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September - 1 
Bangalore Police Commissioner B.G. Jyothi Prakash Mirji, commented "We are certain that Dr Siddiqui played a major role in recruiting and providing logistics and funds to those arrested…. We are checking whether Dr Siddiqui was involved in the Studen
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Bangalore Police Commissioner B.G. Jyothi Prakash Mirji, commented "We are certain that Dr Siddiqui played a major role in recruiting and providing logistics and funds to those arrested…. We are checking whether Dr Siddiqui was involved in the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) module that was busted in 2008 in Hubli in Dharwad District of Karnataka and surrounding areas. We suspect a link between the earlier SIMI group, which later reinvented itself as the Indian Mujahideen (IM) after the government banned it.”
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September - 1 
Bangalore Police on September 1, arrested a doctor, Nayeem Siddiqui, in connection with the terror modules neutralized on August 29, taking the total number of arrests to 14, reports The Times of India. Siddiqui was arrested from Cantonment station w
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Bangalore Police on September 1, arrested a doctor, Nayeem Siddiqui, in connection with the terror modules neutralized on August 29, taking the total number of arrests to 14, reports The Times of India. Siddiqui was arrested from Cantonment station when he was returning from Delhi.
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September - 1 
General Officer Commanding 15-Corps, Lieutenant General Om Prakash said on September 1 that 500-600 militants were ready to infiltrate from launching pads across the Line of Control (LoC) where more than 42 militant camps were operating, Daily Excels
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General Officer Commanding 15-Corps, Lieutenant General Om Prakash said on September 1 that 500-600 militants were ready to infiltrate from launching pads across the Line of Control (LoC) where more than 42 militant camps were operating, Daily Excelsior reported. "The recent incidents of ceasefire violations by Pakistan were aimed at infiltrating militants into Kashmir," he said. "It isn't possible for the Army to bring down infiltration to zero level. You can't give guarantee of zero percent infiltration due to geographical reasons," he added.
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September - 2 
Centre has expressed unhappiness over the Karnataka Police consistently divulging information to the media on the investigation following the arrest of a number of terror suspects in the state.
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Centre has expressed unhappiness over the Karnataka Police consistently divulging information to the media on the investigation following the arrest of a number of terror suspects in the state.
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September - 2 
In a crackdown on terror modules operating in Karnataka, Bangalore Police arrested one more youth with alleged links to Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI), taking the number of those detained to 13, according to Economic Times
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In a crackdown on terror modules operating in Karnataka, Bangalore Police arrested one more youth with alleged links to Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI), taking the number of those detained to 13, according to Economic Times. The central crime branch wing of Bangalore Police arrested Mohammed Akram (22) on September 1, while he was allegedly trying to flee the city. According to Police, the youths were planning to target vital installations and assassinate several political leaders. Speaking to reporters in Bangalore on September 2, city Police Commissioner B.G. Jyothiprakash Mirji commented, "one foreign-made pistol along with 16 cartridges and other incriminating articles have been found in his possession." According to Police, during preliminary inquiry it was learnt that Akram hails from Maharashtra's Nanded District, and he had been to Saudi Arabia for a year and returned to India. Mirji further said, "It is also learnt that he was taking shelter in Bangalore city for past several days and along with other arrested accused, he was hatching a conspiracy to execute target killings in Bangalore and elsewhere.”
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September - 2 
One of the prime handlers of the November 26, 2008 (26/11) Mumbai (Maharashtra) terror attacks and arrested Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal told investigators that the Karachi control room, from where handlers guided
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One of the prime handlers of the November 26, 2008 (26/11) Mumbai (Maharashtra) terror attacks and arrested Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal told investigators that the Karachi control room, from where handlers guided 26/11 terrorists, was set up three days before the attack and was equipped with various gadgets, including laptops and satellite phones, reports The Times of India on September 3. The control room was established on the orders of LeT ‘chief’ Hafiz Saeed in the office of one Abu Yakoob in the locality of Quaidabad in Karachi District in the Sindh Province, between Malir Cantonment and Jinnah International Airport. Jundal further told interrogators that, on November 26, 2008 Shah, Nadeem and Kahafa fasted and regularly inspected the gadgets. During the day, two Pakistani army officers—Major Sameer Ali and Sajid Mir—came to the control room, checked up on everybody and left. Nadeem also left at some point. Around 7pm, LeT ‘commander’ Zaki-Ur-Rahman Lakhvi arrived with Abu Alkama and Abu Wassi, broke their fast and offered namaz. They took dinner at 8pm and switched on the TV. Jundal told investigators that he instructed terrorists Abu Babar Imran and Nasir Abu Umar, who attacked Nariman House in Colaba in Mumbai. As reported earlier, Jundal was arrested on June 21, 2012, by Delhi Police at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport after being deported from Saudi Arabia.
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Police on September 2, arrested seven persons allegedly involved in printing and circulation of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) and seized INR 190,000 in INR 500 denomination, a four-wheeler, a computer, a monitor, a printer, a scanner besides four
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Police on September 2, arrested seven persons allegedly involved in printing and circulation of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) and seized INR 190,000 in INR 500 denomination, a four-wheeler, a computer, a monitor, a printer, a scanner besides four knives, reports The Hindu. Police arrested three gang members while they were travelling from Vijayawada in Krishna District to Hyderabad. Police later conducted a raid in Hyderabad and arrested the remaining four members.
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Terror organisations are turning the city of Dammam in Saudi Arabia into centre for raising money to fund and execute terror strikes in India, reports The Times of India on September 3. Police suspect that the money to execute the conspiracy to elimi
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Terror organisations are turning the city of Dammam in Saudi Arabia into centre for raising money to fund and execute terror strikes in India, reports The Times of India on September 3. Police suspect that the money to execute the conspiracy to eliminate two corporators and a leader from Hindu right-wing organisation, using Hyderabad city (Andhra Pradesh)-based terror suspect Obaid-Ur-Rahman, might have come from Dammam. Several terror suspects, including Fasih Mahmood, wanted for the April 17, 2010 Chinnaswamy stadium bomb blast case of Bangalore (Karnataka) resides in Dammam. Funds are generally mobilized in the name of 'Kifalath' (helping the needy) and other purposes.
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The Special Task Force (STF) on September 2, seized Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) with a face value of INR 145,000 and arrested a man in this connection from Bhagalpur District, reports Business Standard. Acting on a tip off, Police raided the ho
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The Special Task Force (STF) on September 2, seized Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) with a face value of INR 145,000 and arrested a man in this connection from Bhagalpur District, reports Business Standard. Acting on a tip off, Police raided the house of a FICN smuggler, Rajesh Mandal from Masadhu village and seized the haul of FICN comprising 81 notes in denomination of INR 1000 and 128 notes in INR 500 denomination, Superintendent of Police K.S. Anupam said.
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September - 3 
As the Karnataka terror module stretches to Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra, security agencies are probing if it is also linked with LeT operative Fayaz Kagzi. "There are circumstances that point in that direction, but things will be clear only after
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As the Karnataka terror module stretches to Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra, security agencies are probing if it is also linked with LeT operative Fayaz Kagzi. "There are circumstances that point in that direction, but things will be clear only after further investigation," said an official from the security establishment. National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed an FIR against him for preparing to attack Delhi and Mumbai (Maharashtra). The FIR says Kagzi had been trying to recruit operatives in India and were procuring explosives through them for terror attacks.
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September - 3 
Defence Minister A.K. Antony, in a written reply in Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament) on September 3, commented, "The government is aware of the infrastructure development by China at the border and their (Chinese) undertaking infrastructure proj
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Defence Minister A.K. Antony, in a written reply in Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament) on September 3, commented, "The government is aware of the infrastructure development by China at the border and their (Chinese) undertaking infrastructure projects in PoK [Pakistan occupied Kashmir]. The government has conveyed its concerns to China about its activities in PoK and asked them to cease such activities”, reports The Times of India. Moreover, India remains concerned about the expanding Beijing-Islamabad military nexus, which is clearly directed against New Delhi, as well as the massive build-up of military infrastructure by the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) all along the 4,057-km Line of Actual Control (LAC) and its naval forays into the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).
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Defense Minister A.K. Antony in a written reply to the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament) on September 3 said that India has conveyed its concerns to China about its activities in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), reports Daily Excelsior. "Governme
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Defense Minister A.K. Antony in a written reply to the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament) on September 3 said that India has conveyed its concerns to China about its activities in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), reports Daily Excelsior. "Government has conveyed its concerns to China about their activities in PoK and asked them to cease such activities," he said, adding, the Government is aware of the Chinese infrastructure development along the border and in PoK. He also said India has asked the Chinese Government to cease such activities in PoK. On border issue with China, he said, "China disputes the international boundary with India. There is no common delineated Line of Actual Control (LAC) between the two countries. Both sides patrol up to their respective perceptions of LAC. Chinese patrolling up to their perception of LAC is treated as transgression." Antony, however, denied there has been any Chinese "intrusion" into the Indian Territory during the last three years. Providing details of the places where Indian lands are under Chinese occupation, Antony said, "Indian territory under occupation by China in Jammu and Kashmir since 1962 is approximately 38,000 sq km. In addition to this, under the so called China-Pakistan Boundary Agreement of 1963, Pakistan illegally ceded 5,180 sq km of Indian territory in PoK to China." In the eastern sector also, China illegally claims approximately 90,000 square kilometers of Indian Territory in Arunachal Pradesh, the Minister said. In reply to a query over Chinese naval presence in Indian Ocean Region (IOR), he said the Government is aware of projects like port development and deep sea mining by China.
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September - 3 
Fearing flare up in anger among the people in border villages against repeated intimidations by the Chinese Army, the Jammu District administration has urged the State Government to immediately take up this contentious issue with the Ministry of Exte
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Fearing flare up in anger among the people in border villages against repeated intimidations by the Chinese Army, the Jammu District administration has urged the State Government to immediately take up this contentious issue with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) so that development works in the areas bordering China don’t fall prey to threats from the forces of the neighboring country. Even the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has also been approached for stepping up security in the border villages to check unwarranted interference from across the LAC. Official sources said that following abandoning of work on construction of irrigation canal Kuyul Gonbo Yardol at Phukchey due to threats from Chinese Army personnel in the month of July 2012, there has been wide-spread resentment among the people of numerous villages against repeated intimidations from across the LAC and they have impressed upon the District administration as well as Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) to immediately get the unwarranted interference from the Chinese Army checked in order to prevent the situation from turning worst in future. Work on the irrigation canal was started in 2005-06 at an estimated cost of INR 6.38 million under Border Area Development Programme (BADP) Scheme. The source of the canal is River Indus and the work was started mainly for the development of pasture in Phukchey area.
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September - 3 
Maharashtra Police's Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) on September 3, told the special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court that they have identified three more suspects in the 8 May, 2006 Aurangabad (Maharashtra) arms haul case, report
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Maharashtra Police's Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) on September 3, told the special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court that they have identified three more suspects in the 8 May, 2006 Aurangabad (Maharashtra) arms haul case, reports The Times of India. The ATS team said they have to arrest them with the help of one of the prime handlers of the November 26, 2008 (26/11) Mumbai (Maharashtra) terror attacks and arrested Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal. The details of the suspects are not mentioned. According to ATS one of them is an Auto Driver. Further, the court also remanded Abu Jundal to ATS custody till September 10.
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September - 3 
Officials are gathering evidence to establish that Abdul Hakeem Jamadar, 25, and Dr Zafar Iqbal Sholapur, 27, went to Pakistan through a circuitous Middle East route, including Iran, not reflected on their passports. The fact that they were able to c
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Officials are gathering evidence to establish that Abdul Hakeem Jamadar, 25, and Dr Zafar Iqbal Sholapur, 27, went to Pakistan through a circuitous Middle East route, including Iran, not reflected on their passports. The fact that they were able to connect to the terror set-up in Pakistan through conduits in Saudi Arabia is being viewed seriously. Investigators believe the group was also in the process of sending more people to Pakistan. Saudi Arabia-based Abdul Majid, a brother of Shahid Bilal (HuJI ‘commander’) and Abdul Samad (both reported killed in Pakistan in August 30, 2007), is believed to have been the key link in connecting the terror suspects to the LeT network in Pakistan for training.
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September - 3 
Police is looking for the mastermind of the modules, Zakeer alias Ustad, a native of Bangalore North, apparently had the direct link to the handler of the modules in Saudi Arabia. According to sources, there are still other modules in existence as Za
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Police is looking for the mastermind of the modules, Zakeer alias Ustad, a native of Bangalore North, apparently had the direct link to the handler of the modules in Saudi Arabia. According to sources, there are still other modules in existence as Zakeer was in charge of many of them. Interrogations have revealed that Zakeer is generally called ‘Guru’ who, with the help of the handler in Saudi Arabia, got all the support needed to execute the plots.
