gangsters-- Sunil Rathi, Neeraj Bawana, Irfan Chhenu, Hashim Baba, Ible Hasan and Imran Pehelwan. The Special Cell of the Delhi Police state that there are total of eight persons who were involved in the cross-border terror operation which targeted right-wing Hindu leaders in India, and they all had used the messaging application Signal to communicate with each other. Police sources also revealed that the two people used to procure weapons, while the other two were assigned to supply weapons to other members, adds The New Indian Express. As per the sources, the arms were from Pakistan through the drop-dead method, which was being received at an unidentified location in Uttarakhand – which is being verified by the police. The two suspects, who were arrested by Delhi Police, had been supplying hand grenades and pistols to the module – which were seized from their rented accommodation in Jahangirpuri. Read less...

On January 17, Border Security Force (BSF) fired at a Pakistani drone and recovered a cache of weapons, including four China-made pistols, eight magazines and 47 bullet rounds, near the Ucha Dhakala frontier village area of the Gurdaspur District along the International Border (IB) in Punjab, reports The Tribune. Read less...

The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) has announced Jharkhand bandh (general shut down) on 22 January 22, in protest against the arrest of Krishna Hansda alias Saurabh, a ‘regional committee member, (RCM)’ of the Maoist organization and carrying a reward of INR 1.5 million, reports lagatar.in on January 18. The bandh has been announced by the ‘spokesman’ of CPI-Maoist Jharkhand Regional Committee, Azad by issuing a press statement saying that on January 13, CPI-Maoist Jharkhand RCM cum North Chhotanagpur Zonal Committee ‘secretary’ Krishna Hansda was arrested by the Police and paramilitary forces from Fatehpur village of Dumri along with another accomplice, Renuka Murmu, who was arrested from Chaparia village under Jasidih Police Station area of Deoghar. Both of them are being harassed in the name of questioning to know the secrecy of the party. It has been said in the release that hospital, ambulance, milk, water, newspapers, medical services will be kept free from the bandh. Read less...

The Director General of Police (DGP) of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Dilbag Singh stated that “action against terror ecosystem must be carried forward meticulously and in a coordinated manner”, reports Greater Kashmir on January 18. Although J&K Police along with other forces have got successes across J&K against the terrorists, stringent actions against the terror support system, narcotics and narco terror modules should be continued with an aim to bring an end to it. He added that the main character behind terrorism in J&K from across the border is being exposed at international level and measures are being taken to tighten up the process against the involved people and notify them as terrorists. Read less...

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on January 17 arrested a person, named Mohammed Sadique, from Chavara in Kollam District in Kerala, for his suspected linkages with Popular Front of India (PFI), reports The Print. Read less...

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) which is probing terror funding cases involving Dawood Ibrahim and his syndicate, further revealed that operatives of the D-company get special treatment at Pakistan's Karachi airport, India TV News reports on January 18. D-Company operatives get hassle-free access at the Karachi airport in Pakistan and enjoy special privileges during check-ins and check-outs and don't even have to go to immigration counters or follow required security protocols. They get hassle-free access to VIP lounges at the airport and other destinations where they are supposed to meet the dreaded gangsters. Read less...

A Special Court gave an additional 15 days’ time to the Maharashtra’s Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) to file a charge-sheet against five suspected members of the Popular Front of India (PFI) who were arrested in September, 2022 for links with terror activities on January 18, reports Free Press Journal. The accused were booked on the charges of engaging in unlawful activities, promoting enmity among communities and waging a war against the country. Read less...

Cadres of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), set ablaze two vehicles of the contract company engaged in the work of railway doubling near Odga Railway Station in Simdega District of Jharkhand on January 18, reports prabhatkhabar.com. The extremists also left a pamphlet and have warned that the same result will be meted out if the work is done without taking the permission of the outfit. Read less...

India and Oman discussed ways to bolster strategic and security cooperation and collective measures to counter terrorism as well as condemned all forms and manifestations of terrorism at the ongoing eighth edition of the India-Oman Strategic Dialogue being held in New Delhi on January 18, reports awazthevoice.in. Major General Idris Abdulrahman Al-Kindi, Secretary General of the National Security Council of the Sultanate of Oman, is visiting India at the invitation of Vikram Misri, Deputy National Security Adviser, National Security Council Secretariat of India to take part in the Eighth India-Oman Strategic Dialogue. Both sides stressed the need to work jointly to fight the menace of terrorism. Sources stated that discussions were held on a wide range of issues of mutual interest including bilateral strategic and security cooperation besides defence and regional security. Both sides reiterated the importance of preserving maritime safety and security in the region. During the discussions, representatives of India and Oman discussed that the expansion of terrorist propaganda, misuse of new and emerging technologies, arms and drugs trafficking and abuse of cyber space for recruitment, fundraising and disinformation have serious security implications for the region and need a coordinate response. Read less...

On January 18, a rusted bomb shell, which is many years old, was found at the military ground in Khanna in Ludhiana District of Punjab, reports amarujala. The area has been cordoned off and further investigations are underway. Read less...

Security Forces (SFs) on January 18 recovered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), planted in a tiffin box, from Kheora village in Rajouri Tehsil (revenue unit) of Rajouri District in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), reports Daily Excelsior. Read less...

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) declared a bounty of INR 25,00,000 for giving information about Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar in September 2022, Free Press Journal reports on January 19. The NIA had also released the latest photos of Dawood and his four close aides. However, no concrete information has come to fore, so far. A reward of INR 20,00,000 was also announced on Shakeel Shaikh alias Chhota Shakeel and another INR 15,00,000 each on associates Haji Anees alias Anees Ibrahim Shaikh, Javed Patel alias Javed Chikna and Ibrahim Mushtaq Abdul Razzak Memon alias Tiger Memon. An NIA official stated, “All the fugitives are hiding in Pakistan. Besides 1993 blasts, they are wanted in several cases of terrorism, narcotics, arms trafficking, money laundering, murders and extortion. D Company has established a criminal network to smuggle arms, explosives, drugs and fake Indian currency notes (FICN) to carry out terror attacks in close association with Pakistani agencies and terror outfits.” Dawood Ibrahim had been designated as a global terrorist and is also a prime accused in 1993 Mumbai blasts. Read less...

The National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) reaffirmed the Naga National Decision of May 31, 2022, “to uphold and protect Naga’s unique history and Naga national principle at any cost” in a press statement issued on January 18, reports The Morung Express. The NSCN-IM further asserted that an “honorable and acceptable political solution between India and the Nagas should be based on the Framework Agreement of August 3, 2015, wherein the sovereignty of the Nagas is acknowledged in conjunction with the Naga National Flag and the Constitution.” “The Nagas do not acknowledge any agreements signed under the Indian Constitution,” it maintained. Read less...

The Punjab Police has arrested 13 persons, identified as Mahinder Verma alias DK, Ramesh, Sandeep Singh Shelly, Gurjant Singh alias Janti, Sukhvir Singh, Rafi, Waris Ali, Charlas, Parveen Singh, Harsimranjit Singh Simma, Sarabjot Singh, Daljit Kaur alias Mano, Shamsher Singh in separate incidents (locations not stated) and recovered five illegal weapons and 53 live cartridges from them, reports Tribune India on January 19. The arrest occurred after Police neutralised an international extortion and targeted killing module operated by Amrit Bal, a member of the Jagdeep Singh alias Jaggu Bhagwanpuria gang, which has ties to the foreign-based terrorist organisation Babbar Khalsa International (BKI). The officials have stated that Bal, Bhagwanpuria and others were engaging young boys through social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and others and were providing weapons and money through their handlers. Read less...

