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March - 1 
Azamgarh Police arrested one person, identified as Shafiq Ahmed on March 1, along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) consignment of INR 1,65,000, from an undisclosed location, reports The Times of India. Further, International gangs involved in pu
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Azamgarh Police arrested one person, identified as Shafiq Ahmed on March 1, along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) consignment of INR 1,65,000, from an undisclosed location, reports The Times of India. Further, International gangs involved in pumping FICN in India through Bangladesh and Nepal borders have increased their activities in the past five months and security agencies say terror angle could not be ruled out. Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) ASP Santosh Singh admitted that between October, 2014 and February, 2015 only, his field unit had handled more than five cases in which FICN of INR 16,50,000 value had been seized.
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March - 1 
Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi red-flagged cyber security as an issue of global concern and exhorted the IT industry on March 1 to find innovate solutions to tackle the menace, reports Business Today. Modi also asked the IT industry to work on ide
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Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi red-flagged cyber security as an issue of global concern and exhorted the IT industry on March 1 to find innovate solutions to tackle the menace, reports Business Today. Modi also asked the IT industry to work on ideas like 'Cloud Godowns' and 'Cloud Lockers' to help keep data secure. "The whole world is concerned. Since I have become the Prime Minister, I have met around 50 world and political leaders and out of that, almost 25-30 have said cyber security is a concern. Can Indian youth work on solutions for cyber security?" Modi stated.
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The Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) will stay as Union Home Ministry Affairs (MHA) has rejected an official Committee recommendation for repeal of the Act, reports Daily Excelsior on March 2. A senior MHA official, speaking on condition of an
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The Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) will stay as Union Home Ministry Affairs (MHA) has rejected an official Committee recommendation for repeal of the Act, reports Daily Excelsior on March 2. A senior MHA official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that a recommendation for rejection of B P Jeevan Reddy Committee report has been sent to Cabinet Committee on Security headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Brushing aside all criticism against the Act which is dubbed as “draconian” by several human rights organisations, the MHA said the Act was needed for Army to operate in areas hit by militancy or insurgency. The Reddy Committee was set up in 2004, in the wake of intense agitation in Manipur following killing of a woman, Thangjam Manorama, while in the custody of Assam Rifles and the indefinite fast undertaken by activist Irom Sharmila against AFSPA. The five-member committee, headed by Justice Jeevan Reddy, a former Supreme Court judge, had submitted its report on June 6, 2005. The 147-page report recommends “the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958, should be repealed.”
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March - 2 
On March 2, acting on a tip off, the Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police arrested one person, identified as Chandrasekhar Jaiswal and uncovered a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket, reports dnaindia.com. The STF seized FICN with face valu
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On March 2, acting on a tip off, the Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police arrested one person, identified as Chandrasekhar Jaiswal and uncovered a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket, reports dnaindia.com. The STF seized FICN with face value of over INR 100 million from Jaiswal. “We nabbed Jaiswal from central Kolkata and seized as many as 200 fake notes of Rs 1000 from his personal possession. We carried out raids at two locations – CIT Road at Manicktala and Domjur and seized 450 gunny bags containing scraps of Indian currency notes from his godown at Domjur...From his residence at Manicktala, we seized fake currency notes, industrial equipment, chemicals, stamps and cheques. We also seized 20 4G internet dongles and unused SIM cards purchased from Kolkata,” said Deputy Commissioner, STF, Amit Javalgi. “We are trying to explore all the other angles of this racket – including links to terrorist outfits. We have also contacted other Central investigating agencies to find out if the fake currency was channelised outside the country,” added Javalgi.
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On March 2, four persons were arrested along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) worth INR 28,900 in Rayagada District, reports Business Standard. According to Police, the four were arrested for involvement in an inter-state FICN racket. The four b
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On March 2, four persons were arrested along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) worth INR 28,900 in Rayagada District, reports Business Standard. According to Police, the four were arrested for involvement in an inter-state FICN racket. The four belonged to - Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh - and were making transactions in the District while trading in cattle, cotton and paddy, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Y Jagannath Rao said. On a tip off, Police raided their places and seized FICN besides a colour printer, colour cartridges and mobile phones, Rao added. Rao said a syndicate was suspected to have been involved in the inter-state racket and people from Odisha were suspected to be in the racket.
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One person, identified as Ali Ahmad alias Dr Sameer was arrested near Charbagh bus station in Lucknow on March 3, by the Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh Police along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN), reports Business Standard. Earl
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One person, identified as Ali Ahmad alias Dr Sameer was arrested near Charbagh bus station in Lucknow on March 3, by the Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh Police along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN), reports Business Standard. Earlier, also in April 2010 Ali had been arrested with FICN along with two accomplices. He, however, had managed to escape in 2011 while being taken to court. During interrogation, the accused confessed that he had been running FICN racket for last 10 years. The accused revealed that they used to procure FICN from Kathmandu and Veerganj in Nepal. His racket was spread in different Districts of West Bengal, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar and Gujarat.
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Pakistan and India on March 3 agreed to end the tension on the Line of Control (LoC) and Working Boundary and narrow down the differences in “a spirit of friendship and cooperation”, reports The News. Indian Foreign Secretary Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
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Pakistan and India on March 3 agreed to end the tension on the Line of Control (LoC) and Working Boundary and narrow down the differences in “a spirit of friendship and cooperation”, reports The News. Indian Foreign Secretary Subrahmanyam Jaishankar called on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Adviser to PM on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz and Special Assistant to PM on Foreign Affairs Tariq Fatemi after one-on-one and delegation-level talks with his Pakistani counterpart Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry. This was the first interaction between the two sides after 2012. The Indian foreign secretary handed over a letter from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Nawaz Sharif. Nawaz welcomed the meeting between the two foreign secretaries in Islamabad and hoped that the process would continue. He underlined the importance of enhanced cooperation among the SAARC member states. Pakistan said when both the countries were ready, future meetings could be planned by remaining in contact. Bilateral and regional issues, including those of common concern like Jammu and Kashmir, Sir Creek, Siachen Glacier, water issues, tension at the LoC and Working Boundary and terrorism, found place in the discussions held at the Foreign Office. “Both sides raised concerns and this visit is an ice-breaking development,” commented the spokesperson at the Foreign Office. Jaishankar said that the talks were held in a constructive and positive atmosphere, where he reiterated India’s concerns on cross border terrorism, including on the Mumbai case and emphasised that ensuring peace and tranquility on the border was vital. Meanwhile, Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif said that it was important to establish good neighbourly and cooperative relations between India and Pakistan, reports Daily Times. Nawaz said this was consistent with his vision of a peaceful neighbourhood in South Asia. He expressed confidence that the talks between the foreign secretaries of the two countries would result in charting the way forward in their bilateral relations. The PM said both the countries needed to open a new chapter in their relationship by working towards resolving their outstanding issues through dialogue, said a press release issued by the PM Office.
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The discovery of a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) production unit in Kolkata (West Bengal) has sent alarm bells ringing in the security establishment, The Times of India reports on March 4. Housed in a three-storeyed residential building, at Kankur
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The discovery of a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) production unit in Kolkata (West Bengal) has sent alarm bells ringing in the security establishment, The Times of India reports on March 4. Housed in a three-storeyed residential building, at Kankurgachi area of the city the racket is suspected to have been in operation for nearly five years. Police have sought help from all central agencies, including National Investigation Agency (NIA). The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) have also been alerted. "If they are manufacturing foreign currencies, it is obvious they have ready buyers. Besides, they would need raw material and dices to replicate foreign currencies. It is obvious the gang was operating in close coordination with an international racket. We cannot move forward with the probe unless we get proper assistance from central agencies," a Police officer said.
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The Indian government has created a Cyber-Security Chief position under the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), indiatvnews.com, reports on March 4. An official from the Ministry of Information Technology said that the government appointed Gulshan Rai, Di
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The Indian government has created a Cyber-Security Chief position under the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), indiatvnews.com, reports on March 4. An official from the Ministry of Information Technology said that the government appointed Gulshan Rai, Director General of Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (ICERT) at the department of electronics and information technology, as the Special Secretary for cyber-security. He is also expected to head the National Cyber Coordination Centre (NCCC) that the government is also setting up.
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March - 3 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court on March 3 dismissed the bail petition of Aboobacker Haji alias Masthigooda Aboobacker, the fourth accused in the Taliparamba (Kannur District of Kerala) Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) case, rep
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court on March 3 dismissed the bail petition of Aboobacker Haji alias Masthigooda Aboobacker, the fourth accused in the Taliparamba (Kannur District of Kerala) Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) case, reports Indian Express. Aboobacker Haji is the kingpin behind the Gulf-based counterfeit currency racket which has been operating with the assistance of Pakistan’s intelligence agency, Inter-services Intelligence (ISI) and close aides of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. V.P. Pradeep Kumar, Kamal Ummer alias Kamal Haji, M.P. Ashish and Aboobacker Haji are the other accused in the case.
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March - 4 
As many as 37,721 cyber fraud cases involving INR 4.97 billion have been reported by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the last four years, Telecom and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad informed Lok Sabha (Low
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As many as 37,721 cyber fraud cases involving INR 4.97 billion have been reported by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the last four years, Telecom and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad informed Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian Parliament) on March 4, reports The Times of India. Several cyber attack techniques are used in engineering these crimes and are normally reported as ATM/ debit card, credit card, internet banking frauds, Prasad said in a written reply to the House. "As per information provided by the RBI, 10,048, 8,765, 9,500 and 9,362 cyber fraud cases and losses of Rs 38 crore, Rs 67 crore, Rs 78 crore and Rs 60 crore have been reported to the RBI during 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14 and April-December 2014, respectively," he added. In a separate reply, the minister said: "CBI has also registered 46 cases (14 Preliminary Enquiries) and 32 RCs (Regular Cases) relating to cyber crime in various parts of the country during the last few years that is 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 (till date)." In these cases 34 persons have been arrested, he said. "An amount of Rs 90 crore, Rs 158 crore and Rs 6 crore was involved in these cases registered during the year 2012, 2013 and 2014, respectively," Prasad added. Incidents of malware infections in Indian cyberspace are reported to and tracked by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), which works with internet service providers (ISPs) to identify the infected systems and organizations, he said. "CERT-In, Department of Electronics and IT has initiated action with active participation of service providers and industry to set up a centre for detection of computer systems infected by malware and to notify, enable cleaning and securing systems of end users to prevent further malware infections," he added. Besides, more than 26,000 Police officers and 600 judicial officers have so far been trained in the training labs established by the government, Prasad said.
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Hinjewadi (Pune) Police on March 4 arrested a Bangladeshi national, identified as Jaisemaddin Mostafa for illegally staying in Mangaon in Raigad District with fake documents and was planning to head to Saudi Arabia, reports Pune Mirror. He allegedly
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Hinjewadi (Pune) Police on March 4 arrested a Bangladeshi national, identified as Jaisemaddin Mostafa for illegally staying in Mangaon in Raigad District with fake documents and was planning to head to Saudi Arabia, reports Pune Mirror. He allegedly possesses an Indian passport under the name of Terab Ali Abdul Bari, with a residence address of Assam's Karimganj. Inspector Dhananjay Dhumal of the Pune anti-terrorism cell said they will also be exploring a possible terror angle, since Mostafa had stayed in Pakistan for a long time. Mostafa revealed that, after working in Pakistan, he had returned to Bangladesh and later gone to Saudi Arabia for work. However, he had to return owing to some visa complications. In 2013, he went to Assam, where he procured a fake passport with the help of an agent. Around six months ago, he had managed to get a job in Pune and has been working here ever since, while his visa formalities for the Saudi Arabia trip were being processed.
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March - 4 
Indian security agencies have unearthed a major racket being operated by Pakistan-based organisations to cheat Indians through a network of their local operatives, who would open accounts with various banks in which the gullible victims would be lure
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Indian security agencies have unearthed a major racket being operated by Pakistan-based organisations to cheat Indians through a network of their local operatives, who would open accounts with various banks in which the gullible victims would be lured to deposit substantial amount, Deccan Chronicle reports on March 5. “Investigations so far have revealed that Pakistan-based outfits used at least 1,162 accounts of their associates based in India to defraud gullible victims in the country over the years, though the number could be much higher. These accounts belong to 16 banks in India, including public sector banks,” said a senior intelligence official. Top intelligence sources said operatives based in Pakistan are using an elaborate ‘telephone-bank-hawala structure’ to defraud unsuspecting Indians. The gullible victims are asked to deposit ‘processing charges’ into an indicated bank account in order to claim the cash prize of a big lottery. Indian associates also hire such bank accounts from small depositors for a small monthly rent and earn adequate commission, sources said. State-wise segregation of these bank accounts clearly shows a preference for north Indian states, with Bihar (30 per cent), West Bengal (18 per cent), Uttar Pradesh (13.5 per cent) and Madhya Pradesh (11 per cent) having most number of accounts, they added. Intelligence sources claimed that the investigations are being conducted to ascertain whether this money was also being siphoned to fund terror activities.
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March - 5 
On March 5, a woman was arrested along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) worth INR 22,000 while trying to deposit them in the branch of Bank of Maharashtra in Sambalpur District. She has been identified as Anita Sharma (50) of Hatpada area in Sam
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On March 5, a woman was arrested along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) worth INR 22,000 while trying to deposit them in the branch of Bank of Maharashtra in Sambalpur District. She has been identified as Anita Sharma (50) of Hatpada area in Sambalpur city.