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September - 3 
The Maharashtra Anti terror Squad (ATS) on August 14 filed a supplementary charge sheet against Mohammed Qafeel Ansari arrested in connection with the triple bomb blast case that shook the city on July 13, 2011 killing 27 people, reports The Outlook
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The Maharashtra Anti terror Squad (ATS) on August 14 filed a supplementary charge sheet against Mohammed Qafeel Ansari arrested in connection with the triple bomb blast case that shook the city on July 13, 2011 killing 27 people, reports The Outlook India. "We have filed a charge sheet against Mohammed Qafeel Ansari (55) who was arrested later in the case", said a senior ATS official. Ansari, hailing from Darbhanga District of Bihar, was arrested on May 19, 2012, taking the total number of arrests to five.
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September - 4 
A case of seizure of arms, narcotics, Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) and Pakistani phones from Amritsar in Punjab in July, 2012 has been transferred to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) for invest
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A case of seizure of arms, narcotics, Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) and Pakistani phones from Amritsar in Punjab in July, 2012 has been transferred to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) for investigation into a suspected larger conspiracy by the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), as reported on September 5, by The Times of India. The accused have been identified as one Dilbagh Singh, his son Bikramjit Singh and one Gurpartap Singh. Sources said the trio has been indulging in smuggling for a long time. Investigations have also found a unique modus operandi in the case. Pakistani associates of the accused would conceal the consignments under earth on zero line - an area on the border that belongs to neither India nor Pakistan, but is frequented by people living near the frontier on both sides. At an appropriate time, said sources, when Border Security Force (BSF) patrolling would be thin in the area, the accused would fish out the consignment and take it to clients. Sources said the proposal to hand over the case to NIA was moved by Punjab Police. "The home ministry has given its nod and a fresh case will now be filed by the NIA," said an official.
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September - 4 
All 23 Indian sailors aboard an oil tanker were safe after the Nigerian navy rescued their vessel that was hijacked briefly on September 4 by pirates off the coast of southern Nigeria, reports The Hindu. In the third such attack in over two weeks in
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All 23 Indian sailors aboard an oil tanker were safe after the Nigerian navy rescued their vessel that was hijacked briefly on September 4 by pirates off the coast of southern Nigeria, reports The Hindu. In the third such attack in over two weeks in the Gulf of Guinea, the Singapore-owned vessel, MT Abu Dhabi Star, was taken over by pirates in the night of September 4 when it was sailing towards the open sea. International Maritime Bureau (IMB) officials said the vessel was carrying fuel.
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September - 4 
Chinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie told The Hindu, in a written interview published on September 4, that the People’s Liberation Army has “never deployed a single soldier” in PoK, describing reports of the PLA’s presence in the region as “totall
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Chinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie told The Hindu, in a written interview published on September 4, that the People’s Liberation Army has “never deployed a single soldier” in PoK, describing reports of the PLA’s presence in the region as “totally groundless.” “As Minister of National Defence of China, I’d like to take this opportunity to clarify to you once again: the PLA has never deployed a single soldier in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir,” General Liang. Indian officials, in the past, said that between 3,000 and 4,000 personnel were engaged in construction work and providing security in the region.
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September - 4 
Crime in India 2011 Report released recently by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) states Kerala is ahead in cyber crimes, as reported on September 4, by Deccan Chronicle. In 2010, as many as 10,542 cyber crime cases were reported from Kochi in
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Crime in India 2011 Report released recently by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) states Kerala is ahead in cyber crimes, as reported on September 4, by Deccan Chronicle. In 2010, as many as 10,542 cyber crime cases were reported from Kochi in Ernakulam District and in 2012, there is an increase of 55 per cent in such cases.
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September - 4 
Minister of State for Home Affairs, Jitendra Singh told Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament) on September 4, "During investigation of the (26/11) case pertaining to the activities of [Pakistani-American Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative] David Coleman
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Minister of State for Home Affairs, Jitendra Singh told Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament) on September 4, "During investigation of the (26/11) case pertaining to the activities of [Pakistani-American Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative] David Coleman Headley and others it was revealed that fake Indian currency notes were given to him for using these in India.”, reports, The Times of India. He added: "Under the Indo-US homeland security dialogue, counterfeit currency is one of the aspects for cooperation."
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September - 4 
The Border Security Force (BSF) identified spots along India's boundary with Pakistan and Bangladesh vulnerable to crime, illegal migration and border firing, as reported on September 5, by The Times of India. The highest number of such spots is in W
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The Border Security Force (BSF) identified spots along India's boundary with Pakistan and Bangladesh vulnerable to crime, illegal migration and border firing, as reported on September 5, by The Times of India. The highest number of such spots is in West Bengal on the eastern side and Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab on the western border. Along the 2,308 km border with Pakistan, there are 51 vulnerable Border out posts (BOPs), 28 in Jammu and 23 in Punjab. Smuggling of narcotics and weapons were detected through Punjab's vulnerable BOPs. The BSF plans to build 286 more BOPs, 198 along India's border with Bangladesh and 88 with Pakistan. Along the 4,096.70 km India-Bangladesh border, the BSF marked 112 of its 987 BOPs spread across five states as vulnerable. Of them, 67are along West Bengal's 2,200 km border with Bangladesh. They are hotbed of infiltration, human trafficking, cattle smuggling and circulation of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs). Between January-July 31, BSF arrested 591 infiltrators on the India-Bangladesh border. Of them, 397 were arrested in Bengal, 113 in Tripura and 22 in Assam. The BSF identified 11 vulnerable BOPs in Assam, 13 in Meghalaya, one in Mizoram and two in Tripura. The major problem in Assam's 11 vulnerable BOPs is circulation of FICN and cattle smuggling, especially in Dhubri District, said a BSF officer. "After the vulnerability mapping, we have mobilized extra resources, including more weapons, ammunition and vehicles, to these BOPs…. But, Bangladesh is not forthcoming on joint patrolling”. said a BSF officer.
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September - 5 
A local court discharged two persons arrested by the Crime Branch of the Mumbai Police in the Azad Maidan riots case, after the court was told that there was no evidence against them. The two discharged were identified as Salim Mehtab Shaikh (42) and
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A local court discharged two persons arrested by the Crime Branch of the Mumbai Police in the Azad Maidan riots case, after the court was told that there was no evidence against them. The two discharged were identified as Salim Mehtab Shaikh (42) and Amir Yunus Shiekh (19). They were among the first batch of arrests made by the Crime Branch. Till now, five persons have been discharged under Section 169 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
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September - 5 
A senior officer commented, "It's a matter of concern for the government. In the recent past, most of the terrorists arrested by law enforcing agencies are from these districts. It's high time that we step up our vigil, otherwise it will be too late”
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A senior officer commented, "It's a matter of concern for the government. In the recent past, most of the terrorists arrested by law enforcing agencies are from these districts. It's high time that we step up our vigil, otherwise it will be too late”. It was found that activists of the banned Students Islamic movement of India (SIMI), Indian Mujahideen (IM) and certain organisations from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, were focusing on the Marathwada region and were being funded from across the border. After the arrest of one of the prime handlers of the November 26, 2008 (26/11) Mumbai (Maharashtra) terror attacks and arrested Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal, the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) found that most of the persons, who have been detained so far, did visit Pakistan for training or were trained locally by those who had visited the country. "We are closely watching the situation in Marathwada. We are sure we can break the nexus between members of the banned outfit and their Pakistani counterparts,'' the officer further added.
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September - 5 
Delhi Police on September 5 claimed to have smashed a Fake Indian currency Notes (FICN) racket with the arrest of three youths and recovery of fake notes having a face value of INR 627,000, reports Business-Standard. The arrested persons have been id
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Delhi Police on September 5 claimed to have smashed a Fake Indian currency Notes (FICN) racket with the arrest of three youths and recovery of fake notes having a face value of INR 627,000, reports Business-Standard. The arrested persons have been identified as Javed (32), Mohd Ayub (31) and Vinod (32). The first to be arrested were Ayub and Vinod from Anand Vihar on August 21 with fake notes with a face value of INR 600,000. Their interrogation led to Javed, who was arrested from Malda in West Bengal. Counterfeit notes with a face value of INR 27,000 were recovered from him. Police said Ayub came in contact with one Furkan, who was allegedly running a fake currency racket, in 2006. Furkan is currently lodged in Malda jail at West Bengal.
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September - 5 
Mumbai Police on September 5 arrested an 18-year-old suspect, Mohammad Farhan Mohammad Farid Shaikh, from Shivaji Nagar area of Govandi in Mumbai (Maharashtra) in connection with the August 11, 2012, Azad Maidan riots case, reports The Hindu. Police
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Mumbai Police on September 5 arrested an 18-year-old suspect, Mohammad Farhan Mohammad Farid Shaikh, from Shivaji Nagar area of Govandi in Mumbai (Maharashtra) in connection with the August 11, 2012, Azad Maidan riots case, reports The Hindu. Police sources said a photograph in a newspaper showed Farid Shaikh, a resident of the Shivaji Nagar, attacking a Policeman. The number of persons under arrest at present was 54, Police said.
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September - 5 
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) is concerned about the steady rise in terrorist activists in the Marathwada region of Maharshtra particularly Aurangabad, Jalna, Parbhani, Beed and Nanded Districts, as reported on September 5.
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The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) is concerned about the steady rise in terrorist activists in the Marathwada region of Maharshtra particularly Aurangabad, Jalna, Parbhani, Beed and Nanded Districts, as reported on September 5.
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September - 6 
Inaugurating a three-day long conference of Directors General and Inspectors General of Police organized by Intelligence Bureau, Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on September 6 said in New Delhi that cyberspace had become another tool in the h
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Inaugurating a three-day long conference of Directors General and Inspectors General of Police organized by Intelligence Bureau, Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on September 6 said in New Delhi that cyberspace had become another tool in the hands of terrorists who post "motivated rumours" in social networking sites thereby creating a new challenge to the security forces in the country, reports NDTV. "There is increasing evidence of resort taken by terrorists to the cyberspace domain. The recent incident in Bengaluru in Karnataka, Pune in Maharashtra and other states of the country where motivated rumours and irresponsible use of the social media networking media posed a new challenge," he said. He lauded the agencies for busting 19 terrorists modules across the country since January 2011.
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September - 6 
India is vulnerable to the global nature of terrorist strikes, Intelligence Bureau (IB) Chief Nehchal Sandhu has said, on September 6, citing the attack on an Israeli diplomat’s vehicle on February 13, 2012 at New Delhi, reports Indian Express. Sandh
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India is vulnerable to the global nature of terrorist strikes, Intelligence Bureau (IB) Chief Nehchal Sandhu has said, on September 6, citing the attack on an Israeli diplomat’s vehicle on February 13, 2012 at New Delhi, reports Indian Express. Sandhu said the terrorist attack on the diplomat’s vehicle indicated that India is becoming a hub for global terrorists seeking to target foreigners in the country. “This incident brings to the fore the need to be sensitive to the trends developing in the sphere of international terrorism and an effective international cooperation is needed to prevent such attacks on Indian soil,” Sandhu said. The arrests of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) terror modules in Karnataka and subsequent investigations on the case exposed the vulnerability of the Indian youth to the radical elements, he said. He urged the top police officers to focus on counter-radicalisation and de-radicalisation policy. Through counter-radicalisation, security agencies should proactively neutralise radical elements. He also said terror modules of LeT and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) are still active along the border. He also called for Centre’s help and technical support to tackle cyber terrorism in states that do not have enough infrastructure to thwart such activities.
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September - 6 
Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahamed on September 6 said that terrorism emanating from territory under Pakistan’s control remains a core concern for India, reports truthdive.com quoting ANI. This is precisely why India has sought a firm
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Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahamed on September 6 said that terrorism emanating from territory under Pakistan’s control remains a core concern for India, reports truthdive.com quoting ANI. This is precisely why India has sought a firm and abiding commitment from Pakistan that it will not allow territory under its control to be used for aiding and abetting of terrorist activities directed against India and for providing sanctuary to such terrorist groups,” he added.
