Islamist/Other Conflicts: Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2020

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January - 1	Army Chief, General Bipin Rawat has been named as the first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of India, reports Indian Express. General Rawat will be assuming his post as Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) following his end of tenure as Army General on December Read more... Army Chief, General Bipin Rawat has been named as the first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of India, reports Indian Express. General Rawat will be assuming his post as Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) following his end of tenure as Army General on December 31, 2019. On December 24, the Government of India had approved the creation of the post of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) as the principal military adviser to the government without exercising any military command over the tri-services. And on December 28, the retirement age for CDS has been upgraded to 65 years, which will be three years more than the retirement age of the three service chiefs. With the post, General Rawat will head the newly created Department of Military Affairs in the Ministry of Defence and function as its Secretary. The CDS will also responsible to bring in reforms in the functioning of three services aimed at augmenting combat capabilities of the Armed Forces. Read less...
January - 1	India’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat on January 1, in a meeting with the three service chiefs — General M M Naravane, Admiral Karambir Singh and Air Chief Marshal R K S Bhadauria has set June 30 as deadline for the creation Read more... India’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat on January 1, in a meeting with the three service chiefs — General M M Naravane, Admiral Karambir Singh and Air Chief Marshal R K S Bhadauria has set June 30 as deadline for the creation of Air Defence Command, reports Indian Express. In his first meeting as CDS, General Rawat also directed various branch heads of Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff to come up with recommendations for inter-service synergy and jointness in a time-bound manner. Read less...
January - 2	On January 2, one person was arrested along with Fake Currency Notes (FICN) worth INR 700,000 from Park Circus area in Kolkata, reports Republic World. Th arrestee is a resident of Malda in West Bengal. Read more... On January 2, one person was arrested along with Fake Currency Notes (FICN) worth INR 700,000 from Park Circus area in Kolkata, reports Republic World. Th arrestee is a resident of Malda in West Bengal. Read less...
January - 3	Following the recent spurge of violence allegedly orchestrated by Popular Front of India (PFI), Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Assam Government has sought ban on the group, reports The Times of India on January 4. On January 3, in a press meeting, Assam Fi Read more... Following the recent spurge of violence allegedly orchestrated by Popular Front of India (PFI), Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Assam Government has sought ban on the group, reports The Times of India on January 4. On January 3, in a press meeting, Assam Finance Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma stated that the PFI, an offshoot of Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) has been involved in the violent protests in the state and the State Government is awaiting report from Central Forensic Laboratory's report (CFL) to support its case to ban the outfit. Earlier, the U.P Government has accused the organisation and its political front, the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) of "masterminding and instigating violence" during the protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC). PFI, formed in 2006 as a successor to the National Democratic Front (NDF) has come under the scanner of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) for instigating demonstrators to clash with the Uttar Pradesh Police. The group had already been under the radar of National Investigation Agency (NIA) for running arms' training camp in Kannur District’s Narath town in Kerala in 2013. In 2018, Jharkhand Government had banned the organisation, saying its members were “internally influenced” by the Islamic State (IS). Read less...
January - 3	Five people were arrested along with FICN worth INR 123,000 from Andhra Pradesh-Odisha border near Mathala village in Kotturu Mandal of Srikakulam District in Andhra Pradesh, reports Republic World on January 4. The five accused were allegedly cheati Read more... Five people were arrested along with FICN worth INR 123,000 from Andhra Pradesh-Odisha border near Mathala village in Kotturu Mandal of Srikakulam District in Andhra Pradesh, reports Republic World on January 4. The five accused were allegedly cheating tribal people by circulating fake notes in the region. Among the five, 43,400 were seized from Meesala Prakash in the denomination of 83 notes of INR 500, one INR 2000 note, one INR 200 note, and two INR 100 notes whereas FICN denomination of INR 500 notes worth INR 20,000 each were also caught from four persons Ponturu Ramarao, Sheik Nabi, Ramachandra Sundararao Patro, and Sasupalli Rajesh. Read less...
