Internal Security Watch

nakul · Post by **nakul** » 03 Sep 2012 12:44

ramana wrote:nakul et al, Nice analysis. How do you account for the Indian Railway trains being so much on time to provide evacuation? In three cities: Blore, Chennai, Hyderabad!

The same reason the CM could be on the station on time. The ears are working, the hands are cuffed.

kshatriya · Post by **kshatriya** » 03 Sep 2012 13:12

Karnataka terror plot: Medical student arrested in Bangalore

Bangalore: Another terror suspect has been arrested in Bangalore today. Dr Nayeem Siddiqui is a medical student from Davenegere in North Karnataka. The police say they have seized Rs. 10,000 in cash and a few CDs. The police also claim Dr Siddiqui was acting as a recruiter for banned terror outfits.

The arrest was based on information gathered from the interrogation of those already in police custody, say the Bangalore police.

A total of 18 people have been arrested arrested in Karnataka for alleged links to banned terror organisations - Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) - and plotting to assassinate several politicians and journalists in the state.

On Saturday, 22-year-old Mohammed Akram from Nanded, Maharashtra was arrested by the crime branch near Majestic area of the city. Bangalore City Police Commissioner BG Jyothiprakash Mirji said he was allegedly hatching a conspiracy to execute target killings in Bangalore and was trying to flee the city when he was arrested. According to police, he received training in Saudi Arabia for a year, and was taking shelter in the city for a while. However, after the arrest of the other accused, he had gone into hiding.

On Wednesday, the crime branch of the Bangalore Police had arrested 11 persons - six from Bangalore and five from Hubli in north Karnataka - and claimed to have averted a "big catastrophe" by foiling their plan to target politicians, legislators and mediapersons. All of them have been sent to 14 days in police custody and are currently being questioned. Sources say, a National Investigation Agency (NIA) team in Karnataka may go to Hubli for interrogation.

The arrests have come just three days after the Karnataka Police claimed to have busted a terror module in the state. Fresh revelations have sprung up on the group's links with dreaded terrorist organisations and its sinister designs to carry out attacks in the state.

Interrogations have also revealed that a nuclear installation and a key defence establishment were on the radar of the suspects. "They have also plotted to attack vital installations such as the Kaiga nuclear power plant (about 500 km from Bangalore) and the Sea Bird naval base at Karwar (in Uttara Kannada district on the west coast of the state)," Mr Mirji said.

The revelations came on a day when the Bangalore Police, as part of its continuing crackdown, arrested another man - the twelfth in the case - in Hyderabad for suspected terror links. Obaid-ur-Rehman, 26, was picked up from the old city area on the basis of information provided by the 11 terror suspects. The police claim that he was allegedly planning to target a leader of a right-wing Hindu outfit. He has been brought to Bangalore for questioning. (Read)

"We have learnt from some of the accused that Rehman was plotting to assassinate a prominent leader of a Hindu organisation in Hyderabad and two corporators of Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in the city," Mr Mirji said.

The arrest in Hyderabad coincides with four more arrests in Maharashtra where the Anti-Terrorism Squad picked up four people in the Nanded district for suspected terror activities. (Read)

Home Secretary RK Singh told NDTV on Saturday that the terror suspects had "links with Lashkar-e-Taiba and people from Saudi Arabia", adding that "two of them had been to Pakistan for training." It has also emerged that the group was reportedly planning to target "vital installations" in the state.

"The Bangalore Police has done a great job. The interrogation has revealed that the targets and the nature of threat were serious. They were in touch and had links with the LeT and people from Saudi Arabia. Two of them have been to Pakistan for training," Mr Singh said. However, it is not clear yet whether or not any involvement of the Pakistani establishment has been established.

Sources have told NDTV that even though the identity of the Saudi Arabian link is not clear yet, emails and communications through Skype - a popular internet phone and video call service - clearly establishes the connection between both parties. Sources further add that the Bangalore module had been asked to target foreigners in India. Indian agencies will be sharing the details with their concerned counterparts.

Sources say that the questioning suggested that the group was self-radicalised and is deeply influenced by US-born Al Qaeda terrorist Anwar-al-Awlaki and the Al Qaeda's mouthpiece "Inspire". Awlaki was killed in a US drone strike in western Yemen last year. The arrested group is believed to have been galvanized together by the brother of Sahid Bilal, the HuJI operative who was suspected to be responsible for a series of strikes in India between 2006 and 2007. He was killed in Pakistan in August 2008.

Meanwhile, the Karnataka Crime Branch has set up a special team to probe the case. As part of the investigation, the cops have sent materials seized from the suspects for forensic analysis for further evidence. A 7.65mm pistol, seven cartridges, 16 mobile handsets, eight SIM cards, three pen drives, four ATMs, seven laptops and one bike were recovered from the 11 men and their hideouts in the state.

"In addition to arms and ammunition, incriminating materials, including jehadi literature, two maps of Chennai and India, a map of Iran, Urdu newspaper cuttings and religious books were seized in Bangalore and Hubli," Mr Mirji said, a day after the families of the accused cried foul over the arrest of their relatives.

The suspects - including a journalist, doctor and a scientist with the Defence Research Development Organisation - have been charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Arms Act.

(With inputs from Agencies)

anchal · Post by **anchal** » 03 Sep 2012 13:46

News from the killing fields point to rapidly deteriorating situation in the country. I am from the area and the news has been reported in Hindi dailies.
Few "miscreants" ran over a truck and fired over pilgrims in the Kosi-Mathura region. Unsuspecting women and men from MP were the victims of the attack. One women is said to be killed. This sacred region has never had such incidences before. Depressing times

Anindya · Post by **Anindya** » 03 Sep 2012 13:51

Terror shadow on Temples - Udupi, Kollur, Sringeri

Anindya · Post by **Anindya** » 03 Sep 2012 14:03

Zakeer - Bangalore terror plot kingpin still at large

While the CCB officials managed to bust the terror module and nabbed 13 suspects, the kingpin and self-styled HuJI commander, Zakeer alias Ustaad, who is incharge of the operations, is still at large.

