West Bengal (Islamist/Other Conflicts): Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2013

An 18-year-old boy, identified as Rajib Singha, son of local leader of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) leader Dinesh Singha, was arrested on January 4, from Malda District for allegedly acting as a courier for Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN), reports The Times of India. FICN worth INR 500, 000 was also seized from him. He was handed over to Police by the Border Security Force (BSF) on January 5. BSF Commandant Srimadhukar said, "After interrogating the boy, we came to know that the boy was blackmailed to be a part of the smuggling racket. He also named some important kingpins." Read less...

The email account, from which a blast threat was sent to a five-star hotel in New Delhi (Leela Palace) via its chain hotel, Leela Kempinski in Gurgaon (Haryana) on January 20, was created by a person in West Bengal, according to Gurgaon Police. The email purportedly sent by Indian Mujahideen (IM) had landed in the general manager's inbox. A senior Police officer of the cybercrime cell commented, "The motive behind the act is still not clear but it appears that the ID was created with the sole intent of sending the terrifying mail and shocking the hotel authorities”. The email had threatened a 26/11 (November26, 2008) Mumbai (Maharashtra) carnage-like attack in National Capital Region (NCR), and was also sent to Delhi Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit and Police commissioner Neeraj Kumar. Read less...

About eight kilograms of explosives were seized from a person, identified as Jalal Ali, a resident of Murshidabad District in West Bengal, from Sealdah railway station in Kolkata District, on January 28, reports The Hindu. Sealdah Station Inspector Chandan Ghosh said, “He was arrested on the basis of certain intelligence information. We have sent the materials seized for examination.” Read less...

Two persons, identified as Rabiul and Saharb were arrested on January 31, when they went to deposit Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) at State Bank of India branch at Birhata in Burdwan (Burdwan District) town, reports Business Standard. The Police said they seized 10 FICN in the denomination of INR 500 from them. Read less...