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October - 2 
India’s intelligence agencies have begun investigating information that the head of Al-Qaeda’s new unit in the Indian Subcontinent is a former Uttar Pradesh resident, reports The Indian Express on October 3. Maulana Asim Umar, earlier reported to be
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India’s intelligence agencies have begun investigating information that the head of Al-Qaeda’s new unit in the Indian Subcontinent is a former Uttar Pradesh resident, reports The Indian Express on October 3. Maulana Asim Umar, earlier reported to be a Pakistani national, is now believed to have studied at Dar-ul-Uloom seminary in Deoband, before emigrating from India in the late-1990s.
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October - 2 
The National Investigative Agency (NIA) has told a Delhi court that Pakistan’s intelligence agency the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) was closely connected with top terrorists of the Indian Mujahideen (IM), reports The Asian Age on October 3. The
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The National Investigative Agency (NIA) has told a Delhi court that Pakistan’s intelligence agency the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) was closely connected with top terrorists of the Indian Mujahideen (IM), reports The Asian Age on October 3. The NIA told the Court that ISI had been provoking them against Indian and had been giving them shelter too. The NIA said this in its supplementary charge sheet filed against 20 suspected IM operatives, including its absconding co-founders Riyaz Bhatkal and Iqbal Bhatkal, in connection with a case relating to larger conspiracy of the banned group to carry out terror activities across the country.
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October - 2 
Two suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) militants were killed and another one critically injured on October 2 when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) they were allegedly making exploded in the house of a Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader in Khagragarh a
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Two suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) militants were killed and another one critically injured on October 2 when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) they were allegedly making exploded in the house of a Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader in Khagragarh area in Burdwan District of West Bengal, reports The Times of India. The killed militants were identified as Shakeel Ahmed from Nadia District and Shobhan Mondal from East Midnapore District. The third militant, identified as Hasan Saheb of Murshidabad District is in critical condition. Police sources said 55 IEDs were seized along with RDX, several wrist watch dials, maps and SIM cards. Sources also said that among the half burnt papers found later were leaflets of al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri and IM. Security agencies believe that since the militants were already assembling IEDs, they planned to hit an Indian city in a few days.
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October - 3 
The Indian security establishment is worried over the discovery of a defused grenade inside an Air India aircraft kept standby in Delhi for Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi's recent trip to the US, reports The Times of India on October 4. The Boeing
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The Indian security establishment is worried over the discovery of a defused grenade inside an Air India aircraft kept standby in Delhi for Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi's recent trip to the US, reports The Times of India on October 4. The Boeing-746 was kept on standby at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, which means it was fully ready to fly out for the PM in case the Jet being used by him developed a snag. "The B-747 was sent on a Delhi-Mumbai-Hyderabad-Jeddah flight. On reaching Jeddah in the early hours of Saturday (India time), security agencies there found a defused grenade inside the business class of the aircraft," said highly placed sources.
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October - 4 
Ansar-ut-Tawheed (AuT), an ultra-religious offshoot of banned Indian Mujahideen (IM), has pledged allegiance to the terrorist group Islamic State (IS) and its self-styled caliph Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi threatening major attacks in India, reports Hindust
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Ansar-ut-Tawheed (AuT), an ultra-religious offshoot of banned Indian Mujahideen (IM), has pledged allegiance to the terrorist group Islamic State (IS) and its self-styled caliph Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi threatening major attacks in India, reports Hindustan Times on October 5. In a video released through its official media outlet, AuT’s ideologue and chief Abdul Rehman Nadvi Al-Hindi announced the group’s decision of getting under the IS umbrella. AuT is in its nascent stage and has evolved under Tehreek-e-Taliban, Pakistan, focusing primarily on waging jihad in India. It is the fourth group in Southeast Asia after Abu Sayyaf group of Philippines, Jamaah Islamiyyah of Indonesia and Al-Tawheed Batallion of Afghanistan-Pakistan region, to have given allegiance to the IS. Nadvi, in the video, alleged United States (US), India, Saudi Arabia, Australia, France, Canada and a few other countries were forming an axis of evil. Vowing to create Islamic State in India, Nadvi said: “The Ummah (community) could not afford to lose this battle, as it will mean subjugation forever.” Nadvi is believed to be leading the pack of old IM leaders, mostly from Azamgarh District of Uttar Pradesh, who had moved to Pakistan after the Batla House encounter in Delhi.
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October - 4 
Muslims from Kalyan and Navi Mumbai, who were questioned by the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) for their suspected role in sending the youth to Iraq have approached the President of India and Supreme Court (SC) Chief Justice alleging that investigating a
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Muslims from Kalyan and Navi Mumbai, who were questioned by the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) for their suspected role in sending the youth to Iraq have approached the President of India and Supreme Court (SC) Chief Justice alleging that investigating agencies were harassing them. But ATS officials rubbished the claims and added that the case was sensitive.
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October - 4 
Probing four youths from Kalyan (Maharashtra) who are suspected to have joined the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have found a photograph of one of them riding a motorcycle in Syria, carrying a flag of the terror organization, reports The Tim
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Probing four youths from Kalyan (Maharashtra) who are suspected to have joined the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have found a photograph of one of them riding a motorcycle in Syria, carrying a flag of the terror organization, reports The Times of India on October 5. Sources from local investigating agencies claimed that the Intelligence Bureau (IB) had received a photo from Syria from their sources in which the youth is seen riding motorcycle with three others. The IB shared the photo with investigators from Maharashtra and showed it to the youth's family. But sources said the youth's family insisted the person in the photograph was not their son.
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October - 5 
Police arrested Shakeel's widow Rumi Biwi and Hasan's wife Amina Biwi along with landlord and TMC leader Nurul Hasan Choudhury and they were on October 5 remanded to nine days in Police custody. Assistant Superintendent of Police (Burdwan) Tarun Hald
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Police arrested Shakeel's widow Rumi Biwi and Hasan's wife Amina Biwi along with landlord and TMC leader Nurul Hasan Choudhury and they were on October 5 remanded to nine days in Police custody. Assistant Superintendent of Police (Burdwan) Tarun Halder said that "Following their interrogation, we have found sufficient evidence to suggest they are a part of the conspiracy." The Special Task Force (STF), the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) are looking into the possible involvement of groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami.
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October - 5 
Targeting Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and even Kolkata, terrorists also had plans to assassinate Bangladesh Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Haseena, reports Deccan Herald on October 6. Sources said documents and leaflets obtained from the house at Khagragarh
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Targeting Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and even Kolkata, terrorists also had plans to assassinate Bangladesh Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Haseena, reports Deccan Herald on October 6. Sources said documents and leaflets obtained from the house at Khagragarh in Burdwan, where the blasts took place, point to a larger plot to cause widespread destruction. While the officials were wary of mentioning the Bangladesh PM due to the sensitive nature of relations with the neighbouring country, they were shocked by the reach and penetration of the terror network. Officials said they have made more arrests following Sunday’s (October 5) capture of Rajira Bibi and Maina Bibi, wives of Shakil Ahmed and Hasaan Saheb respectively.
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October - 5 
To sources, a suspected terror financier and senior Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative slipped out of India’s hands when the United Arab Emirates (UAE), under pressure from Pakistan, freed Abdul Wahid Siddibappa as New Delhi was slow in sending the ext
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To sources, a suspected terror financier and senior Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative slipped out of India’s hands when the United Arab Emirates (UAE), under pressure from Pakistan, freed Abdul Wahid Siddibappa as New Delhi was slow in sending the extradition request, reports Hindustan Times on October 6. Abdul Wahid Siddibappa is a suspect in 2006 Mumbai (Maharashtra) train blasts in which 209 people were killed. He is also a cousin of jailed top IM member Yasin Bhatkal. He is also believed to be a brother-in-law of the IM’s founder Riyaz Bhatkal, who now operates from Pakistani port city of Karachi. Wahid was arrested in Abu Dhabi in January 2014. Source said that Wahid was released from a prison in Abu Dhabi in May and he could be in Pakistan now.
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October - 6 
Four days after the blast at Khagragarh area in Burdwan District of West Bengal that killed two suspected terrorists, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in its primary report to the State Government has blamed Bangladesh-based terror outfit
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Four days after the blast at Khagragarh area in Burdwan District of West Bengal that killed two suspected terrorists, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in its primary report to the State Government has blamed Bangladesh-based terror outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen (JMB), reports The Times of India on October 7. CID report said that the blast was an accident and that the explosive devices were meant for Bangladesh. According to the report, one of the persons killed in the blast, Shakil Ahmed, was a resident of Bangladesh and a member of JMB, an organisation founded by Shaikh Abdur Rahman in 2005. The report also said that the victims were trying to develop improvised hand grenades and the devices were perhaps designed for Bangladesh. A CID officer, who is investigating the case, said "From Khagragarh, the Bangladesh border via Nadia and Murshidabad is only 80 to 100 kilometres away. This route is often used by the smugglers."
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October - 6 
On October 6 adds that according to the Police, several jehadi videos, CD of the 9/11 attack, grenades, shrapnel etc have been recovered. It has been mentioned that a Bangladeshi called Kausar used to take those grenades. But no clarification has bee
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On October 6 adds that according to the Police, several jehadi videos, CD of the 9/11 attack, grenades, shrapnel etc have been recovered. It has been mentioned that a Bangladeshi called Kausar used to take those grenades. But no clarification has been given about where they were used.
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October - 6 
Police on October 6 busted a gang involved in making Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) and seized 11,000 notes of INR 100 denomination after a raid at a fake currency printing unit in Satna District of Madhya Pradesh, reports The Times of India. Fo
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Police on October 6 busted a gang involved in making Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) and seized 11,000 notes of INR 100 denomination after a raid at a fake currency printing unit in Satna District of Madhya Pradesh, reports The Times of India. Four people, identified as Sonu Pathak (20), Manoj Pandey (30), Prasenjit Mishra (27), and Ashish Sharma have been arrested and equipment used for printing notes was also detained from the premises.
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October - 6 
Sources in the central intelligence agency said that al Qaeda, which recently announced an Indian wing Qaedat-al-Jihad, to carry out terrorist activities, has launched a module to recruit jihadis, reports The Indian Express on October 7. The analysis
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Sources in the central intelligence agency said that al Qaeda, which recently announced an Indian wing Qaedat-al-Jihad, to carry out terrorist activities, has launched a module to recruit jihadis, reports The Indian Express on October 7. The analysis of chatters between terrorists based in Pakistan reveals that an al Qaeda terrorist has been given the responsibility of Uttar Pradesh and he is said to be operating independently. This shocking revelation has strengthened the agencies’ assessment that after crackdown on the Indian Mujahideen (IM), Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and al Qaeda are looking beyond the IM to run terror operation. Several IM sleeper cells too have joined the separate module. According to officials, the al Qaeda cell in Bangladesh comprising Rohingya Muslims is tasked to provide logistics to terrorists in India to target vital installations, including trains. The terror finance is pumped through a Nepal-based hawala operator routed through Dubai.
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October - 6 
The central investigating agencies probing the blast are not ruling out the involvement of Indian terror outfits like the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), reports The Times of India. According to sources, SIMI's Safdar Nagori, who is
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The central investigating agencies probing the blast are not ruling out the involvement of Indian terror outfits like the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), reports The Times of India. According to sources, SIMI's Safdar Nagori, who is now in jail, was present in this area between 2005 and 2009. An Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer said “We need to know who gave them financial and logistic support." The National Investigation Agency (NIA) report says that this matter is not solely restricted to activities of JMB. According to NIA, Shakil used to frequent the port area of Kolkata from where a top SIMI leader was arrested in 2012.
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October - 6 
The Intelligence Bureau (IB) and other Central intelligence agencies have warned that Pakistan has prepared terror plots to target India’s hinterland in the festive season, and a large consignment of arms and ammunition has been sent to the Delhi- Na
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The Intelligence Bureau (IB) and other Central intelligence agencies have warned that Pakistan has prepared terror plots to target India’s hinterland in the festive season, and a large consignment of arms and ammunition has been sent to the Delhi- National Capital Region (NCR) area, reports Deccan Chronicle on October 7. The IB added that the terror module meant to handle this cache is also headed here from Karachi, Pakistan. According to the IB alert the Delhi area’s mass transit systems, including airports, railway stations, Metro, and places where people gather in large numbers like malls are likely targets. According to the inputs, the arms consignment from Pakistan has entered the country through Rajasthan and reached Faridabad (Haryana) where it is stored at an unspecified place. All the agencies have been put on alert to make adequate security arrangements keeping in view the fresh inputs and beef up security at public places, malls, market places, airports and railway stations.
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October - 6 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) in its supplementary charge sheet filed against 20 suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) men in a special court said that IM co-founder Riyaz Bhatkal not only used to send funds for terror acts across the country bu
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) in its supplementary charge sheet filed against 20 suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) men in a special court said that IM co-founder Riyaz Bhatkal not only used to send funds for terror acts across the country but also regularly provided money to families of the jailed and absconding operatives of the banned outfit, reports Pune Mirror on October 7. "Investigation has established that in pursuance of the conspiracy, accused A-10 (Riyaz Bhatkal) regularly sent funds for terrorist activities and also for daily subsistence needs to other IM operatives. Money was also regularly sent to the jailed IM operatives and to the families of jailed or absconding IM operatives," it said. The NIA claimed that Pakistan-based Riyaz Bhatkal had earlier asked arrested IM India chief Yasin Bhatkal to establish contacts with Maoists in Nepal for supply of arms for terror activities in India. "Acting on the directions of Riyaz Bhatkal, accused A-6 (Yasin Bhatkal) tried to establish contact with the Maoists in Nepal for arms supply. Riyaz had also told Yasin that he has been trying to establish some contact for procuring weapons from Kashmir," the agency said.