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September - 6 
With the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) failing to take off, the Government is aiming to give more teeth to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to crack down on terror outfits such as the banned Indian Mujahideen (IM), reports The Times
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With the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) failing to take off, the Government is aiming to give more teeth to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to crack down on terror outfits such as the banned Indian Mujahideen (IM), reports The Times of India. In a clear pointer to its intent, the Union Home Ministry has asked the country's premier terror agency to lodge a fresh FIR against the outfit with its absconding members as accused. The Government is rattled by recurring attacks from IM operatives, the latest suspected to be the Pune blasts on August 1, and is embarking on a new approach to crack down on the outfit's network and cross-border infrastructure. The NIA FIR, likely to be filed soon, will not focus on any specific event but the larger nationwide designs and conspiracy by the outfit to wage war against the country. This will help NIA to take up any incident related to the outfit and freely conduct investigations.
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September - 7 
In the annual Director General of Police (DGPs’) conference being held in New Delhi, for the first time it was officially declared that Indian Mujahideen (IM) 'has Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) patronage’, reports The Deccan Chronicle on Septembe
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In the annual Director General of Police (DGPs’) conference being held in New Delhi, for the first time it was officially declared that Indian Mujahideen (IM) 'has Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) patronage’, reports The Deccan Chronicle on September 8. The Police top brass across India has been warned that the IM’s resurgence is taking place with new modules set up in New Delhi and Bihar. The Delhi Police, in a conference presentation on September 7, said the IM was targeting disenchanted youth comprising 'petty criminals' and 'highly-paid software professionals' for assembling bombs, Internet hacking and is extensively using social networking sites to avoid detection. The banned outfit is also picking 'normal cosmopolitan-looking cadres' to give the security forces the slip. Many inter-state modules of IM are said to exist in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Bihar, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Kerala. Posing a challenge for investigators, it is revealed that IM modules are entirely unconnected, and that even within a module strict observance of the 'need to know' principle is observed. The IM also has a substantial flow of funds from other countries routed illegally via hawala (illegal money transfer) channels, the Delhi Police claimed. Top IM leaders like Iqbal and Riyaz Bhatkal and several others are believed to have escaped via Bangladesh and Nepal to Pakistan and the UAE, from where they can direct cadres in India. The Delhi Police has also warned that the IM is trying to steer clear of known criminals and identifiable former Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) men so that they stay off the police radar, and hunting for new recruits through innocuous religious platforms in cities like Pune (Maharashtra) and Mangalore (Karnataka).
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September - 7 
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on September 7, asked the state Police chiefs to be “professional and technically sound” while collecting forensic evidences, reports Indian Express. CBI gave a detailed presentation on the importance of fore
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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on September 7, asked the state Police chiefs to be “professional and technically sound” while collecting forensic evidences, reports Indian Express. CBI gave a detailed presentation on the importance of forensic evidence in solving any crime or terror case and asked the states to follow the model prescribed by them. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) expressed concern over the growing influence of Northeast insurgent groups and their links with “outside agencies”. It said many insurgent groups ran training camps in Myanmar. The Delhi Police, which was the first to bust the module of the home-grown terror outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM) in 2008, also asked the states to be on alert owing the pan-India presence of IM.
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September - 7 
The Intelligence Bureau (IB) has informed the Maharashtra government's Home Department that Dawood Ibrahim's gang played a vital role in the violence at Azad Maidan in Mumbai on August 11, 2012, as reported on September 8 by asiantribune.com. IB info
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The Intelligence Bureau (IB) has informed the Maharashtra government's Home Department that Dawood Ibrahim's gang played a vital role in the violence at Azad Maidan in Mumbai on August 11, 2012, as reported on September 8 by asiantribune.com. IB information is based on information collected through intercepts of international telephonic conversations. IB officials who analysed the telephonic intercepts have identified the telephone numbers and voices of known underworld members lodged abroad. All information related to how the violence at Azad Maidan was planned and executed has been handed over to Maharashtra Home Minister R.R. Patil. An analysis of intercepts of international phone calls made from two cities in Pakistan to some mobile phones in Mumbai exposed the underworld's role in the violence. Intelligence officials have drawn the conclusion that underworld gang members were given specific instructions on how to mix with protestors who had taken out a rally, how to start the violence and whom to target. "The motive was to cause chaos and possibly instigate communal riots in other parts of the city", the official said.
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September - 8 
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on September 8 flagged concerns on the continued vulnerability of the sea route by terrorists to enter the country, reports Tribune India. Talking about the threats to the nation, the PM said, “There are indications abou
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on September 8 flagged concerns on the continued vulnerability of the sea route by terrorists to enter the country, reports Tribune India. Talking about the threats to the nation, the PM said, “There are indications about terrorist groups maintaining their ability to use the sea route (to enter the country).”
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September - 10 
A highly-specialised cyber division of Pakistan’s the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has been assigned the task of training operatives of militant outfits in the use of cyber technology, as reported on September 10, by Deccan Herald. The ISI’s cyb
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A highly-specialised cyber division of Pakistan’s the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has been assigned the task of training operatives of militant outfits in the use of cyber technology, as reported on September 10, by Deccan Herald. The ISI’s cyber experts are visiting training camps of militant outfits like the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and the Indian Mujahideen (IM) most of which are located in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) to train their cadre in use of computers. These details form part of a classified note which was discussed during the high level security review meeting of DGPs/IGPs that concluded in the capital on September 8. According to the note, “the ISI is now working on a bigger gameplan in training terrorists in the use of cyber and computer technology as the Pakistani agency feels India is not fully equipped in dealing with incidents of cyber war or attack.’’ Importantly, the note states that the training given to subversive elements by ISI’s cyber experts played a key role in spreading the hate campaign through MMS and SMSes targeting people from the Northeast in wake of ethnic violence in Assam. And this trend will only increase in the days to come and it is for this reason that ISI has stressed upon militant outfits to recruit more educated youth, it adds. “It is almost certain that the Pakistani agency was behind the recent cyber attack on India, at least indirectly. Having tasted success they will try it again in future and on a much bigger scale. So we must be prepared to deal with this challenge,’’ a senior intelligence official said.
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September - 10 
Bangalore Police have arrested nine persons with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) with face value of INR 4 million and three carbine sten guns, six pistols and 60 bullets, on September 10, reports dnaindia.com. They were arrested from a lodge at SR
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Bangalore Police have arrested nine persons with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) with face value of INR 4 million and three carbine sten guns, six pistols and 60 bullets, on September 10, reports dnaindia.com. They were arrested from a lodge at SR Nagar. The police are not sure whether the weapons are made in India or abroad as there is no label on them. City Police commissioner BG Jyothi Prakash Mirji said they would send the arms to Forensic Science Lab to try to find where the weapons were made. ACP (Ulsoor) Nyamagowda said the arrested persons have revealed names of a few people who stay in West Bengal from whom they claim to have received the weapons. However, they have not yet told from whom they received the fake notes. Of the nine who were arrested, six hail from a place near India-Bangladesh border.
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September - 10 
IM is out to resurrect the outfit by dumping former cadres of the Students Islamic Movement of India and starting recruitments afresh, the Delhi Police have warned. These youths are fresh faces and have had no connection with any other group; the IM
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IM is out to resurrect the outfit by dumping former cadres of the Students Islamic Movement of India and starting recruitments afresh, the Delhi Police have warned. These youths are fresh faces and have had no connection with any other group; the IM is looking for such persons to take into their fold, a Delhi Police officer said. Looking at the latest dossier on the IM, it becomes clear that the outfit is not entirely operating on Indian soil. Earlier, the entire leadership was in India and was a home grown outfit, which relied heavily on former cadres of the SIMI However, today there is a shift in that pattern. The IM has deliberately decided to leave out former cadres of the SIMI, as the Police and the intelligence have a file on each former SIMI member
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September - 10 
The Delhi Police has charge sheeted four persons, including a suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative for allegedly planning to execute blasts at major shopping centres in Delhi at the behest of their Pakistani handlers, reports Deccan Herald. The
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The Delhi Police has charge sheeted four persons, including a suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative for allegedly planning to execute blasts at major shopping centres in Delhi at the behest of their Pakistani handlers, reports Deccan Herald. The charge sheet has also named seven Pakistani nationals and a Jammu and Kashmir native as suspects in the case. The charge sheet filed by the special cell of the Delhi Police in the court of chief metropolitan magistrate Vidya Prakash has named alleged LeT militant Ahtisham Farooq Malick and three others - Shafaqat Ali Tuggu, Tawseef Ahmed Peer and Saijee Anwar as accused. While Ahtisham, Shafaqat and Tawseef are in judicial custody in the case, Saijee is out on bail. Those named as suspects are Jammu and Kashmir resident Usman and seven Pakistani nationals Hanzala, Furkan, Mohsin, Waleed, Javed, Qari and Hamja. The court has already issued open non-bailable warrants against them. The Police said in its charge sheet that it had received on February 27 a secret information from a central intelligence agency about arrival of LeT militant Ahtisham in Delhi for executing terrorist strikes at various sites here. It said Ahtisham was staying with Shafaqat at Tuglaqabad and both of them were apprehended and a bag, recovered from Ahtisham, was found containing explosive material. In its charge sheet, police added that Ahtisham was earlier arrested in Srinagar in 2007 for hurling hand grenade on an Army convoy and had gone to Jharkhand after his release and subsequently to Pakistan in 2009 for special training in handling fire arms. The charge sheet said Ahtisham also disclosed that his mentor and LeT ‘commander’ Hanzala, named as a suspect in the charge sheet, had given him the task to conduct blast at major shopping areas in Delhi and he motivated Shafaqat for the task and procured improvised explosive device (IED) and explosives from old Delhi area. He also named Tawseef, who was arrested from Jharkhand. Police said it has also recovered from Ahtisham’s e-mail id incriminating messages written to Hanzala, a resident of Pakistan and also to an Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) officer.
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September - 10 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is probing a terror funding racket of banned Sikh separatist outfit Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) being allegedly run from the United Kingdom (UK) to commit terrorist acts in India, Zee News reported on Sep
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is probing a terror funding racket of banned Sikh separatist outfit Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) being allegedly run from the United Kingdom (UK) to commit terrorist acts in India, Zee News reported on September 10. The case was registered on August 22 under section 6 (5) of NIA Act, 2008 which authorises the central government to direct the investigating agency to probe a scheduled offense. Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde told reporters on September 10, "These operatives have been receiving funds from the United Kingdom-based Babbar Khalsa International to commit terrorist acts in India with active material and logistic support from Pakistan-based BKI leaders." Union Ministry of Home Affairs sources said the intelligence agencies have found fresh evidences where BKI leaders in Pakistan and the UK were laundering money through various channels in their bid to carry out terror acts. "About Rs 100 crore [1 billion] is understood to have been transferred illegally from the UK to BKI leaders. A chain involving BKI henchmen in Pakistan and the UK have been traced. The agency is trying to ascertain the identity of the BKI members," a source said. Besides, the sources said, the BKI leaders were using social networking sites and fictious portals to generate funds for their terror-related activities. "There have been over a dozen suspected websites and numerous accounts on social networking sites allegedly involved in funding to BKI. All of them are being checked by the authorities," the source said.
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September - 10 
Union Minister of Home Affairs (UMHA) Sushil Kumar Shinde on September 10 made it clear that the controversial National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) would be set up only after thorough discussions with Chief Ministers (CMs) who are opposing it, re
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Union Minister of Home Affairs (UMHA) Sushil Kumar Shinde on September 10 made it clear that the controversial National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) would be set up only after thorough discussions with Chief Ministers (CMs) who are opposing it, reports The Hindu. “Yes, I am going into details. I would like to discuss with the states, with the Chief Ministers. This is a good move but we have to discuss with the Chief Ministers,” he said. According to the new plan, NCTC will be kept out of the ambit of the Intelligence Bureau and will be an independent entity directly reporting to the UMHA. Besides, the anti—terror body will conduct operations on its own only if there is an urgency or in rare cases. According to the earlier proposal, the Multi Agency Centre (MAC) and the operations wing of the Intelligence Bureau were earmarked for NCTC and the UMHA had passed an ordinance making the new anti-terror body a nodal organisation under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
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September - 11 
A local court on September 11 remanded suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative and November 26, 2008 (26/11) key handler Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal to the custody of the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) till September 24 for his alleged role in th
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A local court on September 11 remanded suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative and November 26, 2008 (26/11) key handler Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal to the custody of the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) till September 24 for his alleged role in the conspiracy to attack the Nashik (Maharashtra) Police Academy here in 2010, according to The Telegraph. Jundal also told interrogators that he had sent INR 50,000 to help an accused (of Aurangabad arms haul case of 2006,) in India but the person who was to deliver the money cheated him and never handed over the money to the accused's family, as reported on September 10, by The Times of India. He also confirmed that the Inter-Services Intelligence ISI members were present in the Karachi (Pakistan) control room during the 26/11 attacks, as reported on September 12, by Hindustan Times. An ISI Major named ‘Sameer’ visited the control room to see how the operation was progressing, Jundal told the Mumbai Police. Jundal also said the ISI major interacted with LeT bosses present in the control room, officials said.
