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January - 1 
On January 1, two cadres of the outlawed Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), identified as Abdul Hye alias Masud and Khorshed Alam, who were arrested along with 28 grenades on December 30, were remanded to seven-day Police custody, reports Daily Star.
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On January 1, two cadres of the outlawed Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), identified as Abdul Hye alias Masud and Khorshed Alam, who were arrested along with 28 grenades on December 30, were remanded to seven-day Police custody, reports Daily Star.
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January - 3 
The Supreme Court has issued a stay order asking the Government not to implement its decision to withdraw 349 cases. The apex court gave the order saying that cases not related to politics and those criminal cases related with law and order of society, too, were in the list of withdrawal.
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The Supreme Court has issued a stay order asking the Government not to implement its decision to withdraw 349 cases. The apex court gave the order saying that cases not related to politics and those criminal cases related with law and order of society, too, were in the list of withdrawal.
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January - 5 
A suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) cadre, identified as Mohammed Hakim, who is an accused in the September 13, 2008 Delhi serial bomb blasts, was remanded to 10 days Police custody by a city court in New Delhi on January 5, reports Times of India. Hakim was arrested by Uttar Pradesh (UP) Anti-Terro
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A suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) cadre, identified as Mohammed Hakim, who is an accused in the September 13, 2008 Delhi serial bomb blasts, was remanded to 10 days Police custody by a city court in New Delhi on January 5, reports Times of India. Hakim was arrested by Uttar Pradesh (UP) Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) from Lucknow on January 2. The terrorist was carrying a prize of INR 100000 on his head. He had reportedly provided logistical supports and explosives to his co-accused in carrying out the serial blasts in the capital. "The accused had supplied splinters and ball-bearings used in making bombs to maximise the casualties. He is to be interrogated to locate the shops from where he purchased them," the Investing Officer of the blast case said. Hakim is also wanted by Maharashtra Police in connection with a case under the Arms Act and Bombay Police Act, the UP ATS had said.
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January - 5 
An Indian Mujahideen (IM) cadre, identified as Anwar Ali Bagwaan, was arrested on January 5 for allegedly obtaining two apartments for the outfit in Pune, reports Times of India. Bagwaan, a MBBS graduate who was practising in Hyderabad, capital of Andhra Pradesh, also reportedly trained the IM milit
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An Indian Mujahideen (IM) cadre, identified as Anwar Ali Bagwaan, was arrested on January 5 for allegedly obtaining two apartments for the outfit in Pune, reports Times of India. Bagwaan, a MBBS graduate who was practising in Hyderabad, capital of Andhra Pradesh, also reportedly trained the IM militants on administering sedatives on persons they were planning to kidnap, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Rakesh Maria said in Mumbai. The rent and cash deposit for the apartments were provided by the IM founder Riyaz Bhatkal and his brother, both of whom are still absconding, he further said, adding, "Bagwaan had taken two apartments in Pune on rent in his name and had given it to members of the Indian Mujahideen for their use". Bagwaan was produced before a special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court which remanded him to Police custody till January 16.
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January - 6 
On January 6, the lone terrorist arrested during the Mumbai attacks of November 26, 2008, Mohammad Ajmal Amir Iman alias Kasab, was remanded to Police custody till January 19 by a magistrate court for his role in the shootout at the Cama and Albless Hospital in Mumbai, reports The Hindu. Joint Commi
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On January 6, the lone terrorist arrested during the Mumbai attacks of November 26, 2008, Mohammad Ajmal Amir Iman alias Kasab, was remanded to Police custody till January 19 by a magistrate court for his role in the shootout at the Cama and Albless Hospital in Mumbai, reports The Hindu. Joint Commissioner of Police Rakesh Maria told journalists that Ajmal was informed that his application seeking legal aid had been forwarded to the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi.
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January - 12 
A Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist, identified as Safique Iliyas alias Deepak, was arrested by the West Bengal’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) from Malda District on January 12, reports The Hindu. Safique was later produced before the Magistrate’s Court at Jangipur in Murshidabad District a
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A Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist, identified as Safique Iliyas alias Deepak, was arrested by the West Bengal’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) from Malda District on January 12, reports The Hindu. Safique was later produced before the Magistrate’s Court at Jangipur in Murshidabad District and the court remanded him to 14-days Police custody. Safique, a resident of Rajshahi in Bangladesh, was instructed to spy on the movement of Army personnel in Siliguri, CID officials said. “Safique crossed over to India on January 3 and was sheltered in the house of Haji Akhtar Hussein at Harishchandrapur in Malda District. We arrested both on a tip-off,” Siddh Nath Gupta, Deputy Inspector-General (Operations) of CID, said in Kolkata on January 13. Safique had planned to set up a shop near the Army establishment in Siliguri to execute his job, Gupta said, adding “Safique had confessed that he helped two Lashkar-e-Toiba men to cross over to India via the international border in the State last year. One of them, Sikandar-e-Azaam, was later arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir Police in June.” The Delhi Police had reportedly arrested him in 1998 on the charge of transporting RDX from Bangladesh to Uttar Pradesh during 1997-98. He was lodged in the Tihar jail till 2003, before being granted bail and escaping to Bangladesh. Nine pre-activated SIM cards, fake Indian currency worth INR 50,000 and a forged voter identity card were recovered from him.
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January - 12 
Two LeT militants, identified as Fahim Ansari and Mohammad Sabahuddin, who were arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police for carrying out an attack on a CRPF Group Centre in Rampur on January 1, 2008, and who are allegedly involved in the November 26, 2008-terrorist attacks in Mumbai, were on January 12
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Two LeT militants, identified as Fahim Ansari and Mohammad Sabahuddin, who were arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police for carrying out an attack on a CRPF Group Centre in Rampur on January 1, 2008, and who are allegedly involved in the November 26, 2008-terrorist attacks in Mumbai, were on January 12 remanded to Police custody till January 23.
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January - 15 
An Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorist, identified as Mohammad Hakim, was sent to 14-day judicial custody by the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate on January 15, in connection with the September 13, 2008 serial bomb blasts in New Delhi, reports Times of India. Hakim is accused of providing logis
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An Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorist, identified as Mohammad Hakim, was sent to 14-day judicial custody by the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate on January 15, in connection with the September 13, 2008 serial bomb blasts in New Delhi, reports Times of India. Hakim is accused of providing logistical support in carrying out the blasts in the national capital and had allegedly supplied splinters and ball bearings used in the bombs to maximize the casualties. He was reportedly arrested by the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Anti-Terrorism Squad on January 2. Hakim, a final year student of a private engineering college in Lucknow, capital of UP, carried a head money of INR 100000.
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January - 15 
The Special Additional District Sessions Court (Marad cases) on January 15 sentenced Latheef Assainar, manager of the Juma Masjid (mosque), in Kozhikode, to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of five years and a fine of INR 2000 under Section 7 of the Religious Institutions (Prevention of Misu
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The Special Additional District Sessions Court (Marad cases) on January 15 sentenced Latheef Assainar, manager of the Juma Masjid (mosque), in Kozhikode, to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of five years and a fine of INR 2000 under Section 7 of the Religious Institutions (Prevention of Misuse Act), 1988. He reportedly used the mosque and its premises for storing arms and ammunition and allowed the entry of the said arms and ammunition into it. “The prosecution has succeeded in proving the contravention of the provisions of Sections 3 and 4 of the Religious Institutions (Prevention of Misuse) Act,” the court said.
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January - 16 
On January 16, the Maharashtra Control of Organized Crimes Act (MCOCA) court remanded 21 Indian Mujahideen (IM) cadres to judicial custody till January 30 in Mumbai, reports The Hindu. Only six suspects were produced in the court as the rest are in Gujarat for questioning. The suspects are allegedly
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On January 16, the Maharashtra Control of Organized Crimes Act (MCOCA) court remanded 21 Indian Mujahideen (IM) cadres to judicial custody till January 30 in Mumbai, reports The Hindu. Only six suspects were produced in the court as the rest are in Gujarat for questioning. The suspects are allegedly involved in bomb blasts across the country — in Delhi, Bangalore, Surat and Ahmedabad.
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January - 17 
A 3200-page supplementary charge-sheet was filed in the designated metropolitan court hearing the Ahmedabad serial bomb blasts related cases on January 17. It lists 44 persons as absconders, including the alleged mastermind Amir Raza Khan who is reportedly in Pakistan and Ansar from Kerala, reports
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A 3200-page supplementary charge-sheet was filed in the designated metropolitan court hearing the Ahmedabad serial bomb blasts related cases on January 17. It lists 44 persons as absconders, including the alleged mastermind Amir Raza Khan who is reportedly in Pakistan and Ansar from Kerala, reports Times of India. It also lists 19 persons as accused. The first charge-sheet had 26 persons as accused. The supplementary charge-sheet clarifies the role of all those accused in the Ahmedabad serial bomb blasts which killed 57 persons. Riyaz Bhatkal and his brother Iqubal Bhatkal, along with Abdus Subhan alias Tauqeer have been named as prime accused who are still at large.
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January - 18 
Babban Singh, the independent Constituent Assembly member from Rautahat-1, who was arrested in Birgunj on January 17 on murder charges, was remanded to judicial custody for three days, reports Nepal News. He is charged with the murder of two Birgunj-based businessmen, Rajesh Kayal and Jata Shankar S
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Babban Singh, the independent Constituent Assembly member from Rautahat-1, who was arrested in Birgunj on January 17 on murder charges, was remanded to judicial custody for three days, reports Nepal News. He is charged with the murder of two Birgunj-based businessmen, Rajesh Kayal and Jata Shankar Shah. Kayal was shot dead on December 22, 2008 while Shah was killed three months ago.
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January - 19 
A fast track court on January 19 pronounced guilty 14 accused in the Rampur-Chauram massacre case in which nine people were shot dead by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in the Arwal District in January 1998, reports PTI.
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A fast track court on January 19 pronounced guilty 14 accused in the Rampur-Chauram massacre case in which nine people were shot dead by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in the Arwal District in January 1998, reports PTI.
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January - 19 
On January 19, Mohammed Ajmal Amir Iman alias Kasab, the lone terrorist arrested during the November 26 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, was remanded to Police custody till February 2 in the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) firing case, reports Times of India. Kasab has been in Police custody since hi
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On January 19, Mohammed Ajmal Amir Iman alias Kasab, the lone terrorist arrested during the November 26 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, was remanded to Police custody till February 2 in the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) firing case, reports Times of India. Kasab has been in Police custody since his arrest on the night of November 26, 2008 and has, thus far, been booked in 12 cases by the Mumbai Police.
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January - 20 
The Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal in Chittagong on January 20 sentenced Javed Iqbal alias Mohammad, divisional chief of the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), to 10 years' imprisonment for his involvement in the August 17, 2005 serial blasts case. Javed was also fined Taka 5000. Three explosi
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The Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal in Chittagong on January 20 sentenced Javed Iqbal alias Mohammad, divisional chief of the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), to 10 years' imprisonment for his involvement in the August 17, 2005 serial blasts case. Javed was also fined Taka 5000. Three explosions had occurred on August 17, 2005 in Chittagong’s Bahodderhat, Muradpur intersection and OR Nizam Road areas.
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January - 21 
On January 21, five Indian Mujahideen (IM) cadres, identified as Mohammed Saif, Zeeshan Ahmed, Zia-ur-Rehman, Saquib Nissar and Mohammed Shakeel, were remanded to judicial custody till February 4 for their alleged involvement in the September 13, 2008 Delhi serial bomb blasts, Times of India reports
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On January 21, five Indian Mujahideen (IM) cadres, identified as Mohammed Saif, Zeeshan Ahmed, Zia-ur-Rehman, Saquib Nissar and Mohammed Shakeel, were remanded to judicial custody till February 4 for their alleged involvement in the September 13, 2008 Delhi serial bomb blasts, Times of India reports. The court took cognizance of the chargesheet filed against them in the serial blasts in the Capital and posted the matter for February 4. Meanwhile, the court also issued production warrants for January 29 against the alleged co-founder of the IM, Mohammed Sadiq Sheikh, and member, Quamuddin Kapadia, who are in Police custody in Ahmedabad in Gujarat.
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January - 23 
On January 23, two arrested Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) cadres, identified as Fahim Ansari and Mohammad Salahuddin, were remanded to Police custody till February 5 in connection with the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, reports The Hindu.
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On January 23, two arrested Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) cadres, identified as Fahim Ansari and Mohammad Salahuddin, were remanded to Police custody till February 5 in connection with the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, reports The Hindu.
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January - 23 
Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal has served notice to the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) to show cause as to why it should not be declared as an unlawful association, reports Assam Tribune. The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal was constituted by the Union Government w
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Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal has served notice to the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) to show cause as to why it should not be declared as an unlawful association, reports Assam Tribune. The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal was constituted by the Union Government with Justice S.N. Aggarwal, Judge of Delhi High Court, for the purpose of adjudicating whether or not there is sufficient cause declaring the NDFB as unlawful association. The report adds that the Union Government had already declared the NDFB as unlawful association under the provision of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
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January - 25 January - 26
A major racket in arms whose clientele included Maoists in Chhattisgarh was neutralised by the West Bengal Police in the evening of January 25. More than 5000 cartridges, locally-made and sophisticated rifles and revolvers, pen-pistols and a bullet-proof vest were among the items recovered. One of t
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A major racket in arms whose clientele included Maoists in Chhattisgarh was neutralised by the West Bengal Police in the evening of January 25. More than 5000 cartridges, locally-made and sophisticated rifles and revolvers, pen-pistols and a bullet-proof vest were among the items recovered. One of those involved in the racket, Anupam Chowdhury, from whose house the Police seized thousands of bullets and cartridges and several firearms was produced before a court in Barasat in the State’s North 24 Parganas District that remanded him on January 26 to 10 days in Police custody. The reach of the gang members is believed to extend beyond the State’s borders.
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January - 26 
A trial began on January 26 against four men charged with trying to supply missiles and assault weapons to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), according to Daily News. The Sri Lankan immigrants have been charged with terrorism because the LTTE is a designated terrorist organization in US. T
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A trial began on January 26 against four men charged with trying to supply missiles and assault weapons to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), according to Daily News. The Sri Lankan immigrants have been charged with terrorism because the LTTE is a designated terrorist organization in US. The Federal Bureau of Investigation engineered a sting in which three of the men drove from Canada to New York City in 2006 to meet with undercover agents posing as black-market arms dealers. Prosecutors said the men were caught on tape agreeing to buy 10 surface-to-air missiles and 500 rifles for $ 900,000. US authorities said the three men were on a secret mission to help the LTTE by buying hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of surface-to-air missiles and smuggling them into Sri Lanka. The three men, identified as Sathajhan Sarachandran, Sahilal Sabaratnam and Thiruthanikan Thanigasalam, who had been living in Canada, along with the fourth one, were jailed without bail after pleading not guilty. Each of them could face up to 30 years in prison if convicted.
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January - 26 
Colombo High Court reissued an arrest warrant for the LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran, head of LTTE intelligence wing Pottu Amman and two senior members of the outfit, Charles Master and Komadee Manimekala, in connection with the assassination of former foreign minister Lakshman Kadirgamar, who wa
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Colombo High Court reissued an arrest warrant for the LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran, head of LTTE intelligence wing Pottu Amman and two senior members of the outfit, Charles Master and Komadee Manimekala, in connection with the assassination of former foreign minister Lakshman Kadirgamar, who was killed by a LTTE sniper at his residence in Colombo on August 12, 2005.
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January - 26 
The Government on January 26 informed the Appeal Courts that it has decided to cancel the radio license given to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), reported Colombo Page. The Attorney General informed this decision to the Appeal Courts when the petition challenging the LTTE radio license w
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The Government on January 26 informed the Appeal Courts that it has decided to cancel the radio license given to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), reported Colombo Page. The Attorney General informed this decision to the Appeal Courts when the petition challenging the LTTE radio license was heard. The petition was submitted a few months ago by Piyasena Dissanayake who argued that the radio license is illegal as the LTTE is a proscribed organization in the country. The case is to be taken for hearing again on February 2.
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January - 27 
National Post reports that the trial of three Canadians accused of travelling to New York in 2006 to buy anti-aircraft missiles and assault rifles for the LTTE ended on January 27 following two more guilty pleas. Sahilal Sabaratnam and Thiruthanikan Thanigasalam pleaded guilty to conspiracy to suppo
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National Post reports that the trial of three Canadians accused of travelling to New York in 2006 to buy anti-aircraft missiles and assault rifles for the LTTE ended on January 27 following two more guilty pleas. Sahilal Sabaratnam and Thiruthanikan Thanigasalam pleaded guilty to conspiracy to support a foreign terrorist group and conspiracy to buy missiles. Their co-accused, Sathajhan Sarachandran, had already pleaded guilty on January 26. They each face a minimum sentence of 25 years with a maximum of life imprisonment after admitting they were part of a Canadian-based arms procurement cell of the LTTE. "With these convictions we have sent a clear message that the LTTE and its supporters cannot use the United States as a source of supply for deadly weapons and technology, and that all terrorists who attempt to do so will be met with the full resources of law enforcement," US Attorney Benton Campbell said.
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January - 28 
The chief of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) unit in Britain helped supply military equipment to the outfit, a London court heard on January 28, according to Daily News. Prosecutors alleged that 52-year-old Arunachalam Chrishanthakumar alias A.C. Shanthan led the acquisition of funding a
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The chief of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) unit in Britain helped supply military equipment to the outfit, a London court heard on January 28, according to Daily News. Prosecutors alleged that 52-year-old Arunachalam Chrishanthakumar alias A.C. Shanthan led the acquisition of funding and materials bound for the LTTE. Chrishanthakumar appeared at Kingston Crown Court in London charged with five offences, ranging from receiving electrical devices for terrorism, possessing terrorist documents, and belonging to a banned organisation. Three others - Jegatheswaran Muraleetharan alias Muralee Tharan, his brother Jeyatheswaran Vythyatharan alias Vithy Tharan and Murugesu Jegatheeswaran alias M. Jegan - are accused of receiving electronic items for use in terrorism.
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January - 30 
On January 30, a preliminary chargesheet was filed at a court in Kandhamal in the case relating to the killing of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader, Swami Laxmananda Saraswati, Telegraph reported. In the chargesheet, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) reiterated its claim that a group
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On January 30, a preliminary chargesheet was filed at a court in Kandhamal in the case relating to the killing of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader, Swami Laxmananda Saraswati, Telegraph reported. In the chargesheet, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) reiterated its claim that a group of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were involved in the murder. According to the chargesheet, a group of assailants, armed with AK-47 and INSAS rifles, attacked the Jalespeta ashram (hermitage) during Janmasthami (a Hindu festival) celebrations on August 23, 2008, and shot dead the 82-year-old monk. They also killed Kishore Baba (45), Amritananda Baba (62), Mata Bhaktimayee (40), all of them ashram inmates, and Puranjan Ganthi (28), brother of one of the girl inmates of the tribal residential school. However, the conspiracy to kill Swami had been hatched in December 2007, said CID sources. "We are looking for 150 more people. Investigations will continue and we may file a final chargesheet," said a senior CID official. Superintendent of Police of the Crime Branch, Yatindra Koyal, said that the Maoist hand was clear from the evidence. He said: "This is a preliminary chargesheet. The case is open. More facts will come out in the course of further investigation and trials."
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February - 2 
On February 2, the lone terrorist arrested during the Mumbai multiple attacks of November 26, 2008, Mohammad Ajmal Amir Iman alias Kasab, was remanded to Police custody till February 13 in connection with the hijack of a fishing trawler and killing of its crew, The Hindu reported.
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On February 2, the lone terrorist arrested during the Mumbai multiple attacks of November 26, 2008, Mohammad Ajmal Amir Iman alias Kasab, was remanded to Police custody till February 13 in connection with the hijack of a fishing trawler and killing of its crew, The Hindu reported.
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February - 4 
According to Times of India, the Ahmedabad city Police on February 4 filed five more charge sheets in connection with the July 26, 2008 serial bomb blasts in which 57 people were killed. All the charge-sheets blame the Indian Mujahideen (IM) and Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) operatives f
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According to Times of India, the Ahmedabad city Police on February 4 filed five more charge sheets in connection with the July 26, 2008 serial bomb blasts in which 57 people were killed. All the charge-sheets blame the Indian Mujahideen (IM) and Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) operatives for the explosions, Crime branch officials said. The documents give details of how the different IM modules worked in co-ordination to successfully execute the terrorist attack. "Roles of Gujarat, Mumbai, Delhi and Karnataka IM modules, who worked in tandem to carry out the attack, as well as that of each individual in the modules have been described in detail in the documents," the Crime branch officials added.