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March - 6 
A Delhi-based estate agent, Dinesh Singh alias Megh Singh who is believed to be a key link with FICN racket was arrested on March 6 by the Central Intelligence Unit (CIU) in Mumbai, reports The Times of India.
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A Delhi-based estate agent, Dinesh Singh alias Megh Singh who is believed to be a key link with FICN racket was arrested on March 6 by the Central Intelligence Unit (CIU) in Mumbai, reports The Times of India.
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March - 6 
A man was arrested along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) worth INR 9,000 at Haridwar road in Dehradun on March 6, reports The Times of India. During interrogation, it was revealed that the accused Gunjan Kumar is a resident of Begusarai in Biha
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A man was arrested along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) worth INR 9,000 at Haridwar road in Dehradun on March 6, reports The Times of India. During interrogation, it was revealed that the accused Gunjan Kumar is a resident of Begusarai in Bihar. "The accused was on his way to supply the amount to a client when he was apprehended," said Police Official, S S Bisht.
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March - 6 
National Investigation Agency (NIA) on March 6 filed the charge sheet in a court in Chennai (Tamil Nadu) in a case of alleged espionage and attempts to carry out sabotage activities in India at the instigation of Pakistan, reports The Times of India.
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National Investigation Agency (NIA) on March 6 filed the charge sheet in a court in Chennai (Tamil Nadu) in a case of alleged espionage and attempts to carry out sabotage activities in India at the instigation of Pakistan, reports The Times of India. It was filed at a NIA court against Thameem Ansari, a suspected operative of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) now on bail and a Sri Lankan national, Arun Selvarajan, besides three others who are their handlers in Pakistan and suspected to be based in Sri Lanka. "The offences against the accused include those under Unlawful Activities [Prevention] Act, IPC and Official Secrets Act," Public Prosecutor for NIA cases, C S S Pillai stated. Raising funds for terrorist act, conspiracy (Sections 17,18 Unlawful Activities Act), sedition, criminal conspiracy (IPC, 121 A, 120 B), penalty for spying (Section 3, Official Secrets Act) are among the major charges.
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March - 6 
The Government has approved the appointment of three new Additional Director General (ADG) rank officers in the Coast Guard (ICG), New Indian Express reports on March 7. According to Ministry of Defence (MoD) officials, creation of new top posts woul
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The Government has approved the appointment of three new Additional Director General (ADG) rank officers in the Coast Guard (ICG), New Indian Express reports on March 7. According to Ministry of Defence (MoD) officials, creation of new top posts would ensure better coordination among the 13 agencies working in the maritime domain along the 7,500-km-long coastline. Apart from the Navy and the Coast Guard other agencies like the Marine Police, the various Port Trusts, maritime boards, Crime Investigation Department (CID), the Ministry of Agriculture, fisheries boards, the Ministry of Shipping, the Ministry of Science, Coastal Security, Customs Department, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) are also active on the country’s maritime domain. And the Defence Ministry had on March 4 promoted ICG Inspector General (IG) S P S Basra as ADG. Basra would be responsible for the operations of vulnerable North and Western coastline of the country. Soon after the appointment of a top ranking officer for the Western coastline, an officer of similar rank would also take over as ADG, East, who would look after the country’s coastline in the Bay of Bengal. Subsequently, another ADG, Coastal Security, would be appointed at the Coast Guard Headquarters here.
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March - 7 
A policy framework is needed to protect common citizens against cyber crimes as it would add to their confidence to use technology in financial transactions, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Executive Director G Padmanabhan said, Economic Times reports o
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A policy framework is needed to protect common citizens against cyber crimes as it would add to their confidence to use technology in financial transactions, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Executive Director G Padmanabhan said, Economic Times reports on March 8. "It is my considered view that India needs a statute protecting a common citizen against cyber fraud or cyber crime...A strong law, which protects a diligent customer from cyber frauds would infuse institutional safeguard to a common person and increase his confidence to use technology in financial transactions," he stated. There is a need to collect data, collate attacks, failures, measures to mitigate security gaps, losses suffered, turnaround time for fixing security gap and analyse them in order to guide the industry participants as well as customers, he said. "This would also over a period of time, reflect the number of attacks, volume and value of loss, cost of correction and offer a wealth of information, apart from sharing the solutions for preventing known attacks," he added.
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March - 8 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is suffering from acute staff shortage of nearly 30 per cent that in turn is telling on its performance, dnaindia.com reports on March 9. The NIA has been given sanctioned strength of 816 but has been able to g
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is suffering from acute staff shortage of nearly 30 per cent that in turn is telling on its performance, dnaindia.com reports on March 9. The NIA has been given sanctioned strength of 816 but has been able to get and depute only 579 personnel, leaving 237 posts vacant. The staff shortage runs maximum in Kolkata and Mumbai branch offices, where only 17 and 57 personnel are working against a sanctioned strength of 81 and 95 personnel respectively. In Guwahati the vacancy is 31 against the sanctioned strength of 87. Sources said there are two mains reasons for not getting officers – dearth of trained professionals, especially in the technical and IT streams; and officers' non-preference for NIA, as it is not considered a 'wet area' i.e. financially beneficial. "The agency has 93 cases under its investigation at present for which even the sanctioned strength barely meets the requirement. In fact, the NIA had proposed creation of 1,322 additional posts but the union home ministry has asked it to fill up the vacant posts first," a senior official said.
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March - 8 
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) approved a proposal to set up X-ray based Full Body Truck Scanning System (FBTSS) at five check posts located on India-Pakistan, India-Nepal and India-Bangladesh borders in order to curb smuggling of narcotic
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The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) approved a proposal to set up X-ray based Full Body Truck Scanning System (FBTSS) at five check posts located on India-Pakistan, India-Nepal and India-Bangladesh borders in order to curb smuggling of narcotics and arms from across the border, New Indian Express reports on March 9. According to UMHA officials, the full-body truck scanners will be installed at Attari-Wagah integrated check posts, Petrapole integrated check post on India-Bangladesh border, Raxaul integrated check post on India-Nepal border, Uri-Salamabad check post and Poonch-Chakkan-da-bagh by September-October 2016.
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March - 9 
A special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court on March 9 granted bail to Imran Ahmed Katib, an accused arrested in connection with the 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case, reports Business Standard. According to Anti-Terror Squad (ATS
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A special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court on March 9 granted bail to Imran Ahmed Katib, an accused arrested in connection with the 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case, reports Business Standard. According to Anti-Terror Squad (ATS), Katib was one of the conspirators and was in contact with Fayyaz Kagzi, an absconding accused in the case. Katib had been arrested from Beed in Maharashtra in 2006.
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March - 9 
The Cyber Crime Investigation Cell of the Thane (Maharashtra) Police detected 10 per cent of all cases registered in 2014, Indian Express reports on March 10. Data obtained from the Thane Police shows that its cyber cell detected 41 of the 85 cases r
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The Cyber Crime Investigation Cell of the Thane (Maharashtra) Police detected 10 per cent of all cases registered in 2014, Indian Express reports on March 10. Data obtained from the Thane Police shows that its cyber cell detected 41 of the 85 cases registered under the Information Technology (IT) Act in 2012, making 55 arrests in the process. The following year, 2013, the cell registered 58 cases, detected 17 and arrested 24 persons. In 2014, however, the detection rate took a nosedive, with 207 cases registered and 23 detected. A total of 27 arrests were made, of which, 18 were aged between 19 and 30 years, the police said. April 2014 was the cyber cell’s best month, with 13 cases registered, six detected and four arrests made. “The accused in many crimes live in countries with which India does not either have friendly ties or an Extradition Treaty. Perpetrators of cyber crimes have also been using sophisticated software to mask their IP addresses. This makes it difficult to find the exact location of the accused,” Inspector Sanju John stated.
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March - 10 
A Delhi court on March 10 dropped a 1994 case under Terrorist and Disruptive Activities [Prevention] Act (TADA) against top Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) bomb expert Abdul Karim Tunda, reports NDTV. Tunda is one of the 20 terrorists India had asked Pakistan
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A Delhi court on March 10 dropped a 1994 case under Terrorist and Disruptive Activities [Prevention] Act (TADA) against top Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) bomb expert Abdul Karim Tunda, reports NDTV. Tunda is one of the 20 terrorists India had asked Pakistan to hand over after the 2008 Mumbai (26/11) attack. Additional Sessions Judge Neena Bansal Krishna discharged Tunda of the alleged offences under the provisions of TADA, Explosive Substance Act, the Arms Act and under section 120(B) (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). However, Tunda will have to remain in jail as several other cases are pending against him. The Police, in its supplementary chargesheet against Tunda, had said that he was declared a proclaimed offender by the court earlier and he was involved in various terror cases in India.
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March - 10 
Allahabad Police claimed to have busted a major cyber crime racket with the arrest of two brothers, identified as Anshuman Singh and Ajatshatru Singh and recovered valuables worth lakhs of rupees and documents relating to fraudulent online transactio
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Allahabad Police claimed to have busted a major cyber crime racket with the arrest of two brothers, identified as Anshuman Singh and Ajatshatru Singh and recovered valuables worth lakhs of rupees and documents relating to fraudulent online transactions on March 10, reports Business Standard. The accused were arrested from Peepal Gaon in Dhoomanganj Police station area in Allahabad this afternoon (March 10) and recovered gold coins weighing 34 gram, a gold necklace, laptop, motorcycle, two mobile phones and several documents related to online transactions, Senior Superintendent of Police Allahabad Deepak Kumar said. The duo, both in their early 20s and natives of Ghazipur District, were nabbed by a special team set up to look into fraudulent online transactions, he said. They allegedly used to stealthily obtain debit card numbers and passwords of gullible users and make purchases, worth lakhs of rupees, with the help of fake accounts on e-commerce sites, he added.
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March - 10 
Indian Mujahideen (IM) co-founder Yasin Bhatkal and his aide Asadullah Akhtar were on March 10 refused bail in connection with a September 13, 2008, Delhi serial blasts case by a court which allowed the plea of Police seeking 15 days time to complet
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Indian Mujahideen (IM) co-founder Yasin Bhatkal and his aide Asadullah Akhtar were on March 10 refused bail in connection with a September 13, 2008, Delhi serial blasts case by a court which allowed the plea of Police seeking 15 days time to complete its probe against them, reported DNAIndia on March 10. 13 suspected members of IM are facing trial in the case of September 13, 2008, Delhi serial blasts that had claimed 26 lives and left 135 people injured.
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March - 10 
Pakistan should hand over November 2008 Mumbai (26/11) terror attacks machinator Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi to India or allow the International Criminal Court at The Hague to probe him, one of Washington's most influential politicians on foreign relations
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Pakistan should hand over November 2008 Mumbai (26/11) terror attacks machinator Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi to India or allow the International Criminal Court at The Hague to probe him, one of Washington's most influential politicians on foreign relations said on March 10, reports The Telegraph. According to the report, the comments by Ed Royce, chairman of the United States (US) House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, are the clearest yet by a senior American Congressman echoing India's demand for Pakistan to allow New Delhi a chance to try Lakhvi. Royce said "We know the voice on the documentary belongs to the same person (Lakhvi) who is hosting guests every day in Pakistan, and that is unacceptable." "Pakistan should hand him over to India, or if can't do that, at least for him to be tried at the International Criminal Court", he said. Royce was referring to voice recordings from intercepts of telephone conversations between the Mumbai terrorists and handlers in Karachi including Lakhvi, which India has shared with the US, other key world nations and Pakistan. The foreign affairs committee chairman is leading a 12-member bipartisan group of Congressmen to India, including Indian-American Ami Bera, a Democrat from California. The group met Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi this afternoon (March 10).
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March - 10 
The charge sheet in the October 2, 2014 Burdwan blast case, to be submitted by the National Investigating Agency (NIA) to the court on March 31, allegedly claims that the Burdwan module of the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) was trying to bring
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The charge sheet in the October 2, 2014 Burdwan blast case, to be submitted by the National Investigating Agency (NIA) to the court on March 31, allegedly claims that the Burdwan module of the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) was trying to bring ‘Sharia law’ in some Districts on the Indo-Bangladesh border - a glaring instance of ‘re-emergence of JMB’ in India, reports The Indian Express on March 11. Sources in the NIA said the charge sheet, which will be submitted within six months of the blast, will give details about the JMB module working in Burdwan, West Bengal. The NIA, while describing JMB’s Burdwan module, has reportedly claimed in its charge sheet that the explosives were scheduled to reach the bordering areas in Assam. Sources said the agency has no evidence to prove that the explosives were smuggled to Bangladesh. All the 17 arrested in the Burdwan blast case have been charged under Unlawful Activities [Prevention] Act (UAPA). Those arrested, including a Bangladeshi and two “hardcore women Jihadis”, have been accused of carrying out “terrorist activities” and “making and dealing with explosives and arms”, the charge sheet reportedly stated. Besides those arrested, the NIA is currently looking for 10 people. They include Boma Mizan alias Kausar alias Zahidul Islam Shobhan - accused in over two dozen cases in Bangladesh. One of the most wanted criminals in Bangladesh, he had fled from the custody of Bangladeshi Police. Meanwhile, the charge-sheet also focused on Khariji madrasas in the bordering Districts. The NIA reportedly has mentioned two madrassas, Simulia in Burdwan and Mukimnagar in Murshidabad as “terror training” centres.