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September - 11 
Calling Indian Mujahedeen (IM) a "start to finish jihad factory", security agencies have asked country's Police brass to watch out for the outfit, which continues to be on a "talent scouting" spree, emboldened by tacit support of Pakistan's Inter Ser
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Calling Indian Mujahedeen (IM) a "start to finish jihad factory", security agencies have asked country's Police brass to watch out for the outfit, which continues to be on a "talent scouting" spree, emboldened by tacit support of Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) and its labyrinthine networks in various cities of Uttar Pradesh (UP), Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala and Delhi, reports The Times of India. Referring to 40 "missing" youth of Maharashtra, who might have gone underground after joining IM, the central agencies asked top Policemen to look for their whereabouts. It is suspected that some of the youth might have joined the outfit during its routine recruitment drive. While "innocuous religious platforms" like Quran Foundation, Pune (Maharashtra); and Islamic Guidance Centre, Mangalore (Karnataka), among other similar institutions are happy hunting ground for its cadres, IM's primary targets are disenchanted Muslim youth —ranging from petty criminals to well-heeled software professionals. The agencies, in their presentation on IM, noted that recruitment of IT professional Mansoor Ali Mohammed Peerbhoy was a prized catch for the outfit. He was enlisted while he studying Arabic at Quran Foundation. Peerbhoy, a Yahoo executive-turned-media chief of IM, who was arrested in 2008, had lured a number of educated youth to IM's fold. Recruitments of Arif Badar, improvised explosive device (IED) assembly and micro-chip based timer expert, and Mobin, internet hacking expert, were cited as cases in point of how budding talents were identified and trained as terrorists through fiery and emotive taqrirs (speeches) and attitude hardening dars (lessons). It was noted that "brainwashing through doctored pictorials and videos, such as, that of Godhra and Babri Masjid incidents" was very common in taqrirs and dars. It is also noted that IM doesn't have a defined structure. Its top leaders run the show from safe havens not only in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia but also in Nepal and the UAE (Dubai and Sharjah). It has "substantial corpus of money" having funding sources based in Kuwait, Riyadh, Chicago and various cities in Pakistan. Though IM came to notice for the first time when it sent e-mail to media houses ahead of serial blasts in Faizabad, Lucknow and Varanasi in UP in November, 2007, its genesis - the note says - goes back to 2000. At that time, IM was largely involved in talent spotting, motivation and training of Indian youth in Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and ISI facilities to lend credence to the "homegrown terror" concept.
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September - 11 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is searching for seven persons belonging to Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Uttarakhand who are allegedly involved in a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket run by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), as r
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is searching for seven persons belonging to Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Uttarakhand who are allegedly involved in a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket run by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), as reported on September 12, by expressindia.com. The group used to arrange genuine currency for the fake and send it to an ISI key man in Malda in West Bengal. These genuine notes were then distributed among the ISI agents across the country, sources said. These details have come to light during interrogation of two men, Saleem and Anees, who were arrested from Moradabad and Farrukhabad Districts of Uttar Pradesh in April and August, respectively.
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September - 11 
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) has asked the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to lodge a fresh FIR against the Indian Mujahedeen (IM) naming all the absconding members as accused, reports The Times of India. The NIA FIR, likely to be f
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The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) has asked the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to lodge a fresh FIR against the Indian Mujahedeen (IM) naming all the absconding members as accused, reports The Times of India. The NIA FIR, likely to be filed soon, won't focus on any specific incident but the larger conspiracy hatched by IM to wage war against the country. This will help the agency to take up any incident related to the outfit and freely conduct investigations. Sources said the FIR would have names of about a dozen absconding IM members, including those holed up in Pakistan. IM founders Riyaz and Iqbal Bhatkal, Amir Reza Khan (all hiding in Pakistan) would be charged along with Ahmed Zarar Siddibappa alias Yasin Bhatkal, Mohsin Chaudhary, Mirza Baig, Bada Sajid, Dr Shahnawaz, Ariz Khan, Abu Rashid and a few others, said sources. An unnamed official from the UMHA said, "While state agencies have had good success in breaking the outfit's network in recent years, it is still carrying out blasts with impunity. Hence, we need to move from event-specific investigations to a nationwide approach to neutralize it." "The idea of an open FIR is to emphasize that NIA is supposed to investigate national conspiracies and neutralize terror modules across India," said another official from the security establishment.
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September - 12 
A man, identified as Kulwant Rai, has been arrested at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport in New Delhi, on September 12, for allegedly smuggling Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) with face value of INR 600,000 from Bangkok (Thailand), airport
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A man, identified as Kulwant Rai, has been arrested at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport in New Delhi, on September 12, for allegedly smuggling Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) with face value of INR 600,000 from Bangkok (Thailand), airport sources said, reports Business Standard. Earlier, six persons, hailing from Bihar have been arrested for possessing and circulating Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) in New Delhi, as reported on September 9, by The Times of India. Counterfeit notes of INR 192,500 (in the denomination of INR 1,000 and INR 500) face value have been seized from them. One Shakeel was the mastermind of the gang and he would get the fake notes from one Mehfooze in Bihar. He would give the notes to women gang members, who would board trains to Delhi.
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September - 12 
Indian intelligence agencies have estimated that Indian Mujahedeen (IM) has managed to collect funds of INR 400 million in the last two years, as reported on September 12, by indiatvnews.com. The money has been generated through extortion, subscript
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Indian intelligence agencies have estimated that Indian Mujahedeen (IM) has managed to collect funds of INR 400 million in the last two years, as reported on September 12, by indiatvnews.com. The money has been generated through extortion, subscription and hawala (illegal money transfer).
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September - 12 
The Jamnagar Police seized INR 2.61 million of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) and arrested 14 people, including two women, on September11, 2012, reports Daily Bhaskar. Police suspect that the racket is active in Ahmedabad too. The Gujarat Police s
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The Jamnagar Police seized INR 2.61 million of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) and arrested 14 people, including two women, on September11, 2012, reports Daily Bhaskar. Police suspect that the racket is active in Ahmedabad too. The Gujarat Police suspects that millions of FICN have been pumped into state as part of an international racket originating from Pakistan and Dubai and coming to India, especially Gujarat via Bangladesh and Nepal. Police say that labourers from West Bengal who work in Gujarat were used as the foot soldiers to circulate the fake notes in the state. They suspect the involvement of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and the terror groups active in the country. Chitranjan Singh, the in-charge Director General of Police (DGP), Gujarat, said, “They were bringing the FICN in smaller consignments of few thousands through railway route from Malda district of West Bengal to Jamnagar. They used to circulate it to other parts of the state after that,” Police have busted the network and have identified two kingpins from West Bengal. Aalam Sheikh and Babar Sheikh, both residents of Malda District are working as the sub-agents for some unidentified groups in the neighbouring countries. “They were targeting the labourers working in the Rupen Port in Dwarka to smuggle in the FICN in Gujarat,” Singh further said.
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September - 12 
With the fourth anniversary of September 13, 2008 Delhi serial blast, Delhi Police has started tracking the members of Indian Mujahideen, (IM) especially Yasin Bhatkal alias Shahrukh, as they fear an IM strike, reports The Times of India. A senior of
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With the fourth anniversary of September 13, 2008 Delhi serial blast, Delhi Police has started tracking the members of Indian Mujahideen, (IM) especially Yasin Bhatkal alias Shahrukh, as they fear an IM strike, reports The Times of India. A senior officer commented, "it is difficult to identify a terrorist in the population of 1.5 crore, unless we have an intelligence input. Shahrukh is a master of disguise and could be hiding anywhere in the country or in the capital".
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September - 13 
A court, on September 13, awarded five-year rigorous imprisonment to three militants, identified as Khalid, Sami and Shahja of Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) in a 2008 case for possessing arms and distributing objectionable pamphlets in Sh
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A court, on September 13, awarded five-year rigorous imprisonment to three militants, identified as Khalid, Sami and Shahja of Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) in a 2008 case for possessing arms and distributing objectionable pamphlets in Shyamnagar area of Dhar District in Madhya Pradesh, reports Zee News. However, court acquitted Balliudeen, Mukeedeen and Nafesar for want of evidence, public prosecutor Ravindra Singh Gaur said. In a major crackdown in 2008, the Indore Police had caught 13 top SIMI militants from a house in Pithampur Industrial area of Dhar District.
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September - 13 
According to a recent report published by Norton, around 42 million people in India have been affected by cyber crime in the last one year, as reported on September 14, by Indian Express. With India figuring in top 10 list of countries affected by cy
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According to a recent report published by Norton, around 42 million people in India have been affected by cyber crime in the last one year, as reported on September 14, by Indian Express. With India figuring in top 10 list of countries affected by cyber crime, emerging cities like Chandigarh, Mohali (Punjab), Noida (Uttar Pradesh), Bhubaneswar (Orissa), Surat (Gujarat) and Jaipur (Rajasthan)are now becoming easy targets for cyber criminals due to the increased broadband penetration, say experts. The 17th Internet Security Threat Report which was released by Symantec in June, 2012 showed that it was the smaller cities with emerging businesses that were at a higher risk of being affected by cyber crime. While over 10 per cent of the total cyber crimes reported were from Bhubaneswar and Surat, 4 per cent of the attacks were reported in Cochin (Kerala). Around 0.5 per cent of the cyber crimes were reported from Chandigarh, which is home to over 2,900 small and medium businesses that contribute over INR 6.5 billion to the economy, has around 0.5 per cent of cyber crime activity reported. Msn.com, further added that Norton said on September 13, that consumer cybercrime has cost the India USD 8 billion in the past 12 months.
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September - 13 
An Ahmedabad (Gujarat) based electronic goods trader and his 17-year-old son were arrested at Mumbai (Maharashtra) airport in a smuggling and suspected hawala (illegal money transfer) case, as reported on September 14, by The Times of India. Source
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An Ahmedabad (Gujarat) based electronic goods trader and his 17-year-old son were arrested at Mumbai (Maharashtra) airport in a smuggling and suspected hawala (illegal money transfer) case, as reported on September 14, by The Times of India. Sources said Mohammad Rangrez confessed of being into hawala and betting business. Mumbai customs officials are going to forward the case to Enforcement Directorate to probe the terror and hawala racket angle. The officials with take help of security agencies in Ahmedabad as they are not ruling out terror angle.
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September - 14 
Inspector General of Police (IGP) (Western Range) Pratap Reddy on September 14 said that cyber crime holds no boundaries. Unlike other crimes, it is not necessary for the criminal to be close to the victim. The crime can take place in any part of the
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Inspector General of Police (IGP) (Western Range) Pratap Reddy on September 14 said that cyber crime holds no boundaries. Unlike other crimes, it is not necessary for the criminal to be close to the victim. The crime can take place in any part of the world and can affect an individual in a different country, reports Deccan Herald. He further commented, "Technology being updated everyday is another main challenge. The IT Act introduced in 2000 was amended in 2008. However, in eight years technology had changed drastically and since 2008 till date even more innovations have been added," and added that every company is in a race to introduce a better product that they do not see if the Government is updated to handle to crime that may be caused due to the technology. On the topics 'Introduction to Cyber Crime and Types of Cyber Crime,' Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Detective Inspector M.D. Sharath said that a study on cyber crimes shows there is no tendency of the crimes slowing down. The 2011 research reports highlight new advanced threats and an increased of sophistication in the attacks. "One can spread terror as seen in the North East Exodus, where mass SMS was used to send messages. Many fall prey to Nigerian scams. On interrogating a Nigerian fraud, he said it is easy to fool Indians as they are greedy," he said.
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September - 14 
The Kerala cluster of four static coastal surveillance sensors were commissioned by the Director General of Coast Guard Vice-Admiral M.P. Muralidharan at the Coast Guard District Headquarters No.4 at Fort Kochi on September 15, reports The Hindu. The
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The Kerala cluster of four static coastal surveillance sensors were commissioned by the Director General of Coast Guard Vice-Admiral M.P. Muralidharan at the Coast Guard District Headquarters No.4 at Fort Kochi on September 15, reports The Hindu. These four sensors are envisaged as part of the first phase of the network of sensors to be set up across the country. Further, the State is to get two more sensors in addition to the present four.
