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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 2 neutralised an Islamic State (IS) inspired module from Kerala and Tamil Nadu as it arrested six youngsters who were reportedly planning to carry out terror attacks in the country, reports indiatvne
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 2 neutralised an Islamic State (IS) inspired module from Kerala and Tamil Nadu as it arrested six youngsters who were reportedly planning to carry out terror attacks in the country, reports indiatvnews.com. The arrest was made during the agency’s ongoing investigation into the disappearance of 21 people from the state who were suspected to have joined the so called caliphate led by Abu-Bakr al-Baghdadi. Those arrested have been identified as Manseed alias Omar Al Hindi, Abu Basheer alias Rashid, Swalih Mohammed T alias Yousuf, Safwan P, Jasim NK and Ramshad Nageelan Kandiyil alias Aaamu from Kozhikode and Kannur districts of Kerala. Five of them were arrested when they were allegedly conducting a meeting at Kanakamala hilltop in Kannur District. During subsequent searches, another person was detained from Kuttiyadi in Kozhikode District and later arrested.NIA was assisted by Police personnel from Kerala, Delhi and Telangana during the operations. The NIA spokesman said that during the searches, incriminating material besides electronic devices were seized. "Follow up searches are being conducted by NIA in Chennai, Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu and Kannur, Kozikhode and Mallapuram in Kerala with support of Tamil Nadu and Kerala Police," the spokesman said.
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October - 3 
A day after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) busted an Islamic State (IS) module in Kerala and Tamil Nadu which was allegedly planning to carry out major strikes in several parts of south India, the probe revealed that one of the senior member
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A day after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) busted an Islamic State (IS) module in Kerala and Tamil Nadu which was allegedly planning to carry out major strikes in several parts of south India, the probe revealed that one of the senior members of the module — Majeeb alias Omar Al Hindi, a resident of Kannur — was associated with Kerala-based Popular Front of India (PFI), reports Times of India on October 4. Investigations revealed that the module members came in touch with each other on Facebook and later started interacting on Telegram channel as they were all inclined towards the ideology of the so-called ‘caliphate’ led by Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi. "They forged an alliance and decided to operate from India instead of travelling to Iraq and Syria. However, we are questioning them on their links with online recruiters including Shafi Armar alias Yousuf Al Hindi," a source said. The NIA is investigating the module's link with 21 missing Kerala persons, including children and women, who travelled to Afghanistan in May-June. According to reports, Omar Al Hindi was an important cog in this IS module which was collecting explosives for its activities. He was working in Qatar and came to India recently.The, PFI, however has declined. PFI's director of media and PR Mohammed Arif Ahmed said, "PFI has taken a strong stand against the Islamic State and has condemned its activities. As an organisation, PFI has no links with people involved in such activities."
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October - 3 
The agency NIA, on October 3 detained a person from Tamil Nadu in its probe into IS modules in south India, reports Times of India.
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The agency NIA, on October 3 detained a person from Tamil Nadu in its probe into IS modules in south India, reports Times of India.
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The mastermind behind the Islamic State (IS)-inspired module that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) neutralised on October 2, was allegedly operating from Qatar through a WhatsApp group, to keep in touch with other members of the group, New Ind
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The mastermind behind the Islamic State (IS)-inspired module that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) neutralised on October 2, was allegedly operating from Qatar through a WhatsApp group, to keep in touch with other members of the group, New Indian Express reports on October 4. The NIA believes that 30-year-old Manseed alias Omar Al Hindi, a native of Kerala and employed in Qatar, had devised plans to carry out terror attacks in India. Manseed was on a short four-day visit to his native Kannur and had asked other members to come there for a meeting when the NIA sleuths were believed to have got a tip-off and acted swiftly to arrest him and five others. The members of the module, who were residing in different places, had reached Kannur on October 1 for the meeting. Though he was in Qatar, Mansheed was operating a WhatsApp group with him as the admin to keep in touch with other members of the module, sources said.
