can they get all those persons, and arrest them first. then, ask them on what basis they did it?http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Indi ... 775558.cms While Tata wouldn't elaborate on the nature of the warning, he said security measures — such as making guests walk through a metal detector and not allowing cars to park in the hotel's portico — were eased shortly before Wednesday night's mayhem.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Citi ... 781998.cmsSSB jawans get clean chit
He said that after further investigation into the matter it was found that the victim's family member Hamid had lodged the complaint under pressure of the local politicians who had intended to derive political mileage out of the the fictitious case. These politicians even tried to give a communal tinge to the whole issue for their personal political gains, said the ADG.
Giving details of the incident, the ADG said that, in fact, it was case of theft in which a mobile phone, some silver ornaments and a pair of gold earrings along with some cash was stolen from the hut of Hamid on the night of November 25. But instead of lodging a complaint of theft, Hamid under influence of local leaders, got a rape case registered against the unidentified seven SSB jawans.
These false rape cases must be retaliated with law suites. Is it possible for somebody representing the Jawan or SSB to file a law suite against the complainent to reveal the identity of the people who pressured her and to make them pay.Aditya_V wrote:Although the article does not identify the party, I willing to Bet it is the SP. This politicos create the distractions which allow terrorists to enter
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Citi ... 781998.cmsSSB jawans get clean chit
Seems like our bhadralok banga-bandhus might have to do a nandi-kilo-gram on these turds this time.Close on the heels of Mumbai massacre, Central intelligence agency, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) has warned the West Bengal government about a possible terror strike in five places across the state.
The agency, sources in the state home department revealed, has also informed that Bangladesh based militant outfit Huji is planning the attack with the help of Kamtapur Liberation Organisation’s (KLO) cadres.
Sources said, the intelligence inputs suggest that after being briefed by their Dhaka based commander Mustaq, 24 Huji militants have sneaked into West Bengal from different points along the West Bengal-Bangladesh border.
Along with them, 12 KLO insurgents also are presently located in an undisclosed location in the state to help the Huji militants to carry out the operation. The report suggests that the militants last week held a meeting at a yet to be ascertained locations in Howrah district to plan their terror strike.
In the meeting, it was decided that the entire 36-member militant force will operate in six groups. Each group will consist of four Huji militants and two KLO terrorists.
Sources said, the KLO cadres have been asked to assist the Huji militants with logistical support and ensure safe passage to them. Though the report could not name any of the 24 Huji militants, they have named 10 KLO militants out of the 12 KLO cadres. According to the report, the KLO cadres are being headed by Nikhil Singha.
Karthik, what exactly have you against AID India. I have been a member of AID India since 2004. I am also a rabid A Roy hater.KarthikSan wrote:I have been trying to collect more information about AID India and their associations with known Communist sympathisers like Arundirty Roy and Teesta Setelvad. They have been batting for the release of a Dr. Binayak Sen who is alleged to have strong links with Maoists. AID and other NGOs claim to do a lot of work in the tribal belt. What is their role in the Maoist war? These guys collect hundreds of thousands of dollars every year from un-suspecting, guilt driven, kool-aid drinking desis in the US.
Ssmitrapoverty is one thing but using POTA on 13 year old girls, imprisoning them and then using them for sex is not something I ever imagined would happen in my country.
Some of the most blatant misuse of POTA occurs in chhattisgarh where the police behaves in a manner no less abusive than the british.
Sanjoy Bhadra
Kolkata, December 2, 2008
RAW warns WB of possible HuJI strikeClose on the heels of Mumbai massacre, Central intelligence agency, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) has warned the West Bengal government about a possible terror strike in five places across the state.
The agency, sources in the state home department revealed, has also informed that Bangladesh based militant outfit Huji is planning the attack with the help of Kamtapur Liberation Organisation’s (KLO) cadres.
Sources said, the intelligence inputs suggest that after being briefed by their Dhaka based commander Mustaq, 24 Huji militants have sneaked into West Bengal from different points along the West Bengal-Bangladesh border.