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September - 15 
India may not allow Pakistani judicial commission to visit Mumbai (Mumbai) for cross-examining witnesses of November 26, 2008 (26/11) case until Pakistan gives it an assurance over the status of the bilateral agreement, as reported on September 15, b
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India may not allow Pakistani judicial commission to visit Mumbai (Mumbai) for cross-examining witnesses of November 26, 2008 (26/11) case until Pakistan gives it an assurance over the status of the bilateral agreement, as reported on September 15, by The Times of India. According to an official, "Both the countries, in the first place, had agreed not to go ahead with the cross-examination process. Pakistan can tell this to its court, requesting to honour the bilateral agreement”.
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September - 16 
A garment trader, identified as Arvindkumar Jain, was arrested in Mumbai (Maharashtra), in an eight year old case of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN), booked by the Thane crime branch, reports The Times of India on September 17. In 2004, 27 persons,
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A garment trader, identified as Arvindkumar Jain, was arrested in Mumbai (Maharashtra), in an eight year old case of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN), booked by the Thane crime branch, reports The Times of India on September 17. In 2004, 27 persons, including Jain, were booked for pumping FICN of 435,000 in Mumbai market.
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September - 16 
After detecting Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN), with a face value of around INR 130 million from all the branches of ICICI Bank, the bank has registered a complaint with Delhi Police, as reported on September 16, by Daily Pioneer. Over the past six
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After detecting Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN), with a face value of around INR 130 million from all the branches of ICICI Bank, the bank has registered a complaint with Delhi Police, as reported on September 16, by Daily Pioneer. Over the past six years, the bank has received FICN through its various branches. The bank in its complaint has told the Police that it has received a total of 2,86,215 FICN of various denominations from January 2006 to August 2012.
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September - 16 
Gujarat Police believe that people involved in circulating Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) could be members of terrorist sleeper cells and could be used for terror attacks at any time, as reported on September 17, by Daily Bhaskar. Jamnagar SP, H.K.
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Gujarat Police believe that people involved in circulating Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) could be members of terrorist sleeper cells and could be used for terror attacks at any time, as reported on September 17, by Daily Bhaskar. Jamnagar SP, H.K. Patel, said that this is a disturbing possibility. He said that if the FICN racketeers are not stopped, they could then be used to carry out terror attacks in the state. Other sources in the police department said that FICN smuggled from Bangladesh reach the end-user through a specific chain of people suspected of plotting terror attacks in the country. Police have found that FICN network has a strong base in areas with dense population and with a large number of migrants. In such places, most people are unknown to each other.
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September - 16 
In a report by Justice V.K. Shali, a sitting judge of Delhi High Court, it is stated that some highly-educated and computer-savvy youths are working as SIMI cadres. Also, they are recruiting new activists to increase their network. The anti-terrorist
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In a report by Justice V.K. Shali, a sitting judge of Delhi High Court, it is stated that some highly-educated and computer-savvy youths are working as SIMI cadres. Also, they are recruiting new activists to increase their network. The anti-terrorist squad has therefore been asked to be alert as more brains are pouring in to aid SIMI.
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September - 16 
India may have to wait for Fasih Mohammad, an Indian Mujahideen (IM) militant, as Saudi Arabia government is toughening its stand on his deportation, as reported on September 17, by The Times of India. While Saudi authorities officially confirmed Fas
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India may have to wait for Fasih Mohammad, an Indian Mujahideen (IM) militant, as Saudi Arabia government is toughening its stand on his deportation, as reported on September 17, by The Times of India. While Saudi authorities officially confirmed Fasih's detention, they conveyed that they were examining his stay "carefully". Sources insisted that the Saudi decision had a lot to do with the over-exposure of the role and cooperation of the Gulf country in sending November 26, 2008 (26/11) handler Abu Jundal to India. The National Security Advisor Shivshanker Menon, during his address to the Directors and Inspectors General of Police last week, cited this as an example saying Saudi authorities were not happy with the way details of the Abu Jundal operation were made public by the security agencies involved in the operation. Menon wanted secrecy to be maintained at all levels in handling cases of international terrorism as the acts have "dangerous propensity of international embarrassment".
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September - 16 
The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) investigating the August 1, 2012 Pune (Maharashtra) serial blasts have detained a jeweller for processing INR 2.2 million hawala (illegal money transfer) transaction from Dubai and delivering it to two persons, suspect
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The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) investigating the August 1, 2012 Pune (Maharashtra) serial blasts have detained a jeweller for processing INR 2.2 million hawala (illegal money transfer) transaction from Dubai and delivering it to two persons, suspected to be part of the sleeper cells of Indian Mujahideen (IM), as reported on September 17, by The Times of India. Earlier on September 16, it was reported that IM perpetrators were paid INR 1 million, sent through hawala from UAE, for 13/7 (July 13, 2012) blasts. "We have zeroed in on the perpetrators from the IM but they fled soon after the blasts," said a source. "Kola Enterprises was earlier found involved in sending Rs 10 lakh through hawala for Mumbai's 13/7 blasts. The ATS had then booked Muzaffar Kola, owner of the UAE firm, for its alleged involvement in the hawala deals. Even for the Pune blasts, the money was routed through the same firm, the source said. Muzaffar Kola Enterprises LLC, which deals in readymade clothes, perfumes, cosmetics and toys, is the front set up to run the money-laundering business, the source said.
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September - 16 
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has asked West Bengal government to keep tabs on the activities of Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) in the state, reports The Times of India on September 17. In a letter dated September 4, 2012 V. K. Shar
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The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has asked West Bengal government to keep tabs on the activities of Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) in the state, reports The Times of India on September 17. In a letter dated September 4, 2012 V. K. Sharma, Director (National Integration) of MHA has alerted Chief Secretary Samar Ghosh about SIMI activists. Though the outfit has been banned since 2001, SIMI activists in the state are still keeping close contacts with various terror groups.
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September - 16 
Zabihuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal key conspirator of November 26, 2008, (26/11) told interrogators that he was assisting the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) in maintaining their website for six to seven months prior to the 26/11 strike, as reported on Septemb
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Zabihuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal key conspirator of November 26, 2008, (26/11) told interrogators that he was assisting the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) in maintaining their website for six to seven months prior to the 26/11 strike, as reported on September 17, by The Times of India. Jundal, told the Police that his handler Muzammil introduced him to a software engineer, Hafeez Saeed, at a terror camp. "Muzammil asked me to help Saeed in the making of webpages and uploading videos, books on those the site," Jundal commented. The website was blocked after the company that hosted the server objected to the copyright of the content uploaded. Jundal further said two youths from Beed (Maharashtra) District, Aijaz alias Abu Sherjil and Masood alias Abu Zarar, were still staying in Pakistan's Bait-ul-Mujahideen camp in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK).
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September - 17 
According to an investigator, “He has videographed the Madras Regimental Centre at Wellington [the Nilgiris District], Nagapattinam Port etc. Two DVDs containing Para Gliding Training of the Indian Army in the desert and an Army Signal Corps parade w
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According to an investigator, “He has videographed the Madras Regimental Centre at Wellington [the Nilgiris District], Nagapattinam Port etc. Two DVDs containing Para Gliding Training of the Indian Army in the desert and an Army Signal Corps parade were seized from his possession. Enquiries revealed that Ansari took the help of an ex-serviceman claiming that he was making a documentary on Indian Army titled ‘Power of India’ ”. His future assignments were to videograph the Eastern Naval Command of the Navy in Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) and the Sulur Air Base (Tamil Nadu), the investigator claimed. Further, Police said Ansari originally hailed from Athirampattinam in Pudukkottai District, according to The Times of India. He was dealing in foreign footwear and was also exporting vegetables. An intelligence officer said that the export business was only a facade to gain acceptability at some strategic levels and he had also in possession of photographs of the Trichy (Tiruchi) airport shot from various angles. Interrogations revealed that he befriended a retired army man from Thanjavur and gleaned a lot of classified information from him. After viewing the CDs in his possession, the Q branch was convinced that there was prima facie case against Ansari. He has been booked under the Official Secrets Act, 1923 and was produced before the judicial magistrate II Rajendran, who remanded him to judicial custody until October 1, 2012.
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September - 17 
Thamim Ansari a suspected Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) operative was arrested on September 17, in Tiruchi airport. Alleging that Ansari was an ISI operative, Superintendent of Police (‘Q’ Branch CID) G. Sampath Kumar claimed the suspect worked f
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Thamim Ansari a suspected Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) operative was arrested on September 17, in Tiruchi airport. Alleging that Ansari was an ISI operative, Superintendent of Police (‘Q’ Branch CID) G. Sampath Kumar claimed the suspect worked for the Pakistani intelligence agency through two Sri Lankan nationals, known only as Haji and Shaji – whom he met during a business trip to Colombo.
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September - 17 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on September 19 sought from the Tamil Nadu Police details of the suspected Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)-sponsored espionage module busted with the arrest of 35-year-old Thamim Ansari in Tiruchi in Tiruchir
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on September 19 sought from the Tamil Nadu Police details of the suspected Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)-sponsored espionage module busted with the arrest of 35-year-old Thamim Ansari in Tiruchi in Tiruchirappalli District of Tamil Nadu on September 17, NIA sources said, reports The Hindu. According to an NIA official, the espionage module had raised apprehensions among law-enforcing agencies over the existence of more operatives like Ansari in this part of the country. “A special team will visit Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu for further investigation. The contents of the DVDs seized from the possession of the suspects will be analysed,” he said. According to Police sources, two DVDs containing defence-related visuals were seized from the suspect, who allegedly admitted to interrogators that he had already sent a few ‘consignments’ to Sri Lanka through a couple of agents said to be working for a Pakistan High Commission official in the island nation.
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September - 17 
Two persons, identified as Harendra and Sanjay Sharma were arrested along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) in Delhi, on September 17, reports The Times of India. The duo got no consignments from any foreign country but still managed to pump in F
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Two persons, identified as Harendra and Sanjay Sharma were arrested along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) in Delhi, on September 17, reports The Times of India. The duo got no consignments from any foreign country but still managed to pump in FICN into the capital. Cops have seized the computer, printers, scanners and dyes of Mahatama Gandhi's picture and different colour cartridges with injections to fill in colours to be used on the notes. Cops also seized FICN 100 and 50 notes of face value 143,000.
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September - 18 
Banned Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) terror outfit's ‘chief’ Syed Salahuddin still remains faceless in the website of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) as reported on September 19, by The Hindustan Times. CBI’s website also does not have his image.
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Banned Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) terror outfit's ‘chief’ Syed Salahuddin still remains faceless in the website of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) as reported on September 19, by The Hindustan Times. CBI’s website also does not have his image. The NIA claimed Salahuddin’s involvement in funding of various terror activities in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and had put him on its official website as most wanted with a noting "Image not available". The NIA has given his address and age as 66 years correctly but in the image section, the premier agency apparently has not managed to get a picture posted. NIA had registered a case in 2011 in the wake of allegations that HM, one of the most active terror outfits in J&K with strong bases in Pulwama, Kupwara, Sopore (Baramulla District), Budgam, Doda, Baramula and Srinagar, is being regularly and systematically funded from across the border for the purpose of promoting terrorist activities in India. Earlier in 1998, an Interpol Red Corner warrant "A-66/2-1998" was issued against Mohammed Yusuf Shah alias Salahuddin, who heads a conglomerate of terror outfits, United Jehad Council, at the request of Delhi Police for his alleged involvement in various terror related activities.
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September - 18 
The Additional Sessions Court in Nashik of Maharashtra on September 18 adjourned the trial in the case of alleged conspiracy by Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants to attack the Maharashtra Police Academy (MPA) here in 2010 till October 3, 2012. Both th
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The Additional Sessions Court in Nashik of Maharashtra on September 18 adjourned the trial in the case of alleged conspiracy by Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants to attack the Maharashtra Police Academy (MPA) here in 2010 till October 3, 2012. Both the accused LeT militant - Bilal Shaikh alias Lalbaba and Himayat Baig - were brought before the additional sessions court judge K K Tantrapale for hearing of Shaikh's application urging the court to transfer his trial to Mumbai in Maharashtra. However, the court is yet to take a decision on his application and fixed October 3 for the next hearing. Bilal Shaikh was arrested by the ATS on September 7, 2010 from Nashik's Satpur locality. Baig was also arrested on September 7, 2010 for his alleged involvement in February 13, 2010 Pune's (Maharashtra) German Bakery blast. Arrested 26/11 Mumbai attack handler and key LeT operative Abu Jundal were also allegedly involved in the conspiracy to attack MPA.