The CCB officials, who are on the lookout for Zakeer, said he is managing many more such sleepers cell across the country and could have taken shelter in one of them.

member_19686 · Post by **member_19686** » 03 Sep 2012 17:49

Four arrested; explosive materials seized
PTI | 12:09 AM,Sep 02,2012
Tirunelveli (TN), Sept 1 (PTI) Four persons were today arrested and two country bombs and explosive materials seized from an apartment on the outskirts of Tirunelveli, a top police official said. The arrests came following a raid at the apartment tonight, Deputy Commissoner of Police, Tirunelveli city, Manivannan, said. The arrested have been identified as Sahul Hameed from Palyankottai, Udhuman and Mydheen besides Sahul from Melapalayam near here, he said. Police are investigating, he said but did not elaborate. PTI CORR BN RT

http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/n ... 55922.html

Hari Seldon · Post by **Hari Seldon** » 03 Sep 2012 19:42

anchal wrote:News from the killing fields point to rapidly deteriorating situation in the country. I am from the area and the news has been reported in Hindi dailies.
Few "miscreants" ran over a truck and fired over pilgrims in the Kosi-Mathura region. Unsuspecting women and men from MP were the victims of the attack. One women is said to be killed. This sacred region has never had such incidences before. Depressing times

Undeclared Direct action day served in micro-doses all over the country? 1000 cuts strategy? Are these isolated incidents or the first inadvertent signs of an over-paranoid (and hence over-prepared) minority? Where are this time's Suhrawardies and Djinnahas based? so many questions, so few answers...

sum · Post by **sum** » 03 Sep 2012 19:58

Surasena wrote:
Four arrested; explosive materials seized
PTI | 12:09 AM,Sep 02,2012
Tirunelveli (TN), Sept 1 (PTI) Four persons were today arrested and two country bombs and explosive materials seized from an apartment on the outskirts of Tirunelveli, a top police official said. The arrests came following a raid at the apartment tonight, Deputy Commissoner of Police, Tirunelveli city, Manivannan, said. The arrested have been identified as Sahul Hameed from Palyankottai, Udhuman and Mydheen besides Sahul from Melapalayam near here, he said. Police are investigating, he said but did not elaborate. PTI CORR BN RT

http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/n ... 55922.html

Wow, either the trickle is turning into a flood or the situation has turned so dire that even the super-secular UPA is being forced to round up "innocent minorities" onlee

At least 100 members of a certain community seem to have been arrested in the last 2 weeks ( including 50-60 for the Azad Maidan hungama) on terror charges and more seem to be on the way by the looks of it

kshatriya · Post by **kshatriya** » 03 Sep 2012 20:45

There is so such much hate literature about kaffirs being spread on FB in Tamil by some groups. I wish there was a way to report them..One wonders why there aren't still blocked.

Looks like FB is the tool for recruitment for many groups....

Pranav · Post by **Pranav** » 04 Sep 2012 00:03

Karnataka terror module had handlers in Saudi Arabia and was inspired by the late Anwar al-Awlaki - http://ibnlive.in.com/news/isi-tasked-t ... 063-3.html , http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/indi ... 226929.cms

al-Awlaki was also the mentor of the so-called "underwear bomber", Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. Abdulmutallab's abortive attack was almost certainly facilitated by elements of western intelligence agencies - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umar_Farou ... telligence , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umar_Farou ... lab#Attack

It is important to identify who is sponsoring the handlers in Saudi Arabia, a Headley type situation cannot be ruled out.

brihaspati · Post by **brihaspati** » 04 Sep 2012 03:41

^^They can't be Saudi handlers. They must be Pakis hacking into Saudi networks and posing as if they are handling from saud. Even if they are, they must be shown as pakis onlee. Otherwise it will jeopardize our superpower ambitions. The saudis can also hand over some well-grilled morga as signs of coopereshun. Everyone saves their faces and pockets then.

vasu raya · Post by **vasu raya** » 04 Sep 2012 03:57

That kind of game requires that only NIA spokesperson makes the statements and not individual police departments, and it could very well be saudi based pak handlers

member_19686 · Post by **member_19686** » 04 Sep 2012 04:43

East Delhi violence under control
By Indo Asian News Service | IANS India Private Limited – 20 hours ago

New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) The situation in east Delhi's Mayur Vihar, where one person was killed and many people were injured following a mob that went on a rampage after two men on a two-wheeler were injured when police tried to forcibly stop them, is under control, police said Monday.
The situation is under control, said a police officer.
Police are planning to detain some of the people responsible for the violence in Mayur Vihar phase-III and its adjoining Khoda colony area, situated in Ghaziabad.

We will detain the culprits soon, said the officer.
One person was killed and many people including 15 policemen were injured here Sunday as police fired at a mob which went on a rampage after two men on a two-wheeler were injured when police tried to forcibly stop them.
The protesters set fire a police booth, a DTC bus and many other vehicles in Mayur Vihar phase-III, police and witnesses said.
While police refused to say if the man was killed in the police firing, residents insisted it was so.
Police said that the two-wheeler was stopped at the check point as both riders were not wearing helmets.
They were drunk and fled when a traffic policeman tried to stop them. They also indulged in an argument with the policeman, said a police officer.
A witness, however, said when the vehicle did not stop at the check point, a traffic officer threw a stick at them, which hit them and making them fall on the road.
One of the two injured was identified by police as Kamruddin, in his 20s, who was in critical condition at Lal Bahadur Shastri hospital.
The police officer said a mob collected at the spot and started pelting stones at the police team. They also set a DTC bus, a mini truck, a car, three bikes and the police booth on fire.
Police said that they had to fire shots in the air and use tear gas to restrain the crowd.
Following the incident, around 20 companies (1,600 men) of Delhi Armed Police have been deployed in and around the Mayur Vihar area, across the Yamuna.
To avoid further tension, roads to the area have been blocked by police and pickets set up every 500 metres. Ambulances and fire tenders have been stationed for any emergency situation.
Further probe on the incident is on, added the officer.

http://in.news.yahoo.com/east-delhi-vio ... 15107.html

RoyG · Post by **RoyG** » 04 Sep 2012 05:55

Our muzzie brethren at it again. No regard for the law. No regard for infrastructure. Hopeless.

If you have a problem with police procedures used go through the court system. Don't act like a bunch of baboons.

Atri · Post by **Atri** » 04 Sep 2012 12:04

Nihat ji,

Here is my two paisa. It would be great if guys like you could resusciate the Dara Shikoh model. Shed the sense of belonging towards the people and religion associated with qazi-mullah power structure and make this dara meme a truly adhyatmika path. There is plenty in Dharma which dara-meme could absorb. Being a silent majority won't help the purpose.

