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December - 1 
Enforcement Directorate (ED) is probing suspected links between Hurriyat leader, Firdous Ahmad Shah, Chairman of Democratic Political Movement and one of the financiers of 26/11 (November 26, 2008) terror attacks in Mumbai (Maharashtra), the Lok Sabh
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Enforcement Directorate (ED) is probing suspected links between Hurriyat leader, Firdous Ahmad Shah, Chairman of Democratic Political Movement and one of the financiers of 26/11 (November 26, 2008) terror attacks in Mumbai (Maharashtra), the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian Parliament) was informed on December 1, reports Indian Express. In a written reply, Minister of State for Home Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary said the ED had filed a prosecution complaint against two people under Prevention of Money Laundering Act after the Jammu and Kashmir Police filed a chargesheet under anti-terror law UAPA Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. “The prosecution complaint filed by the Enforcement Directorate does not disclose any links of the two accused with the financing of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack...However, the Enforcement Directorate is conducting further investigations in the matter,” the minister said. The ED, which filed its charge sheet in July 16, 2015 in a money laundering case in the Kashmir Valley, has alleged that Shah, received over Rs three crore between 2007 to 2010. The money was received from ‘Madina Trading’ located in Brescia in Italy and sender was claimed to be Javed Iqbal, a resident of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK). However, after Italian Police arrested two Pakistani nationals in 2009, it was alleged that the firm had made nearly 300 transfers in the name of Iqbal, who probably had never set his foot in Italy. The Italian Police, while concluding the probe, had said the Brescia-based company had made several transfers using the identity of totally innocent, unsuspecting persons, whose identity cards or passports may have been stolen. The name of Madina trading had cropped up during the investigation of 26/11 Mumbai attacks when it was found that the second payment of USD 229 was wired to Callphonex via Western Union Money Transfer receipt number 8364307716-0 for activating the Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) used during the terror strikes. The sender of this payment was Javed Iqbal and he had used Western Union Money Transfer agent Madina Trading to make the payment to Callphonex.
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India is sharing intelligence on terrorism with 24 countries via the mechanism of Joint Working Groups on Counter-Terrorism, Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian Parliament) was told on December 1, reports Zee News. In response to a question, Minister of
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India is sharing intelligence on terrorism with 24 countries via the mechanism of Joint Working Groups on Counter-Terrorism, Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian Parliament) was told on December 1, reports Zee News. In response to a question, Minister of State for Home, Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary, said, "India has Joint Working Groups on Counter-Terrorism with 24 countries, including China...Meetings of these Joint Working Groups are being held from time to time to discuss counter-terrorism issues and share intelligence, experience, expertise, good practices and issues of mutual concern." The Minister added that cross-border terrorism issues are raised by India in Joint Working Group forum with foreign countries. He said, however, that further details in this regard "cannot be disclosed in the interest of national security and bilateral relations with foreign states".
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On December 1, Minister of State for Home Affairs Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary, in reply to a written question in Lok Sabha, (Lower House of Indian Parliament) said the government had directed intelligence and security agencies to identify potentia
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On December 1, Minister of State for Home Affairs Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary, in reply to a written question in Lok Sabha, (Lower House of Indian Parliament) said the government had directed intelligence and security agencies to identify potential Islamic State (IS) recruits and keep them under surveillance. "Cyber space is being closely monitored in this regard," he said. Chaudhary told that IS uses both positive imagery and negative imagery to attract recruits from across the world. The government has also notified IS/Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL)/Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)/Daish as a terrorist organization and included it in the First Schedule of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act- UAPA, 1967, Chaudhary said.
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Suspected Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) operative Asfaq Ansari, former general secretary of Harimohan Ghosh College in Kolkata, has named the two ISI officers who liaised with him, his father Irshad Ansari and maternal uncle Mohammad Jahangir, sa
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Suspected Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) operative Asfaq Ansari, former general secretary of Harimohan Ghosh College in Kolkata, has named the two ISI officers who liaised with him, his father Irshad Ansari and maternal uncle Mohammad Jahangir, says Kolkata Police, The Times of India reports on December 2. "Asfaq used to get in touch with two ISI officials in Pakistan, apart from Irshad's brother Irfan and Amir Bhai. While Amir Bhai was responsible for handling the Ansari family espionage in Kolkata in the early years, another handler named Salim took over from 2010-11. Salim insisted on using secure media like Skype and codes to communicate," an officer said. "Irshad and Jahangir were not tech-savvy so Asfaq used to get in touch with the Pakistanis through Skype, Viber and email. They had a common mail ID, which was operated form both ends and instructions were saved in the draft box. After the trio got arrested, the mail ID was disabled. We are trying to get in touch with the service provided to retrieve the documents," the officer added. During both his Bangladesh visits, Asfaq handed microchips to a Bangladeshi agent named Probin. "We are not sure what was in the microchips but we know that Probin had escorted Pakistani national Mohammadd Aijaz to the Ansaris' home in Metiabruz," a Kolkata Police officer said. "We have unearthed a deep-rooted spy ring with links to West Bengal and Kashmir. Other members of the ring are being trapped in the dragnet. The Kolkata module had helped facilitate Aijaz's stay in India with false documents. We had arrested Aijaz last week. They introduced him as a relative and even arranged for his 'visits' to Garden Reach Shipbuilders at least three times. They are currently on Kolkata Police remand after which we will try to get them in our custody. The trio will be brought to Meerut and cross-examined with Aijaz," Meerut Special Task Force Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Anit Kumar stated. What turned Irshad into an ISI mole? Police sources say he got in touch with ISI through his elder brother Irfan, who renounced Indian citizenship in 1977 during a visit to Karachi with his family. He visited Kolkata 12-13 times, via Dhaka, after turning into a Pakistan national. It was during one such visit in 2005 that Irfan convinced Irshad to spy for ISI for a monthly payment of Rs 10,000 and a house in Kidderpore, say police. When asked if Irfan had liaised with Asfaq, an officer said, "We are not sure yet but we are definite that the Ansaris were pressurized by family members in Pakistan to join ISI." Police say that besides Irfan, who might be holed up in Bangladesh or Pakistan, at least two other ISI agents were active in Kolkata even a few weeks ago. "We have come across 'Chacha', who travelled extensively between Bengal and UP till 2014. He stayed with the Ansari family in Kolkata for 25 days and acted as mediator between Irfan and Irshad and a Pakistan embassy official posted in Dhaka," explained an officer.
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The Mumbai Police is keeping close tabs on 25 websites that propagate incendiary Jihadi propaganda at the behest of terror group Islamic State (IS), classifying one as ‘extremely dangerous’, Hindustan Times reports on December 2. A source in the Mumb
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The Mumbai Police is keeping close tabs on 25 websites that propagate incendiary Jihadi propaganda at the behest of terror group Islamic State (IS), classifying one as ‘extremely dangerous’, Hindustan Times reports on December 2. A source in the Mumbai Police said a majority of the sites were identified during sustained surveillance by the department’s Social Media Lab over the past three-four months, while others were brought to their attention by ethical hackers specialising in hacking such propaganda sites. “The sites were identified from among 50 such propaganda sites during our routine scouting,” a source said, adding that frequent hits to these URLs (links) by users from Mumbai and elsewhere had first raised suspicion. An analysis of the sites revealed that Arabic content in most of them was written using Roman script (English), ostensibly to dodge the filter used by enforcement agencies to monitor Jihadi propaganda literature. Some sites also used the Indonesian dialect, again in Roman script. All 25 websites, barring a few exceptions, are affiliated to the IS and being used to propagate the terror group’s ideology. “While some of the sites contain videos of preachers appealing to the youth to join the terror group’s fold, others contain plain literature aimed at enticing young men towards the Jihadi ideology,” a source said, adding that most of the sites were interactive to keep the recruitment channel open.
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is probing the seizure of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) in West Bengal, on December 1 interrogated a Bangladeshi national, Majirul Rehman who was apprehended two days ago by the Border Security Force
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is probing the seizure of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) in West Bengal, on December 1 interrogated a Bangladeshi national, Majirul Rehman who was apprehended two days ago by the Border Security Force (BSF) for smuggling in counterfeit money, reports Business Standard. Rehman, said to be a resident of Bangladesh's Chapainawabganj District, was arrested by the BSF troopers while he was trying to smuggle in fake currency notes in Sovapur border outpost area in Malda District. "While the local police have registered the case, we interrogated Rehman to see if he has links with a gang involved in smuggling FICNs. We have not taken up the investigation of this case but if ordered we will surely undertake investigations," an NIA officer said.
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The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) on December 1 informed Parliament that inputs available from different agencies suggest that Dawood Ibrahim, has bases in Pakistan and keeps changing his location from time to time, according to Asian Age. Mi
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The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) on December 1 informed Parliament that inputs available from different agencies suggest that Dawood Ibrahim, has bases in Pakistan and keeps changing his location from time to time, according to Asian Age. Minister of State for Home Affairs Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary told the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian Parliament) in a written reply that India has from time to time been apprising Pakistani authorities of details concerning Dawood, including passports and his reported addresses in the neighbouring country, with the request that he be handed over for facing trial here for terrorist activities and other offences. “The government will keep pursuing this matter through different channels to ensure that Pakistan and its agencies fulfill their international obligations in the context of the Red Corner Notice issued against Dawood Ibrahim and the relevant UN Security Council resolution,” he stated.
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December - 2 
On December 2, an aide of Dawood Ibrahim was arrested at the Indo-Nepal border by Indian’s central security agencies with the help of Nepal Police, reports IBNLive. Brother of Javed Chikna, one of the close aides of Ibrahim, Abid Patel was arrested w
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On December 2, an aide of Dawood Ibrahim was arrested at the Indo-Nepal border by Indian’s central security agencies with the help of Nepal Police, reports IBNLive. Brother of Javed Chikna, one of the close aides of Ibrahim, Abid Patel was arrested when he was crossing over to Nepal, official sources said. They said security agencies had been tracking his activities after his name surfaced in the conspiracy of the killing of the two Bharatiya Janta Parishad (BJP) leaders - two unidentified gunmen had shot dead former party president of Bharuch District and senior RSS member Shirish Bangali; and the Bharuch district general secretary of BJP's youth wing Pragnesh Mistry, on November 2 - in Gujarat's Bharuch District. The sleuths had information that he would be crossing over to Nepal from Bihar.
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December - 2 
The Islamic State (IS) has vowed to expand it’s against India, citing apocalyptic religious prophecies which talks of a global war that will precede the return of the Mahdi, or redeemer, who will rid the world of evil and pave the way for the day of
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The Islamic State (IS) has vowed to expand it’s against India, citing apocalyptic religious prophecies which talks of a global war that will precede the return of the Mahdi, or redeemer, who will rid the world of evil and pave the way for the day of judgment, Indian Express reports on December 2. The threat is made in a new, Black Flags from the Islamic State, a manifesto released online on jihadist platforms on December 1. “The Islamic State would now expand beyond Iraq and Syria”, Black Flags states. “It would now expand into… India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan [and several other countries]”. “They have a political wing for the propaganda to get more recruits, and armed militias who can start a terror campaign against their number 1 enemy—the Muslims,” the publication states.
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The Special Task Force (STF) of the Kolkata Police on December 2, arrested a passport agent, identified as Sheikh Badal in Kolkata for his alleged links with Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), reports Zee News. It was Sheikh Badal, had hel
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The Special Task Force (STF) of the Kolkata Police on December 2, arrested a passport agent, identified as Sheikh Badal in Kolkata for his alleged links with Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), reports Zee News. It was Sheikh Badal, had helped arrested suspected ISI-spy Mohammad Ejaz alias Mohammad Kalam in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh in managing a fake voter identity card, a senior officer of the STF said. "Badal and Jahangir have been friends for quite a long time. Jahangir was into tailoring before he started working as agent at the Regional Passport Officer here and it was there he met Badal... The two became close friends," the officer said. "It's only a few hours that we have arrested him. But going by the preliminary questioning we have found that Badal was born in India, but moved to Bangladesh where he got married and had a son who died in a political violence when he was 15 years old. After that Badal returned to India and again got married to a local lady," the officer added. He has been booked under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 120B (criminal conspiracy), 121 (waging or attempting to wage war or abetting waging of war against the Government of India), 121A (conspiracy to commit offences punishable by section 121), 489B (using as genuine forged or counterfeit currency notes or bank notes) and 489C (possession of forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes).
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December - 6 
A serving Army Hawaldar, identified as Farid Khan was arrested on December 6, by Delhi Police from Siliguri in West Bengal in connection with the alleged espionage racket linked with Pakistan's Inter-Services intelligence (ISI), reports The Times of
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A serving Army Hawaldar, identified as Farid Khan was arrested on December 6, by Delhi Police from Siliguri in West Bengal in connection with the alleged espionage racket linked with Pakistan's Inter-Services intelligence (ISI), reports The Times of India. Farid Khan, allegedly shared secret information with suspected intelligence operatives. "He was arrested from Siliguri today by the eight-member Crime Branch team which was rushed there," Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ravindra Yadav said. "Farid used the code-name "Surgeon" and he came under the Police scanner after they obtained a CD -- which recorded conversations -- from the possession of Khan. Farid, booked under provisions of the Official Secrets Act, was produced before a court and shall be brought to Delhi by December 7, on a transit remand," said a Crime Branch official. Farid had met Sabar, another espionage agent, (arrested on December 5, from Rajouri) during his posting in Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir) and was later introduced other members of the alleged network, he said. He had been detained by the Army and later handed over to the Crime Branch team, following which he was arrested, he said.
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December - 6 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has unraveled a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket, which seems to connect all the arrested terror suspects--the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agents caught in Kolkata (West Bengal), the suspect arrest
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has unraveled a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket, which seems to connect all the arrested terror suspects--the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agents caught in Kolkata (West Bengal), the suspect arrested in Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), the Jammu and Kashmir schoolteacher and the six others arrested in Bangladesh, The Times of India reports on December 7. "One arrest has been leading to the other, connecting them with a common link," said an NIA officer. Even the arrest of Fareed Khan, belonging to the 17th J&K Light Infantry on Sunday came on the heels of the arrest of another ISI suspect, from Rajouri in Jammu on Saturday. "The Siliguri arrest was based on leads from other suspects," the officer said. The Rapid Action Battalion's (RAB) Friday (December 4) arrest of the six, in Bangladesh including a Pakistani national, Abdullah alias Selim, who was caught with fake notes with the face value of Rs 1 crore, was also based on NIA inputs.
