Controversial People's Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasser Madani was on Tuesday arrested by a six-member team of the Karnataka [ Images ] police from his residence in Anwarassery in Kerala's [ Images ] Kollam district in connection with the Bangalore blasts case.
To me it just looks like a hope expressed in response to a question at some ribbon-cutting opportunity.Patil, who did not elaborate further on the police investigations, said the state ATS in coordination with Central agencies were tracking the blast accused, and expressed confidence that they would be "caught soon ".
Madani enjoys a huge support among the Muslim community in the state and there are fears that his arrest will have a fallout on the law and order situation.
Not so quick pal !anchal wrote:Done Mahdani arrested!
. I guess rediff.com jumped the gun here and assumed that the arrest has been made.The Karnataka Police have clearly asked their Kerala buddies to help them with the arrest. The job of the six member team is only to take Mahdani away to Karnataka. They I am sure knew that they cannot just walk into Anwarsseri and pick up Mahdani and then fly away.RamaY wrote:How can a six member team arrest Madani especially it would have law/order fallout?
. He has said that he is ready for the arrest, and have asked the PDP and his fans to behave themselves. He is spewing venom against IB, Karnataka Police and the BJP Govt.,but that was expected. K.P have also done the neccessary bandobust. So the arrest is just a matter of time, and the speculation is that a formal arrest would be made by today afternoon.
.So will the powers that be, subject him to NARCO like Sadhvi Pragya Thakur ?Abdul Nasser Madani, chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, who is facing imminent arrest in the 2008 Bengaluru [ Images ] blast case claimed that the National Investigating Agency and the Intelligence Bureau have hatched a conspiracy to finish him off politically. Madani spoke to rediff.com's Arun Lakshman from Anwarassery in Kerala's [ Images ] Kollam district on Wednesday.
Are you evading an imminent arrest ?
I have never said that I will evade arrest. I am a law abiding citizen of this country and if the Karnataka [ Images ] police comes with an arrest warrant from the high court then I will comply with the law. I once again stress that I have highest regard for the judiciary.
The Directors-General of Police of Southern States have decided to appoint nodal officers from intelligence and crime wings in each State for facilitating sharing of information on real-time basis, for effectively tackling left wing extremism, terrorism and other organised crimes.
The officers will share photographs of left wing extremists, terrorists and other offenders daily.
Alerts will be issued through mail on offenders and, whenever a terrorist or organised crime module is busted, the nodal officers will be informed about all the details.
In the third meeting held on Wednesday, the DGPs, along with police chiefs of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala, resolved to take up the issue of fake notes being circulated by gangs from Malda with their West Bengal counterpart.
The meeting also discussed reports of Maoist activity spreading to Tamil Nadu. Andhra Pradesh DGP R.R. Girish Kumar briefed his Tamil Nadu counterparts about the measures to be adopted to contain extremist activity.
“There was a presumption that there is a Maoist network over there. Their presence was noticed in 2008 and suitable action has been taken to see that there is no movement on Tamil Nadu,” Tamil Nadu DGP Letika Saran said.
Ms. Saran said the police were guarding the areas where the presence of Maoists was perceived and frequent monitoring was put in place to ensure that the activity did not spread.
“But there is an absolute necessity for meetings like this to share information and adopt best practices.”
Around 9pm on March 13, 2003, a powerful bomb ripped through a local train which was headed towards Kalyan. The bomb that was placed in the first-class ladies’ compartment killed 12 people and injured 71.
Among the killed were four women, including two women police constables who were in the first-class compartment, and six men who were in the adjoining second-class coach.
The Mulund train blast was the fourth in the series of blasts which rocked Mumbai from December 2002 to March 2003. The blast was a slap in the face of the investigating agencies. The police were clueless about the perpetrators of the horrendous crime.
However, in April that year, the crime branch claimed to have made a major breakthrough in the case when they arrested one Saqib Nachan from the Padgha village in Thane district.
The joint investigation team of the Mumbai crime branch and the intelligence bureau (IB) claimed that they had unearthed a terror module in Padgha village which is situated 80 kilometres away from Mumbai.
