Internal Security Watch

gandharva · Post by **gandharva** » 28 Nov 2009 00:11

we are discussing the Babri Masjid demolition - which was an act of vandalism

This vandalism was pretty much like vandalism committed in 1942 under the leadership of Gandhiji. After all vandalism is not the birth right only of rationalists and anarchists.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 28 Nov 2009 11:02

Tamil Vernacular newspaper is reporting that 4 ISI agents were arrested at Tirupathi. They have admitted to have gathered information on Tirupathi on behalf of the ISI.

Rangudu · Post by **Rangudu** » 28 Nov 2009 11:14

I've long been saying that Tirupathi is one of the top targets for LeT/TSPA, especially once Mumbai has established a blueprint.

Philip · Post by **Philip** » 28 Nov 2009 14:41

Pick up some tricks from the the CIA's cupboard.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world ... 29884.html

Learn how to spike a drink the CIA way

1953 manual detailing tricks of the agency's trade is published
By Guy Adams
Saturday, 28 November 2009
Magic Tricks Guide
Learn Secrets About How To ReallyDo Insider Mentalism And Magic!
www.mastermentalism.com/

Forget poison-tipped umbrellas and exploding cigars. At the height of the Cold War, the CIA issued its top spooks with a more prosaic piece of equipment: a beginner's guide to magic, educating them in the old-fashioned arts of conjuring and sleight-of-hand.

The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception was written in 1953 by a well-known performer called John Mulholland. It included tips for hiding objects up your sleeve, spiking someone's drink (while pretending to light a cigarette) and communicating with colleagues by tying your shoelaces in a special way.

In 1973, as the Cold War showed signs of thawing, the CIA ordered every copy of the "top secret" document to be destroyed. But one managed to escape the agency's paper shredders and was recently unearthed, in mysterious circumstances, by the espionage historian H Keith Melton and Robert Wallace, an author and former CIA staffer.

The duo managed to get the manual declassified, and have now turned it into a book, with chapters on "the surreptitious removal of objects by women," and making and concealing "droppers" for liquids and powders. There is also a basic protocol for handling several small objects at one time so that one of them will secretly end up in your pocket.

A good magician looks grey and unremarkable, Mulholland advises, saying he "should be so normal in manner, and his actions so natural, that nothing about him excites suspicion". When carrying out a trick, spies should distract their audience by putting on a silly face. "The more facial muscles are relaxed and eyes thrown out of focus, the greater the effect. Doing these actions to a mild degree merely shows a lack of alertness or disinterest."

Some of his advice is basic conjuring lore. A good trick "must be simple in its basic idea" and should be tirelessly "rehearsed" in a mirror. Some is more advanced. He showed how stage magicians use perspective to saw a woman in half, and gave detailed advice on how the various pockets in a normal suit can conceal dozens of objects.

A small blob of wax on the bottom of a hardback book can be used to pick up paper, he writes. A pill concealed in a matchbox can be secretly dropped in someone's drink if you pretend to be lighting their cigarette. A hollowed-out pencil containing powder can be emptied while you pretend to use it to sketch a diagram.

Meanwhile shoelaces can be used to pass on a range of different messages, depending on the way in which they're tied. A chapter in the book outlines how different knots can mean "I have information", "Follow me", and "I have brought another person."

Mulholland, was a well-known performer who edited the magicians' magazine, The Sphinx, for 23 years, and earned the then-princely sum of $3,000 (£1,800) for the book. It was originally published as part of a wider CIA programme called Project MKULTRA, which (among other things) experimented with using LSD to counter advanced Soviet "mind-control" techniques.

In the foreword of the new edition, published by William Morrow, the current deputy CIA director John McLaughlin writes that "magic and espionage are kindred spirits", revealing that "Mulholland's writing on delivery of pills, potions and powders was just one example of research carried out back then in fields as diverse as brainwashing and paranormal psychology."

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 28 Nov 2009 14:49

India to seek extradition of Thadiyanthavide nasir from Bangladesh

Apparently, the earlier reports of T.Nasir being in Indian custody were wrong then.

The Bangladesh police arrested Naseer, along with three of his accomplices, after being tipped off about his plans by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Stan_Savljevic · Post by **Stan_Savljevic** » 28 Nov 2009 16:35

Total truce called by Karbi outfit

The Karbi Longri NC Hills Liberation Front today declared a total ceasefire for three months beginning December 1 in the “greater interest of peace, progress and development of the hill district”. The KLNLF’s self-styled publicity secretary Rejek Dera today told this correspondent that they were eager for a permanent political solution to the problems of Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills and were optimistic that the government would spare no effort towards realising this goal. “Our total ceasefire is basically to express our sincerity. It is not our concern whether the government considers this (our ceasefire) seriously or not,” Dera said.

This is for the second time the Karbi outfit has declared a ceasefire. It had called a ceasefire for 60 days from January 1 and later extended it for another 15 days. In August, the KLNLF announced that it would strike at members of the Hindi-speaking community living within its area of influence.

http://telegraphindia.com/1091128/jsp/n ... 793965.jsp

3 Manipur rebels held in Assam

Guwahati, Nov. 27: Three militants of the Kangleipak Communist Party (Military Council) of Manipur were arrested from a rented house at Mirza near here in Kamrup district today. The militants, identified as “organisation and finance secretary” Amom Mema Devi alias Madhuri, 45, self-styled sergeant major Nanao Singh, 26, and cadre L. Jiten Singh, 21, were netted in a joint operation by commandos of Bishenpur police, the army’s Leimakong-based 57 Infantry Division and Assam police.

http://telegraphindia.com/1091128/jsp/n ... 795011.jsp
More updates on this,
Rebels who parked bomb-laden car at Raj Bhavan arrested

Three separatist rebels, including a woman, of the outlawed Manipur based Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP), who parked a bomb-packed car at the Raj Bhavan in Imphal, were arrested Friday from a house on the outskirts of Assam's main city of Guwahati, officials said.