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December - 6 
With Islamic State (IS) raising its head in Bangladesh, West Bengal government has directed all security agencies to step up vigil on some madrasas (Islamic Seminary) in areas bordering Bangladesh, Hindustan Times reports on December 7. An alert has
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With Islamic State (IS) raising its head in Bangladesh, West Bengal government has directed all security agencies to step up vigil on some madrasas (Islamic Seminary) in areas bordering Bangladesh, Hindustan Times reports on December 7. An alert has been sounded across all Police Stations in all areas bordering Bangladesh. While local Police Stations have been asked to keep an eye on suspicious activities, if any, in these madrasas, the state Intelligence Branch (IB) has started collecting regular updates. “We have information that some suspicious people have been spotted in some madrasas in Murshidabad. They put up at these madrasas for two-three days and then disappear. We have alerted all police stations and asked them to dig out details on these people,” an IB officer said. “ISIS has already declared its intent to export terror to India and will look at madrasas to recruit fighters,” the officer said.
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December - 7 
After repeated cases of migrant labourers being held with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) of high denominations, in Kerala, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has decided to probe the origin of such notes, The Times of India reports on Decembe
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After repeated cases of migrant labourers being held with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) of high denominations, in Kerala, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has decided to probe the origin of such notes, The Times of India reports on December 8. The NIA, after assessing recent cases reported in Ernakulam and Kottayam Districts, has found that the counterfeits were printed with great precision using high quality paper. A senior NIA official said the seized FICN are suspected to be of Pakistan-origin. According to NIA officials, such counterfeits can only be printed by a neigbouring country on sophisticated machineries. "Similar FICNs seized were subjected to examination in Mumbai in 2008. The physical features of the seized FICNs were tested and found similarities with Pakistan currency. Also, the paper used for FICNs matched with the legal tender of Pakistan," the officer said. The NIA has found that the currencies are initially trafficked to Malda District of West Bengal which borders India and Bangladesh. Moreover, migrant labourers who were held with FICNs in Ernakulam and Kottayam were getting a commission of 50 per cent.
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December - 7 
Dawood Ibrahim has built his empire with associates from India, Pakistan, and the Gulf, The Hindu reports on December 8. Dawood has major investment in the 3200-hectare self-contained Dubai Investment Park and in a high-rise building in UAE Marina. A
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Dawood Ibrahim has built his empire with associates from India, Pakistan, and the Gulf, The Hindu reports on December 8. Dawood has major investment in the 3200-hectare self-contained Dubai Investment Park and in a high-rise building in UAE Marina. According to recent reports, the high-rise building on the Marina may be facing legal troubles. He also has plots and other investments in the UAE, a federation of seven emirates in the Persian Gulf. It is the UAE that seems to be the major centre for his investments, and also the control centre from where the criminal syndicate is run, especially the Indian side of the operations. In the summer of 2013, according to intercepts, Dawood was actively involved in discussions with his associates in the UAE regarding a residential-cum-commercial project in that country. He could have made 155 million dirham (Rs.279 crore) in profit if he had outright sold the apartments and shops. However, he was veering towards renting out the properties to earn about 30 million dirham (Rs.54 crore) as annual rent. He runs an office in Dubai, from where cheques and other payments are issued after instructions from him. He has been buying and selling property in the UAE market. For example, in early 2013, he bought a villa for 8.5 million dirham (Rs.15 crore). At the end of the year, Dawood floated a company in Dubai with his associates, where he had a 25 per cent stake. Around the same time, Dawood told his UAE associates about his 25 million dirham (Rs.45 crore) investment in properties, and also asked them to get a cheque of 50 million dirham (Rs.90 crore) for disbursing some payments.
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December - 7 
Gujarat Police arrested one person, identified as Mohammed Raees Mohammed Suleiman Syed from Ajgain of Unnao District in Uttar Pradesh on December 7, reports The Times of India. Raees is believed to be the kingpin of a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN
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Gujarat Police arrested one person, identified as Mohammed Raees Mohammed Suleiman Syed from Ajgain of Unnao District in Uttar Pradesh on December 7, reports The Times of India. Raees is believed to be the kingpin of a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket spread across India."Our team has left Ajgain and will reach Ahmedabad on Tuesday morning," said a senior Crime Branch official. Raees, former Latif aide Babbu Mulla alias Hyder Shaikh and Mohammed Ishrar of Uttar Pradesh were accused in a case registered by Ahmedabad Police for circulating fake notes worth INR 15,00,000. In addition, Special Operation Group (SOG) had also seized another consignment of fake currency notes worth INR 10,00,000 from them. "We suspect that Raees has contacts with fake currency notes suppliers from West Bengal and has circulated fake currency notes worth crores across the state," said a Crime Branch official. Crime Branch suspects that the notes were routed to India through Malda District border. "The notes are suspected to be printed in Pakistan," the official added. A senior crime branch official said Raees's brother-in-law Saeed too assisted him. Saeed had come along with Mohammed Ishrar to Ahmedabad with the fake note consignment. "Babbu Mulla, Mohammed Ishrar and Saeed circulated fake notes worth Rs 15 lakh in Ahmedabad during Diwali days," added a Crime Branch official.
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December - 7 
The arrest of a 20-year-old youth who had attacked a police constable to protest against the beef ban in Maharashtra has led to a terror module-in-the making being crippled, claims the state anti-terrorism squad (ATS), reports Times of India on Decem
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The arrest of a 20-year-old youth who had attacked a police constable to protest against the beef ban in Maharashtra has led to a terror module-in-the making being crippled, claims the state anti-terrorism squad (ATS), reports Times of India on December 8. Six youths in the module in Yavatmal district had been brainwashed to join the Islamic State (IS). At least three arrests in the state have broken its back, believe the ATS, which is looking at it as a breakthrough since most known SIMI and Indian Mujahidden leaders have been arrested and their terror cells smashed.
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December - 7 
The Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police on December 7 conducted raids at the residence of a suspected Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agent in Howrah District and arrested his brother along with numerous fake passports, reports Indian Expres
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The Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police on December 7 conducted raids at the residence of a suspected Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agent in Howrah District and arrested his brother along with numerous fake passports, reports Indian Express. According to a highly placed source in the Kolkata Police, the raid was conducted at Mohammed Illias’s Tikiapara home from where several fake passports were seized following the detention of his brother Mohammed Farookh. Illias’s name came up during a grilling session of Sheikh Badal, a passport agent arrested last week for helping a suspected ISI-spy Mohammad Ejaz alias Mohammad Kalam held in Uttar Pradesh in managing a fake voter card. Illias, along with his wife, absconded to Germany earlier this month, the officer said. “We have detained his brother and are questioning him to know what actually Illias was upto. We are examining Illias’s laptop and other documents seized from his residence,” he said. “These fake passports were sent to Pakistan and were later used by persons to cross-border to get into India,” the Senior Officer stated. Asked whether Farookh would be arrested, he said, “We are grilling him and trying to get the information and find out what was his role… After that we will take a call.”
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December - 7 
The Special Task Force (STF), believes that the intelligence network of the Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in Kolkata is the tip of the iceberg, The Times of India reports on December 8. Officials say that Fareed Khan, the Army jawan (t
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The Special Task Force (STF), believes that the intelligence network of the Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in Kolkata is the tip of the iceberg, The Times of India reports on December 8. Officials say that Fareed Khan, the Army jawan (trooper) arrested from Siliguri in West Bengal has deep-rooted connections with ISI agents in Kolkata. "During interrogation, Irshad admitted that Md Eijaz, recently arrested by Meerut Police, had entered Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) with gate pass twice between July 2013 and January 2014 and made two 20-minute videos and sent them to Pakistan," an STF official said. A source in the investigating agency said at least seven GRSE officials are under scanner, whose antecedents are being verified. They might also be interrogated. On its part, the GRSE authorities have started an internal inquiry into any possible leak from this high-security ship manufacturing unit. But when asked about it, a senior GRSE official said: "We have been instructed not to say anything." According to defence sources, Fareed Khan, have passed on some vital information about deployment of troops in the eastern and northeastern states over the last eight months. This information may not be too important for Pakistan but could be extremely crucial for China, now that India has strengthened defences along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). "It is a known fact that the ISI is in regular touch with China. Recently, the ISI was instrumental in brokering a deal between the Taliban and the Afghan government. This happened in China. There has been a lot of development in India's eastern and northeastern sector in the last few years. The Army's 33 Corps, based at Sukna in north Bengal, is of great strategic importance and is in charge of defences in Sikkim. Khan was posted to the 33 Corps after his deployment in Kashmir. It is likely that he collected vital information and sent it back to his handlers," an official said.
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December - 8 
In a written response, the other Minister of State for Home, Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary, said IS was trying to attract new recruits through a variety of means, especially the social media. He said though the IS has not been able to attract many y
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In a written response, the other Minister of State for Home, Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary, said IS was trying to attract new recruits through a variety of means, especially the social media. He said though the IS has not been able to attract many youths in India, its attempts are a concern for national security in the long run.
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December - 8 
On December 8, responding to a supplementary in the Lower House of Indian Parliament, Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said the government has adopted a series of strategies to tackle the spread of Islamic State (IS) in the country. He said a
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On December 8, responding to a supplementary in the Lower House of Indian Parliament, Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said the government has adopted a series of strategies to tackle the spread of Islamic State (IS) in the country. He said a counter-radicalisation and de-radicalisation strategy has been initiated and the government is planning to check the threat through cultural, education and employment activities.
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December - 8 
The All India Muslim Majlis-e Mashawrat (AIMMM), the umbrella body of Indian Muslim organizations, has dubbed media reports on the presence of the terrorist organization Islamic State (IS/ISIS) in India as baseless and misleading, reports The Times o
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The All India Muslim Majlis-e Mashawrat (AIMMM), the umbrella body of Indian Muslim organizations, has dubbed media reports on the presence of the terrorist organization Islamic State (IS/ISIS) in India as baseless and misleading, reports The Times of India. In a press statement issued on December 8, AIMMM general secretary and spokesperson Masoom Moradabadi said "AIMMM express anguish over the unverified reports which are being leaked to the media in which security agencies are quoted to have claimed that ISIS is making inroads into the Indian Muslim community while the Indian government has repeatedly said that there is no proof of ISIS' existence in India." "The spokesman of the Indian army in J&K has also said that ISIS does not exist in Kashmir. AIMMM believes that these reports are published to spread suspicions about Muslim youth and thereby pave the way for their large-scale arrests. AIMMM appeals Indian Muslims to be alert to such reports. AIMMM also registers satisfaction that the Indian community's all shades of thought have unanimously condemned ISIS and Al-Qaeda as un-Islamic and have expressed readiness to fight it should it ever try to set foot on our soil," he added.
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December - 8 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) in co-ordination with Police arrested a member of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket, identified as Subodh Singh Parihar along with FICN worth of INR 2,97,500 from near a Library at Phoolbagh ground in Ka
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) in co-ordination with Police arrested a member of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket, identified as Subodh Singh Parihar along with FICN worth of INR 2,97,500 from near a Library at Phoolbagh ground in Kanpur Dehat District on December 8, reports The Times of India. . "During interrogation, Subodh told us he has been coming to City for the last few years to deliver fake currency. He said that he used to procure fake currency from Malda district of West Bengal. Earlier, also, about couple of months ago, he had circulated FICN amouting to Rs 50,000 in Kanpur," said Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Shalabh Mathur.
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December - 8 
The Pakistani national, identified as Tashfeen Malik, suspect in the California mass shooting may have travelled to India from Saudi Arabia once in 2013, a year before she came to the US with her husband, a media report said on December 8, reports Th
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The Pakistani national, identified as Tashfeen Malik, suspect in the California mass shooting may have travelled to India from Saudi Arabia once in 2013, a year before she came to the US with her husband, a media report said on December 8, reports The Times of India. The report quoted Saudi Interior Ministry Spokesman Mansour Turki as saying that Malik had arrived in Saudi Arabia in June, 2008 from Pakistan to visit her father and stayed for about nine weeks before returning to Pakistan. "Then, in 2013, she arrived on June 8, from Pakistan, and departed for India on October 6 of the same year," Turki was quoted as saying in the report. But there is no further detail about whether Malik had reached India or for how long and where in India she stayed. The details of her life before arriving in the US emerged as investigators probed the background and motivation of Malik and her Pakistani-American husband, Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, for carrying out mass shooting that killed 14 people before both were shot dead by Police.
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December - 9 
A key cadre of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), identified as Asadulah Khan alias Asad Khan who was detained by Saudi Arabia on India’s request for his alleged role in the criminal conspiracy to kill prominent religious persons, journalists and Police official
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A key cadre of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), identified as Asadulah Khan alias Asad Khan who was detained by Saudi Arabia on India’s request for his alleged role in the criminal conspiracy to kill prominent religious persons, journalists and Police officials in Karnataka in 2012 was arrested in Mumbai on December 9, reports The Hindu. Asad Khan was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) from Mumbai airport after he was deported from Saudi Arabia. The NIA in a charge sheet filed in the case in 2013 has claimed that Khan allegedly participated in two meetings in Riyadh and Dammam in 2011-12 and helped in recruitment of youths from Karnataka and Maharashtra to carry out the attacks.
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December - 9 
On December 9, Police arrested two persons and unearthed a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket in Avas Vikas Colony area of Bareilly, reports The Times of India. Police also recovered desktop, scanner and printer from the house of the accused and
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On December 9, Police arrested two persons and unearthed a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket in Avas Vikas Colony area of Bareilly, reports The Times of India. Police also recovered desktop, scanner and printer from the house of the accused and recovered FICN of INR 100 denomination to the tune of around INR 6,500. The matter came to light after cops at Subhash Nagar Police Station received a tip off from a woman vegetable seller that some youngsters were allegedly presenting fake currency notes after purchasing vegetables in return."On the basis of information provided by the two, police raided a one-room flat in Avas Vikas Colony occupied by another youth, who is reportedly the kingpin of the racket. Police seized currency notes of INR 100 and INR 500 denominations from the house valued at around INR 6,500 along with a desktop computer, a laser printer and scanner. However, the owner of the house and kingpin managed to escape before the arrival of police," said Superintendent of Police (city), Sameer Saurabh.
