Bihar (Islamist/Other Conflicts): Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2013

Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) sleuths on January 8 arrested two persons, identified as Manoj Sah and Brijesh Sahni from Muzaffarpur (Muzaffarpur District) railway station and recovered Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) of 1000 denomination worth INR 4, 91,000, reports The Times of India. The arrested persons told their interrogators that the fake currency notes had been smuggled from Bangladesh with the help of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) operatives. "The duo admitted their involvement in the smuggling and revealed that they were a part of an international network," the DRI officer added. Read less...

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has alerted all the braches of banks in north Bihar adjoining Indo-Nepal border to take serious precaution in transactions of currencies at their counters as this area has been marked as sensitive for circulation of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN), The Times of India reports on January 16. The RBI circulated a letter directing the banks to take extra precaution in transaction of INR 100, 500 and 1000 notes and install machines to check fake notes. Proximity to the open Nepal border on East Champaran District has become sensitive area for FICN circulation and transit point of fake note racketeers. FICN worth 40, 000 INR was seized in the year 2012. According to intelligence sources the counterfeiters, guided and controlled by their masters from across the borders, have consistently been managing to pump in FICNs from Bangladesh and Nepal. Read less...

Alleged Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative Danish Ansari, suspected to have played a role in the 13/7 (July 13, 2011) blasts in Mumbai (Mumbai), was arrested on January 21, by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) from Bihar's Darbhanga District, reports The Times of India. According to an NIA official, "At the moment we suspect his involvement in 13/7 Mumbai blasts. But we will question him on other blasts as well as he is part of the same module”. Read less...

Suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorist Danish Ansari, arrested earlier on January 21, 2013, by the National Investigation Agency from Darbhanga District in Bihar, has allegedly told his interrogators that IM ‘India Chief’ Yasin Bhatkal alias Shahrukh, was in the process of creating a "library module" which would have acted as the media wing of IM later, according to Indian Express. According to an officer, "The examination of Danish revealed that Yasin was trying to penetrate the class of Muslims youths who were educated and promised them a platform for jehadi activities”. The group stopped such visits to the library after November 2011. Danish allegedly told his interrogators that after the Darbhanga module was exposed with the arrest of Mohammed Qateel Siddiqui (later killed in Pune jail), Yasin asked him to provide shelter. "So far, we have not found Danish directly involved in any IM operation but he seems to be aware of Yasin's plans and worked as a messenger in recruiting and creating base in Bihar with the help of handlers from Pakistan," said an NIA official. According to Danish, the terror outfit is currently cash strapped and Yasin is trying to revive the group by generating donations in India. This was corroborated by other arrested IM terrorists who claimed there were orders to commit crime to finance jehadi activities. Read less...