A police spokesperson said the arrested KCP rebels were directly involved in two specific incidents - parking a car packed with explosives at the Raj Bhavan in Imphal Sept 18 and then lobbing a grenade at the Manipur
chief minister's official residence last year. The arrested are A. Mema Devi, KCP's finance and organising secretary, and two other militants - Y.
Nanou Singh and L. Jitendra Singh. The KCP is an influential group fighting for an independent homeland for the majority Meitei community in Manipur, a state of 2.4 million people bordering Myanmar.

http://www.morungexpress.com/regional/38509.html
Forces spot Ulfa bunker in Baksa
http://telegraphindia.com/1091128/jsp/n ... 794265.jsp
http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/det ... v2809/at09

Arrested Ulfa leader Chitrabon Hazarika today expressed resentment over the Centre’s stand on talks with the outfit. Hazarika along with Ulfa “foreign secretary” Sasha Choudhury were produced before the sub-divisional judicial magistrate-2 (SDJM 2), Kamrup, R. Baruah, who remanded them in 10 days’ police custody. The court, however, said the duo would be kept at special operation unit police station at Kahilipara where the officers of Paltan Bazar and Bhangagarh police stations can interrogate them.

ULFA leaders Sasha Choudhury and Chitraban Hazarika, who were produced before the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kamrup for the third time since their arrest, were further remanded to another 10 days’ of police custody today. Though the Assam Police’s Special Operation Unit (SOU) sought 18 days’ police custody of both the ULFA leaders in connection with the January 1 blasts under Paltan Bazar police station (2/2009) and Bhangagarh police station (2/2009), the court, however, limited the custody to another 10 days, advocate Bijon Mahajan informed.

The court also directed that both the ULFA leaders would be kept in the SOU headquarters in Kahilipara. It also directed investigating officers from both the police stations to question them at the SOU headquarters itself during the course of the police custody.

This is the last extension of remand for the duo, so those holding may have to chargesheet them when they are brought before the magistrate in 10 days. Lets see how this saga unfolds...
NSCN-K gets two designated camps

Apart from the five designated camps they are occupying, the NSCN-K, which is under ceasefire, has been granted two more designated camps in Kiphire and Tuensang. NSCN-K had placed the demand for eight designated camps, out of which they are presently occupying five camps. Wangtin said that two more designated camps would be set up in Kiphire and Tuensang within next two months.

http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/det ... nov2809/ne
Khobad Gandhy update from SATP:

A Delhi court on November 27 issued a production warrant against Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) politburo member Kobad Ghandy who is in custody of Andhra Pradesh Police in connection with a case registered against him in Karimnagar District in 2008, reported PTI. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja sought presence of Ghandy before the court on December 11. Ghandy was handed over to the Andhra Pradesh Police on November 18 as he was facing charges there under the Explosive Substances Act and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in the case. Ghandy has been booked for various charges under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act after his arrest here on September 20.

Life returns to normal in North Cachar Hills

The surrender of `black widow’ militants has created a positive influence in North Cachar Hills district of Assam, and there has been a gradual improvement in the security scenario. The markets are now flooded with people, railway services have resumed and rock concerts are drawing a huge number of people. No untoward incident has been reported in NC Hills since October 2 this year, when Jewel Garlosa faction of Dima Halim Daogah or `Black Widow’ laid down their arms. Businessman and traders are happy as markets are filled with customers, which earlier remained empty because of frequent militant attacks.

http://www.morungexpress.com/regional/38512.html
Nagaland Police totals 16, 407

Minister for Home Imkong L Imchen today said that the strength of Nagaland Armed Police stands at 16,407 including ministerial staff.

http://www.morungexpress.com/regional/38505.html
New force of BSF to man hostile creeks along Indo-Pak border
http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national/article55551.ece
http://beta.thehindu.com/news/states/ta ... e56204.ece
Petrol bombs hurled at Tamil Nadu Congress leader’s house

Three petrol bombs were hurled at Elangovan’s Adyar residence on Friday night. The attack came hours after Mr. Elangovan tore down some posters of slain LTTE leader V Prabakaran at Erode on Friday.

Avinash R · Post by **Avinash R** » 28 Nov 2009 17:50

Time to make calls to lift the ban on SIMI/IM

Three men including ATS man killed by suspected SIMI activist
Khandwa (MP), November 28, 2009

In a daring act, a motorcycle-borne youth suspected to be a SIMI activist today shot dead three persons including an Anti Terror Squad constable in broad daylight.

The incident occurred in the communally-sensitive town this afternoon when an unidentified motorcycle-borne youth first shot at ATS constable Sitaram Batham (32) in the Teen Pulia area, City Superintendent of Police (CSP) S K Nashine said.

Batham was shot in the chest following which he suffered critical injuries and later died in the hospital, the CSP said.

The assailant then possibly left his motorcycle there and ran towards Ganeshtalai area where he shot dead an advocate standing in front of his house, he said, adding later he crossed the railway track to reach Anand Nagar and snatched the motorcycle of a bank official, Ravishankar Pare, and later also shot him.

The suspected SIMI activist then ran towards Sinhada and disappeared.

