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West Bengal (Islamist/Other Conflicts): Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2015
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November - 14 
Border Security Force (BSF) seized Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) of face value INR 1.585 million close to the Indo-Bangladesh border near Kaliachak in Malda District on November 14, reports The Times of India. The FICN was thrown across the border by Bangladeshi criminals to their Indian counter
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Border Security Force (BSF) seized Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) of face value INR 1.585 million close to the Indo-Bangladesh border near Kaliachak in Malda District on November 14, reports The Times of India. The FICN was thrown across the border by Bangladeshi criminals to their Indian counterparts. The Indian criminals fled on being challenged. "Keeping in view the vulnerability of the border from smuggling point of view, Sandeep Salunke, Inspector General (IG), BSF, South Bengal Frontier, issued operational guidelines to further strengthen border domination so as to effectively check smuggling and other criminal activities. Field commanders have taken steps accordingly," an officer revealed.
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November - 14 
The Special Task Force (STF) unit of Kolkata Police on November 14 arrested one person, identified as Akhtar Khan alias Mohammed Javed alias Raju from the Colootola area in Jorashanko Police Station limits of the city for his alleged links with Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), reports Z
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The Special Task Force (STF) unit of Kolkata Police on November 14 arrested one person, identified as Akhtar Khan alias Mohammed Javed alias Raju from the Colootola area in Jorashanko Police Station limits of the city for his alleged links with Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), reports Zee News. "We got information that a person was working in the city on an espionage and arrested him this evening," an officer said. Besides, several illegal documents, Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) with the face value of INR 1,72,500 were seized from Akhtar, who has been working as a bartender in the city, the officer said. Akhtar has been booked under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 120B, 121, 121A, 122, 489B and 489C. Dnaindia.com adds that the documents recovered from Akhtar Khan's home in Kolkata "clearly showed" his links to Pakistan's ISI, a top Special Task Force (STF) officer said. Talking about their investigation, the STF officer said that the documents, unearthed from the Collin Street residence of the Khan showed his "deep-rooted" links with the Pakistani agency. According to him Khan went to Pakistan in 1985 and managed a job at a cloth factory at a monthly salary of INR 10,000 in Pakistani currency with the help of one of his uncles who is a Pakistani."Later on he (Khan) got married to a local woman which helped him getting a Pakistani passport," the officer said. But his financial condition deteriorated when the cloth factory shut down and that affected his marital status which eventually resulted into a divorce, the officer stated. Khan then decided to return India and ISI agents got in touch with him and asked him to work for the agency, he said. "They trained him in code management... There he learnt coding and decoding," the officer said adding that several email address leading to ISI agents were found in Khan's mail. "He then returned to India in 2008 crossing the Nepal border and started living at 76/B Collin Street in the southern part of the city. In fact, Khan's cell phone has also been checked "thoroughly" to establish his other ISI-links and net his accomplices in India," the officer said.
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November - 16 
Two days after a suspected Inter-Services Intelligence agent, Akhtar Khan was detained, the Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police on November 16 arrested his brother Jaffar Khan from the city on charges of spying, reports The Times of India. Akhtar Khan was picked up by the STF on November 14 o
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Two days after a suspected Inter-Services Intelligence agent, Akhtar Khan was detained, the Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police on November 16 arrested his brother Jaffar Khan from the city on charges of spying, reports The Times of India. Akhtar Khan was picked up by the STF on November 14 on suspicion of being an ISI agent. "Akhtar's interrogation revealed that Jaffar was also involved with him in spying. We have arrested him," an STF officer said. "We have seized several incriminating documents from his possession."
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November - 17 
Zafar Khan, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agent arrested from Kolkata (West Bengal) on November 16, was spying on defence establishments in the state, specifically on the chicken-neck area Bengal's trijunction of Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh, say Police,The Times of India reports on November
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Zafar Khan, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agent arrested from Kolkata (West Bengal) on November 16, was spying on defence establishments in the state, specifically on the chicken-neck area Bengal's trijunction of Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh, say Police,The Times of India reports on November 18. He was also spying on defence equipment manufacturing units in Bengal since 2009 and was a major hawala (illegal money transfer) operator of the Tiljala-Topsia belt in the city, say Police. A more seasoned spy, it was Zafar who insisted that he and his elder brother Akhtar, who is also in custody, get Pakistani nationality, say sources. It was also Zafar who used his local contacts to arrange for money to reach Kolkata through hawala channels for operational needs, said an officer. "We are targeting his hawala network from the Gulf," he added. Special Task Force (STF) sources said Zafar posed as a marketing executive to cover his spying. What worries police is his confession that he had procured fake papers for some locals, who travelled to the Gulf. "Akhtar was asked to send back information about men working in defence and security establishments in Bengal - news relating to strength of a unit, their movements and the ammunition they use," said an officer."Among the two brothers, it is now known that Akhtar went to Pakistan in 1985. We now know that Zafar took his mother to the same country in 1990. His mother Dulara Bibi returned to her third son three months later (both of them had travelled on an Indian passport) but Zafar stayed back. He came to India only in 2009 but by then his cousin - who also took Akhtar in his fold, Ajmal Khan (a Pakistan government employee) had helped Zafar establish a firm hold in that country.
