Internal Security Watch

Anand K · Post by **Anand K** » 05 Oct 2013 15:16

Online edition of a local paper is now reporting that all terrorists have been caught - at the cost of one cop killed and two injured.

dinakar · Post by **dinakar** » 05 Oct 2013 19:22

It looks like the main accused in the case 'Fakhrudin' got arrested by TN police on friday. On interrogating him they came to know that few more people from his group including Bilal Malik and Ismail were hiding in Puttur. Now the latest news is that the terrorist has been caught. The one important point which has to be investigated is what Fakhrudin is doing in Chennai!

Lilo · Post by **Lilo** » 05 Oct 2013 20:22

I am quite enthused by this rediscovered nomenclature of calling Islamist attackers of BJP leader Ramesh as "terrorists".
Is this really the term that the Tamil vernacular media is using to refer to them ?
If so kudos to JJ and her police department for solving the case and more importantly not attempting some sikular rationalization to not to hurt some votebank's sentiments - and driving home the point that any Islamist inspired wanton violence will be viewed as terrorism by the State.

vishvak · Post by **vishvak** » 05 Oct 2013 20:43

What is then meaning of targeted killing by terrorists? IM and Maoists have been indulging in it. To call it terrorism is not too accurate because the targeted killing is hidden by terrorist tag. For example Maoists targeting salva judum in Chhattisgarh with assault weapons after police runs out of ammunition and where such teams from NSA may not reach quickly.

Lilo · Post by **Lilo** » 05 Oct 2013 20:53

Vishvak ji,
You are right. But even referring them as terrorists (probably because they killed a policeman held a hostage and started a gunfight in the middle of the day) is a gaint step for much of sikular establishment.
May be one fine day they will print such news calling it as "targeted killing by Islamist terrorists"

Sanku · Post by **Sanku** » 05 Oct 2013 21:00

Andhra: Terrorists who targeted Advani arrested after 11-hr operation

Good news

In a press release, Director General of Andhra Pradesh B Prasad Rao has clarified that no policeman was killed in the encounter.

He said that an inspector of special investigation unit of the Tamil Nadu police suffered stab injuries to his lungs. He was rushed to the hospital where his condition was stable.

Earlier reports from Chennai had said that inspector Ganesh Murthi had succumbed to injuries.

Tamil Nadu police suspect that these terrorists played a role in the killing of Auditor Ramesh, a Bharatiya Janata Party leader, in Salem district in July.

Most excellent.

vishvak · Post by **vishvak** » 05 Oct 2013 21:04

In pukistan, targeted killings by Islamic terrorists are followed by genocide and ethnic cleansing: this is the big picture probably followed by IM.

http://m.indianexpress.com/news/centre- ... l/1176195/

Also we should up strategy and start mapping interconnections and target patterns.

RoyG · Post by **RoyG** » 05 Oct 2013 21:07

Has anyone else noticed that all these jihadis are being rounded up rather quickly just before election time? A lot of them seem to be escaping from prison as well.

krishnan · Post by **krishnan** » 05 Oct 2013 22:00

http://www.rediff.com/news/report/andhr ... 131005.htm

In a press release, Director General of Andhra Pradesh B Prasad Rao has clarified that no policeman was killed in the encounter.

The police official who was killed during the encounter was stabbed to death by the terrorists.

dunno which is true

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 05 Oct 2013 23:42

Its like that poor girl who died in Singapore but due to injures from gang rape in Delhi.

Same way the inspector died in hospital from stab wounds and thus not at site of encounter.

vivek.rao · Post by **vivek.rao** » 06 Oct 2013 07:27

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/banga ... d/1178977/

The Andhra Pradesh Police claimed to have solved the Bangalore BJP office blast case of April 17 with the arrest of two murder suspects and alleged members of the Islamic Liberation Force from a house in Puttur area of Chittoor district on Saturday, after a 10-hour-long operation.

Panna Isamail, 38, and Bilal Malik, 25, reportedly planted the bomb outside the BJP office, that left 16 people injured. The two, along with Fakhruddin, 35, who was arrested on Friday in Chennai, had been named by the Bangalore police as the main accused in the blast.

Isamail and Malik are also wanted in the bid to attack L K Advani's convoy at Madurai in Tamil Nadu in 2011.

Police claimed to have seized small weapons and explosives from the Puttur house and said the duo may have been planning to target the 'Brahmotsavam' celebrations at the Tirumala-Tirupati temple starting next week.

The duo were allegedly also involved in the murder of Tamil Nadu BJP general secretary V Ramesh on July 19 in Salem as well as the killing of Hindu Munnani Tamil Nadu state secretary N Vellaiyappan in Vellore on July 1. The Tamil Nadu Police had announced a reward of Rs 5 lakh for information on each of the three, Isamail, Malik and Fakhruddin.

Philip · Post by **Philip** » 06 Oct 2013 08:21

This was a truly dastardly plot to incite communal chaos in India with an attack on the world famous Tirumala shrine.The timing of this planned terror attack along with the intrusions into J&K and incidents on the LOC cannot be coincidental.The diabolic plan of Pak is to incite chaos within India also along the border which will give it an excuse to increase its perfidy if the internal situ gets out of control.The aim is also to make the major minority community in India insecure and vote en bloc for the UPA,thus allowing the servile,weak and spineless regime of MMS & co. to survive the 2014 elections and collaborate with their counterparts in Pak.In fact some observers are of the view that certain aspects of the terror spectrum against India is actually a JV between vested political interests in India in cahoots with their equivalent in Pak!

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20131006/main4.htm

Plot to bomb Tirumala foiled; 2 suspects held
Suresh Dharur
Tribune News Service

Armed forces try to enter the house of the two terror suspects during an operation at Puttur in Chittoor district on Saturday. — PTI

Hyderabad, October 5
In a joint operation, the Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu Police foiled a plot by terrorists to attack the famous hill shrine of Tirumala.