While Pal and Pare died on the spot, Batham succumbed to his injuries in the district hospital.

Batham was involved in cracking down the network of SIMI in Khandwa district, which was one of SIMI’s major bases, police said.

Police recovered two bikes from the Teen Pulia area and it was suspected that the one without any number plate belongs to the assailant.

The incident has sent shockwaves in the town which was celebrating the Eid festival and the police force was deployed at the Idgah to make arrangements for the smooth conduct of the prayer.

The assailant had fired 12 rounds and eye witnesses said that he was carrying two revolvers and a sharp-edged long knife. He was wearing a yellow T-shirt and it was suspected that he was a SIMI activist.

Police have launched a massive hunt by sealing the borders of the district in search of the accused.

http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national/article56404.ece

sum · Post by **sum** » 28 Nov 2009 20:14

Batham was involved in cracking down the network of SIMI in Khandwa district, which was one of SIMI’s major bases, police said.

Police recovered two bikes from the Teen Pulia area and it was suspected that the one without any number plate belongs to the assailant.

The incident has sent shockwaves in the town which was celebrating the Eid festival and the police force was deployed at the Idgah to make arrangements for the smooth conduct of the prayer.

RIP, Sri Batham...you are no less a hero than the 26/11 guys ( though your name will hardly find a mention)

derkonig · Post by **derkonig** » 28 Nov 2009 21:56

Here comes the backdown.....what are the odds that the UPA will never fight the naxals?
http://news.rediff.com/report/2009/nov/ ... -month.htm

munna · Post by **munna** » 29 Nov 2009 08:37

Terror- fighters, who?

Excellent read! Some excerpts are as follows.

Pawan Bali wrote:It is the week of 26/11. A week of remembrances and of pledges re-drawn. As the nation stood solemnly, silently and promised not to forget, a lesser known, forgotten village of Marrah Kulali spoke up. Windy heights and cold desolate people here tell you how easily we forget terror and the men who fight it.
X snip X
That was the time when 14 Gujjar muslims led by Tahir Fazal left their jobs in Saudia Arabia and returned home to fight them. Fazal, whose brother Mohammad Arif had been by killed Jaish-e-Mohamamd militants, set up the first civilian initiative against terrorism and named it the Indian Peace Peer Panjal Scout. He met Army bosses and senior politicians with the idea to train villagers in gun fight. Initially 14 volunteered and now the number is close to 300.
X snip X
And as the government forgot, the village learnt to survive on its own. Young children, some barely 12 years old, know how to use a gun. Women have turned warriors. They are still the soft target of militant outfits. This year alone, 10 villagers were killed in separate attacks. A Tata mobile driving uphill was blown in IED blast.

Nihat · Post by **Nihat** » 29 Nov 2009 16:52

derkonig wrote:Here comes the backdown.....what are the odds that the UPA will never fight the naxals?
http://news.rediff.com/report/2009/nov/ ... -month.htm

Id' much rather they conduct this the right Way instead of the Fast way.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 29 Nov 2009 18:51

Bangladesh hands over Thadiyantavide Naseer to India

The Bangladesh police has handed over top Lashkar operative of South India and self-styled commander of the terror outfit Thadiyantavida Naseer and his brother-in-law Shahbas to India, said sources in intelligence agencies.

The two are being interrogated by top sleuths of the central intelligence agencies in Delhi, said sources.

Sources in the Intelligence Bureau told rediff.com that the union home ministry would announce the arrest formally in a few days.

The delay in announcement may be because of the impending meet of home secretaries of the two countries on Monday.

sum · Post by **sum** » 29 Nov 2009 21:19

The Bangladesh police has handed over top Lashkar operative of South India and self-styled commander of the terror outfit Thadiyantavida Naseer and his brother-in-law Shahbas to India, said sources in intelligence agencies.

The two are being interrogated by top sleuths of the central intelligence agencies in Delhi, said sources.

By announcing the "arrest" one week later than it actually happened, the agencies are ensuring that all the juice is squeezed out before the usual Human rights etc etc are bandied around when he is officially arrested. Good stuff.

Some unmarked farmhouse in Gurgaon/Delhi will be alive with the sounds of a pig squealing..

Hari Seldon · Post by **Hari Seldon** » 29 Nov 2009 21:25

Some unmarked farmhouse in Gurgaon/Delhi will be alive with the sounds of a pig squealing..

The peedeeyeff is rife with zion-hamid inspired rumors that the yanks and the yehudis have sent water-boarding experts with 100000000 hours of practical experience in eyeraq and FakAp to train the raw agents in Gurgaon farmhouses....

muraliravi · Post by **muraliravi** » 29 Nov 2009 22:38

Hari Seldon wrote:
Some unmarked farmhouse in Gurgaon/Delhi will be alive with the sounds of a pig squealing..
The peedeeyeff is rife with zion-hamid inspired rumors that the yanks and the yehudis have sent water-boarding experts with 100000000 hours of practical experience in eyeraq and FakAp to train the raw agents in Gurgaon farmhouses....

Me thinks, our raaa can teach yanks a looot about dealing with these piglets and how to make pork out of these not soooo pooor poorkis

svinayak · Post by **svinayak** » 29 Nov 2009 22:46

Hari Seldon wrote: The peedeeyeff is rife with zion-hamid inspired rumors that the yanks and the yehudis have sent water-boarding experts with 100000000 hours of practical experience in eyeraq and FakAp to train the raw agents in Gurgaon farmhouses....