January - 3	The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) issued a statement on January 3, saying members of the minority Sikh community in Pakistan have been subjected to acts of violence at the holy city of Nankana Sahib. The statement said, "India strongly condemns Read more... The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) issued a statement on January 3, saying members of the minority Sikh community in Pakistan have been subjected to acts of violence at the holy city of Nankana Sahib. The statement said, "India strongly condemns these wanton acts of destruction and desecration of the holy place, we call upon the Government of Pakistan to take immediate steps to ensure safety, security, and welfare of the members of the Sikh community." The statement further said, "Strong action must be taken against the miscreants who indulged in desecration of the holy Gurdwara and attacked members of the minority Sikh community". The MEA’s statement comes following the reports of vandalism and stone pelting at the Gurdwara Nankana Sahib Gurdwara Nankana Sahib on January 3, by a group of locals, led by the family of a man who had allegedly abducted the daughter of an official of the Gurdwara. Read less...
January - 4	A high alert has been sounded along the India-Nepal border in Maharajganj, Kushinagar and Siddharth Nagar Districts of Uttar Pradesh following the infiltration of two wanted terrorists, Abdul Samad and Iliyas, reports Indian Express on January 5. In Read more... A high alert has been sounded along the India-Nepal border in Maharajganj, Kushinagar and Siddharth Nagar Districts of Uttar Pradesh following the infiltration of two wanted terrorists, Abdul Samad and Iliyas, reports Indian Express on January 5. In a press meet, Inspector General-IG (Basti range) Ashutosh Kumar, has stated that alert was sounded following intelligence input of two wanted terrorists entering Uttar Pradesh through India-Nepal border. Though the exact affiliation of the terrorist group is not clear, but the suspected terrorists earlier spotted in Siliguri of West Bengal is believed to be associated with Islamic State (IS). Read less...
January - 4	On January 4, two persons identified as Krishnamurit Kawander and Rajesh Tulsidas Joshi were arrested along with narcotics worth INR 120 million near Malad railway station in Mumbai Suburban of Maharashtra, reports Financial Express. A total six kilo Read more... On January 4, two persons identified as Krishnamurit Kawander and Rajesh Tulsidas Joshi were arrested along with narcotics worth INR 120 million near Malad railway station in Mumbai Suburban of Maharashtra, reports Financial Express. A total six kilograms of heroin was seized from the duo. Anti-Narcotics Cell’s Deputy Commissioner of Police (DGP), Shivdeep Lande stated the arrest of duo has been “significant as the cartel controlled around 80 per cent of Mumbai’s heroin supply, which comes from Rajasthan”. Read less...
January - 6	In another incident, on January 6, two Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racketeers were arrested from Raicharan Sadhukhan of Ultadanga area in Kolkata. The arrestees identified as Jiaul Haque and Rakib Sheikh alias Rocky of Malda were intercepted wit Read more... In another incident, on January 6, two Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racketeers were arrested from Raicharan Sadhukhan of Ultadanga area in Kolkata. The arrestees identified as Jiaul Haque and Rakib Sheikh alias Rocky of Malda were intercepted with 300 fake notes of Rs 2000 denomination and 200 notes of Rs 500 denomination. Read less...
January - 6	Kolkata Police on January 6 evening arrested a youth identified as Md Shamim with 800 gram of heroin from Keshab Chandra Sen Street in Kolkata, reports Millennium Post. Shamim was arrested following the arrest of several drug peddlers including few w Read more... Kolkata Police on January 6 evening arrested a youth identified as Md Shamim with 800 gram of heroin from Keshab Chandra Sen Street in Kolkata, reports Millennium Post. Shamim was arrested following the arrest of several drug peddlers including few women. A case has been registered against Shamim. Read less...