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October - 7 
Bangladesh has asked India to share any details of the Burdwan blast investigation that point to the hand of Islamist terror groups on its soil, reports The Hindu on October 8. The prime suspect in the blast, Shakeel Ahmed, who died on the spot, had
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Bangladesh has asked India to share any details of the Burdwan blast investigation that point to the hand of Islamist terror groups on its soil, reports The Hindu on October 8. The prime suspect in the blast, Shakeel Ahmed, who died on the spot, had allegedly crossed over from Bangladesh in 2009. He had earlier rented a house in Beldanga in Murshidabad District and only a few months ago rented the one in Khagragarh in Burdwan, where the explosion occurred. Expressing concern over the incident, Bangladesh’s junior Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said the Government of Bangladesh has “not allowed” its territory to be used for anti-Indian activities.
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October - 7 
Intelligence agencies have warned the Centre that there is credible information to suggest that al Qaeda has already initiated a move to rope in the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) to spread its network in the country, reports Deccan Chroni
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Intelligence agencies have warned the Centre that there is credible information to suggest that al Qaeda has already initiated a move to rope in the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) to spread its network in the country, reports Deccan Chronicle on October 8. According to a classified note sent by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) to key agencies and some Union ministries, there is credible information that the al Qaeda was trying to establish contact with top leaders of SIMI. According to the intelligence note, details of which have been accessed by Deccan Chronicle, “al Qaeda through its operatives in Pakistan has already established contact with Riyaz and Iqbal Bhtakal, founders of Indian Mujahideen (IM), in Karachi, to gain access to SIMI’s formidable network of sleeper cells in the country. Since IM has worked in close association with the SIMI in the past, they will definitely help the al Qaeda and SIMI to come together.” The intelligence alert has also cautioned that al Qaeda will try and push in operatives into India through the porous Bangladesh border, adds The Asian Age on October 8. Top intelligence sources said Pakistan’s security agencies are also trying for an alliance since al Qaeda would need strong local logistical support to carryout subversive activities in India.
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October - 7 
On October 7 reports that the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is on the lookout for two suspects Kausar and Abdul Kalam Sheikh in connection with the Burdwan blast case in which two suspected militants were killed and another person was injur
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On October 7 reports that the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is on the lookout for two suspects Kausar and Abdul Kalam Sheikh in connection with the Burdwan blast case in which two suspected militants were killed and another person was injured on October 2 in Khagragarh area in Burdwan District of West Bengal. Kausar is suspected to be a regular at the house in Khagragarh were the blast took place. The CID is also searching for one Abul Kalam, a resident of Mangalkote area of Burdwan District. The investigators are on his trail after they found seven calls made to him from a mobile phone immediately after the blast. The mobile phone from which the calls were made was seized by the Police from the house after the explosion. The CID officers said that the mastermind behind the blast visited the house a couple of days before the blast to prepare a blue print of subversive activities. Police have arrested three people including two women in connection with the case. Those arrested include Hafez Mollah alias Hasan who was picked up by the CID from his house at Khar Duttapa in Purbostholi of Burdwan District. On the basis of information gathered from Hafez Mollah, the Police released a sketch of the prime suspect who is based in Bangladesh. The officers said that the sketch has been sent to all the Police stations of Burdwan and nearby Districts and railway stations to catch him.
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October - 7 
Police on October 7 produced around 20 suspected terrorists, who were arrested in 2008 on charges of conspiring to spread terror by blasting bombs in several parts of South India, before the Additional District and Sessions Court in Hubli, Karnataka
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Police on October 7 produced around 20 suspected terrorists, who were arrested in 2008 on charges of conspiring to spread terror by blasting bombs in several parts of South India, before the Additional District and Sessions Court in Hubli, Karnataka to record their statement, reports The New Indian Express. In 2008, the Police arrested 20 persons on charges of having close links with banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and being involved in terror activities. The accused were brought from different states. Eight of them from Ahmedabad prison (Gujarat), two from Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) and the others from Dharwad central jail (Karnataka). Another accused who is out on bail, was also present in court to record his statement. When Judge Gopalkrishna Kolli asked the accused to record their statements and produce witnesses to prove their innocence, they hesitated as they did not have any record or witness to produce. However, all the accused ruled out having any links with arrested Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorist Yasin Bhatkal and claimed that they were framed by the Police.
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October - 7 
Two more houses used by the Burdwan blast suspect have been found at a walking distance from the Khagragarh house where the October 2 explosion took place, reports The Times of India on October 8. Superintendent of Police (SP) S M H Mirza said the tw
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Two more houses used by the Burdwan blast suspect have been found at a walking distance from the Khagragarh house where the October 2 explosion took place, reports The Times of India on October 8. Superintendent of Police (SP) S M H Mirza said the two houses at Baburbagh and Badshahi Road respectively were traced on the basis of mobile tower location. The investigators suspect that Kauser, whom the CID is looking for in connection with the Burdwan blast, had resided in one of the houses. Both the houses are at a stone's throw from the Khagragarh residence.
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October - 8 
Fearing a backlash against Indians in Iraq, the Central Government is reluctant to allow National Investigation Agency (NIA) to register a case against terror group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), reports India Today on October 9. Highly-plac
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Fearing a backlash against Indians in Iraq, the Central Government is reluctant to allow National Investigation Agency (NIA) to register a case against terror group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), reports India Today on October 9. Highly-placed sources said Indians who are still in the captivity of the ISIS could become soft targets if India initiates any action against them. Thirty nine Indians still remain in their custody. Top Government sources said the Government was not in a hurry to register a case as it wasn't in favour of it at the moment. "We are apprehensive as the group could target Indians in Iraq and other countries in the region where it is active," said a senior Government official. Last month, the NIA wrote to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), seeking permission to register an First Information Report (FIR) against the ISIS, suggesting that an open case under various provisions of Unlawful Activities [Prevention] Act (UAPA) and the United Nations Convention on terrorism could be filed for brainwashing the youths for terror activities. The NIA was of the view that registering an FIR would also help the Government to declare ISIS a banned organization.
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October - 8 
The CID officers on October 8 claimed that the terror links of Burdwan blast seem to have spread across the country to Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), Mumbai and Tamil Nadu, reports Hindustan Times. After tracing the phone calls made from two SIM cards seiz
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The CID officers on October 8 claimed that the terror links of Burdwan blast seem to have spread across the country to Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), Mumbai and Tamil Nadu, reports Hindustan Times. After tracing the phone calls made from two SIM cards seized from Rajira Bibi alias Rumi, the wife of Shakil Ahmed, who was killed in the explosion, CID officers suspect the terror link across the country. DIG of CID Dilip Adak said “It seems Shakil and his associates in Burdwan made and received several calls to and from Tamil Nadu, Mumbai and J&K barely 48 hours before the blast on the morning of October 2.” Another investigating officer said “We are now certain that Bangladeshi outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen (JMB) is involved in the crime. Shakil and his wife are members of the outfit. Analysing these phone calls, we are trying to find out whether other outfits like Indian Mujahideen (IM) also involved.”
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October - 8 
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officials said on October 8 that the four persons arrested in connection with the Burdwan blast case in which two suspected militants were killed and another person was injured on October 2 in Khagragarh ar
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The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officials said on October 8 that the four persons arrested in connection with the Burdwan blast case in which two suspected militants were killed and another person was injured on October 2 in Khagragarh area in Burdwan District of West Bengal have been charged under sections of the Unlawful Activities [Prevention] Act (UAPA) and other sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) such as 121A, 122 and 123 relating to waging war against the state, reports The Hindu. Deputy Inspector General of CID, Dilip Adak said that “We have charged all the four including two women under several sections of the UAPA.” Sheikh Abdul Hakim alias Hasan Saheb, from Lalgola in Murshidabad District, who was injured in the blast was arrested on October 7. Hafez Mollah alias Hasan, Rajira Bibi alias Rumi, widow of the suspected terrorist Shakil Ahmed who died in the blast and Amina Bibi, Hasan Saheb's wife, were also arrested.
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October - 9 
A full-blown hacking and defacement war has erupted in the cyberspace as on October 9 over a dozen Indian and Pakistani websites were defaced by hackers from either side, reports The Times of India. The website of the Press Club of India (PCI) in the
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A full-blown hacking and defacement war has erupted in the cyberspace as on October 9 over a dozen Indian and Pakistani websites were defaced by hackers from either side, reports The Times of India. The website of the Press Club of India (PCI) in the capital was hacked and defaced, with the hackers' message on the website's home page claiming Pakistani origin. A hacker group calling itself "Indian Hackers Online Squad" hacked and defaced the website of the Pakistan's main opposition party, Pakistan People's Party (PPP), www.ppp.org.pk on October 8, with one "Bl@k Dr@gon" claiming credit. Pakistan railways website was hacked on October 9 with the same name appearing on the defaced page. The hackers claimed to be from Pakistan and India. Cyber security consultant and advisor to the Gurgaon cyber cell, Rakshit Tandon said that it would be wiser to wait for the investigation to confirm their locations. "It is easy for someone to use a proxy server and claim to be coming from anywhere in the world," said Tandon.
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October - 9 
CID has recovered a dairy, which was maintained by both Shakil Ahmed, who died in the blast, and the absconding Kausar, the suspected linkmen to the entire Jamaat-Ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) module has entries made in coded languages. Sources said
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CID has recovered a dairy, which was maintained by both Shakil Ahmed, who died in the blast, and the absconding Kausar, the suspected linkmen to the entire Jamaat-Ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) module has entries made in coded languages. Sources said the diary speaks extensively of an all-women educational institution that was set up in 2008 in Simulia in Burdwan District. It was in 2007 that Shakil had come to India and the module became operational. The educational institute, investigators found, was made of mud but housed the latest computer technology within its walls. Both Amina Bibi and Rumi (arrested in the blast case) had studied here and the language of instruction was essentially Arabic. It was also here that Amina met Hassan (who is now in hospital) and married him. Sources claim that the working of this institute was exactly how the Bangladesh-based Hifazat-E-Islam, allegedly a Jamaat wing, runs its own educational institutes in the Chittagong area.
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October - 9 
Madhya Pradesh Police arrested three persons, identified as identified as Babulal Sahu, and Parsuram Sahu of Harrai village in Chhindwara District and Anupam Majumdar of West Bengal, from Chhindwara District with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) of
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Madhya Pradesh Police arrested three persons, identified as identified as Babulal Sahu, and Parsuram Sahu of Harrai village in Chhindwara District and Anupam Majumdar of West Bengal, from Chhindwara District with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) of INR 568,000, reports The Times of India on October 10. Police suspect it as a module of an international syndicate allegedly involved in pumping Pakistan-made superfine quality FICNs into remote tribal areas of the state. Police have also come across more links of the syndicate. Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Chhindwara range, Umesh Joga said that "Chhindwara now has the second highest circulation of fake currency notes because of tribal population. We have dispatched our team to West Bengal for further investigation."
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October - 9 
The Central Government on October 9 transferred the Burdwan blast case (in which two suspected militants were killed and another person was injured on October 2 in Khagragarh area in Burdwan District of West Bengal) to the National Investigation Agen
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The Central Government on October 9 transferred the Burdwan blast case (in which two suspected militants were killed and another person was injured on October 2 in Khagragarh area in Burdwan District of West Bengal) to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), a day after the West Bengal Police invoked the provisions of the Unlawful Activities [Prevention] Act (UAPA) against the four arrested accused, reports The Hindu. A week after the incident, the Centre invoked Section 6 (5) of the NIA Act, 2008 to transfer the case to the agency. The provision empowers the Centre to suo motu transfer cases involving laws specified in the Offences Schedule of the Act.
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October - 9 
The Central probe was approved after it was apparent that the West Bengal Government would not come in the way of the NIA investigation. Sources said formal orders to take over the case were given to NIA around 7 pm on October 9. NIA is likely to fil
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The Central probe was approved after it was apparent that the West Bengal Government would not come in the way of the NIA investigation. Sources said formal orders to take over the case were given to NIA around 7 pm on October 9. NIA is likely to file a First Information Report (FIR) on October 10 after taking over case papers from West Bengal Police. The agency would also move the court seeking custody of the arrested persons for a fresh round of questioning.
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October - 9 
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has started probing the Burdwan blast case in order to track the money trail that helped the suspected militants buy raw material for the explosives, reports The Times of India on October 10. The ED is probing the ca
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has started probing the Burdwan blast case in order to track the money trail that helped the suspected militants buy raw material for the explosives, reports The Times of India on October 10. The ED is probing the case since there are reports that money was sent to the suspected terrorists through the hawala channel. After the blast, the Police seized INR 48,000 stacked in bundles of INR 500 denomination notes. The ED also suspects that huge money was sent from Bangladesh.
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October - 9 
The Indian Navy has placed warships on high alert for terrorist attacks on the high seas following last month’s near successful hijacking of a Pakistani missile frigate in Karachi, reports The Indian Express on October 10. The preparations come amids
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The Indian Navy has placed warships on high alert for terrorist attacks on the high seas following last month’s near successful hijacking of a Pakistani missile frigate in Karachi, reports The Indian Express on October 10. The preparations come amidst new revelations that al Qaeda’s Indian subcontinent wing (Al Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent [AQIS]) had attempted to hijack the Pakistani missile frigate PNS Aslat to attack Indian warships. The sources said that naval commanders had been asked to watch for unusual movements by Pakistani warships operating in the Indian Ocean, and also to guard against strikes involving fishing boats rigged with explosives.