There has been sightings in massaland around this concept with y joining

Stan_Savljevic · Post by **Stan_Savljevic** » 30 Nov 2009 04:36

Centre ready with Naga proposals
http://telegraphindia.com/1091130/jsp/n ... 800415.jsp
Common Naga Problem
http://www.morungexpress.com/editorial/38601.html
Intelligence failure led to Nalbari blasts
http://telegraphindia.com/1091130/jsp/n ... 802008.jsp
Bangla mobile phones posing security threat to NE
http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/det ... v3009/at01
Militancy to rule Indo-Bangla home secy-level talks ahead of Hasina’s trip
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/l ... ?nid=20841

Pranav · Post by **Pranav** » 30 Nov 2009 10:36

Truth about Babri demolition coming out:

Rao wanted Babri to fall by Prafull Goradia
http://www.dailypioneer.com/219222/Rao- ... -fall.html

In the meantime, came up to the terrace two photographers who had lost their cameras, had been badly bruised and humiliated. They had insisted on taking photographs of the so-called kar sevaks who were, with the help of crow bars, digging into the bottom edges of the domes. I was surprised that kar sevaks would object to being photographed. Normally, they should have been delighted. My poser to the photographers was, were the kar sevaks, by any chance, Government servants? Perhaps, PWD men? At approximately 2:30 pm one of the domes on the extreme right from where we were, collapsed. Surely, if the Centre disapproved of such demolition, it could have imposed Governor’s rule immediately and saved the next two domes. The next one to go was at 3:40 pm and the last one survived until 4:30 pm. There was still clear day light when the entire Babri structure with its 10 walls, some three feet thick and over 30 feet tall, standing in all their domeless splendour. The walls were intact; with the three domes gone.

We returned to Lucknow by about 8:30 pm. The city was by then under curfew, and after some searching got rooms in a guest house. While we were having dinner came Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao on television. He was speaking in Hindi to express his sorrow at what had happened in Ayodhya that afternoon. After condemning the act repeatedly he solemnly promised that he would re-build the Babri masjid very soon. To which our reaction was: Where was the need to re-build the edifice? It was still very much there. Only the three domes were missing which could be re-built in no time. Instead, the Governor representing the Central Government demolished the standing walls.

Ayodhya had been so cordoned off that no photograph could be taken of the walls without the domes. Neither I have seen the picture nor have I met anyone who has seen one.

Thereafter, there was little specific news from Ayodhya. What we saw next were the newspapers of December 9 showing photographs of Ram Lalla in the make-shift temple guarded by para-military jawans. We were astonished to find from the photographs that the entire structure was missing, all the walls gone and no rubble. All this happened in the course of 60 hours between the night of December 6 and December 8. Without the whole-hearted support of the State Public Works Department and its bulldozers, this enormous task could not have been accomplished. All this while Uttar Pradesh was under Governor’s rule and, therefore, at the beck and call of the Centre.

Liberhan’s Lapses by Rajinder Puri
http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?262980

The largest contingent of karsevaks who demolished the structure was led by Brij Bhushan Saran Singh, then BJP MP from Gonda. The police stationed in the area at that time can confirm this. Singh had admitted in court during the hearing of a TADA case that he had been acquainted with Dawood Ibrahim. Currently he is an MP representing the Samajhwadi Party. Did the Commission summon him for questioning? Did the Commission at all attempt to identify the leaders who actually participated in the demolition and question them? Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh is not even included among the 68 individuals indicted by the Commission!

Sachin · Post by **Sachin** » 30 Nov 2009 14:14

sum wrote:Some unmarked farmhouse in Gurgaon/Delhi will be alive with the sounds of a pig squealing..

The pig has to squeal in multiple farm-houses spread across the country. The police agencies of all the South Indian states want to question the "from the fatman's place" Nazir

. After all the questioning, the fat man would surely lose lots of weight

.

Stan_Savljevic · Post by **Stan_Savljevic** » 30 Nov 2009 15:04

Sum, anup chetia (in "jail" actually for passport violations), raju borua and ranjan daimary (of ndfb) are definitely in bd. arabinda rajkhowa and poresh borua (both have business interests/investments/Muslim wives/connections to J-e-I/HuJI/nsi cadre) keep flitting back and forth between burma, bd and yunnan. We need all the five oiseaules to start with. If we take out anup chetia, raju borua, ar and pb, ulfa's backbone is royally broken. See SATP assessment:
http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries ... index.html

I thought I will put a list of who is active where etc., i dont know much about the geography of assam, but in any case satp does a far better job. I am collecting data from newspaper reports etc., if i get a good and readable version like in the nepal thread, i will post an evolving chart of assorted oiseaules here.

Prem Kumar · Post by **Prem Kumar** » 01 Dec 2009 00:31

Not sure if this has been posted before. India's most wanted compilation in Rediff by Vicky Nanjappa.

http://news.rediff.com/slide-show/2009/ ... orists.htm

What's amazing is our absolute inability to touch even one of them

muraliravi · Post by **muraliravi** » 01 Dec 2009 23:27

I am updating my Google Spreadsheet on border fencing status with updates for the month of November.

In Nov-09 along Indo-Bangla border 25 kms of new fencing, 40 kms of old fencing rehaul and 40 kms of roads.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key= ... utput=html

shyamd · Post by **shyamd** » 02 Dec 2009 01:02

Passport Racket: Militants net passports from southern towns

Don Sebastian / DNA

Thiruvananthapuram: Shameer Alikutty is a porter in Perumbavoor near Kochi. Going by the stamps in his passport, the 36-year-old is a globetrotter.