Along with them, 12 KLO insurgents also are presently located in an undisclosed location in the state to help the Huji militants to carry out the operation. The report suggests that the militants last week held a meeting at a yet to be ascertained locations in Howrah district to plan their terror strike.
In the meeting, it was decided that the entire 36-member militant force will operate in six groups. Each group will consist of four Huji militants and two KLO terrorists.
Sources said, the KLO cadres have been asked to assist the Huji militants with logistical support and ensure safe passage to them. Though the report could not name any of the 24 Huji militants, they have named 10 KLO militants out of the 12 KLO cadres. According to the report, the KLO cadres are being headed by Nikhil Singha.
The report suggests that the militants are planning the attacks on some vital installations in Kolkata including the city airport, Sealdah and Howrah railway stations. Apart from Kolkata, the terrorists plan also comprises Darjeeling, Siliguri, Malda and Nadia.
Following the receipt of this report, the state home department has alerted the police force across the state. They have also intensified the vigil on vital installations in the state. Home department officials, however, remained tight-lipped on this latest central intelligence agency’s report.
Here's some archived information about AID.KarthikSan wrote:I have been trying to collect more information about AID India and their associations with known Communist sympathisers like Arundirty Roy and Teesta Setelvad. They have been batting for the release of a Dr. Binayak Sen who is alleged to have strong links with Maoists. AID and other NGOs claim to do a lot of work in the tribal belt. What is their role in the Maoist war? These guys collect hundreds of thousands of dollars every year from un-suspecting, guilt driven, kool-aid drinking desis in the US.
"Remember Babri Masjid?" one of the gunmen shouted, referring to a 16th-century mosque built by India's first Mughal Muslim emperor and destroyed by Hindu radicals in 1992.
"Remember Godhra?" the second attacker asked, a reference to the town in the Indian state of Gujarat where religious rioting that evolved into an anti-Muslim pogrom began in 2002.
sum wrote:Video Report of firing on cops in Hyd
andTerror suspects in city shoot at unarmed cops
Hyderabad, Dec. 3: Two Counter Intelligence cell cops were inj-ured after six suspected terror operatives opened fire at a police team at Santoshnagar in the city on Wedne-sday afternoon and escaped. Alarmingly enough, the three-member team of police personnel were unarmed though they had come to the IS Sadan locale to nab Viqar, a Simi activist, a suspect in the Mecca Masjid blast, on the basis of a tip-off. They turned out to be sitting ducks when the armed terror suspects started shooting.
Security experts were alarmed at the incident which makes it evident that the city police has learned no lessons from the Mumbai attacks and had casually allowed unarmed cops to try to trap a terror suspect. “The Counter-Intelligence personnel did not inform the local police of their move and could not be given security back up,” said a senior police officer, admitting the error. “Only officers at the sub-inspector level can carry arms.”
Thanks to this appalling faux pas, the terror squad led by Viqar is moving about with firearms in the city. Will the home minister, Mr Jana Reddy, kindly explain why this happened? Eyewitnesses said the cops were trying to overpower Viqar when one of his associates opened fire. Mr Guru Rama Raju, a head constable, took a bullet in his stomach and has been admitted at Apollo Hospitals in Jubilee Hills in critical condition. Another head constable, Mr Mohammed Jaffar, was also injured.
The cops had got a tip-off that Viqar was likely to come to the area on Wednesday afternoon and they found him making a phone call in an STD booth in Vinay Nagar Complex in IS Sadan Crossroads at around 12.50 pm. Realising that police was on to him, he tried to flee. The cops then tried to catch him and then one of his gang members fired three rounds.
“When the three plainclothesmen tried to grab him, another person standing nearby said maro, following which they opened fire,” said Mr Asghar, who witnessed the incident. “Then the suspects fled in their two wheelers.” “Suddenly there was commotion and we saw the policeman bleeding,” said Mr Mohammed Ali.
The commissioner of police, Mr B. Prasada Rao, visited the scene and said that both Viqar and his associate had fired at the policemen and a revolver had been recovered. However, he ruled out the connection between Mumbai attacks and this incident. Police has retrieved the numbers dialed by Viqar when the cops tried to overpower him.