The police said Nachan was a member of the students Islamic movement of India (Simi) and had masterminded the train blasts.
After Nachan’s arrest the police arrested Hasib Zuber Mulla for his involvement in the Mulund blast. He too was suspected to be a member of Simi, the police claimed.
After the arrest of Nachan and Mulla, the police established links between the two blasts of Mulund and the December 2, 2002, blast in a BEST bus in Ghatkopar. Two persons were killed in the Ghatkopar blast. According to the police, the duo were involved in both blasts.
They had obtained weapons from Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants and were imparted training in handling of arms and ammunition at the hills surrounding Padgah village in Bhiwandi taluka of the Thane district.
Following Nachan’s arrest, the police also arrested another eight persons involved in the case.
When we have laws against untouchability, discrimination based on caste then why not make law against such chutzpah as well after all our babooze have a fetish for drafting laws in triplicate.The woman said in a writ petition that her neighbors and distant relatives had been insisting that she wear the purdah and the scarf on her return from Chennai after graduating in aeronautical engineering.
Intelligence sources point out that resentment is brewing among the local residents of Anwarsseri, especially non-Muslims, over the restrictions being imposed by Madani’s supporters in the locality.
BANGALORE: Two persons have been arrested here for plotting terror acts in the country at the behest of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Bangalore police commissionerShankar Bidari said on Friday.
"Bangalore city police have unearthed a plot of Pakistan's ISI agency to commit terrorist and subversive acts in India by engaging Maoists," said Bidari.
"Two conspirators have been arrested, and incriminating materials have been recovered," he said.
The arrested have been identified as Vinay Kumar, 30, of Ramanathapura in Hassan district, about 200 km from here, and Devaiah, 33, of Nallur in Kodagu district, around 250 km from Bangalore.
An unlicensed pistol, seven bullets, visa and passport documents and Rs 10 lakh in cash were seized from Devaiah's house Rabindranath Tagore Nagar in north Bangalore, Bidari said.
" Bangalore police received credible inputs to the effect that the ISI had engaged Dawood Ibrahim and through his accomplice Chhota Shakeel to engage Maoists - that is Naxalite leaders in India - and instigate them to commit terrorist acts," the police commissioner said.
The Centre has sought a report from the Madhya Pradesh government on 600 tonnes of explosives reported missing while being transported from Rajasthan.
“It is a very serious matter. We have asked the Madhya Pradesh government to send a report immediately,” a Home Ministry official said.
Sixty-one trucks carrying the explosives were sent from Rajasthan Explosives and Chemicals Limited at Dholpur to a trading company at Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The explosives were sent over four months, from April to July. Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Uma Shankar Gupta said police teams were sent to Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra.
Somehow, the peaceful and enchanting Coorg is getting entangled in these activities. First we had Tahdiyan and his accomplices setting up a base there. Now, this.In a discovery that deepens the terror threat across India, Bangalore police have stumbled upon evidence that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has been using mafia gangsters to connect to Naxalites.
Bangalore cops say they thwarted a dangerous mission by Chhota Shakeel's men - trying to link up with Naxalites in southern India to create a law-and-order problem in the region. In a joint operation with the Andhra Pradesh police, the bid was foiled and five people arrested.
Altaf alias Rakesh was running Times Bar in Chachi Towers on Residency Road till 2006. When Kerala police cornered him for kidnapping and extortion, he fled to Dubai and there was no trace of him.
But, he was in contact with Vinay Kumar of Ramanathpur, Arakalgud taluk, who worked as a bouncer in a bar. Vinay was wanted in a case registered in Banaswadi. Altaf established contact with Chhota Shakeel and agreed to find people to mediate between the ISI and Maoists in India. Vinay agreed to be the via media.
Vinay found the right person to link up with Naxalites in Andhra Pradesh. Devaiah alias Sachin from Virajpet in Kodagu, had a security agency in R T Nagar. Coffee planter Devaiah was sympathizer of landless labourers. He had set up a small tribal welfare group near Mysore and frequented Chhattisgarh to establish contact with Naxal leaders.