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March - 10 
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on March 10 stressed the need for the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) to develop core competence in specific areas to tackle the threat of terrorism to strategic installations across the country, reports The
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Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on March 10 stressed the need for the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) to develop core competence in specific areas to tackle the threat of terrorism to strategic installations across the country, reports The Times of India. The CISF provides security to a range of entities like Delhi Metro, airports and other establishments. Speaking at the 46th CISF Foundation Day on the compounds of the 5th Reserve Battalion in Indirapuram, Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh the Home Minister also said the force needed to conduct quarterly special security audits at important installations to analyze security shortcomings and steps needed to bolster it. Rajnath Singh said "Along with human lives, India's strategic installations are also targets of terrorist organizations. CISF needs to develop core competence to protect these installations from terrorist attacks. I believe CISF has both the strength and efficiency to handle this. In future, it will be a challenge for the force to provide foolproof security to these installations, because any minor error could lead to a huge loss for the country." "The force is now operating in Naxal-affected areas, as well as terrorist-afflicted spots of the country. It is now necessary that CISF conducts special security audits in important installations every four months, if not in three, to analyze its shortcomings. A decision on the system of audits should be taken by senior ranks in the force," Singh said. The Home Minister praised CISF for developing expertise in imparting anti-terror consultancy to government and non-government entities. "If CISF can properly market its anti-terror consultancy, there will be demand for it from several parts of the globe," he added.
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March - 11 
According to a two year investigation report by US-based IT security firm, FireEye a Pakistani cyber firm, based at Islamabad, identified as Tranchulas has been found stealing information from Indian government and defence establishments, indiatvnews
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According to a two year investigation report by US-based IT security firm, FireEye a Pakistani cyber firm, based at Islamabad, identified as Tranchulas has been found stealing information from Indian government and defence establishments, indiatvnews.com reports on March 11. The US security firm said, the findings revealing that India remains a vulnerable target for cyber attacks even after documents leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden exposed widespread spying by US National Security Agency. According to FireEye, Tranchulas, which claims to have helped prepare Pakistani government for cyber warfare, bombarded officials in Indian government with emails containing malicious software. The firm used 'Sarabjit Singh', 'Devyani Khoragade', 'Salary hikes for government employees' in the subject line of the emails to lure officials into opening attachments containing the malware, which would then infect the computers and collect an assortment of data that it would send to the cyber attacker. A senior Indian intelligence official also confirmed Indian establishments were targets of cyber spying, but said the attackers could not be traced. "We have seen many such attacks targeting Indian government and defence establishments, but in cyber space it is very hard to ascertain the actual source." Manish Gupta, Senior Vice President at FireEye, stated, "They are essentially penetrating Indian government accounts to find out what the Indian government is up to”. He added, "They are also targeting defence organisations. Some of the things that could be important to them could be what kind of weapons does India have, where are these weapons deployed, how many people are deployed in these regions, what is the s organization structure, are there any military exercises planned."
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March - 11 
On March 11, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at Seychelles launched the Coastal Surveillance Radar Project, describing it as another symbol of the cooperation between the two countries, reports The Times of India. "Our security partnership is st
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On March 11, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at Seychelles launched the Coastal Surveillance Radar Project, describing it as another symbol of the cooperation between the two countries, reports The Times of India. "Our security partnership is strong. It has enabled us to fulfill our shared responsibility to advance maritime security in the region," Modi said, calling the country as a trusted friend and strategic partner. "It is a privilege to be a partner of Seychelles in the development of its security capabilities," Modi said, adding these steps will enable Seychelles to secure these beautiful islands and the vast expanse of waters around them. "Seychelles will also continue to make an enormous contribution to the safety and security of the Indian Ocean Region," he said.
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March - 11 
The intelligence and security agencies have intensified vigilance in the banks located along the Indo-Nepal border after a huge cache of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) was recovered from two persons, who were trying to deposit the amount in Indian
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The intelligence and security agencies have intensified vigilance in the banks located along the Indo-Nepal border after a huge cache of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) was recovered from two persons, who were trying to deposit the amount in Indian banks, India Today reports on March 12. Following the Centre's guidelines, the Uttar Pradesh government has formed a state committee under the director general of police and district committees under the district magistrates to curb the menace. "It is tough to keep a watch on small transactions. But we have asked the banks to update us on a day-to-day basis about any bulk transaction in their branches near the border areas. We have also given strict instructions to the district committees to keep the name of any informer a secret. The intelligence agencies have been asked to interrogate any person carrying one or two counterfeit notes but not to harass them as they may be victims. It is no secret that actual culprits form their own networks and prefer bulk transactions", said an officer. The Police have been asked to immediately probe such cases after registering an FIR. "We have succeeded in apprehending major players and checked such transactions to a large extent", Sujeet Pandey, Inspector General (IG) of Special Task Force, added.
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March - 12 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is yet to come across any evidence to suggest that any cadre or leader of Trinamool Congress (TMC) was involved in the October 2, 2014 Bardhamna (West Bengal) blast case, Hindustan Times reports on March 13. "
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is yet to come across any evidence to suggest that any cadre or leader of Trinamool Congress (TMC) was involved in the October 2, 2014 Bardhamna (West Bengal) blast case, Hindustan Times reports on March 13. "The NIA has completed first leg of its probe into the case and sought sanction of the Union Home Ministry to charge sheet 23 alleged suspects of terror outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). So far, no involvement of any TMC cadre or leader has come to light,” said an unnamed Government Official.
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March - 12 
The head of al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), Asim Umar, spent several years working at an Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)-linked facility run by the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM), which trained Kashmir jihadists, suicide-bombers targeting w
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The head of al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), Asim Umar, spent several years working at an Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)-linked facility run by the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM), which trained Kashmir jihadists, suicide-bombers targeting western forces in Afghanistan, and western jihadists, Indian Express reports on March 13. Indian-born cleric Asim Umar, served at the HuM’s Batrasi camp in Mansehra District in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), one of three similar facilities run by the organisation, the sources said. It is also reported that Fazl-ur-Rahman Khalil, the founder of HuM, had carried out secret talks with al-Qaeda on behalf of the ISI. Files now being reopened by investigators contain suggestions Umar may have been involved in setting up jihad cells that the ISI sought to build across India from the late-1990s. In a statement to the Assam Assembly in April 2000, then Chief Minister Prafulla K Mahanta named 17 men arrested on charges of running an HuM cell in the state, including residents of Pakistan, Assam and J&K. The cell’s leader was Uttar Pradesh (UP)-trained cleric Salim Ahmad, and five of the men, Mahanta’s statement records, received training in handling explosives and assault weapons at the Batrasi camp. The men, investigators now believe, also received religious and ideological training from Umar, even though he was not identified to them then as an Indian national.
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March - 12 
The Intelligence Bureau (IB) alerted the government about fraudulent lottery schemes run across India by an organised syndicate of Dawood Ibrahim based at Karachi in Pakistan, which employs Indian agents to suck out huge amounts of money from the gul
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The Intelligence Bureau (IB) alerted the government about fraudulent lottery schemes run across India by an organised syndicate of Dawood Ibrahim based at Karachi in Pakistan, which employs Indian agents to suck out huge amounts of money from the gullible, Mail Today reports on March 13. The D-Company plays a key role in hawala (illegal money transaction), which are also used by Pakistan to fund its terror activities. While trying to bring back black money stashed abroad, the IB, with inputs from the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), has sent the scam report to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA). "There is a need for Enforcement Directorate [ED] to enforce the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in these matters. Financial Intelligence Unit should generate red-flag indicators for banks to identify and freeze such accounts instantly," the report states, adding: "The problem is increasing in intensity...." As per the cases investigated by ED, INR 4,193.39 crore is the estimated size of the scam so far. That figure can only go north. The IB report explains the racket's modus operandi and how it is heavily dependent on Indian agents. The report states that while 1,175 Pakistani phone numbers are under scanner, 305 Indian phone numbers are in constant touch with these numbers. The Pakistan-based racketeers get their contacts to call up Indian numbers randomly and convince the call receiver that s/he has won a lottery. The agents then ask the 'winner' to deposit in a specified Indian bank account "collection and processing charges" - from INR 50, 000 to over INR 1,00,000 depending upon the "winning amount" - to claim the windfall. For this, the Indian agents 'hire' bank accounts and ATM cards from different individuals by paying them some amount in return. Once the money is deposited, the agents quickly withdraw the amount and send it through hawala to Pakistan via Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Intelligence agencies have also pinned down 1,162 bank accounts in various Indian banks that have been used by the network operators. Sources say the nexus is well organised, and the callers generally succeed in convincing gullible people to pay up the processing fee. The 'hired' banks accounts used in the racket are from across India, including Bihar, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Delhi, Gujarat, Odisha, Maharashtra, Punjab and Andhra Pradesh. With 852 of its banks accounts used to trap the innocent 'winners', State Bank of India is the bank of choice for these fraudsters. Other nationalised banks - like Punjab National Bank, Central Bank, Canara Bank and Union Bank of India - and private bank accounts have also been used in the operation.
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March - 12 
Three persons including a Bangladeshi woman and a couple were arrested at Puducherry on March 13, in connection with a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket, reports Business Standard. Police said that a bus conductor from Keezh Sathamangalam villa
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Three persons including a Bangladeshi woman and a couple were arrested at Puducherry on March 13, in connection with a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket, reports Business Standard. Police said that a bus conductor from Keezh Sathamangalam village had deposited INR 40,000 in the account of a person in Bangalore (Karnataka) at an Axis Bank branch in Puducherry on March 12. While counting the cash, the cashier detected FICN in the denomination of INR 1,000 and INR 500 for a sum of INR 21,000 out of the money sought to be deposited. The bank filed a complaint with Police, who took the man into custody. Police said the man revealed during questioning that a 29-year-old woman from Bangladesh residing in his house in the village had given him the money and asked him to deposit in the account. Based on this, the trio was arrested and cases registered against them under Indian Penal Code (IPC) Sections 489(A) (counterfeiting currency notes or bank notes) and 489 (C) (possession of forged or counterfeit currency notes or bank notes).
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March - 13 
A court in Kolkata (West Bengal) on March 13 extended till March 27, 2015 the judicial custody of all 17 accused including Mufazzal Haque alias Laden in the October 2, 2014 Bardhaman blast case, reports webindia123.com. All the 17 accused were presen
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A court in Kolkata (West Bengal) on March 13 extended till March 27, 2015 the judicial custody of all 17 accused including Mufazzal Haque alias Laden in the October 2, 2014 Bardhaman blast case, reports webindia123.com. All the 17 accused were presented before the court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Biswarup Seth on the expiry of their respective juridical custody. On the plea by the prosecution, the court remanded them to further judicial custody for 14 days till March 27.
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March - 13 
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on March 13 proposed setting up of a Central Command Centre in Bangalore to deal with acts of terror. It is expected to not only help in quick dissemination of information but also facilitate concerted action, re
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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on March 13 proposed setting up of a Central Command Centre in Bangalore to deal with acts of terror. It is expected to not only help in quick dissemination of information but also facilitate concerted action, reports New Indian Express. “It will be very helpful to have a command centre. While we have to wait and see what the command centre does and how the intelligence gathering will be done, the fact that the Government has recognised terror-related activities as a concern is in itself a big and positive step. With recognition will come action,” a senior Police Officer stated.
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March - 14 
It may be even more difficult to identify a genuine INR 500 note from a fake one as the currency being smuggled into India by inimical agencies is now a closer imitation of the original, Delhi Police have cautioned, The Times of India reports on Marc
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It may be even more difficult to identify a genuine INR 500 note from a fake one as the currency being smuggled into India by inimical agencies is now a closer imitation of the original, Delhi Police have cautioned, The Times of India reports on March 15. Officers of the Delhi Police Special Cell point to the role of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency in pushing through notes which have a greater resemblance to India's high denomination INR 500 and INR 1,000 notes. The officers said that they have been noticing for the past few months that differences between genuine and Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) were reducing and that around five such differences have actually disappeared. "The paper being used to make the fake notes is now more similar. The stiffness is almost the same. The security thread (in the right half) on fake notes also resembles that on the genuine currency. The watermark (the portrait of Mahatma Gandhi in light and shade) has also been nearly matched," an officer, stated. "The ISI has developed high quality FICN and is pumping these into India with the help of several syndicates. These notes are similar to the genuine ones and it is not easy for the common man to detect them, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Sanjeev Yadav said. Intelligence agencies are worried that despite some traditional routes of FICN smuggling being neutralized, the flow of counterfeit currency has not slowed.
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March - 14 
On March 14, two people were arrested and a huge cache of crude bombs and some firearms seized in Bardhaman District, reports indileak.com. During a combing operation Police made the seizures from a hideout in Belsore village. “We have seized around
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On March 14, two people were arrested and a huge cache of crude bombs and some firearms seized in Bardhaman District, reports indileak.com. During a combing operation Police made the seizures from a hideout in Belsore village. “We have seized around 200 crude bombs and a few country-made guns. Two people have been arrested,” a Police Officer said. The Police are examining if the incident has any links to the October 2, 2014 Bardhaman blast incident.