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September - 19 
The cyber crime cell of Pune Police on September 19 arrested a Mumbai-based teacher for allegedly uploading a doctored video clip on a website, which is believed to have provoked the recent attacks on students and professionals from the northeast in
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The cyber crime cell of Pune Police on September 19 arrested a Mumbai-based teacher for allegedly uploading a doctored video clip on a website, which is believed to have provoked the recent attacks on students and professionals from the northeast in the city and other parts of the country, reports The Times of India. "The teacher, Sharif Ahmed Bashir Siddiqui (38), of Kurar village in Malad in Mumbai, had uploaded the clip from his computer at home. The clip was named 'Burma Riots - Thrilling Pictures 2012'," said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) cyber crime, Sanjay Shinde.
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September - 19 
The Supreme Court (SC) on September 19 stayed an order passed by the Andhra Pradesh High Court granting bail to key accused Mohammed Hussain alias Saleem, in a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) case, reports The Hindu. A Bench of Justices Altamas Kab
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The Supreme Court (SC) on September 19 stayed an order passed by the Andhra Pradesh High Court granting bail to key accused Mohammed Hussain alias Saleem, in a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) case, reports The Hindu. A Bench of Justices Altamas Kabir and J. Chelameswar stayed the impugned order dated September 7, 2012. Though the bail was granted, the accused couldn’t come out, as he was yet to furnish the security sought by the court. In its appeal, the Centre and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) said the respondent, Mohammed Hussain, along with the rest of the accused were involved in smuggling in high-quality counterfeit Indian currency to destabilise the monetary and financial system of India and to undermine the economy. The appeal said the accused had been smuggling FICNs of 1,000 and 500 denominations from Pakistan, and getting it circulated across India through a widespread network.
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September - 20 
Defence Minister A. K. Antony on September 20, asked the Coast Guard to develop the fishing community living along the sea boards of the country as its "eyes and ears" for gathering intelligence for maritime security, reports Zee News. According to
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Defence Minister A. K. Antony on September 20, asked the Coast Guard to develop the fishing community living along the sea boards of the country as its "eyes and ears" for gathering intelligence for maritime security, reports Zee News. According to Coast Guard release, "The Defence Minister said role of fishing community is vital in strengthening coastal security mechanism and community interaction programmes should be given impetus to sensitise them about security and develop them as the eyes and ears for intelligence gathering”. After the November 26, 2008 (26/11) attacks on Mumbai (Maharashtra), the Government has been stressing on involving all stakeholders in the maritime domain for preventing any such attacks in the future. Coast Guard Chief Vice Admiral M.P. Muralidharan also said, "The Coast Guard aims to achieve a force level of 150 surface platforms by 2018."
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September - 21 
Agents of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) are actively attempting to recruit Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who have returned to the island nation after the end of the Eelam war, the Tamil Nadu state intelligence has informed the Centre's Int
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Agents of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) are actively attempting to recruit Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who have returned to the island nation after the end of the Eelam war, the Tamil Nadu state intelligence has informed the Centre's Intelligence Bureau, as reported on September 22, by The Times of India. Thamim Ansari, who was arrested earlier on September 17, for suspected links to the ISI, was in Sri Lanka when one ISI operative Haji made contact with him. Intelligence sources say the ISI is hiring the refugees because they are familiar with India and can collect information from the country without raising suspicions. Sleuths of the 'Q' branch of the state Police, who have been monitoring Sri Lankan Tamils, said they have registered a case against ISI operative Haji, his associates Shaji and Amir Zubair Siddiqui, who works as the counselor in the visa section of the Pakistan High Commission in Sri Lanka. State intelligence officials have sought Police custody of Ansari for one week to collect more information.
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September - 21 
Former Intelligence Bureau (IB) additional secretary Pradyot Dutta, who is now consultant to several State Governments, commented, "Nowadays we are seeing the collapse of the old ethnic biases of the terrorist groups. So many have been caught or kill
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Former Intelligence Bureau (IB) additional secretary Pradyot Dutta, who is now consultant to several State Governments, commented, "Nowadays we are seeing the collapse of the old ethnic biases of the terrorist groups. So many have been caught or killed, and the replacement rate has not been favorable”.
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September - 21 
The prosecution in the German bakery bomb blast (February 13, 2010) case got an enhance on September 21, 2012 as the role of Indian Mujahideen (IM) ‘chief’ Yasin Bhatkal, the man wanted for a string of terror attacks across the country, came to ligh
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The prosecution in the German bakery bomb blast (February 13, 2010) case got an enhance on September 21, 2012 as the role of Indian Mujahideen (IM) ‘chief’ Yasin Bhatkal, the man wanted for a string of terror attacks across the country, came to light for the first time while recording evidence of a key witness, reports The Times of India. While deposing before Additional Sessions Judge N.P. Dhote, witness Ranjit More identified a man sporting a cap and carrying two haversacks in CCTV footage. The clip was seized by the Pune Crime Branch from the bakery after the blast. Though More did not name the man, investigations by Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) had revealed that the man was Yasin Bhatkal. Special public prosecutor Raja Thakare told that the man caught on the CCTV was Bhatkal. Bhatkal's role in the blast has come to light for the first time during the trial, he added.
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September - 22 
A city Crime Branch team on September 22, arrested two persons for buying INR 650,000 of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) from a FICN peddler Ramesh Patel, arrested on August 23, 2012 and circulating them. Police have also recovered FICN worth INR
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A city Crime Branch team on September 22, arrested two persons for buying INR 650,000 of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) from a FICN peddler Ramesh Patel, arrested on August 23, 2012 and circulating them. Police have also recovered FICN worth INR 102,000 from the duo, reports The Times of India. During investigations Police found that Patel had managed to circulate FICN worth INR 950,000 in the State. A Crime Branch official revealed, "During questioning Patel revealed that he had got FICN worth Rs 96 lakh from Abdurrahman Maulana Shaikh of Malda in West Bengal earlier this year. The money was then circulated in the state from four major centres - Junagadh, Himmatnagar, Jamnagar and Godhra. There were several agents who got the notes and circulated them. They got real currency as reward from doing this”.
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September - 22 
Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative, Zabihuddin Ansair alias Abu Jundal told Police that two Indian nationals are still living in LeT's Bait-ul-Mujahideeen, a training camp of militants in Pakistan, as reported on September 23, by The Times of India. J
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Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative, Zabihuddin Ansair alias Abu Jundal told Police that two Indian nationals are still living in LeT's Bait-ul-Mujahideeen, a training camp of militants in Pakistan, as reported on September 23, by The Times of India. Jundal told Police that two boys from his native District-Beed (Maharashtra) are still living in Pakistan. Jundal identified them as Aijaz alias Abu Sherjil and Masood alias Abu Zarar. Bait-ul-Mujahideen is the place where a trained militant go to visit. It has a school, a well maintained library, play ground and discussion room. "This is the place where senior LeT members come regularly to interact with junior militants and motivate them," Jundal said.
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September - 23 
According to data provided by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), "In 2011-12, the RBI seized 216 forged notes of INR 20 and 12457 of INR 50. Similarly, 216 numbers of INR 20 fake currency notes were also seized”, as reported on September 23, by The Tim
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According to data provided by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), "In 2011-12, the RBI seized 216 forged notes of INR 20 and 12457 of INR 50. Similarly, 216 numbers of INR 20 fake currency notes were also seized”, as reported on September 23, by The Times of India. Not only currency of higher denomination but also of smaller denomination like INR 10, INR 20 and INR 50 are being circulated. In fact, there is 19 per cent rise in Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) of various denominations from INR 10 to INR 1000 in banking sector, admitted the RBI. In 2009-2010, the value of FICN seized was estimated at INR15.51 crore, INR19.01 crore in 2010-2011 and INR 24.70 crore in 2011-12. The total value of FICN seized in the last three financial years amounted to over INR 59.23 crore.
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September - 23 
Saudi Arabia has asked for more evidence from India about involvement of Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative Fasih Mohammed in terror activities especially in the conspiracy behind the bomb blasts in Bangalore and Delhi, as reported on September 23, by
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Saudi Arabia has asked for more evidence from India about involvement of Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative Fasih Mohammed in terror activities especially in the conspiracy behind the bomb blasts in Bangalore and Delhi, as reported on September 23, by The Indian Express. Saudi Arabia had already red-flagged his deportation saying it wants to investigate his role before taking a call on New Delhi's request for his custody. Saudi authorities said it would take some time for them to decide on Fasih's deportation or extradition to India, the sources said. India, which has already sought deportation of Fasih from the Gulf country and also secured an Interpol Red Corner notice, received a communication from Saudi authorities asking the security agencies to clarify his role in the criminal conspiracy to carry out terror activities and his association with the banned terror outfit IM, official sources said on September 23.
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September - 24 
Indian Mujahideen (IM) militants had been instructed to take to crimes like dacoity and snatching to fund their terror activities in India without depending on hawala (illegal money transfer) money, as reported on September 25, by The Times of India.
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Indian Mujahideen (IM) militants had been instructed to take to crimes like dacoity and snatching to fund their terror activities in India without depending on hawala (illegal money transfer) money, as reported on September 25, by The Times of India. According to a source, "While a select group of men are involved with the actual planting of the bombs, the other sleeper modules - mostly drawn from the erstwhile SIMI organization - have been instructed to indulge in street crimes to sponsor terrorism. They have been asked to target jewellery stores and banks for this purpose,'' Sources also claimed that besides Madhya Pradesh, the terror imprint has been found on robberies committed even at Pune (Maharashtra), Patna (Bihar), Jaipur (Rajasthan) and Ahmedabad (Gujarat).
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September - 24 
Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is now pumping large amounts of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) into India to fund the terror machinery through Vietnam, which is described by intelligence agencies as a new route for counterfeit currency
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Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is now pumping large amounts of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) into India to fund the terror machinery through Vietnam, which is described by intelligence agencies as a new route for counterfeit currency smuggling, as reported on September 24, by Asian Age. Though Thailand was already under the scanner of the security agencies, it is learnt that the FICN flow from there has increased manifold in the last one year. These details have been revealed in a recent classified report prepared by the Terror Funding and Fake Currency Cell (TFFC) of the National Investigation Agency (NIA). During the course of its investigations the NIA has stumbled upon concrete information that the ISI is sending in more FICN via Southeast Asia, particularly Vietnam and Thailand.
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September - 24 
Police custody of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative Abu Jundal was extended by nine more days, till October 3, on September 24, by Chief Judicial Magistrate A.D. Sawant, reports The Times of India. Jundal, who is in the custody of the Mumbai anti ter
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Police custody of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative Abu Jundal was extended by nine more days, till October 3, on September 24, by Chief Judicial Magistrate A.D. Sawant, reports The Times of India. Jundal, who is in the custody of the Mumbai anti terrorism squad (ATS), was produced before Nasik’s chief judicial magistrate, after his initial 14-day custody period ended. He had been remanded in Police custody on September 11, in connection with his links to Sheikh Lalbaba Farid, alias Bilal, also an alleged LeT member. Bilal had carried out a recce of the Nashik Police Commissionerate, Maharashtra Police Academy (MPA) and the Deolali (Maharashtra) cantonment area in 2010 for a possible terror strike at these locations.
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September - 24 
The Mumbai (Maharashtra) High Court on September 24, granted bail on INR50,000 to Mohammad Atik Iqbal, an alleged Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative, reports dnaindia.com. Iqbal is an accused in the 2008 Ahmedabad (Gujarat) blast and had allegedly atte
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The Mumbai (Maharashtra) High Court on September 24, granted bail on INR50,000 to Mohammad Atik Iqbal, an alleged Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative, reports dnaindia.com. Iqbal is an accused in the 2008 Ahmedabad (Gujarat) blast and had allegedly attended the Jihadi meeting organised by the Bhatkal brothers and was accused of having been found in possession of 31 timers. He is also accused of having attended the party organised to celebrate the Ahmedabad blast. “The court accepted the contention that the timers found in his possession are normal alarm clocks readily available in the market. Just because it was found in Iqbal’s possession does not prove that he used them as an explosive device,” said Iqbal’s lawyer Mobin Solkar.
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September - 24 
The special cell arrested a 29-year-old Nigerian, identified as Theophilus, along with his local aide, Gurpreet, possessing 8kg of heroin worth INR 200 million from Pankha Road in Delhi on September 24, according to The Times of India. It is also rep
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The special cell arrested a 29-year-old Nigerian, identified as Theophilus, along with his local aide, Gurpreet, possessing 8kg of heroin worth INR 200 million from Pankha Road in Delhi on September 24, according to The Times of India. It is also reported that the drug syndicate has connection with a Laskhar-e-Toiba (LeT) group processing heroin, and then smuggling it into India from Pakistan through the Attari border, Amritsar District of Punjab. The accused is part of a network of Nigerians settled in Pakistan and Afghanistan with its headquarters in Karachi (Sindh). Police said the drugs were processed at Gurdaspur District in Punjab and then brought to Delhi. From here, the accused smuggled the drugs to Mumbai and Pune (both in Maharashtra). Police is also investigating if the accused were using Delhi as a transit point to other European destinations. According to Police, Theophilus came to Delhi in 2008 on a business visa. He stayed on even after the expiry of visa. Additional Commissioner of Police (special cell) Ashok Chand, commented, "In 2009, he came in contact with the drug syndicate having its links in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Punjab, Delhi and Mumbai. We have now sent teams to Mumbai for further leads”.