They are being verified. “On receiving the information all seniors officials rushed to the scene,” said the commissioner. “Mobile patrol teams were alerted.” Police is worried by the incident as it comes two days before the Babri demolition anniversary. Meanwhile, the home minister, Mr K. Jana Reddy, said in the Assembly that special teams were formed to nab Viqar and his associates.
andViqar very tech-savvy: Cops
Hyderabad, Dec. 3: The tech-savvy Viqar Ahmed alias Ali Khan is one of the 33 missing terror suspects of the state. Viqar went missing from the city the day after the Macca Masjid blast along with his associate Syed Amzad of Santoshnagar.
He is also wanted in a case relating to holding terror training camps in the city surroundings particularly in Anantagiri hills along with Simi cadre. Of his five gang members, one has been identified as Syed Amjad, 21, son of Syed Ashraf, a resident of Moinbagh in Santoshnagar.
Intercepts by Intelligence department found that Viqar has visited Oman, Qatar and Bangladesh and got trained in the terror camps. "Viqar is highly techno savvy and can indulge in cyber terrorism," said a senior police officer. "He has at least a dozen email ids and he is known to change them quiet often. He is a strongly motivated youth who always raised firebrand questions in Darsgah Jihad-O-Sahadath (DJS) meetings."
Sources in the State police headquarters said that Viqar had links with Jehadi elements in Oman and Bangladesh. Bangladesh is known to be Harkat Ul Jihad Al Islami’s breeding ground and Oman the safe haven of Al Queda. Police has no idea whether Viqar was planning anything big in the city as six of his gangsters are moving with firearms.
"He was in touch with Jihadi groups in the three countries he visited" said a police officer. "He grew up admiring Shahid Bilal of Harkat Ul Jihad Al Islami." Viqar is also an associate of Simi president Shahid Badar Falahi and Safdar Nagori who was arrested earlier by the Madhya Pradesh police.
Son of Mohammed Ahmed, Viqar was a resident of Old Malakpet and was earlier running a provision store owned by his family. He later told his family that he got a job in Gulf and last visited Hyderabad in July 2007.
Atleast the Counter Intelligence guys should have side arms. This is ridiculous. How many police have to die before they change the silly rules?DJS breeds terror
Hyderabad, Dec. 3: The activists trained in Darsgah Jihad-O-Sahadath (DJS) camps are turning as potential terror suspects, allege city cops. Following Wednesday’s firing, police allege that the two suspects — Viqar and Amjad — were DJS activists.
The DJS president, Mr Shaik Mahboob Ali said, "Viqar and Amjad trained with us for a year. They had joined us with a fake name. Viqar had identified himself as Ali Khan and Amjad as Suleman. These men have been trained in self protection." The DJS is still holding "self defence" training camps in the city including at Edgah in Akbarbagh and at Saidabad. The confession reports of the accused arrested in conspiracy cases have mentioned about the DJS activities in the city.
Mohatasim Billah, who was arrested by city police, is also a DJS activist. The organisation claims that DJS trainees (except members) have the right to join any group or organisation of the community. As a result they are serving all the groups belonging to the community and organisations. They also claimed that several self defence training centres in the twin cities and other districts of the state were established. It also conducted camps for special training of selected youth.
Gujarat Police to get INSAS rifles to fight against terror
Gandhinagar, DeshGujarat, 4 November, 2008
http://deshgujarat.com/2008/12/03/gujar ... errorists/
Hmm Vera, I had no Idea about this part of AID, if what this archived articles are saying is true then I will withdraw from it. For me it was simply an organization where whenever I went back home to India I and a few friends would spend a month or two in villages mainly in the chattisgarh plateau teaching very basic science.vera_k wrote:Here's some archived information about AID.KarthikSan wrote:I have been trying to collect more information about AID India and their associations with known Communist sympathisers like Arundirty Roy and Teesta Setelvad. They have been batting for the release of a Dr. Binayak Sen who is alleged to have strong links with Maoists. AID and other NGOs claim to do a lot of work in the tribal belt. What is their role in the Maoist war? These guys collect hundreds of thousands of dollars every year from un-suspecting, guilt driven, kool-aid drinking desis in the US.