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Intelligence agencies in Kerala have alerted the State government of a threat from an Islamic State (IS)-linked module to two High Court judges and some politicians, close on the heels of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arresting six persons
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Intelligence agencies in Kerala have alerted the State government of a threat from an Islamic State (IS)-linked module to two High Court judges and some politicians, close on the heels of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arresting six persons of the terror module from the State, The Hindu reports on October 5. NIA teams along with the Kerala Police, the Delhi Police and the Telangana Police had launched surveillance on the movement of the accused involved in the conspiracy. The NIA has registered a case in connection with the 21 missing youths from Kerala who are believed to have joined the IS in Afghanistan and later moved to Syria and other countries.
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The Islamic State (IS) module busted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 1 had links with cleric Zakir Naik, reports Times of India on October 6. According to them the televangelist was a source of inspiration, saying they were moti
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The Islamic State (IS) module busted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 1 had links with cleric Zakir Naik, reports Times of India on October 6. According to them the televangelist was a source of inspiration, saying they were motivated by his speeches and social media posts.Manseed alias Omar al-Hindi, the ‘chief’ of the module had worked for 12 years as part of the intelligence wing of Popular Front India (PFI), reporting on activities of RSS and its functionaries in Kerala. The module headed by him was plotting Nice[France]-like attacks on community events, particularly an all-religion gathering in Kochi [Kerala], and had even been transferred INR 38,000 from abroad through Western Union to buy a second-hand heavy vehicle to be driven into the crowd, killing and maiming a large number of people, sources said.Al-Hindi's association with PFI ended after the organisation expelled him for marrying a woman from the Philippines, he revealed to his interrogators. The 30-year-old relocated from Kerala to Qatar around eight years ago and was working as a sales executive in Doha.
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October - 5 
The National Investigating Agency (NIA) on October 5, arrested an Islamic State (IS) terrorist, Subahanj Haja Moideen (31) a native of Tamil Nadu, who had returned from Iraq after fighting for the militant group, reports Indian Express. The NIA said
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The National Investigating Agency (NIA) on October 5, arrested an Islamic State (IS) terrorist, Subahanj Haja Moideen (31) a native of Tamil Nadu, who had returned from Iraq after fighting for the militant group, reports Indian Express. The NIA said Subahani a native of Kadayanallur, Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu, was arrested based on the details obtained from the six men from Kerala, who were earlier arrested in Kannur, where they were planning a secret meeting. The NIA said Moideen has revealed that he had gone to Iraq on April 8, 2015 to join IS and fight for the organisation. He had left home telling his parents and wife that he was going to perform Umrah.As per the preliminary examination, he was radicalised and recruited to IS by recruiters active over online social media platforms. He left India for Istanbul from Chennai on a visit visa. After reaching Istanbul, he crossed over along with others, including people from Pakistan and Afghanistan to IS-held territory in Iraq. He was taken to Mosul in Iraq, where he underwent detailed course in Shariya followed by combat training. On completion of combat training, including training in the automated weapons, he was sent to the war zone in Mosul for security duties in IS-held territory, which he performed for almost two-weeks. He was being paid USD 100 per month as subsistence allowance by the IS along with common available accommodation and food without any additional charges.He has further revealed that he could not withstand the violence and war misery in Mosul and decided to leave the organisation, after two of his friends were charred alive before him in a shell attack. On conveying his decision to quit the organisation, he was imprisoned by IS at Mosul and was subjected to extreme torture. He, along with other similar deserting foreign fighters, was produced before an IS judge, following which he was again incarcerated at Raqqa in Syria. Sources from the agency have claimed that Moideen was imprisoned for 55 days.Thereafter, he stayed illegally in Istanbul for about two weeks, before he approached the Indian Consulate, for returning to India. He contacted his family and conveyed his decision to return to India, following which they sent him money for flight tickets. After Turkish Police issued a clearance certificate, he was issued an Emergency Certificate by Indian Consulate, over which he returned to India through Mumbai on September 22, 2015.It is yet to be ascertained why Moideen was allowed to return home, but NIA sources have claimed that he was released when he agreed to carry out missions for the terror outfit in south India. On his return to India, Subahani Haja went to his ancestral place in Kadaynallur, Tirunelveli, where he was staying till now with his wife. He got a job as a salesman in a gold jewelry shop at Kadayanallur. According to the agency, Moideen again got in touch with IS handlers over the Internet after his return to India.“Recently, he received a Telegram message from Syria, asking him to collect Rs 20,000 from near a statue in Chennai. The money was to be used to buy explosives. Moideen collected the amount and went to Sivakasi to procure the explosives, but we foiled the plan by busting the Kerala module last Sunday,’’ NIA sources said, adding that the explosives were meant to carry out blasts in south India.