The Special Cell of Delhi Police arrested two more terror suspects, identified as Jagpreet alias Jagga and Gurupreet from Delhi, who were tasked with carrying out terror activities in Delhi and Punjab and plotting to assassinate a politician in Punjab, India Today reports on January 19. According to sources, on August 9, 2022, the Punjab Police arrested terrorist Gurvinder Singh and his two accomplices Sandeep Singh and Gurpreet Singh for the murder of Shaurya Chakra awardee Balwinder Singh alias Sandhu. Following this, the Punjab Police initiated a case under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in search of Gurvinder’s accomplices Jagpreet and Gurupreet. During interrogation, the apprehended terrorists stated that they were tasked to carry out a big terrorist attack in Punjab on August 15, 2022. When the Punjab Police failed this mission, they were given the task of committing terrorist acts in Delhi and Punjab and target a politician in Punjab. Read less...

The Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, along with Director Intelligence Bureau Tapan Deka, held discussions with the Assam Chief Minister (CM), Himanta Biswa Sarma, at the Assam House in New Delhi on January 18 to discuss the peace agreement that is likely to be signed with the Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) this week, reports India Today NE. The Assam CM further added that discussions for the peace process and on various other topics are going on with Home Minister Amit Shah and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Read less...

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) on January 18 justified before the Supreme Court the eighth successive ban on the Students’ Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and told that SIMI cadres are working under the umbrella of frontal organisation or having links with a number of other terrorist groups like the Al-Qaeda, Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammad(JeM), Islamic State (IS), Indian Mujahideen (IM), and added any organisation that has the objective of establishing Islamic rule in India cannot be permitted to exist, reports The Shillong Times. The UMHA in its affidavit stated, “Despite the ban on SIMI, its sympathisers have continued to carry on their unlawful activities under the garb of various cover organizations. They have indulged in radicalizing and brainwashing the minds of Muslim youth by jihadi propaganda and through provocative Taqreers. The SIMI activists are associating, meeting, conspiring, acquiring arms & ammunitions, and indulging in activities which are disruptive in character and capable of threatening the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India.” Read less...

An exchange of fire between the Security Forces (SFs) and cadres of the Tritiya Sammelan Prastuti Committee (TSPC), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), took place in the Manatu Police Station area in Palamu District of Jharkhand on January 19, reports ommcomnews.com. The Police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) had received information that a squad of TSPC’s top ‘commander’ Shashikant had been seen in the area, following which they were conducting a search operation there. Police said the Maoists escaped through the forest and there is a possibility of some of them being injured. District Superintendent of Police (SP), Chandan Kumar Sinha said that the clash continued for about 15 to 20 minutes. The Police have recovered many items from the spot, including an air gun. Read less...

On January 19, the Security Forces (SFs) detected and defused a 120-millimetre mortar shell in in a field in Poonch District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), India, reports Daily Excelsior. Officials said it is a Pakistani shell that was fired during cross-border shelling in 2021. Read less...

The Chief Minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma, stated on January 19 that the Assam Government is continuing its efforts to bring the banned militant group United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) to the negotiating table, reports India Today NE. Himanta Biswa Sarma further added that "the channel of communication with the (ULFA-I) is not an issue.” The bone of contention is the sovereignty issue. Read less...

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi stated on January 19 that the Government of India (GOI) is aware of the number of temples being vandalised in Australia and condemns these actions, reports The Tribune. In the most recent incident, anti-Hindu graffiti was inscribed by Khalistan supporters on the Shri Shiva Vishnu Temple in Carrum Downs, Melbourne, Australia, on January 16. Read less...

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on January 19, filed chargesheet in a special NIA Court in Bengaluru, against two persons, identified as Akthar Hussain Laskar alias Md Hussain, a resident of Assam, and Abdul Aleem Mondal alias Md Juba alias Md Jubah, a resident of West Bengal for having affiliations with Al-Qaeda in connection with conspiracy hatched to send youths to Kashmir and Khorasan province of Afghanistan to undergo terrorist training, reports Big News Network. The case was initially registered on July 24, 2022, at Thilaknagar Police Station in Bengaluru in Karnataka and re-registered by the NIA on August 30, 2022. The NIA stated, "Investigations revealed that the accused were affiliated with Al-Qaeda, a proscribed terrorist organisation. Based on the directions of online handlers, the accused tried to recruit youth, to wage war against India and further they were planning to leave for the Khorasan Province of Afghanistan for terrorist training. During investigations, a lot of incriminating Jihadi materials were recovered at the instance of the accused." Read less...

A trooper of the Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA), jungle warfare unit of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), suffered serious injuries in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast, suspected to have been triggered by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, in Tumbahaka forest in West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand on January 20, reports The New Indian Express. Acting on inputs from the Maoist movement, security personnel, including personnel of the CoBRA battalion and the Jharkhand Jaguar (JJ), along with Policemen, were carrying out a combing operation in Tumbahaka Forest, when the explosive went off, injuring one of them, Superintendent of Police (SP), Ashutosh Shekhar said. According to the SP, the Police had information about the presence of top Maoist leaders, including Misir Besra alias Sagar da, Patiram Manjhi alias Ramesh Da alias Anal da and Asim Mandal alias Manoj da alias Akash da, in the area, and had accordingly launched an operation to arrest them. The operation was also aimed at inculcating confidence among villagers, ahead of a 24-hour Jharkhand bandh (general shut down) called by Maoists on January 22, in protest against the arrest of Krishna Hansda, a Jharkhand ‘regional committee member (RCM)’ of the CPI-Maoist, from Giridih District, he added. Read less...

A woman Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre carrying a reward of INR 100,000 on her head surrendered to Security Forces (SFs) in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh on January 20, reports The Pioneer. Mangli Kawasi (37), involved in several Naxal [Left Wing Extremist, LWE] incidents in Katekalyan area in the district, was the Krantikari Adivasi Mahila Sangathan (KAMS) ‘President’ in the Katekalyan Area Committee of the CPI-Maoist, Dantewada, Superintendent of Police (SP), Siddharth Tiwari said. Read less...

On January 20, Security Forces (SFs) fired shots after noticing a suspicious movement during a Cordon And Search Operation (CASO) in Damhal Hanji Pora town in Kulgam District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India, reports Greater Kashmir. Read less...

On January 20, Special Cell of Delhi Police arrested two close associates of fugitive Khalistani terrorist Landa Harike, identified as Rajan Bhatti and Kanwaljeet Singh alias Chinna from unspecified location in Punjab, reports Tribune India. The Police further said that Bhatti is a Punjab based arms and drug smuggler accused of target killings and disturbing communal harmony in Punjab whereas Chinna is a drug supplier. Read less...

On January 20, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted raids in Gurdaspur and Muktsar Districts in Punjab in connection with the December 23, 2021 Ludhiana blast case, reports Tribune India. During the searches INR 1,016,000 cash, mobile phones, SIM cards and dairies with incriminating content were recovered. Read less...

On January 20, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) stuck posters in bus-stand in Koraput District of Odisha, seeking information about the whereabouts of four hardcore inter-State Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leaders, identified as Jalumari Srinu Babu alias Sunil, Khilo Ranju alias Chhati, Gajarala Ravi alias Ganesh alias Uday, and Meturu Jaga Rao, reports The Pioneer. The NIA has also announced INR 1 million prize money on Gajarala Ravi’s head, INR 500,000 prize each on Jalumari Srinu and Meturu Jaga Rao. It has announced INR 300,000 prize money on Khilo Ranju. The NIA has a case registered against the four Maoist in connection with a murder of a Border Security Force (BSF) officer in 2012. Read less...