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October - 9 
The State investigating agency said that it suspects the Burdwan blast terror network spread over at least three Districts of West Bengal, reports The Times of India on October 10. According to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) as many as 1
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The State investigating agency said that it suspects the Burdwan blast terror network spread over at least three Districts of West Bengal, reports The Times of India on October 10. According to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) as many as 16 calls were made to Sheikh Kader at his Kirnahar home days before the Burdwan blast on October 2. A total 24 calls reached Borhan Sheikh at Simulia village in Mangalkote in Burdwan District and Yusuf Mollah staying at Mokamnagar in Lalgola in Murshidabad District as a build up to the operation. The call details record (CDR) points to a triangular chain touching Burdwan, Birbhum and Murshidabad Districts from where members of the Bangladesh-based Islamic outfit Hifazat-e-Islami were coordinating with one another. Raids in these areas have brought to fore specific job distribution of the coordinators from the three places.
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October - 10 
Amrit Paul, Inspector-General of Police (Western Range), said on October 10 that there was no noticeable Naxal [Left Wing extremism (LWE)] activity in Udupi District, but intelligence agencies were on the guard, reports The Hindu. Answering to a ques
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Amrit Paul, Inspector-General of Police (Western Range), said on October 10 that there was no noticeable Naxal [Left Wing extremism (LWE)] activity in Udupi District, but intelligence agencies were on the guard, reports The Hindu. Answering to a question, he said that there were only about 20 Naxals in the State, as per intelligence reports. Speaking to presspersons in the District, he said that the State Government had offered a package for Naxals to surrender. Monetary assistance would be given to them on a case by case basis after studying them for six months to a year. There was some Naxal activity at the tri-junction of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, he said.
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October - 10 
Officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) with the help of Police on October 10 arrested one person, identified as Satyendra Kumar alias Satyendra Yadav, who is believed to be a kingpin of a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) smuggling
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Officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) with the help of Police on October 10 arrested one person, identified as Satyendra Kumar alias Satyendra Yadav, who is believed to be a kingpin of a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) smuggling racket that pumps in about INR 10 million counterfeit currencies in the state every month, from West Champaran District of Bihar, reports The Times of India. According to the DRI sources, Satyendra Kumar was wanted by the security agency since his elder brother Pradeep Yadav was held by the DRI on January 12, 2014, with FICN worth INR 1 million in Muzaffarpur District. He was presented before the economic offences court, Muzaffarpur and sent to 14 days of judicial custody.
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October - 10 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has been granted three days custody of Arun Selvarajan, a suspected Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spy who was arrested last month in Chennai by a special Court in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, reports The
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has been granted three days custody of Arun Selvarajan, a suspected Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spy who was arrested last month in Chennai by a special Court in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, reports The New Indian Express on October 11. NIAy sought custody of Selvarajan for the second time, submitting a need to further interrogate him on details of his activities and of his links with the Pakistan’s intelligence agency.
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October - 10 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 10 began its probe into the Burdwan blast (in which two suspected militants were killed and another person was injured on October 2 in Khagragarh area in Burdwan District of West Bengal) after regist
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 10 began its probe into the Burdwan blast (in which two suspected militants were killed and another person was injured on October 2 in Khagragarh area in Burdwan District of West Bengal) after registering a First Information Report (FIR) in connection with the case in Delhi, reports The Times of India. Sources said the case would be investigated by NIA's Kolkata branch. The NIA FIR has invoked five sections of Unlawful Activities [Prevention] Act (UAPA) apart from various sections of Arms Act and Indian Penal Code (IPC). The Hindu adds that the NIA will take into custody all the suspects for questioning. An NIA official said that “There is evidence to suggest that those involved had links in Bangladesh. If necessary, we will also contact the Bangladeshi authorities seeking cooperation in the probe. The material evidence would also be sent for forensic examination and analysis. The case papers are being handed over to us.” An Intelligence Bureau (IB) report based on the statement of the suspected JMB hit squad member, Razia Begum alias Rumi said that Shakil Ahmed Gazi, who died in the Burdwan blast, was the operations head of Bangladesh-based terror outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen (JMB) and the No. 2 of JMB's India unit, reports The Times of India. The Central investigating agencies said that the JMB module operating in Bengal, led by Shakil, specialized in improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and had 12 core members with dozens of locals who provided the logistics. An IB report says that the module prepared IEDs only on specific demand made from across the border and after money was paid through hawala channels. Sometimes, orders would come for deliveries in Assam. Security agencies are ascertaining if Assam insurgent outfits received these IEDs or they were smuggled to JMB bases in Chittagong and adjoining areas. According to security agencies, Police are investigating how many IEDs have crossed the border. Sources said that Kausar, who acted as the group's carrier and now tops Bengal's most-wanted list may have delivered at least seven "consignments" from Khagragarh. Since each consignment contained about 100 IEDs, over 700 such IEDs might have crossed the border, said security agencies.
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October - 10 
Top Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) bomb expert Abdul Karim Tunda was produced in Chief Judicial Magistrate court in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh on October 10 by the Delhi Police in connection with four bomb blast that took place in the District in 1997 after whi
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Top Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) bomb expert Abdul Karim Tunda was produced in Chief Judicial Magistrate court in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh on October 10 by the Delhi Police in connection with four bomb blast that took place in the District in 1997 after which the case was shifted to the Sessions court, reports Zee News. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Harendra Prashad, transferred the case to District and Sessions court, District Prosecuting Officer SK Singh said. Now he will be produced before the Sessions Court on October 28, Singh said.
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October - 11 
The Border Security Force (BSF) on October 11 said that it arrested three people, including a 13 year old boy, in Malda District of West Bengal and seized Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) of INR 200,000 from them, reports Big News Network. “The tri
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The Border Security Force (BSF) on October 11 said that it arrested three people, including a 13 year old boy, in Malda District of West Bengal and seized Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) of INR 200,000 from them, reports Big News Network. “The trio has been handed over to the local Police," BSF Deputy Commandant Ajay Kumar said.
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October - 11 
The National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) probe into the Burdwan blast (in which two suspected militants were killed and another person was injured on October 2 in Khagragarh area in Burdwan District of West Bengal) is pointing to a bigger plot exten
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The National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) probe into the Burdwan blast (in which two suspected militants were killed and another person was injured on October 2 in Khagragarh area in Burdwan District of West Bengal) is pointing to a bigger plot extending not just to neighbouring Assam, but also to Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) and the southern states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala, reports The Times of India on October 12. The NIA has, based on leads gathered from the women arrested from the Burdwan blast site, picked up a suspect from J&K, a construction worker belonging to West Bengal. The J&K suspect, to whom calls were made from the SIM cards seized from Rajira Bibi, wife of militant Shakil Ahmed killed in the blast, was found to be in touch with two other suspects in Birbhum District of West Bengal. The NIA is now on the lookout for the duo. An official said that “Phone records reveal that they had contacts in almost all the major megacities, also in South India. We will have to verify the antecedents of each and every contact. Six of the Assam-based suspects who were in touch with the two men killed in the blast have already been arrested.”
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October - 11 
The National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) probe into the Burdwan blast (in which two suspected militants were killed and another person was injured on October 2 in Khagragarh area in Burdwan District of West Bengal) is pointing to a bigger plot exten
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The National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) probe into the Burdwan blast (in which two suspected militants were killed and another person was injured on October 2 in Khagragarh area in Burdwan District of West Bengal) is pointing to a bigger plot extending not just to neighbouring Assam, but also to Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) and the southern states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala, reports The Times of India on October 12. The NIA has, based on leads gathered from the women arrested from the Burdwan blast site, picked up a suspect from J&K, a construction worker belonging to West Bengal. The J&K suspect, to whom calls were made from the SIM cards seized from Rajira Bibi, wife of militant Shakil Ahmed killed in the blast, was found to be in touch with two other suspects in Birbhum District of West Bengal. The NIA is now on the lookout for the duo. An official said that “Phone records reveal that they had contacts in almost all the major megacities, also in South India. We will have to verify the antecedents of each and every contact. Six of the Assam-based suspects who were in touch with the two men killed in the blast have already been arrested.” Meanwhile, the Assam Police claimed the arrested were linked to a module operating under the patronage of Bangladesh-based terror outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen (JMB). Importantly, terrorist organization Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has also cropped up in the course of questioning of the suspects. The agencies have found a picture of the ISIS flag downloaded a suspect's phones. Though the suspect claimed that the phone was being used by another person, who may have downloaded the flag, the NIA will be probing the angle further. The discovery of grenades and bomb-making equipment from Burdwan, as well as linkages across several states like J&K and even southern states, indicate elaborate planning and high level of preparations by JMB to carry out attacks in Bangladesh, adds The Times of India. Intelligence agencies believe that strikes were planned as retaliation against the Prime Minister (PM) of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina regime's crackdown on JMB elements. NIA officials fear the suspects arrested so far and aides contacted across states by the militants are possibly foot soldiers. The probe will now focus on identifying the leaders of the module. Separately, Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officers said that, the prime accused in the Burdwan blast, Sheik Kausar travelled nearly 100 kilometres before he sneaked into Bangladesh via Hakimpur bordering Nadia and North 24-Parganas District of West Bengal. The investigators have also reconstructed the escape route. According to CID, Kausar left the spot immediately after the blast, but he didn't leave the place till the next day. However, the CID officers are not sure about the exact day he crossed the border. But, they believe that he had at least five facilitators who arranged the logistics for a safe transit.
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October - 11 
The North 24 Parganas Police on October 11 arrested 28 Bangladeshis, including 6 women, in two separate raids at Basirhat near Ghojadanga border, North 24-Parganas District of West Bengal, Reports The Times of India. Acting on a tip-off, a Police te
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The North 24 Parganas Police on October 11 arrested 28 Bangladeshis, including 6 women, in two separate raids at Basirhat near Ghojadanga border, North 24-Parganas District of West Bengal, Reports The Times of India. Acting on a tip-off, a Police team raided Chourangi village near Itinda in Basirhat and arrested 21 Bangladeshis. A senior District Police official said "Most of them are residents of Satkhira in Bangladesh. They could not show any legal documents that allow them to stay here and hence were booked under Foreigners Act. We are investigating how they crossed the border. They would be produced in the Basirhat court on October 13." Police also arrested seven infiltrators from Swarupnagar in Basirhat in a separate raid.
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October - 12 
Two motorcycle-borne cadres of People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), shot dead a Public Distribution System (PDS) dealer, identified as Dilip Choudhury, in front of his house
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Two motorcycle-borne cadres of People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), shot dead a Public Distribution System (PDS) dealer, identified as Dilip Choudhury, in front of his house at Marcha village under Rania Police Station limits of Khunti District on October 12, reports The Business Standard.
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October - 13 
A city court in Kolkata on October 13 remanded three accused in the Burdwan blast case, who were till now in Criminal Investigation Department (CID) custody, to National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody till October 22, reports Business Standard.
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A city court in Kolkata on October 13 remanded three accused in the Burdwan blast case, who were till now in Criminal Investigation Department (CID) custody, to National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody till October 22, reports Business Standard. Additional Sessions Judge Gopal Chandra Karmakar directed that the accused Hafez Molla alias Hasan, Rajira alias Razia Bibi and Alima Bibi would be in NIA custody till October 22. The NIA counsels requested for 14 days' custody of the accused citing the gravity of the incident, its international ramifications and investigation into the conspiracy angle. The Judge, however, granted only 10 days' custody, stating that it would decide on further NIA custody after considering the developments on October 22. A fourth accused, Sheik Hakim, who was injured in the blast is undergoing treatment at the state-run SSKM Hospital in Kolkata. Hakim was interrogated by NIA officers on October 13 for two hours at SSKM Hospital in Kolkata, reports The Times of India. Hakim maintained that he has no links with terror groups and said he was not into arms-making. An NIA officer said that, "Hakim claimed that Shakil had asked him to visit Bardhaman. He also said that his wife Amina Bibi and Shakil's wife Rumi Bibi are friends. Shakil insisted him to join a burqa business. According to Hakim, he was supposed to provide expertise for burqa-making and was not aware what Shakil was doing in his room. The sudden blast, he said, took him by surprise."
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October - 13 
According to The Times of India, when NIA sleuths entered the madrassa on October 13, they found chilling evidence that it was used for arms and improvised explosive device (IED) training. Air gun cartridges, glass bottles tied with chords for use as
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According to The Times of India, when NIA sleuths entered the madrassa on October 13, they found chilling evidence that it was used for arms and improvised explosive device (IED) training. Air gun cartridges, glass bottles tied with chords for use as targets, and pellets embedded in the mud walls gave proof of target practice. There were bundles of optical fibre, electrical equipment and a lot of chemicals found in three rooms. NIA also seized a Sigma table clock, whose circuit could be used as a timer in an IED, sources said. Pamphlets and literature in Arabic and Urdu and bows and arrows were found along with Tiffin boxes and 14 large tin trunks. There was also a punching bag filled with sand, like the ones used by boxers. Investigators seized a phone book believed to belong to Yousuf Sheikh, the terror module's mentor. It has the contact numbers of women who took training in the Simulia madrassa, added sources.
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October - 13 
Asserting that the problem of terrorism in India was imported, President Pranab Mukherjee on October 13 said that indigenous terrorist activity was "extremely negligible" with hardly any involvement of the 150 million Muslims of the country, reports
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Asserting that the problem of terrorism in India was imported, President Pranab Mukherjee on October 13 said that indigenous terrorist activity was "extremely negligible" with hardly any involvement of the 150 million Muslims of the country, reports The Times of India. "Of course there may be one or two out of hundred fifty million but all of these are imported. These are coming from outside. Indigenous terrorist activity in India is extremely negligible and whenever such signs are visible we take appropriate steps," he said in an interview in Oslo ahead of his two-day visit to Norway.
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October - 13 
Meanwhile, the Central agency recovered an orange Tata Nano car, used by the terror accused, with “Indian Army” sticker and a duplicate Bengal number plate lying abandoned along the main road, about 100 metres from the Simulia madrassa in Mangalkot,
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Meanwhile, the Central agency recovered an orange Tata Nano car, used by the terror accused, with “Indian Army” sticker and a duplicate Bengal number plate lying abandoned along the main road, about 100 metres from the Simulia madrassa in Mangalkot, reports The Asian Age on October 14.