Their website here also has a blurb about the Gujarat "genocide". This type of harping on Godhra (specifically the use of the word genocide) is typically seen with communist, evangelical and radical Islamic organizations - for instance the terrorists who attacked Mumbai talked about Godhra when asked why they were attacking people and then we all know about the CAG which originally adopted the word.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122809281744967855.html
"Remember Babri Masjid?" one of the gunmen shouted, referring to a 16th-century mosque built by India's first Mughal Muslim emperor and destroyed by Hindu radicals in 1992.
"Remember Godhra?" the second attacker asked, a reference to the town in the Indian state of Gujarat where religious rioting that evolved into an anti-Muslim pogrom began in 2002.
The Fake War On Terror!
The government’s assurances about fighting terrorism became laughable after Chhagan Bujhbal was appointed the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Bujhbal had to resign from the government previously because of alleged links to Abdul Karim Telgi who was the front man of the Rs 30,000 crores stamp paper scam. The police acknowledged that there was a huge nationwide network behind the scam. The police also claimed that part of the money generated in the scam reached terrorist outfits operating inside India.
For instance, it has been estimated by some that by 2010 high quality fake currency indistinguishable from genuine notes could flood the Indian market. In addition to destabilizing the nation’s security through terrorist strikes, the nation’s economy could be crippled through a huge dose of fake currency. Is the government alert to this danger? The appointment of Chhagan Bhujbal as Maharashtra’s Deputy Chief Minister who will oversee affairs in India’s financial capital does not inspire confidence in either the government’s judgment or its intention.
http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fo ... jbal&sid=1
The same should be done to all the "Human-rights" NGOs....well done,SC.PIL on Jamia shootout dismissed
New Delhi, DHNS:
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a public suit that sought judicial direction to institute an probe by an independent agency to September 19 Jamia Nagar shootout.
The bonafide of the petitioner claimed to have a witness to the shootout in which some militants involved in Delhi and Gujarat blasts were killed. The person, who claimed to have been heading a NGO named Real Cause, came under close scrutiny by the apex Court and the bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan warned him of directing an inquiry against him and his organisation.
When the Bench wanted to know from him his profession, he said he also ran a security agency and that intelligence people knew his credentials. However, the Bench said that he has not given any details about himself or about the NGO. “We really suspect your credentials. We can verify your antecedents and your NGO. And what are the things you have been doing. Don’t set yourself in trouble,” the Bench said dismissing the PIL.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/New ... 809343.cmsThe person, who claimed to have been heading the NGO, 'Real Cause', came under close scrutiny by the Bench which warned him of initiating an inquiry against him and his NGO.
The man, who made submission himself and could not be reached after the hearing, claimed that he was an eyewitness to the shootout, which according to him was fake. When the Bench wanted to know from him his profession, he said he also ran a security agency and intelligence people knew his credentials.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Citi ... 810257.cmsA Bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice P Sathasivam asked the petitioner, "So you say that policemen went there to shoot themselves?''
It added, "Go and tell the police if you have information about the encounter.'' Before dismissing the PIL, the Bench also said it suspected that the PIL might have been "put up'' by somebody with a vested interest.
Something serious seems to have happened here...
Call for Bijapur bandh
Bijapur: To protest against alleged hoisting of Pakistan’s flag at Tipu Sultan Circle and Manguli Agasi on Sunday, Shriram Sena and other pro-Hindu organisations here have called for Bijapur bandh on December 10, said Shriram Sena district president Suryavamshi. He told presspersons on Tuesday that all schools, colleges, business outlets, banks, and government offices would remain closed. Buses, autorichshaws and other vehicles would not be allowed to ply in the city.
He said the National Flag would be hoisted at Tipu Sultan Circle. A procession would be taken out in the main streets of the city, he added. — Staff Correspondent
Maoists warns Puri Seer with dire consequence
By Anurjay Dhal
Last updated: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:58:28 GMT
Bhubaneswar ( Orissa): The outlawed CPI (Maoists) on Tuesday warned Puri Sankaracharya Jagadaguru Swami Nischalananda Saraswati with dire consequence.
