Maharashtra (Islamist/Other Conflicts): Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2017

A special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court on January 10 issued a production warrant against Indian Mujahideen (IM) ‘co-founder’ Yasin Bhatkal and six others in connection with the July 13, 2011 Mumbai triple blasts case, reports The Indian Express. “The court issued a production warrant against Yasin Bhatkal, who is presently lodged in Cherlapally central prison in Hyderabad,” an ATS official said. The official added that the court also issued warrants against three other accused lodged in the same jail. “Apart from them, production warrants were also issued for an accused lodged in Tihar jail in New Delhi and two others in Parappana Agrahara central jail in Bangalore,” the official added. Special MCOCA judge V V Patil directed that all the seven accused be brought before him on January 27. Read less...

12 of the 52 arrested in India over the past two years for links with Islamic State (IS) terror group are from Maharashtra, indiatimes.com reports on January 22. The terror organisation has become a major concern for security agencies as out of the 64 suspected terrorists arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in all terror-related cases in the past two years, 52 of them have been arrested for their role in IS. Out of these, 12 were arrested in Maharashtra, followed closely by Kerala (11) and Telangana (10). “Till date, 12 modules of Daesh have been busted by NIA, in which 52 have been arrested while 35 are still absconding,” said NIA. Another worrying statistic is that 80 per cent of the accused have received formal education, and only 20 per cent have attended madrasa (Islamic Seminary). Read less...

The Crime Branch arrested a staffer of the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), identified as Mohammed Irshad Mohammed Isaq in Aurangabad on January 22, for allegedly trying to exchange Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) of INR 2,000 denomination with genuine ones, reports The Times of India. The Police seized 18 fake notes from him. Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar said, "It is a major detection and we are confident of busting the entire chain that is into printing and circulation of fake currency notes." Police Inspector Vijay Jadhav said, "The accused was rounded up from the Central Naka fish market where he was trying to get the fake currency notes exchanged. Primary investigations have revealed that Isaq had bought the fake currency notes from two of his accomplices, one of whom is from Ambad tehsil of Jalna district."Based on the complaint lodged by the crime branch sleuths, the Jinsi Police have registered a case under section 489 (A) (counterfeiting currency), section 489 (B) (using as genuine, forged or counterfeit currency) and section 489 (C) (possession of forged or counterfeit currency). Read less...