On January 20, Union Minister of Home Affairs (UMHA) Amit Shah states that terror incidents, deaths and terrorist-dominated areas have drastically diminished, and Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) is slowly heading towards peace and stability, reports Daily Excelsior. He added that Indian security agencies have succeeded in establishing their supremacy and no one can ignore the country any more in any field nor stop any one from moving forward. Referring to the situation after the abrogation of Article 370, he said there was a time when children from J&K used to go to study in other parts of the country due to militancy. “But today 32,000 children from other parts of the country are studying in J&K,” the Minister further said. He also stated that “the amount of investment that has come in the last four years is more than what it had come to Jammu and Kashmir in the last 70 years”. Read less...

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed a charge sheet before the NIA Special Court, Ranchi, Jharkhand on January 20, against two accused, identified as Tarun Kumar and Pradyuman Sharma, in a case related to funding to the banned Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), reports The Pioneer. The case relates to a conspiracy hatched by the members of CPI-Maoist for its revival in the Magadh Zone and to raise funds for the organization. The case was suo-moto registered by the NIA on December 30, 2021. Read less...

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on January 20, filed a chargesheet against 20 operatives of the Popular Front of India (PFI) in a NIA special court in Bengaluru with regard to the murder of Praveen Nettaru, who was a resident of Bellare in Dakshina Kannada District of Karnataka and the late District Secretary of BJP Yuva Morcha (BJYM) by suspected operatives of the PFI on July 26, 2022, reports The Indian Express. THE NIA in its chargesheet stated that the targeted killing was part of PFI’s plan to create terror to further its agenda of establishing an Islamic rule in India by 2047. The case was initially investigated by Karnataka Police but later transferred to the NIA. Those chargesheeted were identified as Mahammed Shiyab, Abdul Basheer, Riyaz, Mustafa Paichar alias Mahmmad Mustafa, Masud K A, Kodaje Mohammed Sherif, Abubakkar Siddik, Noufal M, Ismail Shafi, K Mahammad Iqbal, Shaheed M, Mahammad Shafeek, Ummar Farook, Abdul Kabeer, Muhammad Ibrahim Sha, Sainul Abid, Shekh Saddam Hussain, Zakiar A, N Abdul Haris, and Thufail M H. NIA sources stated that among the chargesheeted, Shiyab, Basheer and Riyaz were directly involved in the attack on Nettaru. Among the chargesheeted accused, Mustafa Paichar, Masud K A, Kodaje Mohammed Sherif, Abubakkar Siddik, Ummar Farook M R and Thufail M H are absconding. NIA sources further stated that a cash reward of INR 5,00,000 each had been declared by the NIA on two of the accussed PFI operatives, namely Kodaje Mohammed Sherif and Masud KA, both residents of Kannada District in Karnataka, ABP Live added. The NIA had in November, 2022 announced cash rewards of a total INR 14,00,000 for those sharing information on four suspects namely S Mahammad Musthafa from Bellare, M H Tufail from Madikeri in Kodagu District, M R Ummar Farook from Kallumutlumane and Abubakkar Siddik from Bellare in Karnataka. Read less...

Three Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, including two women were arrested following an encounter between Security Forces (SFs) and Maoists in the forest area near Indinar village in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on January 20, reports The Pioneer. The operation was launched on an input about the presence of senior Maoist cadres in Basaguda-Gangaloor-Kirandool areas. Superintendent of Police (SP), Anjaneya Vaishnav said some Maoists escaped, adding that the three who were arrested were Guddu Kusram, Hunga Alwam and Indo. Kusram, who carried a bounty of INR 100,000, was the Gangaloor Local Squad Organization (LOS) member. Read less...

A woman Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, identified as Vetti Mangi, carrying a bounty of INR 800,000 on her head surrendered to Security Forces (SFs) in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh on January 21, reports The Pioneer. Mangi, a member of the Mad Division Company Number-1 under the Kutul Area Committee of the outlawed Maoist outfit, had joined the Maoist organization in 2017 and was involved in several Naxalite [Left Wing Extremist, LWE] incidents. Read less...

Coordination Committee (CorCom), a conglomerate of six Valley-based militant outfits of Manipur announced to boycott of the Republic Day Celebrations on January 26 and called for an 18-hour shutdown in Manipur, commencing from midnight of January 25 that will end at 6pm [IST] on January 26, reports The Sangai Express on January 22. The CorCom publicity committee alleged that the people of Manipur ought to see January 26 as 'Repressive Day' even though India celebrates the same day as Republic Day. Read less...

National People’s Government of Nagaland/Non Accordist faction of Naga National Council (NPGN/NNC-NA) president, T. Ovung in a press statement on January 21 said that there will be “bloodshed and war” if Naga political solution was not done based on August 3, 2015 Framework Agreement as some Nagas would be excluded, reports India Today NE. T. Ovung reaffirmed that the Framework Agreement was for “Nagalim” which includes all Nagas of Nagaland, Nagas of Manipur, Nagas of Arunachal Pradesh and Nagas of Assam and no Nagas should be excluded”. Read less...

On January 21, a land mine was found near Makhi post in the Karmara village in Poonch District of J&K, reports Daily Excelsior. Read less...

On January 21, an explosion followed by gunshots was reported at the house of former Surankote Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA), namely, Choudhary Mohammad Akram, in Lassana village in Surankote tehsil (revenue unit) of Poonch District in J&K, reports New Indian Express. No casualties reported. Read less...

On January 21, nine civilians were injured in twin blasts, suspected to be triggered by timer-fitted Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), at Transport Nagar in Narwal area of Jammu District in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India, reports Daily Excelsior. The first blast occurred under a parked Bolero SUV (Sports Utility Vehicle) at a junkyard in which five people standing nearby were injured. Following it, a second blast took place 50 meters away from the first explosion site in which one person suffered a minor injury, officials stated. Later, the Police confirmed injuries to three more persons who reached the hospital for treatment. Read less...

Paresh Barua, the ‘chief’ of the United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) on January 21 reiterated that he is not interested in peace talks with Government of India and vowed to continue with its revolution till it achieved its avowed goal of restoration of sovereignty of Assam, reports India Today NE. Barua further added that ULFA-I is ready for referendum on sovereignty issue and only indigenous Assamese speaking people should participate in the dialogue. Read less...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi while attending the 57th All-India Conference of Director Generals (DGPs) and Inspector Generals of Police (IGP) on January 21 and 22, suggested making the Police forces more sensitive and training them in emerging technologies, reports Greater Kashmir. He emphasised on the importance of National Data Governance Framework for smoothening of data exchange across agencies. The PM suggested that the police and all other agencies engaged in various aspects of internal security should further leverage technological solutions like biometrics etc., while at the same time, he underlined the need to further strengthen traditional policing mechanisms like foot patrols. He also suggested replicating the model of the DGPs and IGPs conference at the state and district levels for discussing emerging challenges and evolving best practices among their teams. The conference covered various aspects of policing and national security, including counter terrorism, counter insurgency, cyber security and security and strategic issues relating to China and the rest of the neighbourhood. Read less...

Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannu posted a video on social media asserting to execute a terrorist attack during India's 73rd Republic Day on January 26, 2023, reports India Today on January 22. “Stay indoors on January 26, or you’ll be thwarted by the SFJ. Delhi will be our target, and we will unfurl the flag of Khalistan,” said Pannu. He also offered 5,00,000 dollars to anyone who unfurls Khalistan’s flag on the Red fort. In the posted video, he claimed to “liberate Punjab from Indian occupation in 2023”. Read less...

United People’s Revolutionary Front of Manipur (UPRFM), an umbrella body of some factions of armed groups of Manipur, has announced to boycott of the Republic Day (January 26) Celebrations and called for a general strike effective from midnight of January 25, that will end at 6pm [IST] on January 26, reports E-Pao on January 22. Read less...

An encounter took place between the Police and cadres of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), near Bangur Forest near Diki Lata village in West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand on January 22, reports prabhatkhabar.com. On the information about the arrival of a group of PLFI ‘area commander’ Rode and Lambu near Diki Lata village, the Police launched a search operation. On seeing the Police, the cadres started firing and in retaliation, the Police also exchanged fire. The PLFI cadres fled towards the forest as soon as the Police overpowered them. After the encounter, the Police recovered a rifle, magazine, four live bullets, torch and items of daily use from the spot. Read less...

Another Hindu temple, namely, Sri Sri Radha Ballabha ISCKON Albert Park temple in Melbourne city in Australia was vandalised by “Hindustan Murdabad” (Death to Hindu place), Khalistan Zindabad and Sant Bhindrawale is martyred" graffitis by pro-Khalistan supporters, reports Australia Today on January 23. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale was a militant leader. This is the third attack on Hindu temples in Melbourne in January 2023. Read less...

On January 22, 46 militants of All Adivasi National Liberation Army (AANLA) laid down arms in Sonitpur District of Assam, reports India Today NE. The laid down arms included eight pistols, six rifles and ammunition. Read less...

On January 22, a civilian, identified as Ajaz Ahmed Deva, was injured after terrorists hurled a grenade at Security Forces (SFs) in Eidgah area of Srinagar District in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), India, reports Daily Excelsior. Read less...

Security Forces (SFs) shot down a six-wing drone carrying five kilograms of heroin (narcotics) at Kakkar village in Amritsar District of Punjab in India, two kilometres away from International Border (IB) with Pakistan, The Tribune reports on January 23. Read less...

Imphal West District Police commandos arrested two militants of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) from Kwakeithel Laishram Leikai town, Imphal West District of Manipur on January 23, reports Imphal Free Press. The arrested militants were identified as Tourangbam Sanjit Singh alias Nongdren from Kwakeithel Laishram Leikai town in Imphal West District and Lendl Potsangbam alias Luching Nganba Meitei from Kwakeithel Thokchom Leikai town, Imphal West District. Two mobile handsets, five ATM cards, one debit card, one PAN card, one driving license card, one black color bag containing one DELL laptop and one Tata Tiago car were seized from their possession. Read less...

Kerala Government on January 23 informed the Kerala High Court that it has attached the properties of 248 operatives of Popular Front of India (PFI) as part of recovery proceedings in connection with the damage to public property, in violence, called by the outfit in September, 2022, reports PTI. The recovery proceedings against those involved in the violence were initiated after the High Court expressed displeasure over the government's delay in executing its order in connection with it. The state Home Department informed that the most number of revenue recoveries were from Malappuram District -- 126 properties. Read less...

On January 23, Security Forces (SFs) arrested one of the longest serving militants of Hizb-ul- Mujahideen (HM), who was active since 2017, identified as Nasir Ahmed Sher Gojri alias Qasim Bhai, from Shopian District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India, reports Daily Excelsior. Read less...

On January 23, the Security Forces (SFs) recovered two Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) during an operation in Dassal village in Rajouri Tehsil (revenue unit) of Rajouri District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), India, reports Daily Excelsior. Read less...

Police killed Vishal Sahu, an ‘area commander’ of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), in an encounter in Mudla Toli in Thakurgaon in Ranchi District of Jharkhand on January 23, reports samacharplusjhbr.com. Vishal's squad had reached Thakur village (Thakurgaon) area to collect ‘levy’ (extortion money) from a businessman. Following information, the Police laid siege, then the militants started firing on the Police, and Vishal was killed in retaliatory action, while the rest of Vishal's squad managed to escape. Read less...

The Bihar Police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) during a joint operation recovered a huge cache of weapons, including around 3600 rounds of ammunition, allegedly belonging to the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) from different places in the hilly and forested areas of Madanpur in Aurangabad District of Bihar on January 23, reports The Telegraph. A CRPF statement said, “The troops consisting of multiple teams conducted a search in the targeted area and discovered a cache of arms and ammunition hidden at multiple locations”. The seizures included 3583 bullets of various calibres, four Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), an under-barrel grenade launcher, two wireless sets and an interceptor, six detonators, two dozen pressure triggers used in IEDs, and fuse wire. Several mobile phones, Maoist literature and many other articles were also a part of the recovered cache. Read less...

A boy was injured when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) exploded near Arahasa village under Goilkera Police Station in West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand on January 24, reports mid-day.com. The incident occurred when the 13-year-old, boy, who was on his way to a market, came under the impact of the blast triggered by the Maoists near Arahasa village, Officer-in-Charge of Goilkera Police Station, Rahul Singh said. Read less...

A Special Court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Manipur has remanded five persons, including a Myanmar national, accused of funding insurgents, to judicial custody until February 8, reports The Sangai Express on January 25. The five persons arrested by the NIA are Deepak Sharma alias Khinmaung, Suraj Jaiswal, Santosh Gupta, Sonar Nepolean Bahadur and Saikhom Bruce. While Deepak hailed from Block 5 Tamu Sagaing Division of Myanmar, the remaining four hailed from Moreh town in Tengnoupal District of Manipur. Read less...

Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) ‘commander’ Naveen Yadav aka Sarvjit Yadav, accused of killing 48 Police and Security Force (SF) personnel in Jharkhand and Bihar, reportedly surrendered at an undisclosed location and is now in Police custody, reports ommcomnews.com on January 25. Yadav, a resident of Bashutta village in Chatra District of Jharkhand, till recently was active in Buddha Pahad, and the Government had declared a reward of INR 2.5 million on him. Yadav has been a member of the regional committee of the Maoists, and was involved in most of the Maoist attacks in Jharkhand’s Palamu, Latehar, Chatra, and Garhwa and Bihar’s Aurangabad, Gaya Districts, among others in the last decade. More than 60 cases are registered against him in different Police Stations of the States. Read less...

On January 24, Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP) detained four suspects (name withheld) at Sunderbani town of Rajouri District in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), India, in connection with the Narwal twin blasts on January 21, 2023, reports Daily Excelsior. Read less...

On January 24, Security Forces (SFs) rescued five youth, including two juveniles, from joining militancy in Baramulla District in J&K, reports Daily Excelsior. Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP) stated that these youths were in touch with militant handlers in Pakistan through social media to get recruited in militant outfits. They have been handed over to parents after their proper counselling. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Baramulla Amod Nagpure has remarked that “while security forces are firm in their resolve to defeat nefarious designs of the enemy, parents should also keep a vigil on the activities of their children and cooperate with Police”. Read less...