The will of time is that this "Aurangzeb's" Islam is at loggerheads with Dharma. This is a long cycle ever since he patronized mullah Sirhindi, destroyed kashi Vishvanath and others, killed millions and ravaged indian economy. We are still suffering for this stupidity. And this happened probably because dara was defeated. If he were strong, things would have been slightly different. Anyways.

If you consider yourself a Dharmik with islam as adhyatmika maarga, try rediscovering what dara and older Akbar did to rid arabik islam of its political and social interfering aspects. What they did was not enough but if stretched further along same lines and implemented for longer time, could make muslims in India as a whole, different from what they are becoming today.

member_22286 · Post by **member_22286** » 04 Sep 2012 12:32

Communal polarization is happening big,big time in UP.Riots between dalits-Muslims .Most of the dalits seem to be dillusioned with Mayawathi.On another note NGOs are being nicely squeezed using FCRA

Gus · Post by **Gus** » 04 Sep 2012 13:32

^ oh no..who will the seculars support

Ashley Kravitz · Post by **Ashley Kravitz** » 04 Sep 2012 18:54

Assam crisis requires immediate attention: Owaisi in Washington DC

Washington, DC: Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi was the main speaker at Indian Muslim Relief & Charities (IMRC) luncheon at annual Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) convention last Sunday at Washington DC.

The session was titled “Highlighting Recent Assam Riots, Vision for Change. Promise of the Future.” Owaisi who has gone to Assam taking with him a relief team and medical and other supplies gave a first-hand account of the situation there.

He highlighted the need to send relief to over 500,000 people displaced from their homes and forced to live in camps. Overcrowding of camps is a big issue with lot of people severely sick.

To avoid a situation like other riots where perpetrators go scot free, Owaisi emphasized on filing of FIRs as soon as possible. He appreciated IMRC’s lead in ensuring that FIRs are filed. IMRC has partnered with Centre for Social Justice for this important legal work.

Other speakers at the session were Shaikh Ala'ddin Elbakri, Notable Scholar & Co-founder of IMAN (Inner City Muslim Action Network) Amitabh Pal, Managing Editor of The Progressive Magazine, Author of "Islam" Means Peace:Understanding the Muslim Principle of Nonviolence Today; and Azhar Azeez, Vice President of ISNA.

Speech Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... zkEqnpNmP4

brihaspati · Post by **brihaspati** » 04 Sep 2012 19:27

Atri wrote:Nihat ji,

Here is my two paisa. It would be great if guys like you could resusciate the Dara Shikoh model. Shed the sense of belonging towards the people and religion associated with qazi-mullah power structure and make this dara meme a truly adhyatmika path. There is plenty in Dharma which dara-meme could absorb. Being a silent majority won't help the purpose.

The will of time is that this "Aurangzeb's" Islam is at loggerheads with Dharma. This is a long cycle ever since he patronized mullah Sirhindi, destroyed kashi Vishvanath and others, killed millions and ravaged indian economy. We are still suffering for this stupidity. And this happened probably because dara was defeated. If he were strong, things would have been slightly different. Anyways.

If you consider yourself a Dharmik with islam as adhyatmika maarga, try rediscovering what dara and older Akbar did to rid arabik islam of its political and social interfering aspects. What they did was not enough but if stretched further along same lines and implemented for longer time, could make muslims in India as a whole, different from what they are becoming today.

Sorry. The very fact that Akbar [assuming he was sincere enough] and Dara failed, should tell something of the nature of the islamist institutional infrastructure. Dara failed more spectacularly because he deviated more from the coercive underlying meme of the theology. To be successful, a Dara meme needs to combine coercive techniques as Akbar managed to an extent.

But this then becomes a contradiction. The very souce of an islamist origin leader's power to coerce his own mullahs or the violent genocidic memes - is based on that violence mobilizing capacity of the theology itself. So Akbar could only proceed "this much" and no more. Dara could proceed more on the philosophical ideological path because he lacked the coercive pull - but this is also what made him ineffective.

A Daraization can only hapopen under the protective corecive shadow of a non-Muslim authority that has proven its willingness to be ruthless towards the mullahs and the institutional structure by which Arab-Islam reproduces all over the world.

Atri · Post by **Atri** » 04 Sep 2012 19:57

brihaspati wrote:A Daraization can only hapopen under the protective corecive shadow of a non-Muslim authority that has proven its willingness to be ruthless towards the mullahs and the institutional structure by which Arab-Islam reproduces all over the world.

Precisely my point.. This time PIF shouldn't support Aurangzeb like Raja Jai Singh did to defeat a Dara. Of course, it is fallacy to cal Jai Singh a PIF, that is different story. He would have been, if he opposed Aurangzeb (but then, Aurangzeb had not shown his true colors then). We ought to learn from all this.

Virupaksha · Post by **Virupaksha** » 05 Sep 2012 08:03

X-post from SL thread

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/indi ... 256879.cms

Under attack, Sri Lankan pilgrims flee Tamil Nadu

TRICHY: A pilgrimage to churches in Velankanni and Poondi Matha in central Tamil Nadu turned out to be a nightmare for a group of Sri Lankan nationals when pro-Eelam groups protested against them at the shrines and later attacked them. The 184-strong group of pilgrims was compelled to cut short their visit and leave India on a special flight of Mihin Lanka on Tuesday night.

Pro-Eelam protesters attacked them on route to Trichy airport. While the police escort ensured that none of them was injured, one of the seven buses was damaged. Panic-stricken pilgrims were brought to the airport by 2.45pm on Tuesday and lodged at the cargo terminal of the airport. At least 50 members of MDMK — the political outfit of Vaiko — led by former MLA A Malarmannan were arrested.

What kinds of nonsense is the kazhakam ideologies leading TN into

RamaY · Post by **RamaY** » 05 Sep 2012 08:38

Well, the atheist Tamil groups created and nurtured by the western colonialists, church and yes the secularists are kicking out CHRISTIAN pilgrims from Sri Lanka. Why are you worried?

It is a fair game if an Abrahamic faith persecutes another Abrahamic faith because it is corner stone of those ideologies. They coming after Indics is against Indian interests.

Virupaksha · Post by **Virupaksha** » 05 Sep 2012 10:52

http://www.firstpost.com/india/the-misr ... 43217.html

The misread ‘fundamentalist’: Many broken bridges in Hyderabad’s old city

What do you want to know? Maulana Naseeruddin asked. The man I was sitting with was probably the most notorious firebrand Maulana in the Old City of Hyderabad. “I want to know if you are really the firebrand, terror-instigating cleric you are said to be. I want to know why all your sons are in jail and now your grandnephew too. Is it because they are all related to you or is there more?’’ I asked with a straight face.