When Vinay offered funding for Naxal groups, Devaiah readily agreed to connect him with leaders in Andhra Pradesh.
When Vinay told Altaf about this, Rs 25 lakh was sent through hawala channels. Altaf wanted Vinay to arrange a meeting of Devaiah and three Naxal leaders in Dubai with Shakeel to discuss the plan of action for India. Vinay organized passports and visas for Dubai for Naxal leaders Ram Kripal Pande, Shivakumar Kunta and Sridhar Pasham, police said.
Police feel this is just the tip of the Shakeel iceberg. While one of his networks established links with Naxals, another was busy working on ways to fund radical elements in Dakshina Kannada district to create communal tension.
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News as of 11:26 PM, 14th August.sum wrote:TV visulas are showing Socialist Republic of Kerala bolis teargassing Madhani supporters outside his home and in nearby fields...
.Which is technically correct. In Kerala there are no charges levelled against Mahdani. So folks here would not have arrested him in any way. Karnataka Police too was blasted by the High Court for dilly-dallying with the arrest. But I always felt that Karnataka Police had trained their guns on him, and sooner or later our pal would get picked up. The court order gave an extra push.SSridhar wrote:He also said that the Karnataka Court's order is forcing the arrest, implying that the arrest might not have been made otherwise
My feeling is that the negotiations are not for giving undue advantages to Mahdani and Co. There were some reports that Mahdani and his next rung of leaders were categorically told that the arrest is inevitable. The current police action is keeping in mind the presence of large number of Mahdani fans, and to avoid chances of rioting, police firing etc. I feel K.P have made a move considering all critical points. Today, the President is going back to Delhi. After that large number of police forces would be available, and if PDP fellow try their tricks in other parts of the state, they will get a good 'doze'I can understand a cautious move in order to avoid rioting, loss of lives and property but there can be absolutely no negotiations whatsoever.
.The new constable should be given a choice of the lathi. The newSachin wrote:News as of 11:26 PM, 14th August.sum wrote:TV visulas are showing Socialist Republic of Kerala bolis teargassing Madhani supporters outside his home and in nearby fields...
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As per what I heard on TV, there was the "passing out parade" of the Kerala Armed Police III Bn., in near by Adoor. Many these new constables were immideatly asked to move to Anwarsseri. What an opening of a career !!.
Sometimes Arjun has to fire from behind Shikhandi, though adversary may not be as worthySachin wrote: Which is technically correct. In Kerala there are no charges levelled against Mahdani. So folks here would not have arrested him in any way. Karnataka Police too was blasted by the High Court for dilly-dallying with the arrest. But I always felt that Karnataka Police had trained their guns on him, and sooner or later our pal would get picked up. The court order gave an extra push.
Here is more info. Explosives deal mastermind's address fakesvenkat wrote:Sources who know the industry inside out say the explosives could have been sent directly to the end users without the necessary documentation and the news leak could be a way of settling internal rivalries.
How does an explosives manufacturer know that the licence has expired ? Is there a national registry where such details are available online and needs to be checked ? A country that is wracked by terrorism cannot be lax in its laws and their implementation.. . . the MP police has found the address of Jaikishan Ashwini to be fake. Ashwini is the mastermind behind the 300-tonne explosives deal with Rajasthan Explosives and Chemicals Limited, Dholpur. . . Another senior officer said, "Ganesh Explosives had ordered the consignment after its licence had expired. I suspect the explosives were diverted in transit." . . . G S Parmar, deputy manager (MIS), RECL said at the time of despatch of consignment, the company has sent a copy of the pass to the police stations at Dholpur and Sagar, and the deputy chief controller of explosives, Jaipur.
"The explosives were taken by the party in their own van, and was duly approved by the department of explosives. The company has the acknowledgement of the goods received by the party," he said.
With President Pratibha Patil leaving the state, the Kerala police are geared up to facilitate the arrest of PDP leader Abdul Nasser Madani, who has been arraigned as an accused in the Bangalore blast case.