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March - 14 
Troops of the Border Security Force's (BSF) 20 Battalion on March 14 apprehended a smuggler, identified as Saddam Hussain (20), from the Daulatpur Border Outpost (BOP) area in Malda District along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) of INR 1,000,0
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Troops of the Border Security Force's (BSF) 20 Battalion on March 14 apprehended a smuggler, identified as Saddam Hussain (20), from the Daulatpur Border Outpost (BOP) area in Malda District along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) of INR 1,000,000, reports The Times of India. The smuggler and the FICN have been handed over to the Police. So far, BSF's South Bengal Frontier seized FICN of face value of more than INR 36,81,500 and apprehended five smugglers in the year 2015.
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March - 15 
Two persons, identified as Tosifkul Shekharchand Sheikh and Rajibul Alloudin Shaikh were arrested from Sayajigunj locality in Vadodara on March 15 for allegedly circulating Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) with the face value of INR 278,000, reports
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Two persons, identified as Tosifkul Shekharchand Sheikh and Rajibul Alloudin Shaikh were arrested from Sayajigunj locality in Vadodara on March 15 for allegedly circulating Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) with the face value of INR 278,000, reports Business Standard. Both of them hail from Malda District of West Bengal, were found in possession of fake currency in denominations of INR 1,000 and INR 500, said H B Vora, Police Inspector (Special Operation Group). Police also recovered genuine currency worth INR 82,000 and mobile phones from the duo. They have confessed to having collected INR 82,000 by circulating FICN in Vadodara. It was revealed that the duo used to target shops in crowded areas where shopkeepers do not have time to verify the notes provided to them.
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March - 16 
In a joint operation by National Investigation Agency (NIA), Assam Police and Indian Army, a most wanted militant leader of the IK Songbijit faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-IKS) Roshish Basumatary, alias Jama was arrested f
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In a joint operation by National Investigation Agency (NIA), Assam Police and Indian Army, a most wanted militant leader of the IK Songbijit faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-IKS) Roshish Basumatary, alias Jama was arrested from New Alipurduar in Alipurdar District in West Bengal on March 16, reports The Times of India. He was involved in the massacre of Adivasis on December 23, 2014. A source stated that "The operation was conducted with the help of West Bengal Police. The militant was apprehended from the densely-forested Jaldapara National Park in West Bengal," Roshish Basumatary belongs to the outfit's 35th batch of Myanmar-trained cadres. The leading citizens of Barak Valley convened a mass convention at Chuto Lal Seth Institute in Silchar District on March 15 to chalk out strategies to fight against the complexities that arise out from the process of National Register of Citizens (NRC), reports The Sentinel
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March - 16 
On March 16, a woman identified as Reshma Rajesh Bharat who allegedly circulated Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) was arrested in Thane, reports Business Standard. Senior Police Inspector S R Shivarkar of the Dombivili Police Station said that she ha
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On March 16, a woman identified as Reshma Rajesh Bharat who allegedly circulated Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) was arrested in Thane, reports Business Standard. Senior Police Inspector S R Shivarkar of the Dombivili Police Station said that she had been charged under Section 489(B) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Police is probing if any more people are involved in the racket.
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March - 16 
On March 16, asserting that terror groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) cannot remain active in Afghanistan without "systematic state support" from "beyond" its borders, India has asked the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to act against this secu
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On March 16, asserting that terror groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) cannot remain active in Afghanistan without "systematic state support" from "beyond" its borders, India has asked the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to act against this security threat with a sense of urgency, reports NDTV. India told the UNSC that the main source of instability in Afghanistan is terrorism and not ethnic rivalries. Expressing concern over the security situation inside Afghanistan, India has cited UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's latest report which said the number of security incidents in Afghanistan was the second highest in 2014 after 2011 when al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was neutralised. The Secretary General's report "substantiates our view that it is terrorism, and not tribal differences or ethnic rivalries, which is the main source of insecurity and instability in Afghanistan," India's Ambassador to the UN Asoke Mukerji said at the Security Council debate on United Nations Assistance Mission for Afghanistan (UNAMA) on March 16. He said that the terrorist groups, including the LeT, are active despite efforts of the valiant personnel of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and the international coalition forces. "It is obvious that their activity cannot be sustained without systematic state support from beyond Afghanistan's borders," Mr Mukerji said adding that reports indicate these groups are mutating into more virulent forms, in a region already impacted by terrorism. "The Council must act against this threat with a sense of urgency," Mr Mukerji said. He said it is a critical decade of transformation for Afghanistan and reiterated India's commitment to "stay the course" in the war-ravaged country. "India is proud to call itself Afghanistan's first strategic partner. We share the Afghan people's vision of a strong, independent, united and prosperous state...India stands ready to do all that is possible within our capacities and our means, to work with the Afghan Government and its people, to realise this great vision," he added. Mr Mukerji stressed that completion of the task of government formation in Kabul as rapidly as possible is a priority to ensure that all ministries start functioning normally. He also expressed hope that the important political tasks of electoral reforms and organisation of a Constitutional Loya Jirga would be completed soon. UNSC extended UNAMA’s mandate till March 17, 2016. Unanimously adopting the resolution, the Council underscored the importance of sustainable democratic development in that country with all national institutions acting within their defined competence. Condemning all attacks targeting civilians, Afghan and international forces, the Council expressed strong concern over the recruitment and use of civilians by the Taliban and other violent and extremist groups.
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March - 17 
Minister of State for Home Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary said in Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Indian Parliament) that intelligence and security agencies have foiled the plans of some youths to travel to Syria and Iraq, and they are under counseling a
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Minister of State for Home Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary said in Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Indian Parliament) that intelligence and security agencies have foiled the plans of some youths to travel to Syria and Iraq, and they are under counseling and being monitored at present, jagran.com reports on March 18. "A certain number of ISIS sympathisers is also under surveillance by security agencies," he said. Replying to a question, Chaudhary said interrogation of arrested terrorists by the security agencies has revealed that Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan is aiding terror activities in India by providing shelter, training, patronage and financial assistance to terrorists or terror outfits. “The interrogation of arrested terrorists by security agencies has revealed that ISI is aiding terror activities in India by providing shelter, training, patronage and financial assistance to terrorists/terror outfits. There are no intelligence reports to indicate that outfits like IS of Baghdadi have become active in the country in connivance with ISI,” he said in a written reply in Rajya Sabha, adds Deccan Herald.
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March - 17 
On March 17, the Additional District Court of Palakkad sentenced two Al Ummah cadres, Pandamkodu Myhammed Sherif and Malappuram Valanchery Karthala Said Habeeb Koya to double life term for murdering Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kollangode Mani
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On March 17, the Additional District Court of Palakkad sentenced two Al Ummah cadres, Pandamkodu Myhammed Sherif and Malappuram Valanchery Karthala Said Habeeb Koya to double life term for murdering Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kollangode Mani on September 13, 1996, reports manoramaonline.com. The convicts also have to pay INR 215,000 as fine. The court recently pronounced that four Al Ummah cadres from Palakkad and Malappuram Districts guilty in the murder of Muthalamada Mani. The other two Saidali Bava and Abdul Khader did not appear before the court then. The court has issued an arrest warrant against them. The charges against the four include murder, conspiracy and inciting communal hatred.
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March - 18 
Chhattisgarh Police said on March 18 that Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) had hatched a plot to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his campaign trail in Chhattisgarh in last Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian Parliament) elections, re
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Chhattisgarh Police said on March 18 that Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) had hatched a plot to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his campaign trail in Chhattisgarh in last Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian Parliament) elections, reports Asian Age. “SIMI’s key leader Umer Siddique along with his associate Hyder Ali had hatched the conspiracy at the coaching centre run by the former in Raipur to attack Mr Modi during his poll campaign at Ambikapur in Sarguja district in November last year. The SIMI operatives had conducted reconnaissance of the site where Mr Modi was scheduled to address the election rally,” Raipur range Inspector General of Police (IGP) G.P.Singh stated. According to Mr Singh, Umer had visited Pakistan to get training on terrorist activities. He used to train gullible Muslim youth at several places in Chhattisgarh by brainwashing them. “Umer was also recruiting cadres for Al Qaeda,” Mr Singh added. According to Mr Singh, Umer was planning to send the Muslim youth to Afghanistan to fight for al Qaeda after training them in militancy.
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March - 18 
Maharasthra Police produced seven persons accused of waging war against India for a court hearing in Mangaluru on March 18, reports The Times of India. The accused produced were Sayyed Mohammed Noushad, Ahmed Bava Aboobakkar, Mahammed Ali, Javed Ali,
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Maharasthra Police produced seven persons accused of waging war against India for a court hearing in Mangaluru on March 18, reports The Times of India. The accused produced were Sayyed Mohammed Noushad, Ahmed Bava Aboobakkar, Mahammed Ali, Javed Ali, Mohammad Rafiq, Fakeer Ahammed and Shabir Bhatkal. They were among 13 persons arrested from various places along the coast in October 2008. According to the charge sheet filed before the jurisdictional court, the accused during a period from 2004 to 2008 with an intention to create acts of terror across India and create animosity among people of various religions and communities came together as part of a conspiracy and planned to carry out bomb blasts in the country. The accused help secret meetings, mobilised funds to carry out the terror drive and even gathered arms and ammunition for the purpose. The charge sheet said the acts of terror were also planned to undermine the sovereignty of the nation and to that effect, the accused went about systematically procuring devises such as timers, circuits to carry out their plans. New Indian Express adds that Ahmed Bava and Mohammed Noushad were arrested by the Mangaluru Police on charges of giving shelter to Yasin Bhatkal and Riyaz Bhatkal, Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives on August 3, 2008. However, as Ahmed Bava and Mohammed Noushad are the key accused in giving shelter to the terrorists, Mumbai Police had sought their custody.
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March - 18 
The Anti-Terrorist Cell (ATC) of the Crime Branch of Pune city Police arrested two persons, one of them a minor boy, for possession of fake Indian currency notes (FICN) on March 18, reports The Indian Express. Police have recovered 398 Fake Indian Cu
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The Anti-Terrorist Cell (ATC) of the Crime Branch of Pune city Police arrested two persons, one of them a minor boy, for possession of fake Indian currency notes (FICN) on March 18, reports The Indian Express. Police have recovered 398 Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) of INR 500 denomination from the suspects. Acting on a tip-off to Inspector Dhananjay Dhumal of ATC, a Police team laid a trap and arrested the suspects under the Shivaji Maharaj bridge near Pune Municipal Corporation. One of the suspects was identified as Faizuddin Ali alias Lalu Taufsar Ali (22), a native of Malda District in West Bengal. Police also detained his aide who is a teenager boy. Faizuddin was arrested under appropriate sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). His minor accomplice was detained and then shifted to remand home as per the court’s order. The offence in this case has been registered at the Shivajinagar Police Station.
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March - 18 
The special court on March 18, allowed the National Investigation Agency (NIA’s) appeal for extension and granted the agency the additional time to file a charge sheet in the case against Kalyan youth Areeb Majeed, accused of joining Islamic State (I
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The special court on March 18, allowed the National Investigation Agency (NIA’s) appeal for extension and granted the agency the additional time to file a charge sheet in the case against Kalyan youth Areeb Majeed, accused of joining Islamic State (IS), reports Indian Express. The agency had on February 26, 2015 sought the extension to file the charg esheet, which was originally to have been filed on March 20. With this extension, the agency has acquired a total of 180 days’ time to file the chargesheet, since Areeb’s arrest on November 28, 2014, when he was flown from Istanbul (Turkey) under NIA escort back to India. Areeb was booked under Sections 16, 18 and 20 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) for conspiring to commit a terrorist act and being a member of a banned foreign terror outfit. Areeb was also booked under Section 125 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) for waging war against the nation.
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March - 18 
Two men, identified as Satender Kumar alias Tinu and Pritam Kumar who had allegedly shot dead the leader of Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL), O Juge Singh alias Wangba Khuman, in New Delhi in 2008 were arrested from Dwarka in New Delhi on March 18, rep
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Two men, identified as Satender Kumar alias Tinu and Pritam Kumar who had allegedly shot dead the leader of Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL), O Juge Singh alias Wangba Khuman, in New Delhi in 2008 were arrested from Dwarka in New Delhi on March 18, reports The Sangai Express. During interrogation, Satender Kumar told that he was a transporter involved in illegal trade of sandalwood/red sandalwood and teakwood and in 2007 his truck was captured by members of KYKL in Manipur and its leader O Juge Singh had extorted INR 800,000 from him to secure the release of his truck and since then he had a grudge against Juge Singh.
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March - 19 
On March 19, three persons, identified as Khider Mohammed, Sundara Raj and Balasubramaniam were arrested by Police at Sukrawarpetta in Town Hall in Coimbatore along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN), worth INR 14,000, reports New Indian Express.