January - 7	On January 7, Q-branch of the Chennai police and National Investigating Agency (NIA) busted a suspected Islamic State (IS) terror module and arrested three terrorists from Gurappanapalya in Bengaluru in Karnataka, reports New Indian Express. The trio Read more... On January 7, Q-branch of the Chennai police and National Investigating Agency (NIA) busted a suspected Islamic State (IS) terror module and arrested three terrorists from Gurappanapalya in Bengaluru in Karnataka, reports New Indian Express. The trio identified as Mohammed Haneef Khan, Imran Khan and Mohammed Zaid was arrested along with 89 rounds of bullets, three pistols, some bomb-making material and incriminating documents, a gripper-like instrument used to climb walls from them. Read less...
January - 8	Gangster Ejaz Lakdawala, a former aide of dons Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Rajan, was arrested on January 8 from Kapilvastu District in Nepal by Mumbai Police, reports Times Now. He was later brought to Mumbai. Lakdawala was arrested following the arre Read more... Gangster Ejaz Lakdawala, a former aide of dons Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Rajan, was arrested on January 8 from Kapilvastu District in Nepal by Mumbai Police, reports Times Now. He was later brought to Mumbai. Lakdawala was arrested following the arrest of his daughter on December 28, 2019. Lakdawala who worked for underworld don Dawood Ibrahim under Chhota Rajan before forming his own gang about 10 years ago was wanted in more than 25 cases of extortion, attempt to murder and rioting. An Interpol notice had earlier been issued against him. The gangster produced before a Mumbai court on January 9 was remanded to police custody till January 21. Read less...
January - 8	On January 8 night, a special Sub-Inspector of Police, Wilson, was shot dead by two suspected Islamic State (IS) terrorists at Padanthaalumoodu checkpost in Kanniyakumari District of Tamil Nadu, reports The Hindu. The killers were identified as A. Ab Read more... On January 8 night, a special Sub-Inspector of Police, Wilson, was shot dead by two suspected Islamic State (IS) terrorists at Padanthaalumoodu checkpost in Kanniyakumari District of Tamil Nadu, reports The Hindu. The killers were identified as A. Abdul Shameem of Thiruvithaancode (Kanyakumari District) and M. Thoufique of Malik Dinar Nagar in Kottar (Kanniyakumari). Following the killing, the duo reportedly fled to Kerala as captured by CCTV footage. The killers were reportedly involved in the murder of Hindu Munnani activist, KP Suresh Kumar, in Chennai (Tamil Nadu) in June 21, 2014. India Today adds that the absconding killers of Wilson are old associates of three IS terrorists arrested in Delhi on January 9, 2020. The duo along with Khaja Moideen, Syed Ali Nawaz, Abdul Samad and Jaffar Ali fled to different places after killing Hindu Munnani activist KP Suresh Kumar. Read less...
January - 8	The Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigating a case related to the late underworld gangster and drug trafficker Iqbal Mirchi on January 8 approached the special PMLA court in Mumbai (Maharashtra) to issue non-bailable warrants against the four accu Read more... The Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigating a case related to the late underworld gangster and drug trafficker Iqbal Mirchi on January 8 approached the special PMLA court in Mumbai (Maharashtra) to issue non-bailable warrants against the four accused persons - Dheeraj Wadhawan of DHFL, Mirchi’s wife Hajra Memon and Mirchi’s sons Asif and Junaid. According to the ED investigation, Wadhawan despite knowing Mirchi as a Significant Foreign Narcotic Trafficker under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act by United States’ Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and one of the most wanted persons for Indian authorities paid around INR 225 crores for three properties of Iqbal Mirchi in Worli and had held several meetings with the late fugitive gangster in London to pursue the deal. The sale of the three properties was later used in terror funding. ED had prior arrested four persons in connection with the case. Read less...