On January 24, three active cadres of People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak-Progressive (PREPAK-Pro) were arrested in three separate incidents in Manipur, reports The Sangai Express. In the first operation Oinam Iboyaima Singh alias Boyai was arrested from his residence at Kwakeithel Moirang Purel Leikai town. In the second operation, ‘Corporal’ Huidrom Priyokumar alias Jim was arrested from his residence at Khagempalli Huidrom Leikai. In the third operation, ‘Lance corporal’, Tangtangba Angnaikham Maring alias Taibanganba alias Athoi, was arrested from his residence at Langol Khunou village in Machi subdivision, Chandel District. The Police recovered a.32 pistol with magazine, three mobile handsets, two wallets, two Aadhaar cards, one driving license, one voter card, one vehicle registration card, one camouflage bag, INR 1,210, and a Yamaha FZ-S motorcycle during the operations. Read less...

Six Rohingyas were arrested by Tripura Police from Matinagar area under Kamalasagar Assembly of Sepahijala District in Tripura, reports India Today on January 25. The arrested Rohingyas were staying in an abandoned house in Matinagar area and the locals suspected and informed about them to Border Security Force (BSF) and Tripura Police. On reaching the spot, the Police detained and took them to Amtali Police Station. During interrogation, it was revealed that the Rohingyas entered Tripura with the help of a broker who promised them to take them to Bangladesh. The broker was unable to cross the border as a result of tight security which led to the arrest of the Rohingyas. Read less...

The Jammu and Kashmir Police on January 24, busted a terrorist recruitment module in Baramulla District in Jammu and Kashmir, reports Brighter Kashmir. SSP Baramulla, Amod Nagpure stated that five youths including two juveniles were being radicalised by the Pakistani handlers and were being prepared to join militant ranks through social media and act against the Government of India. Read less...

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) with the help of Odisha Police arrested wanted Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre Ranju Khillo aka Chanti aka Bishant aka Bingshanta (40) from Swabhiman Anchal (erstwhile cut-off region) in Malkangiri District of Odisha on January 24, reports sambadenglish.com. Chanti, son of Manju Khillo from Kadaguma village under Chitrakonda Police limits of the District, was suspectedly involved in 2012 Border Security Force (BSF) Commandant JR Kashwan death case. In 2012, NIA had registered a case (No-RC-02/2012/NIA/DLI arising out of Chitrakonda PS case (No-07/2012, dated 10.02.2012 regarding Maoist attack on the BSF officers killing at least four. Earlier, South Asia terrorism Portal (SATP) had reported the Maoist attack on February 10, 2012, in which four personnel of the BSF including a Commandant were killed in an ambush by the cadres of the CPI-Maoist in Malkangiri District. It is pertinent to mention, Chanti was arrested by Police in 2013, and was released on bail in 2018. But he was absconding since then and did not appear before the court in connection with different cases. The NIA had registered a case against him and had launched a manhunt to arrest him, adds Odisha Bytes. A reward of INR 300,000 on Chanti was announced and his posters put up at different places in the district. Acting on reliable information on January 24, the NIA team arrested him with the help of local Police. Read less...

The United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) has announced in an official press release, on January 24, that it will boycott the Republic Day celebrations on January 26 and mark the day as a protest, reports India Today NE. Read less...

Two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were arrested by Police from the Hatigaon Forest area under the Raighar Police Station in Nabarangpur District of Odisha on January 24, reports The Pioneer. South-Western Range Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Rajesh Pandit said the Maoists were identified as Poje Mandavi alias Anita (25), a native of Sukma District in Chhattisgarh, and Samudra Bagh (32), a resident of Nuapada District in Odisha. Both were members of Mainpur Nuapada Division of the CPI-Maoist. DIG, Pandit said the duo was involved in many cases of violence in Nabarangpur, Nuapada, Kalahandi and neighbouring Chhattisgarh. Anita had joined the Maoist fold in 2010 and was working as a party member of Bodchatia Local Organisation Squad (LOS) before joining the Mainpur-Nuapada Division. She was influenced by Bal Sanghatan under Ungi. She was promoted as ‘area committee member (ACM)’ in 2020 and has been active since 2013. Bagh had joined the Maoists in 2017 and has been active from then as a 'militia' (people's army of the Maoists) member of the Mainpur-Nuapada Division. He provided information and other inputs to the ultras. Bagh was also providing medicines and other essential articles to the rebels, Police said. Read less...

‘Sub-zonal commander' of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), Tilkeshwar Gop alias Rajesh Gop, a close aide of PLFI ‘supremo’ Dinesh Gop, with INR 1 million head bounty, and another cadre identified as Suraj Gop, has been arrested by the Police from Anagadha area under Tatisilve Police Station area in Ranchi District of Jharkhand on January 25, reports jantaserishta.com. Tilakeshwar, a resident of Kinutoli Bakaspur under Karra Police Station area of Khunti, was wanted by the Police of many districts including Ranchi for a long time. One rifle, 303 country-made gun, including 10 bullets, many things including PLFI's form have been recovered from them. Read less...

A Dalam (armed squad) member of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), identified as Madavi Bheema alias Dashru, surrendered before the Superintendent of Police (SP) Sangramsingh G Patil in Mulugu District of Telangana on January 25, reports The New Indian Express. Bheema, a native of Komatpally village under Ursuru Tehsil (revenue unit) in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh, joined the party and was a 'militia' (people's army of the Maoists) member for two years. In December 2012, he went underground and joined the 1st battalion of Peoples Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA), military wing of the Maoists, and worked in the second platoon of the 1st Company. He was involved in an exchange of fire in Sukma District in 2014, in which six cadres of the Maoist party were injured and 14 Policemen died. In another exchange of fire in the same district in 2015, six weapons of the Security Forces (SFs) were captured by the Maoist. At Pottongupadu, he was involved in another exchange of fire in which Policemen were injured. Read less...

Assam Rifles arrested a militant of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) along with another unidentified individuals who were attempting to smuggle heroin powder worth approximately INR 3, 00,000 from Jiribam District of Manipur on January 25, tweeted The Assam Rifles @official_dgar on January 28. Read less...

India and Egypt on January 25, decided to elevate their ties to the level of a strategic partnership, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi resolving to broad base the bilateral engagement in the areas of defence, security and trade, and calling for “zero tolerance” towards terrorism, reports The Indian Express. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi is on a three-day visit to India, and is the first Egyptian leader to be the chief guest at India’s Republic Day on January 26. Both leaders perceived terrorism as the most serious security threat to humanity and agreed that concrete measures were required to end cross-border terrorism and agreed that bilateral cooperation would include sharing of information and intelligence on terrorism. Read less...

On September 25, Sarnajoy Reang, a militant of the Parimal Debbarma faction of National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT-PD), surrendered to the Assam Rifles Agartala Sector, reports Tripura Times. Read less...

Security Forces (SFs) on January 25 neutralised a terror hideout in Poonch District of Jammu and Kashmir and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition, including two AK rifles, reports India Today. A search operation was launched by Army troops and assisted by Police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Kalai Top, Shiendra, Ratta Jabbar and adjoining areas. During the search operation, the SFs recovered two AK rifles, three magazines and 35 rounds of ammunition. Read less...

The Assam Rifles Khuga Battalion arrested two militants of the People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) at Beihang near Border Pillar Number 42 in Churachandpur District of Manipur on January 25, tweeted The Assam [email protected]_dgar. Read less...

The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) demanded ‘levy’ (extortion money) by sending pamphlets to the brick kiln operators operating in Karpi and Bansi Police Station limits in Arwal District of Bihar on January 25, reports newsnationtv.com. The brick kiln operator who does not pay the ‘levy’ has also been warned of dire consequences. It has been said in the pamphlet that the money should be deposited in the party fund as soon as possible, otherwise the Maoists will be free to take drastic action. Read less...