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On March 19, three persons, identified as Khider Mohammed, Sundara Raj and Balasubramaniam were arrested by Police at Sukrawarpetta in Town Hall in Coimbatore along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN), worth INR 14,000, reports New Indian Express. All three men were booked under sections 489B (using as genuine, forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes), 489C (possession of forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes) among others of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
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March - 19 
On March 6, an Indian jihadi, identified as Sultan Abdul Kadir Armar (39), was killed while fighting for the Islamic State (IS), reports Indian Express. Armar hailed from Bhatkal town in Karnataka, intelligence sources have told The Indian Express. I
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On March 6, an Indian jihadi, identified as Sultan Abdul Kadir Armar (39), was killed while fighting for the Islamic State (IS), reports Indian Express. Armar hailed from Bhatkal town in Karnataka, intelligence sources have told The Indian Express. In a statement released online on March 19, Indian jihadist group Ansar al-Tauhid fi’Bilad al-Hind said Armar was killed during fighting at Kobane, on the Syria-Turkey border, on March 6. “His intense urge to establish Islam and the pathetic condition of the Muslim ummah (nation) forced him to leave behind his loved ones, seeking Allah’s pleasure and eternal paradise,” says the statement. Reportedly, in the year 2004, Armar and his brother Shafi Armar joined the Indian Mujahideen (IM). Following the arrest of IM 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) had secured warrants for Armar’s arrest.
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March - 19 
The Bombay high court on March 19 upheld a judgment of the Pune sessions court that convicted three persons from West Bengal for possession of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) worth INR 25,000, reports The Times of India. Manirul Maulavi Mustafa, Ans
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The Bombay high court on March 19 upheld a judgment of the Pune sessions court that convicted three persons from West Bengal for possession of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) worth INR 25,000, reports The Times of India. Manirul Maulavi Mustafa, Ansar Bashir Husein and Kamaluddin Arsad Ali were arrested by the Samarth Police from Shiralsheth chowk in Rasta Peth in Pune, Maharashtra on July 31, 2011. They had moved a criminal appeal against their conviction and sentences of six years' rigorous imprisonment.
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March - 19 
Union Home Minister (UHM) Rajnath Singh on March 19 reiterated his faith in the patriotism of Indian Muslims and asserted that influence of Islamic State (IS) was negligible on Indian youth, reports The Times of India. He, however, cautioned the glob
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Union Home Minister (UHM) Rajnath Singh on March 19 reiterated his faith in the patriotism of Indian Muslims and asserted that influence of Islamic State (IS) was negligible on Indian youth, reports The Times of India. He, however, cautioned the global community on the appeal of IS among the young and educated and found the threat of do-it-yourself lone wolves real. Singh said, "Influence of Islamic State on the Indian youth is negligible as just a handful of Indian youth have joined the ISIS and some have also returned after being persuaded by their families. The failure of ISIS to attract Indian Muslims is due to the complete integration of Indian Muslims into the national mainstream. Indian Muslims are patriots and are not swayed by fundamentalist ideologies. India as a country is proud of all its diversity." Singh, however, cautioned the audience about the influence of internet in spreading the ideology and said that "the appeal of ISIS to the young, educated people, in spite of its medieval ideology, is a cause for concern to the global community. ISIS are adept at using the latest technologies to propagate their beliefs and deeds. They extensively use modern technology to reach out to wider audience with susceptible minds." "The menace of terrorism is greatly amplified in today's digital world. Today a 'lone wolf' or a 'DIY (Do It Yourself) Terrorist' can go online and learn how to carry out an attack without ever leaving home. We have recently constituted an expert committee to look into all possible avenues of cybercrime and its linkages with the terrorist world," Singh added.
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March - 21 
As many as four Indians are learnt to have died fighting battles in Iraq and Syria alongside Islamic State (IS)ever since it captured power in parts of the region, The Times of India reports on March 22. These are part of around 10 Indians whose conn
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As many as four Indians are learnt to have died fighting battles in Iraq and Syria alongside Islamic State (IS)ever since it captured power in parts of the region, The Times of India reports on March 22. These are part of around 10 Indians whose connection with IS has been confirmed by the intelligence agencies. As many as 20 more of Indian origin but hailing from United States (US), United Kingdom (UK) and Europe are learnt to be engaged in propaganda activity for the outfit. Interestingly, however, only one of the four deceased had gone to the battle zone from India. Rest all are of Indian origin but were holed up in various countries for several years. The only direct export from India to have died in Syria is Shaheem Tanki. The other three include Karnataka's Bhatkal-born Sultan Armar from Pakistan, one youth from Saudi Arabia and another from a South East Asian country. Apart from these, there has been only one more fidayeen (suicide attacker) from India, Anwer Hussain, who died in 2014 in Afghanistan. However, all these deaths are yet to be confirmed by the intelligence agencies independently. Deaths of both Tanki and Armar were confirmed by the agencies through calls that were made to their respective families from Syria informing them of their ward's death. It must be noted that a similar call had been received in case of another IS recruit from Kalyan, Areeb Majid, who later returned to India and was arrested by National Investigation Agency (NIA). Sources said intelligence agencies have also confirmed that there are at least two former Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives who joined IS recently. "While one, Armar, is learnt to be dead now, another is still there. They had both been holed up in Pakistan since 2008. Anwer, who died in Afghanistan last year, also belonged to IM," said a security establishment officer. One Indian youth is also learnt to have joined the outfit from Singapore. The officer further said, India was in a much better position as neighbouring Pakistan had seen close to 50 youths joining IS since it captured power in parts of Syria last year.
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March - 21 
Fahad Shaikh, one of the four Kalyan (Maharashtra) youths who ran away and joined the Islamic State (IS) has got in touch with his family, but rebuffed calls to return, saying "I am happy with my jihadi work, I won't come back to India", The Times of
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Fahad Shaikh, one of the four Kalyan (Maharashtra) youths who ran away and joined the Islamic State (IS) has got in touch with his family, but rebuffed calls to return, saying "I am happy with my jihadi work, I won't come back to India", The Times of India reports on March 22. Shaikh, got in touch about a month ago and has since been calling his family and some friends frequently on phone or Skype and other VoIP platforms, said sources familiar with the case of the four youths, all in their twenties. He has confirmed that Saheem Tanki, one of the three youths who went with him, is dead. He reportedly sent a photograph of Tanki at the location where he died to his family. National Investigation Agency (NIA) sleuths managed to contact Shaikh on a phone number he had called from, and he told them he won't return as his community was not treated well here. He again claimed he was happy with jihad but refused to elaborate what he was doing in Raqqa, Syria.
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March - 21 
On March 21, a team of Police officials from Special Intelligence Unit and ‘Q’ Branch arrested two persons, identified as S. Abbas Mydeen (40) and M. Mubarak (22) from Melur in Madurai, reports The Hindu. The duo, held under provisions of Explosives
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On March 21, a team of Police officials from Special Intelligence Unit and ‘Q’ Branch arrested two persons, identified as S. Abbas Mydeen (40) and M. Mubarak (22) from Melur in Madurai, reports The Hindu. The duo, held under provisions of Explosives Act, and for criminal conspiracy, was produced before the Judicial Magistrate-I, D. Thriveni, who remanded them in judicial custody till April 1, 2015. “We got an alert from our informants about their movements in Pranmalai in Sivaganga District (bordering Madurai District) following which we picked them up. Upon interrogation, they confessed to their involvement in some of the explosive cases (reported in Madurai city, rural areas, Sivaganga and Theni Districts). In other cases, their accomplices were involved,” a Police official said. The Police also took them to Pranmalai hillock late on March 21 and seized a small quantity of an explosive substance, timer devices, batteries, few pieces PVC pipes among others from a cavern. “These are remnants of the materials used for the explosives that were found or blown off in various places in Madurai and neighbouring districts,” the official said. Police sources said that special teams were on the lookout for 10 more persons in this connection.
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March - 21 
On March 21, one person, identified as Babla Kamalpur was arrested along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) of INR 400,000 from Maheshmati area of Malda District, reports Zee News. The man is suspected to be a carrier and investigations are on, th
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On March 21, one person, identified as Babla Kamalpur was arrested along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) of INR 400,000 from Maheshmati area of Malda District, reports Zee News. The man is suspected to be a carrier and investigations are on, they added. Malda District has emerged as a major transit route for FICN brought from Bangladesh and Nepal and then circulated across the country.
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March - 22 
A court on March 22, sent Abdul Wahab Momin, a key accused in October 2, 2015 Bardhaman blast, to custody of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) till March 31, 2015, reports The Hindu. Momin, was earlier arrested on March 21 by NIA from Sealdah a
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A court on March 22, sent Abdul Wahab Momin, a key accused in October 2, 2015 Bardhaman blast, to custody of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) till March 31, 2015, reports The Hindu. Momin, was earlier arrested on March 21 by NIA from Sealdah area of Kolkata. Contending that Momin was involved in facilitating shelter for Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) cadres in West Bengal, the NIA counsel said his custody was essential to extract information about other absconding accused. NIA claimed that its investigation has so far showed that the JMB had established its network in many Districts — particularly in Murshidabad, Nadia, Malda, Birbhum and Bardhaman in West Bengal, Barpeta in Assam, and Sahibganj and Pakur in Jharkhand. As many as 15 people suspected to be involved in the case are absconding.
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March - 22 
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on March 22 said India was building good relations with its neighbours and at the same time increasing its strength, reports IBNLive. "I believe that I should have very good, strong relations with my neighbours and I
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Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on March 22 said India was building good relations with its neighbours and at the same time increasing its strength, reports IBNLive. "I believe that I should have very good, strong relations with my neighbours and I am already exchanging a lot of joint exercises, discussions and training with neighbouring countries," Parrikar stated. "At least 38 countries are sending their defence personnel for training in India. We are encouraging them. We are giving them more slots. We are also considering supplying some sort of defence materials through export or through line of credit to the countries so that they can depend on India for their defence," he said. Parrikar said India also believes that the best defence was in being strong. "No one bothers about the weak, everyone takes the strong into consideration. We will build our position of strength and for which, as defence minister, we are initiating various action plans for creating a better or a higher moral security force," he said. He also added that Somali pirates were "shifting their location" towards India, but the country was watchful to deal with such threats, reports The Times of India. "Because their (shipping) lanes are heavily guarded, they have slightly moved to this side (30-40 nautical miles). They are still 450 nautical miles away from India," he stated. Parrikar said, "They may not be next to India but... We are watchful and careful."
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March - 22 
Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju applauded parents who have prevented their sons from joining the Islamic State (IS), reports The Times of India. Rijiju said, "The war of terrorism has to be fought by the society." Giving the example of how te
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Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju applauded parents who have prevented their sons from joining the Islamic State (IS), reports The Times of India. Rijiju said, "The war of terrorism has to be fought by the society." Giving the example of how terror groups like IS were trying hard to capture young minds, he said, "The parents and the Indian society have been able to prevent young people from joining such groups." The minister said that terrorism should be treated as a challenge to human kind and the global community will have to come together to counter terrorism. Speaking at the valedictory session of the three-day conference, the minister said that terrorism is now not the problem of any one country, instead it has spread to different parts of the world. Expressing concern on the present security scenario, Rijiju said that the challenges of countering terrorism are increasing day by day and "we have to be ready always to control the situation. For this, the police forces and other stakeholders need to be trained to counter terrorism."
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March - 23 
On March 23, Police arrested five residents of Bhavnagar, identified as Mahendrasinh Gohil (31), Kava Mer (42), Laxman Gohil (45), Raju Dodiya (35) and Bhupat Zapadia (42), along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) near GIDC (Gujarat Industrial Dev
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On March 23, Police arrested five residents of Bhavnagar, identified as Mahendrasinh Gohil (31), Kava Mer (42), Laxman Gohil (45), Raju Dodiya (35) and Bhupat Zapadia (42), along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) near GIDC (Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation) in Bharatnagar area of Rajkot, reports The Times of India. "We got information that Mahendrasinh, Kava, Laxman and Raju are going to meet Zapadia to get fake currency notes on Monday afternoon near GIDC in Bharatnagar. As soon as they exchanged some material, we detained them and found four bundles of currency notes from their bag. There were 385 notes of Rs 500 denomination each. Moreover, the serial number was same on all the currency notes (7lk 455574 and 7lk 555570)'' said an unnamed official. Special Operations Group (SOG) officials said that Zapadiya printed FICN by scanning genuine currency notes and used the photoshop software to make them look genuine. Police seized various items like scanner, printer and other items. Police is also investigating since how long had they been involved in this activity and how many notes have already been circulated.
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March - 23 
On March 23, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote to Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif emphasising the significance of bilateral dialogue in an "atmosphere free of terror and violence", reports The Times of India. While India did not officially pr
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On March 23, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote to Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif emphasising the significance of bilateral dialogue in an "atmosphere free of terror and violence", reports The Times of India. While India did not officially protest against the Hurriyat leaders' meeting with Pakistani High Commissioner Abdul Basit, the government warned Islamabad that there is no scope for "misunderstanding or misrepresenting India's position on the role of the so-called Hurriyat''. This was after Basit said India had no objection to his meeting with the separatists as he urged the media not to turn a "non-issue into an issue''. Modi himself said in a letter to Sharif that it is his firm conviction that all outstanding disputes could be resolved through bilateral dialogue in an atmosphere free from terror and violence. He wrote to Sharif to convey his good wishes on Pakistan Day. In India, the separatists, led by Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, met Basit at the High Commission in New Delhi for the event. After Basit mentioned to a TV reporter that India had not objected to the meeting, India reacted by saying that it could speak for itself. "Having repeated it on so many occasions, there should be no scope for misunderstanding or misrepresenting India's position on the role of the so called Hurriyat. Let me reiterate there are only two parties and there is no place for a third party in resolution of India-Pakistan issues,'' said Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin.