Shameer was in for a shock when the police appeared with his passport, which he had pledged for Rs800, five years ago. It had travelled around the world, until security agencies recovered it from a hotel room in Kish Island, Iran (Sounds like Iran is the meeting place for LeT, the persons would not have travelled into Iran from Kish(an Iranian island free zone where no visa is needed, about 30-1hr flight from Dubai). The current holder of the passport, a Lashkar-e-Taiba operative based in the UAE, gave his trackers the slip though.

Kerala police have also found that the passport was used as identification proof to get a mobile phone connection by Thadiyantavide Nazeer, a Lashkar-e-Taiba honcho suspected to be in charge of the outfit's operations in south India. There are reports that Nazeer, wanted in a slew of cases in Kerala, was arrested from a madrasa in Chittagong, Bangladesh last week.

Nazeer, a co-founder of Indian Mujahiddeen, is supposed to be the kingpin of a racket which recruits mercenaries from Kerala and Karnataka for LeT. In January, the police chargesheeted 22 youths, including four youths killed by security forces in Kupwara last year, on sedition charges. Though the Hyderabad police had nabbed Sainuddeen alias Sathar, suspected to have links with Hyderabad, Bangalore and Ahmedabad blasts, Nazeer remained elusive.

Nazeer is also accused of conspiring to assassinate former chief minister EK Nayanar and burning a Tamil Nadu state transport bus near Kochi to protest Abdul Nasser Madhani's imprisonment.

Investigating agencies suspect that Nazeer's racket is involved in creating logistical support for the militants. They procure passports from unsuspecting citizens and use it as a cover for militant movement and communication. The porter's passport, for instance was obtained through his relative, for a paltry Rs800. Nazeer might have handed over Shameer's passport to Ayub, who left it behind in a hotel room in Kish Island.

Sridhar · Post by **Sridhar** » 02 Dec 2009 03:33

This might have been posted earlier in some other thread

Work on Super Database Starts

The article is about the project to interlink a number of different database and make it available to various security agencies. This backbone is necessary for an effective anti-terrorism effort.

Stan_Savljevic · Post by **Stan_Savljevic** » 02 Dec 2009 05:43

NLFT supremo arrested in Bangladesh
http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/det ... dec0209/ne

Indian separatist leader 'arrested'
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/n ... nid=116074

Malayappan · Post by **Malayappan** » 02 Dec 2009 08:43

Report Card of Ministry of Home Affairs for November, 2009

sum · Post by **sum** » 02 Dec 2009 09:26

Stan_Savljevic wrote:NLFT supremo arrested in Bangladesh
http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/det ... dec0209/ne

Indian separatist leader 'arrested'
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/n ... nid=116074

Another round of thanks to BD....assume that the latest pig will also "mysteriously" land in Indian hands in a few days

Sanjay M · Post by **Sanjay M** » 02 Dec 2009 10:32

BBC:

Indian soldiers killed in explosion

Four Indian army soldiers have died in a powerful explosion at a military base in the northern state of Punjab, military officials said.

The blast happened when a vehicle battery that was being charged suddenly exploded in Jalandhar city late on Tuesday, military officials said.

Accident or sabotage?

Sachin · Post by **Sachin** » 02 Dec 2009 13:04

Sridhar wrote:The article is about the project to interlink a number of different database and make it available to various security agencies. This backbone is necessary for an effective anti-terrorism effort.

Thamizh Naadu Kaaval has launched such a network, and now can share intelligence inputs to a nodal agency (which has got representatives from various Intelligence agencies) on a daily basis. This was reported in yesterday's Hindu, IIRC. In TN it would be operated by the SB CID folks. Looks like other states would also be joining the band wagon soon.

Just came back to say...
Central Home Ministry confirms that Thadiyantavide Nazir is in Indian custody
Mallu news paper www.deepika.com notes that the Home Secretary G.K Pillai confirmed that Nazir and his relative Sarfaraz are in the custody of BSF. The 'arrest' took place in the Meghalaya(India)-Bangladesh border this morning.

shyamd · Post by **shyamd** » 02 Dec 2009 18:14

^^Allah O Akbar... I bet the flights to Pindi and Isloo must be a sell out.

When they say high speed connectivity, will it be connected via Fibre optics?
Tamil Nadu joins central intelligence grid to share info on terror

"It is part of the national intelligence grid which will function 24x7 and 365 days. And I am sure we are one of the first few states to establish Subsidiary Multi-Agency Centre (SMAC)," M S Jaffar Sait IG Intelligence said.

A DSP heading a dedicated Special Branch-CID will man the control room of SMAC fitted with state-of-the-art facilities, including video conferencing.

"It is now connected to (the national grid) Delhi. The aim is to ensure seamless flow of intelligence with Intelligence Bureau (IB) on security between Centre and state," he said.

SMAC provides high-speed connectivity for online transfer of voice and data. Any threat perception will be analysed in detail and communicated to New Delhi, he said, adding the focus will be on coastal areas and internal security.

Tamil Nadu police has already put in place a multi-agency security mechanism following Mumbai terror attacks to thwart any attempts by militants to carry out sea borne strikes.

With the onus of securing a 1,076 km long coastline, the state police, in coordination with Coast Guard and Navy, has tightened security to thwart "perceptional threats" by Jehadi groups, as well as Sri Lankan militant outfits.

The security agencies in Tamil Nadu say they are not taking chances despite the LTTE's defeat in May this year.

They have stepped up coastal vigilance following threat perception that some religious fundamentalist groups like Jamat-ud-Dawa, a front organisation of Lashkar-e-Taiba, had forayed into Sri Lanka, prompting formation of special teams to face the new challenges.