The outfit in a threat letter, that sent to the Gobardhan Pitha in Puri, about 60 kilometers from here, has alleged that the Hindu Seer has been spreading communal feelings and dividing society on religious lines.
After receiving the threat letter, the disciples of the Hindu Seer, have filed an FIR with Sea Beach Police State in the pilgrimage town. Meanwhile, police have started investigation into the issue.
“We have reviewed security measures at Gobardhan Pitha and efforts are on to know, where the letter was dispatched,” a top Intelligence official said. Puri Superintendent of Police Asit Kumar Panigrahi while confirming the threat letter, said, Investigations are on and the police force was alert. He also said a close vigil was being maintained in and around the Mutt.
Since the fire brand Hindu Seer known for his bold stand against conversion, and has been demanding stern action against the anti Hindu forces responsible for conversion has earned the wrath non-Hindu fundamentalists.
Recently, the Ministry of Home Affairs had directed Orissa Government to immediately provide Z Category security for Puri Seer in view of threat to life. MHA reportedly received inputs from intelligence agencies regarding threat on Puri Seer’s life.
On November 28, 2007, the Seer had received a threat mail from al-Qaeda, warning him of dire consequences if he does not embrace Islam. The disciples of Shankaracharya had received the postcard, carrying the threat.
Earlier, the Gobardhan mutt authorities received a threat letter, which stated that the mutt would be blown up and the Seer eliminated. Gobardhan Peetha is one of the four important mutts of Hindu faith in the country founded by Adi Sankaracharya.
LinkIn a virtual disapproval of anti-Naxalite group ‘Salwa Judum’ in Chhattisgarh, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said the Centre was not in favour of “non-state” actors taking the job of law enforcement in their hands.
“We are not in favour of non-state actors taking law enforcement in their hands,” he said replying to supplementaries during Question Hour in Rajya Sabha.
very creepy and scary!!!!Argument on terror lands man in trouble
DH News Service,Bangalore:
A 32-year-old Bangalore-based Bosch Ltd employee landed in troubled waters for his alleged inquisitiveness about terror plots and lack of information on Bush's 'shoe' episode in Iraq.
Police confirmed that Jameel Ahmed, an operator cadre at Bosch’s Hosur Road plant and a resident of BTM Layout is being grilled for possessing Jehadi literature and various texts, paper cutting related to umpteen blasts Malegaon, Mumbai, Delhi terror attacks. Added to it, he had in his possession, more than one sim card and often was in the habit of changing cell phone numbers.
Meanwhile, for nearly two-hours between 11.30 am to 1.30 pm, production was disrupted at the company.
For the last two days, Jameel was indifferent and provocative. Unnecessarily, he dragged co-workers into an argument on 'terror' and hailed the journalist who shoed US President George Bush.
Terror attack hailed
On Tuesday morning, things heated up after he started allegedly abusing Indians and wished that terrorists targeted Bangalore. Though the unwanted discussion started at around 9.30 am things turned worse when Jameel hailed the group of terrorists for holding the country for ransom and creating flutters at the Mumbai attack.
By 11.30 am, when he hurt the sentiments of Kannadigas, he was shown the door. Timely intervention by the personnel department saved the day. He was packed up after a formal apology. But unfortunately, by 2 pm, when he returned to the factory to pick his vehicle, he again ignited the issue and paid the price.
Immediately, police were alerted and within no time, Jameel was picked up. On searching his cupboard, Jameel’s alleged soft corner towards Jehad was revealed. DCP (South) S Ravi told mediapersons: “At the outset, it looks like an emotional talk but we are not taking it lightly and need time to interrogate.”
Bosch version
Sanjay Chakravarty, head of corporate communication told Deccan Herald saying, “Jameel is with us for more than 12 years and this is the first time, some talks have blown out of proportion. The police checked the cupboard inside the factory premises in front of our security head, Prakash and according to him, nothing was found in it, except for a pair of clothes.
Clashes in Bhatkal, Murudeshwar
Correspondent
Karwar: The situation in Bhatkal and Murudeshwar on Tuesday was tense after reported clashes between members of two communities.