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October - 13 
Meanwhile, The Intelligence Bureau (IB) has sounded an all India alert on mapping and increasing surveillance on illegal immigrants from Bangladesh following the Burdwan blast in which the Bangladesh-based terror outfit JMB is reportedly involved.
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Meanwhile, The Intelligence Bureau (IB) has sounded an all India alert on mapping and increasing surveillance on illegal immigrants from Bangladesh following the Burdwan blast in which the Bangladesh-based terror outfit JMB is reportedly involved.
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October - 13 
The New Indian Express adds that the NIA probing the Burdwan blast case is examining the links of suspected al Qaeda and Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terrorists with the Simulia Madrassa that is believed to be a centre for training terrorist
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The New Indian Express adds that the NIA probing the Burdwan blast case is examining the links of suspected al Qaeda and Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terrorists with the Simulia Madrassa that is believed to be a centre for training terrorists, around 38km from the blast site. Investigators said all the terrorists of the Burdwan module, who infiltrated the non-descript village in West Bengal to set up terror arms factory, were radicalised in jihadi ideology in the same Simulia Madrassa. Sources said “At least four teams of the NIA have launched a simultaneous probe at Burdwan, Kolkata, Nadia and Barpeta in Assam. Six suspects were picked by the Assam Police last week in connection with the Burdwan blast. They will be interrogated soon.”
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October - 13 
The six accused, including two women, who were arrested in the Burdwan blast case have reportedly given some important leads in the transnational terror conspiracy, in which Jamaat ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB)’s key militant Kausar, who is now on t
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The six accused, including two women, who were arrested in the Burdwan blast case have reportedly given some important leads in the transnational terror conspiracy, in which Jamaat ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB)’s key militant Kausar, who is now on the run, reportedly has connections with some Kerala-based terror modules, which are an alleged offshoot of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), reports Deccan Chronicle on October 14. Karnataka Police and State Intelligence have also sought information from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on possible terror links here after unconfirmed reports indicated that Abdul Qader Sultan Armar from Bhatkal, who is reportedly absconding and is recruiting vulnerable Indian Muslim youth for the global jihadi organization, al Qaeda may also have a hand in the terror conspiracy and the revival of JMB. An unnamed officer said that “The terror network seems to cut across states and international boundaries. There are reported links with some terrorist modules in Kerala, which are being verified.”
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October - 13 
Top officials with access to intelligence inputs have warned that al Qaeda has apparently joined hands with Indian terror outfits like the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) to plan a series of bombings in the country during the festival seaso
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Top officials with access to intelligence inputs have warned that al Qaeda has apparently joined hands with Indian terror outfits like the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) to plan a series of bombings in the country during the festival season, reports Deccan Herald on October 14. The two groups were found to have joined forces when investigators discovered their roles in the recent Burdwan (West Bengal) and Bijnor (Uttar Pradesh) blasts. A top official said "To impart a big blow in India, al Qaeda and SIMI had chosen the month of October and their motive was to conduct a series of bombings on Dussehra and Eid-ul-Adha." However, the accidental blast in Burdwan in West Bengal put paid to the terrorists' bombings plan and they could not carry out any bombings on these occasions, the official added. "But Diwali (October 23) might be on their radar and any Indian city could be targeted by these outfits on this festival," the official said.
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October - 14 
Meanwhile, another NIA team questioned three suspects, including an alleged Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) conduit in Chennai, Tamil Nadu after the agency found uncanny similarities in the IEDs that exploded in Burdwan and the May 1 blasts on Bang
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Meanwhile, another NIA team questioned three suspects, including an alleged Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) conduit in Chennai, Tamil Nadu after the agency found uncanny similarities in the IEDs that exploded in Burdwan and the May 1 blasts on Bangalore-Guwahati Express at Chennai central station, reports The Times of India.
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October - 14 
On October 14, a Dhaka court sentenced Rezaul Karim Reza, a Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) militant, to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment in a case filed over bomb blast before the then Hotel Sheraton (now Ruposhi Bangla Hotel) in the capital on
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On October 14, a Dhaka court sentenced Rezaul Karim Reza, a Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) militant, to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment in a case filed over bomb blast before the then Hotel Sheraton (now Ruposhi Bangla Hotel) in the capital on August 17, 2005, reports The Daily Star. Reza was also fined BDT 5,000, in default to suffer three months more in jail. Three other accused Abdullah Al Fattah alias Shakil, Hafez Enayetullah alias Apu and Tareq Iqbal were acquitted as charges against him were not proved.
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October - 14 
Police arrested one Person, identified as Shafiq with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) of INR 12,000 in Kamrauli Police station area in Amethi District of Uttar Pradesh on October 14, reports India TV. Police said that Shafiq was arrested while tryin
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Police arrested one Person, identified as Shafiq with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) of INR 12,000 in Kamrauli Police station area in Amethi District of Uttar Pradesh on October 14, reports India TV. Police said that Shafiq was arrested while trying to use fake notes in market and 22 INR 500 notes and one INR 1000 note were recovered from him. Shafiq used to bring fake notes from West Bengal and use it in market or at petrol pumps, Police said. He told police that he also used to exchange fake notes of INR 5000 with INR 3000 genuine notes.
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October - 14 
Sources said that NIA on October 14 summoned three persons from Chennai, Tamil Nadu for interrogation in connection with the case, reports Deccan Chronicle. The terror blast case, which has cross-border ramifications, is reportedly spread from West B
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Sources said that NIA on October 14 summoned three persons from Chennai, Tamil Nadu for interrogation in connection with the case, reports Deccan Chronicle. The terror blast case, which has cross-border ramifications, is reportedly spread from West Bengal to Assam and South India. Karnataka has also sought information from the West Bengal Police and NIA about the case and the support network of JMB. Official sources said that “We are at a security risk because we have a sizeable population of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants in Bengaluru and other Districts.” However, despite initial suspicion that the Burdwan blast might be linked to a terror module of either the al Qaeda or the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), both the NIA and Central Intelligence agencies have now categorically ruled out any such possibility, reports The Asian Age on October 16. Two alleged terrorists believed to be members of the JMB died in the Burdwan blast and it was being initially suspected that the JMB had directed them to set up terror modules in India for either al Qaeda or the ISIS. Sources said so far the probe has not revealed any al Qaeda or ISIS link though the investigations are progressing at a fast pace.
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October - 14 
The Asian Age on October 15 adds that the NIA has found a secret chamber-like small room at Shimulia madrassa, which was allegedly used as a terror hideout with links with Burdwan blast. This clandestine room was apparently used to store either arms
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The Asian Age on October 15 adds that the NIA has found a secret chamber-like small room at Shimulia madrassa, which was allegedly used as a terror hideout with links with Burdwan blast. This clandestine room was apparently used to store either arms and explosives or militant literature. The NIA recovered several key books, documents and arms from the room.
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October - 14 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) investigators on October 14 questioned three mysterious suspects at a Park Circus nursing home, Kolkata where they were admitted by Burdwan Police on October 6 with blast injuries, reports The Times of India. N
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) investigators on October 14 questioned three mysterious suspects at a Park Circus nursing home, Kolkata where they were admitted by Burdwan Police on October 6 with blast injuries, reports The Times of India. NIA is probing if the trio is linked to the Burdwan blast (in which two suspected militants were killed and another person was injured on October 2 in Khagragarh area in Burdwan District of West Bengal). Sources said that NIA wonders why these "suspects" were taken to a private nursing home, while Abdul Hakim, who was injured in the Burdwan blast, was admitted to the state-run SSKM Hospital. There is tell-tale evidence at the Burdwan blast site that a few more people may have been present when the improvised explosive devices (IEDs) exploded. Some villagers have told investigators that they saw a few persons fleeing on motorcycles immediately after the blast. The Central Forensic Science Laboratory is already looking into this aspect after collecting blood samples. However, the injured trio has denied involvement in the Burdwan blast, claiming they were injured in a separate blast in Malda on October 5.
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October - 14 
The NIA officials were surprised by the variety of explosives and chemicals found at the blast site in Burdwan leading them to suspect a foreign link with the accused, reports The Times of India. The list of explosives seized includes gun powder, pow
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The NIA officials were surprised by the variety of explosives and chemicals found at the blast site in Burdwan leading them to suspect a foreign link with the accused, reports The Times of India. The list of explosives seized includes gun powder, power gel, picric acid, lead azide, magnesium powder, urea nitrate, potassium nitrate, sulphur, ammonium nitrate, iron oxide, methyl alcohol, ethanol, nitrobenzene, barium peroxide, sodium hydroxide and lead nitrate purified. Besides, detonators, wires and timer devices were also seized. An officer said "This is the first time such a variety of chemicals and explosives were found at a single place related to blast suspects.”
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October - 14 
The NIA, along with West Bengal Police, on October 14 conducted searches at various places in the state in connection with the Burdwan blast. Another madrassa at Lalgola in Murshidabad, suspected to be a terror hideout, has also come under the scanne
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The NIA, along with West Bengal Police, on October 14 conducted searches at various places in the state in connection with the Burdwan blast. Another madrassa at Lalgola in Murshidabad, suspected to be a terror hideout, has also come under the scanner of the NIA. The madrassa has remained under lock and key since October 3, a day after the Burdwan blast.
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October - 15 
A series of Internet chats between key members of Indian Mujahideen (IM) based in India and Pakistan provided leads as early as July 2013 to the emergence of new terror modules with links to West Bengal, Assam and Bangladesh, and a branch leader iden
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A series of Internet chats between key members of Indian Mujahideen (IM) based in India and Pakistan provided leads as early as July 2013 to the emergence of new terror modules with links to West Bengal, Assam and Bangladesh, and a branch leader identified only as “Bengali”, reports The Indian Express. The transcripts of some of these chats, unearthed last year by National Investigation Agency (NIA) reveal that the ground had been laid in 2013 to launch terror operations under the leadership of “Bengali”. They also indicate that it was this operative who carried out the SMS campaign in 2012 that sparked panic among people from the northeast living in southern cities such as Bangalore, Karnataka. These chat conversations have gained significance in the light of the October 2 blast at a house in Burdwan in West Bengal which resulted in the death of two persons allegedly involved in making explosive devices.
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October - 15 
Meanwhile, NIA officers have found blood stains in the Tata Nano car found parked near the Simulia madrassa. Investigators fear that Sahidul might have driven some of those injured in the Burdwan blast to safe destinations. NIA believes that the Indi
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Meanwhile, NIA officers have found blood stains in the Tata Nano car found parked near the Simulia madrassa. Investigators fear that Sahidul might have driven some of those injured in the Burdwan blast to safe destinations. NIA believes that the Indian Army sticker pasted on the car was genuine and procured from the Army base at Nasik, Maharashtra which is home to the Artillery Regiment Headquarter. According to the sources, the central agencies including National Security Guard (NSG) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) will also arrive in Burdwan on October 16 to look into the matter.
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October - 15 
Separately, NIA on October 15 also arrested alleged Kader aide Hifzulla Kaji from Kirnahar market in Birbhum District in connection with the Burdwan blast case. According to Police, Kader had ganged up with a group of local youths, including Hifzulla
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Separately, NIA on October 15 also arrested alleged Kader aide Hifzulla Kaji from Kirnahar market in Birbhum District in connection with the Burdwan blast case. According to Police, Kader had ganged up with a group of local youths, including Hifzulla. The agency discovered two more suspicious constructions in Burdwan District. One of them is in Nigon village, about 5 kilometers from the Shimulia madrassa that was allegedly used to indoctrinate and train women recruits for Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB). The second unfinished building is at Tamilpukur, just one and a half kilometers from the Shimulia madrassa.
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October - 15 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 15 arrested one of the most wanted in the Burdwan blast case, identified as Habibur Shiekh, an alleged operative of the terror module and 'trainer' at the Shimulia madrassa from Muluk on the outskirt
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 15 arrested one of the most wanted in the Burdwan blast case, identified as Habibur Shiekh, an alleged operative of the terror module and 'trainer' at the Shimulia madrassa from Muluk on the outskirts of Bolpur town in Birbhum District, reports The Times of India. According to NIA, Habibur Shiekh had fled his hideout in Baburbagh in Murshidabad along with Kausar, soon after being tipped off by Amina Bibi within minutes of the Burdwan blast on October 2. Habibur's arrest comes a day before terror suspect Abdul Hakim, who was injured in the Burdwan blast, is likely to be released from SSKM Hospital in Kolkata. NIA plans to interrogate Habibur with the inputs its officers have got from questioning Hakim all these days in hospital.
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October - 15 
Two persons, identified as Ziaul Sheikh and his son Nawab Sheikh were injured in a blast in the Malda District of West Bengal on October 15 while making bombs, reports First Post. A senior officer of Baishnabnagar Police station said that both were i
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Two persons, identified as Ziaul Sheikh and his son Nawab Sheikh were injured in a blast in the Malda District of West Bengal on October 15 while making bombs, reports First Post. A senior officer of Baishnabnagar Police station said that both were injured late in the evening (October 15) when they, along with some others, were allegedly trying to make bombs in the house of one Murshed Sheikh. District Additional Superintendent of Police, Abhishek Modi said that "We have information about the incident. Murshed Sheikh is absconding after the incident and a search is on to trace his whereabouts. A police team has already rushed to the spot to investigate the matter."