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November - 22 
Two persons were arrested along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN), with a face value of INR 3,00,000 in Ranaghat of Nadia District in West Bengal, reports news.webindia123.com. Based on a tip-off, Ranaghat Police raided the house of one Kartik Rakhit and found fake currency notes worth INR 3,00,
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Two persons were arrested along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN), with a face value of INR 3,00,000 in Ranaghat of Nadia District in West Bengal, reports news.webindia123.com. Based on a tip-off, Ranaghat Police raided the house of one Kartik Rakhit and found fake currency notes worth INR 3,00,000 in denomination INR 50 and INR 100.
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November - 23 
Acting on a tip off the intelligence wing of Border Security Force (BSF) arrested one person, identified as Sariful Sheikh along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) with face value of INR 5, 00,000 from market area in Kaliachak Police Station in Malda District on November 23, reports echoofindia.c
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Acting on a tip off the intelligence wing of Border Security Force (BSF) arrested one person, identified as Sariful Sheikh along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) with face value of INR 5, 00,000 from market area in Kaliachak Police Station in Malda District on November 23, reports echoofindia.com. BSF handed over Sheikh to Kaliachak Police on November 24.
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November - 23 
The Border Security Force (BSF) on November 23 seized Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) with face value of nearly INR 1,299,000 while they were being smuggled from Bangladesh into West Bengal under Daulatpur border outpost area in Malda District, reportsBusiness Standard. "The FICNs kept inside a ba
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The Border Security Force (BSF) on November 23 seized Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) with face value of nearly INR 1,299,000 while they were being smuggled from Bangladesh into West Bengal under Daulatpur border outpost area in Malda District, reportsBusiness Standard. "The FICNs kept inside a bag were thrown into the Indian side from across the international border. A BSF patrol party challenged miscreants who tried to pick up the bag. While they managed to flee, we seized the bag from which fake notes amounting to Rs.11.99 lakh was recovered," said a BSF spokesperson. Alarmed by the circulation of fake notes, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has taken over the probe of several seizures of FICNs made in the state and arrested a number of people from across the country. The BSF has seized FICN of face value exceeding INR 23.4 million and arrested 22 smugglers across the South Bengal frontier so far during this year.
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November - 25 
In the rural bylanes and the small towns of West Bengal, terror is hiding in plain sight, Hindustan Times reports on November 26. They sometimes manifest in the unassuming next-door-neighbour with a 9-to-5 job, such as Mehdi Mashroor Biswas, an educated middle class youth from Bengal who handled the
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In the rural bylanes and the small towns of West Bengal, terror is hiding in plain sight, Hindustan Times reports on November 26. They sometimes manifest in the unassuming next-door-neighbour with a 9-to-5 job, such as Mehdi Mashroor Biswas, an educated middle class youth from Bengal who handled the IS’ twitter handle from Bengaluru. They also take the form of young housewives trained in using ammunition and making improvised explosive devices in unrecognised madrasas (Islamic Seminary). Thousands of such institutions, many located close to the Bangladesh border, form the base of the radicalisation, training and recruitment of potential jihadists in West Bengal, intelligence officials say. Trainers use video clips, indoctrination documents and short films in Bengali to indoctrinate the youth. These schools often run low-profile training operations, specialising in putting out extremist literature in Bengali and posting such content on Facebook and other social media websites– helping jihadi recruiters lure youth in rural areas. “Years back it was outfits like the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) or the Hizbul Mujahiden (HM) that used Bengal as a conduit and safe haven for cadres to sneak into India from Bangladesh where they arrived from Pakistan. Now terror outfits are on a recruitment drive, both in rural and urban areas. New outfits are showing a kneeling towards organisations like the al Qaida and IS,” said a state Crime Investigation Department (CID) officer. The latest example was seen last week, when Ansar-ut Tawhid fi Bilal al-Hind (AuT) a terror outfit with links to the IS, initiated online propaganda in Bengali to woo Bengali speaking youths in West Bengal and neighbouring Bangladesh. “In Bengal, the situation is critical. For years, a section of unrecognised madrasas have been the hotbed for radicalisation. But the Bardhaman blasts (October 2, 2014) and Masroor’s arrest exposed that the indoctrination and recruitment cells of terror organisations have dug deep,” said a senior Bengal Police official dealing with terrorism. Intelligence sources say West Bengal -- which shares long and semi porous border with Bangladesh -- has been on the radar of Pakistani and Bangladeshi terror outfits for a long time and the radicalisation menace was spreading fast, stoked both by the 10,000-odd unrecognised madrasas and the proliferation of online terror posts.
