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Terrorism related incidents in Karnataka
since 2008


2012
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Incident
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January 17
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Bangalore
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Alleged IM militants Salman
alias Chotu and Shahzad Ahmed alias Pappu have
allegedly confessed to the Bangalore Police that they had got
explosives for the 2008 Delhi serial blasts from Udupi, a coastal
town in Karnataka. Both LeT-trained Salman and Shahzad, natives
of Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh and arrested by Delhi Police in
2011, are co-accused in the Chinnaswamy Stadium blast case in
2010.
In their confessional statement,
they allegedly told the Bangalore anti-terrorism cell that their
associates Mohammed Saif (now in jail) and Khalid (absconding)
went to Udupi on August 31, 2008, and brought the explosives
to Delhi on September 3, 2008. The Delhi blasts took place on
September 1 3, 2008.
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2011
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Incident
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April 29
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Bangalore
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The Karnataka Government strongly
opposed in the Supreme Court the granting of bail to Abdul Nasir
Maudany, an accused in the Bangalore serial bomb blast cases(,July
25, 2008).
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June 22
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Mysore
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A new front of the banned outfit
SIMI was uncovered by the Police in Karnataka following the
arrest of six youths from Mysore after a two-week long investigation
into the kidnapping for ransom and murder of two young business
management students.
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July 5
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Mysore
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NIA is exploring the possibility
of taking over investigations into the murder of two college
students in Karnataka (between June 8-12) following the alleged
involvement of members of an organisation known as the Karnataka
Forum for Dignity (KFD), considered to be a new front of the
Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), in the crime.
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2010
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Incident
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April 17
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Bangalore
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Two crude bombs
exploded in quick succession outside the M A Chinnaswamy cricket
stadium in Bangalore, minutes before an Indian Premier League
(IPL) match was to begin, leaving 15 persons injured and creating
panic in the packed venue. A third crude bomb was found near Gate
number 8 of the stadium, venue of the fixture between Bangalore
Royal Challengers and Mumbai Indians, but was defused, Police
said. Investigators believe the bomb explosions at the M. Chinnaswamy
Stadium in Bangalore on April 17 were executed by an Indian Mujahideen
(IM) cell led by Mohammad Zarar Siddi Bawa, Police sources told
The Hindu. Karnataka-born Bawa—also known as ‘Yasin Bhatkal'—is
allegedly a key figure in a series of urban bombings executed
by the IM between 2005 and 2008 that claimed hundreds of lives.
Bawa, Police said, was the organisation's key-bomb maker and his
devices were used in the attacks.
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June 11
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Bangalore
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Bangalore Police
filed an additional charge sheet in the court against Madani and
five others. In the chargesheet, Madani was reported to be absconding.
The judge admitted the charge sheet on June 16. However, it will
take some time for Police to take the NBW from the court and execute
it. Cops said they would take the NBW only after some groundwork
is completed. The case hearing is on June 23. Since the trial
is yet to begin, the accused have to be produced before the magistrate
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June 16
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Bangalore
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The first additional
chief metropolitan magistrate on June 16 has ordered a Non-Bailable
Warrant (NBW) against People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president
Abdul Nasar Madani, in connection with the July 25, 2008 Bangalore
serial bomb blasts case, reports Times of India. The court has
issued body warrant against two more accused in the case — Tadinyandavaeeda
Naseer and Safaz — who are now lodged in a Kerala jail. Police
sources said that a team would leave for Kerala to get custody
of Naseer and Safaz. With Madani’s supporters warning of consequences
if their leader was arrested, Kerala Chief Minister V. S. Achuthanandan
told reporters in Thiruvananthapuram on June 16 that necessary
steps would be taken to maintain law and order.
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August 3
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Bangalore
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The Karnataka High Court denied
anticipatory bail to Abdul Nasir Madani, chairman of the People's
Democratic Party (PDP) in connection with the July 25, 2008 Bangalore
serial bomb blasts case, in which one woman was killed and 20
people were injured, according to The Hindu. The Karnataka government
opposed the petition, saying that Mr. Madani was involved in a
criminal conspiracy and prima facie there was a case against him.
The PDP leader was one of the 32 people charge-sheeted in the
case and the city police had established his role in the case.
Justice N. Ananda accepted the arguments of the State and rejected
the petition. Madani is yet to appear in court, which has issued
a non-bailable warrant against him.
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August 13
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Kodagu District
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The Bangalore Police arrested
Vinay Kumar (30) of Hassan and Devaiah (33) from South Kodagu.