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February - 5 
While perusing the Action Taken Report (ATR) filed by the Chhattisgarh Government, the Supreme Court said on February 5 that the Government cannot arm common men or those associated with the Salwa Judum (anti-Maoist vigilante movement) to curb violence perpetrated by the Communist Party of India-Mao
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While perusing the Action Taken Report (ATR) filed by the Chhattisgarh Government, the Supreme Court said on February 5 that the Government cannot arm common men or those associated with the Salwa Judum (anti-Maoist vigilante movement) to curb violence perpetrated by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), Times of India reported. "We do not underestimate the enormity of the problem (Naxalism). But State should not encourage the common man by arming them to fight Naxalites (left-wing extremists)," a Bench comprising Chief Justice K. G. Balakrishnan and Justice P. Sathasivam observed. The Bench said, "...arming common men will create a dangerous situation... unless legal powers are vested, you can't arm people. Common men are under dilemma whether to support the Government or Naxalites." The Bench was of the view that instead of arming common men, the State Governments should properly utilise the funds granted to them under schemes sponsored by the Centre for the economic upliftment of the villagers and tribals.
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February - 6 
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on February 6 declared the detained nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan ‘a free citizen’, and disposed of his writ petition following a ‘mutual agreement’ between him and the federal Government which – according to the court – cannot be made public in line with a re
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The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on February 6 declared the detained nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan ‘a free citizen’, and disposed of his writ petition following a ‘mutual agreement’ between him and the federal Government which – according to the court – cannot be made public in line with a request by the petitioner and the respondent, Daily Times reported. During an in-chamber hearing, Syed Ali Zafar – representing AQ Khan – argued before the IHC Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Aslam that his client’s detention was unjustified, as “he was not involved in nuclear proliferation.” He asked the court to declare his client a free citizen ‘with due state protection’ in line with the terms of the mutual agreement between AQ Khan and the Government. According to the court’s one-page verdict, Dr Khan’s counsel voluntarily accepted the terms and conditions offered by the Government in exchange for ending the detention of the scientist. According to AP, Government prosecutor Amjad Iqbal Qureshi said that ‘security measures’ for Khan would remain, suggesting that authorities may still limit his movement.
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February - 9 
A Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) cadre, identified as Amil Parvesh, a native of Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh, who was arrested by the Kerala Police from Indore in Madhya Pradesh recently in connection with his suspected role in the controversial training camp of the outfit held in the Vagamon
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A Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) cadre, identified as Amil Parvesh, a native of Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh, who was arrested by the Kerala Police from Indore in Madhya Pradesh recently in connection with his suspected role in the controversial training camp of the outfit held in the Vagamon hills, was remanded by the Kanjirapally First Class Magistrate Court in Kottayam on February 9, to 15 days Police custody, reports Express Buzz .He was reportedly an expert in the making of bombs and involved in the Bangalore serial blasts.
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February - 11 
On February 11, three cadres of the former Maoist Communist Centre (MCC), presently known as Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), identified as Vyas Kahar, Naresh Paswan and Yugal Mochi, were sentenced to death while three others, identified as Tyagi Mahto, Vijay Yadav and Madhusudan Sharma
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On February 11, three cadres of the former Maoist Communist Centre (MCC), presently known as Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), identified as Vyas Kahar, Naresh Paswan and Yugal Mochi, were sentenced to death while three others, identified as Tyagi Mahto, Vijay Yadav and Madhusudan Sharma, were acquitted by a TADA (Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987) court in Gaya for the massacre of 35 persons at Bara village in the Gaya District, Bihar Times reported. The MCC’s armed cadres brought the 35 persons of Bara village to the bank of a nearby canal, tied their hands and slit their throats on February 12, 1992. Earlier on 2001, a TADA court had sentenced four MCC cadres to death in the same case.
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February - 11 
According to Daily Times, a British court has acquitted Baloch nationalist leader Khair Buksh Marri’s son, Harbiyar Marri, and his close aide Faiz Baloch of all cases against them. A private TV channel reported on February 11 that they were arrested in London on charges of carrying out terrorism and
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According to Daily Times, a British court has acquitted Baloch nationalist leader Khair Buksh Marri’s son, Harbiyar Marri, and his close aide Faiz Baloch of all cases against them. A private TV channel reported on February 11 that they were arrested in London on charges of carrying out terrorism and sabotage activities in Balochistan. Harbiyar Marri was a provincial minister during the last regime of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz but went to London and sought asylum there after former president Pervez Musharraf took over in 1999.
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February - 12 
The banned Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) is reported to have condemned the Government on February 12 for filing a case against some of the group’s top operatives, according to Daily Times. “We strongly condemn the lodging of the FIR [First Information Report] against LeT,” Lashkar spokesman Abdullah Ghaznav
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The banned Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) is reported to have condemned the Government on February 12 for filing a case against some of the group’s top operatives, according to Daily Times. “We strongly condemn the lodging of the FIR [First Information Report] against LeT,” Lashkar spokesman Abdullah Ghaznavi told AFP over the telephone. The case was brought to ‘win appreciation’ from India and the US and to “implement India’s agenda of suppressing the people’s struggle for freedom in Kashmir”, said Ghaznavi. The Government has lodged a FIR against eight suspects, including the presumed mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi.
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February - 13 
A local court in Hazaribagh awarded a 10-year jail sentence to a lawyer, Binod Bhandari, for helping left-wing extremists get explosives, reports PTI.
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A local court in Hazaribagh awarded a 10-year jail sentence to a lawyer, Binod Bhandari, for helping left-wing extremists get explosives, reports PTI.
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February - 13 
On February 13, Mohammad Ajmal Amir Iman alias Kasab, the lone Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist arrested during the Mumbai terrorist attack on November 26, 2008, was remanded to Police custody till February 26, in connection with the bomb blast in a taxi at Vile Parle, reports The Hindu.
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On February 13, Mohammad Ajmal Amir Iman alias Kasab, the lone Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist arrested during the Mumbai terrorist attack on November 26, 2008, was remanded to Police custody till February 26, in connection with the bomb blast in a taxi at Vile Parle, reports The Hindu.
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February - 15 
Supreme Court on February 15 upheld the detention of Govinda Bahadur Batala alias ‘Jivit’, a commander of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Jivit is one of the prime accused in the murder of Ram Hari Shrestha, a Kathmandu-based businessman who was killed on May 10, 2008, allegedly by the PLA cadre
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Supreme Court on February 15 upheld the detention of Govinda Bahadur Batala alias ‘Jivit’, a commander of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Jivit is one of the prime accused in the murder of Ram Hari Shrestha, a Kathmandu-based businessman who was killed on May 10, 2008, allegedly by the PLA cadres, at Shaktikhor in Chitwan.
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February - 17 
On February 17, the Mumbai Police filed a 1,809-page chargesheet against 21 militants of the Indian Mujahideen (IM) who engineered bomb blasts across the country since 2005, reports The Hindu. The accused have been charged under sections 3 (1) (ii) for offence invoking punishment for not less than f
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On February 17, the Mumbai Police filed a 1,809-page chargesheet against 21 militants of the Indian Mujahideen (IM) who engineered bomb blasts across the country since 2005, reports The Hindu. The accused have been charged under sections 3 (1) (ii) for offence invoking punishment for not less than five years; 3 (2) for conspiring and abetting an offence; and 3 (4) relating to punishment for being part of an organised crime syndicate, of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) 1999. Sections 295 (A) (damaging a place of worship with intent to insult the religion of any class), 505 (2) (statements conducing public mischief), 507 and 506 (II) (relating to criminal intimidation), 120 (B) (criminal conspiracy), 121 (waging war against the country), 122 (collecting arms for waging war) and 286 (negligent conduct with respect to explosive substances) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) have been applied. They are also charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) 1967 the Information Technology Act 2000, and the Arms Act. Most of the accused are from Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh and are well-qualified professionals. The chargesheet states that “The Indian Mujahideen wanted to have bases in Mumbai and Maharashtra and therefore hired premises (in Sewree Cross Lane, Mumbai) and in Ashoka Mews and Kamaldeep Apartment at Kondhwa (Khurd) in Pune. Regular meetings were held at these premises for planning and carrying out terrorist operations and to harbour their members.” The IM, an offshoot of the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), was responsible for bomb blasts in Ahmedabad, Delhi, Jaipur, Surat and Hyderabad. The IM’s media cell had its headquarters in Pune, conducted recces of places, hacked Wi-Fi networks in the city and sent threatening emails under its banner and from the email id ‘
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’ before and after the blasts, the chargesheet added. Six persons are wanted in the case, including the masterminds Riyaz Bhatkal alias Roshan Khan alias Aziz alias Ahmadbhai; his brother Iqbal Bhatkal alias Mohammad bhai, and Amir Raza, the head of the IM. In addition, the chargesheet states that Raza was assisted by the SIMI and Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT). He formed the Sahabbuddin Brigade for attacks in the south, Mohammad Gajnavi brigade for attacks in the north, Shaheed-al-Zarkavi brigade for attacks on VVIPs and media groups. Riyaz gave the orders to the militants while Iqbal played a key role in indoctrination. Non-bailable warrants have been obtained for 13 militants in the chargesheet.
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February - 19 
A Rajshahi court on February 19 framed charges against eight cadres of the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in the Rajshahi University (RU) Professor Muhammad Yunus’s murder case, Daily Star reported. The accused include Shafiullah Tarek (a follower of militant leader Asadullah Al Galib) and Sh
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A Rajshahi court on February 19 framed charges against eight cadres of the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in the Rajshahi University (RU) Professor Muhammad Yunus’s murder case, Daily Star reported. The accused include Shafiullah Tarek (a follower of militant leader Asadullah Al Galib) and Shahidullah Mahbub (husband of the executed JMB leader Bangla Bhai's niece). Both of them were the mastermind behind the murder, according to the charge sheet. The other accused are JMB's regional commanders, Abu Isa Enamul and Golamur Rahman Mostafa, an adherent of Galib's Ahle Hadith Jubo Shangha, militants Abul Kashem Tufan, Abdul Matin, Abdur Rahman Arif and Mojibur Rahman.
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February - 20 
On February 20, the Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court in Gazipur placed four cadres of the Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) on a 10-day remand. The militants, Nasrin Akhter, Zahid, Masud and Atique, had been arrested along with three grenades, bomb-making material and books on jihad from a hous
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On February 20, the Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court in Gazipur placed four cadres of the Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) on a 10-day remand. The militants, Nasrin Akhter, Zahid, Masud and Atique, had been arrested along with three grenades, bomb-making material and books on jihad from a house in East Kalomeshwar village on February 14.
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February - 22 
The Supreme Court on February 22 issued an interim order to the Defence Ministry and the Nepal Army to halt the process of inducting new personnel in the army till Feb 28, reports Nepal News.
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The Supreme Court on February 22 issued an interim order to the Defence Ministry and the Nepal Army to halt the process of inducting new personnel in the army till Feb 28, reports Nepal News.
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February - 22 
A court in Jamalpur placed three arrested JMB cadres on a seven-day remand. The militants, Abdullahel Kafi, Mehedi Iqbal Ripon and Shamsul Haq, had been arrested on February 14 in Jamalpur town.
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A court in Jamalpur placed three arrested JMB cadres on a seven-day remand. The militants, Abdullahel Kafi, Mehedi Iqbal Ripon and Shamsul Haq, had been arrested on February 14 in Jamalpur town.
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February - 23 
The Speedy Trial Tribunal in Rajshahi on February 23 sentenced six Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) cadres to life imprisonment for their involvement in the killing of union council chairman Abdus Sobhan Chowdhury in Naogaon on August 302, 2002. The cadres were identified as Babu alias Sagor, Ak
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The Speedy Trial Tribunal in Rajshahi on February 23 sentenced six Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) cadres to life imprisonment for their involvement in the killing of union council chairman Abdus Sobhan Chowdhury in Naogaon on August 302, 2002. The cadres were identified as Babu alias Sagor, Akbar-1, Abdus Sabur, Zahidul Islam, Abdul Latif and Chanchal. Each of them were also fined Taka 10,000 each.
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February - 25 
On February 25, the Mumbai Police filed a chargesheet against 47 accused persons in the case of November 26, 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack, reports The Hindu. The 47 include 35 wanted Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorists from Pakistan, the lone arrested terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir Iman alias Kasab and
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On February 25, the Mumbai Police filed a chargesheet against 47 accused persons in the case of November 26, 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack, reports The Hindu. The 47 include 35 wanted Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorists from Pakistan, the lone arrested terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir Iman alias Kasab and arrested Indian nationals Fahim Ansari and Mohammad Sabahuddin. The 11, 280 pages chargesheet includes the names of trainers, people aboard Al-Husseini (the ship which sailed from Karachi carrying the terrorists), those involved in purchasing boats, and those who were present at training and lodging sites. At a press conference in Mumbai, the Joint Commissioner (Crime) of Police, Rakesh Maria, named top LeT leaders Zaki-ur-Rahman Lakhvi, Abu Hamza, Abu Kaahfa, Zarar Shah and Hafiz Mohammed Saeed among the 35 listed. The wanted list also has names of two Pakistan army personnel, including a Major-General. However, it had to be ascertained whether these two belonged to the army or to the LeT hierarchy, Maria said. The chargesheet contains 2202 witness statements, including those of officers of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation. It incorporates forensic evidence, fingerprint reports, and documentary and oral evidence collected in India and abroad. Transcripts of communication among the terrorists and their handlers, CallPhonex and Global Positioning System (GPS) records, and purchase and sale details of the Yamaha outboard motor also constitute the evidence. Meanwhile, Maria said that the terrorist attacks were the handiwork of the LeT. The role of its marine wing was established after the trawler Kuber was taken over. However, the chargesheet did not mention any role of Pakistan’s external intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).
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February - 25 
The National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) moved a petition before the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act Tribunal headed by Justice S.N. Agarwal challenging the official notification of the Union Home Ministry issued on November 23, 2008, banning the outfit afresh for two years, reports As
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The National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) moved a petition before the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act Tribunal headed by Justice S.N. Agarwal challenging the official notification of the Union Home Ministry issued on November 23, 2008, banning the outfit afresh for two years, reports Assam Tribune.
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February - 26 
On February 26, the local court in Hubli in Karnataka extended the judicial custody of 17 suspected Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) cadres till April 1, reports Times of India. The 17 cadres include SIMI leaders Safdar Nagori and Qamaruddin.
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On February 26, the local court in Hubli in Karnataka extended the judicial custody of 17 suspected Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) cadres till April 1, reports Times of India. The 17 cadres include SIMI leaders Safdar Nagori and Qamaruddin.
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February - 27 
On February 27, the Delhi Police filed two fresh chargesheets in connection with the September 13, 2008 Delhi serial bomb blast case, registered at Connaught Place and Tilak Marg Police stations, reports The Hindu. The two chargesheets accused Abu Al-Kama, a Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) ‘com
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On February 27, the Delhi Police filed two fresh chargesheets in connection with the September 13, 2008 Delhi serial bomb blast case, registered at Connaught Place and Tilak Marg Police stations, reports The Hindu. The two chargesheets accused Abu Al-Kama, a Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) ‘commander’, who is suspected to be involved in the 2005 Sarojini Nagar and other bomb blasts in Delhi, and was termed as one of the conspirators. The two chargesheets also named Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorists, Mohammed Saif, Zeeshan Ahmed, Zia-ur-Rehman, Saquib Nissar, Mohammed Shakeel, Mohammed Sadiq Sheikh, Quamuddin Kapadia and Mohammed Hakim, as the accused. According to Police, the bombs at Central Park in Connaught Place, which claimed three lives and left 39 injured, were planted by accused Saif, Zia, Sajid and Khalid. Out of the four, Sajid and Khalid are still absconding. The Police also claimed that the bombs recovered from a dustbin near India Gate were planted by Mirza Shadab Beg and Shahzad, who are still at large.
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February - 27 
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 on February 27, reports Times Now. About 40 cases were pe
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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 on February 27, reports Times Now. 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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February - 28 
An Indian Mujahideen (IM) militant, identified as Mohammed Mansoor Ashgar Peerbhoy, was sent to 10 days Police custody by a Delhi court on February 28, reports Indian Express. Peerbhoy, a former computer engineer in Yahoo India, is accused of sending emails on behalf of the outfit about several bom
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An Indian Mujahideen (IM) militant, identified as Mohammed Mansoor Ashgar Peerbhoy, was sent to 10 days Police custody by a Delhi court on February 28, reports Indian Express. Peerbhoy, a former computer engineer in Yahoo India, is accused of sending emails on behalf of the outfit about several bomb blasts in the country.
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March - 2 
According to the chargesheet filed by the Mumbai Police on February 25, maps of target locations of the November 26, 2008 Mumbai attacks were handed over to the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) commanders in Nepal, reports The Hindu on March 3. Nepal was chosen for exchanging the maps because it was a rendezvo
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According to the chargesheet filed by the Mumbai Police on February 25, maps of target locations of the November 26, 2008 Mumbai attacks were handed over to the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) commanders in Nepal, reports The Hindu on March 3. Nepal was chosen for exchanging the maps because it was a rendezvous point for the LeT, said Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Rakesh Maria, adding, with no visa restrictions on the entry of Indians into Nepal, it was a convenient transit venue for the outfit’s activities. The role of two Indian nationals, Fahim Ansari and Mohammad Sabahuddin, is the only instance of local involvement in the case as per the chargesheet. Nine maps were prepared by Ansari, which were handed over to Sabahuddin in Kathmandu in Nepal some time in January 2008. The latter in turn passed them on to LeT operatives, identified as Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi and Abu Kaahfa. The chargesheet states: “Both the arrested accused, viz. Fahim Mohammed Yusuf Ansari and Sabahuddin, were in constant touch with each other through e-mail messenger. Sabahuddin is termed as a very important functionary of the LeT in India.”
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March - 3 
The Supreme Court referred the hearing on the Nepal Army recruitment controversy to a larger bench after a two-member bench was split on whether to allow the Army continue recruitment of 3,010 personnel.
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The Supreme Court referred the hearing on the Nepal Army recruitment controversy to a larger bench after a two-member bench was split on whether to allow the Army continue recruitment of 3,010 personnel.
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March - 4 
On March 4, an Indian Mujahideen (IM) militant, identified as Asif Bashir Sheikh, was remanded to nine days Police custody by a city court in Delhi, reports PTI. He was reportedly a member of the IM’s media cell and accused of translating the email drafts sent to different media houses immediately b
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On March 4, an Indian Mujahideen (IM) militant, identified as Asif Bashir Sheikh, was remanded to nine days Police custody by a city court in Delhi, reports PTI. He was reportedly a member of the IM’s media cell and accused of translating the email drafts sent to different media houses immediately before the serial bomb blasts in Ahmedabad and Delhi.
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March - 5 
Two leaders of a faction of the People's United Liberation Front (PULF), who were arrested from Mumbai by a combined team of the Imphal East District Police and Army in collaboration with the Mumbai Police on March 5, were remanded to Police custody till March 16, according to Sangai Express.
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Two leaders of a faction of the People's United Liberation Front (PULF), who were arrested from Mumbai by a combined team of the Imphal East District Police and Army in collaboration with the Mumbai Police on March 5, were remanded to Police custody till March 16, according to Sangai Express.
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March - 5 
On March 5, a speedy trial tribunal in Rajshahi sentenced 12 operatives of the Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) to life imprisonment for their involvement in the killing of four persons. All the convicts were also fined Taka 10,000 each. According to the prosecution, four people suspected to bel
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On March 5, a speedy trial tribunal in Rajshahi sentenced 12 operatives of the Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) to life imprisonment for their involvement in the killing of four persons. All the convicts were also fined Taka 10,000 each. According to the prosecution, four people suspected to belong to a rival extremist outfit had been killed by the PBCP cadres at Foliachapri Beel in the Pabna District on May 11, 2004.
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March - 9 
According to The Hindu, the first hearing of the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terror attack case would start from March 23 in the Arthur Road jail premises of Mumbai. The Special Sessions Court set up at the jail would convene for the first hearing of the case, according to an order by the Metropolitan
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According to The Hindu, the first hearing of the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terror attack case would start from March 23 in the Arthur Road jail premises of Mumbai. The Special Sessions Court set up at the jail would convene for the first hearing of the case, according to an order by the Metropolitan Magistrate N. Shrimangale on March 9.