A group of 24 youth from Bhatkal went for a picnic to Netrani Island on Monday, and they stayed there overnight. Around that time, fishermen in Murudeshwar area sighted fire on the island, and they alerted the local police. A police team, with help from the Karavali Kavalu Pade, led by Bhatkal Deputy Superintendent of Police Vedamurthy, went in speedboats to the island and arrested the youth.
Meanwhile there was a rumour in Murudeshwar that some terrorists had been arrested in Netrani Island. This led to tension and a group of youth attacked some tourists at Murudeshwar beach, and abused them.
When the youth taken into custody at Netrani Island were brought to Murudeshwar, they were allegedly attacked by members of another community in the presence of the police. This lead to further tension. Shamun Lukman Hajipakki (30) of Dongarapalli Bhatkal, Mohammad Mustahim Mohammad Hussain (21) of Jainabad who is an engineering student, and Saifuddin Saibumatta (32) of Umar street Bhatkal were injured in the clash. Police have arrested 24 persons in this regard.
have mentioned it earlier. bhatkal is a jehadi swamp. they have even sort of fenced of their shops in the bhatkal market from other non-muslim shops. btw the market is called dubai market, previously it was called saudi market.sum wrote:Bhatkal seems to be on fast track to be the next Azamgarh of India!!
As overt a warning as it can get from IB for the citizens to start praying that they are not near areas where the next set of bombs will go off in a few weeks.
Lashkar-trained Indian terrorists pose growing threat
Praveen Swami
‘Home-grown’ jihadists have been nurtured in Pakistan terror camps
Dozens of Indian Lashkar members still at large
Blasts in U.P., Gujarat, Rajasthan, Delhi are described as the work of ‘home-grown’ jihadists
NEW DELHI: Even as India struggles to recover from last month’s massacre in Mumbai, its intelligence and police services are facing up to the prospect that the next Lashkar-e-Taiba attack could be just months — or even weeks — away.
Pakistan, under intense international pressure, has moved to rein in the Lashkar’s parent political organisation, the Jamat-ud-Dawah. However, dozens of Lashkar members trained in camps in Pakistan are still at large — all Indian nationals who, during a series of bombings targeting several cities in 2007 and 2008, demonstrated their willingness and ability to kill.
Executed by a group calling itself the Indian Mujahideen, the serial blasts in Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Delhi have often been described as the work of ‘home-grown’ jihadists. Police investigators admit that at least 12 members of the group are yet to be held.
But while India’s jihadist movement is without dispute home grown — from seeds sown by vicious communal politics — Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate and groups like the Lashkar-e-Taiba watered and nourished the soil on which it grew.
Mohammad Sadiq Sheikh, who investigators claim was among the co-founders of the Indian Mujahideen, was a member of the group to train in Pakistan. According to Delhi police investigators, Sheikh’s training in Pakistan was facilitated by his brother-in-law Mujahid Salim — the son of Hyderabad-based Islamist cleric Maulana Abdul Aleem Islahi, who founded the Jamiat-ul-Sheikh Maududi, named after the founder of the Jamaat-e-Islami.
Sheikh, police say, was sent to Kolkata in late 2001 to meet with mafioso Aftab Ansari, who then arranged for his travel across the border to Dhaka and fly to Karachi on an illegal Bangladeshi passport.
In a statement to the Delhi police — not admissible as evidence in Sheikh’s ongoing criminal trial — Sheikh said a Pakistani official carrying a placard was waiting for him at Karachi. He was whisked past immigration and customs, and driven to a bungalow in Karachi’s Defence Colony where he was greeted by Gujarat organised crime baron Rasool Khan and an ISI official.
Late that night, Sheikh left for a military base on the Baluchistan coast, where he underwent a 21-day course in the use of assault weapons and improvised explosive device fabrication.
After his training, Sheikh is said to have held discussions with key Lashkar leaders, including its overall chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, principal ideologue Maulana Abdul Rehman Makki and Muzaffarabad-based operations commander Zaki-ur-Rahman Lakhvi.