The two were trying to send Pasham Sridhar (27), Koyi Saratchandra
(39) Darshanam Pradeep Kumar (29) and Gaddam Pavan Kumar (38)
to Dubai where they would meet Altaf, a native of Baseri Kattemane
near Mangalore. Altaf is one of the associates of Chhota Shakeel,
an aide of Dawood Ibrahim. However, the four were arrested by
Hyderabad Police and they were supposed to leave for Dubai on
August 4. According to the Bangalore Police Commissioner, Shankar
Bidari, the four arrested by Hyderabad Police were leaders of
naxal [left wing extremist] organisations. Altaf had sent visas
for four of them and to and fro air tickets by mail. Addressing
the media on August 13, Bidari said the arrests clearly indicate
a link between ISI and Left-wing extremists. "It has exposed the
Pak link of naxals and Maoists. The ISI has engaged Dawood Ibrahim
and Chhota Shakeel to Maoist leaders in India to facilitate them
to carry out terror acts throughout the country," Bidari said.
Times of India adds that an unlicensed pistol, seven bullets,
visa and passport documents and INR 1 million in cash were seized
from Devaiah's house in 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. He said Vinay Kumar had received
INR 2.5 million from a person identified as Altaf alias Rakesh
of Dakshina Kannada to organize terror acts
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August 24
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Bangalore
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Karnataka Home Minister V.S Acharya
claimed that the leader of PDP Abdul Nasir Madani had confessed
of his direct involvement in the twin explosions outside Chinnaswamy
cricket stadium ahead of an Indian Premier League (IPL) match
in Bangalore on April 17, 20009. "During interrogation, Madani
revealed that he was directly involved," the Home Minister
said. On April 17, 2009 an hour before the IPL match, two low-intensity
explosions were triggered near a packed Chinnaswamy stadium, leaving
around 15 persons, including five Security Force personnel, injured.
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August 26
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Bangalore
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The First Additional City Metropolitan
Magistrate in Bangalore in Karnataka remanded PDP leader Abdul
Nasir Madani to judicial custody till September 7. Madani is accused
of masterminding serial explosions in Bangalore on July 25, 2008
in which two persons were killed and 20 others were injured.
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2009
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February 7 |
Bangalore |
The Police arrested nine Kerala-based terrorists
of the Indian Mujahideen outfit in connection with the July 25,
2008 serial bomb blasts. They were identified as Abdul Sattar
alias Sainuddin, his son Sarfuddin, Abdul Jabber, Mujeeb
Mohiddin, Faizal Abdul Rehman, Abdul Jaleel Moosa, Manaf Mohammad
alias Rahees, Badruddin Noor Ahmed and Sakariya. Most of
the arrested had been named in the charge-sheet filed by the Special
Investigation Team (SIT) of the Kerala Police before the Additional
Chief Judicial Magistrate Court at Thalassery.
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February 13 |
Bangalore |
The Police arrested two unidentified Indian Mujahideen
(IM) cadres from an unspecified place in the capital city for
their alleged involvement in the Mumbai terrorist attacks of November
26, 2008. Sources said the main accused in the Bangalore blasts
case, Abdul Sattar, who is presently in Police custody, had revealed
the whereabouts of the other two accused during interrogation.
These militants, along with Abdul Sattar, are reported to be part
of the Shahabuddin Brigade, a south India module of the IM.
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March 3
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Bangalore
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A team of the Research and Analysis
Wing (R and AW) personnel reportedly tracked down an absconding
accused in the Bangalore serial blasts case in Muscat, and sneaked
him out of Oman, since India doesn't have an extradition treaty
with that country. Sarfaraz Nawaz, 32, who allegedly played a
major role in financing the Bangalore blasts, had reportedly sought
refuge in Muscat. Investigating officials told that an R and AW
team managed to track down Nawaz in Muscat. They added that Nawaz
was ''smuggled into'' Bangalore on a chartered aircraft and the
Bangalore Police are currently questioning him. Abdul Sattar,
the prime accused in the case, had revealed Nawaz''s role in the
serial blasts during his interrogation. Nawaz was reportedly close
to Riyaz Bhatkal, a key LeT operative, who later took over the
charge of the Indian Mujahideen.