After a 12-hour commando operation at a hideout near Puttur town in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, the police nabbed Bilal Malik and Panna Ismail belonging to Al-Umma group, a terror outfit involved in many criminal cases in Tamil Nadu.

AP Director General of Police P Prasada Rao confirmed that the arrested militants belonged to Al-Umma. The police suspect that they were planning to strike using “umbrella bombs” during the annual “Brahmotsavam” festival at the Tirumala temple. These umbrellas are traditionally offered by devotees from Tamil Nadu.

Acting on a tip-off from terror suspect Fakruddin —arrested yesterday — that a group of terrorists was planning to attack Tirumala temple, a police team from Tamil Nadu arrived in Puttur town, about 30 km from Tirupati and 100 km from Chennai. They surrounded a house in which the terrorists were believed to be holed up.

Key suspects in 2011 Advani pipe bomb case

Panna Ismail and Bilal Malik are also wanted in connection with an attempt to kill BJP veteran LK Advani and in the murder of BJP and Sangh Parivar leaders in Tamil Nadu

They, along with two others, had planted a pipe bomb on the yatra route of BJP leader LK Advani near Tirumangalam in Madurai in 2011

The arrests come days ahead of Narendra Modi's October 18 Chennai visit

A police inspector suffered injuries when he entered the house in disguise and was pulled in by the suspected militants while Panna Ismail suffered bullet injuries when police fired at the house in a bid to bring the suspects out.

Soon, a team of Octopus (Organisation for Counter Terrorist Operations) commandos from Tirupati joined in and the forces soon cordoned off the area and lobbed teargas shells into the house forcing the suspects to come out. Three children and a woman also came out of the house.

The operation ended with the arrest of the suspects, who were staying in Puttur and had introduced themselves as iron scarp merchants.

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 06 Oct 2013 09:30

18 months, many inputs later, Iran says no info on Israeli diplomat 'attackers

In a move that has upset India, Iran has informed New Delhi that it does not have any records of the Iranians suspected to have carried out the bomb attack on an Israeli diplomat in the Indian capital and has asked for more details to follow up the request.

The communication is the first response from Tehran and comes after a year-and-a-half of several meetings and notes verbales from India.

In a two-line diplomatic communication sent in the last week of August, the Iranian foreign ministry has said that there are "no records of the Delhi bomb blast with the officials of Iran's judiciary" and asked India to send more information.

An exasperated New Delhi sees this as a stalling tactic adopted by Tehran since India has shared "very specific" details of the six people — five men and one woman — who are wanted by Indian investigating agencies for the February 2012 attack.

The Israeli diplomat, who was the wife of the defence attache at the embassy, and three others were badly wounded in the attack. Indian journalist S M A Kazmi, who has been named as a co-accused in the attack and was sent to jail, is out on bail.

The Sunday Express has accessed key information New Delhi has shared with Tehran about the Iranian suspects:

* Houshang Afshar Irani: Passport no: I-17287444, issued on 9.1.2010; Date of birth: 23.9.1972; Mobile no. (Iran): 9128808084; Profession: Building construction; Employer address: Afshar Irani company, No. 77, Shahid Babaei Street, Tehran;

Role: Executed the attack. India has put 44 questions for him.

* Seyed Ali Mahdiansadr: Passport no: J-14922614, issued on 25.12.2008; Date of Birth: 23.7.61; Father's name: Seyed Ebrahim; Profession: shopkeeper, mobile-seller; Address: Mahdian shop, No.52, Passajala, Marvi Street, Naser Khosrow Street, Tehran; Mobile no. (Iran): 9123020373; Role: Planning, did recce outside Israeli embassy. India has out 30 questions for him.

* Mohammad Reza Abolghasemi: Passport no: F-14772374, issued on 2.12.2008; Date of Birth: 21.3.1965; Father's name: Mohammad Javad; Profession: Finance clerk, Water authority; Address: No.23, Mahmoudi Alley, Ghitarich Street, Tehran; Role: Planning, surveyed the spot. India has put 30 questions.

* Sedaghatzade Masoud: Passport no: M-20305701, issued on 8.1.2011; Date of birth: 12.2.1981; Father's name: Abbas; Address: no.2, Mahmoodiyan Alley, Gheitariyenblv, Tehran; Mobile no: (Iran): 9123944144, Tel. No. 021-3944144; Profession: Sales employee in a commercial company; Employer's address: Pishgaman company, no.2, Aalaei, Street Hedayat, Street Baharestan, Tehran; Role: Part of the plot, was in touch with Houshang and was detained in Malaysia after the Bangkok attack. He applied for Indian visa, but didn't get it. India has put 7 questions.

# Ali Akbar Norouzishayan: Passport no. A-21429735, issued on 27.6.2011; Date of birth: 27.12.1954; Mother's name: Hazhikanoom Roshanmanesh; Spouse: Fatemeh Noori; Address: No.16, 4 All Golha square, Tehransar street, Tehran; Tel. no. 021-44505272, Mobile no. 9125444652; Profession: Retired accountant; Employer's address: Moalem Street, Shariyati street, Tehran; Role: Part of the plot, was spotted in Bangkok during the attack, he applied for Indian visa but didn't get it. India has put 21 questions.

*Leila Rohani: Passport no: M-20305600, issued on 8.1.2011; Date of birth: 18.7.1980; Father's name: Hossein; Address: Tehran; Role: Instrumental in transferring money to accused Indian journalist Kazmi. India has put 7 questions.

These details are in a 52-page letter rogatory (LR) and was first handed over by a Delhi Police team that visited Tehran in August last year. The details were taken from visa forms filled by the suspects to visit India as tourists.