The Government of Jammu and Kashmir on January 25, set up a 20-member Terror Monitoring Group (TMG) in Jammu and Kashmir Police, reports Daily Excelsior. According to an order, the sanction has been made with reference to Administrative Council decision taken on January 22, 2023. As per the order, the sanction has given for creation of one post of Senior Superintendent of Police, six posts each of Deputy Superintendent of Police, Inspector and Head Constable and one Follower post. Read less...

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on January 25, arrested Deepak Ranga, the main shooter in the rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) attack on Punjab Police Intelligence Headquarters in Mohali District of Punjab on May 9, 2022 from Gorakhpur District of Uttar Pradesh, reports India Today. Deepak Ranga, a resident of Surakpur village in Jhajjar District of Haryana is a close associate of Canada-based gangster-turned-terrorist Lakhbir Singh Sandhu alias Landa and Pakistan-based gangster-turned-terrorist Harvinder Singh Sandhu alias Rinda. An NIA spokesperson stated that apart from his involvement in the RPG attack, Deepak has been involved in a number of other violent terrorist and criminal offences, including violent killings. He has been actively receiving terror funds and logistical support from Rinda and Landa. Read less...

Three persons were injured in a hand grenade explosion at the Community Circle (Gandhi Chowk) in Ukhrul District of Manipur on January 25, injuring three persons, reports India Today. Three persons, including one woman, who were crossing the road at the time of the incident, were injured when the suspected hand grenade exploded. Read less...

Mohammad Sadiq, who was arrested by the National Investigating Agency (NIA) on January 17, for working for the Popular Front of India (PFI) revealed that he was a fruit vendor, who was assigned the role of a ‘reporter’ by the PFI, reports The Indian Express on January 27. He had been asked by the outfit to collect information on Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) events in Kollam District in Kerala, including details of guests who were invited to these events for possible targeting by hit squads. The NIA found pamphlets of several RSS events and guest lists from his possession and also digital devices and several incriminating documents were seized from his house during the arrest operation. SATP had earlier reported this arrest on January 18. Read less...

On January 26, a blast occurred in Wangkhei Yonglan Leirak (Lane) in Imphal East District, reports The Sangai Express on January 27. A boy sustained injuries in the blast. The People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) in a press release issued by the outfit’s ‘department of publicity and propaganda’, ‘publicity officer’ Mangal Khuman claimed responsibility for the blast. It also claimed responsibility for the January 25 blast at Gandhi statue platform, Ukhrul town in Ukhrul District in Manipur, reported by SATP earlier, in which three persons were injured. The press release also claimed that the outfit had planted bombs at Kyamgei Pal Ahanbi in Imphal East District (along Imphal-Moreh highway), Keirao Langdum Lamkhai in Imphal East District and Heingang Khong in Imphal East District (along Pangei-Saikul road) but the bombs failed to go off. These operations were carried out by the Red Army’s Special Task Force A, B and C of PREPAK as part of the boycott of India's Republic Day celebration (January 26) in Manipur. Read less...

The National Investigation Agency (NIA), in its probe into the murder of Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Youth Leader Praveen Nettaru in 2022, reveals that Popular Front of India (PFI) had marked 21 mosques where they could hide weapons whenever required, reports India Today on January 27. It is revealed that PFI, as part of its agenda to create terror, communal hatred and unrest in society and to further its agenda of establishing Islamic Rule by 2047, formed secret teams called ‘Service Teams’ to carry out killings of its targets. The charge sheet also mentioned that it was Mustafa Paichar alias Mahmmad Musthaf who had ordered the last-minute killing of Praveen Nettaru as 'PFI vowed to avenge’ the killing of Muslim youth Kalanja Masood in July 2022 in Karnataka. Read less...

The Odisha Police busted an ammunition dump suspected to have been used by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) for illegal manufacturing and repair of weapons in Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected Malkangiri District, reports The Statesman on January 26. The Police said explosives and arms were seized from the ammunition dump site at Tulsi Pahad under Mathili Police limits in Malkangiri District. The dumped ammunition, including Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), was intended to target civilians and Police forces, said a senior Police official. “On the basis of specific information received, an intensive search and area domination was conducted by Malkangiri Police in Jajbhata area (Tulsi Pahad) between Kirmiti and Katuapadar villages, resulting in uncover of one major Maoist dump”, Police said. Read less...

The Police seized a huge dump belonging to the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) on the Andhra-Odisha Border (AOB) in the Alluri Sitarama Raju District in Andhra Pradesh on January 26, reports The Hans India. An air pistol barrel granite launcher, 13 containers of land mines, and one SLR gun along with 113 types of materials, explosive materials, and revolutionary literature were seized from the Maoist dump. Read less...

Three Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, including a woman, surrendered before the Police in Swabhiman Anchal in Malkangiri District of Odisha on January 26, reports daijiworld.com. The surrendered Maoists are identified as Manoj alias Mati Madhi (24), Pandu Kabasi (27) and Aite Karttami (21), and each of them carrying a cash reward of INR 100,000 on their heads, were active members of the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC) of the CPI-Maoist. The three surrendered Maoists are residents of Daldali village under the Mathili Police Station of Malkangiri District. "Maoist activities have been reduced substantially in Malkangiri district. Three cadre Maoists surrendered before us today," said Director of Intelligence Sanjeeb Panda. Read less...

On January 27, a militant of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM), identified as Ngamnya Wangsa, surrendered before the Executive Magistrate in Tirap District of Arunachal Pradesh, reports The Arunachal Times. The surrendered militant, a resident of Longbo village in Khonsa Circle of Tirap District, laid down one .32 mm pistol with a magazine and two live rounds. Read less...

On January 27, the Punjab Police arrested a key associate of the gangster-turned terrorist Arshdeep Singh alias Arsh Dalla, identified as Jagtar Singh alias Jagga, after a brief exchange of fire with the Police near Kothe Khanjuran village in Jagraon tehsil (revenue unit) in Ludhiana District of Punjab, reports Tribune India. The accused had come to collect extortion money when a trap was set, according to Police. While Jagga was apprehended when a gunshot hit his leg, his aide managed to escape. Read less...

On January 27, the Punjab Police arrested two weapon smugglers, identified as Banna Ram alias Vinod Devasi and Mukesh alias Muksha Rabari, from Fazilka District in Punjab, and recovered seven .32 bore pistols along with two live cartridges, one .315 bore country-made pistol along with two live cartridges and Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) worth INR 9,650 from their possession, reports The Tribune. The Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav said that the arrested accused are Rajasthan-based weapon smugglers who are expected to deliver the weapons to members of the terrorist Arsh Dalla gang in Punjab. Read less...

On January 27, the Punjab Police’s Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) arrested an operative of the gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, identified as Rajveer alias Ravi Rajgarh, from Mohali in Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar District in Punjab, and recovered a China-made pistol and six cartridges from him, reports The Tribune. The officials have stated that the accused was providing hideouts, logistic support, arms and vehicles to the members of Lawrence Bishnoi gang, and also facilitated his associates to procure passports on fake particulars to escape abroad. Read less...

Security Forces (SFs) led by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) seized more than 160 Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) during an anti-Naxal [Left Wing extremism, LWE] operation near the Laduiya Pahad area in Aurangabad District of Bihar on January 27, reports rediff.com. The patrol team first found 13 pressure IEDs and later recovered 149 such bombs, weighing about one kilogram each, from a nearby cave in the area, Police said. The operation was jointly conducted by the CRPF and the Bihar Police as part of the task of de-mining LWE-affected areas of the State. Read less...