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March 8
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Bangalore
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An important SIMI
leader, Sarfaraz Navaz, who reportedly funded the Bangalore serial
bomb blasts on July 25, 2008, confessed during interrogation that
the LeT was behind the July 25, 2008 Bangalore bomb blasts. Sarfaraz,
who hails from Ernakulam in Kerala. According to Bangalore Police
Commissioner Shankar Bidari, Sarfaraz collected about INR 320000
from like-minded people ahead of the bomb blasts. He also took
part in reconnaissance of various spots and attempted to send
a suspected terrorist involved in the blast across the border
to train with the LeT in Pakistan. "Sarfaraz has links with LeT
and has been in touch with Wali a.k.a. Rehan, a key member of
LeT. We are sure that some more men will be picked up based on
information provided by him," the Commissioner said. Sarfaraz
reportedly completed a three-year course (1995-98) at Nadwat-ul-Ulema
(Institute of Islamic Scholarship) in Lucknow and joined as
office secretary at the SIMI head office in New Delhi in 2000.
Subsequently, he kept in touch with SIMI leaders from Kerala as
he travelled to Muscat and Oman for work.
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May 19
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Bangalore
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The Bangalore Police
filed a chargesheet against 26 persons, including four foreign
nationals, for their involvement in the July 25, 2008 serial bomb
blasts case. Among the Indian nationals whose names figure in
the chargesheet are Abdul Sattar, his son Sarfuddin, Abdul Jabbar,
Mujeeb Mohiddin, Faizal Abdul Rehman, Abdul Jaleel Moosa, Manaf
Mohammad alias Rahees, Badruddin Noor Ahamed, Sakariya
and Sarfarz Nawaz. The chargesheet also mentions the names of
Abdul Sattar's son-in-law Abdul Raheem, Mohammed Fiaz Hamsa, Fayis
Abdul Rahman and Mohammed Yasin, who were killed in an encounter
in Jammu and Kashmir in October 2008. The four foreign nationals
include a Pakistani national and an Omani national. "We have established
their involvement in the conspiracy. We are not revealing their
names as they are yet to be apprehended," said Joint Commissioner
of Police (Crime) Alok Kumar. The accused have been charged with
waging war against the country under Section 121A of the IPC and
causing grievous injury and conspiracy under Section 120B of IPC.
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2008
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January 28
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Honnali
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Karnataka Police arrested a cook,
Mohammed Riazuddin Nasir, and a medical student, Assadullah Abbubukar,
for alleged terrorist links. The duo revealed that they had plans
of bombing the Hubli airport. The police recovered some CDs and
maps of various installations from the duo. Nasir later confessed
that he had visited Goa immediately after the twin blasts in Hyderabad
on August 25, 2007 to identify beaches for organising serial bomb
blasts.
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February 12
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Dharwad
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The Corps of Detectives, while
investigating a terrorist module unearthed by the Davangere police,
arrested an electrician, Shakeel, for his alleged links with the
SIMI. Shakeel was a resident of Koppadakeri in the Dharwad district
and had helped the SIMI activists to hold two meetings, one near
the Mastansab Darga on Saudatti Road and the other at the Halligere
forests in Hubli in November 2007. Shakeel reportedly participated
in these meetings where some 25 SIMI activists from Karnataka,
Uttar Pradesh and Kerala allegedly discussed plans to carry out
acts of sabotage.
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February 21
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Bangalore
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Police arrested a software engineer,
Mohammed Yahya Kammakutty, for suspected links with the banned
SIMI from Guruappanapalya under Mico Layout police station limits.
However, four of his accomplices escaped during the police operation.
He is a native of Kerala and was working in a leading multinational
information technology company in the city and he was reportedly
under watch by the Bangalore Police for the past few days.
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February 26
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Bangalore
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Police arrested a Bangalore resident
Syed Sameer alias Sameer Sadaq from Gurappanapalya for his suspected
links with the SIMI. He is reportedly an associate of the arrested
software engineer and SIMI functionary Mohammed Yahya Kammakutty
who was arrested on February 21. Sameer was earlier arrested by
the Gujarat Police in 2004 for his association with the SIMI.
Bangalore Police suspects that Sameer attended SIMI meetings held
in November 2007 on the outskirts of Hubli and the forests abutting
Goa, which were attended by 25 SIMI activists from Karnataka,
Kerala and Uttar Pradesh.
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April 27
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Mysore
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A combined team of the Manipur
and Karnataka Police arrested six People’s United Liberation Front
(PULF) militants from a hotel in Mysore. They were identified
as ‘general secretary’ Mohammed Ibrahim alias Qusi alias M.I.
Khan, ‘secretary external affairs and chief of army’ Mohammed
Nurjaman alias Deny, ‘organisation-cum-publicity-secretary’ Mohammed
Abdul Jabbar alias Belal Khan, ‘deputy commander in-chief-cum-finance
secretary’ Mohammed Nasir Khan alias Thadoi alias Keshorjit alias
Boy, ‘private’ Mohammed Mustafa and ‘private’ Mohammed Nur Safi.