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December - 10 
A Mumbai Sessions Court on December 10 approved to give conditional pardon to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operator and Mumbai 2008 (also known as 26/11) attack convict David Headley amid reports that he has offered to become approver in the Mumbai terror c
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A Mumbai Sessions Court on December 10 approved to give conditional pardon to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operator and Mumbai 2008 (also known as 26/11) attack convict David Headley amid reports that he has offered to become approver in the Mumbai terror case in which India has named him along with Pakistani extremists, reported Dawn quoting The Hindu. “Former Federal Bureau of Investigation agent and Lashkar operative David Headley was offered a conditional pardon by a sessions court in Mumbai. Headley will now be examined as prosecution witness,” The Hindu said. Hedley offered to be an approver in the 26/11 case before the Sessions Court. “Pardon was tendered on the condition that he will truthfully disclose all facts related to the conspiracy behind the attacks and his role and the role of other participants. He would also have to answer all the questions of the prosecution related to conspiracy,” it said.
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December - 10 
A restaurant in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) run by a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) suspect, Abu Sufiyan alias Asadullah from Hyderabad is in focus, Asian Age reports on December 11. Asadullah, who ran the establishment, was recently arrested by the National Invest
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A restaurant in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) run by a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) suspect, Abu Sufiyan alias Asadullah from Hyderabad is in focus, Asian Age reports on December 11. Asadullah, who ran the establishment, was recently arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) after he was deported from Saudi Arabia. An intelligence official said, “The place was a meeting point for several of the suspects. The restaurant is called Shaizwan Saffron Flavor.” Khan was arrested at the Mumbai airport in connection with a case registered by NIA Hyderabad pertaining to a LeT conspiracy in Bengaluru (Karnataka). NIA produced the accused in court in Bengaluru on December 9.
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December - 10 
A youth hailing from Tamil Nadu, suspected to have been in touch with Islamic State (IS) recruiters and propagandists, is set to be deported back to India on December 11 (today), said sources in central intelligence agencies, dnaindia.com reports on
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A youth hailing from Tamil Nadu, suspected to have been in touch with Islamic State (IS) recruiters and propagandists, is set to be deported back to India on December 11 (today), said sources in central intelligence agencies, dnaindia.com reports on December 11. Although, the agency officials are tight-lipped about the country where he came under the scanner of law enforcement agencies, sources pointed out that he was moved to a third country from where his deportation has been planned. "This is good news for us as it shows that the youth are getting disenchanted and disillusioned from the ISIS after seeing its actual character from close quarters. They are also feeling the pain of extreme racism at the hands of their Arab handlers that goes totally against the egalitarian approach of Islam. We hope to see more such desertions," said sources. Law enforcement agencies in India are not registering case against youths, who have been deported from abroad on charges of radicalisation. Instead, they are put under 24X7 surveillance and counselled by officials if they are not highly radicalised and could be de-radicalised and brought back into the mainstream society. But, before that any suspected radicalised youth is questioned at length to ascertain about the level of involvement with the IS recruiters and propagandists.
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December - 10 
As reported earlier, the identity of a 23-year-old computer engineer from Chennai (Tamil Nadu), who was trying to enter Syria to join the Islamic State (IS), has been revealed as Mohammad Nasir, and it has been stated that on December 10, he was depo
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As reported earlier, the identity of a 23-year-old computer engineer from Chennai (Tamil Nadu), who was trying to enter Syria to join the Islamic State (IS), has been revealed as Mohammad Nasir, and it has been stated that on December 10, he was deported from Sudan, according to Indian Express. Nasir, had reportedly travelled to Sudan to meet an IS recruiter who was facilitating his journey to Syria. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered a case against Nasir, and is set to take him into custody. According to sources, Nasir moved to Dubai in June, 2015 and was working with a firm there. “It was after he moved to Dubai that he got indoctrinated by online IS propaganda. He came in contact with an IS recruiter who helped him plan his travel to Syria to join IS fighters there. This IS contact advised Nasir not to attempt to enter Syria via Turkey, but to go through Libya,” said a source. “Nasir bought an air ticket to meet his contact in Sudan — the contact even arranged his visa. By then, Indian agencies had become aware of Nasir’s plans and alerted Sudanese authorities,” said the source. It is suspected that Nasir also underwent some “training”, sources said.
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December - 10 
Dawood Ibrahim is behind the targeted killings of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and other right-wing leaders and activists through his man Patel Javed Dawood aka Tailor aka Javed Chikna, who lives in Karachi, Pakistan along with Dawood under the prote
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Dawood Ibrahim is behind the targeted killings of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and other right-wing leaders and activists through his man Patel Javed Dawood aka Tailor aka Javed Chikna, who lives in Karachi, Pakistan along with Dawood under the protection of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), said Intelligence sources, Asian Age reports on December 11. He is reportedly behind the murders of Bajrang Dal member Prashanth Poojary in Moodbidri in Dakshin Kannada District on October 9 and former president of BJP’s Bharuch (Gujarat) unit, Shirish Bangali, and general secretary of the BJP youth wing, Pragnesh Mistry in Bharuch last month,” said the official source. Mangaluru Police has so far arrested 10 out of 17 accused Poojary’s murder case. “Their links with Chikna are under scanner,” the officer added. Moreover, on December 9, The Times of India reported that Dawood’s restaurant in Mumbai (Maharashtra), Delhi Zaika was bidded at INR 4.28 crore by former journalist S. Balakrishnan.
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December - 10 
India has offered to share more intelligence on terrorism with the US as it made a forceful plea to deal with all shades and affiliations of the scourge without any differentiation, Business Standard reports on December 11. "Terrorism has become a gl
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India has offered to share more intelligence on terrorism with the US as it made a forceful plea to deal with all shades and affiliations of the scourge without any differentiation, Business Standard reports on December 11. "Terrorism has become a global phenomenon and requires a comprehensive response," Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on December 10, after wide-ranging talks with the US Defence Secretary Ash Carter at the Pentagon. "Terrorism of all shades and affiliations must be countered without any differentiation," he said at a joint press conference noting that terrorism was a key topic of discussion in all his engagements, which included meetings with US lawmakers. Asked if India was considering a role in the US-led coalition's campaign against terror outfit Islamic State (IS), Parrikar said there was no change in India's policy and "would play whatever role India has to play under the United Nations". However, he offered to share more intelligence with the US on terrorism. Carter said terrorism of all kinds remained a serious problem. The two sides held regular consultations on the issue and counter-terrorism remained a key component of India-US cooperation, he said.
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December - 10 
National Investigation Agency (NIA) which is probing a pan-India Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket, is developing a strategy to arrest the members of different modules in Malda District of West Bengal that are pumping fake currency in the entir
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National Investigation Agency (NIA) which is probing a pan-India Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket, is developing a strategy to arrest the members of different modules in Malda District of West Bengal that are pumping fake currency in the entire country, The Times of India reports on December 11. "We have specific cases regarding fake currency from Malda and the office there is investigating it," Sharad Kumar, Director General of NIA stated in Kolkata. He visited the city on December 10, to take stock of their regional office and the Malda unit that looks after the FICN cases. According to sources, the focus of the agency is to find out how terror modules are using fake currency rackets to fund their operations. According to sources, at least five arrests in the last 15 days for carrying fake currency have started worrying NIA officials as interrogation revealed that all of them were procuring currencies from Malda District.
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December - 10 
On December 10, Mohammad Sirajuddin was arrested by Rajasthan ATS (Anti-Terror Squad) on charges of “working for the Islamic State”, publicising its ideology online and via social media, and “instigating youth to join IS”, reports Indian Express. Arr
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On December 10, Mohammad Sirajuddin was arrested by Rajasthan ATS (Anti-Terror Squad) on charges of “working for the Islamic State”, publicising its ideology online and via social media, and “instigating youth to join IS”, reports Indian Express. Arrested under provisions of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) 1967, he was presented before the Chief Judicial Magistrate on December 11, and remanded in Police custody till December 21. Mohammad, posted as a marketing manager at Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) in Jaipur, according to ATS sources had been propagating “IS ideology” via his Facebook page, which had about 1,00,000 followers and was blocked following his arrest. “He was in touch with some youths from Maharashtra and a girl from Hyderabad. We tracked him after we got information about suspicious activities on his computer’s IP address,” sources said. The ATS is likely to jointly interrogate Sirajuddin along with officials of central agencies. He worked with the IOC for three years in Bangalore before being transferred to Jaipur in June 2014.
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December - 10 
The Delhi Police on December 10 alleged before a Delhi court that four of the five accused in the espionage case had received money from Pakistan intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) for supplying secret documents to them, reports Th
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The Delhi Police on December 10 alleged before a Delhi court that four of the five accused in the espionage case had received money from Pakistan intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) for supplying secret documents to them, reports The Hindu. Kafaitullah Khan alias Master Raja received INR 30,000, Constable of the Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry unit Fareed Ahmad received INR 10,000, Munawwar Ahmad Mir, a former Army personnel, got INR 40,000 and Mohammed Sabar, a teacher, got INR 10,000 from the ISI operatives in lieu of supply of the documents, the Police stated before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Sanjay Khanagwal. They had been receiving the money in their bank accounts, and the investigating agency had obtained the bank accounts statements of two of the accused. The Police further informed the court there were some other beneficiaries who were likely to be arrested in connection with the case. The Police levelled these allegations while producing the five accused before the CMM on expiry of their Police remand. The fifth accused is Border Security Force (BSF) head constable Abdul Rasheed. The Police have slapped Official Secrets Act against all the accused persons.
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December - 11 
The Indian security establishment as well as prosecutors in 26/11 (November 26, 2008) Mumbai attack case believe conspirator David Coleman Headley's evidence, to be recorded in the trial court in India in February 2016, will help corroborate the disc
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The Indian security establishment as well as prosecutors in 26/11 (November 26, 2008) Mumbai attack case believe conspirator David Coleman Headley's evidence, to be recorded in the trial court in India in February 2016, will help corroborate the disclosures made by co-accused Abu Jundal regarding the role of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) masterminds as well as Pakistani state actors, The Times of India reports on December 12. "Jundal, who is on trial in the 26/11 case here, was very much present in the LeT control room along with other LeT masterminds. Jundal's voice figures in the transcripts of the conversation between 26/11 attackers and those in the control room. Headley's examination will help to verify the information given by Jundal (who was deported from Saudi Arabia in 2012) regarding the involvement of LeT masterminds and Pakistani state actors," Special Public Prosecutor in the 26/11 trial Ujjwal Nikam stated on December 11. According to a senior officer of the central security establishment, Headley's turning an approver was a pragmatic offer to accept, given that he is already sentenced to 35 years in prison by the US courts and his plea bargain agreement with the US federal authorities rules out his extradition to India. "So it was the best bet to accept him as a witness, as he was in touch with the top LeT brass including prime mastermind Hafiz Saeed and even retired/serving Pakistani Army/ISI officers identified by him as Major Samir Ali and Major Iqbal. His cross-examination will help nail their role, besides helping the prosecution secure the conviction of Abu Jundal," said a senior home ministry officer.
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December - 12 
A Kenyan national, identified as Ammena, whose name emerged in the was deported to her country by the Telangana Police on December 12, reports The Times of India. A Telangana Police official said Ammena, who came to work in Hyderabad for two months,
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A Kenyan national, identified as Ammena, whose name emerged in the was deported to her country by the Telangana Police on December 12, reports The Times of India. A Telangana Police official said Ammena, who came to work in Hyderabad for two months, was tracked by the Rajasthan Police as she was a member of the closed chat room of Sirazuddin. She was on the verge of radicalisation and even her profile photo was that of an actress holding an AK-47. "She neither has any links with the IS nor was found to be radicalised yet after thorough investigation. As we did not want to take a chance, we decided to deport her. On Saturday morning, she was sent back to Kenya via Mumbai,'' Police said. The girl, in her twenties, was earlier interrogated by the Jaipur Police with the help of their Telangana counterparts and central agencies. Nearly,15-20 people, both Indians and foreigners, followed Sirazuddin on his closed Facebook page as well as on WhatsApp. A number of issues of IS' online magazine 'Dabik', pictures and videos were recovered from Sirazuddin.
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December - 12 
Police on December 12, arrested at least four men for allegedly shouting pro-Islamic State (IS) slogans during a rally in the Tonk District of Rajasthan, reports ibtimes.co.in. The four accused have been identified as Firoz, Wasim, Wasim Akram and Mo
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Police on December 12, arrested at least four men for allegedly shouting pro-Islamic State (IS) slogans during a rally in the Tonk District of Rajasthan, reports ibtimes.co.in. The four accused have been identified as Firoz, Wasim, Wasim Akram and Mohammad Fahid, all of whom are reportedly aged 25-32 years. The arrested were reportedly shouting the pro-Isis slogans along with several others in the Malpura town on December 11."The accused shouted slogans at a rally on Friday. They were identified on the basis of video footage and were named in an FIR. Some other accused are unidentified and the matter is being investigated," according to investigating officer. An FIR was registered under Indian Penal Code (IPC) Section 153 (A) (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, etc, and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony).
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December - 12 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has sent judicial requests (Letters Rogatory) to five countries - Afghanistan, Iraq, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Luxemburg, seeking details of chats, travel routes and possible financial transactions of Islamic St
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has sent judicial requests (Letters Rogatory) to five countries - Afghanistan, Iraq, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Luxemburg, seeking details of chats, travel routes and possible financial transactions of Islamic State (IS) recruit Areeb Majeed, who was arrested in 2014 for Jihadi activities, The Times of India reports on December 13. Sources said the LR requests have been sent to get details of login history, IP addresses, search history and contents of the messages exchanged on Majeed's email account which includes inbox, outbox, sent, draft and spam baskets and attachments and also his finances related to travel and stay in any of these countries. NIA expects to get replies from these countries so that complete conspiracy of Majeed and his accomplices' activities in Iraq and Syria could be unraveled and IS recruiters, trainers and logistics provider identified. "These LRs are very important for India's point of view. If evidence is shared with us by these countries, it may establish the whole chain of conspiracy by Majeed and others who joined the terror outfit with him," said an official. The IS operative had used his email id
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and social networking platforms like Facebook, Skype, WhatsApp and Tango for his activities. He had claimed that he fought for IS in the war zone of Iraq and Syria between August and October 2014 and was injured thrice, twice with bullet injuries and once in an air strike by US. The NIA had filed a 8500-page chargesheet against him under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), first against IS in India, in which his accomplices Saleem Tanki, Fahad Sheikh and Aman Tandel were also named.
