Telangana (Islamist/Other Conflicts): Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2016

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January - 8	The Cyberabad Police on January 8 arrested an alleged drug offender, U Mahesh, from Thondupally village in the city's outskirts and also seized Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) amounting to INR 83,000 from him, reports Business Standard. Based on a tip-off, a Police team arrested Mahesh and seiz Read more... The Cyberabad Police on January 8 arrested an alleged drug offender, U Mahesh, from Thondupally village in the city's outskirts and also seized Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) amounting to INR 83,000 from him, reports Business Standard. Based on a tip-off, a Police team arrested Mahesh and seized about 50 grams of heroin and fake currency. Further investigation into the case is on. Read less...
January - 10	Two persons, identified as Kishan Naik and Lalitha were arrested on January 10 along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) with a face value of INR 1,30,000 at Ramchandrapur in Medak District of Telangana, reports Business Standard. Police raided their rented house and find them in possession of the Read more... Two persons, identified as Kishan Naik and Lalitha were arrested on January 10 along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) with a face value of INR 1,30,000 at Ramchandrapur in Medak District of Telangana, reports Business Standard. Police raided their rented house and find them in possession of the fake currency notes in denominations of INR 100 and INR 500. However, four other members of their gang managed to flee. Police said the accused were handed over the counterfeit currency for circulation by a man in Kolkata (West Bengal). Read less...
January - 22	According to Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA), while those detained were being monitored for around six months, some communication and attempts to get firearms and IED material had “precipitated the matter.”Online monitoring of the group also revealed that some of them had plans of Read more... According to Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA), while those detained were being monitored for around six months, some communication and attempts to get firearms and IED material had “precipitated the matter.”Online monitoring of the group also revealed that some of them had plans of organising a terror training camp. Most of those held were allegedly in direct contact with former Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative Shafi Armar, and there were “cross linkages” between members of the group. The UMHA, however, said there was no evidence so far to link the group directly to the Islamic State (IS). “This group was handled by someone going by the name Yousuf on the internet, who is suspected to be former Indian Mujahideen member Shafi Armar. We are not sure whether he is directly linked to the Islamic State or where he is located, as this is subject to investigation,” said UMHA spokesperson. Describing as “eclectic” the jehadi literature the group was influenced by, the spokesperson added, “At this stage, it is clear that these youth were radicalised, and their online handler was an exIM element.” “There is no connection to Delhi or evidence to suggest they were planning to target Delhi. A very preliminary assessment indicates that they may have been planning something in their own areas of residence,” the spokesperson said. In India, the alleged “organiser” or mobiliser of the group has been identified as Mutabbir Mushtaq Sheikh, who was arrested on January 22 from Mumbra on the outskirts of Mumbai. He allegedly received a sum of INR 6,00,000 online that is unaccounted for. “Online radicalisation has been on the radar of intelligence agencies for some time. As a part of that, the initial action taken was the arrest of some persons in Haridwar who were under scrutiny for online communication with some elements. They were planning to source explosives to set off blasts in a train, and were also thinking of doing something later in Harkipauri. Those detained today are a larger group connected to this group,” the spokesperson said. Read less...
January - 26	The number of Indians who are believed to have joined Islamic State (IS) outfit now stands at 25, up from 17 in August, 2015, reports The Hindu. According to official sources, “Their preliminary interrogation shows that they wanted to increase the numbers of their followers here and organise a Read more... The number of Indians who are believed to have joined Islamic State (IS) outfit now stands at 25, up from 17 in August, 2015, reports The Hindu. According to official sources, “Their preliminary interrogation shows that they wanted to increase the numbers of their followers here and organise attacks to establish a caliphate here". According to officials, the group being led by Mumbai resident Mudabbir Sheikh had at least one common handler, former member of the Indian Mujahideen (IM) Shafi Armar alias Yousuf, who now heads the AnsarulTawhid (AuT) which has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State.Moreover, two men from Telangana, who recently left the country to fight alongside IS in Syria, were in close contact with at least four of the 14 terror suspects arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), a senior government official said. They were also part of the Hyderabad module and are said to be absconding and had acquired visa for Japan, the probe has revealed. "It is true that the Islamic State is trying to recruit at multiple levels in India. The present module was not under the radar of the State police but the Central intelligence agencies had been keeping a watch on them,” said an official. Read less...
January - 26	Two people with suspected links Islamic State (IS) India terror module have been detained in two separte incidents from Hyderabad and Maharashtra are likely to be handed over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) today (January 27), Hindustan Times reports on January 27. The two, whose names ha Read more... Two people with suspected links Islamic State (IS) India terror module have been detained in two separte incidents from Hyderabad and Maharashtra are likely to be handed over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) today (January 27), Hindustan Times reports on January 27. The two, whose names have been withheld, were being questioned by a joint team of intelligence agencies.NIA claimed that the accused were regularly in touch with active members of IS in Syria through Internet chatting via ‘Skype’, ‘Signal’ and ‘Trillion’ and were also using the social networking sites to motivate young men to join the feared terror outfit which has captured vast swathes in Syria and Iraq. Read less...

*Data till , May 31, 2020

Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.

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