The political wing of the Popular Front of India (PFI), Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) is trying hard to re-group its cadres and strengthen the party in Kerala after the ban on the PFI and its top leaders had been jailed, The Hindustan Times reports on January 28. The SDPI, founded in 2008, which had been keeping a low-profile for three months after the nation-wide crackdown on its parent outfit, started protests throughout Kerala with meetings organised outside the state secretariat and in Kochi in Ernakulam District on Jan 26. SDPI National President M K Faizy stated, “We will bounce back. No one will remain destitute due to the ongoing clamp down and attachment of properties. As a political party we will protect our families and cadres. The party will expose the fascist measures taken by the RSS-controlled government.” Read less...

A Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, whose identity is yet to be ascertained, has been killed during an encounter that took place between Security Forces (SFs) and Maoists at Kari Mandar village under Kunda Police Station limits in Chatra District of Jharkhand on January 28, reports jantaserishta.com. Chatra's Superintendent of Police (SP), Rakesh Ranjan said that the Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) Battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the District Force personnel, who were on an anti-Naxal [Left Wing extremism, LWE] operation, had an encounter with the squad of Maoist ‘commander’ Manohar Ganjhu, carrying a reward of INR 1.5 million. After the encounter which lasted for almost an hour, the Maoists fled into the forests. Read less...

A team of Bishnupur Police Commando arrested one Over-Ground Worker (OGW) of Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP), identified as Heisnam Jiban Singh, from Thanga Heisnam village in Moirang Tehsil (revenue unit) in Bishnupur District of Manipur on January 28, reports The Sangai Express. He revealed that he was working under the command of one KCP militant ‘Ningtamba’ who was currently staying at Churachandpur District of Manipur. Jiban Singh further disclosed that he was involved in various extortion activities. Later he was handed over to Keibul Lamjao Police Station for further investigation. Read less...

Assam Rifles in a joint operation with the Police arrested two militants of Yung Aung faction of National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K-YA) along with arms and ammunition from Old Longchong village in Rima Putak Circle in Changlang District of Arunachal Pradesh on January 28, reports The Arunachal Times. The arrested operatives were identified as Nayan Kumar Chakma and Gangwang Wanglee. The Police also recovered one Chinese made 7.62 mm rifle, an AK magazine, a safety fuse, a radio set and a mobile phone from the militants. Read less...

The Churachandpur Police arrested three Hmar People’s Convention-Democracy (HPC-D) militants, who were involved in extortion of money from vehicles plying on the Churachandpur-Sugnu Road, from Muolvaiphei village in Churachandpur District of Manipur on January 28, reports The Sangai Express. The arrestees were identified as Lalramhlun Lungtau alias Daa alias Rama, Vanlalthang alias VL and Lalthralhun Joute alias Lalthra. One Airsoft gun (M4A1) with one magazine (without live rounds), one Smith and Wesson M & P 40.177 (4.5 mm caliber) BB Gun Air Pistol with one magazine (without live round) and one holster were seized from the possession of Lalramhlun Lungtau. Read less...

A massive stash of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) worth INR 48 million was seized by Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) from Surat District of Gujarat on January 29, reports Times Now News. Six people have been arrested in connection with the case. Sources stated that these currency notes are being put to use for black business of hawala. FICN of INR 500 and INR 2000 have been confiscated from the possession of the accused. Read less...

A woman Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, wanted in a case related to an attack on a Police party in 2021, was arrested during a raid by the National Investigation Agency (NIA)-Raipur in Bhopalpatanam area of Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on January 29, reports latestly.com. Madkam Ungi alias Kamla, a resident of Muthamadgu in Bijapur District, was arrested and subsequently, produced before the NIA Special Court in Jagdalpur, an NIA spokesperson said. Kamla was arrested by the NIA-Raipur in connection with a case pertaining to the attack by armed CPI-Maoist members on Police and Security Force (SF) personnel near Tekalgudiyam village in Bijapur in 2021, that resulted in death of 22 Policemen and injuries to 30 others, the NIA spokesperson said. Read less...

As many as 26 different types of equipment were recovered after an encounter that broke out between the Chhattisgarh Police and Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in Useli Forests in the Amabeda area in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh on January 29, reports Devdiscourse. After the encounter, the Maoists fled from the site, looking at a much larger number of security personnel, officials said. The District Reserve Guard (DRG) team recovered several types of equipment like batteries, solar plates and jerkins. Read less...

Cadres of the Tritiya Sammelan Prastuti Committee (TSPC), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), and Jharkhand Jaguar (JJ) and Ranchi Police exchanged fire in the Sumu Forest of Budhmu area in Ranchi District of Jharkhand on January 29, reports prabhatkhabar.com. 40 rounds of bullets were fired from both sides. It is said that the TSPC squad included ‘zonal commander’ Vikram Mahto, Gurudev, Ramgarh ‘area commander’ Ranjit Mahto and Vinod Mahto alias Murari and other militants, who had come to collect ‘levy’ (extortion money) from the brick kiln operators, were involved in the encounter. However, seeing the Police being overwhelmed, the extremists fled. In the search operation after the encounter, the Police recovered 777 cartridges, seven walkie-talkies, two pouches for keeping cartridges etc., from the encounter site. Read less...

On January 29, National Investigation Agency (NIA) attached the separatist All Parties Hurriyat Conference’s (APHC) office in the Rajbagh area in Srinagar District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), India, on the orders of a court order dated 27th January 2023 by Special NIA Court in New Delhi in a terror funding case, reports Daily Excelsior. The court declared that Hurriyat leader Nayeem Khan, who is facing prosecution, co-owns the property in question and that there is evidence suggesting it was utilized for planning and carrying out terror and secessionist activities, for which the accused has already been charged. The APHC chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq responded to the act saying the attachment of the amalgam’s office will not detach people from their desire for a peaceful solution to the Kashmir issue. Read less...

On January 29, Punjab Police arrested a key associate of the gangster-turned terrorist Arshdeep Singh alias Arsh Dalla, identified as Harpreet Singh alias Harry, alleged to be involved in targeted killings in Punjab, from Moga District in Punjab, reports Tribune India. Four cartridges and .32 bore pistol was recovered from his possession. The initial probe suggested that Harry was the main supplier of weapons to gangster Lalli Malaysia and Dalla’s gang. A case has been registered under Sections 25 (6, 7, 8), 54 and 59 of the Arms Act (AA) against Harry, Dalla, and three other gang members, identified as, Jackpal Singh alias Lalli Malaysia, Amritpal Singh Manila and Manpreet Singh Manila. Read less...

On January 29, the Delhi Police arrested two persons, identified as, Vikram Singh and Balram Singh, in connection with alleged "anti-national" and "Khalistan-related graffiti’ that appeared on walls in areas of West Delhi District in Delhi on January 19, ahead of Republic Day (January 26), reports PTI. The walls were painted with slogans like “Khalistan Zindabad”, “SFJ”, “1984”, “Punjab Banega Khalistan”, “Vote for Khalistan” and “Referendum 2020” at various locations in West Delhi. The officials stated that the accused were tasked to paint the “pro-Khalistani” slogans in lieu of INR 2,00,000 and further lucrative offers in future. Read less...