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November - 29 
Kolkata Police Special Task Force (STF) arrested three suspected Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agents two of whom are known as Trinamool Congress leaders in Kolkata, on November 29, reports India Today. The trio, booked on charges of allegedly spying for Pakistani intelligence agency, has been i
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Kolkata Police Special Task Force (STF) arrested three suspected Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agents two of whom are known as Trinamool Congress leaders in Kolkata, on November 29, reports India Today. The trio, booked on charges of allegedly spying for Pakistani intelligence agency, has been identified as Ashfaque Ansari, his father Irshad Haidar Ansari and his close relative (maternal uncle) Jahangir Khan. Sources said Ansari was Trinamool Congress' student arm Trinamool Chatra Parishad (TMCP) leader at Harimohan Ghosh College at Garden Reach area. It was learnt that Ansari became the general secretary (GS) of Harimohan Ghosh College in 2012 when the college union switched from the CPI-M's Students' Federation of India (SFI) to TMCP. Ansari is a third year student of political science at the college and a Trinamool student leader. His father Irshad is also a Trinamool labor arm leader at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and popular party face in the locality too, sources said. He works as a peon with Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineering Ltd. Police said they were allegedly involved in supporting suspected ISI agent Mohammad Eizaz, who was arrested on November 27, 2015 from Meerut's Cantonment station in Uttar Pradesh, in getting fake Indian ID proofs. Police said several fake passports from Pakistan, Bangladesh and India along with many important documents and counterfeit currency were recovered from the men arrested.
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November - 29 
The Border Security Force (BSF) arrested b Bangladeshi National, identified as Majrul Rehman along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) of face value INR 18,00,000 close to the international border in Baishnab Nagar in Malda District on November 29, reports The Times of India. "Specific inform
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The Border Security Force (BSF) arrested b Bangladeshi National, identified as Majrul Rehman along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) of face value INR 18,00,000 close to the international border in Baishnab Nagar in Malda District on November 29, reports The Times of India. "Specific information was received by BSF regarding suspicious movement of a person near the Indo-Bangladesh Border with FICN consignment. This was near BOP Sovapur. The information was received around 5 am and the troops launched a special operation at 6 am. The patrolling team noticed a man moving suspiciously across the border fence. He was attempting to throw a polythene bag across the fence. The BSF troops gave chase and succeeded in apprehending the miscreant on Indian soil. The 150 metre stretch beyond the border fence is Indian territory. The bag was opened and FICN bundles of face value Rs 18 lakh were seied," a senior officer said. During questioning, Majrul Rehman revealed that he is from Mandalpara village in the Shivganj Police Station of Chapainababganj District of Bangladesh. In 2015, the BSF's South Bengal Frontier has seized FICN of face value INR 2,52,85,000 and arrested 23 FICN racketeers.
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Irshad Ansari, his son Asfaq Ansari and their relative Mohammed Jahangir, who were arrested for suspected connection with Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), have been charged with waging war against the state, The Times of India reports on December 1. Police Prosecutor Avijit Chatterjee s
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Irshad Ansari, his son Asfaq Ansari and their relative Mohammed Jahangir, who were arrested for suspected connection with Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), have been charged with waging war against the state, The Times of India reports on December 1. Police Prosecutor Avijit Chatterjee said they found a lot of espionage evidence against the three, including drawings, photos and maps of vital installations Netaji Subhas Dock of Kolkata Port Trust and Garden Reach Ship Builders. Calling it a "clear antinational act", Chatterjee said the three supplied information and data to the intelligence agency of a neighbouring country, arguing against their bail plea. The Police will now interrogate them to trace the tentacles of the espionage network. Special Task Force (STF) officers said they had evidence on how Irshad and Jahangir visited Karachi (Pakistan) in 1985, when they probably stepped into the ISI traps. Investigators found that the Irshad's a family of five brother and five sisters from Bihar, came to Kolkata in early childhood. Their elder sister got married into a family based in Bangladesh but migrated to Pakistan during the Liberation War. Irshad's two elder brothers also settled down in Karachi where they ran business. "On the pretest of visiting them in Karachi, Irshad and Jahangir visited Pakistan a number of times," an STF officer said. The NIA, which has started interrogating the three in a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket. An NIA team has reached Malda District to probe the arrest of a Bangladeshi national, Majrul Rehman who was caught with fake notes on November 29, while other security agencies are in touch with the Kolkata Police's STF to question the three. "We will assess the quality of notes to check if they came from the same source," the official said. "The ISI modules being closely linked with FICN rackets," said an NIA officer. Interrogations of the three have also revealed that the Ansaris helped Pakistani national Mohammadd Ejaz, arrested in Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) for being an alleged ISI agent, get a job at the Garden Reach Shipbuilders. Ejaz managed a labourer's job at the shipbuilder's company, reportedly with the help of Irshad who worked there.
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*Data till , March 28, 2024
Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.
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