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December - 13 
A proposal to allow members of the Sikh diaspora, blacklisted for their pro-Khalistan leanings and activities, to travel to India has run into opposition from the Intelligence Bureau (IB) which wants such facilitation to be on a case-by-case basis ra
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A proposal to allow members of the Sikh diaspora, blacklisted for their pro-Khalistan leanings and activities, to travel to India has run into opposition from the Intelligence Bureau (IB) which wants such facilitation to be on a case-by-case basis rather than a "blanket withdrawal of the blacklist", The Times of India reports on December 14. Sources in the intelligence establishment told that the Sikh delegation which called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his UK visit last month proposed that blacklisted members of the community be made to take an oath of allegiance to the Indian Constitution and sign an undertaking that they would not indulge in any anti-India activities, in lieu of being cleared for travel to India. According to sources, there are currently 43 Sikhs on the government's blacklist, while four have a lookout circular pending against them. The 'negative list' of pro-militancy Sikh leaders maintained by the high commissions and embassies in countries like the UK, Germany and Canada has hundreds of names. The IB, in its comments on the discussion paper regarding end to travel ban on pro-Khalistan sympathizers, has opposed a 'blanket' relaxation allowing all blacklisted Sikhs to make the journey to their country of origin, and instead batted for a case-by-case clearance. This is purportedly in view of the attempts by Pakistan-based jihadi groups to tie up with remnants of Khalistani outfits like Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) to stoke militancy fires in Punjab.
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December - 13 
On December 13, the Special Operation Group (SOG) of Ahmedabad's Crime Branch arrested two brothers, identified as Mofizul Shaikh and Shabudding Shaikh, residents of Murshidabad District of West Bengal, along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) w
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On December 13, the Special Operation Group (SOG) of Ahmedabad's Crime Branch arrested two brothers, identified as Mofizul Shaikh and Shabudding Shaikh, residents of Murshidabad District of West Bengal, along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR 8,00,000 from Astodia Darwaja area of the city, reports The Times of India. SOG officials said, "Mofizul has confessed that he stored fake notes at his house in Thane near Mumbai. During interrogation the duo claimed that they have been pumping fake notes in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Delhi since the two years. " Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Crime Branch, Deepan Bhadran said: "The fake currency notes of Rs 1000 and Rs 500 denomination are of high quality and have been sent for forensic examination. We have also written to the government mint in Nashik for verification." An SOG official said, "While scrutinizing the bank account of Raees (earlier arrested in Uttar Pradesh), we found Rs 92 lakh was deposited in his account at different stages. The masterminds of the racket paid him half the value of fake currency notes that were disbursed. Going by that, Rs 92 lakh deposited in Raees's account amounts to fake notes worth more than Rs 1.50 crore." "The brothers were in touch with Raees and with three persons Babu Shaikh, Ashanuddin Shaikh and Aaftan shaikh of Ghansipur in West Bengal. The trio is suspected to be in touch with kingpins of fake Indian currency notes in Bangladesh and Pakistan. Our team is camping in West Bengal, hunting for the trio who we suspect are being backed by Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan," said an SOG official.
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December - 13 
The 23-year-old software engineer from Tamil Nadu who was detained and later deported from Sudan for trying to join Islamic State (IS) had worked for eight months in an IT company in Chennai, The Times of India reports on December 14. National Invest
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The 23-year-old software engineer from Tamil Nadu who was detained and later deported from Sudan for trying to join Islamic State (IS) had worked for eight months in an IT company in Chennai, The Times of India reports on December 14. National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested Mohammed Nasir soon after he landed at Delhi airport on December 11. He hails from Tirunelveli but had worked in Chennai and Dubai. He was living with his parents in Dubai when he tried to join the terror outfit. A Police officer said, "Investigation with his relatives showed that he had spent time in Chennai working before moving to UAE. His expertise was in managing database." However, officials refused to reveal which company he worked for. "It is more likely that he was with a small software firm in Chennai before he moved to Dubai. He seems to have made his first contact with his handler online when he was in Chennai. He also travelled to Delhi in an attempt to meet people to help him travel to Syria or Libya. But, he seems to have eventually travelled to Sudan from UAE." Reports said that Mohammed Nasir is an Indian citizen but also had a UAE passport and travelled to Sudan from Dubai using it. He was planning to the join IS forces in Libya.
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December - 13 
The preliminary investigations of the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) suggested that Mohammad Sirajuddin could have been lured by the Islamic State (IS) through the woman who first befriended him on Facebook, The Times of India reports on December 14. Off
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The preliminary investigations of the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) suggested that Mohammad Sirajuddin could have been lured by the Islamic State (IS) through the woman who first befriended him on Facebook, The Times of India reports on December 14. Officers said that globally IS operatives use women who first send friend request to the male Muslim members on Facebook and later divert them towards the ideology of IS. ATS officers are going through the 2,000-page record of Facebook, WhatsApp and Telegram to find out and corroborate various evidences against the arrested IOC official. "It appears that the man was first allured by a woman who sent him a friend request on Facebook. It just started from pressing the "like" button on a post relating to the IS ideology and later the accused himself started commenting and liking it to an extent that he started urging youth to join IS," said a senior officer of ATS on December 12. Asked if she is the same woman who is under surveillance of ATS sleuths in Hyderabad, Alok Tripathi, additional director general, ATS, said, "I can't say if she is the same woman. All what I can tell is that we are looking into various aspects of the case. If anything more will appear in the investigations other than the unlawful activities we will certainly add that in the chargesheet in the later course." Asked if the accused had indoctrinated a young woman from Hyderabad which came to the notice of the intelligence agencies who alerted Rajasthan ATS, an officer said, "Yes, we have been alerted by the intelligence agencies on the activities on the social networking sites but it was not that precise."
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December - 14 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on December 14 filed its second supplementary chargesheet in the October 2, 2014 Bardhaman (West Bengal) blast case, in which Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terrorists were allegedly involved, reports Ne
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on December 14 filed its second supplementary chargesheet in the October 2, 2014 Bardhaman (West Bengal) blast case, in which Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terrorists were allegedly involved, reports New Indian Express. In the chargesheet, the NIA claimed that the JMB had planned a series of terror attacks in India from the neighbouring country. In its 200-page chargesheet, filed with 36,000 documents, the agency named 19 more people, mostly Bangladeshi terrorists. The NIA, in its chargesheet, indicated the influence of the Islamic State (IS) over JMB. An NIA team, led by its DG Sharad Kumar, had visited Dhaka after the blasts and held meetings with security and defence officials of Bangladesh.
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December - 15 
India and Pakistan on December 15, struck a rare united stand to forge collective action to curb terrorism at the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) meeting in China where India also called on Islamabad to end cross border terrorism and externa
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India and Pakistan on December 15, struck a rare united stand to forge collective action to curb terrorism at the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) meeting in China where India also called on Islamabad to end cross border terrorism and external interference in Afghanistan, according to Asian Age. “Many of the problems confronting our region, especially the rising tide of cross-border terrorism and extremism, require trans-national solutions,” Minister of State for External Affairs General V.K. Singh (Retired) said while speaking at the SCO heads of government meeting in central China’s Zhengzhou city. “International terrorism has emerged as the most serious threat to our peaceful and pluralistic societies. Terrorism threatens to derail our developmental aspirations and undermine our very way of life,” Singh said as he sought close cooperation among SCO member states and zero tolerance towards terrorism to curb the menace. “Political convenience can no longer provide an alibi for backing terrorist groups ideologically, financially or through material support. Today, the world has realised that there are no good terrorists,” he said, in an apparent reference to Pakistan, whose Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was also present.
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December - 15 
India's Electronics and Information Technology Secretary J.S. Deepak told a high level meeting of the UN General Assembly on December 15, that various stakeholders have to be involved to face the challenges of cyber security, reports New Indian Expre
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India's Electronics and Information Technology Secretary J.S. Deepak told a high level meeting of the UN General Assembly on December 15, that various stakeholders have to be involved to face the challenges of cyber security, reports New Indian Express. Emphasising the role of "governments, which bear ultimate responsibility for essential services and for public safety", he said there was a need to "create a global convention to address issues of cyber security and cybercrime". He said that many of the cyber security challenges are "not well understood, much less addressed" and that a "multi-stakeholder approach" across geographies and societies was required to remedy this. The General Assembly was holding a high level review of developments in the decade since the Tunis 2005 World Summit on Information Society (WSIS+10).
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December - 15 
Meanwhile, security around Indian cricketers has been increased in Brisbane owing to the hostage crisis in Sydney, Times of India reports. India is currently playing a four-match Test series in Australia with the second Test due to start on December
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Meanwhile, security around Indian cricketers has been increased in Brisbane owing to the hostage crisis in Sydney, Times of India reports. India is currently playing a four-match Test series in Australia with the second Test due to start on December 17 in Brisbane.
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December - 15 
National Investigation Agency (NIA) on December 15, arrested the supplier of weapons, identified as Nasir Khan Pathan, used in the murder of Shirish Bangali, former Bharuch District BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) President and Pragnesh Mistry, General
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National Investigation Agency (NIA) on December 15, arrested the supplier of weapons, identified as Nasir Khan Pathan, used in the murder of Shirish Bangali, former Bharuch District BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) President and Pragnesh Mistry, General Secretary of the Bharuch BJP youth wing. NIA said that Pathan has handed over the weapons to Inayat (arrested) subsequently used for the murder. He will be produced before an NIA court in Ahmedabad where the agency will seek his remand. NIA will also send a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) to United States (US) where the servers of service providers like Google and Yahoo are located. Police said the accused persons communicated through WhatsApp, Facebook and Viber, making it difficult for the agencies to track them. The initial probe by central agencies and NIA has revealed that Dawood Ibrahim's gang member Javed Chikna on the instructions of Chhota Shakeel organised the murders. Investigations also revealed that the D gang has identified many political leaders on their radar. The modules like the one used in Bharuch was also tasked with the killings.
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December - 15 
Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian Parliament) on December 15, Minister of State for Home Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary said a joint declaration on combating terrorism was issued at the first Indo-US strategic and commerc
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Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian Parliament) on December 15, Minister of State for Home Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary said a joint declaration on combating terrorism was issued at the first Indo-US strategic and commercial ministerial dialogue held in Washington on September 22, 2015, reports The Times of India. "The declaration identified specific steps to further strengthen counter-terrorism cooperation. The governments of India and USA have agreed to finalise an agreement to expand intelligence-sharing and terrorist watch-list information," he told Lok Sabha. He claimed the overall internal security situation in the country was "under control". The internal security challenges in India emanating from terrorism/ insurgency are spread across four theatres -- cross border terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, militancy in the Northeast, Left Wing Extremism in certain states and terrorism in the hinterland. He added, that a total of 53 people lost their lives in Jammu and Kashmir in 2014 due to terrorism while 54 people were killed in the state till November 22, 2015. In the North-east, insurgency claimed 232 lives in 2014 while 85 people were killed till November 15, 2015. As many as 309 people lost their lives due to Maoist violence in 2014 and 210 were killed in such violence till November 15, 2015. Four people were killed in terrorist violence in the hinterland in 2014 and seven have lost their lives so far this year.
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December - 15 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) investigating the October 2, 214 Bardhaman blast case has found that besides the Simulia and Lalgola madrasas (Islamic seminaries) used by the Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to train recruits in West Beng
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) investigating the October 2, 214 Bardhaman blast case has found that besides the Simulia and Lalgola madrasas (Islamic seminaries) used by the Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to train recruits in West Bengal, a third JMB recruitment and training base was on the verge of becoming operational in Murshidabad District, Indian Express reports on December 16. The NIA has also learned that JMB operatives had paid money to buy a plot of land to set up a madrasa for similar purposes in Kenduwa village in Jharkhand’s Deoghar District in July, 2014. “Interrogation of JMB accused has revealed that the Simulia madrasa in Burdwan was set up in 2008 and was meant exclusively for girls. This was followed by the Lalgola madrasa set up in Murshidabad in 2011. In addition to these two major JMB bases in West Bengal, the JMB was also in the process of setting up a third a base at the Ghoramara boys madrasa in Domkol, Murshidabad. It was about to become fully operational before the crackdown on JMB across states,” a source said. NIA sources said that besides West Bengal, Assam, Bihar and Jharkhand, its probe into the JMB’s network had also led them to Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Hyderabad, where local networks of masons hailing from Malda and other districts of West Bengal were under the scanner. “Some of the JMB cadres who fled from West Bengal and Assam took refuge in cities like Bangalore, Mysore, Thiruvananthapuram, Hyderabad and Chennai. Many masons hailing from West Bengal are employed in in these cities. Absconding JMB operatives have been provided shelter by some of these masons, who aided them unwittingly or were sympathisers. Even local police agencies are keeping tabs on the antecedents of such masons in these cities,” said a source.
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December - 16 
A joint team of Delhi and Bhubaneswar Police arrested a 37-year-old man from Cuttack on December 16, for his alleged link with al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), reports The Times of India. The accused was identified as Abdul Rehman, a resi
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A joint team of Delhi and Bhubaneswar Police arrested a 37-year-old man from Cuttack on December 16, for his alleged link with al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), reports The Times of India. The accused was identified as Abdul Rehman, a resident of Jagatpur area in Cuttack. "The joint team arrested him from his house. The Delhi police will take him on transit remand," said Commissioner of Police R P Sharma. "Prima facie, Delhi police came to know about his link with AQIS. He is also having link with radical groups in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Dubai. He was wanted by the special cell of Delhi police since his provocative speeches in Ranchi a few months back," Sharma stated. Police suspected that Rehman was actively involved in recruiting and training young cadres in guise of running a Madrasa (Islamic Seminary) in Tangi, nearly 30 kilometer from Cuttack. Police said Rehman's operations were confined to Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka (Bangalore) where he organized several community meetings and delivered inflammatory speeches. "He was a facilitator of AQIS. So far, we have no information about his operations in Odisha. Still, we have kept a surveillance on his family, friends, relatives and Madrasa," Sharma said. IBNLive adds that previously another AQIS suspect, identified as Mohammad Asif was arrested in Delhi on December 16. Sources say Asif is linked to al-Qaeda's subcontinent wing. He was allegedly present at the grand shura of al-Qaeda in the Afghanisatan-Pakistan region when the terror group's Indian subcontinent wing was established. Asif returned to India to develop and establish the terror groups. On the other hand Rehman is suspected to have links in Saudi Arabia, Dubai, United Kingdom and Pakistan. His brother was arrested in the 2001 American consulate attack in Kolkata. Asif's interrogation helped investigators to establish the identity of Mulana Asim Umar, the self proclaimed amir (chief) of AQIS. Umar emigrated from India in 1995 and joined terror group Harkat-ul-Mujahideen. His interrogation also revealed that he was motivated to join the group through social media. A few other youngsters from his village had fled to Pakistan and joined terror outfits. In 2012 he got in touch with Umar who convinced him to come to Pakistan. Asif got two more men with him and the finance was arranged by Umar. They applied for visa to do ziyarat at Ayatollah Khomaini's graveyard in Iran. On June 23, 2013 they went from New Delhi to Tehran and through contacts they travelled to the interiors of Iran, Zahedan and then to Sarwan on Iran-Pakistan border. From there they reached Quetta in Pakistan.
