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Islamist extremism related Incidents
in Kerala 2008-2009
2009
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Date
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Place/ District
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Incident
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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 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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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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2008
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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