Four mobile phones and incriminating documents were recovered
from them.
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May 10
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Hubli
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An explosion at the district court
caused extensive damage to the premises although no casualties
were reported. The explosive was placed under the witness box
of the JMFC court hall and was reportedly detonated by a mobile
phone. Police Commissioner Narayana Nadamani later stated that
as per preliminary investigations, the explosion could be the
handiwork of the banned Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and SIMI.
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May 27
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Belgaum
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Police arrested a Students Islamic
Movement of India (SIMI) cadre, identified as Nasir Liyaqat Ali
Patel, for allegedly spreading messages of hatred. Police also
recovered the hard disc from his computer.
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July 25
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Bangalore
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One woman was killed and seven persons
injured in a series of eight low intensity blasts. The explosions
were reported within 45 minutes from 1.15 pm (IST). The first
explosion occurred at a bus stop near the Madivala check post,
off the busy Hosur Road, around 1.15 pm. Sudha Ravi, who was waiting
for a bus with her husband, was killed on the spot, while two
persons were injured. Two more explosives went off in the adjoining
Adugodi area, injuring three persons. Similar low-intensity explosions
were reported from three places on Mysore Road and at two spots
in the heart of the city — near the Mallya Hospital and near the
Rashtriya Military School on the Langford Road.
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July 27
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Ramanagaram
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The Karnataka Police recovered
seven kilograms of explosive material from Channapatna in the
Ramanagaram district, a place where an explosion had occurred
on July 24.
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August 5
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Belgaum
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The Anti-Terrorist Cell (ATC)
attached to the Belgaum district Police arrested three suspected
SIMI cadres. They were identified as Naveed Khaji and Ansar Nizami,
both from Malmaruti area, and Sadiq Mulla of Azad Nagar. The arrest
took place on the basis of information given by suspected SIMI
cadres Tanveer Mulla and Iqbal Jakati, who were arrested recently.
With the arrest of these three, the number of arrested suspected
SIMI activists in the district rose to 11.
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August 19
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Bijapur
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A team of the Gujarat ATS arrested
dentist Mohammed Salim Honali (31). Honali used to work with the
MA Rangoonwala College of Dental Sciences and Research Centre
at the Azam Campus in Pune till May 2008 before he was laid off.
ATS officials suspect that Honali not only had a significant role
in the recent Ahmedabad blasts but was also brainwashing other
youth to bring them into the radical fold. ATS officials said
jihadi literature was recovered from all four suspects.
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September 25
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Bangalore
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A SIMI cadre was arrested in connection
with the serial blasts in Bangalore on July 25. Mohammad Samee
Bagewadi alias Mohammad Samee attended most of the important camps
organised by the SIMI at Castle Rock near Hubli in Karnataka,
Vagamon in Kerala and other places and also underwent training
in these camps. Bagewadi, a resident of Bijapur, was allegedly
influenced by SIMI's ideology, and was closely associated with
its leaders such as Safdar Nagori, Hafeez Hussain alias Adnan,
Shibly, Tauqeer, Shahbaaz, Abu Bashar and others, police sources
said.
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October 27
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Belgaum
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The Belgaum police arrested two
terror suspects, identified as Nasir Abdul Majeed Rangarez (29)
of Azadnagar and Naveed Muneersab Qazi (28) of Mahanteshnagar,
from different localities in the city alleged to be involved in
terrorist activities.
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2007
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January 5
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Bangalore
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Police arrested Imran
alias Bilal, a suspected terrorist hailing from Jammu and Kashmir.
A bag containing an AK-47 assault rifle, 300 live rounds of AK-47
ammunition, four AK-47 magazines, five hand grenades, a satellite
phone, mobile phones, SIM cards, a Bangalore city map and other
documents was seized from him.
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August 17
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Bangalore
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Police foiled a plot
to trigger explosions in the city by arresting a four-member gang
near Dattatreya Temple in the Banashankari area. A revolver, ten
detonators, 20 gelatin sticks and other weapons were recovered
from Asgar alias Asgar Pasha bin Abdul Rasheed and Umar bin Mohammad
Sharif, both from Bangalore, Jilani bin Wallisab of Desnur village
in the Bellary district and Mohammad Zaheer bin Shafiulla Khan
of Kowl Bazaar Street in Bellary. City Police Commissioner, N.
Achutha Rao, said that another accused Sameer is absconding.
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Note:Compiled from news reports and
are provisional.
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