Sources said that while Indian officials handed over the LR to Iranian authorities, New Delhi found them making flimsy excuses — that they have not received a questionnaire, have not got any red corner notice and that they need the LR to be translated to Persian.

They also asked the Indian officials to send the LR through diplomatic channels and this was done in September last year.

The CBI sent two requests to the Iranian authorities — on December 6, 2012 and again on February 15, 2013. The Indian embassy in Tehran pursued it with Iranian authorities on February 17, 2013 and again on March 20, 2013.

While India did not expect much during the time Iran was in election mode until around mid-June, it was hoped that the new moderate regime of President Hassan Rouhani would ensure a thorough probe.

But the first communication from Tehran has left New Delhi very disappointed and also surprised at the new regime's response.

Muppalla · Post by **Muppalla** » 06 Oct 2013 09:38

^^^
If a brahmotsavam is attacked in tirumala, the casualty figures will be higher than any imaginable things so far.

Sanku · Post by **Sanku** » 07 Oct 2013 17:28

Kerala, terror's own country, says NIA

There have been no major blasts in the state, but most terror operatives are trained in camps in the state. Extremely volatile, Kerala has been declared a Red Zone by the NIA. Vicky Nanjappa reports

An officer with the NIA told rediff.com that investigating terror in Kerala is a different ball game. “There is a massive presence of the Indian Mujahideen and the Students Islamic Movement of India here. The problem, however, is that they operate under micro modules and this makes tracking them even more difficult.”

The investigation agency also faces trouble from Hindu youths who have taken it upon themselves to dismantle these terror outfits. “Our fight is a continuous one with no end in sight,” an officer said.

Terror modules operating in Kerala are on the police radar, but there are certain zones infected with militants, which even the local police do not dare enter. The Wagamon camp, considered to be the launch pad for the Indian Mujahideen, is a testimony of how terror activities are carried out in the open. {perhaps that is why the Hindu youth have taken to solve the problems themselves} The NIA, which is still probing this 2008 case, said that several such camps are being conducted in the state and its operatives manage to dodge the local police.
......
The NIA hinted that these terrorists enjoy political patronage and hence go about their jobs with ease. “Be it any major blast in the country -- the 2008 Gujarat blasts or the one at the Bangalore Chinnaswamy stadium in 2010 -- a Kerala link has always been established.

“The 2003 Maradi massacre that claimed nine lives has more to it. There was a demand for a CBI probe, but it was never granted. Instead a commission was set up in 2009. Its job was not easy. They established that the massacre was linked to the Indian Union Muslim League, but the probe could not be continued. This was due to the transfer of key officers in the case,” he added.

And there are may cases which have met a similar fate.

kittoo · Post by **kittoo** » 07 Oct 2013 20:36

Another Hindu killed, on trying to stop Muslims from peeing near temple. Happened in Morshi, Amravati district, Maharashtra.

http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/ ... 596791.cms

The news report is in Marathi, and while someone knowing Marathi can translate it, the gist is that one Hindu was killed and two injured when they tried to stop Muslims from peeing near temple.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 07 Oct 2013 20:46

Vicky Nanjappa can take the award for reporting the most inane NIA activities. If the NIA really has a case they should go and make the arrests and not whine to friendly reporters about how they are really good but political powers prevent them from doing their sworn duty.

Its like having the cake and eating it to.

Prem Kumar · Post by **Prem Kumar** » 08 Oct 2013 03:01

Agnimitra had posted in the Indus Script thread about aiaioo labs. I looked them up & came across an interesting insight into nabbing perpetrators for >3 simultaneous bomb attacks

http://aiaioo.wordpress.com/2012/06/08/ ... mb-attack/

Anindya · Post by **Anindya** » 08 Oct 2013 07:20

Manipuri Muslims in al-Qaida camps: Intel report

Assam Rifles soldiers, who are guarding the porous India-Myanmar border along the Manipur sector, nabbed two Saudi Arabia nationals from Chandel when they were travelling in a taxi towards the border town of Moreh in June this year, a source said.

The two did not possess any valid documents like visas and passports at the time of their arrest, the source said, adding that they are lodged in jail in Imphal. Though the duo claimed that they were visiting Manipur to do research work on Islamic culture, they could not speak Arabic properly, added the source.

Pratyush · Post by **Pratyush** » 08 Oct 2013 12:26

We killed 5 Sangh leaders in TN: Fakruddin

Now I just wait for the report in the MSM, as to how the 5 leaders, were intent on killing Muslims and are better off dead.

harbans · Post by **harbans** » 08 Oct 2013 12:56

The decision means foreign tourists will be able to apply for an Indian visa from the comfort of their homes while citizens from 40 countries including the US, the UK, Germany, France, Brazil, Russia and China among others will avail visa on arrival when they land on Indian shores. The government has also agreed to extend visa on arrival to foreign travelers above 60 years of age from all countries and cut down the time taken to give visas to groups that are keen to attend conventions.

"There has to be a change in mindset towards the way we treat foreign tourists. All representatives of government agreed on extending visa on arrival to 40 countries and initiating an online system as soon as possible," planning minister Rajeev Shukla said.

Visa on Arrival for anyone over 60 from any country plus 40 more countries

Sell off continues. All the Razakars in Bangladesh that murdered Hindu's in the 70's will now be absorbed here in Uttarkhand, Rampur, Varanasi, Tirupati. Any Somalian, Afhgan warlord over 60 can happily come here and disappear in Azamgarh..and now questions are being asked why we allow Nepali's to live and work in India and not Bangladeshi's. Within the secular framework obviously there is no answer to this question. But the ethos of the Nepali is Bharatiya. The Islamic will never be Bharatiya which is the ethos of the Middle Eastern geography. India should and must declare itself a Dharmic state but following soft secular policy to get over this idiotic dichotomy. Don't fight for a HIndu rashtra..fight for a Dharmic one!

vishvak · Post by **vishvak** » 08 Oct 2013 20:39

Why can't the open tourist VISA policy remain valid only for secular countries and the travel plans have to be declared and adhered to by all.