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September - 25 
A sessions court in Godhra sentenced seven accused in a FICN racket to 10 years' imprisonment on September 26, reports The Times of India. This is the first conviction in any FICN racket in Gujarat. The major incident of pressing fake currency note
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A sessions court in Godhra sentenced seven accused in a FICN racket to 10 years' imprisonment on September 26, reports The Times of India. This is the first conviction in any FICN racket in Gujarat. The major incident of pressing fake currency notes of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 denomination had come to light when Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) got a tip-off in 2009 that two persons were dealing in such notes. On July 31, 2009, two persons Durgesh Padwani from Godhra (Panchmahal District) and Bahadursinh Chauhan for Dahod were arrested on Dahod road in Godhra by the ATS along with FICN. The duo was arrested and interrogated by the ATS leading it to a series of other persons, who were involved in the racket. The other accused were Chintan Charadwa from Jetpur in Rajkot District, Milan Vadnagara from Junagadh, Asgar Abdulhussain Abuli from Ahmedabad, Riyaz Dodhiya from Gondal in Rajkot District and Yousufali Ratanpurwala from Godhra. Two passports, one Indian and one Bangladeshi were found in possession of Abuli. The ATS also hit across the involvement of one Ijaz Kadri from Patna in Bihar in the racket. However, he could not be arrested by the Police.
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September - 25 
Deepak Patel, an Indian National Congress Party member of Mehsana District, was arrested by the officials of Special Operation Group (SOG) in Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) charges, as reported on September 26, by dnaindia.com. Deputy Superintenden
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Deepak Patel, an Indian National Congress Party member of Mehsana District, was arrested by the officials of Special Operation Group (SOG) in Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) charges, as reported on September 26, by dnaindia.com. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), SOG, Baldev Solanki said that Deepak has been arrested on the basis of statements recorded by accused arrested earlier.
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September - 25 
India on September 25 asked Pakistan to expedite the trial of November 26, 2008 (26/11) Mumbai (Maharashtra) attacks accused when Indian Union Minister of Home Affairs Sushil Kumar Shinde met his counterpart Rehman Malik in Maldivian capital Male, re
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India on September 25 asked Pakistan to expedite the trial of November 26, 2008 (26/11) Mumbai (Maharashtra) attacks accused when Indian Union Minister of Home Affairs Sushil Kumar Shinde met his counterpart Rehman Malik in Maldivian capital Male, reports The Times of India. According to sources, "Both countries had initially decided not to allow cross-examination of the 26/11 case witnesses by the panel in Mumbai. But now, Islamabad has been insisting for it referring to its court order”.
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September - 25 
On September 25, the trial of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) ‘commander’ Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi and six other Pakistani suspects charged with involvement in the November 26, 2008 (26/11) Mumbai attacks was adjourned till September 29, 2012, as the judge was un
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On September 25, the trial of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) ‘commander’ Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi and six other Pakistani suspects charged with involvement in the November 26, 2008 (26/11) Mumbai attacks was adjourned till September 29, 2012, as the judge was unavailable to conduct the hearing, according to rediff.com. Court officials in Rawalpindi (Punjab) said the hearing had been put off till September 29.
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September - 26 
Investigations have revealed that Indian Mujahideen (IM), has links with the international Islamic organization Hizb-ul-Tahrir (HuT) banned in Germany and Bangladesh, as reported on September 27, by The Times of India. In a charge sheet filed a few d
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Investigations have revealed that Indian Mujahideen (IM), has links with the international Islamic organization Hizb-ul-Tahrir (HuT) banned in Germany and Bangladesh, as reported on September 27, by The Times of India. In a charge sheet filed a few days ago, Delhi Police has claimed it found documents related to HuT from the hideout of an IM member named Shakeel. This is the first instance of an IM-HuT link being found in India. Further, Delhi Police had filed two charge sheets against IM members and the alleged handler in the November 26, 2008 (26/11) Mumbai (Maharashtra) attacks case, Syed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal. The first charge sheet is against IM militants Kafeel Akhtar, Kamaal Hasan alias Bilal and Mohammad Shakeel, related to the discovery of an arms factory in Meer Vihar, Delhi in 2011. A team led by Special Cell DCP Sanjeev Yadav reported that the factory was being run by Ahmad Zarar Siddibappa alias Yasin Bhatkal, the IM ‘chief’ in India. Sources say the suspects' questioning yielded details about HuT and its link with IM. With Interpol's help, Delhi Police found that IM's HuT links are active in Austria, Ankara (Turkey) and Beirut (Lebanon). The banned outfit has a presence in more than 40 countries, and about one million members. It even has a base in the UK and a growing presence in North America. In the second charge sheet, Jundal is accused of involvement in terror activities across India. "He, along with Lashkar-e-Toiba [LeT] chief Zaki-ur-Rehman alias Lakhvi, monitored the 26/11 attacks from a control room at Malir in Karachi [Pakistan]," says the charge sheet. It also names Fasih Mohammad as a suspect in the Bangalore and Delhi blasts. He has been detained in Saudi Arabia. In addition, September 26, Zee News reported that Delhi Police said this is in a supplementary charge sheet in the Jama Masjid blast case (September 19, 2010) in which 11 IM militants were charge sheeted earlier. The investigators said during the probe it became evident that Jundal was also involved in the Jama Masjid blast case. The charge sheet said Jundal stated that one of the LeT operatives, Asim alias Abu Kahajo, the main handler of 10 terrorists involved in Mumbai terror attack, blamed failure of intended operation in September 2008 on selection of wrong time and the bad situation of Moon. "All ten persons involved in the 26/11 attack were taught Hindi and Mumbai's local language for ten days at terrorist camp at Baitul, Muzafaraad by Jundal, who is himself a native of Beed District in Maharashtra. The ten terrorists who had executed the attack are Abu Akasha, Abu Umar, Ismail, Ajmal Kasab (lone surviving 26/11 terrorist), Abdul Rahman Big, Abdul Rahman Small, Abu Fahadulla, Musab, Umer and Ali. In his disclosure statement annexed with the charge sheet, Jundal said that a control room was set up by Zaki-ur-Rehman at one Yaqoob's office in Karachi for monitoring of the terror attack and that Jundal himself was speaking to Abu Akasha and Fahadulla from the control room. Besides Jundal and Lakhvi, those who were present in the control room were Abu Alkama, Abu Kahaja, Khalida alias Wasi, Zarar and Shahid alias Nadeem. The charge sheet also says that Jundal had in his disclosure statement revealed that a total of 12 persons had received training for the 26/11 attack but two of them Abdulla and Qasim left the operation. The Police has booked Jundal under section 471 (using as genuine a forged document), 489 B (using as genuine, forged or counterfeit currency), 489 C (possessing counterfeit currency) and 120 B (criminal conspiracy) of Indian Penal Code (IPC). And also under various provisions of the Explosive Substances Act, and the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), besides the Passport Act and Arms Act. The charge sheet said besides the Mumbai mayhem, Jundal also confessed to his involvement in various terror attacks across India including Aurangabad arms haul case, Chinnaswamy stadium blast case, the 2010 German bakery blast and the Nasik Academy attack case.
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September - 26 
Multi Agency Centre (MAC) alert, based on inputs received from sources, has said that Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) is reorganizing its external operations group to plan a terror attack outside Pakistan, as reported on September 26, 2012 by Times Now. The al
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Multi Agency Centre (MAC) alert, based on inputs received from sources, has said that Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) is reorganizing its external operations group to plan a terror attack outside Pakistan, as reported on September 26, 2012 by Times Now. The alert dated September 17, 2012 said that the attacks have been planned in September 2012 and two simultaneous attacks at different locations during November 2012 to January 2013. MAC has also mentioned LeT militant Sajid Mir, who had worked closely with November 26, 2008 (26/11) mastermind David Coleman Headley and LeT handler Muzammil, in its alert. MAC alert has also said that the militants of LeT have already moved out of Pakistan to conduct 'unrevealed intelligence activities'.
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September - 26 
Pakistan has linked India's demand for speeding up the November 26, 2008 (26/11) blast trial India’s decision on allowing a Pakistani judicial commission to visit Mumbai (Maharashtra) for a second time to cross-examine four witnesses, as reported on
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Pakistan has linked India's demand for speeding up the November 26, 2008 (26/11) blast trial India’s decision on allowing a Pakistani judicial commission to visit Mumbai (Maharashtra) for a second time to cross-examine four witnesses, as reported on September 27, by The Times of India. Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik put forward the condition when he met his Indian counterpart Sushil Kumar Shinde on the sidelines of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) interior/home ministers' meeting in Maldives on September 25. Referring to Malik's remarks that his country was committed "to ensure that the trials in Pakistan, with regard to the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, would be taken to their logical conclusion", an official statement said, "In this regard, he (Malik) mentioned the need for India to receive a visit by the judicial commission of Pakistan." Pakistan put forth its condition when Shinde raised the issue of speeding up the trial against the seven jailed Pakistani accused including Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) ‘commanders’ Zakir-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, Zarar Shah, Abu Al Qama and others. On the positive side, both countries agreed that the newly-signed liberalized bilateral visa agreement "would be operationalized at a mutually agreed date, after the notification of the visa rules and regulations by the respective governments". Both ministers also invited each other to visit their respective countries and accepted the invites.
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September - 26 
Security has been strengthened at places frequented by Israelis, such as Chabad House in Mumbai (Maharashtra) and Paharganj in New Delhi, following a general alert about the possibility of attacks by terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), as reported
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Security has been strengthened at places frequented by Israelis, such as Chabad House in Mumbai (Maharashtra) and Paharganj in New Delhi, following a general alert about the possibility of attacks by terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), as reported on September 27, by The Times of India. Police have learnt that 35 terrorists of Indian Mujahideen (IM), LeT, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM) and other organizations might cause a disturbance in the upcoming festive season. Apart from making the faces of these terrorists public, Police are deploying extra men to check out guesthouses and other crowded locations.
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September - 26 
Terming terrorism as the single largest socio-economic hindrance to development in South Asia, India on September 26, asked South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) nations to deploy their best instruments and resources and cooperate
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Terming terrorism as the single largest socio-economic hindrance to development in South Asia, India on September 26, asked South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) nations to deploy their best instruments and resources and cooperate meaningfully to take effective action against the menace, according to The Times of India. Union Minister of Home Affairs, Sushilkumar Shinde, commented, "These are cancers that can only be removed from our region if we act in concert. Therefore, as neighbours and as partners in SAARC, we must work together much more closely and much more substantively…. We must create an atmosphere of peace and security both within our individual borders, and across our borders”. "Each instance of terrorism in our region is a reminder for us to cooperate in concrete action rather than merely in intentions....This is a hard reality that we seem to be forced to re-learn regularly," he further said.
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September - 26 
The Centre on September 26, asked all coastal states to step up vigilance in coordination with local Police and Indian Coast Guard, according to The Times of India. The instructions were passed on to state agencies during a meeting of security and i
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The Centre on September 26, asked all coastal states to step up vigilance in coordination with local Police and Indian Coast Guard, according to The Times of India. The instructions were passed on to state agencies during a meeting of security and intelligence officials in light of intelligence inputs stating Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT's) plan to carry out attacks in India anytime between September 2012 and January 2013. The intelligence report, shared with state Police, said top LeT ‘commanders’ including Sajid Mir, Muzammil, Abu Haroon and Abu Usman were on the job to plan attacks in India.
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September - 26 
The Mumbai Police suspect that the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) may have conspired to send November 26, 2008 (26/11) handler Abu Jundal from Pakistan to the Middle East, so he could be caught by Indian agencies, thereby exposing the involvement of an Indian
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The Mumbai Police suspect that the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) may have conspired to send November 26, 2008 (26/11) handler Abu Jundal from Pakistan to the Middle East, so he could be caught by Indian agencies, thereby exposing the involvement of an Indian in the terror attacks, as reported on September 27, by Hindustan Times. Sources said that after Pakistan received a lot of criticism about the setting up of a control room in Karachi (Sindh) to coordinate the 26/11 terror attack on Mumbai (Maharashtra), LeT bosses ensured that Jundal, a native of Beed District of Maharashtra, moved to the Middle East so he could come into the radar of Indian agencies. Jundal, during question, told the Police that his move to Middle East could have been part of a conspiracy. Earlier, on May 9, 2006, in two separate seizures the Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS), Maharashtra and the Aurangabad Police recovered 43 kilograms of RDX, along with 16 AK-47's, along with 3200 live cartridges. Jundal was one of the main accused in the case but managed to flee to Bangladesh. The LeT then helped him escape to Karachi.