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December - 16 
A suspected al Qaeda terrorist, identified as Asif was arrested by Delhi Police on December 16 (today) from an undisclosed location, reports india.com. Asif is reportedly a native of Sambhal District in Uttar Pradesh. Since last month (November), maj
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A suspected al Qaeda terrorist, identified as Asif was arrested by Delhi Police on December 16 (today) from an undisclosed location, reports india.com. Asif is reportedly a native of Sambhal District in Uttar Pradesh. Since last month (November), major cities including Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Kolkata and Hyderabad were on high alert and security was on high alert after intelligence agencies reported threat of al Qaeda terror attacks. Reportedly, the terror outfit may target public places, tourist spots, places of worship and iconic building, and in these cities.
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December - 16 
As many as 34 persons, including 11 serving and retired Armed Force personnel and one serving Border Security Force (BSF) personnel, have been arrested over the past three years on charges of spying for Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), a
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As many as 34 persons, including 11 serving and retired Armed Force personnel and one serving Border Security Force (BSF) personnel, have been arrested over the past three years on charges of spying for Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), as per statistics furnished by Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) on December 16, reports The Times of India. In reply to a Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Indian Parliament), Minister of State for Home Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary told that 14 persons have been arrested for alleged espionage on behalf of ISI so far in 2015. They include 5 serving/retired armed force personnel, 1 serving BSF personnel, 7 civilians and 1 Pakistani. Earlier, in 2014, 7 persons, including 4 serving/retired armed force personnel, two civilians and a Sri Lankan, were arrested on similar charges. The 13 persons arrested in 2013 on charges of espionage for ISI included 2 serving/retired armed force personnel and 11 civilians. "During the course of neutralization of Pak espionage modules between period 2013-15 (till date), 34 accused have been arrested under the provisions of the Official Secrets Act, 1923," Singh said.
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December - 16 
India on December 16, said it can undertake operations against the Islamic State (IS) under a UN flag if the global body adopts a resolution in this regard, reports Indian Express. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, who has returned after a meeting w
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India on December 16, said it can undertake operations against the Islamic State (IS) under a UN flag if the global body adopts a resolution in this regard, reports Indian Express. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, who has returned after a meeting with his US counterpart Ashton Carter in Washington, also said that India has been sharing intelligence on the IS and it will be enhanced. “We have made it clear that if there is a UN resolution and if there is UN flag and a UN mission, then as per India’s policy to operate under UN flag, we will participate,” Parrikar stated.
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December - 17 
A 16-year-old girl from Pune (Maharashtra) who was apparently radicalised by her Islamic State (IS) contacts abroad and brainwashed to go to Syria, has been questioned by Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and sent to a de-radicalisation programme, an ATS of
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A 16-year-old girl from Pune (Maharashtra) who was apparently radicalised by her Islamic State (IS) contacts abroad and brainwashed to go to Syria, has been questioned by Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and sent to a de-radicalisation programme, an ATS officer said on December 17, reports Hindustan Times. “The girl was interrogated by the ATS last week after monitoring her movements for many days on getting information about her. It confirmed her initiation by the ISIS…The interrogation of the girl revealed that she was ready to go to any extent to carry out the ISIS directive,” Pune ATS officer Bhanupratap Barge stated. The girl is now undergoing a de-radicalisation programme with the help of her family members and community religious leaders, who are fully cooperating with us, he said. According to the ATS, the girl got attracted to the ISIS ideology after watching a documentary on television and subsequently started regularly monitoring news on the Al Jazeera channel. “Later, she used the Internet to get in touch with ISIS contacts and got in touch with about 200 young people from different countries. An interrogation of her revealed that she was told to come to Syria for medical education and for further initiation,” Barge said.
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December - 17 
A Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket that utilised porous borders between India and Bangladesh to smuggle in the counterfeit notes into the country has been neutralized with arrest of four persons, along with FICN with face value of INR 200,000
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A Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket that utilised porous borders between India and Bangladesh to smuggle in the counterfeit notes into the country has been neutralized with arrest of four persons, along with FICN with face value of INR 200,000 in Delhi, the Police said on December 17, reports The Hindu. The gang used the services of a visually-challenged man to smuggle in the counterfeit notes in New Delhi. “The arrested men went on to reveal the involvement of some West Bengal-based persons of procuring the counterfeit currency from Bangladesh. We took the accused persons to Malda in West Bengal, where we raided a highly-sensitive Naxalite-affected area,” said a senior Police officer. One of the accused, 23-year-old Arif, was apprehended on suspicion of importing the fake notes. The police said the racketeers involved some Bangladeshi men, who would throw the notes over the fence between the nations for their Indian associates. They targeted the fences that passed through forested and less secure areas. Upon receiving the fake notes, the Indians would throw back original Indian currency notes to the Bangladeshi side as payment. The police said the ratio agreed upon them was 100:40, that is, for every fake note with a face value of INR 100 received by the Indian members of the racket, the Bangladeshis would receive INR 40. Since Mukesh Kumar was visually-challenged and would thus draw little suspicion, he was tasked with bringing the fake notes to Delhi for circulation, said the police. Mukesh would travel to Delhi by train and carry the currency notes in a bag without being asked any questions.
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December - 17 
Delhi Police Special Cell on December 17, arrested another suspect, identified as Zafar Masood alias Guddu from Deepa Sarai area of Sambhal District in Uttar Pradesh for alleged links with the al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), reports India
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Delhi Police Special Cell on December 17, arrested another suspect, identified as Zafar Masood alias Guddu from Deepa Sarai area of Sambhal District in Uttar Pradesh for alleged links with the al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), reports Indian Expres. The accused, identified as Zafar Masood is alleged to have provided funds to Mohammad Asif, another Sambhal resident who was arrested earlier this week, and two others for going to Pakistan for training. Dnaindia.com adds that two youth, who were supposedly radicalised and sent over to Af-Pak region as recruits for Al Qaida by Mohamad Asif, an alleged operative of Al Qaida in Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), were students of Jamia Millia Islamia University. The claim was recorded in interrogation report of Asif (41), who was arrested by the Special Cell of Delhi Police on December 14. According to the Special Cell, the two youth, Rehan and Sharjeel, are from Delhi’s Welcome area and Sambhal incUttar Pradesh respectively. Sharjeel's uncle, Zafar Masood, the latest arrest in the alleged AQIS module, also hails from Sambhal. Earlier it had come to fore that Maulana Asim Umar, who was in September 2014 chosen to be the amir (head) of AQIS by Al Qaida chief Ayman al Zawahiri, was a resident of Sambhal. Umar crossed over to Pakistan in 1995 and had fought alongside Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, a group originally formed in 1985 after breaking out from Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (HUJI). In 1993, the group merged with HUJI to form Harkat-ul-Ansar under the leadership of Abdelkader Mokhtari, an Algerian commander who later came to be known for his participation in the Bosnian war. "Zaffar, the uncle of one of the youths, has told us that the claims made by Asif might have credibility as his nephew had spent quite a time in Delhi as a student," said a senior Police officer. Local Police in Welcome said, "We are not aware of the whereabouts of anyone by the name of Rehan". The Special Cell said that their investigators are figuring out the addresses of the youth. Officials did not specify whether they had any fresh information about the two youth.
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December - 18 
Goa Police has roped in the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) to strengthen security measures during the forthcoming festive season of Christmas, New Year and also for the two electronic dance music festivals, The Times of India reports on December 18. Goa
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Goa Police has roped in the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) to strengthen security measures during the forthcoming festive season of Christmas, New Year and also for the two electronic dance music festivals, The Times of India reports on December 18. Goa Police have also issued an advisory to all Police Stations to be on alert from December 20 till January1. Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) V Renganathan said that during the tourist season they receive general alerts but there is no specific alert related to Goa. "ATS has been asked to carryout regular patrolling at different places in the state, including major beaches such as Calangute, Morjim, etc," Renganathan stated. The 100 strong ATS consists of one Superintendent of Police, one Deputy Superintendent of Police, one Police Inspector and eight Police Sub-Inspectors. Goa Police is also coordinating with central agencies and neighbouring Police forces to share intelligence. "Interstate crime officer whatsapp group has been created and we are sharing immediate intelligence information on that group," he added.
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December - 18 
NIA (National investigation agency) arrested one person, identified as Amirul Sheikh from Golapganj village under Golapganj Police Outpost on December 18, reportedly in connection with running a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) peddling racket in Kal
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NIA (National investigation agency) arrested one person, identified as Amirul Sheikh from Golapganj village under Golapganj Police Outpost on December 18, reportedly in connection with running a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) peddling racket in Kaliachak of Malda District, reports echoofindia.com. It is learnt from sources that Sheikh was produced in court on December 19 and taken into transit remand by NIA. “He would be taken to Delhi and grilled to get more information on fake currency peddling,” the source informed. It is further learnt from sources that the NIA team may raid different areas in Malda District to arrest at least two others for reportedly having a strong connection with FICN peddling racket.
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December - 18 
The three day all India Director General's and Inspector General's conference, held at Kutch (Gujarat) in which Prime Minister, Narendra Modi is present is discussing two key issues: one pertains to Islamic State (IS) threat and the other is relating
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The three day all India Director General's and Inspector General's conference, held at Kutch (Gujarat) in which Prime Minister, Narendra Modi is present is discussing two key issues: one pertains to Islamic State (IS) threat and the other is relating to Dawood Ibrahim, oneindia.com reports on December 19. The Police officials are discussing various issues pertaining to the Dawood and some of the important points will be used by Modi when he meets with his counterpart in 2016 during the SAARC summit. The meeting, which is also attended by the National Security Advisor (NSA), Ajit Doval and Union Home Minister (UHM), Rajnath Singh, is being held at Kutch in Gujarat.
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December - 19 
Dawood Ibrahim, is the brain behind smuggling Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) from Bangladesh to West Bengal with the support of his mentors in Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), New Indian Express reports on December 20. Earlier, Bangla
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Dawood Ibrahim, is the brain behind smuggling Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) from Bangladesh to West Bengal with the support of his mentors in Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), New Indian Express reports on December 20. Earlier, Bangladeshi officials arrested six men from near Dhaka airport and seized several crores of FICN. Among the arrested was Pakistani national Abdullah alias Salim. Interrogation revealed that their boss was Dawood Ibrahim, and that D-Company (as his gang is called) has a network in Malda District and in some border districts of West Bengal. Investigation revealed that Abdullah migrated to Karachi with his family in 1979 from Tarpurchandi in Chandpur in Bangladesh. He joined D-Company through Aslam Chaudhury alias Taimur, and kept in touch with the “manager of FICN smuggling” Subabhai alias Ershad.Abdullah revealed that during the last six years, the smuggling of thousands of crores of FICN to Malda from Chapainawabgunj District in Bangladesh was controlled by Iqbal Kana alias Adis Iqbal alias Malikbhai of D-Company, a resident of Shalimar Gate in Lahore. Malikbhai vetted each recruit before engaging them in smuggling FICN from printing presses in Nepal to Bangladesh and then into West Bengal. There were several printing presses in Lahore and Karachi too, he said. Five others who were arrested said that Bengalis in Pakistan who did not have passports and wanted to return to Bangladesh were being recruited. D-Company arranged “out passes” for them through the Bangladesh High Commission in Pakistan. They carried trunk loads of FICN, which was allowed to pass through the green channel at Dhaka airport by D-Company and ISI officials. The NIA (National Investigation Agency) was informed that a FICN “stock yard” existed in Shibgunj and Daulatpur in Malda, which is managed by Saddam Sheikh. The modus operandi was to sell INR 100,000 of FICN for INR 40,000 to businessmen. The profit from smuggling FICN is sent through Karmakar, a hawala (illegal money transaction) operator in Malda, to D-Company’s agents in Kajipara, Mirpur, Gabtuli and Gulshan in Dhaka. The thousands of crores of rupees are then routed to Dawood in Karachi and Lahore.
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December - 19 
Suspected Islamic State (IS) hackers may have routed a Delhi-based firm's payments from a London client to the jihadist group's bank accounts in Turkey, The Times of India reports on December 20. Delhi Police say the fraud amounting to INR 5-6 crore
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Suspected Islamic State (IS) hackers may have routed a Delhi-based firm's payments from a London client to the jihadist group's bank accounts in Turkey, The Times of India reports on December 20. Delhi Police say the fraud amounting to INR 5-6 crore is the biggest in the capital this year and was possibly carried out by hacking the email account of an employee. While Police started off investigating the IS angle because the money was diverted to Turkey, their suspicion was strengthened on learning that the London (UK) client provides humanitarian aid to war-hit people in Syria and refugees in countries like Turkey. An FIR was being registered at an undisclosed Police Station on December 19. The victim firm is based in south Delhi and provides consultancy and advisory services to development and social projects in India and abroad. The client's website states it provides relief and other assistance to people inside Syria and to refugee families in neighbouring countries, including Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey. The complaint states that the Delhi firm had regularly received payments from the client (name withheld) in its account with Kotak Mahindra Bank, and when they stopped in October, it waited patiently for the sake of goodwill. However, when it followed-up a few days ago, the client claimed it had processed some of the payments. It sent an email on December 18, giving details of the accounts credited, thus alerting the firm to the fraud.