This has to be effective since foreigners have been caught in restricted areas even or caught and deported for doing anti-national propaganda outright.

Don't we have to respect secularism and therefore reject completely any influence of non-secular ideas and people. In fact we should ask in a feedback form about individual tourist's efforts in securing and reinforcing secularism -not pseudo secularism- in other countries.

Prem Kumar · Post by **Prem Kumar** » 08 Oct 2013 20:56

Pratyush wrote:We killed 5 Sangh leaders in TN: Fakruddin

Now I just wait for the report in the MSM, as to how the 5 leaders, were intent on killing Muslims and are better off dead.

We should take it with a pinch of salt. Now that the 3 terrorists have been caught, they might be instructed to take the blame for all murders, so that the rest of the group can get away. I find it difficult to believe that 3 people can plan & assassinate so many people without an extensive support network. Even the place in Puttur where they were hiding seems to be a Muslim locality. Must have safe houses & sleeper cells there.

Rendition is a must in order to unravel the spider's web. This smells like an extensive web with links to IM & ISI. Its not a lone wolf operation.

I hope JJ isnt keen to "close the case" to appease the Muslim vote bank

By the way, kudos to TN police for nabbing them alive!! JJ has announced cash awards to the policemen & said the state will bear the medical expenses of the SP who suffered stab injuries in the assault to capture them alive. Nice gesture. It seemed like the AP police wanted to encounter them. Waiting for Kejriwal, Shinde, Sonia & Doggy to shed tears for persecuting innocent Muslims.

I can only wonder if this operation could have happened in UP or God's own country .............

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city ... 736134.cms

Sachin · Post by **Sachin** » 09 Oct 2013 16:12

Prem Kumar wrote:I can only wonder if this operation could have happened in UP or God's own country .............

In God's own country a similar raid was conducted at Kannur, which unearthed 21 Yogacharyas* of the SDPI was arrested with incriminating material. The raid was based on tip offs. But the hurry was in getting the case transferred to NIA. No rewards for any police officer - "secularism" at any cost.
* When raided the SDPI cadre said they were practicing Yoga in the well covered shed.

sum · Post by **sum** » 09 Oct 2013 16:16

* When raided the SDPI cadre said they were practicing Yoga in the well covered shed.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 09 Oct 2013 18:37

Prem Kumar wrote:I find it difficult to believe that 3 people can plan & assassinate so many people without an extensive support network.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city ... 736134.cms

I agree. Sane people in TN have been saying for quite a long time now that these murders were not random as soon as a few of them took place. The pattern was discernible. The top police brass refused to believe it. They tried to give excuses as to how each one of them was random and had a different motive. I do remember that the murder at Madurai was attributed to some enmity, the State BJP Gen. Sec. Ramesh's murder was linked to land disputes, the doctor's murder at Vellore was attributed to another issue etc. All these have unravelled now. The top police officer who said these fabricated things must be removed for misleading the state and the CM herself because the police department is directly held by her.

The constitution of a SIT which included the best police brains in the state, its meticulous approach etc. are praiseworthy as also the gesture of the CM.

As soon as these people have been caught, several 'interested' persons have filed habeus corpus petitions or accused the police of flouting laws etc. The supporters are crawling out of the woodworks. The police must keep an eye on these 'supporters' as well.

The emir of Al Ummah escaped and that is a disturbing news. He has been escaping for a decade now and that is a stain that the TN Police has to remove, and remove quickly.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 09 Oct 2013 18:40

Also AP police seem to have shaped up after the previous DGP retired based on the action reports so far.

vishvak · Post by **vishvak** » 09 Oct 2013 20:42

There seems to be a pattern also to force police into routine of cleaning streets of blood, normalize traffic , investigation , follow due processes in courts and spend considerable time in replying to queries from NGOs even when it is clear that murders were taking place over a time in a particular manner.

The pattern of why certain crimes occurred need to be identified well. Policing and investigation shouldn't be subverted.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 09 Oct 2013 21:48

Pratyush wrote:We killed 5 Sangh leaders in TN: Fakruddin

Now I just wait for the report in the MSM, as to how the 5 leaders, were intent on killing Muslims and are better off dead.

Can we compile a graphic mind map of the southern terrorist module to get the big picture?

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 10 Oct 2013 02:47

Muzzafarnagar Riots. Azam Khan forced the police to release of 7 arrested accused. Led to riots

http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/polic ... ots-430232

Dipanker · Post by **Dipanker** » 10 Oct 2013 04:33

^ Yes that was like 3rd event in the whole saga, here is a more sequential event wise summary

1. Two Jats kids are lynched by a marauding muslim mob on 27th of August
2. Police arrests 7 - 8 of the mob.
3. Azam Khan puts pressure on Police to release them, all those arrested for lynching are released.
4. On 30th August, Muslims leaders (MLA's and a MP) spew venom against Hindus after Friday prayers in a big gathering of muslims.
5. On 7th of September a strong muslim mob armed with weapons attacks the farmers returning from maha-panchayat, many farmers are killed.

6. Only then the larger riot starts.

Once again the mainstream sickuler media does a shoddy job of covering the riots.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 10 Oct 2013 06:58

Tough Laws Invoked Against TN Terror Suspects - The Hindu

The Crime Branch CID has invoked provisions under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, against the three terror suspects ‘Police’ Fakruddin, Panna Ismail and Bilal Malik. This means that the agency can seek a 30-day custodial interrogation of the suspects and can also take 180 days to file the charge sheet.