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October - 16 
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) has placed a company of Border Security Force (BSF), comprising around 100 personnel, at the disposal of NIA to help it with raids and searches conducted as part of the Burdwan blasts probe, reports The Ti
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The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) has placed a company of Border Security Force (BSF), comprising around 100 personnel, at the disposal of NIA to help it with raids and searches conducted as part of the Burdwan blasts probe, reports The Times of India on October 17. The Times of India adds that the NIA has found fresh evidence which shows that the terror module stored IEDs at several hideouts in four Districts of West Bengal. According to central intelligence sources the nature of the planning and the information from the interrogation of Abdul Hakim at SSKM Hospital in Kolkata point towards links with Harkat-ul-Jihadi Islami (HuJI), Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT). The network's main targets in Bangladesh were Dhaka and Rajshahi but Indian cities may also have been on the radar. Intelligence Bureau (IB) sources said that the terror module seems much more organized than it appeared. According to sources, Hakim has admitted to making bombs for three years. He also claims that dead 'terrorist' Subhan Mondal is actually Suvan Sheikh, a relative of Shakil Ahmed Gazi, the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) No. 2 who was killed in the blast. From his statement, it appears that many locals had worked as foot soldiers, helping the module get land, money and daily logistics. Hakim has told investigators that the module has extensive presence across Burdwan, Birbhum, Murshidabad and Nadia and was scouting for new hideouts in West Midnapore and Malda. They recruited heavily from several educational institutes and had roped in over 150 operatives in the past three years, he said.
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October - 16 
India will hold counter-terrorism exercises with China despite a recent face-off on their disputed border, reports Reuters on October 17. According to the reports, India agreed to China's request to move next month's exercises away from the border wi
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India will hold counter-terrorism exercises with China despite a recent face-off on their disputed border, reports Reuters on October 17. According to the reports, India agreed to China's request to move next month's exercises away from the border with Pakistan with which China shares a close relationship. The manoeuvres will come just weeks after thousands of Indian and Chinese soldiers confronted each other on their de facto border in the western Himalayas, accusing each other of building roads and observations posts in disputed territory. India sees the anti-terrorism collaboration with China as a way to highlight the threat they both face from Islamist militants in Pakistan. The military sources said that the two armies will field 103 soldiers each for the "hand-in-hand" manoeuvres in Pune (Maharashtra) that involve scenarios such as recapturing a border post taken over by terrorists.
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October - 16 
National Security Guard (NSG) director general J N Choudhury on October 16 warned of the possibility of global jihadi outfits al Qaeda and Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) joining hands to launch "multi-city, multiple attacks" in India, reports
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National Security Guard (NSG) director general J N Choudhury on October 16 warned of the possibility of global jihadi outfits al Qaeda and Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) joining hands to launch "multi-city, multiple attacks" in India, reports The Times of India. Speaking to the news reporters on the occasion of NSG's 30th Raising Day in Manesar near Gurgaon (Haryana), Choudhury said, "Now that they (al Qaeda) have declared an intention to attack India, they might combine with outfits like Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), ISIS and Indian Mujahideen (IM)." Calling the 2008 Mumbai attacks (26/11) a “curtain raiser”, he said the country is facing threat of such attacks in more than one city at a time. He added that al Qaeda operatives had recced Bangalore (Karnataka) and Goa several years ago and “looking for vulnerable spots in India is nothing new for al Qaeda”. He said the NSG does not have its own intelligence setup to corroborate these inputs which were given by intelligence agencies.
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October - 16 
Prompt Policing and timely reinforcement of troops averted a major Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) attack when armed rebels attempted to raid Anandpur Police outpost in Kotoria block headquarters in Banka District on October 16, reports
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Prompt Policing and timely reinforcement of troops averted a major Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) attack when armed rebels attempted to raid Anandpur Police outpost in Kotoria block headquarters in Banka District on October 16, reports The Telegraph. According to information, around 10pm over 200 armed rebels, who were divided in troops of 15-20 in number, were seen encircling the outpost near the border of Simultala in Jamui. “As soon as we got information about the gathering of the rebels at the distance of 200m, we sounded the alarm and intimidated senior officers in Banka. We had information of firing from their side but when we took our positions, the rebels went back towards Mathdih,” the Station House Officer (SHO) of the outpost Rajiv Kumar Ranjan, said. The Maoists and Police exchanged fire but no casualty has been reported.
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October - 16 
The Central Government will use any element of its "national power" against the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) under a new policy to deal with the extremists and not hold peace talks with them till they renounce violence and express fai
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The Central Government will use any element of its "national power" against the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) under a new policy to deal with the extremists and not hold peace talks with them till they renounce violence and express faith in democracy, reports Zee News on October 17. This strategy has been envisaged in the policy formulated by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government to combat Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) and circulated to all the nine Maoist-affected States. "The State is duty-bound to resolutely deal with the Maoist violence and reserves the right to use any element of its national power against the outfit as the situation warrants," according to the policy devised by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA). The Policy, however, does not mention whether use of Armed Forces is an option to fight the naxals. The new policy says experience of previous counter- insurgency campaigns in states like Punjab, Andhra Pradesh and Tripura suggest that State Police should take the lead in the campaign with support from Central Forces. The Government will consider any offer of talks from the CPI-Maoist once they renounce violence as the means of capturing state power and express faith in the democratic process. The government's counter-insurgency paradigm will be balanced and holistic with multi-pronged interventions in the areas of security, development, ensuring rights and entitlements of local communities and public perception management. Winning the hearts and minds of the tribal population and other marginalised groups will lie at the core of the counter- insurgency strategy of the state and all security and development-related interventions will revolve around this aspect. In the worst LWE affected areas, security interventions will be followed by development interventions; in moderately affected areas, both the interventions will go hand in hand and in less affected areas, development interventions will take the precedence, the policy said. The policy suggests that two adjoining Naxal-affected states will have more frequent interaction and if necessary, one-to-one meetings at the highest political level. It has also been specified that recruitments in CAPFs will have a much higher proportion of tribal youth from the Maoist affected areas and special recruitment rallies will be convened in these areas."The CAPF personnel deployed in LWE affected areas would be given incentives on par with the maximum prevailing levels -- those available in Jammu and Kashmir," the document says. Another feature of the policy is that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) will visit the crime scenes of all serious offences committed by Maoists in the future. The policy will come into effect after formal approval by the Union Cabinet.
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October - 16 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 16 recovered a sack containing 40 improvised hand grenades from a store room in a house near the Burdwan blast occurred in which two suspected militants were killed and another person was injured on
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 16 recovered a sack containing 40 improvised hand grenades from a store room in a house near the Burdwan blast occurred in which two suspected militants were killed and another person was injured on October 2 in Khagragarh area in Burdwan District of West Bengal, reports The Times of India. NIA officials said that “NIA investigators, along with Burdwan District Police during a search of the house of one Rezaul Karim recovered the Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) this evening (October 16)”. The recovery was made when the investigators were searching the house of Rezaul located at Mathpara on Badsahi Road near Khagragarh. This is one of the three houses found by the investigators to be used by the blast suspects besides the one where the explosion had taken place. The state Criminal Investigation Department (CID) had earlier searched the house and found some documents. Rezaul has been missing since the October 2 blast. NIA had conducted searches at various places including the residence and shop of the arrested accused Hashem Moulla alias Badre Alam in Burdwan District.
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October - 16 
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) is actively considering National Investigation Agency (NIA)'s proposal to register a case against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to check the threat posed by it after intelligence inputs said near
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The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) is actively considering National Investigation Agency (NIA)'s proposal to register a case against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to check the threat posed by it after intelligence inputs said nearly 20 Indian youths may have joined the global outfit, reports The Times of India on October 17. Of the 20 persons said to have been recruited by ISIS, four have already been identified as residents of Kalyan in Mumbai, while one is said to be from Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and another settled in Singapore. A senior UMHA official said a case against ISIS may be registered but did not support the NIA's stance that ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi should be named in the "open First Information Report (FIR)". This is because it would unnecessarily sensationalise the case, considering the almost nil chances of Indian agencies laying their hands on al-Baghdadi. Recently, the waving of the ISIS flag in J&K had led to concerns among the security establishment regarding the possible emerging presence of the global jihadi outfit in India.
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October - 16 
The Union Railway Minister D V Sadananda Gowda on October 16 said fresh recruitment would be made in the Railway Protection Force (RPF) to deal with the attacks by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), reports Zee News. "The railway depar
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The Union Railway Minister D V Sadananda Gowda on October 16 said fresh recruitment would be made in the Railway Protection Force (RPF) to deal with the attacks by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), reports Zee News. "The railway department is planning to recruit 17,000 constables, including 4,000 women, as safety and security is its topmost priority," Gowda said in reply to a query that Maoists have been targeting railway properties.
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October - 17 
A local Court in Delhi on October 17 dismissed the bail plea and extended till October 30 the judicial custody of the suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operatives, Subhan and his nephew Asahbuddin, arrested for alleged role in planning terror strikes i
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A local Court in Delhi on October 17 dismissed the bail plea and extended till October 30 the judicial custody of the suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operatives, Subhan and his nephew Asahbuddin, arrested for alleged role in planning terror strikes in Delhi and adjoining areas, reports Outlook. The duo was produced before the court on expiry of their judicial custody. The court also allowed the plea of Special Cell of Delhi Police seeking extension of the period of investigation from three months to six months. Subhan was arrested by the Special Cell of Delhi Police on May 20 while Asahbuddin, who was serving life term in Kolkata (West Bengal), was arrested on May 27.The Court also issued a production warrant for October 30 against Pakistani national Arshad Khan, a co-accused in the case who has been lodged in a Kolkata jail in connection with the Partha Roy Burman kidnapping case of 2001.
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October - 17 
A special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court on October 17 granted bail to one of the accused in the Indian Mujahideen (IM) terror emails case in connection with the Ahmedabad, Jaipur and Delhi serial blasts, reported Hindustan
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A special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court on October 17 granted bail to one of the accused in the Indian Mujahideen (IM) terror emails case in connection with the Ahmedabad, Jaipur and Delhi serial blasts, reported Hindustan Times. Farooque Tarkash, an accountant from Pune, was granted bail on grounds of parity, as another accused in the case who was arrested on the same charges had been granted bail earlier by Bombay High Court. Tarkash was among the 21 IM operatives arrested in September 2008 by the Mumbai crime branch, which was probing the terror emails sent by IM operatives after the Ahmedabad, Jaipur and Delhi serial blasts.
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October - 17 
Police on October 17 recovered more than two dozen crude bombs from a mango orchard in 16 Mile area under Kaliachak Police station in Malda District of West Bengal, reports The Times of India. A Police officer said that "About 30 crude bombs have bee
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Police on October 17 recovered more than two dozen crude bombs from a mango orchard in 16 Mile area under Kaliachak Police station in Malda District of West Bengal, reports The Times of India. A Police officer said that "About 30 crude bombs have been found from the bag. A bomb disposal squad is diffusing them. We are also in the lookout for Mohshin Sheikh, the owner of the orchard." The recovery in Malda comes a day after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the National Security Guard (NSG), probing the October 2 Burdwan blast, seized 40 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) from a house in the District. Several incidents of crude bombs going off or being seized by Police have been reported from several Districts of the state in the last few days.
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October - 17 
Security agencies are on high alert following the warning from National Security Guards (NSG) Director General J N Chaudhary about possible attack on Indian cities jointly by global jihadi outfits al Qaeda and Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS),
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Security agencies are on high alert following the warning from National Security Guards (NSG) Director General J N Chaudhary about possible attack on Indian cities jointly by global jihadi outfits al Qaeda and Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), reports The Times of India on October 18. Amritsar Police commissioner J S Aulakh on October 17 said that "We are reviewing the security situation and also working on the input received from intelligence agencies”. He added that the District Police had already got additional 200 men for deployment during the on-going festival season. However, he clarified that Police didn't have any specific input about any incident by any outfit. Meanwhile, Border Security Force (BSF) Inspector General (IG) Ashok Kumar said that "This threat already exists and we are alert." Intelligence sources didn't rule out the possibility of using Indian hostages held by ISIS in Mosul city of Iraq to spread terror and pressurize India. Around 39 Indian youths, mostly Punjabis, are in the captivity of ISIS after the terror outfit took control of Mosul and abducted them from a factory.
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October - 17 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is investigating the Burdwan blast case, in a preliminary report submitted to the Central Government said that there was a conspiracy by the Burdwan terror module to convert West Bengal into a major terr
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is investigating the Burdwan blast case, in a preliminary report submitted to the Central Government said that there was a conspiracy by the Burdwan terror module to convert West Bengal into a major terror hub over the next few months to carryout subversive activities in different parts of the country, reports The Asian Age on October 18. The NIA along with Central intelligence agencies is investigating the matter which is suspected to have international ramifications also. Police have already arrested three accused in the Burdwan blast, Badrul Alam Molla and two women, Razia and Amina and questioning them regularly over the last few days which has provided some valuable leads regarding the conspiracy. Sources said that the accused have disclosed that they were getting regular assistance both in terms of finance and explosives from “certain elements in Bangladesh” with clear instructions to form a strong terror network in West Bengal. A senior intelligence official said that “Considering the close proximity of the state to the porous Indo-Bangladesh border West Bengal was an ideal choice for making it a major terror hub in the country. The investigations have thrown up important leads and we are working on them. We have already recovered a huge quantity of explosives based on the disclosures of the accused persons and have also identified some members of the terror module who are still on the run.” Sources also said that during the course of investigations it has also come to light that the terror operatives have already made Malda into a major centre for smuggling fake Indian currency notes (FICN). The Times of India on October 18 adds that with mounting evidence that the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) network has spread its tentacles across the central and bordering Districts of West Bengal, NIA has begun visiting each of the suspects' homes and questioning their aides. According to intelligence inputs, JMB cadres are known to recruit from their close and extended families, creating strong blood networks. Sources said that "once you begin questioning these aides of the absconding men, there are chances you can gain valuable leads."