“What the police tell you and most of what the media say is a lie,” declared Maulana. “And I will tell you why my ‘poutra‘ Obaid was picked up. It is because he was with me all the time, like my bodyguard for the last few years. For several years, he visited me in jail in Gujarat and he has been with me ever since I got back.”

Obaid-ur-Rehman is a 22-year-old arrested from Hyderabad over the weekend by the Karnataka police. He is alleged to have hatched a conspiracy to assassinate three city corporators, possibly during the coming festival season. “Those corporators, there is every reason for us to be angry. They would ring the bells at the temple by the side of the Charminar just when we are doing namaaz. That temple has no business being there… But Obaid is not quite made of that mettle. He was not capable of it,” Maulana says dismissively. “After seeing the jail life I and my sons led, he cannot possibly want to go down that route.”

Listening to Maulana speak you cannot be blamed if you think that he must be instigating youth to stand up and fight. The Maulana knows it but he is not apologetic and does not care to couch his words carefully. “Targeting corporators is not going to help us. We have to plan and do something really big if we want to change attitudes towards us,” he rues. ‘Us’ here refers to the Indian Muslims.

“2000 Muslims are killed in Assam and we do nothing about it. Here there are some CDs and just a talk of a conspiracy to kill some people and all the headlines are about it. That is why I need to go around ‘awakening’ the Indian Muslim, to say you need to wake up and stand up and fight for your rights. You can’t continue to be a mute spectator.”

Anindya · Post by **Anindya** » 05 Sep 2012 13:08

One more held in doctor murder case

Barasat: A day after a 62-year-old homoeopath was by two local goons, Police on Tuesday arrested the second youth accused of attacking a homoeopath who died after suffering a cardiac arrest in Barasat on Monday. Sirajul Islam was nabbed from a hideout at Guma in North 24-Parganas.

The other accused, Mohammad Jamaluddin, who was nabbed from Barasat's Kadamabagachhi two hours after he and Sirajul Islam brutally assaulted the doctor, was produced in Barasat district court and remanded in seven days of police custody.

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The West Bengal Human Rights Commission has also taken a suo-motu cognizance of the incident and has asked IGP (South Bengal) to file a report within four weeks. The commission's attention has been drawn to the repeated incidents of crime in Barasat. While Monday's violence has left the locals wary, the daughter of the victim expressed concern about her family's safety.
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Locals said that crimes in the area cannot be checked unless something is done to put a curb on Bangladeshi immigrants. About 15% of the total population of Barasat consists of Bangaldeshi nationals, most of whom do not have valid documents, they alleged.

Even Sirajul and Jamaluddin had crossed over from Bangladesh decades back. However, their nationality isn't clear yet because of which the police can't book them under the 14 Foreigners Act, sources said.

Mallick was well known in the locality for his simplicity and good behavior. He was also popular as a Good Samaritan in the area. "Daktar babu used to help the poor people even financially whenever they urged him. He never took any fees of the patients who come from underprivileged family. Most of the local residents who loved him very much were shocked after he was brutally murdered by the drunken goons," said Dilip Bose, a local resident. The locals also said Mallick earlier protested several times against the youths who used to drink openly and tease the girls in the locality, but whenever he protested them, they threatened him with dire consequences. "But this time he was murdered by them," said Malati, the victim's daughter.

Police on Tuesday arrested Sirajul Islam, accused to have murdered 62-year-old Homeopath Bikash Bandhu Mullick for daring to protest when his neighbour's daughter was being teased in Barasat's Kamdambagachi on Monday afternoon. Police had picked up the other person Mohammad Jamaluddin, two hours after the inebriated duo brutally assaulted Mullick. The duo has been slapped with murder charges.

The victim's daughter Malati, a school teacher, realizes the implications more than others now. "I may speak to you today. But tomorrow, we have to leave here. Those who have been arrested will have their friends and supporters. Can anyone assure us our safety later?" she told reporters, when asked on her comment. Mallick was well known in the locality for his simplicity and good behavior. He was also popular as a Good Samaritan in the area. "Daktar babu used to help the poor people even financially whenever they urged him. He never took any fees of the patients who come from underprivileged family. Most of the local residents who loved him very much were shocked after he was brutally murdered by the drunken goons," said Dilip Bose, a local resident. The locals also said Mallick earlier protested several times against the youths who used to drink openly and tease the girls in the locality, but whenever he protested them, they threatened him with dire consequences. "But this time he was murdered by them," said Malati, the victim's daughter.

According to locals, 15 percent of the total population in Barasat area are Bangladeshi immigrants and most of those stay at several colony areas like Kadambagachi, Lenin colony, Indira colony, Pannajhil colony, Netaji colony Kajipara, Nawpara and Bijaynagar in Barasat. "A major section of the illegal-immigrants have already got ration cards and voter identity cards after submitting fake documents under the influence of the political leaders. While some other Bangladeshis even have no valid documents to identify themselves who are living here for years," sources said. For Sirajul and Jamaluddin had also crossed over from Bangladesh decades back. However, their nationality now isn't clear a reason why police is yet to add the 14 Foreigners Act against them.

member_23686 · Post by **member_23686** » 05 Sep 2012 18:10

Pakistani contested Assam elections in 1996: Court

By Syed Zarir Hussain, IANS,

Guwahati : Sounds shocking, but it is true: a person holding a Pakistani passport who entered India's northeastern state of Assam through Bangladesh unsuccessfully contested the assembly elections in 1996.

This sensational revelation was made in a judgement by the Gauhati High Court last week where mention was made of Mohammed Kamaruddin contesting from the 90 Jamunamukh assembly constituency in 1996.

"The petitioner (Kamaruddin) after successfully entering into Assam from Pakistan through Bangladesh not only roamed around the Indian soil, but also contested the 1996 election from Jamunamukh," Justice B.K. Sharma said in his 95-page judgement.

"The petitioner was in possession of a passport issued by the Pakistan government, on the strength of which he travelled to Dhaka from where he sneaked into Assam and even contested the election. This can happen only in Assam," the judgement read.

The court judgement was in response to 61 writ petitions filed by individuals challenging 'quit India' notices served to them by state authorities.

The judgement vindicated allegations by various political parties and influential student groups which allege that large-scale influx of illegal migrants to Assam from neighbouring Bangladesh.