Sources in the State intelligence said the CBCID had invoked Section 13 (Punishment for Unlawful Activities), 16 (Punishment for Terrorist Act) and 18 (Punishment for Conspiracy) of the Act and handed over the case to Deputy Superintendent of Police N. Venkataraman for further investigation.

The agency has alleged the involvement of the suspects in a series of major crimes in different parts of the State in the recent years.

“Besides the plot to blow up the convoy of senior BJP leader L.K. Advani near Madurai and three other sensational murders, Fakruddin and Malik are wanted in many other cases. Since it would be risky to transport them to various courts across Tamil Nadu, we may seek constitution of a special court to try these cases,” a Special Investigation Division official told The Hindu on Wednesday.

He said the State government had powers to establish a special court under the provisions of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Act. The agency may also propose to the government to invoke Section 268 of Cr.PC and issue special directions to detain the suspects in prison until further orders.

Chief Minister Jayalalithaa met Inspector S. Lakshmanan at a private hospital here. The official was attacked by Ismail and Malik when he tried to apprehend them in their hideout in Puttur on Saturday.

The Chief Minister appreciated the brave act of Mr. Lakshmanan and said the State was proud of him. She presented a cheque for Rs. 15 lakh to his wife and assured the family of all assistance. The cost of treatment would be borne by the Government.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 10 Oct 2013 10:14

Captured Al-Umma terrorists put TN Police in a spot - ToI

They accept killing more BJP leaders than what the police were claiming ! It was clear all along that the simple theories that the police used to explain away these murders were patently wrong.

According to police, the two extremists along with their accomplice Panna Ismail, who is in hospital after receiving a bullet injury in the police operation at Puttur in Andhra Pradesh last week, are involved in the murders of former BJP state general secretary V Ramesh in Salem and Hindu Munnani leader S Vellaiyappan in Vellore in July this year. They are also accused of planting a pipe bomb on BJP leader LK Advani's yatra route near Madurai in 2011.

But the 'voluntary disclosures' of Fakrudeen and Malik that they along with Ismail had killed BJP medical wing secretary V Arvind Reddy in Vellore on October 23, 2012 and former BJP councillor P Murugan in Paramakudi on March 19, 2013 have put the police top brass in a difficult situation. With doubts arising as to whether the police officers who investigated the cases had bungled under pressure, they are exploring the option of handing over both the cases also to CB-CID.

A senior official said, "We don't want to jump into any conclusion based on the confession of the two Al-Umma radicals. We need to corroborate their claims with other evidences. We also have to interrogate Ismail. It will take some time. Right now, the special investigation team is concentrating on probing the murders of Ramesh and Vellaiyappan".

Police, who were initially clueless about Reddy's killers, arrested six people including 'Vasool' Raja, a history sheeter, on November 22 last year. Citing the arrest of non-Muslims, police also refuted the charge that there was a communal angle to the murder. After four days in police custody, they were remanded in judicial custody. Three of them have come out on bail. It made headlines when Raja openly threatened former Vellore SP I Easwaran, accusing him of falsely implicating him in the case.

In the Murugan murder case, police claimed the motive was a property dispute. Four people - Raja Mohammed, Manoharan, Rafique Raja and Shahul Hameed - were arrested and they were also slapped with the National Security Act. Even the chargesheet has been filed in the case.

A senior official handling the case said, "If what Fakrudeen and Malik are saying is true, we have committed a grave mistake. Recovery of sophisticated pipe bombs from Paramakudi during the course of investigation gives credence to the theory that an expert hand was involved in that case. A proper inquiry will be conducted and if officials are found guilty of foisting cases on innocents, action will be taken against them".

Lilo · Post by **Lilo** » 10 Oct 2013 10:40

SSridhar wrote:
Prem Kumar wrote:I find it difficult to believe that 3 people can plan & assassinate so many people without an extensive support network.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city ... 736134.cms

I agree. Sane people in TN have been saying for quite a long time now that these murders were not random as soon as a few of them took place. The pattern was discernible. The top police brass refused to believe it. They tried to give excuses as to how each one of them was random and had a different motive. I do remember that the murder at Madurai was attributed to some enmity, the State BJP Gen. Sec. Ramesh's murder was linked to land disputes, the doctor's murder at Vellore was attributed to another issue etc. All these have unravelled now. The top police officer who said these fabricated things must be removed for misleading the state and the CM herself because the police department is directly held by her.

The constitution of a SIT which included the best police brains in the state, its meticulous approach etc. are praiseworthy as also the gesture of the CM.

As soon as these people have been caught, several 'interested' persons have filed habeus corpus petitions or accused the police of flouting laws etc. The supporters are crawling out of the woodworks. The police must keep an eye on these 'supporters' as well.

The emir of Al Ummah escaped and that is a disturbing news. He has been escaping for a decade now and that is a stain that the TN Police has to remove, and remove quickly.

+100 SSji,

Sample the below a recent piece of "investigative journalism" by a presstitute Ganesh Nadar .....
It must be obvious to us by now regarding where the "inputs" from "unnamed sources" came, for this farticle.

Investigation: Are BJP leaders being targeted in Tamil Nadu?

