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Islamist extremism related Incidents
in Kerala since 2008


2010
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Date
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Place/ District
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Incident
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July 12
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Thiruvananthapuram
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Kerala Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) leader Abdul Nassar Madani, one of the
accused in the 2008 Bangalore serial blasts case, filed an anticipatory
bail application before the Bangalore (Karnataka) High Court.
Madani moved high court after the fifth fast track court had
dismissed his anticipatory bail application on July 9. City
Crime Branch police named Madani as the 31st accused in the
blast case.
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August 5
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Kerala
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A new outfit,
Popular Front of India (PFI), which calls India its enemy and
asks for 'total Muslim empowerment', is under scanner in Kerala
for its alleged anti-India ideology. The documents seized from
cadres of the outfit, prove its anti-national ideology. The
documents portray the nation as its enemy and calls to work
towards 'total Muslim empowerment’. The documents also describe
the so-called 'freedom parade' organised by the PFI at various
centres on Independence Day (August 15), as a means to motivate
and rejuvenate Muslims.
The PFI activists recently chopped
the hands of a college lecturer, T. J. Joseph, who allegedly
set a question paper, which hurt Muslim sentiments. Meanwhile,
Kerala's Education Minister M. A. Baby said that the State Government
would soon be banning the Freedom Parade organised by PFI activists
on every Independence Day in the light of the attack on Joseph
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August 15
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Kollam
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Facing arrest
warrant in the July 2008 Bangalore serial blast blasts case,
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Abdul Nassar Madani said
he would surrender before the nearest court in the coming days.
Addressing a press meet at his camp at Anwarassery near Kollam
in Kerala amid intense speculation and suspense over his arrest,
Madani said he "preferred surrendering before the nearest court
in the coming days" as he was keen to avoid law and order problems
that his arrest could trigger.
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August 17 |
Kollam District |
The PDP leader, Abdul Nasir Madani, was arrested
in Kollam in Kerala in connection with the 2008 Bangalore blasts
case. A Karnataka Police team backed by the Kerala Police entered
the Anwarssery camp of the PDP leader and arrested him. Madani
was brought to Bangalore and produced before the First Additional
City Metropolitan Magistrate, Venkatesh R. Hulgi, at the latter's
residence. He was remanded to Police custody till August 26.
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2009
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Sl. No.
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Date
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Place/ District
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Incident
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February 27 |
Kottayam |
Two suspected Students Islamic Movement of India
(SIMI) cadres, identified
as Shibili and Hafeez Hussain, who were arrested for reportedly
attending a secret training camp held by the outfit in 2007, were
remanded to a 15-day judicial custody. About 40 cases were pending
against the duo in various parts of the country, including in
Gujarat, Indore in Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Malegaon in Maharashtra.
Nearly 40 SIMI cadres had participated in the camp for about three
days, the Police mentioned, adding that till date, ten cadres
were arrested in this connection.
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March 30
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Thiruvananthapuram
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E. T. Zainudheen alias
Abdul Sattar, who was a key operative in the suspected terrorist
network having links with the LeT, was sent to the Police's SIT
custody till April 13 for interrogation in connection with the
ongoing investigation into the operations of terrorist recruitment
modules in the State.
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May 7
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Thiruvananthapuram
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Sarfras Navas alias Hakim,
an accused in the suspected operation of terror modules in Kerala,
was remanded till May 19. He will be in Police custody till May
18 for interrogation, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate V.K.
Rajan ordered.
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March 17
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Kannur and Ernakulam
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185 people from Kerala were reportedly
selected by the LeT and provided preliminary training at camps
conducted in various centres. The Special Investigation Team (SIT)
probing the terror link to Kerala obtained this information from
three Kashmiri youngsters, identified as Fiyaz Ahammed (26), Sajad
Ahammed Reshi alias Hanzulla and Shabbir Ahammed Tali alias
Abu Saquib (20). These three youngsters took part in the terror
camp organised by the LeT in Kupwara and Dorusa forest areas in
Kashmir during October 2008, along with a five-member team from
Kerala. The Lashkar camp had 17 members, including seven Pakistanis
and three Kashmiris. Yasin, Fayaz, Shakeer alias Rahim
and Fayiz who were killed in encounters with the Police in Kashmir
and Abdul Jabbar, who had escaped the scene, constituted the militants’
team sent from Kerala to Kashmir. "The Malayalis joined the camp
in the second week of September. Shakeer alias Rahim was
their leader. He could speak Urdu," said Fiaz Ahammed. Shabbir
Ahammed Tali told the Police that 180 more youngsters were waiting
in Kerala after the preliminary training to join the Jihad.
"One Ustad had indoctrinated them," said Tali.
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March 30
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Thiruvananthapuram
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E. T. Zainudheen alias
Abdul Sattar, who was a key operative in the suspected terrorist
network having links with the LeT, was sent to the Police's SIT
custody till April 13 for interrogation in connection with the
ongoing investigation into the operations of terrorist recruitment
modules in the State.