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December - 19 
Winning over confidence of vulnerable sections of the society and radicalization of youths by terror outfits topped the agenda at the 50th All India Director General of Police (DGP) and Inspector General of Police (IGP) Conference being held at Dhord
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Winning over confidence of vulnerable sections of the society and radicalization of youths by terror outfits topped the agenda at the 50th All India Director General of Police (DGP) and Inspector General of Police (IGP) Conference being held at Dhordo in Gujarat's Kutch on December 19, reports The Times of India. Theme-based presentations on various aspects of policing marked the day as Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined the deliberations. He observed and listened to the interactions on security-related matters including terrorism, cyber-security, digital technology, women's safety and disaster management. "Different groups formed within the DGPs and IGPs emphasized that police should work and execute law in a manner that it can wins hearts of weaker and vulnerable sections of the society," said a senior police official who was present during the discussion. Radicalization of youth was another major concern for the top cops of the states of the country. "It was noticed with the recent arrest of IS (Islamic State) sympathizers and alleged operatives of Al-Qaeda that radicalization among educated youth is on the rise in the country. The mala fide use of social media and its adversities were one of the many concerns widely-debated during the discussions," said a Senior Police official. The case histories of terror attacks in past decade in India was discussed when the topic of radicalization came up. The details on investigation, past, present and future of the organizations and terror outfits responsible for attacks in India were also discussed at length. Reforms in the Police department at the Police Station level, raising the competitive spirit of police personnel and officials, reinstating the beat-patrolling system, increasing the use of technology were also among the topics that the DGPs and IGPs deliberated during the day.
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December - 20 
Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala has launched a “hearts and minds” operation to prevent the radicalisation of disaffected tribal youth in Wayanad, Palakkad and Malappuram Districts, reports The Hindu on December 21. It is centred on the specia
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Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala has launched a “hearts and minds” operation to prevent the radicalisation of disaffected tribal youth in Wayanad, Palakkad and Malappuram Districts, reports The Hindu on December 21. It is centred on the special recruitment of tribal youth and women into the State Police force through the Public Service Commission. The Minister said in a press release recently that it was an ideal measure to stop Maoists from recruiting such youngsters to their cause. The government has also ordered additional protection to village offices and Police Stations in Wayanad. The Forest Department could seek the help of the Police to conduct patrols.
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December - 20 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has identified the main conspirator, Zahid Miyan alias Jabo, based in South Africa who allegedly arranged the list Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leaders to be targeted on th
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has identified the main conspirator, Zahid Miyan alias Jabo, based in South Africa who allegedly arranged the list Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leaders to be targeted on the directions of Dawood Ibrahim's henchmen Chhota Shakeel and Javed Chikna, The Times of India reports on December 21. Sources said a non-bailable warrant has been issued against Jabo to obtain an Interpol Red Corner Notice against him. The NIA will send a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) request to the US and South Africa seeking details of emails and chats on which conspirators interacted while planning and executing the murders of two Bharuch (Gujarat) based right-wing leaders Shirish Bangali and Pragnesh Mistry on November 2, 2015.
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December - 20 
Three youth, Ayaz Sultan (23), Mohsin Sheikh (26) and Wajid Sheikh (25) who have been reported to be missing from Malwani area in Mumbai District, may have joined Islamic State (IS), suspect the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), dnaindia.com reports on Dec
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Three youth, Ayaz Sultan (23), Mohsin Sheikh (26) and Wajid Sheikh (25) who have been reported to be missing from Malwani area in Mumbai District, may have joined Islamic State (IS), suspect the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), dnaindia.com reports on December 21. The latest development comes days after the ATS questioned a Pune-based 16-year-old Muslim girl, who was reportedly radicalised by her IS contacts abroad and brain-washed to go to Syria. According to a report the trio had left from home on different dates in the last two months citing various reasons, however they have not returned since then. The ATS also suspect that Ayaz, who left home on October 30, has already left the country. Ayaz was working in a call centre in Malad. However, there are no leads yet about Wajid and Mohsin. Both of them had left their home on December 16. Wajid, a graduate, was running the family’s wholesale business in lemons, while Mohsin was driving auto. The trio was also saving money to travel and had approached a travel agent to plan their journey.
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A joint team of Ahmedabad Crime Branch (CB) and Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) questioned suspected al Qaida operatives Mohammed Asif and Abdul Rahman in Delhi on December 21 and 22, reports The Times of India. Following their questioning, Gujara
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A joint team of Ahmedabad Crime Branch (CB) and Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) questioned suspected al Qaida operatives Mohammed Asif and Abdul Rahman in Delhi on December 21 and 22, reports The Times of India. Following their questioning, Gujarat Police, the ATS and CB have re-opened the files of 14 teenagers who went missing after the 2002 communal riots in the state. Later on December 24, sources in the Gujarat Police said Asif and Rahman had both allegedly confessed to al Qaida's terror plans in western India, including Gujarat. "We are concentrating on some youths who went missing from Rakhial and Gomtipur areas of Ahmedabad," said a senior Gujarat Police officer. "There is a suspicion that the missing youths, some of whom are from riot-affected north and south Gujarat Districts, could have turned radical. We think they might return to India," said the officer. It may be recalled that concern had been raised in 2002 as well about the 14 youths missing from riot-affected areas of Gujarat, primarily from Ahmedabad. It was feared that extremist organizations might exploit their anger to unleash revenge attacks. "Our teams are working on the inputs gathered from the questioning of Asif and Rahman and also on alerts from central intelligence agencies," said another Gujarat police official.
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December - 21 
The Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) is being backed by the Pakistan establishment to carry out attacks in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was informed at the Directors-General of Police (DGP) meeting in the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat, wh
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The Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) is being backed by the Pakistan establishment to carry out attacks in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was informed at the Directors-General of Police (DGP) meeting in the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat, which concluded on December 20, reports The Hindu. At a standalone presentation under the category ‘threats from Pakistan-backed outfits,’ the recently busted module of the AQIS was discussed threadbare. A senior Government official who attended the meeting said the AQIS, created by al-Qaeda in August 2014 and led by Indian-Maulana Asim Umar who was later identified as Uttar Pradesh resident Sanaul Haq, would be used as a mask for the next attack by Pakistan. At a presentation for Prime Minister, the intelligence agencies mentioned the September 2014 attack on the Mehran naval base in Karachi, for which the AQIS had claimed responsibility. According to reports available with the Indian agencies, AQIS terrorists, three of whom were gunned down during the attack, had planned to hijack the naval ship of Pakistan and move it to the Indian coast to carry out attacks here. “This was the information picked up by the agencies after the Karachi terror attack, but it all seems too boastful to us. We have credible information to show the AQIS is being backed by Pakistan authorities to launch attacks in India,” the official said. The Indian agencies’ claim of the AQIS being linked to Pakistan assumes significance as the terrorist group was formed with the objective of targeting the Governments of Pakistan, India and Bangladesh to demonstrate its clout in the face of rising competition from the Islamic State (IS).
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December - 21 
The Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) arrested a person in Pune on December 21, suspecting that he was one of the three missing Mumbai youths suspected to have joined Islamic State (IS), Police said, reports IBNLive. ATS and Pune Police are probing the case
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The Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) arrested a person in Pune on December 21, suspecting that he was one of the three missing Mumbai youths suspected to have joined Islamic State (IS), Police said, reports IBNLive. ATS and Pune Police are probing the case of three missing youths of Malvani area in western suburb of Mumbai. The three youths were identified as Ayaz Sultan (23), Mohsin Sheikh (26) and Wajid Sheikh (25). The parents of the three men had registered a missing complaint with the Malvani Police. "We suspect that the three joined the IS and our probe is on to ascertain this," Malvani police station's senior inspector Milind Khetle said on December 22. An official of the ATS also said they suspect that the three youths have been radicalised into joining the Islamic State, and added that the ATS is probing the matter.
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December - 21 
The Bombay High Court on December 21 reserved its judgment in the death confirmation case against the sole convict arrested Himayat Baig of Indian Mujahideen (IM) for his involvement in the German Bakery bomb blast of Pune (Maharashtra) case of 2010,
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The Bombay High Court on December 21 reserved its judgment in the death confirmation case against the sole convict arrested Himayat Baig of Indian Mujahideen (IM) for his involvement in the German Bakery bomb blast of Pune (Maharashtra) case of 2010, reports dnaindia.com. A division bench of Justice Naresh Patil and Justice SB Shukhre will deliver their judgment in due course of time against Baig who has also appealed against the judgement. Special Public Prosecutor Raja Thackeray has argued for confirming the death sentence by stating that the entire case is based on circumstantial evidence and every circumstance has been proved by relevant records which are of sterling quality. Further, he has argued in favour of the death penalty saying that the trial court reasoning is sound, thus death penalty should be upheld. Earlier, a Pune court had awarded death penalty to Baig for his involvement in the 2010 German Bakery blast case, after the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) investigated and filed a chargesheet against him. Baig, was arrested in September 2010. The conviction was handed down in early 2013. The court had found Baig guilty of taking part in the conspiracy and executing the blast.
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December - 21 
The three Malwani youths who have gone missing might not have left to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (IS/ISIS), said the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), reports DNA on December 22. "The three are missing and there is nothing so far
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The three Malwani youths who have gone missing might not have left to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (IS/ISIS), said the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), reports DNA on December 22. "The three are missing and there is nothing so far to substantiate that they would have joined ISIS. We are, however, inquiring the matter," said a senior ATS officer. In fact, one Police officer even said that youths leaving home and returning are nothing new in the area. "Lots of people go missing from the Malwani area (in Mumbai District) and return home after a few days or months. We have filed missing persons complaint and are trying to trace the three" said senior Police inspector Milind Khetle of Malwani Police Station. Earlier on December 21, SATP reported that the three youth, Ayaz Sultan (23), Mohsin Sheikh (26) and Wajid Sheikh (25) who have been reported to be missing from Malwani area may have joined Islamic State (IS).
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December - 22 
Two absconding operatives of Indian Mujahideen (IM) have joined Islamic State (IS), Minister of State for Home Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary said in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian Parliament), on December 22, reports
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Two absconding operatives of Indian Mujahideen (IM) have joined Islamic State (IS), Minister of State for Home Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary said in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian Parliament), on December 22, reports First Post. "There are intelligence inputs of one or two members of the Indian Mujahideen, who were absconding from India since many years, having joined the ISIS/ISIL," Minister of State for Home Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary stated. "... members of the Indian Mujahideen have been known to have hideouts in Nepal, the Gulf and in Pakistan," he added.
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December - 23 
Dawood Ibrahim’s nephew Sohail Kaskar was hauled into Manhattan Federal Court in US for trying to supply Colombian rebels with missiles to use against US warplanes, law-enforcement sources stated on December 23, reports stated on December 22, reports
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Dawood Ibrahim’s nephew Sohail Kaskar was hauled into Manhattan Federal Court in US for trying to supply Colombian rebels with missiles to use against US warplanes, law-enforcement sources stated on December 23, reports stated on December 22, reports nypost.com. Sohail Kaskar, arrived from Spain on December 16, 2015 to be arraigned on a 2014 indictment accusing him of attempting to trade the missiles for massive quantities of heroin and cocaine that would be sold in the Big Apple, the sources said. Kaskar and several accomplices “agreed to acquire and transfer surface-to-air missile systems to enable the FARC [rebels] to attack United States aircraft in Colombia,” the indictment says. Kaskar pleaded not guilty.
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December - 24 
Noor Mohammed, part of the trio suspected to have left home at Malwani near Malad on December 15 to join the Islamic State (IS), returned home on December 24, and was picked up for questioning, reports The Times of India. Mohsin Sayyed, who's still m
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Noor Mohammed, part of the trio suspected to have left home at Malwani near Malad on December 15 to join the Islamic State (IS), returned home on December 24, and was picked up for questioning, reports The Times of India. Mohsin Sayyed, who's still missing, has been tracked to the outskirts of Maharashtra and an Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) team is out to intercept him, said sources. The third youth, Wajid Shaikh, was detained by the ATS in Pune and returned home on December 23. The ATS has said Shaikh did not seem to have been in touch with IS but was in contact with persons who were trying to indoctrinate him. The security agencies are now worried about Ayaz Sultan, another youth who slipped away from his Malwani home on October 30, 2015 and went to Afghanistan. Shaikh has told the ATS Sultan used to show them documents and videos of IS. Officials said the immigration cell of Delhi airport has reported that Sultan flew to Kabul on November 1, 2015. Opinion among security officials is divided on Sultan's intentions since Kabul is not under IS. "Ayaz cleverly chose Delhi to fly to Kabul and not Mumbai and, hence, we strongly suspect he may have travelled onwards to IS areas from Kabul," said an officer, adding that it raises the prospect that Kabul could be the new route to IS zones. "We have sought the help of the embassy to track Sultan. We have given them details of his passport and hope to hear from them soon," the officer added. Another officer said since there are a lot more opportunities in Kabul, Sultan may have opted to take up a job there for better prospects. Mohammed was being questioned till late at night. Shaikh had said he, Sayyed and Mohammed had left as Sultan's parents were pestering them about his whereabouts and someone said the Police would question them since he was a friend. They had travelled to Karnataka, then Hyderabad and on to Chennai. There spooked by TV news about their disappearance, they decided to return. But Mohammed and Sayyed deserted Shaikh and disappeared.
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December - 24 
On December 24, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India has succeeded in convincing the world that there was a need to unite against terrorism and the menace can be easily fought if all powers having faith in humanity come together, according
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On December 24, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India has succeeded in convincing the world that there was a need to unite against terrorism and the menace can be easily fought if all powers having faith in humanity come together, according to The Statesman. Addressing the Friends of India event at the Expo Centre in Moscow (Russia) Modi termed his visit to Russia as "very successful and fruitful". He said India had been telling the world about the threats from terrorism for the past 30 years but it was not taken seriously. "The world has accepted what India has been saying on terrorism: an enemy of humanity that needs to be countered through international cooperation," he added.
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December - 24 
When Karnataka Government handed over the Church Street blast (December 28, 2014) case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) earlier in 2015, it was clear that the move may not yield the desired results, as the NIA was facing severe staff crunch
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When Karnataka Government handed over the Church Street blast (December 28, 2014) case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) earlier in 2015, it was clear that the move may not yield the desired results, as the NIA was facing severe staff crunch, The Times of India reports on December 25. According to Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) the Hyderabad bureau of the agency, which is handling two important terror cases for Karnataka, including the Church Street blast case, is facing a 20 per cent staff shortage. While the sanctioned strength for the Hyderabad bureau is 110, there are only 81 people posted at the agency. Recently, the officer responsible for investigations in Karnataka was transferred to the State Human Rights Commission. A new appointment is awaited. This short-staffed bureau is handling 11 cases already. An officer from the Hyderabad agency said although investigations are on, they do feel the pinch of staff shortage. He said not just investigation but supporting functions are also getting affected. Considering most of the cases probed by NIA are under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (prevention) Act 1967- UAPA, investigation by an officer of the rank of deputy superintendent of police is mandated. The increasing number of cases, coupled with staff crunch are hitting probe, say officials. Except for one centre, all other NIA bureaus are experiencing manpower shortage ranging from 20 per cent to 69 per cent. Overall, the agency is facing a 29 per cent staff shortage. The New Delhi bureau, which had 54 cases, has 284 posts filled out of its sanctioned strength of 343 posts. In Kolkata, only 17 personnel are posted against the sanctioned strength of 81. In the Mumbai bureau there are 38 vacancies against the strength of 95.