The Tamil Nadu state unit of the BJP has been alleging that its leaders are being systematically attacked/murdered in the state. A Ganesh Nadar brings to light five cases where workers of the BJP or its affiliate organisations were attacked, to find out if there is any truth in the charges.
Case 1:
Bharatiya Janata Party leader M R Gandhi is 68 years old. He was on his morning walk on April 21, in Nagercoil, Kanyakumari district, when four men arrived on two motorcycles.
Before Gandhi knew what was happening, he had been stabbed -- on his back, shoulder, in his stomach and legs. It was 6 am.
Before more murderous injury could be inflicted, others walking in the area rushed to the old man's rescue, forcing the assailants to flee. Gandhi was rushed to hospital and survived.
What was the probable cause for the attack? Gandhi is an executive committee member of the BJP's Tamil Nadu unit.
The police arrested K Mohammed Salin, a former member of the outlawed Al Umma group from Melapalayam in Tirunelveli district for the attack. Brabu alias Hamsa (25) of Elankadai near Nagercoil was arrested later. At the same time another police team arrested Abdul Sameem of Thiruvithancode in Chennai. Two more youth was also arrested from Thiruvithancode.
Barring Salin the others do not have any police records. As they have been charged under the National Security Act, none of them has been able to obtain bail.
While the police say Gandhi was attacked with broken bottles, the victim says the attackers carried swords.
"I did not notice anything," Gandhi told rediff.com at his home in Nagercoil three months after the attack.
"I was not expecting anything. I have no personal enmity against anyone. Political rivalry is something else. It is not decided by violence,” he said, adding that he has been in the BJP and its parent, the Jana Sangh, since his college days in the 1960s.
There are two theories on the attack on Gandhi. One is the police version that the youth attacked him for his politics, for which they have arrested five people. The other theory doing the rounds is that it is the fall-out of a family dispute. Gandhi is a bachelor with lots of property. He is planning to leave it to one of his nephews. He has four sisters and many nephews.
A L Khaled is the president of the Kanyakumari Muslim Munnettra Kazhagam. He was born Mohan and converted to Islam. He has been a member of the RSS and has worked with Gandhi in the past.
Khaled told rediff.com, “This is purely a family dispute. Gandhi is a bachelor. He had promised to give his property to his younger brother’s son and then gave it to his younger sister’s son."
He alleges, “Family dispute is behind the attack. The police were under pressure to arrest someone quickly. They chose the easiest route available. Whenever a Hindu leader is attacked they arrest Muslims and vice versa. Ask any god-fearing policeman if they have any proof against the arrested youth and he will tell you that they have none.”
BJP state president Pon Radhakrishnan belongs to Kanyakumari district and is a former MP from this constituency. He says, “Gandhi has no enemies. He is a social worker. Why should his nephew attack him? These rumours have been planned and spread to divert attention from the planned attack. They first try to kill our party man and then try to make it into a family dispute”.
Case 2:
Nambu alias Kuttainambu, 55, secretary of the Hindu Munnani’s Rameswaram unit, was found dead with injuries on the head and chest caused by a boulder on the night of July 7.
The murder came close on the heels of the killing of Hindu Munnani state secretary Vellaiyan by a gang in Vellore a week earlier, raising suspicion that leaders of the Hindu Munnani were being targeted.
Police arrested Ramachandran and another person who confessed to murdering Kuttainambu.
Local BJP leader Muralidharan appealed to Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa to provide assistance to the family of Kuttainambu, who leaves behind six daughters and a son.
Kuttainambu used to live near the railway station. But there was only a vacant plot there, no house. His daughter Kalaivani said, “Our house fell down last month. Father said he would build it again but that never happened.”
In between tears, Kalivani narrated the events of the night of July 7. “Father came home in the evening. He left again at 8 pm. At around midnight some boys came running to me and said, ‘Your father is hurt badly come with us’. I went with them and found my father on the ground bleeding.”
"He said, ‘I was sleeping when they attacked me, I could not do anything. There were six of them but I recognised only two’.
“I took him to hospital and got him admitted. I told the police the two names he had told me. Next morning his chest was swollen. He died in hospital,” she said
The police have arrested both the named accused. What is surprising is that though even the family members say that the murderers are from their caste and community and the quarrel was between drunken individuals, the police have booked them under the stringent NSA.
Kuttainambu’s wife Parvatham died six years ago. Kalaivani said, “Earlier he was a tourist guide, but in the last 15 years he has been in the Hindu Munnani.”
Five of his daughters are married and the unmarried one works at a garment unit in Tirupur. The son works as a painter in Chennai. Three of the married daughters live near by while two are in other villages. They are married to fishermen.
Kalaivani and her elder sister are now living in the open space, hoping for help from any quarter.
“The Hindu Munnani people came for the funeral and after that they vanished. They never came back. No one came to help us. We have received no help from the government too,” said Kalaivani.
The canteen at Rameswaram station is run by the secretary of the Hindu Munnani, Mariappan. He said, “We removed Nambu from our organisation six years ago. He had taken to drinking and was spoiling our name." He alleges that Nambu was murdered in a dispute over alcohol.
“If his daughter had called us, we would have taken him to the district hospital in Ramanathapuram and probably saved him. She admitted him here and that killed him.”
Hindu Munnani district secretary Advocate Ramagopalan had a totally different version. “Kuttainambu was not only a member of the Hindu Munnani, he was our town secretary. He was very much in our organisation when he died. He was killed by locals due to a dispute and the accused have been arrested,” he said.
When we asked Mariappan why they gave the murder so much publicity, when all along they knew this was a quarrel gone wrong, he said, “We thought his poor family will get some money, that is why we made a hue and cry.”
J Rafiq is the president of the district Rotary Club and also the Ramanathapuram Congress secretary. He told rediff.com, “These people have no issues so they create one. Ramanathapuram is the most peaceful district in the state as far as religion is concerned. Rameswaram is a well known pilgrimage center. People of all religions, stay here in peace.”
Case 3:
Rameswaram is the most famous town in the Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu, thanks to its temple, but the business capital of this district is Paramakudi.
The market in Paramakudi is called ‘Peria Kadai’ which literally translates to big shop. Actually there are innumerable small shops here selling everything under the sun. From gold to silver to utensils to clothes to groceries, everything is available here.
The market is dominated by the original trading community of Tamil Nadu -- the Chettiars. There are also shops belonging to other castes and communities.
In the middle of this bazaar at about 2 pm on March 19, Murugan was returning to his shop from his home nearby. He was attacked and killed.
A gang threw three pipe bombs at him, only one exploded. But that was enough for people to run and leave Murugan at the mercy of an armed gang which attacked him with swords and hacked him in full public view.
They left him bleeding with injuries on his neck, hands and head. He died on the spot.
Murugan’s younger brother Sivakumar says, “My brother was an active BJP worker and so he was murdered, there were six people on three bikes, but only three participated in the attack, but the police have arrested the wrong people.”
He admits that they had a land dispute with one of the arrested men, N Raja Mohammad, and his nephew N Manoharan. He said he did not know the other two who the police claim are mercenaries -- Rafeeq Raja and Sahul Hameed.
“The land dispute was on for 10 years and last year it was resolved in our favour by the courts. We sold it only after that. It was our ancestral property and Raja Mohammad had tried to grab it with false documents. He failed.”
“Raja Mohammad was known in the area as a cheat but he is not a murderer. He is over 50 years old. You really think he will ride into the bazaar on a motor bike with bombs and swords in his hand? Manoharan is over 40, incapable of making bombs. They should be in jail for cheating, not for murder,” says Sivakumar.
J Rafiq of the Congress says, “The Murugan murder is the result of a real estate duel gone bad. The dispute was not due to politics, it was due to real estate. The police know that and they have arrested the right people.
“I agree with you that ordinary people do not throw pipe bombs but if you read the case carefully, two of the arrested are mercenaries. They will have the knowhow to make bombs. Everyone knows how to make a pipe bomb or petrol bomb these days.”
Case 4:
Nagappattinam town is full of hotels thanks to its port. BJP leader Puzhalendi was murdered here a year ago. His son Raghuram says, “The police investigation has been shoddy, they have their preconceived notion and they went out of their way to prove it. The real conspirators have not been caught”.
According to him, his father had a running feud with the Velankanni church as in 2008 he had accused it of encroaching upon thousands of acres of government land. “The priests are also angry that he started a Ganesha procession here in 2009. They have connived with Christian cops and make him out to be a goonda”.
Puzhalendi was murdered by a four-member gang when he was out on his morning walk on July 4 last year. A known goonda, Sekar surrendered the same day. Another surrendered within a week. A third was arrested by the cops. The fourth is still absconding.
Nagappattinam superintendent of police Sibi Chakravarty told rediff.com, “Puzhalendi is a known history-sheeter. He has been to jail. He is the first accused in a land-grabbing case. Sekar is another goonda and both of them were friends. There was a fallout between them and Sekar killed him. There is absolutely no communal motive”.
BJP Tamil Nadu state president Pon Radhakrishnan told rediff.com, “This regular killing of our leaders has not happened anywhere in the country, it is happening only in Tamil Nadu because of the appeasement of minorities. This is happening since 1980 but now it’s more frequent."
However, as the above cases indicate, while several of its leaders may have been killed, these may have been due to local factors or disputes and not part of a grand conspiracy