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May 7
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Thiruvananthapuram
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Sarfras Navas alias Hakim,
an accused in the suspected operation of terror modules in Kerala,
was remanded till May 19. He will be in Police custody till May
18 for interrogation, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate V.K.
Rajan ordered.
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May 13
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Thiruvananthapuram
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The ATS of the Kerala Police questioned
the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chairman Abdul Nazer Madhani
for several hours, in connection with his terrorism linkages.
Madhani is suspected to have links with the LeT militants. According
to unnamed sources, the Police questioned Madhani based on the
confessions of Sarfras Nawas and Sainudheen, who were arrested
in connection with the July 26, 2008 Bangalore serial bomb blasts
case. Nawas had told the Karnataka Police that he had met Madhani
in his residence at Kollam a few months after the PDP leader was
released from Coimbatore jail, where he had been housed as an
under trial in the Coimbatore bomb blast case.
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July 22
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Kannur
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The Kerala Police arrested a suspected
terrorist, identified as Mohammed Abdul Haleem, for his involvement
in the July 2008 Bangalore serial bomb blasts and a series of
low-intensity blasts in Kerala in the last decade. Police said
he was associated with the ultra-Islamic Noorish Tariquat based
in Hyderabad and received terror training there. Meanwhile, the
Kochi Police commissioner Manoj Abraham said that the vehicle
used to plant bombs in Bangalore was the one stolen by Haleem
from Aluva in Ernakulam.
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9
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August 30
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Thiruvananthapuram
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The Kerala Police arrested a suspected
militant, identified as Kabir, a resident of Rippon in the Wayanad
District, who had a lookout notice issued against him by the Intelligence
Bureau (IB). Unconfirmed reports said the IB suspects him of being
involved in terrorist attacks, including the Bangalore serial
bomb blasts in July 25, 2008.
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December 17
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Kochi
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Soofiya Madani, wife of PDP leader
Abdul Nasser Madani, was arrested from her residence in Kochi
shortly after the Kerala High Court dismissed her anticipatory
bail application in connection with the burning of a Tamil Nadu
bus in the State in September 2005.
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2008
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Date
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Place/ District
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Incident
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January 6
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Kumili, Idukki
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Police arrested a Hizb-ul-Mujahideen
(HM) militant, Altaf Ahmed, a 29-year old native of Jammu and
Kashmir. Assistant Superintendent of Police Vikramjith Singh said
that he was involved in various crimes against the state. He had
reportedly applied for a passport in Idukki and the Kerala Police
had sent his documents to their counterparts in Jammu and Kashmir
for verification when his identity came to light, police said
adding the accused got training from Pakistan.
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October 6
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Thrissur
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The Kerala police arrested two
persons for their suspected links with the banned SIMI. Abdul
Hakeem (22) from Azheekal in Guruvayur and Shameer (29) from Karukapadathu
were arrested on information that the duo attended a clandestine
meeting of SIMI activists at Panayikulam on August 15, 2006. The
police had taken 18 persons into custody. Five of them were arrested
and the others released for lack of evidence. Shibili and Ansar,
who were among those arrested from Panayikulam and later released
on bail, were again arrested from Indore in Madhya Pradesh with
firearms in their possession. They were produced before the Paravoor
Judicial First Class Magistrate who remanded them to judicial
custody till October 21.
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October 21
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Thrissur
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Thrissur Police arrested two SIMI
cadres from Kodungallur. The two cadres, identified as Nisar and
Asghar, reportedly participated in a SIMI camp at Panayikulam
on August 15, 2006.
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November 9
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Kannur
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Kerala police has arrested one
suspected militant, identified as Mohammed Nainar, from the District
Hospital area. He was accused of supporting terrorist activities
and motivating a local youth Mohamad Fayaz, who was killed in
an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir in October 2008. He was reportedly
also associated with a network that is involved in recruiting
cadres for Kashmir-based militant groups.
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November 22
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Kasargod
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Two youths suspected to have links
with Islamist extremist activities were arrested by the Kerala
Police from Kanhangad. They were identified as Firose, a trader
on the railway station road, and his relative Shakeeb.
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December 2
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Thrissur
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A four-member squad of District
police arrested two National Development Front cadres, identified
as Pappali Thechalveettil Naushad and Thekkekattil Majeed, at
Mangalamkunnu.
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December 20
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Kannur
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The Police arrested a militant,
identified as Sheneej, from Anayidukku for suspected links to
a gang recruiting cadres from Kerala for terrorist outfits in
Jammu and Kashmir. Police suspected that Sheneej had a
close association with persons from Kerala having links with the
Jammu and Kashmir-based terrorist outfits, Deputy Superintendent
of Police, V. K. Akbar, said. Sheneej was produced before the
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate court in Thalassery on the
same day and remanded to judicial custody till January 3, 2009.
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Note:Compiled from news reports and
are provisional.
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