Salim, Sheikh’s mentor, was killed in 2004, when police fired on a crowd which attempted to prevent the arrest of cleric Maulana Naseeruddin Nasir. Maulana Nasir is now serving time in Gujarat for his role in recruiting the jihadists who assassinated the State Home Minister Haren Pandya — jihadists who, like Sheikh, were routed to Pakistani terror training camps through Bangladesh and other countries by the organised crime syndicates of Aftab Ansari, Rasool Khan and Riyaz Bhatkal.
Sheikh, for his part, recruited several figures alleged to have played a key role in the bombings by the Indian Mujahideen. Its commander Atif Amin, who was killed in a September shootout with the Delhi police at Jamia Nagar, is thought to have trained in Pakistan, as did train Mumbai-based Arif Badr Sheikh. So too did Shahnawaz Khan, a Lucknow-based Unani doctor whose brother Mohammad Saif was arrested during the Jamia Nagar raid.
One graphic account of training in Pakistan has come from Raziuddin Nasir, who volunteered after his father’s incarceration.
Nasir, facing trial for his alleged role in a 2007 plot to bomb western tourists in Goa, flew to Pakistan from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in September 2005.
Like the Indian Mujahideen operatives, he was met by ISI officials at the Karachi airport to ensure that no arrival marking was stamped on his passport, briefed at the Defence Colony safe house and then taken to the coastal Baluchistan military training camp.
Karnataka police investigators say Nasir then met with Lashkar leaders Saeed and Makki at the organisation’s headquarters in Murdike, before travelling to Pakistan-administered Kashmir for further training. Lakhvi then arranged for him to undergo the ‘Daura Aam’ (basic training course) in Manshehra and the advanced ‘Daura Khaas’ at the Shawai Nullah camp, where the terrorists who attacked Mumbai received military instruction.
Later, Nasir also completed the ‘Daura-e-Lashkar’ (survival course), the ‘Daura-e-Ribat’ (intelligence course) and the ‘Bait-ul-Rizwan’ (commando course) — the last imparted by instructors who identified themselves as officers of Pakistan crack Special Services Group’s Zarar Company.
Indian nationals have long been targeted for recruitment by the Lashkar. New Delhi resident Amir Hashim, who operated under the code-name ‘Kamran,’ underwent the Daura Aam and Daura Khaas in Muzaffarabad as early as 2006.
In March 1997, Hashim and Pakistani national Wasim Akbar staged a blast at a parking lot outside the Jalandhar railway station, killing six people. Mohammad Azam Ghauri and Abdul Karim ‘Tunda,’ who set up Lahskar-linked jihadist cells as early as 1993, are also believed to have received bomb-making training with the Lashkar.
Never thought would see this day!!!!“Remark outrageous”
Special Correspondent
New Delhi: The citizens’ organisation, Muslims for Secular Democracy (MSD), has asked Union Minister for Minorities A. R. Antulay to resign for insinuating the hand of Hindutva elements and their alleged police sympathisers in the killing of Hemant Karkare, who headed the Anti-Terrorism Squad of Maharashtra. In a statement, MSD office-bearers Javed Akhtar, Sajid Rashid and Javed Anand said they were horrified by Mr. Antulay’s “irresponsible and outrageous” comments.
The MSD noted that the world was convinced – on the basis of evidence provided by the government – that the terrorists responsible for the November 26 Mumbai attacks came from Pakistan and belonged to the Lashkar-e-Taiba. This explained why governments across the globe demanded that the Pakistan government act, firmly and swiftly, against the perpetrators of terror. “Not surprisingly, the Pakistan government is dragging its feet, claiming it has yet to be shown ‘incontrovertible evidence.’ Very surprisingly, and shockingly, Mr. Antulay, a Minister in the Union Cabinet, has similar doubts.”
The MSD pointed to the confession by Mohammad Ajmal Amir Iman, the surviving terrorist now in Indian custody, that Karkare as well as other police officers and constables were gunned down by terrorist Ismail Khan. This account, the organisation said, tallied with that given by constable Arun Jadhav, who survived the ambush.