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October - 5 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a Tamil Nadu based man who had joined Islamic State (IS), fought alongside the so called caliphate for several months in Iraq and Syria and returned to India to carry out attacks in India, Times of
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a Tamil Nadu based man who had joined Islamic State (IS), fought alongside the so called caliphate for several months in Iraq and Syria and returned to India to carry out attacks in India, Times of India reports on October 6. The suspect, Subhani Haji Moideen alias Abu Meer (31), who hails from Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu, sources say, stayed in Syria and Iraq for almost four to five months, met senior leadership there and fought with the allied forces and rebels. Official sources say Meer also came in touch with latest IS module led by Majeed alias Omar al-Hindi and is being questioned about his links.Meer is second operative after Mumbai (Kalyan) based Areeb Majeed to have fought alongside IS and arrested by Indian agencies. Areeb Majeed was caught in October 2014 upon his return to India from Syria while Meer was here in Tamil Nadu for last several months and his activities were being watched.The NIA and states' police have arrested 60 IS operatives in India since 2014 out of which only Meer and Majeed have been so called "warriors" on the ground of the deadliest terrorist organisation.
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October - 9 
The Security Forces (SFs) of Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu decided to launch a joint operation, following specific intelligence information that Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) had increasingly been using the forest tri-junction of th
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The Security Forces (SFs) of Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu decided to launch a joint operation, following specific intelligence information that Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) had increasingly been using the forest tri-junction of the southern states as a safe haven, reports New Indian Express on October 10. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting held in Kochi in Ernakulam District on October 9, in the wake of the arrest of suspected Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) sympathisers in Kerala and the surging Maoist infiltration into South Indian States. Earlier, intelligence agencies had received information about a secret meet of the Maoists held in Wayanad on September 14, which was attended by a Maoist ‘central committee’ member who was reportedly hiding in the tri-junction area. At the high-level meeting, a specific strategy was laid out detailing the role of the security formations of each State, and modalities were worked out for preventing Maoists from hiding in the border Districts of Kerala and Karnataka, besides Nilgiris in Tamil Nadu. “We received information from reliable sources that Maoists advancing North Indian states like Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh were using the tri-junction area as hideout. The infiltrating extremists include senior Maoist leaders who control regional operations. A joint action is needed, considering the possibility of Maoists crossing the border and escaping to another State when the police force of a particular state launches crackdown,” a senior officer said. However, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Director General K Durga Prasad said that ever since SFs intensified their crackdown, threat from Left Wing Extremists (LWEs) had come down in the Southern States.
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October - 11 
After arresting over 50 suspects for conspiring to set-up terror modules inspired by the Islamic State (IS) or for providing material support to the militant group, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has identified another 130 radicalised indivi
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After arresting over 50 suspects for conspiring to set-up terror modules inspired by the Islamic State (IS) or for providing material support to the militant group, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has identified another 130 radicalised individuals, believed to be in contact with the accused, dnaindia.com reports on October 12. This watch list is a "preemptive measure" by the agency to track and monitor these individuals.The individuals on the watch list have not participated in any incriminating activities till now. They are, however, active on the social media and have made efforts on ground to gather support for IS, officials said. "They've tried to gather support for IS online and offline and enroll other members. They themselves, however, have refrained from joining any module,'' they added. The decision to put these individuals under surveillance was taken recently, after a few names cropped up frequently during interrogations. Consequently, the NIA wrote to police authorities in nine states – Delhi, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Haryana – asking them to monitor these supporters."We don't have any strong evidence against these people. Their names have cropped up during interrogations of accused. For now, we only know that they are radicalised and believe in the IS ideology,'' a senior NIA said. The state police have been given the responsibility to track down these individuals and question them, if needed. In several cases, investigators observed common links as IS supporters were part of WhatsApp groups and Facebook pages or used encrypted platforms for communication.