"Influx from Bangladesh is a regular phenomenon with the resultant contributory factor behind the outbreak of insurgency in the state," Justice Sharma said in the order.

"What is required is a strong political will, unmindful of political gains derived from the presence of illegal migrants," the judgement said.

Opposition political parties and legal experts have come down heavily after the high court judgement highlighted that infiltration was a serious issue facing the state.

"It is a shame on the government where a foreigner can contest elections in Assam," Bijoya Chakraborty, senior leader of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), told IANS Wednesday.

The influential All Assam Students' Union (AASU), which spearheaded a violent six-year-long anti-foreigners uprising from 1979, warned Wednesday of a mass movement to drum up public support against the influx of alleged Bangladeshi illegal migrants to Assam.

"Political parties, both the opposition and the ruling parties, have failed to raise the issue as they all depend on votes of the illegal migrants," AASU leader Samujjal Bhattacharya said.

The court judgement said illegal Bangladeshis in Assam had become the kingmakers, besides warning that if illegal infiltration was not checked, then the indigenous population would be reduced to a minority.

Justice Sharma also warned that Bangladeshis would soon intrude upon the corridors of power and suggested a strong political will to free Assam from illegal Bangladeshis.

Other sources

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/unc ... 79220.html

http://www.assamtimes.org/hot-news/1849.html

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 05 Sep 2012 18:27

No bias in our report: Chairman, National Commission of Minorities

Q: Was there any bias as alleged by the group, which stated that the team visited only one relief camp of Bodos but six camps sheltering Muslims? In such an atmosphere, how easy or difficult is it for statutory bodies such as the NCM to function?

A: An issue of such sensitivity, where an ethnic clash is involved, will invite allegations of all kinds. For instance, I received calls from editors of various papers asking why the report had said that the young Muslims might become jehadis and there will be jehadi outfits. It is a warning to take precautions so that such a thing does not happen. This is how the extremist forces among Muslims in India rose. There are disturbances, there are unsettled people, and these unsettled people then take recourse to violence.

I am not sure what the Chairman of the National Commission of Minorities, the controversial Wajahat Habibullah, says or agrees with.

vishvak · Post by **vishvak** » 05 Sep 2012 19:45

Are there laws in India about hate crimes?

Denying Kashmiri Pandits' genocide, denial of Godhra carnage conspiracy, now denial of rights of Bodos on Bodo lands to the benefit of Bangladeshi majority .. are these not hate crimes?

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 06 Sep 2012 01:21

Not eally Internal Security but a fireworks factory blew up in Sivakasi with grevious loss of life. The interesting thing is the factory was found to be in multiple violations of safety and the orders for shut down were issued only a day before. My complaint is if the Inspectors found so many violations what prevented the immediate shut down?
37 killed in Sivakasi fire cracker unit blast

Thirty-seven persons, including a woman, all believed to be villagers who rushed to the site of an explosion at a cracker unit, were killed when a large stock of explosives blew up on Wednesday afternoon. Thirty-four persons were wounded and have been admitted to government hospitals in Virudhunagar district and Madurai.

The tragedy took place at Mudalipatti, 13 km from Sivakasi, a region known for frequent accidents in the match and fireworks industries.

Though no bodies were found at the Om Sakthi Fireworks Industries during the initial search by police and revenue officials, the death toll was confirmed after the removal of concrete sheds of at least three working sheds flattened in the impact of the explosion. With earth-movers not reaching the accident site early, rescue work could not be taken up till 6.30 p.m.

The first explosion at the unit, one of the biggest in the region, was reported at 12.20 p.m. Villagers of Mudalipatti and workers of a nearby blue metal crusher unit rushed to the spot. A small posse of police tried to prevent the villagers from entering the unit, but the 500-strong crowd managed to get past them. “Our inspector Raja tried to stop them but they did not heed his words,” said Virudhunagar Superintendent of Police Najmul Hoda.

“Unexpectedly, there was a huge explosion around 1 p.m. and the debris that flew across a wide distance injured them seriously,” District Revenue Officer R. Raju, who was at the site, said. Crackers and unfinished goods were seen strewn for more than a half-km radius at the entrance. “A huge stone hit the jeep of the Virudhunagar Tahsildar some 500 metres away from the cracker unit.”

Details of the number of workers employed and those present at the time of the incident were not available with officials. Even the police and firemen did not enter the premises for some time on seeing the bodies and the grievous nature of the injuries. Ten fire tenders, including some from Tirunelveli, Tuticorin and Madurai districts, were parked in a serpentine queue outside the unit. The first one entered the unit only at 3.30 p.m. after the entrance was cleared of debris.

Many of the working sheds were damaged as a strong gust of wind fanned the fire. The injured, who were rescued by the villagers, were rushed to the government hospitals at Sivakasi, Virudhunagar and Sattur and the Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai. A fireman said the victims were transported by all available vehicles before they could reach the spot.

Licence was cancelled only a day before the fire

The licence of Om Sakthi Fireworks Industries was cancelled for multiple violations only a day before Black Wednesday, officials said.

Officials of the Department of Explosives, who were present at the site, claimed that the suspension order was issued online to the owner, Murugesan, only on Tuesday. The order was sent by post to the District Collector and the Superintendent of Police.

“During a random inspection on August 28, Deputy Chief Controller of Explosives B. Rengasamy found large-scale violations of safety norms in the unit. The licence was suspended only on September 4,” an official said.

Forty violations

The officials had detected 40 violations, including overstocking of explosives, both raw material and finished goods, and employment of workers in excess of the permitted strength.

As different kinds of explosives with diverse chemical properties were being used, the exact cause or point of the explosion could not be ascertained immediately.

“Further enquiry with the workers is required to come to a conclusion,” the official said.

Looks like a lack of powers and judgment on part of the DCC&E in not shutting down the place immediately.
I think there were multiple types of chemical stored. The fire might have been caused by friction and when it spread it lead to the two explosions.
Safety norms were ignored by the rescue crowd and led to more casualties. The fire crew was also derelict in duty by hanging outside the stricken unit.

Resembles a battle ground

Bodies burnt beyond recognition and scores of injured lying all round presented a gory picture of a battleground at a nearby fireworks unit where a massive fire broke out in which 52 people perished.

Intermittent explosions were heard and flames threatened to engulf nearby buildings as rescuers fought thick plumes of smoke to reach those trapped.