On January 29, two individuals (names withheld) were arrested, during a referendum for the creation of an independent Sikh state convened by the banned Pro-Khalistan group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), at Federation Square in Melbourne city of Australia, reports Tribune India. Those attending the rally were asked to answer yes or no to the referendum question, "Should Indian-governed Punjab be an independent country?" The clash ensued when Indian supporters arrived with the tricolor flag to counter the Khalistan-supporting outfit, and at least two people were injured. "These incidents are clear attempts to spread hatred and division within the peaceful multi-faith and multi-cultural Indian-Australian community," the Indian Mission in Australia stated. Read less...

Police arrested a 30-year-old woman, identified as Sonu Mansuri, with suspected links to the Popular Front of India (PFI) for taping the proceedings of a court during a hearing of a case involving Bajrang Dal leader Tanu Sharma in Madhya Pradesh's Indore District on January 29, reports msn.com. Additional Commissioner of Police Rajesh Raghuvanshi, informed police that a lawyer requested her to make the tape which was to be delivered to the PFI and for the same she was paid INR 300,000 for the operation. The accused revealed to the Police that senior counsel Noorjahan Khan assigned her the responsibility of creating the film to be forwarded to the PFI. Read less...

A special NIA court in Lucknow on January 30, awarded death sentence to Ahmad Murtaza Abbasi, who was arrested in connection with an attack on security personnel stationed at Gorakhnath temple in Gorakhpur District of Uttar Pradesh in April 2022, reports India Today. The accused had attacked Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary personnel stationed at the Gorakhnath temple. The interrogation of Ahmad Murtaza Abbasi revealed the accused’s connection to the terrorist organisation Islamic State (IS). According to UP Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order), Murtaza Abbasi had taken the oath of fighting for IS and was providing financial assistance to supporters of the militant organisation. Read less...

On January 30, Indian High Commissioner to Australia Manpreet Vohra met with Victoria State Premier Daniel Andrews to discussed the violent incidents in Melbourne on January 29, 2023 during the Khalistan ‘referendum’, and said that Australia should not allow Khalistan groups to enter the country to sow disharmony, reports Tribune India. He also claimed that views of banned Pro-Khalistan groups, such as Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) did not reflect the views of the wider community. Read less...

On January 30, Security Forces (SFs) neutralised a militant hideout and arrested four militant associates of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), identified as Manzoor Ahmad Wani, Mohsin Ahmad Lone, Irshad Ahmad Ahanger and Abaid Ahmad Lone, from Awantipora area of Pulwama District in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), reports Daily Excelsior. Incriminating materials and other items were recovered from their possession. Read less...

On January 30, the Border Security Force (BSF) fired 14 rounds at a Pakistani drone along the India-Pakistan border in Gurdaspur District of Punjab, India, following which the drone returned to Pakistan, reports Punjab Kesari. Read less...

Police on January 30 recovered two rusted hand grenades and 37 cartridges during the excavation work held in Pandori Araian village of Moga tehsil (revenue unit) in Moga District of Punjab, reports amarujala. Further investigation is under way. Read less...

The Assam Rifles in a joint operation with the Longding Police arrested a militant of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM), identified as self-styled ‘lieutenant colonel’ Anok Wangsu, from an unspecified location in Arunachal Pradesh on January 30, reports The Arunachal Times. Wangsu, was responsible for orchestrating illegal extortion and recruitment drives in Longding District. Several incriminating documents, along with extortion money and fake ID cards were seized from his possession. He was one of the prime suspects in two National Investigating Agency (NIA) cases of 2015 and 2019, which involved the killing of three Army soldiers and the then Khonsa MLA Tirong Aboh. He was handed over to the Longding Police Station for further investigation. Read less...

The Hyderabad team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) questioned at least six journalists on suspected ties with terror organisations, The Print reports on January 31. As per the NIA sources, a group of journalists was maintaining a close association with the terror outfits. The journalists who were questioned, were suspected to be the mastermind behind recruiting youngsters from Northern Kerala for terror outfits. NIA also retrieved digital evidence from the journalists. Read less...

A 35-year-old Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, identified as Raju Lekam, a ‘president’ of 'Janatana Sarkar' (Peoples Government of the Maoists) of Hurrepal Panchayat (village level local self-Government institution), surrendered before the Police after being fed up with the ideology of the Maoist organisation, in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh on January 31, reports The Print. Raju, a resident of Bijapur District, was involved in a total of nine cases of violence, arson, murder, and attacks on Police, since 2008. Read less...

A self-styled ‘sub-zonal commander’ of Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad (JJMP), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), identified as Anil Bhuiyan alias Prakash ji alias Jai Prakash ji alias Omprakash, surrendered before the Police in Palamu District of Jharkhand on January 31, reports The Print. Bhuiyan, a resident of Dokra village in Chainpur area, was wanted in three criminal cases, laid down his country-made pistol and two cartridges before Superintendent of Police (SP), Chandan Kumar Sinha, and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Commandants. He was involved in extortion, firing on a Police team and torching vehicles besides possessing firearms illegal, the SP said, adding he had joined the outfit six years ago. Read less...

Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) posters have again surfaced in Sinapalli area of Nuapada District of Odisha on January 31, reports ommcomnews.com. The posters, on white paper written in green ink, which have been pasted on the gate of the Panchayat (village level local self-Government institution) office and forest board on the roadside of Nangalboard carry the name of Mainpur-Nuapada Division of the outlawed CPI-Maoist. Read less...

On January 31, Punjab court granted the Punjab Police State Special Operation Cell (SSOC) four days of custody for gangster Jagdip Singh, alias Jaggu Bhagwanpuria, in a terror funding case, reports Hindustan Times. Police claim that Bhagwanpuria and his associates are in communication with their accomplices in Pakistan and links with banned Pro-Khalistan groups, namely, Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) and Sikhs for Justice (SFJ). They are suspected of plotting to attack Hindu leaders across the country, particularly in Punjab, the Police said. The officials also stated that Jaggu is responsible for providing manpower, weapons, and ammunition to the terror module. Read less...

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on January 31, filed a charge sheet against Mohammad Mohsin Ahmad, who is a resident of Bihar and also a second-year electrical engineering student of Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi for propagation of the ideology of Islamic State (IS) and to raise funds for the organisation and send the amount to his Syria based handlers through cryptocurrency channels for recruitment of youth for terror activities in India, reports The Hindustan Times. Ahmad was arrested by an NIA team from Delhi’s Batla House earlier on August 8, 2022 after receiving information that he was actively engaged in raising funds for IS. The NIA charged Ahmad with criminal conspiracy and under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), in a charge sheet filed at Delhi’s Patiala House Court. Read less...

Two Socialist Revolutionary Party Kangleipak (SOREPA) militants were arrested by Security Forces (SFs) in two separate operations on January 31 in Manipur, reports E-PAO. In the first operation, 16 Assam Rifles and the Bishnupur District Police Commandos, arrested an Over Ground Worker (OGW) of the Socialist Revolution Party Kangleipak (SOREPA), identified as Ningombam Rabichandra Singh from Nambol Khoriphaba traffic point in Bishnupur District of Manipur on January 31. On further interrogation, he revealed that he is an OGW of SOREPA and working under Moirangthem Naoba Meitei, who recently recruited two youths. In the second operation, Moirangthem Naoba Meitei alias Manaoton (27), a recruiter for SOREPA was arrested by Imphal East District Police Commandos from Top Moirangkampu forest gate area in Porompat Sub Division in Imphal East District of Manipur on January 31. Naoba joined SOREPA under Sanatomba of Langathel in 2022 and is presently working under the command of self-styled ‘major’ Laingou. Read less...