The Tamil Nadu police was quick to check its preparedness to face such sea-borne attacks, when it recently organised the multi-agency "Operation Barricade", involving fishermen as the first line of information, besides Coast Guard, Navy and IB.

According to the officials, besides strengthening intelligence networking, police are also forming Quick Reaction Teams (QRT) in districts and putting in new Standard Operating Procedures to deal with any eventuality.

Arrested techie posed as IB sleuth to befriend girls

Haldar to hold talks with ultras under truce

Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Dec 1 – Peace talks with militant groups like DHD(J), commonly known as the Black Widow group, UPDS and the pro-talk faction of the National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) are likely to be expedited as the Centre’s interlocutor for the peace talks, PC Haldar has started the process and the Centre is also reportedly keen on early solution of the problems. Official sources told The Assam Tribune today that Haldar, a former Director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB), arrived here in the city today to hold preliminary talks with the militant groups under cease-fire agreement with the Government. Sources said that during the visit, Haldar would stay in the State for at least four to five days and he would be holding preliminary talks with the leaders of the outfits.

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Stan_Savljevic · Post by **Stan_Savljevic** » 02 Dec 2009 19:45

Ok, one more pig in the net...

Apurba Baruah, the outfit's publicity secretary, has also been arrested. Both are expected to be handed over to India soon, the sources told IANS.

http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsbn.asp?id=01

So the people who have been reported arrested over the last few days include Biswamohan Debbarma of NLFT, Arabinda Rajkhowa and Apurba Baruah (of ULFA). DGFI/NSI missed out on Ranjit Debbarma of NLFT, there is the case of Poresh Baruah and Ranjan Daimary. Anup Chetia is in jail and may not be offered till the agreement is signed. Too many things happening on the ground, if we could have a running record of who is caught and who is not, we could do a better job than satp.

This report says,

Efforts are on to bring Rajkhowa, Deb Barma and another ULFA activist Bhaity Barua, who was also picked up along with Rajkhowa, to India.

National Security Advisor M K Narayanan said, "I don't think he (Rajkhowa) has been arrested. If at all it will happen, probably he may surrender." Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said in Parliament that he was expecting a political statement from ULFA in the next few days and if it offers talks, the government will accept provided the outfit abjures violence and gives up the demand for sovereignty.

I assume both are the same person.
http://news.rediff.com/report/2009/dec/ ... ladesh.htm
So these are pressure tactics for the ULFA minus Poresh Borua group to come out for talks? PC has rejected the earlier PCA initiative asking AR-led group to declare a ceasefire and not bring the sovereignty demand. And the two top people are not cooperating apparently. So is GoI trying to squeeze in a ceasefire here before the judiciary kick-starts the remand episode?

This report says something more,

Top government sources said 53-year-old Rajkhowa was picked up by sleuths of Bangladeshi security agencies last week and kept in a secured location in Dhaka while Deb Barma was detained in the southeastern port city of Chittagong.

http://www.morungexpress.com/frontpage/38826.html

Rajkhowa, 53, was arrested by Border Security Force (BSF) officials after the Bangladesh authorities handed him over at the Gokul Nagar border outpost in Tripura. "We have reports of Rajkhowa being arrested in Tripura," the official told IANS. "Rajkhowa would be flown in to Guwahati by a special helicopter either Wednesday or Thursday," the official said.

There are also reports of at least three more ULFA leaders arrested along with Rajkhowa, although there is no official confirmation. Union Home Minister P.C. Chidambaram Wednesday telephoned Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and briefed him about the arrests.

Wasbir Hussain, a security analyst, said: "Bangladesh has surely stepped up the heat against anti-India militants based in that country and it is not surprising to hear Rajkhowa's arrest." said Wasbir Hussain, a security analyst.

Noted Assamese writer Indira Goswami, who acted as a go between the ULFA and the central government, said Rajkhowa's arrest cannot bring permanent peace to Assam. "Minus Paresh Baruah (ULFA's elusive commander-in-chief), there cannot be permanent peace," Goswami said.

Catch him also, then, simple solution no?
http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstyp ... tid=158360
The same report says,

A senior official said the ULFA's founder, Rajkhowa, 53, was arrested by Border Security Force (BSF) officials after the Bangladesh authorities handed him over at the Gokul Nagar border outpost in Tripura.

With Rajkhowa's detention, Ulfa is now left with only two top leaders, self-styled commander-in-chief Paresh Barua and his deputy Raju Barua, who are yet to be arrested. It is believed that Paresh Barua now shuttles among China, Thailand and Malaysia.

Sources said Rajkhowa's wife Kaberi Kachari and their two sons were placed under house arrest in Dhaka.

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_bi ... sh_1319174

Why Naseer is a prize catch for Indian security agencies
http://news.rediff.com/report/2009/dec/ ... encies.htm

Ananya · Post by **Ananya** » 03 Dec 2009 01:24

ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa handed over to Delhi

http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/ulfa_cha ... _delhi.php

This guy surrendered

shyamd · Post by **shyamd** » 03 Dec 2009 03:04

Hopefully this should give us the details on any more Gulf LeT cells, it should unmask the cell in Chennai.

Ultra behind IISc attack arrested

Thiruvananthapuram/New Delhi/ Bangalore, DH News Service:

Thadiyantavide Nazir, one of the two persons 'arrested by the BSF near Meghalaya on Wednesday,' was a key conspirator in the Lashkar-e-Toiba’s South India operations, including the Bangalore blasts, according to Union Home Secretary G K Pillai.