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March - 23 
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has written to the Chief Ministers (CMs) of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh to ensure an early breakthrough in investigations so as to bring terror suspects to book, The Times of India reports on March 24. W
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Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has written to the Chief Ministers (CMs) of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh to ensure an early breakthrough in investigations so as to bring terror suspects to book, The Times of India reports on March 24. While the blasts referred to by Singh took place in Chennai and Bengaluru in May and December 2014 respectively, a prime suspect behind these blasts is a group of Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) under trials who escaped from Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa jail in October 2013. The separate letters to the three CMs recall the unsolved terror cases from the recent past, including the Khandwa jailbreak in Madhya Pradesh, the Chennai railway station blast of May 1, 2014 as well as the December 28, 2014 blast at Bengaluru. While one person was killed and 14 injured in the blast in a stationary train at Chennai railway station, the Bengaluru blast claimed one life and left three others injured. While offering all the three CMs Central assistance in solving these terror cases, Singh requested them to send him a line on the progress made by the investigating agencies so far. Meanwhile, Singh, according to home ministry sources, is also planning to write to the CMs of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra soon, seeking an expeditious probe into the blasts at Bijnore in September and at Pune in July 2014 respectively.
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March - 24 
A joint operation by the Border Security Force (BSF) and West Bengal Police led to the arrest of two persons, identified as Abdul Rauf Mandal and Rahima Mandal, and seizure of 10 country-made pistols, ammunition and a suspicious looking chemical from
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A joint operation by the Border Security Force (BSF) and West Bengal Police led to the arrest of two persons, identified as Abdul Rauf Mandal and Rahima Mandal, and seizure of 10 country-made pistols, ammunition and a suspicious looking chemical from their possession at the Bongaon bus stand of North 24-Parganas District on March 24, reports The Times of India. The suspects have been arrested and a search is on for the man who was to collect the consignment from them. The white chemical found with the guns and ammunition has been sent for analysis. Officers suspect that it is some variety of low-grade explosive that was to be used to make crude bombs. Later during interrogation, Rahima told interrogators that she had received the consignment from a person in Jamalpur area of Munger District in the State of Bihar and was returning to Patkilpota to hand it over to one Taleb Mondal. A search has been launched for Taleb as he could tell authorities to who he planned to hand over the weapons and suspected explosive.
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March - 24 
A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on March 24 allowed an application made by the Agency seeking a 60-day extension to file the charge sheet against suspected Islamic State (IS/ also known as Islamic State of Iraq and Syria/ISIS) ope
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A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on March 24 allowed an application made by the Agency seeking a 60-day extension to file the charge sheet against suspected Islamic State (IS/ also known as Islamic State of Iraq and Syria/ISIS) operative Areeb Majeed, reports The Times of India. On March 25 (today), the Court is likely to hear his bail application. Majeed's lawyer Wahab Khan, in his bail plea, had objected to the first extension and said the court that passed the order did not have the jurisdiction to do so. The bail plea states that only the Special Court constituted under the NIA has the power to pass an order. The defence said under such circumstances, Majeed could file a bail plea on the ground that the charge sheet was not filed within the mandatory 90 days. Majeed was arrested on November 28, 2014 for allegedly being associated with IS, and waging war against the Asian countries with whom India has friendly relations.
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March - 24 
Data available with the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) shows that cyber crime cases registered under Information Technology (IT) Act witnessed a steady increase from 1,791 in 2011 to 2,876 in 2012 and 4,356 in 2013, reported The Times of India
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Data available with the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) shows that cyber crime cases registered under Information Technology (IT) Act witnessed a steady increase from 1,791 in 2011 to 2,876 in 2012 and 4,356 in 2013, reported The Times of India on March 25 (today). According to details, arrests too headed north from 1,184 in 2011 to 1,522 in 2012 and 2,098 in 2013. In comparison, Indian Penal Code (IPC) was a less chosen tool to book cyber criminals. As many as 422 cases were registered in 2011 under the relevant sections of IPC dealing with cyber crimes, as against 601 in 2012 and 1,337 in 2013. Similarly, arrests under IPC rose from 446 in 2011 to 549 in 2012 and 1,203 in 2013. A state-wise breakup of cyber crime cases registered in 2013 under various sections of the IT Act shows Maharashtra at the top with 681 cases, Andhra Pradesh with 635 cases and Karnataka with 513 cases. As many as 426 persons were arrested in cases registered under IT Act in Maharashtra, as compared to 296 in Andhra Pradesh and 283 in Uttar Pradesh.
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March - 24 
Delhi Police Crime Branch arrested Mohammad Yusuf alias Miyan one of the top aides of underworld don Ejaz Lakdawala, one of the most wanted men in the files of the Indian Police forces in Delhi, The Times of India reports on March 25. Mohammad Yusuf
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Delhi Police Crime Branch arrested Mohammad Yusuf alias Miyan one of the top aides of underworld don Ejaz Lakdawala, one of the most wanted men in the files of the Indian Police forces in Delhi, The Times of India reports on March 25. Mohammad Yusuf was given the contract to eliminate two businessmen of Mumbai and one from Delhi. He had hired Punjab based shooters to execute the task. Yusuf belongs to Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh (UP) and had been handling Delhi, UP and Punjab operations for Lakdawala. His job involved extortion and assassination of those who refused.
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March - 24 
Police on March 24 arrested five persons along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) worth INR 4,68,000 in Chandrayangutta area of Hyderabad, reports Business Standard. The accused identified as Mohammad Ismail of West Bengal, Mohammad Irfan, S K Aza
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Police on March 24 arrested five persons along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) worth INR 4,68,000 in Chandrayangutta area of Hyderabad, reports Business Standard. The accused identified as Mohammad Ismail of West Bengal, Mohammad Irfan, S K Azam, Mohammad Haneef and Gulam Rasool; belonging to different areas of Hyderabad, allegedly indulged in procuring and exchanging FICN, Police said. "About five months back, one counterfeit currency supplier Pyara Mohammed alias Pappu, also from West Bengal, came in Ismail's contact and offered him help in circulation of high quality fake currency," Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) of Police N Koti Reddy said. "Ismail agreed on his proposal and accordingly two months back Pyara Mohammed handed over fake currency with face value of Rs 5 lakh to him for circulation, which was done successfully along with the help of others. Again, about one week back, Mohammed handed over counterfeit currency notes with a face value of Rs 8 lakh to Ismail," Reddy added. The fake currency is suspected to have been printed in Malda District of West Bengal and sent to Hyderabad through Ismail for circulation.
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March - 24 
The Indian Navy on March 24 commissioned the second batch of three Immediate Support Vessels (ISVs) at the Eastern Naval Command (ENC) base at Vishakhapatnam, reports The Times of India. Two of the vessels were built by Rodman Spain and the other one
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The Indian Navy on March 24 commissioned the second batch of three Immediate Support Vessels (ISVs) at the Eastern Naval Command (ENC) base at Vishakhapatnam, reports The Times of India. Two of the vessels were built by Rodman Spain and the other one by Abu Dhabi Ship Builders (ADSB). The project is a joint collaboration between Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Limited, Ship Builders, and the Indian Navy. A base for the 84th ISV squadron will be set up in the city. Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, ENC, Satish Soni said that these vessels were delivered at Mumbai naval dockyard. Later, they sailed almost 1,200 nautical miles from Mumbai to Visakhapatnam. He said the ISVs proved their sturdiness by successfully crossing the Gulf of Mannar facing strong winds and high seas. Besides being armed with heavy machine guns (HMGs), state-of-the-art radar and navigation system, the vessels are fitted with two caterpillar engines of 1,600 MHP each to provide water jet propulsion, which helps the vessels gain a high speed of 40 knots and an endurance of 500 nautical miles. These ships are capable of carrying out day and night surveillance and can be used for rapid insertions or extraction of MARCOS (Marine Commandos) for military intervention. These ships will enhance Indian Navy's capability in furthering its mandate of maritime safety and security over the offshore development areas on the Eastern Sea Board.
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March - 25 
A camp at Aluva in the Ernakulam District of Kerala is under the scanner of the National Investigating Agency (NIA) which is currently miffed with several State Governments for not doing enough in the cases against the Students Islamic Movement of In
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A camp at Aluva in the Ernakulam District of Kerala is under the scanner of the National Investigating Agency (NIA) which is currently miffed with several State Governments for not doing enough in the cases against the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), reports One India on March 26. , Intelligence Bureau officials said that the five SIMI operatives who have been on the run since October 2013 after they broke out from the Khandwa jail in Madhya Pradesh attended a camp at Aluva in Kerala which was meant to discuss terror related activities. The officials added that the SIMI is regrouping and this meeting at Aluva was held only to discuss the future course of action. With the NIA now on the hunt for the SIMI fugitives who had escaped from jail over a year back, Intelligence is trickling in which suggests that they had made several visits to Aluva. A camp at Aluva which was aimed a regrouping several members of the SIMI is being seen as a big development by the security agencies. Reports said that these kinds of camps are extremely dangerous and we have seen in the past as well how the members regrouped and became extremely dangerous. Aluva has been used in the past by members of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) too. The confessional statement by Abdul Karim Tunda, a key LeT operative gives a clear indication of how Aluva had been used a training ground by several operatives. Tunda gave a perspective as to how these camps not always train for combat, but to hold meetings for a large gathering of people. It is aimed at changing the mindset of the people at large so that they carry out anti India activities, Tunda had also revealed. Intelligence Bureau officials said that these camps have mushroomed on and off in various parts of Kerala. There are preachers flown in from Saudi Arabia who give out sermons only with an intention of radicalizing the youth. A camp similar to the one held in Aluva was also conducted in Wagamon, a hill station located in Kottayam-Idukki border of Kottayam District of Kerala. The camp that was held in 2007 paved the way for the birth of the Indian Mujahideen (IM). Several members of the IM such as Yasin, Riyaz and Iqbal Bhatkal were part of this camp. The camp was headed by SIMI chief Safdar Nagori who swore revenge against India. These camps ensured the regrouping of various youth who went on to form the IM. Tunda during his interrogation also said about the camp at Wagamon. He had told the Police that several such camps were held in various parts of Kerala which had helped the groups flourish. These camps not only helped to change the mindset but also increased the recruitments, the Police had also found while questioning Tunda.
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March - 25 
Citing the November 26, 2008 (26/11) Mumbai (Maharashtra) terror attack and four other cases, the March 25, 2015 released FBI 9/11 Review Commission report concluded that Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) needs faster reforms to transform itself
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Citing the November 26, 2008 (26/11) Mumbai (Maharashtra) terror attack and four other cases, the March 25, 2015 released FBI 9/11 Review Commission report concluded that Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) needs faster reforms to transform itself into a threat-based, intelligence-driven organisation, New Indian Express reports on March 26. One of the key plotters of 26/11, Pakistani-American David Coleman Headley, the report noted "had previously come to the attention of US law enforcement authorities but FBI officials repeatedly concluded that Headley did not pose a threat at the time." "The increasingly complex and dangerous threat environment it faces will require no less," said the report which studied FBI investigations into five "significant terrorism events." In none of those cases did a confidential source "provide actionable intelligence to help prevent or respond to a terrorist operation," the report said. In December 2007, Headley's Moroccan wife complained to US officials at the US Embassy in Islamabad (Capital of Pakistan) that her husband was a terrorist. But the FBI investigation of Headley did not begin until 2009, and it was triggered by a tip that originated outside the FBI that revealed his relationships with extremists abroad, the report said. "One of the main lessons from the Headley case is that absent an intelligence effort across the US Intelligence Community to understand the connections among cases and complaints across field offices, relevant intelligence may fall by the wayside," it said. News outlets, it noted, have reported, prior to his terrorist activities, Headley had worked as a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) informant in the late 1990s and the early 2000s, following two heroin trafficking arrests. "A single complaint may be more easily dismissed as a poison pen motive, but several unrelated complaints should not be dismissed as readily as the work of a malcontent," the report said. "The Headley case raises the important question faced by all intelligence agencies - certainly important to the FBI - of how to scan and assess voluminous amounts of collected information strategically and identifying valuable intelligence leads," the report said. "Still, more than a decade after 9/11, the FBI must prioritize empowering and equipping its analytic cadre to make these connections with cutting edge technology, to minimize the risk of the FBI missing important intelligence information," it said. "The FBI had no knowledge of Headley's connections to Lashkar-i-Taiba (LeT) until provided with a tip that originated outside the FBI that prompted the investigation in 2009.
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March - 25 
Delhi Police on March 25 arrested the kingpin of a gang involved in dealing with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs), identified as Shahjahan Sheikh in West Bengal, reports Business Standard. Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Abhishek Modi sai
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Delhi Police on March 25 arrested the kingpin of a gang involved in dealing with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs), identified as Shahjahan Sheikh in West Bengal, reports Business Standard. Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Abhishek Modi said that the accused was arrested during a joint operation by the Delhi Police and Malda Police from his house at Chhoto Mohodipur in Kaliachak in Malda District of West Bengal. The 45-year-old was involved in the racket for a long time and had three cases against him in Delhi and two more in other states though none in Malda. He was produced in a local court today which granted his transit remand to Delhi police.
