West Bengal (Islamist/Other Conflicts): Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2010

An alert has been sounded in the Eastern and East Central Railway (ECR) zones after intelligence inputs suggested infiltration of Taliban-trained suicide squads into Bihar and in metropolises like Kolkata, official sources said on January 4, reports Times of India. Senior divisional security commissioner of the Railway Protection Force of East Central Railway N.K. Sinha in a note to superintendents of railway Police in Bihar, informed of the inputs suggesting infiltration by suicide squads into Bihar and metropolitan cities including Kolkata, they said. The copies of the letter were available with superintendents of railway Police at Patna, Bhojpur, Buxar, Jehanabad, Nawada, Gaya, Nalanda, Lakhisarai, Jamui and Begusarai. Read less...

An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was recovered by the bomb squad of the Criminal Investigation Department from a private bus parked at Hamiltonganj in Kalchini of Jalpaiguri District on January 10, reports Telegraph. The explosive was subsequently defused in the afternoon of January 11. Read less...

The Hindu reports that the Union Government has asked Maharashtra, Karnataka, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Assam to remain fully alert to prevent any attempt by terrorists to disturb peace. The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) advisory asked the authorities in these States to take all precautionary measures. “The advisory has been sent after the intelligence agencies recorded conversations between militants and their handlers across the border during recent encounters,” senior officials of the Ministry said. Read less...

The Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata city Police seized INR 392000 Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) from three persons on January 24, reports The Hindu. The accused seem to have cracked the security features that people normally look for, officials said. Rabiul Islam (42), Rabiul (32) and Muzibar Sheikh (25) were remanded to Police custody until January 31 after being produced before a magistrate’s court. Read less...

Two Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) militants, identified as Amar Singha alias Abhijit Singh of Darjeeling District and Indra Roy of Dhubri District, were arrested by the West Bengal Police near the West Bengal-Assam border on January 27, reports Telegraph. Five SIM cards of India and Nepal, a cellular phone and a letter written by Amar were recovered from their possession. Read less...