As reported earlier, Nazir had sneaked into Bangladesh to lead a commando squad to attack the American and Indian missions in Dhaka on November 26, the day India paid tributes to the martyrs of the Mumbai attack.

A native of Kannur, Nazir was picked by the Rapid Action Battalion of the Bangladesh police while crossing the Bibir Bazar border at Comilla on November 6. The arrest, which apparently came following a joint operation by the BSF, Central security agencies and the Bangladesh Rifles, is expected to solve many terror cases including the 2005 attack at the Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc) in Bangalore that left an IIT professor dead.

Sources said the “handover” was made to appear as an “arrest near Meghalaya” as there is no formal extradition treaty between India and Bangladesh.

Recce in Bangalore

According to the confessions made by Sarfraz Nawaz, the former SIMI leader who was tracked by the RAW in Oman before being picked up there a few months ago, Nazir and he were entrusted with the task of setting off blasts in Chennai and Bangalore. Both of them belonged to Kannur. They received orders from Wali, the LeT handler in the Gulf. Nawaz told the police that since they were short of manpower, they opted to restrict their “activity” to Bangalore which would also grab more attention since a BJP government ruled the state.

The duo was being interrogated by a combined team of the BSF and Central security agencies, sources said. The Bangalore police had already sent a team to take Nazir into their custody.

State Director General and Inspector General of Police Ajai Kumar Singh confirmed the arrest of two Lashkar terrorists, though it was not clear whether they were connected to the IISc attack or the Bangalore serial blasts.

On Tuesday, Meghalaya police contacted and informed the State police about the arrest of the two terrorists and their involvement in terror attacks in Karnataka, Ajay said. “We are sending our team. Legally we have set the ball rolling to get them on body warrant.” However, T Nazir was one of the accused in the IISc attack.

According to the sources, there was an intelligence report to suggest that Lashkar commander Abdullah had been in touch with Nazir and the duo were on a recruitment spree under instructions from Pakistan’s ISI. Kerala’s Malappuram district was chosen as one of the targets in South India.

Nazir and Nawaz conducted a recce of eight potential spots in Bangalore before the serial blasts and finally settled to plant bombs at six locations. These places included Hosur Road, Madivala, Koramangala, Public Utility building on M G Road, the Vidhana Soudha, Cubbon Park and Kalasipalya. The explosives and timers were brought to Bangalore from Kannur by road.

Nazir was a close aide of PDP chairman Abdul Nasser Madhani who left his camp when Madhani refused to be drawn into terror activities after his jailing. Nazir managed to evade arrest and sneaked into Bangladesh when the police began to look out for him in connection with various cases in Kerala. Kerala Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan said the state government would approach the Centre to hand over Nazir who is wanted in Kerala in connection with a dozen terror and criminal cases.

Ananya · Post by **Ananya** » 03 Dec 2009 03:26

well looks like this guys was taken in on Nov 6 and the news appears around nov end , all juice squeezed out in the past 30 days

Kati · Post by **Kati** » 03 Dec 2009 04:29

Big blow to ULFA, NLFT: Top leaders held in B'desh
December 02, 2009 20:48 IST

http://news.rediff.com/report/2009/dec/ ... ladesh.htm

In a major setback to the United Liberation Front of Asom, its top leader Arabinda Rajkhowa has been detained in Bangladesh and is likely to be handed over to India soon.

Another top northeast insurgent leader of the banned National Liberation Front of Tripura, Biswa Mohan Deb Barma, has also been detained by the authorities in Bangladesh.

Top government sources said 53-year-old Rajkhowa was picked up by sleuths of Bangladeshi security agencies last week and kept in a secured location in Dhaka while Deb Barma was detained in the southeastern port city of Chittagong.

For the record, Home Secretary G K Pillai and his Bangladesh counterpart Abdus Sobhan Sikder, who is currently in India, said they do not have official confirmation of Rajkhowa's detention.

"Because I am away from the country, I do not have such information till now," Sikder told mediapersons when asked about the development.

Pillai said, "We also have no official information of arrest of Arabinda Rajkhowa in Bangladesh or anywhere else."

Efforts are on to bring Rajkhowa, Deb Barma and another ULFA activist Bhaity Barua, who was also picked up along with Rajkhowa, to India.

National Security Advisor M K Narayanan said, "I don't think he (Rajkhowa) has been arrested. If at all it will happen, probably he may surrender."

Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said in Parliament that he was expecting a political statement from ULFA in the next few days and if it offers talks, the government will accept provided the outfit abjures violence and gives up the demand for sovereignty.

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shyamd · Post by **shyamd** » 03 Dec 2009 04:37

Kati-ji, a quick question: what is happening to the ISI and DGFI nexus? Have they been temporarily disconnected?

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 03 Dec 2009 08:01

I guess rajkhowa wants to come overground and have talks, hence the surrender and soon handing over to india. he must be around 70 in age now. PC saying things lends it credibility.

assamtribune.com

ULFA likely to make statement on talks: PC
Spl Correspondent

NEW DELHI, Dec 2 – In a most significant statement yet, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram today disclosed that the Government of India is expecting the outlawed ULFA to make a political statement on the issue of holding talks in the next few days. Chidambaram’s statement in the Rajya Sabha this afternoon assumes significance in the backdrop of detention of a number of top ULFA leaders like its Chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa and other key leaders of the central committee of the outfit. Barring Commander-in-Chief Paresh Baruah and Jibon Moran, India has managed to lay its hands on all other central committee members.

The Union Home Minister, who was replying to a discussion on the internal security situation in the country, said, “ULFA leaders in the next few days may make a political statement.”