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March - 9 
On March 9, a trial court in Delhi remanded an Indian Mujahideen (IM) cadre, identified as Mohammed Mansoor Ashgar Peerbhoy, to seven-day Police custody, reports Times of India. He was accused of sending emails on behalf of the outfit about various bomb blasts across the country.
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On March 9, a trial court in Delhi remanded an Indian Mujahideen (IM) cadre, identified as Mohammed Mansoor Ashgar Peerbhoy, to seven-day Police custody, reports Times of India. He was accused of sending emails on behalf of the outfit about various bomb blasts across the country.
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March - 9 
A review board of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on March 9 extended the detention of the chief of the Jama’at-ud-Da’awa (the Lashkar-e-Toiba [LeT] front), Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, and three other of its top leaders for 60 days while releasing two leaders, The News reported. The board, comprising Justice
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A review board of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on March 9 extended the detention of the chief of the Jama’at-ud-Da’awa (the Lashkar-e-Toiba [LeT] front), Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, and three other of its top leaders for 60 days while releasing two leaders, The News reported. The board, comprising Justice Mian Najam-uz-Zaman, Justice Fazal-e-Miran Chauhan and Justice Syed Shabbar Raza Rizvi, issued this order after the Home Department produced sufficient evidence against Hafiz Saeed and his associates and sought extension in their detention. The detention of Ameer Hamza, Col (retd) Nazir Ahmed, and Mufti Abdur Rehman Rehmani, has also been extended for 60 days. The board observed that the data produced before the board was sufficient for extending the period of their detention. The board further ordered the Punjab Government to provide subsistence allowance of PKR 25,000 to the families of the detenus while they would be kept at various places already declared sub-jails. In the cases of Qazi Kashif Niaz and Qari Yasin Baloch, the board opined there was no cogent evidence/material produced by the Home Department to justify extension in their detention. Under Article 10(4) of the Constitution, the chief justice of the High Court concerned would appoint a review board consisting of a chairman and two other persons, each of whom is or has been a judge of the High Court. The detention period of all detenus was to expire on March 9 midnight. In December 2008, the Interior Ministry had ordered detention of eight LeT leaders, including Hafiz Saeed, on suspicion of involvement in the Mumbai terrorist attacks in November 2008.
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March - 12 
On March 12, a city court in New Delhi sent two Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorists, identified as Mobin Kader Sheikh and Asif Bashir Sheikh, to five-day Police custody in connection with the September 13, 2008 Delhi serial bomb blasts case, reports The Hindu. The duo reportedly helped the prime accus
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On March 12, a city court in New Delhi sent two Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorists, identified as Mobin Kader Sheikh and Asif Bashir Sheikh, to five-day Police custody in connection with the September 13, 2008 Delhi serial bomb blasts case, reports The Hindu. The duo reportedly helped the prime accused, Mohammed Mansoor Asghar Peerbhoy, in sending the e-mails to different media houses minutes before the serial bomb blasts at Delhi and Ahmedabad.
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March - 12 
29-year old Mohammed Momin Khawaja, the first Canadian tried and found guilty under Canada’s anti-terrorism law, was sentenced to 10.5 years in prison on March 12 for his role in a foiled plot against British targets, Dawn reported. The Ottawa software developer of Pakistani descent had been found t
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29-year old Mohammed Momin Khawaja, the first Canadian tried and found guilty under Canada’s anti-terrorism law, was sentenced to 10.5 years in prison on March 12 for his role in a foiled plot against British targets, Dawn reported. The Ottawa software developer of Pakistani descent had been found to have "knowingly participated" and "knowingly facilitated" a terrorist group’s plan to attack a popular London nightclub, a shopping mall and a gas network. However, he may not have known the specific details of the plot itself, Justice Douglas Rutherford said in his 52-page decision in October 2008. At sentencing, the judge noted Khawaja showed no remorse throughout the trial and had chosen not to speak at his pre-sentencing hearing, while his family seemed oblivious to his actions, said public broadcaster CBC.
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March - 16 
On March 16, a city court in New Delhi remanded three Indian Mujahideen (IM) cadres, including computer engineer Mohammad Mansoor Asghar Peerbhoy, to 14-days judicial custody, reports, Express India. They were reportedly members of the IM’s media cell and allegedly drafted the e-mails relating to se
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On March 16, a city court in New Delhi remanded three Indian Mujahideen (IM) cadres, including computer engineer Mohammad Mansoor Asghar Peerbhoy, to 14-days judicial custody, reports, Express India. They were reportedly members of the IM’s media cell and allegedly drafted the e-mails relating to serial bomb blasts across the country.
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March - 18 
The provincial Government on March 18 directed the judges of subordinate judiciary of the Peshawar High Court in Swat not to attend courts and restrict themselves to their houses, Daily Times reported. The order came after a warning from the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) chief Maulana
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The provincial Government on March 18 directed the judges of subordinate judiciary of the Peshawar High Court in Swat not to attend courts and restrict themselves to their houses, Daily Times reported. The order came after a warning from the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad to the judges of Swat not to attend their courts. A civil judge in Swat told Daily Times that after Sufi’s warning, they had been directed by the Government and district administration not to attend courts due to security concerns. The judge, however, said most of the judges had started deciding cases of petty nature at their houses due to security reasons.
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March - 19 
On March 19, two cadres of the Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) were sentenced to 37-years imprisonment each for possessing illegal arms, reports Daily Star. The convicts were identified as Mohammed Ayub Hossain of Brittidebi village and Mohammed Ashraf Ali of Kacherkol village under Shailkupa u
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On March 19, two cadres of the Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) were sentenced to 37-years imprisonment each for possessing illegal arms, reports Daily Star. The convicts were identified as Mohammed Ayub Hossain of Brittidebi village and Mohammed Ashraf Ali of Kacherkol village under Shailkupa upazila (Sub-District). According to prosecution, Police arrested the two PBCP cadres on August 29, 2003 and had recovered a gun with 32 bullets from their possession.
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March - 22 
The first court of Rajshahi Divisional Special Judge on March 22 sentenced seven militants of the banned Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) for life in connection with the August 17, 2005 serial bomb blast case filed with the Motihar Police Station, reports Daily Star. The convicts were identifie
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The first court of Rajshahi Divisional Special Judge on March 22 sentenced seven militants of the banned Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) for life in connection with the August 17, 2005 serial bomb blast case filed with the Motihar Police Station, reports Daily Star. The convicts were identified as JMB’s regional ammunition supplier Torikul Islam, Rajshahi District commander Shafiullah Tarek Kalam, and a zonal JMB commander Abu Isa alias Enamul Haque Mithu, Hasan Ali Ekhwan, Jahangir Alam Abidur and Arif alias Alal. Sheikh Enamul Haq Moni, a supporter of militant leader Asadullah Al Galib, was convicted in absentia. He commanded the JMB's western zone in Rajshahi till 2006 in the guise of a journalist. JMB militants had orchestrated 500 synchronised blasts across the country except in one District.
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March - 23 
According to The Hindu, Mohammad Ajmal Amir Iman alias Kasab, the lone arrested Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant in the November 26 Mumbai terrorist attacks, acknowledged before the trial judge on March 23 that he was a Pakistani national and also accepted the proposal of a Government-provided lawyer
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According to The Hindu, Mohammad Ajmal Amir Iman alias Kasab, the lone arrested Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant in the November 26 Mumbai terrorist attacks, acknowledged before the trial judge on March 23 that he was a Pakistani national and also accepted the proposal of a Government-provided lawyer to defend him.
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March - 24 
A founding member of the banned outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami Bangladesh (HuJI-BD) and the ameer (chief) of the Islamic Democratic Party (IDP), Maulana Sheikh Abdus Salam, was remanded to four-day Crime Investigation Department custody on March 24 in connection with the bomb attack on a Communist
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A founding member of the banned outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami Bangladesh (HuJI-BD) and the ameer (chief) of the Islamic Democratic Party (IDP), Maulana Sheikh Abdus Salam, was remanded to four-day Crime Investigation Department custody on March 24 in connection with the bomb attack on a Communist Party of Bangladesh rally on January 20, 2001. As reported earlier, Abdus Salam was arrested on March 23 from his home in the Bashundhara Residential area of capital Dhaka.
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March - 24 
The Colombo Chief Magistrate Court on March 24 ordered to prevent eight directors of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) front Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO) from leaving the country, reports Colombo Page. While hearing the case charging TRO of raising funds for the LTTE, the Chief
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The Colombo Chief Magistrate Court on March 24 ordered to prevent eight directors of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) front Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO) from leaving the country, reports Colombo Page. While hearing the case charging TRO of raising funds for the LTTE, the Chief Magistrate, Nishantha Hapuarachchi, also issued arrest warrants against seven of the directors, who were absent in the Court. These directors are presently believed to be in the un-cleared areas (area not under Government control). According to sources, two of them are said to be a 'lieutenant' and a ‘colonel' of the LTTE. Meanwhile, the Chief Magistrate released Sinnaiah Ramalingam, the only director who appeared in the Court, on a SLR 500,000 surety bail.
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March - 29 
On March 29, Police submitted charge sheets in three cases in connection with the seizure of explosive materials from the JMB operatives and detonation of an explosive at Gazipur District Police Chief’s office.
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On March 29, Police submitted charge sheets in three cases in connection with the seizure of explosive materials from the JMB operatives and detonation of an explosive at Gazipur District Police Chief’s office.
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March - 30 
According to The Hindu, E. T. Zainudheen alias Abdul Sattar, who was a key operative in the suspected terrorist network having links with the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), was on March 30, sent to the Police’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) custody till April 13 for interrogation in connection with the o
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According to The Hindu, E. T. Zainudheen alias Abdul Sattar, who was a key operative in the suspected terrorist network having links with the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), was on March 30, sent to the Police’s Special Investigation Team (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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April - 5 
The chief of the banned Jama’at-ud-Da’awa (the Lashkar-e-Toiba [LeT front], Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, and its three other leaders have challenged their detention before the Lahore High Court (LHC), The News reported on April 5. A petition, filed under Article 199(1)(b)(i) of the Constitution, said the p
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The chief of the banned Jama’at-ud-Da’awa (the Lashkar-e-Toiba [LeT front], Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, and its three other leaders have challenged their detention before the Lahore High Court (LHC), The News reported on April 5. A petition, filed under Article 199(1)(b)(i) of the Constitution, said the petitioners in custody within the territorial jurisdiction of the court be brought before it, so that the court could see on its own that the detainees were kept under detention unlawfully. The other leaders of the banned outfit who challenged their detention included Col (retd) Nazeer Ahmad, Mufti Abdul Rehman and Ameer Hamza. The petitioner’s counsel, A. K. Dogar, submitted that Hafiz Saeed had earlier been detained by the Government of Pervez Musharraf, but was released by the LHC, observing that there was no allegation on record against the petitioner or his organisation.
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April - 5 
The counsel said the LHC had also observed that the organisation had never been involved in any terrorist activity in Pakistan and no FIR had ever been registered against it or any of the persons under arrest. He added that there was no finding of any blood-shed, terrorism or destruction of property
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The counsel said the LHC had also observed that the organisation had never been involved in any terrorist activity in Pakistan and no FIR had ever been registered against it or any of the persons under arrest. He added that there was no finding of any blood-shed, terrorism or destruction of property anywhere in the country. He said the Jama’at-ud-Da’awa was an independent organisation which had no connection with the Lashkar-e-Toiba.
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April - 9 
According to Hindustan Times, an Indian Mujahideen (IM) militant, identified as Mohammad Saddik Shaikh, has revealed that Pakistan had rewarded the financier of the outfit to carry out terrorist activity in India. The revelation was made in the confessional statement opened by the Special Maharashtr
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According to Hindustan Times, an Indian Mujahideen (IM) militant, identified as Mohammad Saddik Shaikh, has revealed that Pakistan had rewarded the financier of the outfit to carry out terrorist activity in India. The revelation was made in the confessional statement opened by the Special Maharashtra Control of Organized Crimes Act (MCOCA) court in Mumbai on April 9. “Amir Raza, financier of IM, was paid handsomely by high ranking officials from the Pakistan Army to conduct terrorist operations in India,” Saddik said in the statement. According to the statement, Saddik had gone to Pakistan in 2003 where he met Colonel Atif, who had given him two envelopes to be delivered to Raza. Raza used to transfer money through the Western Union Money Transfer firm and hawala (informal money transfer system) for conducting weapon and explosives training in Pakistan and for other IM requirements. Saddik reportedly first visited Pakistan after the 1992-93 Mumbai riots and underwent training. “From Karachi airport I was taken to LeT [Lashkar-e-Toiba] office where I met their chief Azam Cheema. I was then sent to Muzzafarabad where I underwent training for over 25 days in weapon handling and how to assemble explosives,” Saddik said. “After a group of boys came back from training, Raza asked me to show my work. With the help of Riyaz Bhatkal, founder of IM and other members, I conducted blasts in Delhi, Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh and in several other places,” Saddik has confessed. From February 2005 to September 2008, the IM conducted blasts in several cities like Gorakhpur, Hyderabad, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Jaipur, Ahmedabad and Surat, Saddik has said in his confession.
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April - 9 
According to Telegraph, two women cadres of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), identified as Debalata Handique and Jonali Deka, were arrested from an unspecified area of Guwahati in the Kamrup District and remanded to three days Police custody on April 9 for their role the March 25 grenade atta
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According to Telegraph, two women cadres of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), identified as Debalata Handique and Jonali Deka, were arrested from an unspecified area of Guwahati in the Kamrup District and remanded to three days Police custody on April 9 for their role the March 25 grenade attack in front of the civil hospital in Tezpur.
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April - 9 
The confessional statement also revealed that IM militants used the information and photographs posted on matrimonial websites to get themselves fake student Identity cards, which could be used to procure fake driving licenses, adds Times of India. An IM cadre and a computer professional Anik Sayyed
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The confessional statement also revealed that IM militants used the information and photographs posted on matrimonial websites to get themselves fake student Identity cards, which could be used to procure fake driving licenses, adds Times of India. An IM cadre and a computer professional Anik Sayyed, in his confessional statement recorded by the magistrate in October 2008, has said that he downloaded photos from websites like Shaadi.com and Bharti.com and used them on forged documents. "I used to type matrimony in Google and open sites like Shaadi.com and Bharti.com and download photos of men registered on those sites. I used to then edit those photographs in Coreldraw and Adobe Photoshop and paste them on other documents," Anik has said. Anik also said that he also used information from the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited telephone directory to forge details for procuring SIM cards.
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April - 12 
On April 12, the Crime Investigation Department (CID) of the West Bengal Police arrested an Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami Bangladesh (HuJI-B) militant, identified as Mupti Ibrahim from an apartment at Ashwini Nagar in Baguihati of North 24 Parganas District, reports The Hindu. Mupti Ibrahim was reported
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On April 12, the Crime Investigation Department (CID) of the West Bengal Police arrested an Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami Bangladesh (HuJI-B) militant, identified as Mupti Ibrahim from an apartment at Ashwini Nagar in Baguihati of North 24 Parganas District, reports The Hindu. Mupti Ibrahim was reportedly the mastermind in the grenade attack on Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh in 1999 and He was the nephew of HuJI-B commander, Mukti Hannan, Ibrahim. He hails from Kotalipara in Gopalgunge and joined HuJI-B after Hannan returned from Afghanistan in 1993 where he fought for Taliban as a mujahid, adds, Times Of India. Mupti crossed over to India five years ago and was running an umbrella shop in Baguihati area, the source said. Although there were reports that he had undergone plastic surgery on his face, the CID said it was yet to be verified. "We have taken him in custody and are interrogating him", the source said. Subsequently on April 13, Mupti was remanded to Police custody till April 24.
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April - 15 
A second supplementary chargesheet in the September 13, 2008 serial bomb blasts case in Delhi was filed against four suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) militants by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police on April 15 before a trial court, reports Times of India. The Delhi Police had so far registered fiv
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A second supplementary chargesheet in the September 13, 2008 serial bomb blasts case in Delhi was filed against four suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) militants by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police on April 15 before a trial court, reports Times of India. The Delhi Police had so far registered five cases in the case. The chargesheet was filed pertaining to the case registered at Barakhamba Road Police station bearing First Information Report number 418, against IM cadres, including its media cell head Mansoor Asghar Peerbhoy. In the 18-page chargesheet, the Delhi Police sought prosecution of Peerbhoy, his two associates Mobin Kader Sheikh, Asif Bashir Sheikh and Mohammed Hakim under various provisions of the Indian Penal Code, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and the Explosive Substances Act and Information Technology Act.
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April - 15 
The Designated Metropolitan Court on April 15 sent two militants from Kerala in Police remand till April 28 in connection with the July 26 Ahmedabad serial bomb blasts case, reports Indian Express. The two were identified as Sainuddin E.T. Mohammed alias Abdul Sattar and his son Sarfuddin E.T. Moham
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The Designated Metropolitan Court on April 15 sent two militants from Kerala in Police remand till April 28 in connection with the July 26 Ahmedabad serial bomb blasts case, reports Indian Express. The two were identified as Sainuddin E.T. Mohammed alias Abdul Sattar and his son Sarfuddin E.T. Mohammed alias Sharif. They were arrested by the Bangalore Police in connection with the serial bomb blasts on July 25, 2008.
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April - 15 
A three-member Supreme Court bench granted bail to former Lal Masjid chief cleric Abdul Aziz in the last of over two dozen cases against him on April 15, Daily Times reported. Aziz – who was arrested during the Lal Masjid operation as he tried to sneak out of the mosque dressed in an all-covering bu
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A three-member Supreme Court bench granted bail to former Lal Masjid chief cleric Abdul Aziz in the last of over two dozen cases against him on April 15, Daily Times reported. Aziz – who was arrested during the Lal Masjid operation as he tried to sneak out of the mosque dressed in an all-covering burqa (veil) – will be freed within two or three days, according to his lawyer Shaukat Siddiqui. The bench, consisting of Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany and Justice Zahid Hussain – observed that Aziz deserved bail because there was insufficient material on record against him in the Occupation of Children’s Library case.
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April - 15 
An accused in the Mumbai terrorist attack of November 26, 2008 recorded his statement before the Special Judicial Magistrate Ahmed Masood Janjua on April 15 and confessed that he was involved in the attack, The News reported. The court sent the accused to the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi on 14-day judi
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An accused in the Mumbai terrorist attack of November 26, 2008 recorded his statement before the Special Judicial Magistrate Ahmed Masood Janjua on April 15 and confessed that he was involved in the attack, The News reported. The court sent the accused to the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi on 14-day judicial remand and directed the Special Investigation Cell to produce him again on April 28. The accused, Shahid Jamil Riaz alias Muhammad Riaz from Nazir Colony in Bahawalpur in the Punjab province, recorded his statement under section 164 and confessed that he and other four accused, Hamad Ameen Sadiq, Zarar Shah, Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and Hamza alias Abu Alqa, were involved in the Mumbai attacks.
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April - 15 
The court refused to provide information about his confessional statement to the media. The Federal Investigation Agency sources told The News that Shahid Jamil Riaz belongs to the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and has confessed that he, along with other four accused, provided all kinds of transportation fa
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The court refused to provide information about his confessional statement to the media. The Federal Investigation Agency sources told The News that Shahid Jamil Riaz belongs to the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and has confessed that he, along with other four accused, provided all kinds of transportation facilities, accommodation, internet and other facilities to those who carried out Mumbai attacks. However, a junior officer of the Interior Ministry rejected any confession by the accused. He said the accused had given a statement in the court but it could not be called a confession.
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April - 16 
The Government on April 16 released Maulana Abdul Aziz, former chief cleric of the Lal Masjid, from a sub-jail in Rawalpindi after the Supreme Court granted him bail in the last case related to the Children’s Library, The News reported. The Supreme Court had on April 15 granted him bail, but the det
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The Government on April 16 released Maulana Abdul Aziz, former chief cleric of the Lal Masjid, from a sub-jail in Rawalpindi after the Supreme Court granted him bail in the last case related to the Children’s Library, The News reported. The Supreme Court had on April 15 granted him bail, but the details of his surety bond, worth PKR 200,000, had yet to be worked out. Talking to The News, Maulana Abdul Aziz lauded the decision of the Supreme Court and said he would continue to spread the message of Islam.
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April - 16 
On April 16, a cadre of the outlawed Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), identified as Satkhira, who was arrested on April 13 from his house at village Kushkhali in Sadar sub-District, was remanded to five-day Police Custody, reports Daily Star.
