Gujarat (Islamist/Other Conflicts): Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2009

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on January 15 seized two Pakistani boats and arrested 17 Pakistani nationals aboard the boats near the Cori creek coast in Gujarat, reports Times of India. After seizing the boats, the ICG ship towed it to Jakhau coast, where all the arrested Pakistani nationals were being interrogated. “While carrying out patrolling inside our International Maritime Boundary (IMB), one of our fast patrolling craft P-142 apprehended two Pakistani fishing trawlers with 17 Pakistanis on it, 12 nautical miles off the Cori creek coast in Gujarat," a Coast Guard official said, adding, “All the 17 apprehended men are being interrogated by the Joint Interrogation Cell (JIC) of the agencies present there and we will come to know about their intentions and reasons for venturing in Indian waters". The official did not rule out the possibility of the two boats being used for carrying out anti-India activities. Read less...

A 3200-page supplementary charge-sheet was filed in the designated metropolitan court hearing the Ahmedabad serial bomb blasts related cases on January 17. It lists 44 persons as absconders, including the alleged mastermind Amir Raza Khan who is reportedly in Pakistan and Ansar from Kerala, reports Times of India. It also lists 19 persons as accused. The first charge-sheet had 26 persons as accused. The supplementary charge-sheet clarifies the role of all those accused in the Ahmedabad serial bomb blasts which killed 57 persons. Riyaz Bhatkal and his brother Iqubal Bhatkal, along with Abdus Subhan alias Tauqeer have been named as prime accused who are still at large. Read less...

On January 18, four locally-made live bombs were recovered by the Gujarat Police from the Karanj area of Ahmedabad, reports Times of India. "We have recovered four live bombs which are being defused," a Police official of Karanj area said. Read less...