Shocked people huddled in groups and some carried those with severe burns to ambulances, which were rushed to the spot soon after the incident at Omshakti Fireworks.

A thick pall of smoke engulfed the area and was visible from a distance of over 1.5 km.

A fire brigade official said 20 of the 40 rooms in the factory spread across 10 acres had been completely gutted and the debris was spread over a two kilometre radius.

He said they were unable to collect any data about the unit or workers as the people running it had fled the spot.

Though it was not clear how the fire had broken out, it quickly spread to other rooms, he said, adding that rescue operations were hampered as there was no proper road connectivity.

In an ironic twist to the tragedy, some people who tried saving those in the factory were also trapped in the thick smoke.

Tamizhmuni, a worker, said he came to unload stocks but fainted due to the heavy smoke.

Sivakasi is the largest hub for manufacturing matches and firecrackers, accounting for 90 per cent of the country’s total fireworks production.

Sivakasi is home to roughly around 450 factories employing 40,000 people and over one lakh indirectly, at an estimated annual turnover of between Rs 800 and Rs 1000 crore.

This Diwali please remember to say a prayer for those who lost their lives.

Its not ironic but expected when such a massive fire takes place. The reporter should be admonished for choice of words.
Looks like the factory was spread out quite well as 40 sheds spread over 10 acre site. Yet the fire spread to 20 of the sheds. So something is odd.

member_19686 · Post by **member_19686** » 06 Sep 2012 02:18

Pay your last Tributes to Sachin - The last Victim of Jihadi Terrorism in kerala.
05/09/2012 11:55:02 HK

ABVP District Leader N Sachin Gopal (19) succumbed to death late this evening at KMC Hospital, Mangalore.ABVP Kannur Nagara Vice President Sachin had suffered stab injuries on abdomen in an attack by a gang of jihadi terrorists Campus Front/Popular Front of India on July 6 at Pallikunnu Bus Stand.

Sachin was admitted to Mangalore Hospital on August 18 in a critical condition. His condition worsened even after surgeries were conducted at Pariyaram Medical collage.

Sachin is the second victim of jihadi terrorism in kerala recent after the brutal murder of Vishal at chenganoor by same campus front jihadis.

http://haindavakeralam.com/HKPage.aspx? ... 338&SKIN=K

brihaspati · Post by **brihaspati** » 06 Sep 2012 03:03

What happened at the WB frontier zone of Indo-BD border, with the doctor, is not an isolated incident. However, there is a way to keep this under somehwta of a control - but needs organizing.

The format is as follows:
(1) organize from before among a few trusted friends
(2) take care to choose these "friends" from across the political spectrum - keep a "left"+"congrez"+"tmc" in this case. That area also has Maoists - but better keep them apart at this stage.
(3) use the local "clubs" with predominantly non-Muslim membership
(4) wait and keep eyes peeled for any incident that can be used as a spontaneous flash point
(5) call out and mobilize the maximum number of people to come out and go to community elders of the "certain community" and ask them to fix the "problem".
(6) Do not allow any known local political party committee members to take leadership or prominence.
(7) Show numbers and what is known as "veiled menace".
(8) Keep groups simply coldly watching known "miscreants" as they move through the region. Make them feel constantly under surveillance and being followed. Do nothing. Those who watch should wear "poker face" and have no obvious "arms". Safety to be ensured in numbers. Preferably in odd numbers and at least 3. 5 is a better number. Odd number is to keep one to coordinate if you have to split the group positionally - say on two sides of the road or alleyway, and keep the impression that the one is connecting with even larger groups. The odd man out is also a backup to spread word.

The battle is more psychological. Try to isolate the miscreants as much as possible, and through a street propaganda that is pitched in such a way that the party deputed infiltrators and intimidators will themselves fear getting isolated and earning popular anger if they don't support the "popular anger".

The reporting mechanisms of the parties work so that these infiltrators reluctance to impose the respective party's will or their palpable fear of people getting out of control electorally if "pressed the wrong way" by the parties - will be carried up the network quick enough. This will make them stop trying to send in their muscle to intimidate any perceived leadership.

This is within limits of what is possible by mass mobilization without any "force" backup. Beyond this - things are not so casual. Remember, any perceived serious harm to Muslim interests will be seriously tried to be crushed by the "rashtra" and its uniformed servants. It just might be worthwhile to let it be known that if they do so - they stand to be exposed as to their true role. Uniformed ones under rashtryia service at local levels are inordinately cowardly - so if they are made to understand that the future of their service and existence is not so guaranteed as they think it to be - if and when the Islamists start dominating the land, and that when such times come, their current role will be remembered and such memories may determine whether their near and dear ones or future descendants are allowed any protection form their beloved Islamists in those crucial future times.

Ambar · Post by **Ambar** » 06 Sep 2012 07:34

Surasena wrote:Pay your last Tributes to Sachin - The last Victim of Jihadi Terrorism in kerala.
05/09/2012 11:55:02 HK

ABVP District Leader N Sachin Gopal (19) succumbed to death late this evening at KMC Hospital, Mangalore.ABVP Kannur Nagara Vice President Sachin had suffered stab injuries on abdomen in an attack by a gang of jihadi terrorists Campus Front/Popular Front of India on July 6 at Pallikunnu Bus Stand.

Sachin was admitted to Mangalore Hospital on August 18 in a critical condition. His condition worsened even after surgeries were conducted at Pariyaram Medical collage.

Sachin is the second victim of jihadi terrorism in kerala recent after the brutal murder of Vishal at chenganoor by same campus front jihadis.

http://haindavakeralam.com/HKPage.aspx? ... 338&SKIN=K

I think you meant to say the latest victim of jihadi terrorism in Kerala. Btw, he is the 28th victim of the coastal jihadi - leftist political party nexus. All 28 were associated with nationalist organizations.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 06 Sep 2012 07:41

ramana, if I am right, the district hospital does not even have a burns ward (or, if there is, it was started only recently) in a place where there is the largest concentration of the dangerous fireworks factories and where accidents have been frequent.

sum · Post by **sum** » 06 Sep 2012 08:09

Ambar wrote: I think you meant to say the latest victim of jihadi terrorism in Kerala. Btw, he is the 28th victim of the coastal jihadi - leftist political party nexus. All 28 were associated with nationalist organizations.