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October - 18 
The Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) of the Mumbai Police on October 18 arrested a terror suspect, identified as Anis Ansari (24), a software engineer who was allegedly planning to blow up American organizations including the American School at Bandra-Kurl
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The Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) of the Mumbai Police on October 18 arrested a terror suspect, identified as Anis Ansari (24), a software engineer who was allegedly planning to blow up American organizations including the American School at Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai, reports The Times of India. Officials of the ATS said that the accused, who had allegedly opened fictitious accounts on a social networking site, had allegedly mentioned about 'carrying out a blast on American organizations in Mumbai' in chats with some Shakeel Ahmed. A Kurla resident, Ansari lives in the building where Indian Mujahideen (IM) founder members, Riyaz Bhatkal and his brother Iqbal, once lived, said the officials, adding that the banned organisation, Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), also has its roots in the same locality. The Police have confiscated Ansari's personal and official computers, which allegedly had 'objectionable' pictures and videos. The computers have been sent to forensic experts to retrieve data. Anis Ansari was an IS sympathiser. The Police have also found that Ansari used to listen to speeches of international terrorists on YouTube.
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October - 18 
The former president of banned extremist outfit Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) Salauddin Ahmed (45) died in a road accident at Peddakaparthi village under Chityal Police station limits on National Highway (NH)-65 in Nalgonda District of Te
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The former president of banned extremist outfit Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) Salauddin Ahmed (45) died in a road accident at Peddakaparthi village under Chityal Police station limits on National Highway (NH)-65 in Nalgonda District of Telangana on October 18, reports The Hindu. Bhongir Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) S. Srinivas said that Salahuddin was proceeding towards Hyderabad after participating in a function in Nalgonda town when his speeding car hit the rear of a truck going in the same direction, while overtaking it. Salahuddin, who originally hails from Nalgonda, was accused in the 2002 Dilsukhnagar Sai Baba Temple bomb blast case.
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October - 19 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) and a Border Security Force (BSF) team in a raid at three key hideouts in Murshidabad District of West Bengal on October 19 recovered several crucial evidence in connection with the Burdwan blast of October 2,
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) and a Border Security Force (BSF) team in a raid at three key hideouts in Murshidabad District of West Bengal on October 19 recovered several crucial evidence in connection with the Burdwan blast of October 2, reports The Asian Age. NIA team with BSF’s intelligence officials and personnel searched the unlicensed madrassa, Talimul Banatli Hatematuj Johura at Mukhimnagar village in Lalgola and recovered two gas cylinders, two motorbikes, bunches of jihadi scripts, some of them being half-burnt, and leaflets. After that NIA-BSF joint team raided the house of Mofazzul alias Laden, who has been absconding and recovered two cellphones, a SIM, a mobile chip, a passbook and some money receipts. Later, they searched “Burqa Ghar” in Beldanga which had been run by Shakeel Ahmed, one of the two deceased in the Burdwan blast and recovered a cellphone, a SIM, various carry bags and leaflets. Meanwhile, another NIA team questioned Mithu Sheikh, an aide of the terror accused, and his family members at the office of sub-divisional Police officer at Bolpur in Birbhum District. The police then summoned him. Reports also said that during the day, the officers inspected the blast site in Burdwan once again and recovered various items close to two dozen.
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October - 19 
The terror suspect, Anis Ansari, arrested on October 18 for `chatting' with his friends on Facebook about jihad and attacking the American school in Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai, was indoctrinated by hearing lectures of al Qaeda preachers, sa
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The terror suspect, Anis Ansari, arrested on October 18 for `chatting' with his friends on Facebook about jihad and attacking the American school in Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai, was indoctrinated by hearing lectures of al Qaeda preachers, said sources, reports The Times of India on October 20. Ansari who has been booked under the charges of criminal conspiracy read with Indian Penal Code (IPC) section of 302 of murder and information technology act told Police that he was indoctrinated hearing the Jihadi lectures of Nouman Ali, Ahmed Farooque and Abu Bakr Bagdadi on the internet. The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of the Mumbai Police is also trying to find if he too was planning to fly out of the country to join the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Sources said that one month ago Ansari had applied for a passport.
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October - 20 
After its near successful hijack bid of PNS Zulfiqar- a missile-equipped warship of Pakistan at Karachi last month, the global terrorist outfit al Qaeda, in the latest issue of its online propaganda magazine ‘Resurgence’, has revealed terror plot for
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After its near successful hijack bid of PNS Zulfiqar- a missile-equipped warship of Pakistan at Karachi last month, the global terrorist outfit al Qaeda, in the latest issue of its online propaganda magazine ‘Resurgence’, has revealed terror plot for attack on oil shipments passing through Strait of Hormuz and other key choke points in Turkish straits, reports The New Indian Express on October 21. Most of the oil shipments passing through the Straits of Hormuz are bound for Japan, India and China. Reports said that al Qaeda plot, as it appears from its deep infiltration in Pakistan Navy, is to hijack the Pakistani warships and use it against the ships carrying oil to Asian and Western countries. The al Qaeda’s magazine talks about several vulnerable points in the Strait of Hormuz, which it says transports 17 million barrels of oil on a daily basis. The 117-page magazine quoting the official figures and maps, allegedly downloaded from various Government websites and data borrowed from the United States (US) Department of Energy, points out that critical sea lanes provide strategic opportunity for the Mujahideen to launch attacks.
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October - 20 
Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned six persons in connection to the probe into funding of terror modules in Burdwan blast, reports The Times of India on October 21. According to sources, the six persons are Asua Biwi (Burhan Seikh's mother),
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Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned six persons in connection to the probe into funding of terror modules in Burdwan blast, reports The Times of India on October 21. According to sources, the six persons are Asua Biwi (Burhan Seikh's mother), Abul Kalam (absconding Seikh Kader's brother), Jamat Seikh of Napara village (Ayesha's father), Seikh Asadulla of Bhatar, Nazrul and Israel (brothers of Yousuf Sheikh). Further, Criminal Investigation Department (CID) recovered cash worth INR 44,000 from Rumi Biwi, wife of deceased Shakeel Ahmed Gazi, from the Khagragarh house in Burdwan District. She has told investigators that she has received INR 30,000 from Nadia and INR 14,000 was given to her by Rezaul. She said she took the money to purchase land at Goda mouza to build her own house. National Investigation Agency (NIA) has already discovered that Yousuf Seikh purchased several plots for construction of madrassas. They have also traced 48 bank accounts of Yusuf and 21 bank accounts of Ayesha to Canara Bank's Nigon branch. ED has now started to track those behind such large pay-outs. Meanwhile, three NIA officials, led by Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Vijayendra Singh, have begun the probe to find out whether there was a Trinamool Congress (TMC) party office above the garage at the Burdwan blast house, reports The Times of India. The agency questioned landlord and TMC leader Nurul Hasan Choudhury and his son Ashraf Ali Choudhury over four hours.
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October - 21 
National Security Advisor (NSA), Ajit Doval on October 21 said that there is no threat from either al Qaeda or Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) of a magnitude which the country cannot deal with as security agencies were keeping a "very close wa
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National Security Advisor (NSA), Ajit Doval on October 21 said that there is no threat from either al Qaeda or Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) of a magnitude which the country cannot deal with as security agencies were keeping a "very close watch", reports Saharasamay. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference in New Delhi Doval said that "There is nothing as big or small terrorism. It is not on the basis of geography, but on the basis of groups, it is on the basis of capabilities and tactics. Any group, about whom we have information that has the capability and intention to strike against would be our biggest targets." He added that "I don't think threats are of magnitude from either one of them which we are not in a position to cope." His statement comes in the backdrop of al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri's video message about the creation of an Indian branch of his militant group, al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) to "raise the flag of jihad" across South Asia.
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October - 21 
Specific intelligence reports reaching the Centre suggest that the National Investigation Agency (NIA)’s team probing the Burdwan blast case is facing a serious threat from subversive elements, reports Deccan Chronicle on October 22. According to the
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Specific intelligence reports reaching the Centre suggest that the National Investigation Agency (NIA)’s team probing the Burdwan blast case is facing a serious threat from subversive elements, reports Deccan Chronicle on October 22. According to the sources, even though the NIA team has been provided adequate security cover by para-military and local Police, the high threat perception shows that the Burdwan terror module had probably managed to establish a good network within the state (West Bengal) and subversive elements may want to prevent security agencies from busting the entire module. The NIA team has already recovered a large amount of explosive materials from some madrassas in the area and suspect the presence of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) modules in the state. The case has serious security ramifications for both India and Bangladesh due to which intelligence agencies of the two countries are said to be working in close co-ordination.
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October - 21 
The Crime Branch on October 21 arrested two persons, identified as Ali Ahmad Jibril Ahmad Sha (35) and Arif Bar Sai (32), for the possession of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) of INR 500,000 in Airoli in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, reports Mid-Day. T
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The Crime Branch on October 21 arrested two persons, identified as Ali Ahmad Jibril Ahmad Sha (35) and Arif Bar Sai (32), for the possession of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) of INR 500,000 in Airoli in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, reports Mid-Day. The Police recovered 400 notes of INR 1000 denomination and 200 notes of INR 500 denomination, and confiscated the car used by the two accused. Senior Police inspector Venkat Patil from Crime Branch Unit 7 said “We believe that the vehicle used by the two accused is either stolen or the number plate has been changed. We are trying to get information from them on how they got the counterfeit currency.” The two have been remanded in Police custody.
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October - 21 
Union Minister of Home Affairs, Rajnath Singh on October 21 said that the possibility of terror attack in the country cannot be ruled out, reports India Today. He said that "The possibility of terror attacks can't be ruled out during the festive seas
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Union Minister of Home Affairs, Rajnath Singh on October 21 said that the possibility of terror attack in the country cannot be ruled out, reports India Today. He said that "The possibility of terror attacks can't be ruled out during the festive season. Terror threats are there and alerts are being issued.” He added that "We issue regular alerts. We issue alerts on the basis of whatever information we get."
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October - 24 
Sources said that a man suspected to be Sheikh Yusuf, one of the key operatives accused of running the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) module in West Bengal, has been arrested from a border town in Nepal by Kolkata police’s special task force (
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Sources said that a man suspected to be Sheikh Yusuf, one of the key operatives accused of running the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) module in West Bengal, has been arrested from a border town in Nepal by Kolkata police’s special task force (STF) on October 24, reports The Telegraph. According to the sources, the detained man, whose appearance apparently matches with Yusuf’s latest photograph that is with the investigators, was arrested from Kakarbhitta, around 70km from Siliguri, Darjeeling District on the other side of the Nepal border. STF sources said that “We are certain that the detained man is Yusuf and have handed him over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is probing the Burdwan blast.” However, NIA did not confirm any such detention.
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October - 24 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 24 filed a chargesheet in a Chennai (Tamil Nadu) court against the Sri Lankan national Sakir Hussain and two others for conducting espionage on behalf of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 24 filed a chargesheet in a Chennai (Tamil Nadu) court against the Sri Lankan national Sakir Hussain and two others for conducting espionage on behalf of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and plotting to attack Israeli and United States (US) consulates in Chennai and Bangalore, reported The Times of India. . The chargesheet has cited as evidence photos of vital installations in India, emails exchanged between the accused and a Pakistani embassy official in Colombo, Sri Lanka and forensic analysis of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) recovered from the accused at the time of arrest. The Chargesheet has also listed 40 witnesses. Sources said that the Sri Lankan national was hired by Pakistan embassy official Aamir Zubair Siddiqui who had been building a network of spies from the country to conduct espionage in India. Hussain had, in turn, hired Siva Balan and Mohammed Saleem who were arrested with FICN. There are a total of nine accused in the case including the Pakistan embassy official.
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October - 24 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA), along with West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Special Task Force (STF) and Jamshedpur Police, on October 24 arrested one suspect, identified as Sheesh Mahmood (45), from Tanzil Manzil, Azadna
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA), along with West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Special Task Force (STF) and Jamshedpur Police, on October 24 arrested one suspect, identified as Sheesh Mahmood (45), from Tanzil Manzil, Azadnagar Raod No-12A in Jamshedpur in Purbi Singhbhum District of Jharkhand, reports Hindustan Times. The joint team led by Bidhannagar commissionerate inspector Tarak Bhattacharya recovered two mobiles, three SIM cards, telephone diary, passport, voter card, driving licence and other documents. According to the sources, NIA is now focusing on Jamshedpur in connection with the Burdwan blast (West Bengal) on October 2 after their interrogation revealed arrested accused Sheesh Mahmood’s links with Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and his Bangladeshi nationality. Police sources said that Sheesh Mahmood was traced through call details from the mobile phones recovered from Shakeel Ghazi, who was killed in the Burdwan blast. Police sources also said Sheesh was originally a resident of Bagura District of Bangladesh but has been living in Jamshedpur with his second wife Nazira Biwi for the past nine years during which he graduated from a mason to building contractor.
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October - 24 
The security at the Kochi airport in Kerala had been tightened since October 24 after the airport authorities received information from Kolkata, West Bengal that there was a threat of a bomb explosion or a possible suicide attack to the Air India (AI
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The security at the Kochi airport in Kerala had been tightened since October 24 after the airport authorities received information from Kolkata, West Bengal that there was a threat of a bomb explosion or a possible suicide attack to the Air India (AI) flight on the Mumbai-Kochi and Ahmedabad-Mumbai sectors, reported The Times of India on October 25. Airport director AKC Nair said that they received information from Kolkata that there was a threat of bomb attack or bomb suicide attack on an AI flight on the Mumbai-Kochi sector on October 25 and Ahmedabad-Mumbai sector last night (October 24). Airport sources said that the airport will be on high security till Monday (October 27) when a review meeting will be held. The situation will be analysed after the meeting after which a decision to continue with the high security or not will be taken.