“If they offer to come for talks, we are ready to accept it, provided they abjure violence, give up arms and agree to drop the demand for sovereignty,” said Chidambaram, without elaborating further.

Speculation is rife that the ULFA central committee members, majority of whom are in custody, may opt for talks with the Government of India. The 17-member all-powerful central committee is the highest decision making body of the outfit. The outfit lost three of its other members in the Bhutan operation under mysterious circumstances.

The Union Home Minister’s statement came after several members of the Opposition, AGP, BJP, CPI-M and even allies like BPF appealed to the Government of India to find a permanent solution to the insurgency problem.

Giving a brief account of the situation in the North-east, Chidambaram said that both Assam and Manipur continue to be a cause for concern. Both are now ruled by Congress but the origins of the problem go back to the past, he argued.

“In Assam we have managed to bring a few groups to talks and appointed an interlocutor to talk to four of the groups,” he said.

On Manipur, he said the Chief Minister has realized the gravity of the situation and a few schools and colleges are going to reopen shortly with the intervention of the civil society. “I have to pay greater attention to Manipur in the days and months to come,” he said.

Earlier, Chidambaram had come under attack of the BJP for handling of the situation in Manipur. Calling for Central intervention, BJP MP Balbir Punj alleged that while Central teams are being dispatched promptly to West Bengal, no such teams have been sent to Manipur because it is a Congress-ruled State.

Meanwhile, Biren Baishya (AGP) participating in the debate lauded the role of the Home Minister for restoring peace in the country barring the Naxal-hit States. He went further to express his satisfaction on improvement of the situation in North Cachar Hill district. But, in the same breath, he regretted that the situation in Assam and North-east, particularly Manipur, has not improved.

He said Assam has become a playground for jehadi and HUJI militants. The border with Bangladesh is open and the State is being used as transit by the jehadis, he contended. He called for sealing of the India-Bangladesh border within a specific time-limit.

On the talks with militant outfits, he said the Government of India should open dialogue to find a permanent solution to their problems.

Biswajeet Daimary of BPF, joining the discussion talked about the deterioration in the internal security situation in Bodoland area and violation of the ground rules by NDFB militants.

He complained that despite signing of the Bodoland Accord with the erstwhile BLT, several key clauses of the Accord are yet to be implemented. The Clause Eight of the Accord that promised ST status to Bodos living in Karbi Anglong remains unimplemented. Similarly, cases lodged against BLT cadres are yet to be withdrawn, he alleged.

Participating in the discussion, Kumar Deepak Das (AGP) charged that main political clauses of the Assam Accord are yet to be implemented. The provisions for safeguard of the Assamese community, sealing of the Indo-Bangladesh border have not been implemented.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 03 Dec 2009 08:06

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/new ... 294187.cms

that would leave paresh and raju baruah and their band of hardline operatives only. BD has nothing to gain by
harbouring them, hopefully they will be handed over too.

sum · Post by **sum** » 03 Dec 2009 09:09

In a major setback to the United Liberation Front of Asom, its top leader Arabinda Rajkhowa has been detained in Bangladesh and is likely to be handed over to India soon.

Chindu reporting he was flown to Delhi last night itself...

Wow, things are moving at a rapid pace in BD.

Stan_Savljevic · Post by **Stan_Savljevic** » 03 Dec 2009 09:26

Telegraph claims the same...

Dhaka helps, fugitive Ulfa boss in Delhi

Dec. 2: Ulfa chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa was tonight flown to Delhi after he was “pushed back” to Tripura from Bangladesh, the two neighbours pulling off the biggest unde- clared deportation of a most-wanted fugitive in recent memory. The stunning “high-value” transfer, which neither side would confirm on record because of the absence of an extradition treaty, is being seen as an unparalleled goodwill gesture before the visit of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to India on December 19.
...
The status of Rajkhowa is shrouded in mystery. In order to spare Bangladesh compulsions to explain the “transfer”, India could officially claim that the Ulfa leader crossed over and “surrendered” or turned up for talks.
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“Pushed back” is a phrase security agencies use when fugitives are “detained” in foreign countries and sent over in the absence of formal treaties. The need for an extradition treaty comes into play only if a suspect is formally arrested.

http://telegraphindia.com/1091203/jsp/f ... 816384.jsp
One more pig in the net,

Sources in Guwahati said officials from external intelligence agency RAW had visited Bangladesh to interrogate Rajkhowa. Another most-wanted fugitive from the Northeast, Ranjan Daimary, has been detained in Bangladesh but not been transferred. Daimary is the chief of the National Democratic Front of Boroland (anti-talks faction).

Two LeT men held near Pyrdiwah

Siraj Shamzudin, 30, and Nazir Tarian Dabede, 25,

http://telegraphindia.com/1091203/jsp/n ... 815752.jsp

So peace talks with NSCN-IM, ceasefire in Karbi anglong, imminent peace talks with ulfa minus poresh borua, jewel garlosa in jail, ncsn-k cadre in camps... PC Haldar and GK Pillai are leading the talk-a-thon with many of these groups...

The big leftovers are the 1) splinter group of DHD led by Nunisa or the black widows, 2) manipur is a big mess with various factions of the Kangleipak communist party, kykl, prepak, pla etc. leading the fight, 3) Bodoland is another mess with BLT officially dissolved, but other groups like ndfb still fighting, but with ranjan daimary in jail in bd, this may come over again, i guess, 4) there are assorted splinter groups such as aanla, multa, kamtapur liberation orgn, kuki national army, hmar people's convention, etc. still waging a losing battle and extortion etc.