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On April 16, a cadre of the outlawed Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), identified as Satkhira, who was arrested on April 13 from his house at village Kushkhali in Sadar sub-District, was remanded to five-day Police Custody, reports Daily Star.
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April - 16 
The Metropolitan Sessions Court in Dhaka on April 16 framed charges against 14 operatives of the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami Bangladesh (HuJI-B), including its chief Mufti Abdul Hannan, in two cases filed in connection with the Ramna Batamul bomb blast of April 14, 2001, reports Daily Star. Judge A. N
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The Metropolitan Sessions Court in Dhaka on April 16 framed charges against 14 operatives of the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami Bangladesh (HuJI-B), including its chief Mufti Abdul Hannan, in two cases filed in connection with the Ramna Batamul bomb blast of April 14, 2001, reports Daily Star. Judge A. N. M. Bashir Ullah rejected the discharge petitions submitted by the counsels for Hannan and five others. The court fixed April 28, 29 and 30 for trial of the case filed under the Explosive Substances Act and set May 3, 4 and 5 for trial of the murder case.
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April - 17 April - 18
One Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) militant was remanded to judicial custody in capital Chennai on April 18, according to IANS. Officials from the ‘Q’ wing of the Tamil Nadu Police dealing with extremist activities said the militant, identified as Muthanna, was arrested in the night of Apri
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One Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) militant was remanded to judicial custody in capital Chennai on April 18, according to IANS. Officials from the ‘Q’ wing of the Tamil Nadu Police dealing with extremist activities said the militant, identified as Muthanna, was arrested in the night of April 17 along with global positioning system equipment. Muthanna, who had come from the Mullaitivu District in Sri Lanka, was arrested after specific information disclosed by one Jayanathan, another LTTE militant arrested earlier.
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April - 17 
A London court on April 17 convicted a man described as the head of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Britain on two terror-linked charges, including supplying bomb-making equipment to the outfit, reports Daily News. Arunachalam Chrishanthakumar (52) was found guilty of coordinating sup
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A London court on April 17 convicted a man described as the head of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Britain on two terror-linked charges, including supplying bomb-making equipment to the outfit, reports Daily News. Arunachalam Chrishanthakumar (52) was found guilty of coordinating supplies of material to the LTTE and was also convicted of receiving documents for the purpose of terrorism after a trial at Kingston Crown Court. Jurors failed to reach verdicts on three other charges against Chrishanthakumar alias A.C. Shanthan, plus one charge against another accused Jegatheeswaran Muraleetharan. The Court is to take a decision next week on whether to hold a re-trial, adds Colombo Page.
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April - 18 
On April 18, a court in Kushtia sent 31 Hizb-ut Towhid cadres, including its regional chief, to jail. These militants had been arrested on April 17 from the outfit’s office ‘Pather Disha’ at Barabazaar in the Kushtia town while holding a secret meeting.
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On April 18, a court in Kushtia sent 31 Hizb-ut Towhid cadres, including its regional chief, to jail. These militants had been arrested on April 17 from the outfit’s office ‘Pather Disha’ at Barabazaar in the Kushtia town while holding a secret meeting.
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April - 20 
The prosecution on April 20 proposed 312 charges against the accused in the November 26, 2008, Mumbai attack case, The Hindu reported. The charges are against Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab, Fahim Ansari, Mohammad Sabahuddin Ahmed and 35 wanted accused. Special Public Prose
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The prosecution on April 20 proposed 312 charges against the accused in the November 26, 2008, Mumbai attack case, The Hindu reported. The charges are against Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab, Fahim Ansari, Mohammad Sabahuddin Ahmed and 35 wanted accused. Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam filed the draft charges before the special sessions court at the Arthur Road jail in Mumbai. This step comes before framing of the charges. The charges of criminal conspiracy are applicable to all the accused. The charges include: committing terrorist acts with an intent to overawe the government, striking terror, waging war, organising and imparting training in Pakistan with the object of attacking major cities of India, destabilising the Indian government by engineering violence and through subversive activities, weakening India’s economic might, killing foreign nationals, adversely affecting Hindu-Muslim harmony, attacking territorial integrity by planning to capture Kashmir, smuggling firearms and explosives, exchanging maps of locations, aiding, abetting and facilitating terrorist acts, assisting criminal conspiracy and committing acts to further the objectives of criminal conspiracy. Sections of the Indian Penal Code, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Explosive Substances Act, Explosives Act, Passport Act (Entry into India), Foreigners Act, Indian Railways Act, Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984, Bombay Police Act and Customs Act apply to the charges. Nikam on April 20 also presented evidence against Ansari and Sabahuddin. He said the writing on the map found on the person of deceased accused, Abu Ismail, and that of Ansari was found matching by experts. The map showed the position of the Chowpatty and Malabar Hill. It also had a mention of the Raj Bhavan. Nikam said Ansari attempted to hire a room at Badhwar Park in Cuffe Parade where the terrorists docked. He found accommodation at Patthe Bapurao Marg up to 5 km from Badhwar Park and from there, Fahim allegedly made detailed maps of the locations. He also bought a mobile phone in the fictitious name of Sahil Pawaskar. He also got himself admitted to the SoftPro computer institute opposite the Bombay Stock exchange, Nikam said. In his confession, Ajmal has stated that the LeT ‘commander’ Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi asked the terrorists to destroy the maps on reaching target locations. The statement mentions the names of Ansari and Sabahuddin.
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April - 21 
On April 21, a court in Delhi issued non-bailable warrants against 16 suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) militants, including its founder Amir Raza Khan, who were involved in the September 13, 2008 serial bomb blasts in the national capital, reports PTI. "Efforts were made to arrest them but they were
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On April 21, a court in Delhi issued non-bailable warrants against 16 suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) militants, including its founder Amir Raza Khan, who were involved in the September 13, 2008 serial bomb blasts in the national capital, reports PTI. "Efforts were made to arrest them but they were still absconding," the Special Cell of the Delhi Police said.
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April - 21 
On April 21, a court in New Delhi ordered the initiation of attachment of property of two Indian Mujahideen militants who managed to escape during the September 19, 2008 encounter at L-18 Batla House flat in the Jamia Nagar locality of the national capital, reports PTI. "Let the process under sectio
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On April 21, a court in New Delhi ordered the initiation of attachment of property of two Indian Mujahideen militants who managed to escape during the September 19, 2008 encounter at L-18 Batla House flat in the Jamia Nagar locality of the national capital, reports PTI. "Let the process under section 83 (attachment of property of person absconding) of the Criminal Procedure Code be issued against both accused Ariz Khan and Shahjad Ahmed," the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Navin Arora of Patiala House Courts said.
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April - 21 
The Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009 was challenged in the Supreme Court on April 21 and the court was asked to stop its enforcement as it trespassed the jurisdiction of the apex court and breached the fundamental rights of security of a person guaranteed by the Constitution, The News reported. The petit
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The Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009 was challenged in the Supreme Court on April 21 and the court was asked to stop its enforcement as it trespassed the jurisdiction of the apex court and breached the fundamental rights of security of a person guaranteed by the Constitution, The News reported. The petition was filed by Shahid Orakzai under the Article 184(3) of the Constitution, making the Secretary of Law and the NWFP Governor as respondents. He prayed to the court to take immediate steps for the reinforcement of the Article 9 of the Constitution that says: "No person shall be deprived of life or liberty except in accordance with law." The petitioner stated that under the regulation, the new forum called ‘Darul-Qaza’ will seemingly exercise the appellate jurisdiction of the apex court. "Under what authority the governor of the NWFP transplanted the jurisdiction of the apex court?" the petitioner questioned. He said in the eyes of the Constitution, the writers of the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation were not to be taken as Muslims until they acknowledged the Qur’anic rules and amended the flawed regulation.
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April - 22 
Meanwhile, regular courts stopped functioning in Buner on April 22 after judicial officers went on leave for an indefinite period in compliance with directives of the Peshawar High Court, Dawn reported. The Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) chief, Maulana Sufi Mohammad, had asked the Gove
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Meanwhile, regular courts stopped functioning in Buner on April 22 after judicial officers went on leave for an indefinite period in compliance with directives of the Peshawar High Court, Dawn reported. The Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) chief, Maulana Sufi Mohammad, had asked the Government on April 19 to abolish regular courts and set up Darul Qaza for appeal by April 23. In the neighbouring Shangla District also, judges could not perform their duties because lawyers did not appear in courts after they received a threat against doing so. In a letter pasted near the bar room, militants had warned lawyers against appearing before courts. Buner and Shangla are two of the seven districts of Malakand Division where the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009 will be enforced. An unnamed official of the Peshawar High Court told Dawn "Safety of our officials is of supreme importance for us. How is it possible for judges to perform their duty when personnel of law-enforcement agencies and administration are not present in the district." District Coordination Officer Javed Ahmed Khan, District Police Officer Abdur Rashed Khan and Assistant Coordination Officer Pervez Khan Yousafzai had reportedly already left the District more than a week ago. A judicial officer confirmed that the District police officer had categorically told them that he could not guarantee safety to court officials.
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April - 24 
The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal in the matter of declaring the ULFA as an ‘unlawful association’ will sit for its hearing at Shillong, capital of Meghalaya, on April 26 and 27, reports Assam Tribune.
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The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal in the matter of declaring the ULFA as an ‘unlawful association’ will sit for its hearing at Shillong, capital of Meghalaya, on April 26 and 27, reports Assam Tribune.
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April - 24 April - 25
The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has started extorting money from traders in Arunachal Pradesh, according to Telegraph. Arunachal Pradesh Police said that two cadres of ULFA’s 28 battalion, Ghanakanta Saikia and Deepak Bhuyan, were arrested from Bihpuria in Assam’s Lakhimpur District on Ap
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The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has started extorting money from traders in Arunachal Pradesh, according to Telegraph. Arunachal Pradesh Police said that two cadres of ULFA’s 28 battalion, Ghanakanta Saikia and Deepak Bhuyan, were arrested from Bihpuria in Assam’s Lakhimpur District on April 24, for serving an extortion notice for INR one million to a trader at Banderdewa in Arunachal Pradesh last week and intimidating him. They were remanded to Police custody for 14 days by a local magistrate on April 25, adds PTI.
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April - 29 
Daily Star reports that a suspected suicide squad member of the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), identified as Sheikh Shahjahan (43), was arrested at national capital Dhaka’s Shyampur locality on April 29. Police sources said he was a charge-sheet-accused in the case filed in connection with a
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Daily Star reports that a suspected suicide squad member of the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), identified as Sheikh Shahjahan (43), was arrested at national capital Dhaka’s Shyampur locality on April 29. Police sources said he was a charge-sheet-accused in the case filed in connection with a bomb blast at the JMB leader Rifat's house in Sylhet Kotwali on September 26, 2001.
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April - 29 
On April 29, Abed Ali, a victim of JMB’s torture campaign in 2004, filed a case against approximately 70 people, including two former ministers and a parliamentarian belonging to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), with a court in the Bagmara Sub-District of Rajshahi District. The BNP leaders ha
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On April 29, Abed Ali, a victim of JMB’s torture campaign in 2004, filed a case against approximately 70 people, including two former ministers and a parliamentarian belonging to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), with a court in the Bagmara Sub-District of Rajshahi District. The BNP leaders have been identified as former Post and Telecommunication Minister Aminul Haque, former Deputy Minister Ruhul Kuddus Talukhdar Dulu and former parliamentarian Nadim Mostafa. Abed Ali had been maimed by the JMB militants after he refused to pay them extortion money.
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May - 1 
58 LTTE child soldiers, including 38 males and 20 females, who surrendered to the SFs in the past few weeks were sent to the Vavuniya Police on a District Court order to be taken to Ambepussa Rehabilitation Centre for Children for Rehabilitation.
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58 LTTE child soldiers, including 38 males and 20 females, who surrendered to the SFs in the past few weeks were sent to the Vavuniya Police on a District Court order to be taken to Ambepussa Rehabilitation Centre for Children for Rehabilitation.
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May - 3 
On May 3, the suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant, identified as Mohammed Nissar, who was arrested by the Police on May 2 from Hyderabad, capital of Andhra Pradesh, was remanded to judicial custody till May 18, reports Express Buzz. According to the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), R.S. Pra
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On May 3, the suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant, identified as Mohammed Nissar, who was arrested by the Police on May 2 from Hyderabad, capital of Andhra Pradesh, was remanded to judicial custody till May 18, reports Express Buzz. According to the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), R.S. Praveen Kumar, Nissar alias Osman Bhai had been staying in the Manna Ekhelli village of Bidar District in the Karnataka State. “In August 2001, he along with Abdul Aziz alias Gidda was arrested for indulging in subversive activities and released on bail after three months. Later, he stopped attending the court and went missing,’’ the DCP added. It is learnt that the Police had then recovered two pistols, one forged passport, Compact Discs containing jihadi material and an electronic detonator from him.
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May - 3 
The banned Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) – which had promised to ensure peace in Swat District in return for the establishment of Sharia (Islamic courts) – on May 3 rejected the Darul Qaza appellate court set up by the NWFP Government, Daily Times reported. Ameer Izzat Khan, the chief
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The banned Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) – which had promised to ensure peace in Swat District in return for the establishment of Sharia (Islamic courts) – on May 3 rejected the Darul Qaza appellate court set up by the NWFP Government, Daily Times reported. Ameer Izzat Khan, the chief spokesman for TNSM chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad, said the Government had acted unilaterally in establishing the Darul Qaza and had violated the peace agreement. He said it had been decided in a May 1 meeting between the provincial Government and TNSM in Timergara that the former would first announce an end to the operations in Malakand following which the Taliban would declare a cease-fire.
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May - 4 
The Supreme Court, ruling on a case filed on May 4 by the INHURED, an NGO, issued a show cause notice demanding the office of President to submit reasons for asking General Rookmangud Katawal to stay in the same position though the Government dismissed him.
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The Supreme Court, ruling on a case filed on May 4 by the INHURED, an NGO, issued a show cause notice demanding the office of President to submit reasons for asking General Rookmangud Katawal to stay in the same position though the Government dismissed him.
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May - 5 
The Federal Investigation Agency in Rawalpindi on May 5 submitted a charge-sheet against five men accused of being involved in the terrorist attacks in Mumbai. The court will frame chares against the accused on May 12. Anti-Terrorism Court-II Judge Sakhi Mohammad Kahot, who has been conducting the t
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The Federal Investigation Agency in Rawalpindi on May 5 submitted a charge-sheet against five men accused of being involved in the terrorist attacks in Mumbai. The court will frame chares against the accused on May 12. Anti-Terrorism Court-II Judge Sakhi Mohammad Kahot, who has been conducting the trial of the accused Shahid Jameel Riaz a resident of Bahawalpur, Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi of Islamabad, Abdul Wajid alias Zarar Shah of Sheikhupura, Mazhar Iqbal alias Abu al-Qama, a resident of Islamabad, and Hammad Amin Saddiq of Karachi in Adial Jail, distributed the copies of the charge-sheet among the accused who would formally be indicted on the next date of hearing.
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May - 6 
The Special Sessions Court in Mumbai on May 6 framed 86 charges against the main accused of the November 26, 2008 terrorist attack, reports The Hindu. The accused includes Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab, Fahim Ansari and Sabahuddin Ahmed, and 35 others who are yet to be arrested. The charge of criminal c
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The Special Sessions Court in Mumbai on May 6 framed 86 charges against the main accused of the November 26, 2008 terrorist attack, reports The Hindu. The accused includes Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab, Fahim Ansari and Sabahuddin Ahmed, and 35 others who are yet to be arrested. The charge of criminal conspiracy applies to all the accused. Ajmal and Ansari have other independent charges against them. Judge M.L. Tahaliyani stated that Ajmal, Ansari and Sabahuddin had committed offences punishable under Section 120B (punishment for criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
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May - 6 
A review board of the Lahore High Court has extended for 60 days the detention of Jama’at-ud-Da’awa (the Lashkar-e-Toiba [LeT] front) chief Hafiz Mohammed Saeed and Col (retd) Nazir Ahmed, while releasing two outfit leaders Mufti Abdur Rehman and Ameer Hamza, The News reported. The board comprising
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A review board of the Lahore High Court has extended for 60 days the detention of Jama’at-ud-Da’awa (the Lashkar-e-Toiba [LeT] front) chief Hafiz Mohammed Saeed and Col (retd) Nazir Ahmed, while releasing two outfit leaders Mufti Abdur Rehman and Ameer Hamza, The News reported. The board comprising Justice Mian Muhammad Najam-uz-Zaman, Justice Syed Shabbar Raza Rizvi and Justice Fazal-e-Miran Chohan turned down the home department’ request to extend the detention of Mufti and Hamza after feeling dissatisfied with the material produced against them. They would be released on May 6 (today) after the expiry of their detention period. In the case of Hafiz Saeed and Nazir Ahmed, the board extended their detention citing security concerns. Hafiz Saeed is reported to have stated that his five months long detention was illegal and if there was any incriminating material against him the Government must produce it before the board. He was of the view that the UN neither ordered nor recommended for his detention. Ameer Hamza said he was never involved in any anti-state or provocative activities while Col (retd) Nazir opined that elements who broke the country were roaming around freely while its saviors have been put behind the bars. In December 2008, the Interior Ministry had ordered detention of eight LeT, including Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, on the suspicion of the outfit’s involvement in the Mumbai terrorist attacks of November 2008.
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May - 7 
According to The Hindu, Sarfras Navas (31) alias Hakim, an accused in the suspected operation of terror modules in Kerala, was remanded till May 19 on May 7. He will be in Police custody till May 18 for interrogation, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate V.K. Rajan ordered. Navas had been in the cus
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According to The Hindu, Sarfras Navas (31) alias Hakim, an accused in the suspected operation of terror modules in Kerala, was remanded till May 19 on May 7. He will be in Police custody till May 18 for interrogation, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate V.K. Rajan ordered. Navas had been in the custody of the Bangalore Police in connection with the investigation into the Bangalore serial blasts. V.K. Akbar, Deputy Superintendent of Police of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating the suspected terror operations in Kerala, produced him before the court. The Bangalore Police had arrested Navas, hailing from Ernakulam District, two months ago. A report submitted by the SIT before the court said he had worked in Oman and had financed extremist operations.
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May - 8 
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed charge sheet against Deputy Director of the Department of Industries in Nagaland Government K. Hokishe Assumi, Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Parliament) member H. Khekiho Zhimomi, and National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) militants, Azheto and Vi
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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed charge sheet against Deputy Director of the Department of Industries in Nagaland Government K. Hokishe Assumi, Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Parliament) member H. Khekiho Zhimomi, and National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) militants, Azheto and Visheto for their involvement in Nagaland Sugar Mill scam, according to Nagaland Post.
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May - 10 
The Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court on May 10 discharged the Indian Mujahideen (IM) co-founder Sadiq Shaikh from his involvement in the July 11, 2006, serial train blasts case, reports Times of India. Sadiq, an electrician from Trombay, was arrested by the Anti Terrorist Squ
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The Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court on May 10 discharged the Indian Mujahideen (IM) co-founder Sadiq Shaikh from his involvement in the July 11, 2006, serial train blasts case, reports Times of India. Sadiq, an electrician from Trombay, was arrested by the Anti Terrorist Squad on February 20. He was booked in the July 11, 2006 train bomb blasts, which killed 181 people and injured 890.
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May - 12 
According to Times of India, a Delhi court on May 12 extended the judicial remand by 18 days of five Indian Mujahideen (IM) cadres, accused of carrying out the serial bomb blasts on September 13, 2008. Metropolitan Magistrate Manish Yaduvanshi sent accused Zeeshan Ahmed, Mohammed Shakeel, Mohammed
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According to Times of India, a Delhi court on May 12 extended the judicial remand by 18 days of five Indian Mujahideen (IM) cadres, accused of carrying out the serial bomb blasts on September 13, 2008. Metropolitan Magistrate Manish Yaduvanshi sent accused Zeeshan Ahmed, Mohammed Shakeel, Mohammed Hakim, Saquib Nissar and Zia-Ur Rehman to judicial remand till May 30.