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October - 25 
On the eve of his visit to Burdwan Blast site in West Bengal, National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval said that there appeared to be a large network of the banned group (JMB) that the investigators were working to unravel, reports The Hindu on Oct
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On the eve of his visit to Burdwan Blast site in West Bengal, National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval said that there appeared to be a large network of the banned group (JMB) that the investigators were working to unravel, reports The Hindu on October 26. He said that both Indian and Bangladeshi Governments were working in close coordination in the fight against terrorism. “Both the countries enjoy excellent bilateral relations and we have been working together,” he added. Ajit Doval is expected to visit the blast site in Burdwan and meet Chief Minister (CM) Mamata Banerjee on October 27. He is also expected to meet officers of the Central agencies in Kolkata The Times of India on October 26 adds that the NSA’s visit comes on the back of NIA chief Sharad Kumar's revelation that they had found some 58 terror modules operating in West Bengal. The investigators have zeroed in on some 180 Bangladeshi nationals operating these modules and working with JMB. This deadly al Qaeda affiliate, JMB has reportedly been planning attacks both in India and Bangladesh.
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October - 26 
A holiday court in Mumbai on October 26 extended the Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) custody of Anis Ansari (24), a terror suspect, who was arrested on charges of allegedly planning to blow up the American School at Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai, t
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A holiday court in Mumbai on October 26 extended the Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) custody of Anis Ansari (24), a terror suspect, who was arrested on charges of allegedly planning to blow up the American School at Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai, till October 31, reports The Times of India. Ansari, a software engineer was arrested on October 18 from his office. A Police officer said that “Ansari had used six computers at his office to chat with two unknown persons about his plan and conspiracy. The police have so far seized three computers and are scanning hard disks." The public prosecutor told the court that identity of the two persons that Ansari had been chatting with was not known and hence the ATS needed more time for custodial interrogation.
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October - 26 
International Business Times on October 27 states that India's intelligence report has revealed that JMB was plotting a terror attack on Bangladesh to assassinate Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina and opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Cha
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International Business Times on October 27 states that India's intelligence report has revealed that JMB was plotting a terror attack on Bangladesh to assassinate Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina and opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia. The Indian Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) official revealed that Pakistan’s Inter services intelligence (ISI) was running the entire plot from Dubai and helping JMB to establish its modules in West Bengal, where at least 58 terror modules have been discovered by NIA so far. The report also revealed that JMB was not plotting the terror attack alone, Indian Mujahideen (IM), other Kashmiri radical groups and Al Jihad, an outfit of al Qaeda, were also assisting it in developing the terror camps across West Bengal.
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October - 26 
Sources in the security establishment, involved in tracking the activities of the D-Company, said that underworld don Dawood Ibrahim had been whisked away from his high-security mansion in Karachi's Clifton area in Pakistan by the Inter-Services Inte
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Sources in the security establishment, involved in tracking the activities of the D-Company, said that underworld don Dawood Ibrahim had been whisked away from his high-security mansion in Karachi's Clifton area in Pakistan by the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and shifted to an undisclosed location close to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, reports The Economic Times on October 27. According to the reports Indian intelligence agencies, keeping close tabs on movement of Dawood and his men, received specific inputs over the past few days about the gangster shifting base. Sources in the intelligence claimed that "Dawood seems to have gone completely underground. He has not been seen or even heard of interacting with his close aides. The ISI and Dawood appear under a lot of pressure". Sources added that ISI appeared extremely wary of the new Indo-US cooperation to fight terrorism, with special focus on targeting the D-Company network.
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October - 26 
The Border Security Force (BSF) on October 26 recovered fake Indian currency notes (FICN) of over INR 1.4 million from Sasani border outpost in Malda District of West Bengal, reports First Post. The fake notes, wrapped in a polythene bag were thrown
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The Border Security Force (BSF) on October 26 recovered fake Indian currency notes (FICN) of over INR 1.4 million from Sasani border outpost in Malda District of West Bengal, reports First Post. The fake notes, wrapped in a polythene bag were thrown over the fence from Bangladesh to Indian side of the border. Recovered FICNs were handed over to Police for further disposal.
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October - 26 
The National Investigating Agency (NIA) expressed its concern that Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) continue to be pumped across the border from Bangladesh to fund the activities of outfits like the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and Indian M
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The National Investigating Agency (NIA) expressed its concern that Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) continue to be pumped across the border from Bangladesh to fund the activities of outfits like the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and Indian Mujahideen (IM), reports The Times of India on October 27. The high quality FICNs are printed in Pakistan and routed to India through Bangladesh. NIA sources said that “We now suspect that sending in FICN is a form of the much talked about 'Money Jihad'. A clear pattern has emerged regarding the route of the FICN once it reaches Indian soil. A large part of it is sent to places like Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh that have links to terror outfits. The remaining has been tracked to southern states, particularly to locations from where terror modules are known to operate.” Sources also said that “Despite the developments over the last few weeks that has led to tightening of security, attempts are continuing to push in FICN from across the International Border into West Bengal. Even when IM co-founder Yasin Bhatkal was first arrested, FICN was found in his possession."
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October - 27 
Anis Ansari, a terror suspect, who was arrested on October 18 for being an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) sympathiser and conspiring to bomb an American school at Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai has told interrogators that he planned to
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Anis Ansari, a terror suspect, who was arrested on October 18 for being an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) sympathiser and conspiring to bomb an American school at Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai has told interrogators that he planned to kill Americans and other foreigners in the city, reports DNA on October 28. As part of the plan, Ansari had got details of how to prepare a thermite bomb and had created 11 accounts on Facebook. An Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) officer said that Ansari spoke about his attack plans with someone through chat. "He wanted to attack Americans and other foreigners in the city to draw the world's attention towards the Iraqi problem." "He got details of how to prepare thermite bombs and even posted the details on his Facebook account," he added. The Police have also found that Ansari used to listen to speeches of international terrorists on YouTube.
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October - 27 
National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval on October 27 visited the Burdwan District of West Bengal where the blast occurred on October 2. Later he met Chief Minister (CM) Mamata Banerjee and conveyed the details about jihadis "playing havoc in Beng
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National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval on October 27 visited the Burdwan District of West Bengal where the blast occurred on October 2. Later he met Chief Minister (CM) Mamata Banerjee and conveyed the details about jihadis "playing havoc in Bengal" and pointed out how terror elements were using Bengal for their gain. Sources said that he cautioned Mamata that the terror module unearthed after the Burdwan blast had far more sinister designs than believed.
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October - 27 
NIA, investigating the Burdwan blast case, on October 27 said that they had identified 25-30 members of the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), mostly of Bangladeshi origin and part of the larger conspiracy to launch attacks in Bangladesh and Indi
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NIA, investigating the Burdwan blast case, on October 27 said that they had identified 25-30 members of the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), mostly of Bangladeshi origin and part of the larger conspiracy to launch attacks in Bangladesh and India, are active in India, reports The Times of India. NIA along with intelligence agencies is conducting raids across the country for these suspects, some of whom are also suspected to have fled to Bangladesh. Sources said that NIA has conducted as many as 150 raids to get these suspected JMB members across the country, especially West Bengal, Assam and some South Indian states. During the investigation, NIA has found that JMB was trying to set up bases in different locations and recruiting locals. Sources added that the JMB module in Burdwan managed to transport six improvised explosive device (IED) consignments to Bangladesh to be used for terrorist activities. Investigators are trying to find out whether the explosives found in Burdwan, were exclusively meant for Bangladesh or to be used somewhere in India as well, the source said.
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October - 27 
Two Bangladeshi nationals have been arrested on October 7 from Basirhat in North 24-Parganas District of West Bengal with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs), reports ABP Live. The arrested persons were identified as Farukh Hossain Sardar and Saddam H
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Two Bangladeshi nationals have been arrested on October 7 from Basirhat in North 24-Parganas District of West Bengal with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs), reports ABP Live. The arrested persons were identified as Farukh Hossain Sardar and Saddam Hossain Sardar, residents of Satkhira District in Bangladesh. Additional Superintendent of Police (SP) (North) of North 24-Parganas District Bhaskar Mukherjee said "It is being investigated if they have links with any terror outfit in Bangladesh." He said that seven days' Police custody had been obtained from a court in Basirhat to facilitate inquiry into their antecedents and possible link with any terror outfit in Bangladesh.
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October - 28 
A National Investigation Agency (NIA) report on the Burdwan blast case revealed a new trend of women taking to Jihadi indoctrination and terror activities in Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh’s (JMB) all-female jihadi training centres in Burdwan and Mu
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A National Investigation Agency (NIA) report on the Burdwan blast case revealed a new trend of women taking to Jihadi indoctrination and terror activities in Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh’s (JMB) all-female jihadi training centres in Burdwan and Murshidabad areas of West Bengal, reports The New Indian Express on October 29. According to top officials, these centres started operating in 2011 and recruited women who were trained in bomb-making and violent extremist ideologies. Sources said that the two madrassas, one is at Shimulia in Burdwan District and another is at Laal Gola in Murshidabad District were reportedly training only females in bomb making and other terror activities like transporting arms and ammunition safely from one area to the other. NIA officers concluded that Rejara Biwi and Amina Biwi, arrested after the October 2 Burdwan blast, were also trained in one of these madrassas and a few more madrassas in the bordering areas are under the NIA scanner. “So far, we have been able to link 40 terror modules to the Burdwan blast,” said an officer. The NIA report also said that Interrogation of the suspects have also revealed that at least 40 ready improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were shipped to Bangladesh in four consignments. However, Investigators were yet to ascertain whether the explosive shipments were moved within the country. According to the sources, the bomb-manufacturing unit was operational for almost three years in the house rented by alleged JMB terrorists in Burdwan District. Sources said that the Burdwan blast mastermind, Sheikh Kausar, who escaped after the blast is believed to have been in Birbhum District for three days after the blasts. He went off the radar on October 5. Unconfirmed reports said that Kausar may have escaped to Nepal and the Security agencies are learnt to have received information on his whereabouts. Further, the NIA said that the terrorist module operating in West Bengal had a specific design where not only local agents but also local politicians may have played an active role, reports The Times of India. In their report to NIA Director General (DG) Sharad Kumar, investigators hinted at the involvement of at least 40 politicians helped these terrorists gain a foothold in West Bengal. In addition, a status report on the probe into the Burdwan blast states at least 165 to 190 Bangladeshis managed to sneak into India in the past few months to join JMB terror modules. Investigators have identified as many as 27 routes used by terrorists to move within the country and sneak out. NIA has broadly divided the routes in three categories, inter-Districts, inter-State and borders with Bangladesh and Nepal. Report said that nearly 58 terror modules had bases in nine Districts of Bengal, including Burdwan, Birbhum, Nadia, Murshidabad, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar, Howrah, and South and North 24-Parganas. It is also believed that these routes were chosen to give them easy access to Uttar Pradesh (UP), Bihar, Jharkhand and Sikkim and Bangladesh and Nepal.
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October - 28 
Days after the Kerala Government was warned that the state was turning into a recruiting hub for Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), now rechristened as Islamic State, a poster supporting the terror outfit appeared on October 28 near the Thampano
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Days after the Kerala Government was warned that the state was turning into a recruiting hub for Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), now rechristened as Islamic State, a poster supporting the terror outfit appeared on October 28 near the Thampanoor Police station in the Thiruvananthapuram District, reports International Business Times. The Police immediately removed the poster and are investigating the case. The poster reportedly carried a message justifying ISIS's activities in Iraq and Syria.
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October - 28 
Intelligence officials in West Bengal have found a purported al Qaeda pamphlet, which talks about establishing an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)-style Islamic caliphate in Bangladesh which eventually includes several eastern and northeastern
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Intelligence officials in West Bengal have found a purported al Qaeda pamphlet, which talks about establishing an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)-style Islamic caliphate in Bangladesh which eventually includes several eastern and northeastern Indian states, reports Hindustan Times on October 29. The pamphlet, written in Bangla and being secretly distributed in West Bengal and Assam, says establishing a caliphate in Bangladesh is crucial for intensifying jihad in Indian states on the eastern border. The pamphlet specifically mentions West Bengal and Assam, though intelligence officials suspect Bihar and Jharkhand also feature in the terror group’s plans. The pamphlet, suspected to have been smuggled into the state through Bangladesh, was discovered a few days before the October 2 Burdwan blast in West Bengal. “If we manage to establish a Syria-like reign here (in Bangladesh) then Muslims from Assam, Arakan (former name of Burma’s Rakhine State) and West Bengal too would be able to come here for hijrat (migration with religious agenda). Simultaneously, anti-India revolts would intensify in seven eastern Indian states. This would be a huge blow for India, one of the key non-Muslim states in the changed situation of the world,” says the pamphlet. A senior officer working with a central intelligence agency on October 29 said, “We have got a copy of the leaflet. We will soon send it to New Delhi. This issue has to be discussed at the top level.”
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October - 28 
Mumbai Police Crime Branch on October 28 arrested a person, identified as Rasheed Sheikh (37), a resident of the Vitthalwadi area in Kalyan in Thane District of Maharashtra for allegedly trying to circulate Fake Indian currency notes (FICN) in Mumbai
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Mumbai Police Crime Branch on October 28 arrested a person, identified as Rasheed Sheikh (37), a resident of the Vitthalwadi area in Kalyan in Thane District of Maharashtra for allegedly trying to circulate Fake Indian currency notes (FICN) in Mumbai, and recovered FICN worth INR 600,000 from his possession, reports The Indian Express. The Police claimed that he has confessed to have circulated FICN in Mumbai in the past. This is the second seizure of FICN in Mumbai this month.