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December - 24 
With the case of suspected Popular Front of India (PFI) activists running a weapons training camp at Narath in Kannur District in April 2013 reaching trial stage, there is concern that the accused are trying to influence witnesses and delay proceedin
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With the case of suspected Popular Front of India (PFI) activists running a weapons training camp at Narath in Kannur District in April 2013 reaching trial stage, there is concern that the accused are trying to influence witnesses and delay proceedings, according to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is probing the case, The Times of India reports on December 25. "The tactics being used are the same as in the hand-chopping case of Thodupuzha Newman College professor and the Bengaluru blast case. The witnesses are made to turn hostile by various means," said an NIA source. NIA suspects that the manner in which the 22nd accused, Kamarudheen, surrendered in court was also intended to delay the court process. "There is a concerted effort to sabotage the case with the support of leaders of a major political party in the ruling front. However, evidence clearly shows that it was a weapons training camp. The members were taught to hurl bombs and use swords, for which they were taught human anatomy," the official said. Under threat, the witnesses are afraid to even register a Police complaint. However, the accused could not get bail. Many parents are now hesitant to send their children to PFI training programmes, said a cop. "So they are hell bent on sabotaging the case to regain their eroding mass support," he said.
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December - 25 
In a joint operation, the National Investigative Agency (NIA) and the Bengaluru Police on December 25 arrested a cadre of the Khaplang faction of National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-K), identified as Atoshe Chopey (27) from a hotel on M G Ro
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In a joint operation, the National Investigative Agency (NIA) and the Bengaluru Police on December 25 arrested a cadre of the Khaplang faction of National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-K), identified as Atoshe Chopey (27) from a hotel on M G Road in Bengaluru in Karnataka, reports Morung Express. Atoshe Chopey, a resident of Akuluto town in Zunheboto District of Nagaland, is a prime suspect in the attack that took place on Assam Rifles (AR) personnel at Indira Gandhi Stadium in Kohima on March 26, 2015. ‘He came to Bengaluru about six months ago as his sisters work here. He managed to get a job in a posh hotel on St Marks Road’, said the Police. During preliminary interrogation, Chopey confessed to his involvement in the attack. He will be produced before the local magistrate in Bengaluru and the NIA will secure transit remand for producing him before the NIA Special Judge in Dimapur in the coming days, said the Police.
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December - 25 
Intelligence agencies intensified their search for three Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) men who escaped from Madhya Pradesh’s Khandwa jail in 2013, reports The Indian Express on December 22. Sources said the search for the trio, last trace
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Intelligence agencies intensified their search for three Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) men who escaped from Madhya Pradesh’s Khandwa jail in 2013, reports The Indian Express on December 22. Sources said the search for the trio, last traced to Karnataka, has been escalated after fears that they may be tapped by Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS). The recent arrests of three men from Uttar Pradesh and Odisha, who are allegedly linked to the AQIS has brought the focus back on an outfit that has long been considered a more immediate threat than the Islamic State (IS). In October 2013, seven SIMI activists had escaped from Khandwa jail. While two of them were arrested and two killed in an encounter in Telangana, three are still at large. These men, identified as Zakir Hussain alias Sadiq Badrul Hussain, Mehboob aliasGuddu Ismail Khan and Amzad Ramzan Khan, are suspected to be behind some recent blasts in the country. “There are three SIMI men, suspected to be behind the recent Bijnor (Uttar Pradesh), Chennai (Tamil Nadu) and Pune (Maharashtra) blasts, who are still on the loose. They are looking for organizational support,” said an intelligence official. Several arrested SIMI members are reported to have expressed their desire to fight alongside al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. The Indian outfit is even reported to have donated money to al-Qaeda coffers. An accused in the 2013 blasts which targeted Narendra Modi’s Patna rally is reported to have earlier sent INR 3 lakh to Afghanistan “for helping poor fellow Muslims”. This money, intelligence sources said, went to al-Qaeda coffers. One of the accused even wanted to escape to Afghanistan after the attack. Intelligence sources said this clearly indicates the deepening links between Indian terrorist outfits and the al-Qaeda, with the SIMI turning out to be the biggest vulnerable group which the terror outfit may tap in India. Sources said that besides SIMI, Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives have also expressed their desire to fight alongside al-Qaeda and have met the outfit’s leaders in the Af-Pak region.
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December - 26 
Dawood Ibrahim and his key aide Chota Shakeel are trying to foment communal trouble in India and may have a key role in planning the murders of several Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Hindu outfit leaders across the country, a National Investigation
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Dawood Ibrahim and his key aide Chota Shakeel are trying to foment communal trouble in India and may have a key role in planning the murders of several Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Hindu outfit leaders across the country, a National Investigation Agency probe suspects, Hindustan Times reports on December 27. Investigators have found a D-gang link to three such recent incidents the murder of two BJP leaders in Gujarat’s Bharuch and conspiracy to kill a Hindutva leader in Karnataka. Similar killings were also in the works in Surat (Gujarat), officials said. “It seems the D-company is under pressure from Pakistani spy agency ISI [Inter-Services Intelligence] to do something to create communal trouble in the country,” said an investigator. “Letters Rogatories or judicial requests to assist in probe, will be sent to Pakistan soon to seek evidence with regard to Chota Shakeel and his key henchman Javed Chikna,” said NIA Director General Sharad Kumar.
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December - 26 
On December 26, three aspiring jihadists, Abdul Wasim, Umar Hasan Farooqui and Majh Hasan Farooque from Hyderabad, all final year students, were arrested on their way to join Islamic state (IS) terrorist group in Afghanistan in an early-dawn operatio
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On December 26, three aspiring jihadists, Abdul Wasim, Umar Hasan Farooqui and Majh Hasan Farooque from Hyderabad, all final year students, were arrested on their way to join Islamic state (IS) terrorist group in Afghanistan in an early-dawn operation jointly conducted by the Telangana Police and Maharashtra Anti-terrorist squad (ATS) at Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar international airport in Nagpur, reports The Times of India. It's learnt that operatives, in their 20s, were supposed to board an Indigo flight to Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) from Nagpur airport after arriving here from Hyderabad a day before by road. Out of three, two were intercepted earlier also on their way to Afghanistan by the intelligence agencies. Missing complaints were lodged at different Police Stations in Telangana state by the respective families after the students left home on December 24. Telangana Police had informed Maharashtra ATS after it came to fore that the men were heading to Nagpur to take a flight for Srinagar. Superintendent of Police (SP), ATS, Sunil Kolhe said that the operation was meticulously planned with the Telangana counterparts. "Maharashtra Police handed over the men to Telangana special cell officers after nabbing them. Telangana Police would conduct further interrogations," said Kolhe.
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December - 27 
A section of local bloggers and frequent social media chatters in Nagpur (Maharashtra) are learnt to be under scanner of the security agencies for spreading radical ideologies of terror outfits like Islamic State (IS) and the likes, The Times of Indi
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A section of local bloggers and frequent social media chatters in Nagpur (Maharashtra) are learnt to be under scanner of the security agencies for spreading radical ideologies of terror outfits like Islamic State (IS) and the likes, The Times of India reports on December 28. Though senior officers are not revealing the exercise, sources said some chatters openly express their intention to join jihad (holy war) in and outside India while interacting in the public forum. There are also groups on the social media who vociferously express their anti-national sentiments. "Evidence is being gathered before swooping down on some suspects. There is a very thin line between ideological discussion and crime of waging war against the state," said the officer. It is also learnt that security agencies may also start flushing out illegal Bangladeshi immigrants who work as menial labourers at construction sites, bakeries, hotels, eateries, factories and such places. Though mostly they are economic migrants, security agencies feel some among them pose a threat by bringing in Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) and even some dangerous materials on behalf of the jihadis targeting India.
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December - 27 
National Investigation Agency (NIA) Director General Sharad Kumar on December 27 said Islamic State (IS) is emerging as a major threat for radicalization of youth, especially in south India, reports The Times of India. He said IS has not taken ro
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National Investigation Agency (NIA) Director General Sharad Kumar on December 27 said Islamic State (IS) is emerging as a major threat for radicalization of youth, especially in south India, reports The Times of India. He said IS has not taken roots in India, it's influencing youth through internet and social media. He said states like UP and Bihar have less radicalised youth as compared to the southern states and added that the Centre has launched an anti-radicalisation campaign. Kumar ruled out social or economic reasons behind the rising radicalisation of Indian youth by the IS and added that concerted efforts are required to check the terror group's influence on youth. Another main challenge before the NIA, Kumar said, is to check large-scale pumping of Indian Currency Note (FICN) into India from bordering nations. He said Malda District in West Bengal has become a hub of FICN syndicate and added that about INR 25,000 crore of fake currency is being circulated in the country. NIA chief said based on the report of the Indian Institute of Standardisation, the Centre will crack down on the flourishing racket.
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December - 27 
On December 27, a Revenue Inspector, identified as Birbal Khan was arrested on charges of spying for Pakistan, reports The Times of India. Sources told there is possibility of a 'huge network of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spies' being neutrali
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On December 27, a Revenue Inspector, identified as Birbal Khan was arrested on charges of spying for Pakistan, reports The Times of India. Sources told there is possibility of a 'huge network of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spies' being neutralised, adding that more arrests are likely in coming days. The youth detained on was taking photographs of the preparations of the Indian Air Force's soon-to-be-held Iron Fist exercise at the highly sensitive Chandan field firing range in Jaisalmer. He was also clicking photographs of other sensitive areas nearby. On December 28, he was handed over to the Police by Indian Air Force personnel. Rajiv Pachar, Superintendent of Police (SP), Jaisalmer, told that Khan, a resident of Sujion Ki Dhani in Jaisalmer was taking photographs of IAF's activities at Chandan area (which is nearly 49 km from Jaisalmer).
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December - 27 
Reports have come in that LeT (Lashkar-e-Taiba) ‘founder’ and JuD (Jama'at-ud-Dawa) ‘chief’ Hafiz Muhammad Saeed has created a 24-hour cyber cell to launch an attack on India, Zee News reports on December 28. The aim of the cell is terror attack on I
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Reports have come in that LeT (Lashkar-e-Taiba) ‘founder’ and JuD (Jama'at-ud-Dawa) ‘chief’ Hafiz Muhammad Saeed has created a 24-hour cyber cell to launch an attack on India, Zee News reports on December 28. The aim of the cell is terror attack on India and propaganda war, as per media reports. He reportedly attended a two-day conference on terror on December 26 and 27, 2015 in Lahore (Punjab, Pakistan), where cyber war against India was discussed. It was called the social media conference and on the poster was written - Cyber Team, JuD. Saeed's son was also said to be present in the conference.
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December - 27 
The Seychelles government has joined hands with India to build India's first naval base on the Assumption Island in the Indian Ocean region as a joint project between both countries, India Today reports on December 28. Seychelles has allocated a plot
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The Seychelles government has joined hands with India to build India's first naval base on the Assumption Island in the Indian Ocean region as a joint project between both countries, India Today reports on December 28. Seychelles has allocated a plot of land on the Assumption Island, which will help to enhance maritime security along India's west and south coast. The new naval base aims to put an end to piracy around the East African part of the Indian Ocean. Besides, India will also acquire a fully operational coastal radar system in Seychelles from March 2016.
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December - 27 
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) officials who grilled the three youths from Hyderabad, on December 27 have found out that the trio was indeed on their way to join ranks of Islamic State (IS), reports New Indian Express. According to them, the tr
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The Special Investigation Team (SIT) officials who grilled the three youths from Hyderabad, on December 27 have found out that the trio was indeed on their way to join ranks of Islamic State (IS), reports New Indian Express. According to them, the trio was depressed ever since their first attempt to join IS failed last year. It is also reported that they wanted to meet ‘chief’ of Hizbul Mujahideen (HM), Sayed Salahuddin. An official stated, “The youths wanted to meet Hizb-ul-Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin whom they knew as their uncle was former president of the proscribed Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and a friend of Syed Salahuddin,” said an official. The SIMI leader had died in a car accident in Nalgonda in October, 2014 According to sources, the plan was to reach Srinagar somehow and proceed to Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) with help of Salahuddin’s men present in Kashmir, and then travel to Iraq and Syria, via Afghanistan. As they had already failed to leave the country via Bangladesh in 2014, the trio had set their eyes on PoK. Police have seized a Dell Tab used by the trio for browsing Jihadi material. “They were very careful as they set out this time. They didn’t carry their mobile phones and tried a new route and different mode of transportation to reach their destination,” added the official.
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December - 27 
Union Minister for Labour and Employment Bandaru Dattatreya on December 27 said, “Hyderabad has been lately turning into recruitment capital for these terrorist groups. In order to protect our youth and the city, the Telangana government should start
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Union Minister for Labour and Employment Bandaru Dattatreya on December 27 said, “Hyderabad has been lately turning into recruitment capital for these terrorist groups. In order to protect our youth and the city, the Telangana government should start a force, led by a DCP-rank officer, to deal with such elements. The Congress governments in the past had neglected this threat. At least, the present TRS government should take this threat seriously and try to eradicate this problem.”
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December - 27 
With a rising number of youth getting attracted to Islamic State (IS), the Centre has sought an action taken report from the states governments and union territories on the initiatives taken by them to counter the threat posed by the outfit, Economic
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With a rising number of youth getting attracted to Islamic State (IS), the Centre has sought an action taken report from the states governments and union territories on the initiatives taken by them to counter the threat posed by the outfit, Economic Times reports on December 28. Government officials said nearly 100 young men and women who are trying to go to Syria and Iraq to join IS are under their scanner. Most of these Indians have joined IS from countries such as Oman, Jordan, Kuwait, the UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, where they have gone for jobs, officials said. As per an analysis carried out by Indian agencies, Indians who joined IS do not "perceive" any sense of injustice in India, but have deep seethed anger towards the West. Law enforcement agencies say they are unable to do anything about Indians staying abroad and joining IS, despite having information about their identity. "We have managed to stop those leaving India and joining IS by roping in their families and friends. The cases of those staying abroad are different as we are unable to do anything unless they return to India or caught in the country of their stay," an official had said.