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May - 12 
The court also issued fresh warrants ordering accused Mohammed Saif, Mohammed Sadiq Sheikh, Quamuddin Kapadia, Mansoor Asghar Peerbhoy, Mobin Kader Sheikh and Asif Bashir Sheikh be produced on May 30. Saif, Sadiq and Quamuddin are currently in the custody of Gujarat Police while Peerbhoy, Mobin and
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The court also issued fresh warrants ordering accused Mohammed Saif, Mohammed Sadiq Sheikh, Quamuddin Kapadia, Mansoor Asghar Peerbhoy, Mobin Kader Sheikh and Asif Bashir Sheikh be produced on May 30. Saif, Sadiq and Quamuddin are currently in the custody of Gujarat Police while Peerbhoy, Mobin and Asif are in Maharashtra for their involvement in other cases.
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May - 12 
A charge-sheet submitted by Police in an anti-terrorism court says that Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) assassinated former Commander of the Special Services Group, General Aamir Faisal Alvi, to avenge the role he played in the fight against militants in FATA, Dawn reported. According to the charge-sheet prep
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A charge-sheet submitted by Police in an anti-terrorism court says that Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) assassinated former Commander of the Special Services Group, General Aamir Faisal Alvi, to avenge the role he played in the fight against militants in FATA, Dawn reported. According to the charge-sheet prepared by Islamabad’s Koral Police against Major (retd) Haroon Ashiq, a resident of Pakistan occupied Kashmir, Mohammad Nawaz Khan of Peshawar, and Ashfaq Ahmed of Okara in Punjab, the murder was ordered by Ilyas Kashmiri who provided funds and weapons. During interrogation in a kidnapping for ransom case, the accused told Police they had been ordered to kill Alvi, who had spearheaded a commando operation against militants at Angor Adda in South Waziristan in 2004 when a large number of Arabs, Uzbeks, Chechens, Afghans and local Taliban militants were killed. The three were arrested by the industrial area police for trying to kidnap a businessman. Police said the alleged killers, who belonged to the banned Lashkar-e-Toiba, followed Alvi when he left his residence in Bharia Town on the day of the attack for his private office in Islamabad and killed him and his driver near PWD Colony. Police said the accused were given money and weapons for the attack by Ilyas Kashmiri and Irfan, another man working for the militants.
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May - 13 
The Colombo High Court reissued an open warrant to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) chief Velupillai Prabhakaran and its intelligence leader Pottu Amman in connection with the assassination of former Foreign Minister Lakshman Khadirgamar. This is the second arrest warrant issued to the du
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The Colombo High Court reissued an open warrant to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) chief Velupillai Prabhakaran and its intelligence leader Pottu Amman in connection with the assassination of former Foreign Minister Lakshman Khadirgamar. This is the second arrest warrant issued to the duo in 2009. Earlier, the Colombo High Court had issued an arrest warrant on January 26.
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May - 14 
Telegraph reports that a "sentence" handed by the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) to one of its cadre for killing Ukhrul Sub-Divisional officer Thingnam Kishan was rejected by a Manipur action committee which wanted the culprit to be punished according to the "law of the
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Telegraph reports that a "sentence" handed by the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) to one of its cadre for killing Ukhrul Sub-Divisional officer Thingnam Kishan was rejected by a Manipur action committee which wanted the culprit to be punished according to the "law of the land". The NSCN-IM on May 14 declared at Dimapur in Nagaland that a "court martial" found "Lt Col" Hopson Ningshen guilty of "abduction, illegal detention and killing" of Kishan and two subordinate staff.
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May - 17 May - 18
On May 18, four suspected cadres of the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), arrested earlier on May 17 night, were sent to jail by a court in Kushtia, reports Daily Star.
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On May 18, four suspected cadres of the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), arrested earlier on May 17 night, were sent to jail by a court in Kushtia, reports Daily Star.
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May - 19 
The Bangalore Police on May 19 filed a chargesheet against 26 persons, including four foreign nationals, for their involvement in the July 25, 2008 serial bomb blasts case, reports The Hindu. Among the Indian nationals whose names figure in the chargesheet are Abdul Sattar, his son Sarfuddin, Abdul
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The Bangalore Police on May 19 filed a chargesheet against 26 persons, including four foreign nationals, for their involvement in the July 25, 2008 serial bomb blasts case, reports The Hindu. 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 Indian Penal Code (IPC) and causing grievous injury and conspiracy under Section 120B of IPC. They have been charged with using explosive devices and causing damage to public property under the Explosive Act 1884. The Police have charged the accused with being members of an unlawful association, indulging in terrorist activities and arranging finance for terrorist acts under various sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967. “The punishment for these offences is life imprisonment or death and is heard by Sessions Court. As the charges are under the Unlawful Activities Act, we get 180 days to file the charge sheet instead of the 90 days in other offences,” a city Police officer said. The accused were reportedly cadres of the so-called Shahbuddin Gowri Brigade of the Indian Mujahideen (IM) outfit. The accused had made use of ammonium nitrate, nuts, bolts, printed circuit boards brought from Kannur in Kerala. Sarfarz Nawaz identified the places where bombs had to be placed and also organised finance for the attack from Wali alias Rehan, a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative from Pakistan, the chargesheet said. The Bangalore Police registered nine cases and handed over the investigation to its Central Crime Branch.
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May - 21 
Dhaka court on May 21 placed the Deputy Assistant Director of BDR, Syed Towhidul Alam, on a seven-day remand in an arms case filed with the Sabujbagh Police Station.
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Dhaka court on May 21 placed the Deputy Assistant Director of BDR, Syed Towhidul Alam, on a seven-day remand in an arms case filed with the Sabujbagh Police Station.
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May - 25 
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed its charge sheets in connection with the October 30, 2008 serial blasts in Assam in the Court of Special Judicial Magistrate of CBI. Sources said that as many as 19 accused have been named in the charge sheets against six cases filed under differen
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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed its charge sheets in connection with the October 30, 2008 serial blasts in Assam in the Court of Special Judicial Magistrate of CBI. Sources said that as many as 19 accused have been named in the charge sheets against six cases filed under different Police stations of the State. The charge sheets, according to sources, also feature names of a few National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) cadres, besides others. Of the 19 accused, most have been arrested, while a couple of prime suspects is currently absconding, sources stated, adding that the court was expected to issue non-bailable warrants against those absconding.
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May - 25 
The Supreme Court on May 25 granted bail to Binayak Sen, vice-president of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties, who has been in detention since May 2007 under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for his reported association with the left-wing extremist movement in Chhattisgarh, according to
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The Supreme Court on May 25 granted bail to Binayak Sen, vice-president of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties, who has been in detention since May 2007 under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for his reported association with the left-wing extremist movement in Chhattisgarh, according to The Hindu. A vacation Bench consisting of Justices Markandey Katju and Deepak Verma ordered Sen’s release on bail on his furnishing a personal bond to the satisfaction of the court.
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May - 26 
The Joint Action Committee, formed against the May 25 killing of Manipur University (MU) professor, Mohammed Islamuddin, refuted the charges of the Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL) levelled against the slain academician as baseless and unfounded, according to Sangai Express. The KYKL in a press releas
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The Joint Action Committee, formed against the May 25 killing of Manipur University (MU) professor, Mohammed Islamuddin, refuted the charges of the Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL) levelled against the slain academician as baseless and unfounded, according to Sangai Express. The KYKL in a press release on May 26 reportedly claimed responsibility for publicly executing the professor in broad daylight in the university campus saying that he was the ring leader of a clique within the MU which was usurping all powers of the University and using it to their selfish ends.
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May - 27 
The suspected Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agent, Waqas Ahmed, arrested from Bithoor in Kanpur on May 27, was remanded to Police custody for five days on May 28, reports The Hindu. Meanwhile, interrogations revealed that Ahmed was arrested in 2006 by the Government Railway Police in Etawah unde
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The suspected Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agent, Waqas Ahmed, arrested from Bithoor in Kanpur on May 27, was remanded to Police custody for five days on May 28, reports The Hindu. Meanwhile, interrogations revealed that Ahmed was arrested in 2006 by the Government Railway Police in Etawah under the Arms Act. In 2008, he was held in the Kakadeo area of Kanpur for a motorbike theft. The same year, he was booked in Mumbai in a case of auto rickshaw theft. In 2005, Ahmed was issued a passport (AD 0153781) in Lahore in Pakistan, and his visa was stamped EPR (exempted from police reporting) and carried the number P-3-88225.
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May - 27 May - 28
The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Madhya Pradesh Police on May 28 claimed to have arrested a terrorist who allegedly planted a bomb in the Chennai Express train nine years ago, reports IANS. "Ishaq Khan was arrested on a tip-off from Madhavganj in Morena on Wednesday night. He planted a bomb in the
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The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Madhya Pradesh Police on May 28 claimed to have arrested a terrorist who allegedly planted a bomb in the Chennai Express train nine years ago, reports IANS. "Ishaq Khan was arrested on a tip-off from Madhavganj in Morena on Wednesday night. He planted a bomb in the Chennai Express while it was passing through the District on May 20, 2000," the Morena District Police Superintendent Amrit Meena said, adding, "Ishaq Khan was produced in a court today (May 28) and remanded to four days of Police custody.”
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May - 28 
According to Sangai Express, although the Central Bureau of Investigation has submitted its report to the Court on May 28, the Manipur Government has yet again failed to furnish its status report on the investigation into the February 17 killing of Ukhrul District official Dr. Th. Kishan and his two
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According to Sangai Express, although the Central Bureau of Investigation has submitted its report to the Court on May 28, the Manipur Government has yet again failed to furnish its status report on the investigation into the February 17 killing of Ukhrul District official Dr. Th. Kishan and his two subordinates by militants of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) even after a lapse of three weeks. Resuming the hearing of a Public Interest Litigation, a division bench of the Guwahati High Court comprising Justice T. Nandakumar Singh and Justice Mutum B.K. Singh took serious note of the failure of the State respondents to file the counter affidavit disclosing the stage of investigation even after a lapse of three weeks. “We are not happy with the lapses on the part of the State respondents in filing the affidavit-in-opposition of the writ petition which involves public interest litigation with great magnitude,” the Court ruling said.
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May - 28 May - 29
Hopeson Ningshen, a self styled ‘colonel’ of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) and the main accused in the killing of the Ukhrrul District official Th. Kishan Singh and his two subordinates, was handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on May 28 and was
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Hopeson Ningshen, a self styled ‘colonel’ of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) and the main accused in the killing of the Ukhrrul District official Th. Kishan Singh and his two subordinates, was handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on May 28 and was subsequently remanded to the custody of the CBI on May 29.
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May - 29 
Colombo Page reports that the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on May 29 produced the surrendered former LTTE media spokesperson Velaudhan Dayanidi alias Daya Master in court for the first time. Daya Master reportedly gave a three hour-long confidential statement in front of the Colombo Magis
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Colombo Page reports that the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on May 29 produced the surrendered former LTTE media spokesperson Velaudhan Dayanidi alias Daya Master in court for the first time. Daya Master reportedly gave a three hour-long confidential statement in front of the Colombo Magistrate Nishantha Hapuarachchi. Daya Master had surrendered to the Sri Lanka Army on April 22 with another prominent leader, George Master, in the Putumattalan area of Mullaitivu inside the No Fire Zone.
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May - 30 
A Delhi court on May 30 extended the judicial remand by 28 days of five suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorists accused of carrying out the serial bomb blasts on September 13, 2008, reports The Hindu. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja sent accused Zeeshan Ahmed, Mohammed Shakeel, Moham
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A Delhi court on May 30 extended the judicial remand by 28 days of five suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorists accused of carrying out the serial bomb blasts on September 13, 2008, reports The Hindu. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja sent accused Zeeshan Ahmed, Mohammed Shakeel, Mohammed Hakim, Saquib Nissar and Zia-Ur Rehman to further judicial remand till June 27.
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May - 31 
One India Reserve Battalion Rifleman Kangjam Dimajit was remanded to Police custody for seven days till June 6 for his involvement in the killing of Manipur University Professor Mohammed Islamuddin inside the campus, according to Sangai Express. He surrendered at Singjamei Police Station on May 28.
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One India Reserve Battalion Rifleman Kangjam Dimajit was remanded to Police custody for seven days till June 6 for his involvement in the killing of Manipur University Professor Mohammed Islamuddin inside the campus, according to Sangai Express. He surrendered at Singjamei Police Station on May 28.
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June - 1 
A court in Bikaner on June 1 remanded the arrested agent of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Mohammad Sajid, to five days’ Police custody to facilitate investigation into his local contacts and his alleged espionage activities. The accused was also sent to the P.B.M. Government Hospital
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A court in Bikaner on June 1 remanded the arrested agent of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Mohammad Sajid, to five days’ Police custody to facilitate investigation into his local contacts and his alleged espionage activities. The accused was also sent to the P.B.M. Government Hospital in Jaipur for medical examination. As reported earlier, Sajid, who allegedly carried out printing work for the Indian Army, was arrested in Bikaner District on May 31.
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June - 2 
A full bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on June 2 accepted a habeas corpus petition and ordered the Government to release Jama’at-ud-Da’awa (JuD, the Lashkar-e-Toiba [LeT] front) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed and Col (retd) Nazir Ahmad, Daily Times reported. According to The News, the court observe
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A full bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on June 2 accepted a habeas corpus petition and ordered the Government to release Jama’at-ud-Da’awa (JuD, the Lashkar-e-Toiba [LeT] front) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed and Col (retd) Nazir Ahmad, Daily Times reported. According to The News, the court observed that “After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and perusal of the case law on the subject as well as the material produced by the learned law officers in chamber, for the reasons to be delivered later on, with a unanimous view, we have held that this writ petition in the form of habeas corpus is maintainable as prima facie the government has no sufficient grounds to detain the petitioners for preventive measures.” “As far as the UN resolution is concerned, there is no matter before us about the vires and the government can act upon the same in letter and spirit if so advised. But relying on the same, the detention cannot be maintained, as it was even not desired thereby,” it read. During the proceedings, petitioners’ counsel A. K. Dogar had claimed the Government’s plea to detain his clients in the public interest was wrong. Members of the JuD are good Muslims who follow the example of the holy Prophet, he said, claiming it was part of a Western conspiracy to defame Islam. He said the Government had made United Nations Security Council Resolution No 1267 its basis for detaining the petitioners, even though the resolution dealt with an arms embargo, freezing the guilty party’s assets, and banning them from traveling abroad, not detention. Defending the Government, Deputy Attorney General Naveed Inayat Malik said Dogar’s arguments collapsed under Article 10(3) of the Constitution, which contended it was not necessary to show grounds for detention in the case of preventative detention. In December 2008, the Interior Ministry had ordered the detention of six JuD leaders, including its chief Hafiz Saeed, on the suspicion of his group’s involvement in the Mumbai terrorist attacks of November 26, 2008. A review board of the Lahore High Court on May 5 extended for further 60 days the detention of Hafiz Saeed and Col (retd) Nazir Ahmed while releasing its two leaders Mufti Abdur Rehman and Amir Hamza.
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June - 2 
A Special Court has issued clean chits to the Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias Prachanda, senior cadre Baburam Bhattarai and over a dozen Maoists on a charge of treason, reports Nepal News. A three-member bench of Justice Gauri Bahadur Karki, Bhola Prasad Kharel and Om Prakash Mishra acquitt
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A Special Court has issued clean chits to the Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias Prachanda, senior cadre Baburam Bhattarai and over a dozen Maoists on a charge of treason, reports Nepal News. A three-member bench of Justice Gauri Bahadur Karki, Bhola Prasad Kharel and Om Prakash Mishra acquitted the accused in the case of Bandipur Police Post attack, on January 26, 2001 saying the Government could not provide enough evidence to support its claim. The erstwhile Government had filed a case against Prachanda, Bhattarai and almost a dozen Maoists on February 16, 2001 seeking a 10-year jail term each on charges of involvement in the attacks. Two Maoists, Padam Rana and Keshav Raj Sigh, were arrested in connection with the attacks, but the Special Court released them later.
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June - 3 
The Colombo Additional Magistrate, G. Punarsha S. Ranasinghe, on June 3 detained a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) intelligence unit head, Gunasundaram Jayasundaram, till June 9 in the Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) for allegedly supplying firearms and ammunition on a large scale to
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The Colombo Additional Magistrate, G. Punarsha S. Ranasinghe, on June 3 detained a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) intelligence unit head, Gunasundaram Jayasundaram, till June 9 in the Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) for allegedly supplying firearms and ammunition on a large scale to the LTTE, according to a Sri Lanka Army report. A TID officer said the suspect who owned business establishments in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia and Ukraine had funded the LTTE to purchase firearms and ammunition. The TID has alleged that Jayasundaram had also visited the LTTE leadership in Wanni. A resident of Valvettithurai, he was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport on his arrival from Singapore on September 4, 2007.
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June - 7 
On Jun 7, Police in Bangladesh arrested Arif alias Chachcha, a key aide of fugitive Pakistan-based gangster Dawood Ibrahim, from the Mohammadpur area of national capital Dhaka, reports Press Trust of India. Arif, one of the top operatives of the Dawood network in Bangladesh, was living in Dhaka unde
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On Jun 7, Police in Bangladesh arrested Arif alias Chachcha, a key aide of fugitive Pakistan-based gangster Dawood Ibrahim, from the Mohammadpur area of national capital Dhaka, reports Press Trust of India. Arif, one of the top operatives of the Dawood network in Bangladesh, was living in Dhaka under the false identity of an Urdu-speaking stranded Pakistani community or Bihari since 2001, after he fled India to evade a murder charge. Arif has been placed under an eight-day Police remand under a court order to be interrogated for information about the network. During initial interrogation, officials said Arif disclosed that he was in constant touch with Dawood's second-in-command Chhota Shakeel. He further said the Dawood network in Bangladesh involves over 100 men including both Indian nationals and some "influential Bangladeshis". Arif had married a Bangladeshi woman and he was receiving Taka 60,000 per month from Chhota Shakeel, intelligence sources said.
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June - 9 
Five prime accused in the trial process of the October 30, 2008 serial bomb blasts appeared before the court of special judicial magistrate at Kamrup, reports Assam Tribune. They were identified as Nilam Daimary, Ajai Basumatary, Raju Sarkar, Jayanti Brahma and Prabhat Boro.
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Five prime accused in the trial process of the October 30, 2008 serial bomb blasts appeared before the court of special judicial magistrate at Kamrup, reports Assam Tribune. They were identified as Nilam Daimary, Ajai Basumatary, Raju Sarkar, Jayanti Brahma and Prabhat Boro.
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June - 9 
Four persons pleaded guilty in the federal court at Brooklyn in US on June 9 for conspiring to provide support to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) outfit, reports Daily News. The United States Attorney in Brooklyn, Benton J. Campbell, said the four defendants had raised millions of dollar
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Four persons pleaded guilty in the federal court at Brooklyn in US on June 9 for conspiring to provide support to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) outfit, reports Daily News. The United States Attorney in Brooklyn, Benton J. Campbell, said the four defendants had raised millions of dollars and obtained weapons and technology for the LTTE. Prosecutors said one of the four defendants, identified as Karunakaran Kandasamy (51), was the director of the outfit’s American branch. Prosecutors also said that two others, Pratheepan Thavaraja and Murugesu Vinayagamoorthy, had been involved in an attempt to bribe an agent posing as a State Department official to remove the LTTE from the Government’s list of foreign terrorist organizations. The Government said that the LTTE, which dated to the 1970s, had relied on “sympathetic Tamil expatriates” to raise and launder money for the group. The Government said, for example, that Vinayagamoorthy had helped to launder LTTE money through a Swiss bank to cover a trip to Sri Lanka by a congressman.
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June - 10 
The Supreme Court permitted the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to produce a National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) militant, Hopeson Nigshen, before a trial court in New Delhi instead of Manipur, according to Nagaland Page. He was involved in the February 17 killing of U
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The Supreme Court permitted the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to produce a National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) militant, Hopeson Nigshen, before a trial court in New Delhi instead of Manipur, according to Nagaland Page. He was involved in the February 17 killing of Ukhrul District official Dr. Th. Kishan and his two subordinates. The slain employees reportedly belonged to the Meiti community. The CBI had sought directions from the apex court after it apprehended a threat to Nigshen's life and chances of unrest in the State if he was produced at a court in Manipur.
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June - 11 
On June 11, an Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorist, identified as Akbar Ismail Choudhary, brought to Delhi from Hyderabad by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police, was produced in a court, which remanded him to 10 days’ Police custody, reports The Hindu. Akbar was reportedly an accomplice of Mansoor As
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On June 11, an Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorist, identified as Akbar Ismail Choudhary, brought to Delhi from Hyderabad by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police, was produced in a court, which remanded him to 10 days’ Police custody, reports The Hindu. Akbar was reportedly an accomplice of Mansoor Asghar Peerbhoy, the head of the IM’s media cell. Akbar was arrested by the Anti-Terrorism Squad of the Maharashtra Police in 2008. The Special Cell is to interrogate Akbar to reconstruct the sequence of events leading up to the serial blasts in Delhi on September 13, 2008.