Compare the last bolded conclusion by the presstitute in September with the current revelation by TN police that the murders of Hindu leaders in TN are in fact linked ... One won't see Contrast between facts and fiction go to such an extent as the above artecal tries to achieve.

Anindya · Post by **Anindya** » 10 Oct 2013 15:33

Mamata Bibi’s Muslim appeasement again!

As the Bakr-Id festival this year (October 16) comes close on the heels of Dussehra (October 14), Hindus in West Bengal are feeling somewhat peeved and slighted by the State Government’s diktat to accommodate the visarjan ceremonies around the convenience of Muslim community....

In West Bengal, visarjan is a major event and usually the devotees take two or three days to bid adieu to the Devi, partly because the pandals are so numerous, and partly because the people participate whole heartedly in several immersion ceremonies. As a result, festivities usually drag out over a couple of days. This year, however, the administration has issued strict orders to the devotees to either complete all visarjan ceremonies on October 14 itself, or wait until October 17 to do so, in order that Bakr-Id may be observed without incident on October 15 and 16.

This has made Hindus unhappy as it follows reports (Anandabazar Patrika, October 7, 2013) that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurated some puja pandals and on the same day, in between the inaugurations, urged the gathering to maintain peace, discipline, and communal harmony at all costs. She said news or rumours intended to break the peace and harmony should be ignored. In the event of any untoward incident resulting in damage to any image of Devi, she appealed to the people not to get upset, but to inform her directly, and she would replace the image from her own pocket. On no account, she pleaded, should the people create any disturbance; they must also ensure that the problem does not spread. There are always some people who “pollute the society”, she warned.

On the night of October 6, unidentified miscreants had severely damaged the images of Durga and other deities in Alipur village under Kaliachak police station in Malda district. This puja is popularly known as 22 Chakra Club Durga Puja. Although district level police officers visited the village the next morning, no FIR was lodged. On October 8, right in the midst of the Durga Puja season, a Hindu Samhati activist of the Kakdwip area, Saurav Sasmal, was picked up by police from Ukiler Bazar without any valid reason, spreading uneasiness among the populace. The organisation alleges that his name has been falsely added to another case, in order to harass the activists.

Previously, on May 17, 2013, the Kakdwip police had arrested Hindu Samhati supporter Chanchal Chakraborty inside Kakdwip court and slapped a “totally false case” on him, according to Samhati president Tapan Ghosh. He was jailed for 15 days. Kakdwip is a small sub-divisional town of immense strategic and spiritual significance for the Hindu community. Located 80 km south of Kolkata, it is a key transit point for millions of Hindu pilgrims who visit the holy pilgrimage spot of Ganga Sagar where the sacred Ganga meets the sea. Pilgrims going for Sankranti Snan (ceremonial bath) in the sea have to pass through Kakdwip. Hence, this is not a site that Hindus can afford to lose control of.

