Madhya Pradesh (Islamist/Other Conflicts): Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2023

The Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata (West Bengal) Police on January 8, arrested a former member of the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), identified as Abdul Raqib Qureshi, a resident of the Khanshahwali locality in the Khandwa District in Madhya Pradesh, from Khandwa District, reports The Indian Express. The accused had links with two suspected Islamic State (IS) terrorists, namely Mohammad Saddam alias Abdul Mallick and Sayeed Ahmed – who were arrested from Howrah (Howrah District), West Bengal, on January 6. His association with the two arrested terrorists, points to his involvement with the terror outfit. He has a history of association with fundamentalist organisations, adds NDTV. Abdul Rakib has been associated with SIMI and three cases, including two Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), were registered against him in the past. He has also been sentenced in three crimes out of which he has completed the sentence in two cases and he has been on bail in the third case since 2019. Read less...

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on January 13 filed a supplementary charge sheet against an accused, identified as Ali Asgar alias Abdullah Bihari, a resident of Bihar, involved in terror activities of the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), in a special court in Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, reports newsdrum.in. The case pertains to the arrest of 10 active cadres of the proscribed terrorist organisation, including 6 illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, which was registered at the Special Task Force (STF) Police Station in Bhopal in March 2022 and taken over by the NIA in April 2022. An NIA spokesperson stated, “Investigations have established that Asgar had been deeply influenced by the ideology of various proscribed terrorist organisations such as JMB and Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent with an intention to further their activities in India. He entered into a criminal conspiracy with his associates to influence, radicalize and motivate Indian Muslims to prepare for violent jihad against the Indian State. In pursuance of the criminal conspiracy, Asgar translated jihadi literature from Urdu and Arabic to Hindi and uploaded it on social media groups for its circulation amongst impressionable Muslims." Read less...

Police arrested a 30-year-old woman, identified as Sonu Mansuri, with suspected links to the Popular Front of India (PFI) for taping the proceedings of a court during a hearing of a case involving Bajrang Dal leader Tanu Sharma in Madhya Pradesh's Indore District on January 29, reports msn.com. Additional Commissioner of Police Rajesh Raghuvanshi, informed police that a lawyer requested her to make the tape which was to be delivered to the PFI and for the same she was paid INR 300,000 for the operation. The accused revealed to the Police that senior counsel Noorjahan Khan assigned her the responsibility of creating the film to be forwarded to the PFI. Read less...