January - 9	A team of Punjab Police in coordination with the Central Crime Branch (CCB) of Bengaluru Police, arrested a Khalistani militant from Bengaluru District of Karnataka in India on January 9, reports Deccan Herald. The arrested militant has been identifi Read more... A team of Punjab Police in coordination with the Central Crime Branch (CCB) of Bengaluru Police, arrested a Khalistani militant from Bengaluru District of Karnataka in India on January 9, reports Deccan Herald. The arrested militant has been identified as Jarnail Singh Sidu alias Jarnail Singh Sandhu (38), a resident of Mohali District of Punjab and a native of Hyderabad District of Telangana. As per the report, Jarnail Singh was residing in a paying guest (PG) accommodation in a private firm in Manyata Tech Park in Bengaluru city. The Police officials said that Punjab’s State Special Operation Cell had registered a case against Jarnail Singh in March 2019. Upon learning that the Police were on to him, Jarnail Singh escaped from Mohali six months ago and came to Bengaluru. He then took accommodation in a PG accommodation and joined the private firm. He was in contact with Khalistan militants in Punjab. On receiving information about his presence in the city, the Police team arrested him from the said accommodation. According to a senior Official, “Jarnail Singh was one of the militants involved in the Khalistan movement to advocate for a separate Sikh nation and was constantly in touch with the group suspected to have been involved in terrorist attacks in Punjab.” Read less...
January - 9	Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) arrested an Islamic State (IS) terrorist from Gorva area of Vadodara in Gujarat in January 9, reports NDTV India. The arrestee identified as Zafar Ali was spreading IS module in Vadodara for last 10 to 12 days. Read more... Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) arrested an Islamic State (IS) terrorist from Gorva area of Vadodara in Gujarat in January 9, reports NDTV India. The arrestee identified as Zafar Ali was spreading IS module in Vadodara for last 10 to 12 days. Read less...
January - 9	Three Islamic State (IS) terrorists were arrested on January 9 from Wazirabad in Delhi, India Today. The three terrorists identified as Khaja Moideen, Syed Ali Navas and Abdul Samad were arrested following an exchange of fire with the Delhi Police. T Read more... Three Islamic State (IS) terrorists were arrested on January 9 from Wazirabad in Delhi, India Today. The three terrorists identified as Khaja Moideen, Syed Ali Navas and Abdul Samad were arrested following an exchange of fire with the Delhi Police. The trio were allegedly planning an attack in New Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. According to Pramod Kushwaha, DCP, Special Cell, Delhi Police, these three men had shifted to Delhi with arms and ammunition by their foreign-based handler to set up a base for some kind of terror attack. Among the trio, Khaja Moideen had previously been arrested by the NIA in a terror case while Abdul Samad was a member of Popular Front of India (PFI). Read less...
January - 12	Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) busted an international drug cartel allegedly led by a Taliban leader in Kandahar of Afghanistan and arrested nine Afghan nationals in Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) of New Delhi in India, reports Times of In Read more... Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) busted an international drug cartel allegedly led by a Taliban leader in Kandahar of Afghanistan and arrested nine Afghan nationals in Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) of New Delhi in India, reports Times of India on January 13. Following an information, on December 28, 2019, a trap was laid for a few Afghan nationals who were arriving India by Ariana flight no. FG-313 from Kabul via Kandahar. According to Republic World, seven Afghan nationals were arrested after medical examination revealed foreign substance in their stomach. The seven were identified as Yusufzai Rahamatullah, Faiz Mohammad, Nabizada Habibullah, Ahmedi Abdul Wadood, Turkman Abdul Hamid, Fazal Ahmed and Noorzai Kabir. The two receivers in Delhi, identified as Hayatullah and Masood Mohammad, were also arrested. Hayatullah and Mohammad disclosed that such consignments of drugs were further sold to Nigerian nationals operating in Delhi and Mumbai. According official sources, the money paid by the African receivers is taken back by the Afghan carriers to be eventually used to launch terror attacks in the Indian subcontinent. Read less...