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March - 25 
Four Persons, who tried to exchange more than four million Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) for United Arab Emirates (UAE) dirhams (currency of the UAE), have been sentenced to a year in jail and fined AED 50,000 each in Dubai, reports The National
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Four Persons, who tried to exchange more than four million Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) for United Arab Emirates (UAE) dirhams (currency of the UAE), have been sentenced to a year in jail and fined AED 50,000 each in Dubai, reports The National on March 26. All four including two Pakistan nationals were convicted of possessing INR 4.73 million with the intent to sell.
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March - 25 
Special Cell of Delhi Police arrested a key peddler of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN), identified as Shahjahan Sheikh alias Tunnu (35) from Kaliachak village of Malda District on March 25, reports Business Standard. "In the last three years alone,
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Special Cell of Delhi Police arrested a key peddler of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN), identified as Shahjahan Sheikh alias Tunnu (35) from Kaliachak village of Malda District on March 25, reports Business Standard. "In the last three years alone, his name had featured as the main supplier in at least 11 cases of FICN recoveries made by us. He was running a wide ranging network of FICN peddlers and the footprints of his trade were spread as far as Gujarat and Maharashtra where he has been found involved in cases of FICN circulation," said Special Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) S N Shrivastava. He was directly in contact with people in Chapai Nawabganj, Bangladesh near Rajashahi area of Bangladesh where Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agents have set up a clandestine market where good quality FICN printed in Pakistan can be obtained in huge quantity by paying for it in original Bangladeshi currency, he added. According to Police, FICN was being obtained by him at about 25 per cent of its face value in Bangladesh and was being sold to down the chain retailers at about 40-45 per cent of the face value. "His long periods of illegal activities got him many friends and contacts which were later to become the conduits in his trade of FICN peddling. He took to the business of FICN peddling, which was being practiced in his native village like a cottage industry," Shrivastava added.
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March - 26 
A Delhi court on March 26 acquitted Shahid Badr Falahi, the former chief of the banned terrorist group Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), in connection with a 2001 case in which he was facing charges of promoting enmity between different grou
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A Delhi court on March 26 acquitted Shahid Badr Falahi, the former chief of the banned terrorist group Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), in connection with a 2001 case in which he was facing charges of promoting enmity between different groups, reports The Indian Express. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sanjay Khangwal passed the acquittal order. Shahid’s counsel H A Siddique said that his client was facing trial for allegedly posting three stickers on the wall of Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi which allegedly contained provocative content.
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March - 26 
Almost three months after the Bengaluru Police busted the 'explosives module' of Indian Mujahideen (IM), agencies have found strong evidence of involvement of Islamic fundamentalist group Popular Front of India (PFI) in 2011 Mumbai bombings, 2012 Pun
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Almost three months after the Bengaluru Police busted the 'explosives module' of Indian Mujahideen (IM), agencies have found strong evidence of involvement of Islamic fundamentalist group Popular Front of India (PFI) in 2011 Mumbai bombings, 2012 Pune blasts and 2013 Hyderabad Dilsukhnagar twin bomb blasts, reports The Times of India on March 27. While it is already known that IM's Riyaz Bhatkal, Yasin Bhatkal, Tehsin Akhtar, Assadulah Akhtar and Waqas planned these bombings, the responsibility of procuring explosives was given to PFI. Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) member, Syed Ismail Afaque Lanka, arrested in January 2015 by Bengaluru Police, has disclosed that he had sent PFI members to buy material- ammonium nitrate, gelatin sticks, non-electrical detonators, capacitors etc - which was used by IM members to assemble the deadly bombs that took many lives. Other than these three consignments, Afaque had also procured a huge consignment of explosives last year which he claimed was meant to carry out serial attacks on the anniversary of 9/11 (September 11, 2001 terrorist attack in United States) or 26/11 (November 26, 2008 Mumbai terror attack). Afaque disclosed that these explosives were easily available in coastal Karnataka and used in mining or fishing purposes. The intelligence agencies and National Investigation Agency (NIA) thoroughly grilled him for past two months over his association with IM, SIMI and other outfits. He admitted having visited Pakistan several times and meeting IM's Afeef Hasan, Riyaz and Iqbal Bhatkal. Associated with SIMI for a long time, the 36-year-old homeopath had also attended several meetings of SIMI and IM in the past in Dubai and Pakistan.
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March - 26 
Police arrested a six member gang involved in Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) racket from an undisclosed location in Chennai along with FICN worth INR 311,000, Business Standard reports on March 27. Police said. They were later remanded to judicia
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Police arrested a six member gang involved in Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) racket from an undisclosed location in Chennai along with FICN worth INR 311,000, Business Standard reports on March 27. Police said. They were later remanded to judicial custody.
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March - 26 
The examination of prosecution witnesses in the August 15, 2006, Panayikulam (Ernakulam District, Kerala) Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) camp case was completed at the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court in Kochi, New Indian Express
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The examination of prosecution witnesses in the August 15, 2006, Panayikulam (Ernakulam District, Kerala) Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) camp case was completed at the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court in Kochi, New Indian Express reports on March 27. The court would begin procedures under Section 313 of the CrPC (Code of Criminal Procedure) on April 18, 2015. NIA Court Judge K M Balachandran examined 50 witnesses, 230 documents and 10 material objects in the first phase of the trial. The accused persons in the case are P A Shaduly alias Harris, Abdul Rasik, Ansar alias Ansar Nadim, Nizamudeen alias Nizamon, Shammi alias Shammer, Shammer, Abdul Hakeem, Nizar, Mahayudheenkutty alias Taha, Muhammad Nisar, Ashkar, Nissar alias Muhammed Nissar, Salih, Hasim, Riyas, Muhammad Naizam, and Nisar. Binanipuram Sub Inspector K N Rajesh had received information on August 15, 2006, about a secret meeting of SIMI (Students Islamic Movement of India) at an auditorium at Panayikulam. On visiting the spot, he found that there were 17 persons in the room and some of them were making inflammatory speeches. Seditious books and pamphlets were also seized from the spot where the meeting was being organised. Later on, Lhari Dorgee Latoo, Superintendent of Police, NIA, filed the chargesheet against a total of 17 persons in the case in 2010. According to the investigation conducted into the case by the NIA officials, Shaduly, Abdul Rasik, Ansar, Nizamudeen and Shammi, first to fifth accused in the case, had entered into a criminal conspiracy in Ernakulam and other places to advocate and abet unlawful activities in the country and to incite hatred and contempt towards the Government of India.
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March - 26 
The State Information Commission (SIC) in Bangalore (Karnataka) was left flabbergasted after a suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorist named in several cases, including the 2008 Delhi serial blasts, was brought in as an RTI applicant, reports Mumb
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The State Information Commission (SIC) in Bangalore (Karnataka) was left flabbergasted after a suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorist named in several cases, including the 2008 Delhi serial blasts, was brought in as an RTI applicant, reports Mumbai Mirror on March 27. Terror suspect Akbar Ismail Choudhary, who is currently lodged in Arthur Road jail (Mumbai Central Prison), was escorted by Mumbai Police to Bangalore in a train to answer a summons from the SIC on March 26. Choudhary had filed an Right to Information (RTI) application in May 2014 seeking to know the status of the case registered with Ullal Police station in Karnataka in 2008. In the RTI application, Choudhary claimed the Karnataka case hasn't progressed even as he was arrested and sent to jail in Maharashtra in connection with another terror-related case. The application was filed through Arthur Road jail authorities, and forwarded to Karnataka Police. The SIC had issued summons to both parties to appear before it on March 26. However, the Information Commissioner Krishna Murthy told Mumbai Police that Choudhary should not be brought again even if a summons was sent to the prison. He said the case would be strictly dealt through video conferencing from now on
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March - 27 
The Mumbai Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) on March 27 obtained custody of two suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives, identified as Ismail Afaque and Sadddam Hussein who are alleged to have supplied explosives for the July 13, 2011 blasts in Mumbai,
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The Mumbai Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) on March 27 obtained custody of two suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives, identified as Ismail Afaque and Sadddam Hussein who are alleged to have supplied explosives for the July 13, 2011 blasts in Mumbai, reports Indian Express. A special court in Bangalore (Karnataka) handed over custody after the Mumbai ATS filed an application stating that the agency would like to question the duo. The ATS stated that Afaque and Hussein would also need to be investigated with regard to their role in the August 1, 2012, Junglee Maharaj Road blasts in Pune (Maharashtra).
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March - 27 
Three months after the December 28, 2014 Church Street blast of Bangalore (Karnataka) and days after Union Home Minister (UHM) Rajnath Singh wrote to the Chief Minister on the slow pace of investigation into the case, the City Police are still hoping
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Three months after the December 28, 2014 Church Street blast of Bangalore (Karnataka) and days after Union Home Minister (UHM) Rajnath Singh wrote to the Chief Minister on the slow pace of investigation into the case, the City Police are still hoping for a breakthrough, The Hindu reports on March 28. “With no material evidence from the blast scene, it is a blind case where the investigation is based on theories, elimination and intelligence inputs,” a Police officer said. The City Police are still toying with two theories — the involvement of either the Student Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) module that escaped from a Madhya Pradesh jail in 2013 or the Patna module of the Indian Mujahideen (IM). They are unable to eliminate either of the theories. However, Singh’s letter also indicated that the still-at-large SIMI module had turned out to be a major national security threat. The last known location of the module was Hospet in Bellary District. The module has reportedly abstained from using mobile phones, making it difficult for the police to track its members down.
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March - 27 
Two Pakistani intelligence officers posted in Sri Lanka deputed two spies to get details of 'Project Varsha', India's new naval base near Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) which will be home for its new fleet of nuclear submarines, the National Investig
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Two Pakistani intelligence officers posted in Sri Lanka deputed two spies to get details of 'Project Varsha', India's new naval base near Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) which will be home for its new fleet of nuclear submarines, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) chargesheet dated March 6, 2015 revealed the details, according to The Times of India. They also asked the spies to attempt befriending and luring Indian Navy and Army officers to Colombo (Sri Lanka) where "women and cash could be arranged" to get information on defence matters. The charge sheet, says one of the spies, Thameem Ansari was asked by the Pakistani officers to pose as a film-maker making a documentary titled 'Power of India' on the Indian armed forces to befriend some Army and Navy officers. The two Pakistani officers named in the chargesheet are Amir Zubair Siddiqui, counsellor (visa) posted with the High Commission of Pakistan in Sri Lanka and Vineeth alias Rana, "a Pakistan intelligence officer" also posted in Sri Lanka, the NIA has said. Siddique had specifically instructed Ansari to get details about Visakhapatnam Naval Base and concentrate on Project Varsha for which he asked him to go to Visakhapatnam and hire an accommodation near naval station," the chargesheet says. Vineeth had further asked for details on Project Varsha such as "stage and depth of the channel", the agency said. NIA has said that Ansari was told to visit places that naval officers frequent "viz. hotels, bars, cinema theatres etc" and asked to pose as a rich businessman to befriend them. "Siddique suggested that if Ansari was able to befriend ex-Army officers, naval or Army officers, they could be brought to Colombo, where he would arrange all kinds of facilities for them like women, cash, drinks etc. for getting information of the defence details," the agency said, without mentioning whether Ansari was actually successful in doing so. NIA, however, said Ansari and another spy, Arun Selvarajan arrested in India in 2012 and 2014 respectively recced and photographed numerous secret installations. The chargesheet lists these places: "Wellington Military Training Centre and Defence Service Staff College, Station Head Quarters at Wellington, Karaikkal, Nagapattinam harbours including Naval detachment at Nagapattinam, Indian Naval base at Mallipattinam, Mallipattinam Fishing Jetty and Indian Air Force station at Thanjavur."
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March - 28 
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s Art of Living Foundation claimed on March 28 that the spiritual guru had received death threats from the Islamic State (IS) terror group during his visit to Malaysia, reports Hindustan Times. Three letters with threats were re
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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s Art of Living Foundation claimed on March 28 that the spiritual guru had received death threats from the Islamic State (IS) terror group during his visit to Malaysia, reports Hindustan Times. Three letters with threats were received by the manager of the hotel where Ravi Shankar is staying at Penang in Malaysia, said Shikha Grover, a spokesperson for the foundation. Grover said the Indian High commission and local authorities and Police in Malaysia were informed about the threats. All three letters had a photo of an unidentified, blindfolded man purportedly being beheaded by a man whose face could not be seen. The letters had the threats in both English and Arabic and bore the Arabic logo of the IS. The letter sent to the hotel’s manager warned that the hotel would be “destroyed”. It further said another warning sent two weeks ago had stated that the guru would be killed if he carried out “his Hindu activities in Malaysia”. The letter alleged Ravi Shankar was converting Muslims in Iran and Iraq and his organisations – Art of Living and International Association for Human Values – were “meddling in the Islamic affairs in Iran and Iraq”. “We don’t want Ravi Shankar to step into any Muslim country. We are watching him…,” the letter said. The letters sent to the two Art of Living officials contained similar allegations and warned that all venues for Ravi Shankar’s activities would be destroyed. In November, 2014 Ravi Shankar had visited Iraq for the third time and had addressed a peace conference at Erbil in the violence-hit province of Kurdistan. He also visited relief camps near Erbil housing displaced Christians, Kurds and Arabs. The International Association for Human Values has been engaged in relief activities in Iraq.