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October - 12 
Following National Investigation Agency's (NIA) inquiry, at least three people suspected to have links with the Islamic State (IS) have been picked up in Coimbatore on October 12, reports newsx.com. According to reports, the three suspects have b
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Following National Investigation Agency's (NIA) inquiry, at least three people suspected to have links with the Islamic State (IS) have been picked up in Coimbatore on October 12, reports newsx.com. According to reports, the three suspects have been taken to Kerala, where already six other suspected IS were arrested. This new development has come after an NIA search operation for the suspected IS people. The inquiry was on for the past 11 days where search was on for 15 youngsters. And now, out of those 15, 3 have been picked up by the Police. As per reports, some alleged IS recruitment cells are running as sleeper cells in the country where investigation agencies are always in constant hunt to nab such people, in order to eliminate their anti-national activities.
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October - 16 
At least four mid-level leaders of the banned New Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) militants sneaked into India, Bangladesh Police said, reports The Sentinel on October 17. The Police, after raiding different places to arrest leaders and sup
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At least four mid-level leaders of the banned New Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) militants sneaked into India, Bangladesh Police said, reports The Sentinel on October 17. The Police, after raiding different places to arrest leaders and supporters of New JMB group, said that at least four out of 12 mid-level JMB leaders have sneaked into India while others remain out of their radar. The JMBfollows the ideology of Islamic State (IS). “Four of them left the country after the Gulshan attack and have now been staying in India,” a high official of the Police’s Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit, requesting anonymity, confirmed to the Dhaka Tribune. Police also said the New JMB leaders have been recruiting fresh members amid a Police crackdown that began after the July 1 Gulshan cafe attack.
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October - 16 
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently concluded the BRICS Summit, and termed it a success, with multiple MoUs penned in various fields, however, India’s biggest concern: cross-border terrorism from Pakistan was not adequately addressed d
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently concluded the BRICS Summit, and termed it a success, with multiple MoUs penned in various fields, however, India’s biggest concern: cross-border terrorism from Pakistan was not adequately addressed during the meeting, with China obstructing India’s attempts at naming Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) during the Goa declaration, india.com reports on October 17.India was expecting to mention the terror outfits in the declaration, but, as MEA Secretary Amar Sinha told, the BRICS nations couldn’t arrive at a consensus on the issue. ”Pakistan-based outfits are focused on India. It doesn’t concern them (other Brics nations) really, it affects us,” Sinha said. However, international terror outfits like the Islamic State (IS) and Jabhat-al-Nusra, were mentioned in the declaration. When asked why India couldn’t address cross-border terrorism adequately, Sinha said that India focussed on ideas and concepts and refrained from specific terms. ”We were focused on the ideas we wanted to be included. And if you look at what the joint statement says, I think it is pretty clear that we are talking about our neighbourhood,” Sinha said.Meanwhile, the declaration called for adoption of the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) at the UN general assembly, immediately. The PM had taken up the adoption of the Convention with most world leaders that he has met in the past two years. An early adoption of the Convention found mention in Sunday’s Declaration in Goa as well.