In the finest tradition of secular reporting, 28 such cases and acses like the doctor being stabbed by a few BDs never find a mention anywhere but the following article does find front page space with no "particular community" etc but all names being taken:

ABVP activists assault girl

A group of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) supporters allegedly assaulted a Muslim girl at her college in Bellare, in Sullia taluk, on Tuesday afternoon. The first information report (FIR), however, was registered by the Sullia police on Wednesday evening,

As soon as the FIR was registered, a counter-complaint was filed by the accused.
Roughed up

The ABVP activists allegedly roughed up Sadira Anisha, a final year BA student at Dr. K. Shivarama Karanth Government First Grade College, for not participating in the college bandh called by the ABVP on Tuesday.

According to eyewitnesses, students supporting the bandh walked out of class en masse in the morning in protest against the UPA government’s controversial allocation of coal blocks. Though classes were cancelled, a few students remained in their classroom.

Around 1 p.m., a group of at least nine students came to the Arts block of the college where Sadira and her friends were chatting. “They asked us why we were still in class, and why we were not out there supporting the bandh. When we said we weren’t interested, they bad-mouthed us,” said a student.

Wonder if the communities and organisations would have been named if the roles were reversed.

Sachin · Post by **Sachin** » 06 Sep 2012 11:27

Surasena wrote:Pay your last Tributes to Sachin - The last Victim of Jihadi Terrorism in kerala.

This is obviously OT for the Internal Security thread. But to add on. The Kerala Police really went hammer and tongs against the commies who were involved in the murder of T.P Chandrasekharan and Shukoor. The media also constantly highlighted the case, the pressure was kept and the police did a fantastic job. The commie leaders and the Kannur commie mafia never thought that they will actually be hunted down like dogs.

Now consider, two other murders. One was of another ABVP activist in Southern Kerala. And this chap from Kannur Dt. Both were attacked and murdered by Campus Front/NDF activists. In the case at Southern Kerala, a couple of arrests have happened. The media does not show the same importance as it gave to the ex-commie and Muslim league worker's murders.

What is more worse. The BJP senior leadership themselves dont make any serious attempt to get the investigations fast tracked. You may see a couple of these senior leaders pretty much every night on one of the news channel talk shows. All pompously sitting and giving sermons. But that is all they generally do.

kshatriya · Post by **kshatriya** » 06 Sep 2012 11:42

India in peril - 1
The Union is threatened by fragmented politics and external enemies, writes Gautam Sen.

London, 5 September 2012: There is no guarantee that India will continue to exist within its current borders. The historical record suggests the sizeable continental span of India today has not been the norm in the past. A relatively uncontested substantial expanse of territory was held together for the longest period in history, approximately the mid-nineteenth century till independence, by British military and diplomatic prowess. Of course it almost ended in 1857 and stirrings of nationalist unease began within a generation following the Mutiny. But for much of the period, the majority of Indians mostly acquiesced in British rule and the possibility of any sectarian Islamic upsurge was held in check until Britain cynically decided to inflame it in response to what it deemed Hindu nationalism.

Partition altered the situation dramatically for India, by creating two militarised Ghazi entities along its borders, with threats against the Indian Union emanating from both of them. In the period since Partition, an ostensibly unified Indian State has had little meaningful control of Kashmir and the Northeast, and its sovereign prerogatives in them would cease without the unbroken military presence obligated by constant local insurgencies. This is not customarily the indefinite state of affairs within a country. In addition, the cultural association of these territories with the rest of India, characterized by religious estrangement, is minimal, and routine access into them for Indian citizens circumscribed in varying degree. Elsewhere, over two misguided and self-destructive generations, citizens of Assam and West Bengal also contrived to diminish their affiliation with the rest of India. They managed to weaken it by altering the demography of their states, implanting large numbers of foreigners on their own soil. And the political loyalties of a significant number of alleged Indian citizens of these states are suspect and their net annual tax contribution to the Indian Central exchequer usually negative.

The views of India's contemporary elites on the future of their country, who inherited a truncated nation in 1947, can be dismissed outright. Their socio-political hallmarks, with few exceptions, have been lack of historical perspective, astounding greed, cowardice and complacency masquerading as political sagacity. Their political impulse has usually been to follow the path of least resistance and bury their heads in the sand and surrender meekly when overwhelmed by circumstances. The twin goals of India's political elites are likely to remain wealth and political power to attain it. Virtually everything else positive in India is a product of enervated inertia and the genius of exceptional individuals, who achieve extraordinary goals. Some of these accidental attainments, like nuclear fission and India's missile programme, are of lasting significance, but primarily issuing from their innate technological dynamism and only secondarily owing to any considered political wishes of the Indian State to take advantage of them purposefully.

In contemporary India, major elements of its political class are precipitating conditions likely to destroy the Indian Union in its present form. Despite spending untold sums on acquiring military hardware, India's politicians and bureaucrats are manipulating venally to foster a pliant senior officer corps, which could have potentially disastrous consequences in the event of a major war. It must be surmised that treasonous corruption over defence purchases is the underlying reason why it is necessary to subvert the senior corps and install obliging officers. The appointment of a supposedly upright politician to head the defence ministry is presumably designed to contrive a misleading aura of probity, which makes the minister personally culpable for any crimes being committed. It is simply not credible to imply that the minister would have acted differently had he been aware of the lethal misconduct, since the family of his own patrons is evidently involved in the scandals. All those implicated should face summary wartime sanctions if India's military forces suffer major reverses in the field of battle owing to the intolerable conduct of politicians and officers appointed by them. It might be recalled that the late Lieutenant-General J. N. Chaudhuri threatened to impose the ultimate sanction against the cowardly mediocrity favoured by Jawaharlal Nehru for the post of chief of staff during the 1962 debacle, when the prime minister appointed him to reform the Indian armed forces

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The brutal fact of the matter is that India's semi-literate elites, besotted with shopping sprees abroad, Bollywood and absurdities like the IPL tournament, are incapable of fathoming their country is not unique. It happens to be located in the same planetary system as other countries. In this world, mighty states' systems regularly fade away, this being the fate of the ancient Greeks, Romans, Persians or indeed the Ottomans, Spanish, Austro-Hungarians or the former Soviet Union. Their own country could also become the victim of the inexorable forces of history. Such disintegration is a product of the internal political and economic dynamics of large polities, whether domestic political schisms and economic setbacks, or how they cope with external political, military and environmental challenges. The question to be pondered is whether India, misgoverned by a profoundly dysfunctional and discredited political order, unable to sustain basic economic and institutional goals, can survive as a united political entity in one of the most hostile political and military environments in the world; perhaps only less demanding than that faced by Israel. In both instances, all their significant neighbours are anxious to do them harm, the lesser ones awaiting action by the stronger, for an opportunity to join the melee to crush them.