January - 14	Abdul Shameem and Thoufiq, the two prime suspects involved in the murder of Tamil Nadu special sub-inspector (SSI) of police Y Wilson was arrested from Udupi Railway Station (Udupi) in Karnataka on January 14, reports Hindustan Times. Earlier, South Read more... Abdul Shameem and Thoufiq, the two prime suspects involved in the murder of Tamil Nadu special sub-inspector (SSI) of police Y Wilson was arrested from Udupi Railway Station (Udupi) in Karnataka on January 14, reports Hindustan Times. Earlier, South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP) reported on January 8 night Wilson was shot dead by two suspected Islamic State (IS) terrorists at Padanthaalumoodu checkpost in Kanniyakumari District of Tamil Nadu. The police had recovered three empty shells and two live .32 pistol ammunition from the spot. Police were able to identify the suspects with the help of CCTV footages, which showed the two assailants running towards Thiruvananthapuram on the National Highway. Read less...
January - 14	On January 14, a suspected Bangladeshi national identified as Kalu Khan was arrested along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) worth over INR 180,000 from Nagpur (Nagpur) in Maharashtra, reports Mumbai Mirror. He was later remanded to custody. Read more... On January 14, a suspected Bangladeshi national identified as Kalu Khan was arrested along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) worth over INR 180,000 from Nagpur (Nagpur) in Maharashtra, reports Mumbai Mirror. He was later remanded to custody. Read less...
January - 14	Underworld don and erstwhile member of the D-Company, Ejaz Lakdawala revealed to the Mumbai Police that Dawood Ibrahim has been using Kathmandu in Nepal as his base for operating Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) with the help of Pakistan embassy, re Read more... Underworld don and erstwhile member of the D-Company, Ejaz Lakdawala revealed to the Mumbai Police that Dawood Ibrahim has been using Kathmandu in Nepal as his base for operating Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) with the help of Pakistan embassy, reports Outlook India on January 15. He stated that India's most-wanted fugitive Dawood Ibrahim has been pushing FICN through the porous border into India. Lakdawala revealed the two addresses of Dawood Ibrahim in Karachi along with addresses of Dawood's brother Anees Ibrahim and Chhota Shakeel. Read less...
January - 17	On January 17, notorious convict Jalees Ansari (68) alias ‘Dr Bomb’ who escaped during his parole was rearrested from Kanpur of Kanpur Nagar in Uttar Pradesh, reports Mumbai Mirror. According to Police sources, Ansari had planned to escape to Nepal t Read more... On January 17, notorious convict Jalees Ansari (68) alias ‘Dr Bomb’ who escaped during his parole was rearrested from Kanpur of Kanpur Nagar in Uttar Pradesh, reports Mumbai Mirror. According to Police sources, Ansari had planned to escape to Nepal through Uttar Pradesh. India Today reports that Ansari was leaving a mosque when he was arrested by Uttar Pradesh Police. Ansari who was serving a life term for carrying out blasts in trains during December 5 and December 6 was on parole for three weeks from the Ajmer Central Prison in Rajasthan at the time of his escape. Known to be ‘Dr Bomb’, Ansari is suspected to be involved in over 50 bomb blast cases across the country, reports NDTV India. Read less...
January - 17	On January 17, Police arrested six Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) members, identified as Irfan, Syed Akbar, Syed Siddiqui, Akbar Basha, Sanaulla and Sadiq Amin, all residents of KG Halli in Bengaluru city for causing injury to a Rashtriya Sw Read more... On January 17, Police arrested six Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) members, identified as Irfan, Syed Akbar, Syed Siddiqui, Akbar Basha, Sanaulla and Sadiq Amin, all residents of KG Halli in Bengaluru city for causing injury to a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker in a pro-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) rally on December 22, 2019, reports Firstpost. According to the Bengaluru Police Commissioner the SDPI members wanted to create a panic situation so that people would flee, thereby making it easier for them to eliminate their targets. "We have named them as the Bengaluru terror module of chapter-1. All of them are in our custody. They wanted to kill the main speakers of the event (pro-Citizenship Amendment Act rally)," Bengaluru Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao said. Read less...

*Data till , January 19, 2020

Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.

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