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June - 11 
According to Daily Star, a Chittagong court on June 11 sentenced three Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) militants to imprisonment in connection with the serial bomb blasts at Bakolia on August 17, 2005. The convicts were identified as Javed Iqbal alias Mohammad, the JMB ‘divisional commander’ i
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According to Daily Star, a Chittagong court on June 11 sentenced three Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) militants to imprisonment in connection with the serial bomb blasts at Bakolia on August 17, 2005. The convicts were identified as Javed Iqbal alias Mohammad, the JMB ‘divisional commander’ in Chittagong, Jahid alias Delwar and Arshadul Alam. Javed and Jahid were awarded 10 years imprisonment each while Arshadul was jailed for five years. Judge Shafiqul Karim of the Chittagong Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal pronounced the verdict, acquitting an accused named Shafiqul Islam alias Russel as charges brought against him could not be proved. The court also exempted three other JMB cadres, Sheikh Abdur Rahman, Siddiqur Rahman alias Bangla Bhai and Ataur Rahman Sunny, from the case since they were executed earlier.
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June - 12 
The Delhi Police filed three supplementary charge sheets in a court on June 12 against three suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) cadres, Mansoor Asghar Peerbhoy, Mobin Kader Sheikh and Asif Bashir Sheikh, for reportedly sending terror e-mails to media houses prior to the serial bomb blasts on Septembe
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The Delhi Police filed three supplementary charge sheets in a court on June 12 against three suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) cadres, Mansoor Asghar Peerbhoy, Mobin Kader Sheikh and Asif Bashir Sheikh, for reportedly sending terror e-mails to media houses prior to the serial bomb blasts on September 13, 2008, reports Indian Express. The charge sheets were filed in the court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, after the Police completed their investigation into the roles of Peerbhoy and his associates. Peerbhoy, a computer engineer who had worked for Yahoo Inc, along with Asif and Mobin, had entered into criminal conspiracy with other IM cadres for carrying out the blasts, the Police said. Peerbhoy, reportedly the head of the IM’s media cell, used to hack Wi-Fi networks while Mobin, a graduate in Computer Science, drafted the mails, which were then translated from Urdu into English by Asif before being sent to media houses, the Police confirmed. The accused are facing prosecution under various provisions of the Indian Penal Code, Explosive Substances Act, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and the Information and Technology Act.
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June - 12 
On June 12, a leading British Tamil leader, identified as Arunachalam Chrishanthakumar (52) of the British Tamil Association, was imprisoned for two years for helping the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), reports The Hindu. He was earlier convicted of illegally procuring equipment for the LTT
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On June 12, a leading British Tamil leader, identified as Arunachalam Chrishanthakumar (52) of the British Tamil Association, was imprisoned for two years for helping the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), reports The Hindu. He was earlier convicted of illegally procuring equipment for the LTTE. The prosecution said he had procured equipment for the LTTE with an "obvious terrorist purpose". Three others tried along with him were, however, cleared. Sentencing him, Justice Saunders said: "This was a protracted, deliberate breaking of a law. These are very serious offences which warrant substantial sentences. The terrorist law has to be obeyed as part of our obligations."
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June - 13 
On June 13, a local court in Ahmedabad sent four Indian Mujahideen (IM) militants to Police custody till June 25, in connection with the Ahmedabad serial bomb blasts case, according to Zee News. The four were reportedly brought on transit remand from the national capital Delhi. The four cadres are a
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On June 13, a local court in Ahmedabad sent four Indian Mujahideen (IM) militants to Police custody till June 25, in connection with the Ahmedabad serial bomb blasts case, according to Zee News. The four were reportedly brought on transit remand from the national capital Delhi. The four cadres are also accused of the serial bomb blasts in Delhi.
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June - 19 
Mohammed Omar Madni, a suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant, has disclosed about the links between the Pakistan-based outfit and Maoists in Jharkhand, investigators told a court in New Delhi on June 19, PTI reported. "He (Madni) revealed that LeT was acting in coordination with CPI (Maoist) in J
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Mohammed Omar Madni, a suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant, has disclosed about the links between the Pakistan-based outfit and Maoists in Jharkhand, investigators told a court in New Delhi on June 19, PTI reported. "He (Madni) revealed that LeT was acting in coordination with CPI (Maoist) in Jharkhand. He has acted as conduit for LeT and provided training to recruits in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and sent them to India to carry out terror strikes," the Public Prosecutor told the court which extended the Police remand of Madni for seven days. The Delhi Police, which is interrogating Madni, contended that his custodial questioning was necessary to ascertain his e-mail details and bank account which revealed transactions to the tune of INR 25 lakh. 50-year-old Madni, a resident of Bihar who acquired Nepalese citizenship, was arrested on June 4 from near Qutub Minar area in south Delhi and produced before the court after the completion of 14 days Police custody.
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June - 19 
A person identified as Arunachal Chrishanthakumar aka A.C. Shanthan, who bought electronic and computer equipment for the banned Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam (LTTE) that could have been used to make a bomb, was jailed for two years, reports The Guardian. The 52-year-old from Norbury was found gu
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A person identified as Arunachal Chrishanthakumar aka A.C. Shanthan, who bought electronic and computer equipment for the banned Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam (LTTE) that could have been used to make a bomb, was jailed for two years, reports The Guardian. The 52-year-old from Norbury was found guilty of charges relating to conspiracy to receive and receiving property that could be used for terrorism at Kingston Crown Court on April 17. A judge at the Old Bailey jailed him for two years for the conspiracy count and one year for receiving property; the sentences will run concurrently. Deputy Assistant Commissioner John McDowall, head of the Metropolitan Police’s counter terrorism command and senior national co-ordinator counter terrorism, said: “Shanthan bought component parts which have been used in the past by the LTTE to make improvised explosive devices. He purchased electrical equipment including circuit boards, GPS and antenna equipment and sent it to Sri Lanka for terrorists to use. He spent more than £13,000 in just 14 months on military publications, manuals and guides to be used as reference for military attack planning, yet denied he was involved in any terrorist activity”.
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June - 20 
A court in Delhi on June 20 sent a suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorist, identified as Akbar Ismail Choudhary, to seven days judicial custody for his involvement in the serial bomb blasts in the capital on September 13, 2008, reports PTI. Choudhary was arrested by the Mumbai Police in October
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A court in Delhi on June 20 sent a suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorist, identified as Akbar Ismail Choudhary, to seven days judicial custody for his involvement in the serial bomb blasts in the capital on September 13, 2008, reports PTI. Choudhary was arrested by the Mumbai Police in October 2008. He is reportedly accused of sending terror e-mails along with the IM's media cell chief Mansoor Asghar Peerbhoy and two others to different media groups before the bomb blasts in the capital.
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June - 22 
Two under-trial militants, Laishram Gouramani alias Guru (27) and Ningthoujam Jiten (20) alias Chaiba alias Angang, were arrested from the Sajiwa Jail in connection with the abduction and killing of contractor Yengkhom Krishnadas, reports Telegraph. The duo was detained under the National Security A
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Two under-trial militants, Laishram Gouramani alias Guru (27) and Ningthoujam Jiten (20) alias Chaiba alias Angang, were arrested from the Sajiwa Jail in connection with the abduction and killing of contractor Yengkhom Krishnadas, reports Telegraph. The duo was detained under the National Security Act.
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June - 22 
On June 22, a Special Tribunal sentenced six militants of the outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) to 10 years imprisonment for trespassing into Bangladesh territory along with arms, reports Daily Star. The militants identified as Shambhu, Mohiswar, Urarao, Jibon, Harkumar and Khand
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On June 22, a Special Tribunal sentenced six militants of the outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) to 10 years imprisonment for trespassing into Bangladesh territory along with arms, reports Daily Star. The militants identified as Shambhu, Mohiswar, Urarao, Jibon, Harkumar and Khandou, all in their early 20s, had been arrested by the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) personnel from the house of one Imrul Sangma at Burunga border village of Nalitabari Sub-District in the Sherpur District on March 2, 2007. Acting on their confessional statement, a large quantity of automatic weapons, ammunition and explosives had been recovered from near the house.
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June - 23 
The Special Sessions Court trying the Mumbai terror attacks case on June 23 issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against 22 of the 35 wanted accused, including the Jama’at-ud-Da’awa (JuD, the Lashkar-e-Toiba [LeT] front) chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, who was released in Pakistan recently, The Hindu rep
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The Special Sessions Court trying the Mumbai terror attacks case on June 23 issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against 22 of the 35 wanted accused, including the Jama’at-ud-Da’awa (JuD, the Lashkar-e-Toiba [LeT] front) chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, who was released in Pakistan recently, The Hindu reported. Judge M. L. Tahaliyani granted the prosecution plea on the ground that most of the accused found mention in the confessional statement of lone captured LeT terrorist Mohammad Ajmal Amir alias Kasab. Other pieces of evidence include phone records of CallPhonex. Besides, the accused were charged with conspiring to wage a war against the Government of India. “Almost all are citizens of Pakistan or are at least residing in that country,” the court noted on the basis of the addresses provided by the prosecution. Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam referred to Kasab’s statement to cite the involvement of the 22 accused in the conspiracy. Most of them were shown to have played the role of trainers. Saeed was a professor, who led the JuD and visited a training camp before 26/11, Nikam told the court. Zaki-Ur-Rehaman Lakhvi was the ‘operations commander’, Abu Hamza, the training in-charge, Abu Al Kama and Muzammil, the ‘area commanders’, Zarar Shah, in-charge of the publicity wing, and Abu Mufti Saeed, the president of the Muridke training camp. The money trail led to Mohammad Ishfak, who paid $250 in the name of Kharak Singh. VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) records showed the name of a Col. R. Saadat Ullah. Abu Kaahfa, Abdul Rehaman Chota, Abu Abdur Rehman, Abu Fahad Ullah, Abu Anas, Abu Bashir, Abu Imran, Abu Umar Saeed, Sajid Iftikhar, Khurram Shahdad, Abu Mavia, and Abu Hanjila Pathan were the remaining accused against whom warrants were issued. The addresses of the conspirators spanned the provinces of Punjab and the North West Frontier Province. The locations included Muzaffarabad in Pakistan occupied Kashmir, Gujranwala, Sheikhupura, Lahore, Muridke, Mansehra, Multan, Peshawar and Rawalpindi. Saeed hailed from Lahore’s Johar town. The 22 warrants will be addressed to the Commissioner of Police, Mumbai, and the Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation for execution. The CBI’s Interpol wing will then coordinate with Interpol, Pakistan, and seek its help to arrest and produce the accused before the court.
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June - 23 June - 24
In the evening of June 23, the spokesperson for the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in West Bengal, Gaur Chakraborty, was arrested by the Kolkata Police outside the office of a private news channel in the Park Street area, reports The Hindu. He was arrested under Section 20 of the Unlaw
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In the evening of June 23, the spokesperson for the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in West Bengal, Gaur Chakraborty, was arrested by the Kolkata Police outside the office of a private news channel in the Park Street area, reports The Hindu. He was arrested under Section 20 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. He was remanded to Police custody for 14 days by a court in Kolkata on June 24.
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June - 25 
Daily Star reports that Amir Ali of Maddha Jhina village in Rajshahi District, a victim of the torture campaign of the Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) last week, lodged a case against 38 JMB cadres in Rajshahi. Among the JMB militants against whom case was filed were 'advisers' of the outfit,
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Daily Star reports that Amir Ali of Maddha Jhina village in Rajshahi District, a victim of the torture campaign of the Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) last week, lodged a case against 38 JMB cadres in Rajshahi. Among the JMB militants against whom case was filed were 'advisers' of the outfit, Lutfar Rahman, Abdus Sattar and Mahtab Khamaru, and cadres Mostafizur Rahman, Mamunur Rashid, Morshed and Enamul Haque. Armed JMB cadres had abducted Amir Ali on April 7, 2004 and looted his house. Amir had to subsequently pay Taka 35,000 for his release.
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June - 30 
CPI-Maoist leader, identified as Nathuni Mistry alias Prem alias Premnath, was sentenced by a local court to seven years of imprisonment for attacking a Police patrol in Balurmath in Latehar District in 2000. A resident of Mandanpur in the Aurangabad District of Bihar, Mistry was arrested from Ranch
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CPI-Maoist leader, identified as Nathuni Mistry alias Prem alias Premnath, was sentenced by a local court to seven years of imprisonment for attacking a Police patrol in Balurmath in Latehar District in 2000. A resident of Mandanpur in the Aurangabad District of Bihar, Mistry was arrested from Ranchi in June 2002. Terming it as a major success, Jharkhand Police spokesperson and Inspector General of Police (provisions), S. N. Pradhan, said it was a major success for the Police in terms of prosecution, Times of India reported. "More than 15 cases are pending against him in Bihar and Jharkhand," said Pradhan.
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July - 4 
The Federal Government will challenge the release of Jama’at-ud-Da’awa (the Lashkar-e-Toiba [LeT] front) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed in the Supreme Court on July 4 (today), Attorney General Latif Khosa told Daily Times on July 3. He said there were “sufficient grounds” to challenge the Lahore High Co
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The Federal Government will challenge the release of Jama’at-ud-Da’awa (the Lashkar-e-Toiba [LeT] front) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed in the Supreme Court on July 4 (today), Attorney General Latif Khosa told Daily Times on July 3. He said there were “sufficient grounds” to challenge the Lahore High Court (LHC) verdict that set Hafiz Saeed free. On June 3, the LHC ordered the release of Hafiz Saeed, holding that there was no sufficient ground to detain or link him to the terrorist attacks in Mumbai in November 2008.
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July - 7 
The federal and Punjab Governments on July 7 filed identical petitions in the Supreme Court challenging a Lahore High Court decision, releasing Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, chief of the banned Jama’at-ud-Da’awa (the Lashkar-e-Toiba [LeT] front), Daily Times reported. Deputy Attorney General Shah Khawar and
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The federal and Punjab Governments on July 7 filed identical petitions in the Supreme Court challenging a Lahore High Court decision, releasing Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, chief of the banned Jama’at-ud-Da’awa (the Lashkar-e-Toiba [LeT] front), Daily Times reported. Deputy Attorney General Shah Khawar and Punjab Advocate General Muhammad Raza Farooq filed the petitions on behalf of their respective Governments. The petitions request the Supreme Court to set aside the decision of ending the detention of Saeed and Col (r) Nazir Ahmad.
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July - 8 
The General Secretary of the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP), Chongtham Manglemjao alias KK Nganba alias Ngouba alias Irabot alias Koi (56), who was brought back to Imphal by the Bishnupur Police from Tihar Jail has been remanded to judicial custody at Sajiwa jail by the Bishnupur Chief Judicial Ma
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The General Secretary of the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP), Chongtham Manglemjao alias KK Nganba alias Ngouba alias Irabot alias Koi (56), who was brought back to Imphal by the Bishnupur Police from Tihar Jail has been remanded to judicial custody at Sajiwa jail by the Bishnupur Chief Judicial Magistrate.
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July - 12 
According to Express Buzz, Police arrested Sinoj alias Ramesan, a cadre of the Revolutionary Peoples Front (RPF), a frontal organisation of the banned Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), from the Chekadi colony at Pulpally in Wayanad District on July 12. The Police also recovered three pro
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According to Express Buzz, Police arrested Sinoj alias Ramesan, a cadre of the Revolutionary Peoples Front (RPF), a frontal organisation of the banned Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), from the Chekadi colony at Pulpally in Wayanad District on July 12. The Police also recovered three propaganda CDs, a booklet on Lalgarh and some literature related to Maoists in Nepal. Sinoj was produced in the Judicial First Class Magistrate’s court at Sulthan Batheri which remanded him in judicial custody. Sinoj, who hails from Talikkulam in the Thrissur District, was arrested from a tribal colony following a tip-off. The colony was reportedly under Police watch for sometime following information that Maoists were ‘concentrating’ on the area.
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July - 13 
A German court jailed for eight years a German man of Pakistani origin on July 13 for helping to fund and supply Al Qaeda in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province (NWFP), Dawn reported. The 47-year-old, identified only as Aleem N., was arrested in February 2008 and charged with giving 27,000 euros
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A German court jailed for eight years a German man of Pakistani origin on July 13 for helping to fund and supply Al Qaeda in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province (NWFP), Dawn reported. The 47-year-old, identified only as Aleem N., was arrested in February 2008 and charged with giving 27,000 euros (38,000 dollars) as well as materials, including night-vision equipment, to the group. The court in Koblenz found him guilty of belonging to a foreign terrorist organisation receiving explosives training at an extremist camp and of helping recruit volunteers to go to Pakistan.
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July - 14 
The Government of Punjab on July 14 disassociated itself from a case challenging the Lahore High Court order that released the Jama’at-ud-Da’awa (the Lashkar-e-Toiba [LeT] front) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, as it filed an application with the Supreme Court (SC) to withdraw its petition that challeng
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The Government of Punjab on July 14 disassociated itself from a case challenging the Lahore High Court order that released the Jama’at-ud-Da’awa (the Lashkar-e-Toiba [LeT] front) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, as it filed an application with the Supreme Court (SC) to withdraw its petition that challenged the release, Daily Times reported. Appearing on notice, the Punjab Advocate General (AG) Raza Farooq informed the SC that the Punjab Government had decided to withdraw its petition against Saeed’s release, as it had insufficient evidence against him and his aide, Col (r) Nazir Ahmed. Appearing on the behalf of the federal Government, Deputy AG Shah Khawar requested the court for additional time to seek the Centre’s instructions on the issue. Accepting the request, the court reportedly adjourned the hearing until July 16.
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July - 18 
The prime accused of the January 2002 Kolkata American Centre attack case, Mohammad Sadiq alias Sadakat, was produced before a court in Kolkata on July 18 which subsequently remanded him to 14-days Police custody, reports The Hindu. Sadiq was brought to Kolkata from Hyderabad, capital of Andhra Prad
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The prime accused of the January 2002 Kolkata American Centre attack case, Mohammad Sadiq alias Sadakat, was produced before a court in Kolkata on July 18 which subsequently remanded him to 14-days Police custody, reports The Hindu. Sadiq was brought to Kolkata from Hyderabad, capital of Andhra Pradesh, on transit remand. He was reportedly arrested by the Mumbai Police in September 2008 for alleged involvement in subversive activities in different parts of the country.
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July - 20 
On July 20, the lone surviving Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist in the Mumbai terrorist attacks case, Mohammad Ajmal Amir alias Kasab, confessed to his crime before the Special Sessions Court at the Arthur Road jail in Mumbai, reports The Hindu. Kasab also mentioned the name of an Indian national, Ab
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On July 20, the lone surviving Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist in the Mumbai terrorist attacks case, Mohammad Ajmal Amir alias Kasab, confessed to his crime before the Special Sessions Court at the Arthur Road jail in Mumbai, reports The Hindu. Kasab also mentioned the name of an Indian national, Abu Jundal, who he claimed “taught us Hindi.” Ajmal spoke for about four hours about the incident, his training and his first encounter with the Mujahideen in Pakistan. He began his testimony with a description of his attack at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) along with his partner Abu Ismail. He traced their journey to the Cama Hospital and also narrated the encounter at Girgaum Chowpatty.
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July - 20 
The former chief of the banned Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI-B) outfit, Shariful Islam Maulana Sheikh Abdus Salam, who was arrested in connection with the 2001 CPB rally blast case, was released on bail on July 20 from the Dhaka Central Jail, reports Daily Star. Jail officials said they received a
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The former chief of the banned Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI-B) outfit, Shariful Islam Maulana Sheikh Abdus Salam, who was arrested in connection with the 2001 CPB rally blast case, was released on bail on July 20 from the Dhaka Central Jail, reports Daily Star. Jail officials said they received an order for his release from the Sessions Judge's Court, Dhaka, which issued the bail order. "Receiving the bail order, we reported it to different intelligence agencies for checking as Salam allegedly has links with a banned militant organisation. On receiving clearance from the intelligence agencies we released him around 3:00pm," Deputy Jailer Kamrul Islam said.