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October - 28 
Police arrested a former Google employee, Munawad Salman (30) a resident of Musheerabad in Hyderabad District (located in Telangana) for allegedly trying to join the Islamic State (IS), reports The Times of India on October 29. Police sources in Hyde
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Police arrested a former Google employee, Munawad Salman (30) a resident of Musheerabad in Hyderabad District (located in Telangana) for allegedly trying to join the Islamic State (IS), reports The Times of India on October 29. Police sources in Hyderabad said that Munawad Salman was arrested after officials tracked his conversation for months and was certain that his hidden agenda to visit Saudi Arabia was to cross over to Iraq and join IS.
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October - 28 
The Economic Times on October 29 reports that NIA has come across various information about the activities of JMB members in different parts of India and their links with Bangladesh. Moreover, NIA has come to the conclusion that at least 120 improvis
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The Economic Times on October 29 reports that NIA has come across various information about the activities of JMB members in different parts of India and their links with Bangladesh. Moreover, NIA has come to the conclusion that at least 120 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were transported to Bangladesh in four batches. Sources added that India has also sought details from Bangladesh about the interrogation report of two JMB militants Asif Adnan (26) and Fazle Elahi Tanjil (24) who were arrested from Segunbagicha area of Dhaka city, Bangladesh.
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October - 28 
The terrorists, who had escaped from the Jatana area of Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh after a low-intensity bomb blast on September 12, were also involved in a bank robbery in Telangana, reports Mail Online India on October 29. Sources said that these terr
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The terrorists, who had escaped from the Jatana area of Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh after a low-intensity bomb blast on September 12, were also involved in a bank robbery in Telangana, reports Mail Online India on October 29. Sources said that these terrorists had decamped with INR 4.6 million from the State Bank of India (SBI) in Karimnagar District in Telangana on February 1, 2014 and used that money to fund their terror activities. Shaikh Mehboob, Amjad Ramzan alias Dawood, Mohammad Aslam Ayub alias Bilal and Zakir Hussain alias Siddiqui, owing allegiance to a faction of the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), had committed the bank robbery a few months after running away from Khandawa jail in Madhya Pradesh on October 25, 2013. Sources in the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) claimed that they had committed bank robbery in Karimnagar to fund terrorist activities. It is also believed that they also have links to the October 2 Burdwan blast in West Bengal.
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October - 28 
Union Minister of Home Affairs, Rajnath Singh on October 28 ordered investigation agencies to take immediate action to neutralise the terror modules of the banned group JMB, reports The Hindu. The Minister issued the directive after National Security
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Union Minister of Home Affairs, Rajnath Singh on October 28 ordered investigation agencies to take immediate action to neutralise the terror modules of the banned group JMB, reports The Hindu. The Minister issued the directive after National Security Adviser (NSA), Ajit Doval gave him the detailed briefing about the JMB's network in the country as well as people associated with it.
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October - 29 
A National Investigation Agency (NIA) team on October 29 met Ahmedabad city Crime Branch officials to get details of the accused with a Students Islamic Movement in India (SIMI) background arrested in the July 26, 2008, serial blasts case, reports Th
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A National Investigation Agency (NIA) team on October 29 met Ahmedabad city Crime Branch officials to get details of the accused with a Students Islamic Movement in India (SIMI) background arrested in the July 26, 2008, serial blasts case, reports The Times of India. According to sources before carrying out the serial blasts in the city, SIMI and Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives had attended terror camps held in the jungles of Wagamon in Kerala and Halol in Gujarat. Senior Police officials said after the Bijnor blast in Uttar Pradesh (September 12, 2014), it had come to light that the explosion had occurred when alleged IM operatives, who had earlier escaped from Khandwa jail (Madhya Pradesh), were making explosives inside the house. "There was an intelligence input that IM operatives, while on the run from Khandwa, had passed through a place near Ahmedabad. It is also believed that the IM operatives were helped by underground sleeper cells of SIMI," said a Police official.
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October - 29 
India and Oman on October 29 signed a pact paving the way for substantial engagement in pursuing and eliminating transnational crimes and terrorism of various types, reports The Asian Age. The agreement was signed by Union Minister of Home Affairs (U
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India and Oman on October 29 signed a pact paving the way for substantial engagement in pursuing and eliminating transnational crimes and terrorism of various types, reports The Asian Age. The agreement was signed by Union Minister of Home Affairs (UMHA) Rajnath Singh and Oman Minister of Commerce and Industry Ali Bin Masoud Al Sunaidy. “Agreement on Legal and Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters” contains provisions for transfer of documents, records and objects, search and seizure, availability of persons to give evidence and assist in investigation. UMHA officials said the pact will be a deterrent to those who directly or indirectly obtain benefit from proceeds of crime.
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October - 29 
Security Forces (SFs) reportedly averted a firebomb attack on September 25 (the first day of Navratra festival) as when a powerful incendiary improvised explosive device (IED) was detected and disposed of from a passenger train in Rewari, Haryana, re
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Security Forces (SFs) reportedly averted a firebomb attack on September 25 (the first day of Navratra festival) as when a powerful incendiary improvised explosive device (IED) was detected and disposed of from a passenger train in Rewari, Haryana, reports Hindustan Times on October 30. Sources said that the bomb, with a timer and detonator connected to a container of liquid insect killer with firecrackers tied to it, was found in an abandoned bag on the Rewari-Meerut train, which was on its way to Delhi. An unnamed counter-terror official said, “A bomb squad was called in from Gurgaon and defused the IED three hours after it was found. It is suspected that the IED was planted by alleged Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) operatives who are on the run after their hideout in Bijnor town in Uttar Pradesh was busted last month after an accidental blast.” “Had the IED exploded, it would have sent flames flying around the inflammable train coach, possibly resulting in a repeat of the Samjhauta Express firebombing,” the official added.
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October - 29 
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office in Kerala's capital has received a letter threatening harm to Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi, who is slated to visit Thiruvananthapuram next month. The letter features Modi's photo juxtaposed against that of
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office in Kerala's capital has received a letter threatening harm to Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi, who is slated to visit Thiruvananthapuram next month. The letter features Modi's photo juxtaposed against that of British aid worker David Haines, who was beheaded by the ISIS.
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October - 29 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA), investigating the Burdwan blast case, will interrogate two persons arrested from Chinwan in Madhya Pradesh along with huge amount of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs), reports The Times of India on October 30
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA), investigating the Burdwan blast case, will interrogate two persons arrested from Chinwan in Madhya Pradesh along with huge amount of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs), reports The Times of India on October 30. NIA has found during the investigation that the duo arrested by Madhya Pradesh Police allegedly made several calls to Shakil Ahmed Gazi (who died in the Burdwan blast) six days before the Burdwan blast on October 2. NIA officers believe the duo might provide vital links in the case. The NIA also has information that the duo was in touch with the six suspected Students Islamic Movement in India (SIMI) activists who fled from a jail at Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh and were allegedly responsible for the Bijnor blast in Uttar Pradesh (UP).
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October - 30 
According to reports the five Students Islamic Movement in India (SIMI) fugitives wanted for Bijnor blast in Uttar Pradesh (September 12, 2014) operated and followed the methods mentioned in the al Qaeda training manual, reports The Times of India on
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According to reports the five Students Islamic Movement in India (SIMI) fugitives wanted for Bijnor blast in Uttar Pradesh (September 12, 2014) operated and followed the methods mentioned in the al Qaeda training manual, reports The Times of India on October 31. The manual was first implemented by al-Qaeda while bombing United States (US) embassy in Kenya in 1998. It was produced as evidence in the case's trial by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 2001. FBI had first recovered it from the laptop of an alleged al Qaeda operative in Manchester in United Kingdom (UK). The investigators probing the Bijnor blast case said that the way SIMI operatives functioned shows they followed the manual in toto. It guides on details like location of the hideout, lifestyle to be followed by operatives and keeping sufficient cash ready. The Police had recovered INR 900,000 the SIMI fugitives had handed over to two persons in Bijnor with the promise that they would collect the cash when required. The manual also cautions operatives against living together and that all of the group members need not be aware of where the others are holed up. Report adds that al Qaeda has already announced its intention to revive Islamist terrorism, which has ebbed in India following a crackdown on Indian Mujahideen (IM) cadres. Now, SIMI elements are being warmed up to replace them. While IM supports the Iraq-based Islamic State, the SIMI operatives have cozied up to al Qaeda.
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October - 30 
In a joint operation of Muzaffarnagar Police and Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS), an Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorist, Saleem alias Patla, wanted in connection with the 1992 attack at a PAC camp in Meerut, was arrested on October 30 from from Khatoli tow
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In a joint operation of Muzaffarnagar Police and Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS), an Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorist, Saleem alias Patla, wanted in connection with the 1992 attack at a PAC camp in Meerut, was arrested on October 30 from from Khatoli town in Muzaffarnagar District of Uttar Pradesh, reports Zee News. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) H N Singh said that "Saleem was wanted in connection with the attack at a PAC camp in Meerut in 1992 and was absconding since then."
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October - 30 
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on October 30 registered a case of money laundering against JMB and several of its recruits to probe the funding of Burdwan blasts, reports The Times of India. The case was registered by the agency based on the First
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on October 30 registered a case of money laundering against JMB and several of its recruits to probe the funding of Burdwan blasts, reports The Times of India. The case was registered by the agency based on the First Information Report (FIR) filed by the NIA and the information provided by it. Sources said all the accused in the case, including two women, who are part of the NIA FIR are also accused in the ED case.
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October - 30 
The New Indian Express reports on October 31 that the officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has informed the NIA, which is probing the Islamist terror network in West Bengal, that a prominent Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader was involved in p
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The New Indian Express reports on October 31 that the officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has informed the NIA, which is probing the Islamist terror network in West Bengal, that a prominent Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader was involved in passing funds through hawala transactions to the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, who were running terror training camps in the state. The ED has provided detailed information to the NIA officials on how the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terrorists received funds from the Jamaat in Bangladesh through some businessmen in the state.
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October - 31 
According to the latest investigation update shared by the NIA with the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA), a key Burdwan blast suspect Amjad Ali alias Kajal may have been hiding in Delhi around the time the NIA took over the probe from West Benga
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According to the latest investigation update shared by the NIA with the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA), a key Burdwan blast suspect Amjad Ali alias Kajal may have been hiding in Delhi around the time the NIA took over the probe from West Bengal Police, reports The Times of India. Amjad Ali, the main supplier of chemicals for IEDs to be used by JMB for attacks in Bangladesh and different parts of India, is believed to have escaped from West Bengal soon after the blast and was in Delhi on October 8. Sources said that the NIA's probe into SIM card details of the accused has not only exposed JMB's network extending to several Indian states, including West Bengal, Assam and Tamil Nadu, but it has also thrown up numbers in Bangladesh, Nepal and Saudi Arabia.
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October - 31 
Border Security Force (BSF) personnel recovered Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) of INR 105,000 and arrested three persons, identified as Mohammad Razeeb (22), Mohammad Vazir (40) and Sushanto Majumdar (35) in this connection from Darivita village i
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Border Security Force (BSF) personnel recovered Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) of INR 105,000 and arrested three persons, identified as Mohammad Razeeb (22), Mohammad Vazir (40) and Sushanto Majumdar (35) in this connection from Darivita village in Bihar located close to Indo-Bangladesh border, reports Saharasamay on October 31. The three are residents of Islampur Police station area in West Bengal. BSF Deputy Commandant P K Ranjan said "The three were nabbed from Darivita village located close to Indo-Bangladesh border. Apart from FICN, a car and a motorcycle were also seized from them. They were taking the consignment to deliver at a village near Islampur." BSF officials said the arrested persons are members of a gang dealing in FICN. One Mohammad Jahangir is the kingpin of the gang. He is connected to some people in Bangladesh who pump fake notes into India.
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October - 31 
NIA in its preliminary report to the UMHA has not mentioned anything about JMB’s alleged plan to target Bangladesh Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina and the main opposition leader Khaleda Zia, reports The Indian Express on November 1. NIA, meanwhile,
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NIA in its preliminary report to the UMHA has not mentioned anything about JMB’s alleged plan to target Bangladesh Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina and the main opposition leader Khaleda Zia, reports The Indian Express on November 1. NIA, meanwhile, identified 14 women cadres of the JMB who were training girls enrolled in two madarssas in Shimulia in Burdwan District and in Lalgola in Murshidabad District in “gun shooting and other jihadi activities.” The agency also said that the JMB aimed to establish an Islamic State comprising Bangladesh and the Murshidabad, Malda and Nadia Districts of West Bengal.
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October - 31 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 31 announced rewards ranging from INR 3 lakh to INR 10 lakh on 12 suspected members of banned terror outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in connection with the Burdwan blast case, reports Th
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 31 announced rewards ranging from INR 3 lakh to INR 10 lakh on 12 suspected members of banned terror outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in connection with the Burdwan blast case, reports The Hindu. The identification details of these suspects including photographs, build, complexion and height, and their known addresses have been uploaded on the NIA website. The suspects on whom the NIA has declared the highest reward of INR 10 lakh are Sajid, a suspected Bangladeshi national and the head of the Burdwan module; Kausar, who made IEDs and transported them to Bangladesh; Yusuf Sheikh, who oversaw jihadi indoctrination and training at the Shimulia mosque; and jihadi trainers Nasirullah and Talha Sheikh. A bounty of INR 5 lakh each has been announced on Amjad Ali Sheikh, the main supplier of chemicals for the IEDs fabricated by the Burdwan module; Sahanur Alom, a resident of Barpeta in Assam; and Habibur Rahman Sheikh, resident of Birbhum in West Bengal. Absconding suspect Abul Kalam alias Azad, Burhan Sheikh, Rejaul Karim and Jahirul Shaikh carry a reward of INR3 lakh each. According to the NIA, seven of the suspects are said to be from different parts of West Bengal and Assam. Official said that “All the 12 suspects have been declared proclaimed offenders by court in connection with the Burdwan blast case or the conspiracy hatched by the JMB.”
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*Data till , March 27, 2024
Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.
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