However, in recent years, there have been growing instances of harassment of Hindus and atrocities against women, most notably the shocking gang-rape of a lady before her small child in March 2013. There is apprehension that Kakdwip is deliberately being converted into a haven for fundamentalists and turned into a “no-go” area for Hindus, with the tacit connivance of the State administration, even though it is one of the major tirthas of the Hindu community, not just in Bengal, but nation-wide.

Hindu leaders believe that Saurav Sasmal was arrested because on January 23, 2013, he led a procession of young Hindu Samhati activists and, for the first time in the history of the district, demonstrated against Pakistan and even burnt the Pakistani flag to express anger at the brutal beheading of Indian soldiers at the Line of Control in Jammu & Kashmir.

Varoon Shekhar · Post by **Varoon Shekhar** » 10 Oct 2013 19:47

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/t ... e#comments

3 college students kill principal, because one of them was suspended for unruly behaviour.

What the hell is wrong with some Indians? Accept the judgement, and take it in your stride, learn from it, and improve your behaviour so you are not suspended again. Isn't that the way to go? Rather than hack to death a college principal?

There are just too many killings and suicides going on, not to notice. And one realises that India is a country of 1.2 billion people with all kinds of characters. But where's the spiritual strength that Indians are supposedly known for? These "short fuse" killings seem to be India's version of the mass shootings that take place in the US.

Garooda · Post by **Garooda** » 10 Oct 2013 19:55

Varoon Shekhar wrote:http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/t ... e#comments

3 college students kill principal, because one of them was suspended for unruly behaviour.

What the hell is wrong with some Indians? Accept the judgement, and take it in your stride, learn from it, and improve your behaviour so you are not suspended again. Isn't that the way to go? Rather than hack to death a college principal?

There are just too many killings and suicides going on, not to notice. And one realises that India is a country of 1.2 billion people with all kinds of characters. But where's the spiritual strength that Indians are supposedly known for? These "short fuse" killings seem to be India's version of the mass shootings that take place in the US.

Power play and game IMO. Too much freakin ego instilled into them by the society, parents and ofcourse money.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 10 Oct 2013 20:09

Lilo, To Ganesh nadar credit he did put all the killings in one new report yet no one connected the dots.

From all the murders of BJP leaders in TN by minorities and the negligent investigation by the Police so far shows there is tango going on between the extreme elemets of minorities and the authorities to curb the irse of Hindu nationalist feelings. Except the obvious link that lla the killings had acommon link of BJP every other reason was trotted out all the time. Its more than incompetence and negligence. There is a conspiracy.

Each killing (BJP party worker, killed by minority extremists, lax police investigation) as a 3 Sigma event and fourto date of them is highly improbable.

Even Inspector Clouseau would have latched on to the obvious.

kmkraoind · Post by **kmkraoind** » 11 Oct 2013 08:52

Led By Raj Babbar, MPs abandon top-level defence briefing to 'catch flights' - TOI

The meeting began 10 minutes past 3 pm on Wednesday. The defence secretary expressed his inability to give a copy of the presentations to the members present, because the information was highly classified. The Army was the first off the block, with senior officials briefing the MPs on recent flare-ups along the LoC.

And then, without any provocation, Raj Babbar, chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on defence, announced that the meeting was being wound up because some members had to catch their flights.

Though it is still not clear what are the credentials that make this Congress MP from Firozabad chairman of one of the most powerful parliamentary bodies, as he dispersed the Wednesday meeting he looked determined.

According to those present at the meeting, his words conveyed his determination that someone not missing a flight was more important than the classified briefings on security preparedness. Even if embers of a bitterly fought operation in Keran sector was yet to be doused.

It maybe a different show on TV studios and in public, where politicians never lose a moment to beat their chests to announce concerns about national security. Behind the closed doors of the standing committee, there weren't any such concerns. Not one member of the standing committee protested against Babbar's decision.

Officials confirmed that the MPs would get their free business class flight tickets and per diem for attending the meeting. Even if meant that the Army briefing was yet to be completed, or Navy and Air Force couldn't make their presentations. Even if it meant that the LoC is now in the throes of infiltration and violence that has not been witnessed in recent memory.

No words to describe my anger on the apathy that these morons show. I think there should be a law mandating compulsory 2-year military experience for any person who want to become a politician or a sarkari babu, then only they understand significance of security and sacrifices of security personnel.

gashish · Post by **gashish** » 12 Oct 2013 13:28

2014 is going to be a crucial year in many aspects for India..

Al-Qaeda set to burn the Ganga Post 2014
By Col Danvir Singh
http://www.indiandefencereview.com/news ... post-2014/

*Re raise the intelligence gathering unit; the Technical Support Division of the MoD.
*Strengthen the intelligence apparatus of the centre and the states by the creation of NCTC at the earliest.
*Revive the Special Operation desk of the RAW and carry out targeted elimination of the leadership of Al Qaeda, Taliban and the JeI in Af-Pak region.
*India should get into collaboration with the CIA and the Mosad at the operational level and exercise covert and overt options in containing and eliminating the terror threat to this region.
*Initiate an aggressive psychological warfare like campaign, to nullify the spread of the Wahabbi philosophy.
*Give patronage to the institutions, artists, academicians and religious leaders who work towards the spreading and strengthening Sufism.
*Map the funding and regulate the education being imparted at various Madrasas.
*Development and education in the areas identified as fertile breeding grounds for terror to be a top priority of the government over all other issues of administration.