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September - 26 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered a fresh case against the members of the banned outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM) for recruiting, financing and running terror camps, as reported on September 27, by Indian Express. The latest case re
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered a fresh case against the members of the banned outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM) for recruiting, financing and running terror camps, as reported on September 27, by Indian Express. The latest case registered by the NIA names mastermind Amir Reza Khan, who is alleged to be running IM with Pakistan’s support. The agency said that the IM has received large amount of money over a period of one year from Pakistan, Saudi Arbia and other Gulf countries. In its FIR, the NIA has said that Yasin Bhatkal IM ‘chief’ of India received INR 5 lakh through hawala (illegal money transfer) to recruit IM cadres. Intelligence agencies say that the Bihar module, which was recently busted with the arrest of more than dozen cadres, was one such instance. According to the NIA, IM is also imparting training to its cadres regarding assembling of Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and handling of explosives. \ Further, the NIA has also booked militants of the banned Babbar Khalsa International (BKI). The agency will collate information regarding the absconding members of IM and BKI. According to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA), there are more than 52 militants of the IM and 15 militants of the BKI who have been identified by the Police and are presently on the run. The NIA cited communication between arrested members of the IM, including Pakistani national Adil Ajmal who was arrested by the special cell of the Delhi Police from Bihar, in 2011. The agency alleged that Adil received USD 13,000 through Western Union money transfer for recruiting and financing the modules. According to the NIA, Adil was earlier a member of the banned outfit, Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), and came to India from Bangaldesh in 2010. By then he was a member of the IM and claimed to have met Riyaz and Yasin Bhatkal. He was reportedly paid USD300 by Riyaz and asked to carry out recruitment and logistic work for the IM along with Yasin in In India.
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September - 27 
The total people to be arrested so far in connection with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) have gone up to 25 across Gujarat within two weeks on charges of acquiring and circulating these FICN, as reported on September 27, by dnaindia.com. The last
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The total people to be arrested so far in connection with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) have gone up to 25 across Gujarat within two weeks on charges of acquiring and circulating these FICN, as reported on September 27, by dnaindia.com. The last person to be arrested is Dinesh Patel, an Indian National Congress member of Mehsana District. Further, investigation has revealed that there were 12 different FICN rackets running concurrently in Gujarat. Different agents and sub agents are involved in the circulation of FICN in the state. It is learnt that FICN network is mainly operated from a village in Bangladesh called Mansoorpur (Rajshahi District), which is near the bordering town of Malda (Malda District) in West Bengal. According to sources, more than 60 per cent youth in Mansoorpur is involved in pumping FICN to India, via Nepal, Pakistan and Dubai. During investigation, it came out that two brothers Rakho and Altaf were involved in circulating FICN from their base in Bangladesh. Using the route from bordering town of Malda in West Bengal, the duo allegedly pumped in FICN to the state. However, Police is yet to find the duo, who they believe, have fled to Bangladesh or are hiding in West Bengal.
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September - 27 
The Vishnunagar Police recently arrested three persons in a Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) racket and seized INR 1,000, reports Hindustan Times on September 28. According to Police, “Our team laid a trap and arrested Hussain Akthar Sheikh, 17, d
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The Vishnunagar Police recently arrested three persons in a Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) racket and seized INR 1,000, reports Hindustan Times on September 28. According to Police, “Our team laid a trap and arrested Hussain Akthar Sheikh, 17, during a body search and recovered 17 fake currency notes of Rs1,000. Upon being questioned the boy told us he was a Bangladeshi national and that he was being used to bring fake notes from Bangladesh and sell them for a commission to two Indian agents. He named the two agents and said they lived in Mumbra [Thane District]”. The Police immediately raided the residence of the two Indian agents Mohammad Yusuf Sheikh and Mohammad Najbul Sheikh who were part of the FICN racket and seized 32 FICNs of INR 1,000 from them.
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September - 28 
Bhavnagar Police busted a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket on September 27, by arresting five people, who belong to Malda District in West Bengal, reports The Times of India. The accused identified were produced before a local court, which rem
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Bhavnagar Police busted a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket on September 27, by arresting five people, who belong to Malda District in West Bengal, reports The Times of India. The accused identified were produced before a local court, which remanded them in Police custody for 14 days on September 28.
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September - 28 
Bhavnagar Police busted a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket on September 27, by arresting five people, who belong to Malda District in West Bengal, reports The Times of India. The accused identified were produced before a local court, which rem
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Bhavnagar Police busted a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket on September 27, by arresting five people, who belong to Malda District in West Bengal, reports The Times of India. The accused identified were produced before a local court, which remanded them in Police custody for 14 days on September 28. Police inspector, Special Operations Group, M N Chavda said the accused had arrived in Bhavnagar to circulate FICN. They were staying in a guest house when arrested after a raid. "We seized 46 notes of Rs 500 and 23 of Rs 1000 denominations from the accused," he said, adding that Rs 70,500 genuine Indian currency was also recovered in the raid. The accused told us that they had got the fake currency from one Safeek, who is based in West Bengal. We will verify their claims for which our team will be going to West Bengal," another Police officer said.
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September - 28 
One person, identified as Rajesh Patir alias Raju, was arrested for carrying Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) on the Down Jamalpur Express at Burdwan station (Burdwan District) on September 28,reports The Times of India. FICN worth INR 165,500 was al
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One person, identified as Rajesh Patir alias Raju, was arrested for carrying Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) on the Down Jamalpur Express at Burdwan station (Burdwan District) on September 28,reports The Times of India. FICN worth INR 165,500 was also seized from him. Raju was carrying a bag which contained bundles of INR 500, a bullet, two cell phones and a ticket of Howrah to Bengaluru (Karnataka).
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September - 28 
Police also arrested four persons, including a clerk working in the office of Deputy Superintendent of Police (Savarkundla division) in Amreli District, in connection with the ongoing FICN racket. Police seized FICN worth INR 12,500 from Chauhan and
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Police also arrested four persons, including a clerk working in the office of Deputy Superintendent of Police (Savarkundla division) in Amreli District, in connection with the ongoing FICN racket. Police seized FICN worth INR 12,500 from Chauhan and Sama on September 28. Meanwhile, a Special Task Force (STF) has been formed in Gujarat to tackle FICN menace. The STF will have Gujarat Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) Chief A K Surolia at its helm.
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September - 29 
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on August 29, inducted a new Inshore Patrol Vessel (IPV) at Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) that will aid the maritime force to secure the eastern coastline from terror threats, smuggling, gun-running, poaching and other s
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The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on August 29, inducted a new Inshore Patrol Vessel (IPV) at Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) that will aid the maritime force to secure the eastern coastline from terror threats, smuggling, gun-running, poaching and other such crimes, reports The Two Circle.Net. According to Ministry of Defence Press Release, IPV is equipped with state-of-the-art weaponry and advanced communication and navigational systems, it is ideal for close-coast missions such as surveillance, interdiction, search and rescue, and medical evacuation.
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September - 30 
Convicted November 26, 2008 (26/11) Mumbai (Maharashtra) blasts terrorist Ajmal Kasab wanted to meet the Pakistani High Commissioner in India after his arrest in Mumbai, reports The Times of India. He also wrote letters to the High Commissioner. The
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Convicted November 26, 2008 (26/11) Mumbai (Maharashtra) blasts terrorist Ajmal Kasab wanted to meet the Pakistani High Commissioner in India after his arrest in Mumbai, reports The Times of India. He also wrote letters to the High Commissioner. The first letter sought an appointment for legal help and requested that the body of his colleague, Ismail Khan, be taken back to Pakistan for burial. The second letter said he did not want the services of an Indian lawyer and requested the Pakistan government to appoint a compatriot "mere bachav ke liye (for my protection)". Neither of his letters got any response. In the first undated letter, Kasab stated that he was a resident of Faridkot in Pakistan's Punjab Province. Providing his residence telephone number (03017363886), Kasab, admitted his role in 26/11 attack. He wrote, "I took training in a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) training camp since I wanted to become a jihadi. For this, I learned to operate firearms and bombs at Muridke in Muzaffarabad and became a fidayeen. Hafiz Saeed, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, Abu Hamza and Kahafa trained me in LeT camps and brainwashed me”. Kasab went on to give information about the names of his nine other accomplices and their addresses in Pakistan. He narrated how they travelled on a Pakistani ship, Al-Hussaini, and later hijacked Indian fishing trawler, M V Kuber.
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September - 30 
Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and Central agencies probing the August 1, 2012 Pune (Maharashtra) blasts are now closing in on fronts funding Indian Mujahideen (IM) and its activities, reports Hindustan Times on October 1. One such key fr
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Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and Central agencies probing the August 1, 2012 Pune (Maharashtra) blasts are now closing in on fronts funding Indian Mujahideen (IM) and its activities, reports Hindustan Times on October 1. One such key front based in south India projects itself as dedicated to social service but is modelled along the lines of the banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) in Pakistan; the Lashkar-e-Toiba’s (LeT) parent body. It has set up several illegal financial channels through which money is being channelled into the country for IM activities. ATS is closely monitoring this body as it may announce itself as a legitimate political outfit and contest elections in a state in south India. The organisation has roots in south India but has now built key bases in Mumbai, Pune, Marathwada region in Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal, said sources. The finances the organisation generated have come largely from entities in Gulf countries. According to Police, “A thorough check is being run on their finances, and the credentials of those associated with the organisation”. Police sources said there are also reports that the body organised a training camp in Rajasthan. The organisation had first come to Police’s attention following the arrest of Himayat Mirza Baig in the German Bakery (February 13, 2010) blasts. Baig had attended the front’s camp in Rajasthan, sources said. “The worrisome part is that the organisation has been roping in smaller regional groups and is now looking to set itself up as an umbrella body across the country,” said the officer. “It is a scary situation. Elements of the banned Students Islamic Movement [SIMI] of India have received a boost to their anti-national activities through an organisation not overtly associated with terrorism,” said a senior IPS officer requesting anonymity.
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September - 30 
Malda District has become a hub for smuggling of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN), a senior BSF official said on September 30, reports Economic Times. Additional Director-General (East), Border Security Force (BSF), B D Sharma commented, "44 In
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Malda District has become a hub for smuggling of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN), a senior BSF official said on September 30, reports Economic Times. Additional Director-General (East), Border Security Force (BSF), B D Sharma commented, "44 Indians and 13 from Bangladesh were arrested by BSF for smuggling fake notes in 2011 while in the first eight months of this year altogether 46 people, including 18 Bangladeshis, were caught”. Explaining the modus operandi, Sharma said smugglers often throw FICN bundles over the fence at night besides pumping money through the porous border. So far this year, BSF has seized FICN having face value of INR 1.583 million. Sharma, further said, the modus operandi of the smugglers too have changed drastically as they now use water pipes of the irrigation department to smuggle FICN from Bangladesh to India, according o Indian Express. Interestingly, he said, the circulation of FICN is interlinked with cattle smuggling as FICN are exchanged in a huge quantity for trading cattle. Meanwhile, BSF and the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have proposed the setting up of a joint task force, to curb smuggling of FICN, officials said, according to The Hindu. Sharma further stated, “The setting up of a joint task force to check the smuggling of fake Indian currency notes has been proposed”.
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September - 30 
Operation Blue Star commander, Lieutenant General (Retired) K.S. Brar, was attacked by four unidentified assailants with knife in London on September 30, reports The Times of India. The attackers are yet to be identified. However, agencies in New De
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Operation Blue Star commander, Lieutenant General (Retired) K.S. Brar, was attacked by four unidentified assailants with knife in London on September 30, reports The Times of India. The attackers are yet to be identified. However, agencies in New Delhi suspect it might be linked to the radical elements in the Sikh diaspora. Indian intelligence suspects the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) to be the Khalistani terrorist group behind the knife attack on Brar, reports Hindustan Times on September 3. Government sources said Wolverhampton and Birmingham are known centres of activity for extremist groups like the BKI, International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF) and Khalistan Commando Force (KCF). Intelligence sources say information about heightened activity by BKI and other pro-Khalistan groups has been sent to the UK, Germany, Canada and US intelligence since June, 2012.
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*Data till , April 24, 2024
Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.
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