What shape could the denouement take for India? Scrutinising India from Beijing, Rawalpindi (which an exultant Indian actress visited recently to entertain Pakistani troops),(Who is this ?) Dhaka and Kathmandu, it is possible to discern a scenario. National political impasse, resulting in weak leadership, fiscal crisis, limiting the capacity of the government to borrow, falling growth rates and social unrest as unemployment rises, are inviting conditions for striking a blow against India. It may be surmised that an assault scripted in Beijing would also involve Pakistan, to create a two-front quandary for India. Pakistan may merely need to mobilise its forces to threaten India at several points along the border to compel precautionary diversion of significant Indian troops. The Pakistani ISI will also instigate a bombing campaign across India to panic the civil population, disable some key economic facilities and stretch internal security forces. It will surely paralyse governmental authorities across India, a posture that nowadays comes easily to the Centre in any case. It may be safely predicted that a majority of India's state governments will baulk at measures that will inevitably require harsh intervention in Muslim-dominated areas and prompt shrill protest from suspect human rights NGOs.

Chinese forces are likely to launch three separate assaults against India along its northern borders, a major one to divert Indian troops, a massive airborne invasion of Arunachal Pradesh, targeting Tawang, and a third ground attack to rendezvous with its airborne divisions. Their airborne divisions may need to survive without supply lines for a period or only have access to restricted supplies from the air -- hopefully, this math has been worked out carefully by Indian defence planners. India will impose potentially substantial costs on any Chinese ground assault across the Arunachal Pradesh border, but the question is whether Indian resistance can be sustained for several months against better-equipped and vastly superior numbers. China will also launch disabling strikes against the Indian Air Force (IAF), engaging it in aerial combat and destroying airfields and any aircraft vulnerable on the ground; the IAF will need to be extremely alert to a surprise strike while still on the ground. What role the Indian Navy can play in these specific circumstances is unclear unless China and Pakistan join forces to disrupt India's international commerce, especially its fuel supply lines. It will probably be a side show, with even a blockade of Karachi failing to make a significant impact on the ominous challenges on the ground.

If Indian forces suffer major setbacks in the encounter with China, it may prompt Pakistani incursion into J and K and elsewhere along the Indo-Pak border. India could pound Pakistan from the air and make a dash across the border towards Lahore to hold their territory hostage to signal mutual vulnerability. However, Indian fear of escalation to nuclear standoff has become clear to observers and would constrain it from capturing significant Pakistani territory. Nevertheless, if adequate military resources can be mobilized by India, deliberately sacrificing territory and allowing enemy forces to advance into India may allow Indian forces to surround the invading army in a wide pincer arc to exterminate them altogether. Unfortunately, the idea that the anaemic and self-servingly duplicitous UPA or indeed any dispensation in India's Parliament today would decide to wage a prolonged military struggle, at whatever human and material cost, and accept huge territorial losses in the interim to achieve victory, like the Russia of Alexander and the USSR of Stalin, is a forlorn expectation. An Indian government, facing disaster in the north, could easily be tempted to negotiate territorial concessions rather than fight. Of course, Pakistan may, instead of initiating combat, wisely await a political settlement between a defeated India and victorious China to have their own territorial claims enshrined in it as well as their reward.
To be continued

Anindya · Post by **Anindya** » 06 Sep 2012 12:43

Marten - Gautam Da is very specific about details. He will not make that mistake.

nakul · Post by **nakul** » 06 Sep 2012 12:51

Deterrence works both ways. India has already clarified nuclear weapons can be used on nuclear weapon states as a first strike. As much as they like to paint themselves as irrational actors, the Chinese & Pakistanis would not want Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Beijing & Shanghai to become glass parking lots. The PAF were so baniya during Kargil that they did not even risk their F 16s. The abduls can keep dreaming about Pakistan & China defeating India.

pentaiah · Post by **pentaiah** » 06 Sep 2012 12:51

Kareena Kapur

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 06 Sep 2012 13:00

kshatriya wrote:India in peril - 1
The Union is threatened by fragmented politics and external enemies, writes Gautam Sen.

. . . . Rawalpindi (which an exultant Indian actress visited recently to entertain Pakistani troops),(Who is this ?)

Marten wrote:^Could be Veena Malik, who hails from that region, although she possesses a Pacqui passport, not Indian.

Anindya wrote:Marten - Gautam Da is very specific about details. He will not make that mistake.

We have to see who are the Indian actresses who are keenly watched by Pakistanis. Then, we have to see who have access to the PA or which Indian actress the PA has access to. Is there any Indian actress who has recently spoken about Pakistan ? etc.. etc.. can help identify this person. But, this is part of the American agenda of Aman ki Asha which our otherwise inactive Indian government is nevertheless very actively pursuing. So, we can't really blame her for this.

I am sure some brilliant BR mind would soon come out with how this is a great Chankian move etc. by GoI.

Atri · Post by **Atri** » 06 Sep 2012 13:03

SSridhar wrote:
kshatriya wrote:India in peril - 1
The Union is threatened by fragmented politics and external enemies, writes Gautam Sen.

. . . . Rawalpindi (which an exultant Indian actress visited recently to entertain Pakistani troops),(Who is this ?)

Marten wrote:^Could be Veena Malik, who hails from that region, although she possesses a Pacqui passport, not Indian.

Anindya wrote:Marten - Gautam Da is very specific about details. He will not make that mistake.
We have to see who are the Indian actresses who are keenly watched by Pakistanis. Then, we have to see who have access to the PA or which Indian actress the PA has access to. Is there any Indian actress who has recently spoken about Pakistan ? etc.. etc.. can help identify this person. But, this is part of the American agenda of Aman ki Asha which our otherwise inactive Indian government is nevertheless very actively pursuing.

Saif Ali Khan's ISI connect! - Mid day

The star's uncle Major General Isfandiyar Ali Pataudi was recently a front-runner to take over as the chief of the ISI. Isfandiyar is a cousin of Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, Saif's late father.

Isfandiyar is the son of Major General Mohammad Ali Pataudi, the younger brother of Tiger Pataudi's father Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi. Isfandiyar is currently Deputy DG, ISI -- Pakistan army's second most sensitive appointment.