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March - 28 
India intelligence agencies will engage with their Sri Lankan counterparts to crack down on what they describe as the “growing influence of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)” in the region, particularly with the active support of the staff of Pak
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India intelligence agencies will engage with their Sri Lankan counterparts to crack down on what they describe as the “growing influence of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)” in the region, particularly with the active support of the staff of Pakistan’s embassy in Colombo, The Asian Age reports on March 29. Top intelligence sources said there was concrete information that some Pakistani High Commission staff were using their diplomatic cover in promoting ISI’s anti-India activities. “During the regime of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, there was a sense that his government was trying to form a better alliance with both China and Pakistan due to which we were slight apprehensive about discussing these issues. But now that Maithripala Sirisena has assumed charge as the new President, we feel there will be greater coordination between Indian and Sri Lankan security agencies,” a senior intelligence official said. Indian intelligence agencies have been closely monitoring activities of the ISI in Colombo, particularly after a Sri Lankan-born ISI spy, was arrested in April, 2014 in Chennai (Tamil Nadu). A detailed intelligence dossier prepared by Central agencies in the wake of this incident had also warned that the future threat to India’s internal security could well come from the sea route in Sri Lanka as the ISI, assisted by Pakistani High Commission staff, was trying to increase its anti-India operations there.
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March - 28 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) probing the October 2, 2014 Bardhaman blast has come across a piece of land in Shantipally near Santiniketan in Birbhum District of West Bengal which it suspects would have been used by the Jama'atul Mujahideen
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) probing the October 2, 2014 Bardhaman blast has come across a piece of land in Shantipally near Santiniketan in Birbhum District of West Bengal which it suspects would have been used by the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to set up a colony for its operators, The Telegraph reports on March 29. Senior officers of the NIA linked the possible plan to set up the colony in Shantipally to "operating a sleeper cell". They said a JMB leader in charge of the module in Birbhum had been instructed by his bosses in the neighbouring country to set up the colony. "It was a dangerous proposition. They had planned to set up a colony in the heart of Birbhum to provide training and shelter to new recruits. Talha Sheikh, a Bangladeshi leader who was the organisational in-charge of the group in Birbhum, had procured an Indian PAN card and used it to buy the plot in Shantipally," an NIA officer said. Talha is untraceable. Talha, known to be close to Sajid, the JMB's alleged pointman in Bengal, used to travel between Nadia District's Debagram and Birbhum District's Kirnahar, sources said. With an experience in training JMB recruits, especially in handling weapons and Improvised Explosive Devices (IED's), Talha was assigned the task of indoctrinating new recruits at the colony that was supposed to have come up at Shantipally. "Talha Sheikh had earlier trained youths in Bardhaman and Birbhum. He was assigned to do the same thing here," an officer said. "The piece of land is concrete proof that the JMB operators had found the location suitable to establish a base there," said an officer associated with the investigation. Birbhum came under the NIA's scanner after investigators found that a number of JMB operatives had stayed in villages in the District and used them as base to travel to and from Bardhaman.
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March - 28 
The Special Operations Group (SOG) of Bhavnagar Police arrested Swami Akshar Prakashdas of the Swaminarayan sect's Gurukul in Dhasa village of Bhavnagar District on March 28 for his alleged connection to a Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) racket, re
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The Special Operations Group (SOG) of Bhavnagar Police arrested Swami Akshar Prakashdas of the Swaminarayan sect's Gurukul in Dhasa village of Bhavnagar District on March 28 for his alleged connection to a Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) racket, reports The Times of India. Police have also detained Chandu Patel an alleged middle man in the racket. Prakashdas was booked under various provisions of section 489 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) that deal with FICN. Police sources said the Swami's name cropped up during the questioning of the five accused held earlier in FICN racket that was busted last week in Bhavnagar. "During their questioning, the accused told us that they had given INR 3,00,000 in FICN to Akshar Prakashdas in exchange for INR 1,50,000 genuine notes," said a Police official. Sources said that the Swami told Police he had given back INR 1,50,000 FICN to the accused as he was scared of circulating them. He had allegedly burnt the rest after he learnt of their arrest.
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March - 29 
A trial court in New Delhi dismissed the bail plea of a suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative, Mohammed Shahid who was arrested in December, 2013 for allegedly conspiring to kidnap businessmen from various places for raising funds to carry out te
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A trial court in New Delhi dismissed the bail plea of a suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative, Mohammed Shahid who was arrested in December, 2013 for allegedly conspiring to kidnap businessmen from various places for raising funds to carry out terror strikes in Delhi, The Times of India reports on March 30. Additional Sessions Judge Reetesh Singh denied bail to Shahid, observing that the charges were yet to be framed against the accused persons arrested in the case.
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March - 29 
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) commissioned three more assets to its mighty fleet, including one Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV) ICGS Anagh and two interceptor boats C-430 and C-417, for strengthening its operational abilities, oneindia. com reports on March
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The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) commissioned three more assets to its mighty fleet, including one Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV) ICGS Anagh and two interceptor boats C-430 and C-417, for strengthening its operational abilities, oneindia. com reports on March 30. These assets are expected to enhance Coast Guard's capability in furthering its mandate of maritime safety and security, environmental protection and coastal security.
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March - 30 
A person, identified as Rashid was arrested on March 30 along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) with face value of INR 23,000 in Buladshahar, reports Business Standard. He has confessed that he brought FICN from Sambhal District in Uttar Pradesh
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A person, identified as Rashid was arrested on March 30 along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) with face value of INR 23,000 in Buladshahar, reports Business Standard. He has confessed that he brought FICN from Sambhal District in Uttar Pradesh and was involved in the trade for the past 2 years, Tiwari said. A case in this connection has been registered against him, and a manhunt has been launched to trace his accomplice Anwar, who hails from Sambal.
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March - 30 
Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) on March 30 took custody of two alleged associates of Indian Mujahideen (IM) 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal in connection with the July 13, 2011 (13/7) Mumbai (Maharashtra) from Bangalore Police, reports Ze
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Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) on March 30 took custody of two alleged associates of Indian Mujahideen (IM) 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal in connection with the July 13, 2011 (13/7) Mumbai (Maharashtra) from Bangalore Police, reports Zee News. Sayyed Ismail Afaq Lanka (36) and Saddam Hussain Fairoz Khan (28) are suspected to have provided explosive materials to Yasin to carry out blasts across the country. According to ATS, Bangalore Police had on January 8, 2015 arrested Lanka and Khan with explosives and booked them under Unlawful Activities and Prevention Act (UAPA) and Explosives Substances Act. "Our team went and questioned the two. During questioning it emerged Lanka and Khan had supplied explosives to Yasin Bhatkal and Asadullah Haddi, another accused in the case, too to execute the blasts in Mumbai," said an ATS officer.
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March - 30 
On March 30, a bomb exploded in a flat in Bahadurpur Housing Colony area of Patna (Bihar) but there was no report of any casualty, reports Outlook India. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Jitendra Rana said while a bomb exploded at the flat, two
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On March 30, a bomb exploded in a flat in Bahadurpur Housing Colony area of Patna (Bihar) but there was no report of any casualty, reports Outlook India. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Jitendra Rana said while a bomb exploded at the flat, two other live bombs were timely defused by the Police. "The bombs, having a timer with lotus shaped watches, are similiar to the explosives used in Gandhi Maidan serial blasts and Bodh Gaya blasts. We are trying to identify the criminals. We cannot rule out the terror angle," said a senior Police officer, reports Hindustan Times. There were four persons staying in the apartment and all of them managed to escape, according to oneindia.com. The apartment was rented in the name of Hemanth. The Police are investigating to get more details on the four persons who were staying there.
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March - 30 
The National Investigating Agency (NIA) on March 30 filed the chargesheet in the October 2, 2014 Bardhaman blast case, before the NIA Special Judge at Bankshall Court (Kolkata, West Bengal) outlining a conspiracy by terror outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen
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The National Investigating Agency (NIA) on March 30 filed the chargesheet in the October 2, 2014 Bardhaman blast case, before the NIA Special Judge at Bankshall Court (Kolkata, West Bengal) outlining a conspiracy by terror outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to use Indian territory as a recruiting and training ground to overthrow the Bangladesh government and impose Sharia-based Islamic rule, reports The Times of India. NIA says JMB's mission was to create a 'Greater Bangladesh' with portions wrested from West Bengal. Over 164 pages, NIA details how JMB operators targeted West Bengal, Assam and Jharkhand to set up training camps. "Its activities in India primarily included recruitment, radicalisation and training of vulnerable youths in a systematic and organised manner. The banned Bangladeshi outfit spread its network in four Bengal Districts — Nadia, Burdwan, Murshidabad and Birbhum," says the chargesheet, adding that a similar network was found in Sahebganj district of Jharkhand. "These bases were used for organizing radicalisation programmes, meetings, fund collection drives and as hideouts for cadres and their families," an NIA officer said. The chargesheet says how terrorist training camps were conducted at some madrasas (Islamic seminary) and other hideouts where recruits, including women, were trained in firearms and explosives. "The recruitment, radicalisation and training of vulnerable Indian youths was undertaken by members of JMB to prepare a large group of Indians, based on their common religious and linguistic identity, to join JMB and help overthrow the democratic government in Bangladesh," the NIA says. It names 21 people, including four Bangladeshi nationals. Eight of the accused are absconding. They include Indian operative Mohammad Yousuf alias Bakkar (the main man behind the Simulia madrassa training centre), recruiter Kader Gazi Rehman and hardcore Bangladeshi JMB leaders like its chief, Nasirullah, bomb-maker Burhan Sheikh, Kausar and Talha Sheikh. NIA took statements from over 400 people, 250 of whom will be cited as prime witnesses in the case. During course of the investigation, 32 people were arraigned as accused of whom 16 have been arrested. They include Gulsona Bibi alias Rajiya Bibi alias Rumi, widow of Sakil Gazi who was killed in the blast, Alima Bibi alias Amina Bibi, wife of Abdul Hakim, who was injured, and Hakim himself. All three were arrested from the blast site. The others include Ziaul Haque, Amjad Ali Seikh, Mohammad Sahanur Alam alias Sahanur Alam, Shaikul Islam Khan, Mohammad Rezaul Karim alias Anwar, Habibur Rehman, Faizul Haque alias Dalim Sheikh, Giasuddin Munshi alias Gias Master and Mofajjul Ali alias Laden. Moreover, two suspects, Badre Alam Mollah and Khalid Mohammad have been released. Khalid, a Rohingya Muslim from Myanmar, had created a flutter in the defence establishment when he was arrested. However, NIA says he has little link with the blast. The accused have been individually charged under the t Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) for being members of a terrorist gang, committing terrorist acts, conspiracy and for recruitment, funding and training of terrorists. They have also been charged under Indian Penal Code (IPC) for fraud, forgery and cheating and the Arms Act for possession and use of firearms and explosives.
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March - 30 
The NIA is all set to coordinate between the Police of Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka to launch a manhunt for the five Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) operatives who have gone missing ever since they broke out of th
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The NIA is all set to coordinate between the Police of Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka to launch a manhunt for the five Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) operatives who have gone missing ever since they broke out of the Khandwa jail in Madhya Pradesh in October 2013. As per the information available the SIMI operatives are moving in one batch of four. One of the members was injured while preparing a bomb at Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh last year and he has been out of the picture.
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March - 31 
Indian Union Home Minister (UHM) Rajnath Singh, on a two-day visit to West Bengal, surveyed the India-Bangladesh border and visited border enclaves in Cooch Behar District on March 31, reports Gulf News. Besides holding talks with officers of the Bor
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Indian Union Home Minister (UHM) Rajnath Singh, on a two-day visit to West Bengal, surveyed the India-Bangladesh border and visited border enclaves in Cooch Behar District on March 31, reports Gulf News. Besides holding talks with officers of the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), the UHM said a letter to the West Bengal government has been sent for acquiring land for fencing parts of the border that remain unfenced. “It was a cordial meet with BSF and BGB officers. Besides visiting the border, the visit was also to inquire about the problems that our BSF personnel may have. I was here also to look into how the border area development works is progressing,” Singh commented. Singh met BGB officers at Panbari border outpost before heading towards the Tin Bigha corridor, a strip of land leased to Bangladesh to allow access to its Dahagrama-Angarpota enclaves. “The visit was also aimed to gather information about the enclave dwellers,” Rajnath Singh said after visiting a Bangladeshi enclave in Balapukhri in Cooch Behar and taking stock of the ground reality in the area ahead of the implementation of the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) with Bangladesh.
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March - 31 
Police arrested six persons identified as as Afroz, Sabeer Ali, Masood, Aseefulla Khan, Maheeb Ulla Khan and Syed Asifalong with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) with a face value of INR 9,00,000 from KG Halli in Bangalore, Bangalore Mirror reports o
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Police arrested six persons identified as as Afroz, Sabeer Ali, Masood, Aseefulla Khan, Maheeb Ulla Khan and Syed Asifalong with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) with a face value of INR 9,00,000 from KG Halli in Bangalore, Bangalore Mirror reports on April 1. The arrested allegedly told the Police that the FICN are manufactured in Pakistan and imported to India to be disposed of in the market. They are associates of Ishaq and Shanavaz who are lodged in Calcutta jail in West Bengal. The arrested along with a few others who are large including Aju, Aful, Muneer alias Maamu and others are said to be in touch with the duo in jail. Based on their directions, they allegedly bring FICN and dispose of them in exchange for genuine currency.
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*Data till , April 23, 2024
Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.
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