Top police sources said that the exact time of the arrest could not be decided. The arrest during the late hours of Saturday was unlikely. It may not take place on Sunday also, it being Independence Day. The police hope to mount pressure on Madani to surrender without creating any provocation. Madani has announced that he would cooperate with the arrest. The strategy of the police was to bring Anwarasseri, the camp of Madani, and the nearby areas under their control before proceeding with the arrest. The police operations at Anwarasseri were being led by Kollam SP Harshitha Attaluri herself. Top police officials, including Thiruvananthapuram range IG A Hemachandran, are directly monitoring the situation to ensure that the police action does not go out of control.
As ‘Express’ reported the other day, the police anticipate attempts by activists of NDF/PFI and other extremist organisations to exploit the situation to ignite communal sentiments. Hence, the police were making their moves carefully.
Strong police pickets have been posted at all roads leading to Anwarasseri to ensure that no person from outside enters the area and tries to spark law and order problems. The district administration had also clamped prohibitory orders in Anwarasseri and surrounding areas as a precautionary measure. A heavy posse of police has been deployed in the area.
The police action on Saturday is also seen as an attempt to avoid criticism from the court, especially in the wake of Madani moving the Supreme Court seeking anticipatory bail. The Karnataka police were earlier criticised by the Karnataka High Court for delaying the arrest of Madani.
As suspense over arrest of PDP leaderAbdul Nasser Madani in the 2008 Bangalore serial blasts case continued, authorities today put up a notice before his camp at Anwarssery near here, asking the management to remove all non-regular inmates and also weapons.
The notice, signed by Tehesildar of Kunnathur taluk, asked them to fully comply with the prohibitory orders under IPC 144 in force in the area since yesterday.
Official sources said the notice was posted at the gate of the orphanage complex where Madani is camping, after its management refused to receive it by hand.
Meanwhile, Home MinisterKodiyeri Balakrishnan maintained it was for Karnataka police to decide on when to arrest the PDP leader and that the state police's role in the process was that of a facilitator.
"The arrest warrant is with the Karnataka police. The Karnataka police have to execute it and the Kerala police will extend all help", Balakrishnan told reporters in Kozhikode.
Meanwhile, a delegation of office-bearers of some Muslim organisations called on Chief MinisterV S Achuthanandan in the state capital, seeking his intervention to ensure humanitarian consideration for Madani. {How can a CM intervene in a court order and what concessions can he make ?}
However, according to reliable sources, the Chief Minister declined to give a firm commitment to them on the issue. {The CM must have rejected such a request outright saying he was simply helpless and law would have to take its course}
Prohibitory orders were imposed in Mainagappally and Sasthamcotta panchayats, warning against grouping of five or more people.
A heavy contingent of police, including personnel of the Special Armed Battalion, had been deployed in the area since yesterday to meet the situation.
. The current CM is a veteran commie leader, and all said and done he cannot be called a corrupt crook.. There was a press meet called yesterday and each and every word of his reminded me of Brutus' speech in the Shakespeare play "Julius Ceaser". Sound all peaceful and calm, while having ulterior motives behind it. He challenged the police to find explosives in Anwarsseri Yatheem Khana, and said that only "small kids" were there. And any raids etc., are only going to cause grevience to them. Nobody would buy that argument as the police has not charged Mahdani with sitting on top of explosives.The Kerala police have expressed disillusionment with the alleged apathetic attitude of the Karnataka police in executing the arrest warrant against the People's Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasir Maudany. {What is going on here ? First, the delay was attributed to the presence of a thousand Madhani supporters. Then, the excuse was the President of India at the boat race. Now, the apathy of the Karnataka police !}
A top-ranking police officer told The Hindu that even though the Karnataka police were aware that the whole of Anwarssery area here had been brought under police control they were not responding.
The Kerala police now intended to formally inform the Karnataka police that the stage had been set to facilitate the execution of the arrest warrant and that the arrest should be made at the earliest.
He said the Karnataka police were fully aware that the prohibitory orders were issued and Anwarssery was brought under police control for executing the warrant.Mr. Maudany, at a press conference, said he would surrender before a nearby court in two days.
In spite of that there was no response from the Karnataka police. The Kerala police have notified Mr. Maudany that he should evict from the camp some people who had allegedly stored weapons.