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October - 18 
Intelligence agencies have warned that terror outfits Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), having failed to get adequate “logistical support from sleeper cells in India”, are planning a major lone-wolf attack in the coming da
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Intelligence agencies have warned that terror outfits Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), having failed to get adequate “logistical support from sleeper cells in India”, are planning a major lone-wolf attack in the coming days, Asian Age reports on October 19. Following specific intelligence inputs to this effect, nearly 75 per cent of the NSG commando force has been kept on stand-by in major cities, including Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata, to deal with any eventuality.The home ministry had recently issued an advisory to all states to increase security during the festive season. Following surgical strikes by the Indian Army across the Line of Control, Indian intelligence inputs have revealed that Pakistan-based terror groups LeT and JeM are getting “increasingly desperate” to carry out a major strike in an important Indian city. Intelligence sources claim that further investigations revealed that these terror organisations were not able to activate and get enough support from their local sleeper cells due to which the execution of a major strike did not seem possible. Thus, they have shifted their focus and are planning to use a lone wolf for the attack. “Following a high state of alert and sustained pressure by security agencies which even led to the smashing of an Islamic State (IS) module in south India by the NIA, it has become increasing difficult for sleeper cells to reactivate themselves,” a senior intelligence official said.
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October - 19 
According to reports, ever since the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested six men from Kerala this month for allegedly planning terror attacks in the country, the intelligence agencies of India, UAE and Afghanistan have been on the lookout fo
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According to reports, ever since the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested six men from Kerala this month for allegedly planning terror attacks in the country, the intelligence agencies of India, UAE and Afghanistan have been on the lookout for one man, identified as is Sajeer Mangalachari Abdullah, a key Islamic State (IS/ISIS) recruiter in Afghanistan, reports Deccan Chronicle on October 20. Given the rapid advance of United States (US)-led forces into ISIS bastions in Iraq and Syria, the terrorist group is now focusing on a new target – Afghanistan. As part of this plan, Islamic State has been telling Indian volunteers keen for military training to make their way to Afghanistan. It has also been pushing them to stage attacks at home, providing detailed do-it-yourself instructions on manufacturing explosive devices. The volunteers are being routed to the Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, which has its capital in Jalalabad. “Nangarhar is about as close as you can get to a black hole,” an Indian intelligence official was quoted as saying. “It’s the perfect place to go if you want to disappear. Even Afghanistan’s intelligence services have next to no on-ground reach there.”The men alleged to have been recruited by Abdullah were all educated professionals. The key figure in the cell was Doha-based Manseed Bin Mohamed who moved to the Middle East from Panoor in Kerala five years ago. He researched extensively on Hindutva, being a member of the Popular Front of India (PFI), but then decided on direct action, and joined ISIS. NIA alleges that the men recruited by Abdullah were instructed to plan strikes against Israeli tourists in Kodaikanal (Tamil Nadu), as well as attacks on leaders of the BJP and judges who had delivered “anti-Muslim” verdicts. Abdullah facilitated the travel of 21 Kerala residents, including eight minors, to Nangarhar, say NIA. 67 Indians are known to have joined ISIS so far, but NIA officials fear the number may be much greater.
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October - 21 
The seven people who were recently arrested for working as Islamic State’s (IS) south India module were planning to carry out ‘lone wolf’ attacks on targets, revealed the National Investigation Agency (NIA), reports The New Indian E
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The seven people who were recently arrested for working as Islamic State’s (IS) south India module were planning to carry out ‘lone wolf’ attacks on targets, revealed the National Investigation Agency (NIA), reports The New Indian Express on October 22. NIA officials said the members were having their first meeting at Kanakamala in Kannur District of Kerala after the group was formed a year ago.“When the attacks are carried out by a group, it is easy for security agencies to track and foil its plans. However, when it comes to single-man operations, agencies cannot keep focusing on one person. The IS attack in Nice in France, in which a truck was used to ram into the crowd, was carried out by a lone wolf,” said an NIA official. The IS group decided to have a face-to-face meeting in Kannur after security agencies managed to secure some of their plans, and they found it tough to procure explosives. Five members of the group were arrested on October 2. “Subahani, who had fought for the IS in Iraq, had the task of arranging explosives. Even though he had contacted several explosives agents, none of his attempts bore fruit. The meeting was organised to make changes in the operations of the module,” the official said.After tracing the funds received by Subahani, the NIA suspects that more IS modules are functioning in south India. He was directed by handlers stationed abroad and was told that the money for purchasing explosives would be kept under an idol at a park in Chennai in Tamil Nadu. “As directed, Subahani visited Butterfly Park in Chennai where he found `20,000 under an idol. We are trying to trace the people who kept the cash there,” said the NIA official.