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July - 22 July - 23
Police arrested a Bangladeshi national with suspected links to the Pakistan-based outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) at Kamalnagar in Satkhira town in the night of July 22, reports Daily Star. The arrestee, identified as Muhaddis Obaidullah, was produced in a Satkhira court on July 23, which placed him on
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Police arrested a Bangladeshi national with suspected links to the Pakistan-based outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) at Kamalnagar in Satkhira town in the night of July 22, reports Daily Star. The arrestee, identified as Muhaddis Obaidullah, was produced in a Satkhira court on July 23, which placed him on a 10-day Police remand for interrogation. His arrest followed leads from the arrested Indian national and a key organiser of the LeT, Mufti Obaidullah. Muhaddis is suspected to be an accomplice of Mufti Obaidullah who had taken shelter at his (Muhaddis) house in Satkhira after sneaking into Bangladesh in 1995. "We suspect Muhaddis Obaidullah is a hardcore militant since he had contacts with LeT organiser Mufti Obaidullah and talked to him even two months back,” Satkhira Superintendent of Police S.M. Moniruzzaman said. Muhaddis confessed to the Police that he had come in contact with Mufti Obaidullah while studying at the Sangu Madrassa (seminary) in India for a year.
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July - 23 
Special judge M. L. Tahaliyani ruled on July 23 that the confessional statement given by Pakistani national and the lone arrested Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant Ajmal Kasab would stay on the records though the trial against him would continue, according to The Hindu. On July 20, Kasab had pleaded gu
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Special judge M. L. Tahaliyani ruled on July 23 that the confessional statement given by Pakistani national and the lone arrested Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant Ajmal Kasab would stay on the records though the trial against him would continue, according to The Hindu. On July 20, Kasab had pleaded guilty and demanded that he should be punished immediately. Special Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam, however, argued that Kasab’s statement was only ‘‘partially true’’ and so the prosecution wanted to continue examining witnesses to establish all the 86 charges against him. Tahaliyani, while passing the order, observed that Kasab had given a ‘‘voluntary confession’’ and his statement could not be removed from the records. ‘‘The trial will proceed. The confession will stay though I will not make any comment on its evidence value at this stage,’’ the Judge added.
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July - 24 
The Madras High Court Bench in Madurai on July 24 confirmed the conviction imposed on four alleged Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) sympathisers for attempting to hurl a bomb at the Police, but commuted their sentence to one-year rigorous imprisonment, reported The Hindu. Justice A. Selvam he
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The Madras High Court Bench in Madurai on July 24 confirmed the conviction imposed on four alleged Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) sympathisers for attempting to hurl a bomb at the Police, but commuted their sentence to one-year rigorous imprisonment, reported The Hindu. Justice A. Selvam held that the convicts need not undergo three years of imprisonment, as ordered by a Fast Track Court in Pudukottai district in 2004, considering the nature of offence committed and the fact that they were first time offenders. According to prosecution, Balasundaram alias Sundaram, Meiyappan, Kannan and Murugan hatched a conspiracy on August 5, 1998 to smuggle certain goods to Sri Lanka for the LTTE. Rajendran, then Village Administrative Officer of Kodikulam, overheard a conversation between the accused behind a temple in South Pudukkudi village and lodged a complaint with the Kottaipattinam Police. The accused attempted to hurl a bomb when a Sub-Inspector and other police personnel attempted to arrest them. They were overpowered. Later, they were remanded to judicial custody, resulting in the conviction under various provisions of the Indian Penal Code, Explosives Substances Act and Prevention of Unlawful Activities Act.
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July - 26 
A court in Sherpur District on July 26 sentenced two Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) leaders and their three accomplices to life imprisonment for looting a local Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) office in 2003, reports Daily Star. The convicts were identified as JMB Dhaka division
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A court in Sherpur District on July 26 sentenced two Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) leaders and their three accomplices to life imprisonment for looting a local Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) office in 2003, reports Daily Star. The convicts were identified as JMB Dhaka divisional north unit commander Salahuddin alias Salehin and Sherpur District commander Mujahidul Islam Sumon and their accomplices Hasmat Ali, Kalu and Kashem Ali. The court, however, acquitted seven other accused as allegations brought against them could not be proved.
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July - 27 
A special Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) court on July 27 convicted three persons for their involvement in the bomb blasts at the Gateway of India and the Zaveri Bazaar in Mumbai on August 25, 2003, which killed 52 persons and injured 184, reports The Hindu. Judge M.R. Puranik announced that Han
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A special Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) court on July 27 convicted three persons for their involvement in the bomb blasts at the Gateway of India and the Zaveri Bazaar in Mumbai on August 25, 2003, which killed 52 persons and injured 184, reports The Hindu. Judge M.R. Puranik announced that Haneef Sayyed (46) and his wife Fahmeeda (43) from Marol and Ashrat Ansari (32) from Juhu Galli would be sentenced on August 4. The three were also held guilty of carrying out a bomb blast in a bus at Ghatkopar on July 28, 2003, which killed two people and injured 60, and of planting a bomb, which however did not explode, in a bus in the Santa Cruz Electronics Export Processing Zone. They were convicted under Sections 302 (murder), 307 (attempt to murder), 427 (damaging property) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code. They were also convicted under Sections 3 (damaging property) and 4 (damaging property by fire or explosive) of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act; Sections 3 (causing an explosion to endanger life) and 4 (making an explosive to endanger life) of the Explosive Substances Act; and Sections 5 and 9B (licence for the use of explosives) of the Explosives Act. The mastermind of the blasts, who claimed to be a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative, had turned approver. The Police claimed that Nasir Ahmed, one of the conspirators, was killed in an encounter in September 2003. However, the couple and Ashrat Ansari were acquitted under Sections 5 and 6 (making or possessing explosives under suspicious circumstances) of the Explosive Substances Act. "These are very minor offences," said Nikam. The accused were LeT operatives and had committed serious offences. "We will (therefore) argue for the highest punishment." He added Earlier, investigations revealed that the bomb blasts were carried out by cadres of the Gujarat Muslim Revenge Force to avenge the communal riots in Gujarat in 2002. Two other accused — Ansari Ladoowala and Hasan Batterywala — were discharged from the case after a POTA Review Committee gave them a clean chit in 2005. The 16-year-old daughter of Sayyed and Fahmeeda was also an accused, but was later acquitted.
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July - 27 
Two Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) militants who are accused in the July 26, 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blasts case, Shaduli and Mohammed Ansar Nadvi, were produced before the court of metropolitan magistrate G. M. Patel on July 27, which sent them to four-day Police remand until July 31,
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Two Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) militants who are accused in the July 26, 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blasts case, Shaduli and Mohammed Ansar Nadvi, were produced before the court of metropolitan magistrate G. M. Patel on July 27, which sent them to four-day Police remand until July 31, reports DNA.
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July - 30 
The Andhra Pradesh High Court on July 30 granted conditional bail to a top leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist) Janashakti lodged in the Cherlapalli jail in capital Hyderabad, reports PTI. Kura Devender alias Amar (47), the Janashakti group State secretary, was arrested by Polic
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The Andhra Pradesh High Court on July 30 granted conditional bail to a top leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist) Janashakti lodged in the Cherlapalli jail in capital Hyderabad, reports PTI. Kura Devender alias Amar (47), the Janashakti group State secretary, was arrested by Police from Pune in the State of Maharashtra in April 2008 and was incarcerated in Cherlapalli jail on the outskirts of Hyderabad.
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July - 31 
The Additional Sessions Judge of Akola District granted bail to the five alleged Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) cadres on July 31, reports Times of India. The judge directed the accused be released on a personal bond of INR 7500 and surety of the like amount. The five accused SIMI cadres
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The Additional Sessions Judge of Akola District granted bail to the five alleged Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) cadres on July 31, reports Times of India. The judge directed the accused be released on a personal bond of INR 7500 and surety of the like amount. The five accused SIMI cadres who were in jail under magisterial custody till August 7 were identified as Mohammed Rafiq Abdul Rahman, Abdul Ahmad A. Samad, Mohammed Harun Gyasuddin, Mohammed Siddiq Abdul Wahab, Shaikh Mahmood alias Munnabhai S.K. Lal of Pusad. The accused had been booked under Section 10 and 13 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967. Advocates Munna Khan and Dildar Khan reportedly argued that there was no evidence against the accused SIMI cadres nor anything had been seized for them. They also said that there was no nexus of the detainees with any alleged crime.
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July - 31 
The Maharashtra Control of Organised Crimes Act (MCOCA) court on July 31 revoked the application of MCOCA in the Malegaon blast case of September 29, 2008, reports The Hindu. However, the investigating agency of the case, the Maharashtra Anti terrorist Squad (ATS), has obtained a stay on the order.
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The Maharashtra Control of Organised Crimes Act (MCOCA) court on July 31 revoked the application of MCOCA in the Malegaon blast case of September 29, 2008, reports The Hindu. However, the investigating agency of the case, the Maharashtra Anti terrorist Squad (ATS), has obtained a stay on the order. The ATS chief K.P.S. Raghuvanshi said, “We have obtained a stay of four weeks. We are going to challenge the order in the High Court.” The operative part of the order states that the case will be transferred to the sessions court (in Nashik), Raghuvanshi added.
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August - 1 
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in its charge sheet only mentioned that Tajuddin had supplied the grenades. But the CID investigators could not find out who handed over the grenades to him and how. The grenade attack on Sheikh Hasina’s rally at Bangabandhu Avenue reportedly killed 23 Awa
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The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in its charge sheet only mentioned that Tajuddin had supplied the grenades. But the CID investigators could not find out who handed over the grenades to him and how. The grenade attack on Sheikh Hasina’s rally at Bangabandhu Avenue reportedly killed 23 Awami League leaders and workers and injured over 300 others.
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August - 2 
Charges of rebellion against the state have been laid against the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad in the Saidu Sharif Police Station in Swat District on August 2, Daily Times reported. A Police official said a First Information Report was registered against S
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Charges of rebellion against the state have been laid against the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad in the Saidu Sharif Police Station in Swat District on August 2, Daily Times reported. A Police official said a First Information Report was registered against Sufi under sections 120-D, 121, 124-A of the Pakistan Penal Code and Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act. The official said Sufi was charged with inciting the masses during his address at Grassy Ground in Mingora on April 20, 2009. He said in his address, Sufi had called the Supreme Court and the high courts of Pakistan “un-Islamic”. Sufi had also termed all judges, lawyers and pro-democracy clerics “rebels”. Sufi was arrested along with his two sons, Ziaullah and Rizwanullah, from Sethi Town in the provincial capital Peshawar on July 26.
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August - 3 
Times of India reports that the Patna High Court on August 3 directed the State Government to give reply to a letter petition converted into a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) which has sought direction to the State Government to provide employment opportunities to Naxalites (left wing extremists) a
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Times of India reports that the Patna High Court on August 3 directed the State Government to give reply to a letter petition converted into a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) which has sought direction to the State Government to provide employment opportunities to Naxalites (left wing extremists) and bring them into mainstream. A Division Bench comprising the Acting Chief Justice Shivakirti Singh and Justice Anjana Prakash passed the order on the PIL of P K Das who submitted that the State Government had announced such a move but failed to provide Naxalites an opportunity to eschew violence and lead a normal life. The court gave four weeks' time to the Government to file a counter affidavit to the PIL.
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August - 3 
The federal and the Punjab governments had filed separate appeals with the Supreme Court against a Lahore High Court order freeing Hafiz Saeed and Nazir from house arrest. But the Punjab Government later moved an application for the withdrawal of its petition, and told the court that if the federal
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The federal and the Punjab governments had filed separate appeals with the Supreme Court against a Lahore High Court order freeing Hafiz Saeed and Nazir from house arrest. But the Punjab Government later moved an application for the withdrawal of its petition, and told the court that if the federal Government provided fresh evidence against Saeed, the provincial administration would reverse its decision to withdraw the appeal. In its application for the withdrawal of the appeal against Hafiz Saeed, the Punjab Government said the LeT chief and Nazir were put under house arrest on a directive by the federal Government, but the centre had “failed” to provide concrete evidence for their house arrest.
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August - 3 
The Supreme Court on August 3 adjourned for an indefinite period the hearing of a petition filed by the federal Government challenging the release of the Jama’at-ud-Da’awa (also known as Lashkar-e-Toiba [LeT]) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed and his close aide Col (r) Nazir Ahmad, Daily Times reported. A
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The Supreme Court on August 3 adjourned for an indefinite period the hearing of a petition filed by the federal Government challenging the release of the Jama’at-ud-Da’awa (also known as Lashkar-e-Toiba [LeT]) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed and his close aide Col (r) Nazir Ahmad, Daily Times reported. A three-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Chaudhry Ijaz Ahmed and Justice Jawwad S Khawaja is hearing the case. Attorney General Sardar Latif Khosa told the court on August 3 that the record of the case was with the Punjab Government, but Punjab Advocate General Raza Farooq had resigned and nobody else had been appointed in his place. He said the case could not proceed in the absence of the record, and called on the court to adjourn the proceedings. Advocate A. K. Dogar, representing Hafiz Saeed, did not object to the attorney general’s request – which was accepted by the court.
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August - 5 
The Colombo Chief Magistrate Nishantha Hapuaarachchi on August 5 allowed the Police to further detain and question the leader of the women’s political wing of the LTTE, Subramanium Sivagami alias Tamilini, BBC reports. The magistrate allowed the Police to detain Tamilini until August 28. Tamilini, w
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The Colombo Chief Magistrate Nishantha Hapuaarachchi on August 5 allowed the Police to further detain and question the leader of the women’s political wing of the LTTE, Subramanium Sivagami alias Tamilini, BBC reports. The magistrate allowed the Police to detain Tamilini until August 28. Tamilini, who fled the 'No Fire Zone' (NFZ) in the north and surrendered to the authorities in May 2009, has since been detained by the Police.
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August - 6 
A special Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) court in Mumbai on August 6 sentenced to death all the three persons convicted in the bomb blasts case of August 25, 2003 which claimed 54 lives and injured 244 persons, reports The Hindu. The case comprises blasts at the Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaa
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A special Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) court in Mumbai on August 6 sentenced to death all the three persons convicted in the bomb blasts case of August 25, 2003 which claimed 54 lives and injured 244 persons, reports The Hindu. The case comprises blasts at the Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar on August 25, 2003 and also the blast aboard a bus at Ghatkopar on July 28, 2003 and the planting of a bomb in a bus in the Santa Cruz Electronics Export Processing Zone on December 2, 2002, which, however, did not explode. Judge M.R. Puranik, after pronouncing the sentence against Haneef Sayyed, his wife Fahmeeda and Ashrat Ansari, said they “shall be hanged by the neck till they are dead.” They were sentenced under three Sections: 120B of the Indian Penal code (IPC) for hatching a criminal conspiracy to cause bomb blasts, 120B read with Section 302 (punishment for murder) of the IPC, and 120B read with 3 (2) (a) of the POTA, stipulating the punishment for a terrorist act. They were given life term under Section 120B read with 307 (attempt to murder) of the IPC. Life term was awarded for offences under POTA’s Sections 3 (3) for attempting to commit a terrorist act and 4 (b) for unauthorised possession of arms. They were also given life term under Section 3 of the Explosive Substances Act, 1908 (punishment for causing explosion likely to endanger life or property).
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August - 6 
The two suspected Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) militants, who were arrested by the Delhi Police in the night of August 6, confessed that they had been sent to India by the outfit’s Pakistan-based ‘Supreme Commander’ Syed Salahuddin on an important assignment, reports The Hindu. Their interrogation so far
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The two suspected Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) militants, who were arrested by the Delhi Police in the night of August 6, confessed that they had been sent to India by the outfit’s Pakistan-based ‘Supreme Commander’ Syed Salahuddin on an important assignment, reports The Hindu. Their interrogation so far has revealed that Salahuddin and his deputy, Khalid Saifullah, met them separately at training camps in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) seven months before and asked them to remain prepared for an important assignment. A fortnight later, another militant Shahid told them to sneak into India through Nepal. He also procured passports and visas for them. Javed and Ashiq reportedly met for the first time at Rawalpindi in Pakistan on July 29, 2009 through Shahid. He gave them INR 40,000 and took them from Islamabad to Karachi, from where they boarded a flight to Nepal. Another handler at Pokhara in Nepal helped them sneak into India through Sanauli in Uttar Pradesh. The two boarded a train at Gorakhpur to Jammu on August 3. In Jammu, they were reportedly contacted by Faiyaz, who arranged for them a white Santro car and two AK-47 rifles, two hand grenades and four magazines. They were asked to go to Darya Ganj in Delhi and contact Shahid in Pakistan.
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August - 7 
They duo were remanded to 10-day Police custody by a court on August 7. The Police are trying to ascertain whether Javed Ahmad Tantray and Ashiq Ali Butt had been sent to carry out an attack in the run-up to the Independence Day celebrations in Delhi on August 15.
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They duo were remanded to 10-day Police custody by a court on August 7. The Police are trying to ascertain whether Javed Ahmad Tantray and Ashiq Ali Butt had been sent to carry out an attack in the run-up to the Independence Day celebrations in Delhi on August 15.
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August - 10 
A Sessions Court on August 10 awarded life imprisonment to a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant and sentenced another militant of the group to 14 years in jail, five years after they were arrested along with AK-56 rifles and ammunition on March 12, 2004, by the Special Task Force of the Uttar Pradesh Po
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A Sessions Court on August 10 awarded life imprisonment to a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant and sentenced another militant of the group to 14 years in jail, five years after they were arrested along with AK-56 rifles and ammunition on March 12, 2004, by the Special Task Force of the Uttar Pradesh Police in capital Lucknow, reports The Hindu. Atharuddin was handed down life imprisonment while Mohammed Irfan was awarded a 14-year term under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) and various sections of the Indian Penal Code. District and sessions judge Shivanand Mishra also imposed a total fine of INR 820000 on Atharuddin and INR 470000 on Mohammed Irfan.
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August - 10 
According to The Hindu, the Union Government on August 10 informed the Supreme Court that after the Mumbai terrorist attacks, it asked the States to set up anti-terrorist squads, and many States did so. In its counter to the affidavit on a public interest litigation petition filed by the former Atto
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According to The Hindu, the Union Government on August 10 informed the Supreme Court that after the Mumbai terrorist attacks, it asked the States to set up anti-terrorist squads, and many States did so. In its counter to the affidavit on a public interest litigation petition filed by the former Attorney-General, Soli Sorabjee, for a direction that the Union Government equip the Police and Security Forces with modern weapons for countering terror attacks, the Government said that under the Modernisation of State Police Scheme, the States could avail themselves of the special component of the assistance to strengthen Special Branches. The hearing was adjourned after Attorney-General G.E. Vahanvati submitted that the Union Government had filed its response. The petitioner had expressed concern over the Police using inadequate and outdated weapons and being ill-quipped to deal with terror strikes, particularly the November 26, 2008, attack at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai. The Police were still using World War II rifles and bullet-proof jackets.
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August - 10 
Seven suspected terrorists were arrested from Bhakkar, Sargodha and Dera Ghazi Khan and two suicide jackets and explosives seized from their possession, according to Daily Times. Quoting sources in the security agencies, a private TV channel reported on August 10 that two suspected terrorists, ident
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Seven suspected terrorists were arrested from Bhakkar, Sargodha and Dera Ghazi Khan and two suicide jackets and explosives seized from their possession, according to Daily Times. Quoting sources in the security agencies, a private TV channel reported on August 10 that two suspected terrorists, identified as Muhammad Ayub and Qamar Abbas, were arrested from Bhakkar. Separately, two unidentified terrorists were arrested from Sargodha and two suicide jackets and explosives seized. In the third raid, two suspected terrorists from Dera Ghazi Khan and one from Multan were arrested. Sources said the arrested men had been shifted to Lahore for investigation. They said a crackdown was underway against banned outfits across the Punjab province following the Mian Channu bomb blast in July 2009 - in which seven people were killed – that was blamed on Master Riaz, an alleged operative of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan.
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August - 12 
A plot to carry out a suicide attack on President Mahinda Rajapakse in his hometown Madamulana with the involvement of a suspect arrested in connection with the killing of Southern Provincial Councillor, Danny Hiththetiyage, came to light at the Mount Lavinia Magistrates court on August 12, reports
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A plot to carry out a suicide attack on President Mahinda Rajapakse in his hometown Madamulana with the involvement of a suspect arrested in connection with the killing of Southern Provincial Councillor, Danny Hiththetiyage, came to light at the Mount Lavinia Magistrates court on August 12, reports Daily Mirror. The Attorney General made a special request to the Magistrate to order the prison authorities to hand over the suspect Madusha Lakshan to the Colombo Crime Division (CCD) for questioning over the alleged plot. Making the application to get the suspect under CCD custody, Senior State Counsel Dileepa Peiris said the findings had revealed that the suspect had a personal animosity against the President and he had brokered with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to get the support of a resident in Angunakolapelessa to carry out a suicide attack. Counsel Peiris said the plot was uncovered following a detailed statement given by Saman Chandana of Angunakolapelessa who was arrested during a cordon and search operation in the Wellawatte railway station area on April 15.
