Gujarat (Islamist/Other Conflicts): Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2019

Gujarat continues to toped in seizures of counterfeit currency between 2015 and 2018 among the 17 bordering states, reports Times of India on January 7. According to a report of the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), post-demonetisation, in 2017 and 2018, Gujarat seized fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) of INR 101.6 million as compared to INR 39 Million and 2016. In 2018, Gujarat seized 27,724 fake notes of INR 11.5 million. West Bengal led in the value of counterfeit seizure with total value of INR 14 Million. Gujarat, which shares land and sea borders with Pakistan, topped the counterfeit currency seizure charts in 2017 when a little above INR 90 Million was recovered. West Bengal, which shares its border with three countries — Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan — in the same year seized INR 61.9 Million worth of FICN. Top Police officials claim that cops in Gujarat were alert and prevented the FICN from entering the market. A Police official stated that ‘Most of the fake currency cases suggested that they had roots in West Bengal and Bangladesh. These fake notes are routed to bigger cities of Gujarat and thereon supplied to metros like Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore to weaken the economy’. In 2018, Gujarat registered a total of 50 FIRs and booked the same number of the accused in cases of fake currency seizures. Read less...

National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed a charge sheet before a special court in Ahmedabad in connection with a Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) racket being operated in Gujarat, reports Ahmedabad Mirror on January 16. A spokesperson of NIA stated that a charge sheet was filed against two accused, SanjaykumarMohanbhaiDevadiya alias SanjaykumarMohanbhaiDevaliya and SureshbhaiMavajibhaiLathidadiya alias Guruji and Chakor. The case was first registered by Ahmedabad Anti-Terrorist Squad, on inputs provided by the NIA, when it intercepted Devadiya, a resident of Junagadh, and seized 53 FICN’s in the denomination of INR 2000 and 92 FICN’s in the denomination of INR 500. The total face value of the fake notes seized from him was INR 1,52,000. NIA spokersprson also stated that NIA, subsequently, registered a fresh FIR in the instance. Investigation revealed that Devadiya purchased fake currency from wanted accused Tahir Saikh alias Kaliyo on the directions of Lathidadiya, who is presently lodged in Presidency Correctional Home in West Bengal's Alipore in another NIA case. He added that Devadiya subsequently "brought" the fake currency from New Farakka in West Bengal "for circulation in crowded areas and in markets of Junagadh (in Gujarat). The investigation has also revealed inter-state and international linkages pointing towards supply of FICN received from across the border. Further investigation is in progress. Read less...

National Investigation Agency (NIA) carried out raids at eight different locations across the country in connection with terror funding case of Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF), reports The Times of India. The places where raids were conducted include - Gonda (UP), Sikar and Jaipur (Rajasthan), Delhi, Valsad and Surat (Gujarat) and Kasargod (Kerala). The raids were carried out in continuation following the arrest of Mohammad Hussain Molani from Nagor in Rajasthan on January 21. The Tribune further adds that 26 SIM cards, including three foreign ones, 23 mobile phones, five memory cards, one compact disc, five hard discs, one pen drive, one DVR and one CPU have been recovered. Read less...