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October - 22 
Bangladesh’s Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) team arrived in India on October 22 to questionJama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) operatives that were arrested in West Bengal, reports DNA. A team of two investigators reached the National Inves
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Bangladesh’s Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) team arrived in India on October 22 to questionJama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) operatives that were arrested in West Bengal, reports DNA. A team of two investigators reached the National Investigation Agency (NIA) office and questioned the six JMB operatives, who were arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police last month. The team questioned and examined them to find out if they played any role in the attack at Dhaka’s high security zone, Gulshan. The agency will also explore their links with the Islamic State (IS), if any, report said.
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October - 23 
The Islamic State (IS) group's Indian operative from Tamil Nadu, Subahani Haja Moideen, disclosed on October 23that one of the 2015 Paris attackers was his "group leader," according to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) investigati
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The Islamic State (IS) group's Indian operative from Tamil Nadu, Subahani Haja Moideen, disclosed on October 23that one of the 2015 Paris attackers was his "group leader," according to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) investigations, reports ibtimes.co.in. During the interrogation, the IS operative took the names of the militants responsible for the 2015 Paris attacks including Belgian national Abdelhamid Abaaoud, Salah Abdeslam, and Omar Ismail Mostefei. Abaaoud was killed by the French Police during an encounter and Abdeslam was caught in March by the French authorities in Belgium. Moideen said that one of these attackers was his leader, however, he did not mention which one. The officials said that Moideen could be lying about being connected with the Paris attackers and more probing is underway.He was recruited from Tamil Nadu and was radicalised by IS through social media platforms. He left the country in 2015 and travelled from Chennai to Istanbul in Turkey on April 8. Moideen then headed to Syria with some more jihadi recruits from Afghanistan, Pakistan and other countries, according to official sources. Moideen has fought alongside IS militants in Iraq and is said to be the most "battle-hardened" Indian recruit from the terrorist organisation until now. "Moideen said during the time he crossed over to Iraq from Turkey and his training, in which he was given religious lessons, taught use of AK-47, grenade launchers, bomb making and use of machetes, one of the Paris attackers/conspirators was the in charge of the group," a security establishment official stated.
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October - 23 
The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in its recently submitted chargesheet against four suspected IS (Islamic State) operatives arrested from Parbhani has claimed that the accused had conducted reconnaissance of the ATS unit and Police (rural)
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The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in its recently submitted chargesheet against four suspected IS (Islamic State) operatives arrested from Parbhani has claimed that the accused had conducted reconnaissance of the ATS unit and Police (rural) headquarters in Aurangabad to blow up the former, Asian Age reports on October 24. Their target list also included Police officers, especially a former ATS Superintendent of Police who was involved in the Police encounter of an Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative in Maharashtra.Between July and August this year (2016), based on intelligence inputs, the ATS had neutralised a Parbhani-based IS module comprising local youths who were allegedly radicalised and incited to conduct violent acts by their Syria-based handler Farook, who is suspected to be an Indian and a former IM operative. The ATS in its chargesheet filed in a local court in Nanded said their investigation revealed that the IS handlers had asked the arrested accused to stay here and work ian case visiting Iraq or Syria was difficult for them. Thereafter, Farook had instructed the four youths to avenge the death of an IM member in an alleged Police encounter by targeting officers of the ATS unit and police (rural) headquarters in Aurangabad.