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December - 28 
A special court at Ahmedabad on December 28 remanded three men, Mohammad Altaf, Mohsin Khan and Nisar Ahmed, arrested in connection with the murder of two BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) leaders in Bharuch on November 2, in the custody of National Inves
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A special court at Ahmedabad on December 28 remanded three men, Mohammad Altaf, Mohsin Khan and Nisar Ahmed, arrested in connection with the murder of two BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) leaders in Bharuch on November 2, in the custody of National Investigation Agency (NIA) till January 1, 2016, reports Outlook. The prosecution said that NIA needed to recover the bike used in the crime and to investigate the role of Mohammad Altaf who was believed to be one of the key conspirators. According to the investigators, Javed Chikna, Dawod Ibrahim’s aide, had given the contract for killing the two leaders.
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December - 29 
An Afghan businessman is believed to be allegedly indoctrinating youth from Maharashtra to join Islamic State (IS), claims National Investigation Agency (NIA) which has sent its first judicial requests in the case to Afghanistan seeking details of th
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An Afghan businessman is believed to be allegedly indoctrinating youth from Maharashtra to join Islamic State (IS), claims National Investigation Agency (NIA) which has sent its first judicial requests in the case to Afghanistan seeking details of the person, New Indian Express reports on December 30. The Afghan national, whose name has been withheld, was running business of dry fruits in India and allegedly approached the four youths from Kalyan area neighbouring Mumbai and brainwashed them to join ranks of IS, official sources said. The man had mysteriously disappeared after NIA arrested Areeb Majeed when he was deported from Turkey to India last November. The port of exit of the Afghan national was found out to be from Delhi in December last year, the sources said. Majeed was arrested by NIA upon his return from Iraq and booked under sections 16, 18 and 20 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and Section 125 of the Indian Penal Code(IPC).
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December - 29 
As per an alert note shared to Uttar Pradesh Police by intelligence agency, a Bangladesh-based group is planning to target Kamlesh Tiwari of the Hindu Mahasabha who allegedly made blasphemous remarks about Prophet Mohammad earlier this month, The Tim
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As per an alert note shared to Uttar Pradesh Police by intelligence agency, a Bangladesh-based group is planning to target Kamlesh Tiwari of the Hindu Mahasabha who allegedly made blasphemous remarks about Prophet Mohammad earlier this month, The Times of India reports on December 30. The group also plans to target the associates of Tiwari and individuals who have supported his statement, said officials. The note reveals the terror group is trying to disrupt the peace and tranquility in the region by planning to attack Tiwari. "Since the alleged blasphemous remarks by Tiwari, we had been on alert and have deployed extra force, who are keeping tab on movements of suspicious persons," said a senior Police official.
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December - 29 
Indian intelligence agencies suspect that there are 23 Indians in Iraq and Syria fighting for Islamic State (IS), IBNLive reports on December 29. Out of the 23 Indians in IS, 17 are from southern states. While six - Abdul Qudus Turki (Bijapur), Moham
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Indian intelligence agencies suspect that there are 23 Indians in Iraq and Syria fighting for Islamic State (IS), IBNLive reports on December 29. Out of the 23 Indians in IS, 17 are from southern states. While six - Abdul Qudus Turki (Bijapur), Mohammad Umar Subahan (Bangalore), Maulana Abdul Kadir Sultan Armar (Bhatkal), Faiz Masood (Bangalore), Mohammad Riyaz (Bhatkal), Shameel Yakub (Kodagu) - are from Karnataka, four belong to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. They are Zeba Farheen (Hyderabad), Talmeezur Rahaman (Guntur), Atif Ahmed khan (Hyderabad), Athif Vaseem Mohammad (Adilabad). Four are from Kerala - Mohammad Rishal (Kannur), Mohammad Irfan Iqbal (Kannur), Huda Raheem (Kozhikode), Riyazur Rehman (Kozhikode), three from Tamil Nadu - Mohammad Thayyib Shaik (Vellore), Mohammad Syed Abu Tahir (Karur), Shakul Hameed (Chennai), four from Maharashtra, one from Jammu and Kashmir and one from Uttar Pradesh. Six out of these 23 Indians who had joined the IS network have died and two have returned.
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December - 29 
On December 29, the Centre had asked all states to step up vigilance, especially at tourist hotspots frequented by foreigners, in view of the ongoing holiday season and New Year festivities. The advisory asked all states and Union Territories (UTs) t
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On December 29, the Centre had asked all states to step up vigilance, especially at tourist hotspots frequented by foreigners, in view of the ongoing holiday season and New Year festivities. The advisory asked all states and Union Territories (UTs) to deploy additional forces in crowded places like railway stations, bus terminals, markets and shopping centres and religious places to foil any possible attempts by terror outfits to carry out attacks. The advisory was issued after intelligence inputs suggested that Pakistan-based terror groups may try to create trouble, official sources said. There is also a threat of lone-wolf attacks by Islamic State (IS) inspired, radicalized elements.
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December - 30 
A statistic that the Union Ministry for Home Affairs (UMHA) suggests that since 2013 there have been 50 arrests of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in India, oneindia.com reports on December 31. While a cleanup act is on, it would be interesting to
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A statistic that the Union Ministry for Home Affairs (UMHA) suggests that since 2013 there have been 50 arrests of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in India, oneindia.com reports on December 31. While a cleanup act is on, it would be interesting to note that most of them were not even aware that they were betraying the nation. The note to UMHA states that some fake welfare organisations had been set up and most of these former army personnel had joined it as they were assured placements. These personnel were made to believe that they were interacting with real officials of the army and in the bargain ended up spilling out secrets. While a few former officials were lured into sharing secrets through such organisations others were honey trapped. There are also cases where some former personnel sold out for the money, investigations by the Delhi Police have shown. According to the statistics of the Ministry, there were 35 cases in 2013-14 and 15 this year. There may be more moles. The Delhi Police on the other which is leading this probe states that they have information about several more such moles and in the days to come there will be more arrests. The police also say that following this investigation many moles may have also gone underground.
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December - 30 
Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM) 'cheif' Asiya Andrabi, visited Babanagar in Hyderabad, spent about five hours in the house of ex-president of Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), and took a flight back to Srinagar in 2014, while Police, particularly t
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Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM) 'cheif' Asiya Andrabi, visited Babanagar in Hyderabad, spent about five hours in the house of ex-president of Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), and took a flight back to Srinagar in 2014, while Police, particularly the state Intelligence wing and Hyderabad city Police were totally unaware about the visit, New Indian Express reports on December 31. The Police had no inkling of her visit, which has raised the hackles among the top brass, who are now hurriedly making enquiries as to whom she met and what she spoke during her visit. Andrabi, however, denies she has any links with Islamic State (IS) or the recently arrested terror trio, who were all set to leave for Srinagar to meet her, who they claimed would facilitate their crossing over to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), and then to Afghanistan and Syria to join IS. “Firstly, I have no link, even remotely, to ISIS and I have never met these three children. For the last 35 years, I have been fighting for freedom of Kashmir and getting freedom from Indian occupation is my prime objective. It is not possible for me to facilitate any crossover to PoK or facilitate any youth join ISIS. This is a concocted story by the Telangana police,” Andrabi stated. Andrabi however said that she did visit Hyderabad in October 2014 to offer condolences to the family of Syed Salahuddin, who died in a road accident. “I arrived by a flight, drove straight to Babanagar (Salahuddin’s house), spent five hours there and took a flight back to Srinagar,” she asserted. Replying to a query on whether she met the three youths at Salahuddin’s house, as they too are his relatives, she said: “In Salahuddin’s house, they follow strict pardah and there is no way women can meet anyone. I did not meet them.” Asked whether she could indeed facilitate exfiltration of youth into PoK or get them into ISIS ranks, she shot back: “No, impossible. I am only fighting for freedom of Kashmir. I talk to people like Pakistan President Nawaz Sharif and other stake-holders for freedom of Kashmir. Do you think I will talk to these boys and facilitate their travel to POK or Afghanistan to join ISIS?’’ However, top sources said that the J & K Police has warned Telangana Police to be ‘extra vigilant’ in view of Andrabi’s visit last year, which in other words meant that Hyderabad now has a direct link with Kashmir-based terror groups.
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December - 30 
Enforcement Directorate (ED) launched a massive exercise to identify and plug the sources that fund the activities of Islamic State (IS) sympathisers, The Hindu reports on December 30. Using the funds, some of the sympathisers have already made it to
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Enforcement Directorate (ED) launched a massive exercise to identify and plug the sources that fund the activities of Islamic State (IS) sympathisers, The Hindu reports on December 30. Using the funds, some of the sympathisers have already made it to Syria and Iraq to join the terror outfit. While hawala (illegal money transaction) has been the preferred route of terror funding, in the case of IS, there are specific instances of formal banking channels being used to fund its sympathisers. The funding is for initial travel requirements, and once they join the IS, they are taken care of there. The sympathisers are also promised monthly allowance if they join the battlefield and a hefty payment to their families if they are killed while fighting. Hawala routes are extremely difficult to detect and track, and it has been among the key reasons why Indian agencies have over the decades struggled to plug the loopholes that allowed terror groups to receive funding from various sources. According to sources, the ED, mandated to conduct investigations into money-laundering, is all set to take up the cases registered in different parts of the country in connection with the activities of the IS. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Delhi Police have also registered such cases. The agencies have come across specific instances where IS operatives and sympathisers pooled in funds to recruit people. The list includes 18 youths from the newly-formed State of Telangana who during interactions with the sympathisers had expressed their willingness to join the outfit. One such suspect even received INR 53,000 from a sympathiser operating through a Facebook profile to arrange passport and tourist visa for Turkey and further travel to Syria. A young girl was also motivated by his brother to take up nursing job in Syria.
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December - 30 
Intelligence agencies have issued an alert regarding threat of a terror strike by Lashkar-e-Taiba, listing Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Parliament building, Army headquarters at South Block and nuclear installations of India as likely targets, T
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Intelligence agencies have issued an alert regarding threat of a terror strike by Lashkar-e-Taiba, listing Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Parliament building, Army headquarters at South Block and nuclear installations of India as likely targets, The Times of India reports on December 30. The report says that around 20 LeT terrorists may have entered the country from across the border to carry out suicide attacks at various locations.
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December - 30 
With several Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)-linked spy rings being exposed in recently, it has come to light that Pakistan's intelligence agency is floating fake ex-servicemen organisations to lure former forces personnel to ferret "authentic" inf
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With several Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)-linked spy rings being exposed in recently, it has come to light that Pakistan's intelligence agency is floating fake ex-servicemen organisations to lure former forces personnel to ferret "authentic" information about serving officers and troop movements, The Times of India reports on December 31. The former soldiers are being drawn to these fronts by offers like jobs and other rehabilitation measures purportedly intended to further their welfare with gullible, mostly low ranking ex-servicemen falling for the ploy. According to intelligence sources, ex-servicemen are being "trapped" by ISI agents posing as representatives of organizations working for welfare and rehabilitation of retired personnel and seeking "reference" information. "This is a common modus operandi of ISI noticed in north Indian states, particularly Punjab, with agents reaching out to ex-service personnel looking for jobs and other benefits. The latter are asked to enrol themselves, and subtly asked to provide details like names and phone numbers of serving commanders, deployment details and, where possible, information on troop movement," said a senior intelligence source. The former Army personnel are persuaded to part with information on the pretext that it is "routinely needed to fill up the forms before finding them suitable recruitment," said the source who said that though much of the details were fairly harmless, the risk could not be ignored. Meanwhile, officials zeroed in on the identity of McNaught Damini, who the airman Ranjith KK was talking with for the past several months on December 30, even as the arrested IAF employee told the police that he had given details of operation Inderdhanush - an India-UK joint bi-lateral exercise held in the United Kingdom in July, 2015 to the undercover agent. Top intelligence sources said McNaught is likely a woman fidayeen (suicide bomber) belonging to a Jammu and Kashmir-based terrorist group. The group is head-quartered in Muzaffarabad in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK). An analysis of McNaught's dialect and accent - she had long voice chats on Whatsapp and via Skype with Ranjith - and information regarding the geo-satellite positions of the number she was using, as well as the internet protocol addresses from which she was operating her Facebook account, led military intelligence sleuths to narrow down their search to the PoK-based outfit.
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December - 31 
Nine persons from Bangalore, who arrived in Istanbul (Turkey) on December 24, 2014, have been deported by Turkish authorities on January 30 after they were allegedly caught trying to cross over to Syria to join the terror outfit Islamic State (IS), r
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Nine persons from Bangalore, who arrived in Istanbul (Turkey) on December 24, 2014, have been deported by Turkish authorities on January 30 after they were allegedly caught trying to cross over to Syria to join the terror outfit Islamic State (IS), reported The Times of India on February 1. The group is being questioned by Bengaluru Police and central agencies after they arrived at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA). According to Police, they went to Istanbul from Bengaluru on tourist visas on December 24, 2014, and were sent back by the Turkish authorities on January 30, 2015. Among those sent back from Turkey are engineers Ibrahim Nowfal, 24, from Hassan and Javeed Baba, 24, from Khammam District, Telangana. The remaining seven belonged to a family from Chennai - Muhammed Abdul Ahad, 46, his wife and their five children. Police said Ahad has done masters in computer science from Kennedy-Western University, California, US, and worked in the US for more than ten years.
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December - 31 
On December 31, arrested Indian Air Force (IAF) Officer Ranjith K K revealed that he had passed on classified information regarding Operation Live Wire on October 28, and another exercise, Operation Indra, to the 'honey-trap' going by the nam
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On December 31, arrested Indian Air Force (IAF) Officer Ranjith K K revealed that he had passed on classified information regarding Operation Live Wire on October 28, and another exercise, Operation Indra, to the 'honey-trap' going by the name of McNaught Damini, according to The Times of India. The latter information had compromised the movement of aircraft in the military exercises, he told investigating officials. Military intelligence sources too confirmed Ranjith had shared the identity details and the photograph of the IAF officer who was assigned to be the Commander of operation Indra Dhanush. Incidentally, this officer, a group captain, was also the commander of TAC-DE (tactical and combat deployment establishment) Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh), an information Ranjith shared with the undercover agent. When contacted, Joint Commissioner (crime) Ravindra Yadav said, "Probe details can't be shared at this stage."However, sources said these developments were recorded in Ranjith's confessional statement and will be shared with the court when he is produced next.
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*Data till , April 19, 2024
Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.
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