The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on May 3 informed the
tribunal handling
matters related
to the ban on Students
Islamic Movement
of India (SIMI)
that the outfit
is still actively
present in Kerala,
reports Daily
Pioneer. NIA
told the tribunal
that it had evidences
of SIMI's involvement
in the cases relating
to recruitment of
young Keralites
to Lashkar-e-Toiba
(LeT)
for training and
operation in Jammu
and Kashmir in 2008,
the extremist camp
at Panayaikkulam
near Kochi in 2006,
the terror training
programme in Vagamon,
Idukki in 2007 and
the seizure of pamphlets
from Kozhikode.