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October - 25 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into 21 missing persons from Kerala has unearthed that more than 30 youths from the state had attended Islamic State (IS) training camps in Afghanistan, Deccan Chronicle reports on October 26.According to
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into 21 missing persons from Kerala has unearthed that more than 30 youths from the state had attended Islamic State (IS) training camps in Afghanistan, Deccan Chronicle reports on October 26.According to a report, many of these youth may have returned to India to set up sleeper cells. Many educated Muslim youths from Kerala who were working in Gulf countries had strong links with IS terror networks, the report also said. Furthermore, some NRI businessmen had funded the terror activities of these youth. Apart from radical Muslim outfits operating in the state, so-called secular religious groups are also involved in encouraging youth to join IS, said the report. Handlers of terror outfits have used social media effectively to recruit the youths from the state without alerting the police and intelligence agencies.Earlier, NIA identified Sajeer Abdulla Mangalaseri as the 'chief' of IS network in Kerala. 35-year-old Sajeer, a Civil Engineer from National Institute of Technology (NIT), Kozhikode and a Salafist who hails from Moozhikal in Kozhikode District had been recruiting people from Kerala in IS fold. Intelligence agencies now believe that Sajeer is no more working in UAE, but hiding somewhere in Afghanistan, keeping in close touch with the missing youth from Kerala.
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October - 30 
West Bengal with its porous borders has turned into an easy transit point and secure hideout for the agents of terror outfits like Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), echoofindia.com reports
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West Bengal with its porous borders has turned into an easy transit point and secure hideout for the agents of terror outfits like Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), echoofindia.com reports on October 31. "West Bengal's border is porous and this was used by militant groups to get an entry into the country and spread to other states. This is nothing new. The state has became a safe and secure shelter for them," an official stated. Militant outfits like JMB, Islamic State (IS) and ISI operatives are recruiting agents and training them here, he added. A special task force of Kolkata Police had arrested six top JMB militants, including four wanted, in connection with the 2014 Bardhaman blast case, from West Bengal and Assam in September. "Taking advantage of the unemployment situation, the agents have been recruiting people with ease. These groups also have recruitment cells which look for possible youths either studying in senior schools or looking for job as their possible targets," the official said.
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October - 31 
Beijing is keen to work with New Delhi to keep a tab on Islamic State’s (IS) recruitment in the region, notwithstanding differences between the two over Pakistan’s export of terror to India, Deccan Herald reports November 1. What of late
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Beijing is keen to work with New Delhi to keep a tab on Islamic State’s (IS) recruitment in the region, notwithstanding differences between the two over Pakistan’s export of terror to India, Deccan Herald reports November 1. What of late made Beijing particularly concerned over the IS’s footprints in the region were reports suggesting that over 100 Uyghur youths from the restive Xinxiang Province of China travelled to Iraq and Syria to fight for the terror organisation. New Delhi too has similar concerns as reports indicated that at least 20 youths from Kerala, Maharashtra and other states of India had joined the IS to fight for the ‘jihadi’ organization in West Asia.
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October - 31 
Underground members of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) may use the Bhopal encounter, in which eight suspected SIMI terrorists were killed, to instigate Muslims against the central government and Madhya Pradesh government, india.c
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Underground members of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) may use the Bhopal encounter, in which eight suspected SIMI terrorists were killed, to instigate Muslims against the central government and Madhya Pradesh government, india.com reports on November 1. Intelligence agencies have warned that SIMI may start its anti-national operations again with fresh recruitment. Intelligence agencies are of the view that the banned outfit would use Bhopal encounter to instigate Muslim youth to carry out terror attacks.Central security establishment also said had the escaped SIMI terrorists not been killed, they would have joined Islamic States (IS) to carry out spree of attacks. “Remnant SIMI cadres of late have been gravitating towards the IS. Many members of the pan-India IS module busted in January this year, including its Mumbai-based chief Muddabir Shaikh, were ex-SIMI cadres. Also, agencies tracking other “sleeper” SIMI cadres have found them to be in touch with or trying to connect with IS handlers online,” an intelligence officer stated. According to intelligence agencies, SIMI activists are trying hard to bounce back and the Bhopal encounter may give him another opportunity to recruit new members to carry out terror attacks.
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