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August - 13 
The Terrorist Investigations Division (TID) of Sri Lanka has arrested the Superintendent of Police (SP) of the Gampaha Division over alleged connections with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Colombo Page reported on August 13. The Police spokesman Senior Superintendent of Police Ranith G
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The Terrorist Investigations Division (TID) of Sri Lanka has arrested the Superintendent of Police (SP) of the Gampaha Division over alleged connections with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Colombo Page reported on August 13. The Police spokesman Senior Superintendent of Police Ranith Gunasekara said the SP, Laxman Cooray has been taken into custody following the details disclosed by a LTTE suspect arrested by the TID earlier. The SP Cooray has worked in the Jaffna region before he was transferred to Gampaha Police division. According to TID sources, further questioning is now underway.
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August - 16 
The political administration launched a crackdown against the Mandal tribe and arrested its 25 elders for failing to hand over 10 suspected militants to the authorities. Sources said that the crackdown was launched after the tribes conveyed its inability to the Government to produce the wanted men.
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The political administration launched a crackdown against the Mandal tribe and arrested its 25 elders for failing to hand over 10 suspected militants to the authorities. Sources said that the crackdown was launched after the tribes conveyed its inability to the Government to produce the wanted men. The political administration had given a list of 10 militants to Mandal tribe to hand them over to it for investigation.
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August - 16 
The Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal in Chittagong on August 16 sentenced the Chittagong divisional chief of the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), Javed Iqbal alias Mohammad, and one of his aides to 10-years rigorous Imprisonment in the August 17, 2005 Jhenidah serial bomb blasts case. Javed a
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The Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal in Chittagong on August 16 sentenced the Chittagong divisional chief of the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), Javed Iqbal alias Mohammad, and one of his aides to 10-years rigorous Imprisonment in the August 17, 2005 Jhenidah serial bomb blasts case. Javed also faces a few more cases in the Chittagong Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal that has already awarded him a total of 195 years of imprisonment in several cases, said Public Prosecutor Ayub Khan.
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August - 17 
Two suspected Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) militants accused of conspiring to carry out terrorist attacks in the national capital were remanded to 14 days’ judicial custody by a court in Delhi on August 17, reports The Hindu. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja sent Javed Ahmed Tantray and Ashiq
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Two suspected Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) militants accused of conspiring to carry out terrorist attacks in the national capital were remanded to 14 days’ judicial custody by a court in Delhi on August 17, reports The Hindu. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja sent Javed Ahmed Tantray and Ashiq Ali Batt to judicial custody till August 31. Tantray and Batt were arrested by the Delhi Police on August 6.
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August - 17 August - 18
The Hindu reports that four cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were arrested late in the night on August 17 in the Lalgarh region of West Midnapore District after the gun-battle in Madhupur jungle earlier on the same day. Sunil Mahato, Haradhan Khanra, Subhas Mahato and Arun
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The Hindu reports that four cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were arrested late in the night on August 17 in the Lalgarh region of West Midnapore District after the gun-battle in Madhupur jungle earlier on the same day. Sunil Mahato, Haradhan Khanra, Subhas Mahato and Arun Das were arrested from the Madhupur and Memul villages. Several traditional weapons and crude bombs were recovered from them. They were remanded to Police custody till July 23 by the Midnapore District court on August 18.
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August - 18 
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed a chargesheet in Dr P.C. Ram abduction case before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate in Guwahati on August 18 and stated that the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) was paid INR 3.2 million on June 5, 2007 as the first installment of the deman
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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed a chargesheet in Dr P.C. Ram abduction case before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate in Guwahati on August 18 and stated that the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) was paid INR 3.2 million on June 5, 2007 as the first installment of the demanded ransom, reports Assam Tribune. The money was handed over to an ULFA cadre, Tapan Rai, near the Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport on the same day. The abductors had demanded INR 2100 million for the release of the senior Food Corporation of India official. Amongst the 17 persons charge-sheeted, top ranking leader and ‘commander’ of the ‘709 battalion’ of the ULFA, Hira Sarania, has been named as the prime conspirator. Rabiram Basumatary, the driver of FCI Executive Director Dr. P.C. Ram, was also named as one of the conspirators, though his name along with six others did not feature in the chargesheet as they had died during the course of the investigation. All the accused have been charge sheeted under Sections 120(b) (criminal conspiracy) and 364(a) (abduction for ransom) of the Indian Penal Code. Six Police officials who were arrested earlier in this connection have, however, been acquitted. Dr Ram, who was abducted from near his Sreenagar residence on April 17, remained in the abductor’s custody till his death in a cross-fire between Police and his abductors on July 12, 2007.
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August - 19 
An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on August 19 summoned the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Swat unit chief Maulana Fazlullah and 10 other militants to surrender or appear in the court within seven days, The News reported. The ATC Judge Khalil Khan Khalil asked Fazlullah, who is the son-in-law of
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An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on August 19 summoned the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Swat unit chief Maulana Fazlullah and 10 other militants to surrender or appear in the court within seven days, The News reported. The ATC Judge Khalil Khan Khalil asked Fazlullah, who is the son-in-law of Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad, to surrender to the local Police or appear before the court, along with 10 other militants, within seven days to defend terror charges against him or else the court would initiate hearing against him and his associates under Section 19(10) of the Anti-Terrorism Act in absentia. The court issued summons for 11 militants, including Fazlullah, Yousaf, son of Khalid Khan, Tahir, son of Bihram, Hadi, son of Habib Khan, Muhammad Hussain, son of Nusrat Ahmed, Aziz, son of Fazal Majeed, Anwar, son of Jamshed, Qadir, son of Fazal Rahim, Sher Ali, son of Feroz, Ziaur Rehman, son of Naseebzada and Muhamamd Rasool.
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August - 20 
According to PTI, a case pertaining to the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks has been registered in the US in which some Pakistani nationals have been interrogated, a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent said in his testimony before a special court in Mumbai on August 20 but refused
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According to PTI, a case pertaining to the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks has been registered in the US in which some Pakistani nationals have been interrogated, a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent said in his testimony before a special court in Mumbai on August 20 but refused to disclose the names of people interrogated during the probe. The case has been registered in Los Angeles as six Americans had been killed in the attack in Mumbai, the witness, whose name has been withheld, told Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam. Prosecutor Nikam said investigations in the case filed by the FBI in Los Angeles would cover conspiracy and role played by conspirators in the terrorist attacks. The US laws provide for initiating investigations in case of murder of American nationals outside the country, he added.
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August - 21 
A Sessions Court in Guwahati sent Malsawmkimi (31) to judicial custody for 14 days. Malsawmkimi was arrested by the Kolkata Police and the National Investigation Agency on August 13 from a hotel for her links with the Black Widow militants.
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A Sessions Court in Guwahati sent Malsawmkimi (31) to judicial custody for 14 days. Malsawmkimi was arrested by the Kolkata Police and the National Investigation Agency on August 13 from a hotel for her links with the Black Widow militants.
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August - 21 August - 22
A trooper of the 2nd India Reserve Battalion, Takyenjam Munal Singh, who was reportedly involved in triggering a bomb blast at the Chamber Hospital in capital Imphal on August 21, was remanded to seven days of Police custody after he was produced before the Judicial Magistrate in Imphal on August 22
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A trooper of the 2nd India Reserve Battalion, Takyenjam Munal Singh, who was reportedly involved in triggering a bomb blast at the Chamber Hospital in capital Imphal on August 21, was remanded to seven days of Police custody after he was produced before the Judicial Magistrate in Imphal on August 22.
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August - 21 
Kantipuronline reports that Ramesh Kumar Rai alias Ananta, spokesperson of the Kirant Janawadi Workers Party (KJWP), an underground armed outfit active in the Terai region, and coordinator of its team formed to hold talks with the Government, was released on bail in the presence of human rights acti
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Kantipuronline reports that Ramesh Kumar Rai alias Ananta, spokesperson of the Kirant Janawadi Workers Party (KJWP), an underground armed outfit active in the Terai region, and coordinator of its team formed to hold talks with the Government, was released on bail in the presence of human rights activists on August 21. He was arrested on charges of involvement in abduction and extortion from capital Kathmandu on July 17 and taken to Udayapur for trial. Speaking to the media after his release, Rai said the KJWP aims to ensure the equal rights of indigenous people through a dialogue. Accusing the Government of running away from the talks, Rai said the KJWP was ready to sit for talks honestly.
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August - 24 
The Federal Appeals Court in San Francisco in US has ruled against an appeal to de-list the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) by the Humanitarian Law Project, which had challenged an executive order issued by the then US President George W. Bush in 2001, Sri Lanka Presidential Secretariat webs
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The Federal Appeals Court in San Francisco in US has ruled against an appeal to de-list the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) by the Humanitarian Law Project, which had challenged an executive order issued by the then US President George W. Bush in 2001, Sri Lanka Presidential Secretariat website reported on August 25, according to Daily News. Under the order, the LTTE remains listed as a terrorist organisation by the US “The International Emergency Economic Powers Act was enacted by Congress in 1977 and was originally used by Presidents to impose economic sanctions on foreign nations considered a threat to national security. But in 2001, President George W. Bush issued executive orders under the law that enabled him, through the Treasury Department, to designate groups as terrorist organizations, freeze their assets and prohibit any aid or services to the groups,” said the website. The procedure was challenged in the court on the grounds that the law was unconstitutionally vague and that it violated the First Amendment right of free speech. A panel of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled by a 2-1 vote that the law regulates conduct, not speech, and does not violate the Constitution. “There is no right to provide resources with which terrorists can buy weapons and explosives,” the court majority said.
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August - 25 
A HM militant escaped from Police custody from a hotel at Batote in Ramban District in the morning of August 25 but was re-arrested by the Police from Chanderkoot in the evening. Official sources said the militant, Tariq Ahmed, son of Abdul Gani Baig, a resident of Yaripora, Kulgam was being shifted
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A HM militant escaped from Police custody from a hotel at Batote in Ramban District in the morning of August 25 but was re-arrested by the Police from Chanderkoot in the evening. Official sources said the militant, Tariq Ahmed, son of Abdul Gani Baig, a resident of Yaripora, Kulgam was being shifted from Kulgam to Kathua District prison after his court attendance. During night, four Police personnel accompanying the militant decided to have a night halt at hotel Hill View in Batote. At 2 am (IST), the militant managed to escape but was re-arrested later.
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August - 25 
Police rearrested Gazi Misbahuddin alias Nisar Ahmad, the former chief commander of the HM, nearly a week after he was granted bail by a court and handed over to his lawyers. There were reports that Misbahuddin, a close aide of HM supremo Syed Salahuddin, had given the Police a slip while he was bei
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Police rearrested Gazi Misbahuddin alias Nisar Ahmad, the former chief commander of the HM, nearly a week after he was granted bail by a court and handed over to his lawyers. There were reports that Misbahuddin, a close aide of HM supremo Syed Salahuddin, had given the Police a slip while he was being taken to a court in Anantnag. Gazi Misbahuddin was re-arrested by Police on August 25 after a massive hunt was launched in different areas of South Kashmir. Gazi was operations chief of the HM.
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August - 25 
The Interpol on August 25 issued Red Corner Notices (RCN) against Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) founder chief, Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, and mastermind of the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, reports PTI. The notices were issued against Saeed and Lakhvi after a M
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The Interpol on August 25 issued Red Corner Notices (RCN) against Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) founder chief, Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, and mastermind of the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, reports PTI. The notices were issued against Saeed and Lakhvi after a Mumbai court issued a non-bailable warrant against the duo for their involvement in the November 26, 2008 (alos known as 26/11) attacks. India also sent proof and requests to issue a similar warrant against LeT commander Zarar Shah and Abu Al Qama. Interpol said it was analysing the evidence against them. The RCN were issued after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) approached the international agency for the same with non-bailable warrants against them. Special Judge M.L. Tahaliyani had issued the warrants, asking the Mumbai Police Commissioner and the CBI Director to execute them through Interpol and produce the accused before the court soon. Saeed had reportedly provided training to terrorists between 2007 and 2008 at Muridke (LeT headquarters), Manshera, Muzzafarabad, Azizabad, and Paanch Teni in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir. In December 2008, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) imposed sanctions on the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), the front organisation of the banned LeT, declaring it a terrorist outfit, and labelled Saeed and Lakhvi as terrorists. The Council asked all its member countries to freeze their assets and impose a travel ban and arms embargo against them. Besides Saeed and Lakhvi, two other top leaders of the LeT — Haji Muhammad Ashraf and Zaki-ur-Bahaziq — have also been declared terrorists by the UNSC. India had sought a ban on the JuD after the LeT was blamed for the attacks in Mumbai.
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August - 26 
A local court on August 26 awarded death sentence to two Maoists in the Chatra District in connection with the killing of two Policemen and looting their firearms in 1998, PTI reported. District and Session judge Srikant Rai pronounced the judgement after convicting Krishna Ganju and Ramdeo Mahato o
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A local court on August 26 awarded death sentence to two Maoists in the Chatra District in connection with the killing of two Policemen and looting their firearms in 1998, PTI reported. District and Session judge Srikant Rai pronounced the judgement after convicting Krishna Ganju and Ramdeo Mahato of attacking a Police van and killing two Policemen on November 24, 1998 at Atampur village under Simaria Police station in the Chatra District. The duo had also burnt the van and looted their rifles. The two were arrested soon afterwards. A son of a night guard was also killed in the incident, adds Ranchi Express.
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August - 26 
Mohammad Aslam, the suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant arrested at the New Delhi railway station on August 25 was produced in a city court on August 26, which remanded him to 14-day Police custody, reports The Hindu. The Special Cell of the Delhi Police sought Aslam’s custody, submitting that
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Mohammad Aslam, the suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant arrested at the New Delhi railway station on August 25 was produced in a city court on August 26, which remanded him to 14-day Police custody, reports The Hindu. The Special Cell of the Delhi Police sought Aslam’s custody, submitting that he had to be taken to Maharashtra and Gujarat for investigations. The Police believe he was previously involved in some terrorist activities in Gujarat. During interrogation, Aslam reportedly revealed that he had come to Delhi from Jammu in the morning of August 25. He had been tasked to deliver the raw material for assembling Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) to some cadres of a LeT module in Aurangabad in Maharashtra. Aslam, who pursued his education in Gujarat and Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), is alleged to have revealed several names. Efforts are on to zero in on his contacts, including those he had initiated into terrorism.
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August - 26 
On August 26, the Anti Terrorism Court headed by Judge Malik Muhammad Akram Awan sent key Taliban ‘commander’ Qari Saifullah and his brother Zahid Akram to Adiala Jail on 14-day judicial remand with direction to the Police to present them before it on September 9, for their involvement in Marriott s
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On August 26, the Anti Terrorism Court headed by Judge Malik Muhammad Akram Awan sent key Taliban ‘commander’ Qari Saifullah and his brother Zahid Akram to Adiala Jail on 14-day judicial remand with direction to the Police to present them before it on September 9, for their involvement in Marriott suicide attack case, according to Daily Times.
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August - 26 
A Bangladeshi court in northern frontier District of Sherpur on August 26 awarded 10 years of imprisonment to a United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) militant, identified as Russel Sangma, for illegally possessing a huge quantity of ammunition, according to Shillong Times. Sangma also faces another
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A Bangladeshi court in northern frontier District of Sherpur on August 26 awarded 10 years of imprisonment to a United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) militant, identified as Russel Sangma, for illegally possessing a huge quantity of ammunition, according to Shillong Times. Sangma also faces another charge of intruding into Bangladesh, the trial for which is yet to be started. Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) troops arrested Sangma in September 2007 from a frontier village and seized large quantity of ammunition kept in two plastic barrels.
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August - 27 
The first Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge in Hyderabad, the capital city of Andhra Pradesh held Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan’s external intelligence agency, agent Mujeeb Ahmed and six others guilty on the charge of sedition and collecting arms with an intention to wage a war ag
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The first Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge in Hyderabad, the capital city of Andhra Pradesh held Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan’s external intelligence agency, agent Mujeeb Ahmed and six others guilty on the charge of sedition and collecting arms with an intention to wage a war against the country on August 27, reports The Hindu. The quantum of sentence will be pronounced on August 28 (today). Mujeeb, a resident of Tolichowki in Hyderabad, was arrested in December 2005 following a tip-off given by the Rajasthan Police in Ajmer after seizing an arms cache. Weapons were hidden in a truck carrying marble slabs and were being brought to Hyderabad from Jammu and Kashmir via Ajmer in Rajasthan. Mujeeb, his female accomplice Johra Nishat, brother-in-law Jahangir Khan, truck driver Shabbir Ahmed, cleaner Ravindra Kumar, Mohammed Yasin and Awad were held guilty under provisions of Section 122, 124 (A) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and other charges. Mujeeb was also charged under Section 6 of the Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act for possessing a satellite phone. Of the 20 persons involved in the case, seven were arrested while others are still absconding. Mujeeb was earlier sentenced to life imprisonment for killing Additional Superintendent of Police (SP) Krishna Prasad in 1992. The Government granted remission to him along with 1,050 other prisoners on the eve of Independence Day in August 2004. After being released, he reactivated his links with terrorist organisations in Pakistan to indulge in anti-national activities.
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August - 27 
Swat District Police re-arrested Tehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi (TNSM) chief Sufi Muhammad’s sons on August 27, after they were freed from the Peshawar Central Prison in NWFP earlier in the day, reports Daily Times. The Peshawar High Court had said on August 26 the detention of Sufi’s sons –
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Swat District Police re-arrested Tehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi (TNSM) chief Sufi Muhammad’s sons on August 27, after they were freed from the Peshawar Central Prison in NWFP earlier in the day, reports Daily Times. The Peshawar High Court had said on August 26 the detention of Sufi’s sons – Ziaullah, Rizwanullah and Hayatullah – under Section 3 of the Public Maintenance Order was illegal and unconstitutional and had ordered their release. Peshawar Central Prison sources said that officials of the Swat police spent the night at the central prison and took the three men into custody after prison authorities set them free.
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August - 27 
The Sri Lankan Supreme Court has said that war-displaced persons in Government-run camps should be allowed to go if they are non-combatants and have a place to go, according to The Hindu. The Daily Mirror reported on August 27 that the apex court made the observation when a petition filed on behalf
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The Sri Lankan Supreme Court has said that war-displaced persons in Government-run camps should be allowed to go if they are non-combatants and have a place to go, according to The Hindu. The Daily Mirror reported on August 27 that the apex court made the observation when a petition filed on behalf of five Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) was taken up recently. The court observed that if 13-year-old Sopika Surendranathan and her parents, who were confined in the IDP camps, had a place to go and if their next-of-kin were prepared to take them, there was no reason for them to be kept in the camps any longer. The senior state counsel stated that the family were not combatants. The court also granted leave to proceed with the rights petition for alleged infringement of their fundamental right to equality and equal protection of the law as well as their right to the freedom of movement and of choosing their residence within Sri Lanka. The matter was listed for hearing on November 12. The petition contended that the family owned three houses and had relatives in Jaffna and Colombo and, if allowed to leave, could obtain accommodation.
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August - 28 
A ‘commander’ of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) outfit was sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court in Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh, on August 28, reports PTI. It found him guilty of sedition and procuring AK-47 rifles to wage a war against the country. The First Additional Metropoli
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A ‘commander’ of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) outfit was sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court in Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh, on August 28, reports PTI. It found him guilty of sedition and procuring AK-47 rifles to wage a war against the country. The First Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge, L. Srirama Murthy, sentenced Mujib Ahmed to life imprisonment and imposed a fine of INR 5000 under various charges, adds Times of India. Six of his associates were sentenced to 10-years rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of INR 2000. As reported earlier, Mujeeb Ahmed and six others were held guilty on the charge of sedition and collecting arms with an intention to wage a war against the country on August 27. In that report, Mujeeb was identified as an Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan's external intelligence agency, agent.
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August - 28 
The Lahore High Court has asked the authorities not to restrain the free movement of nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, Dawn reported. Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry also issued on August 28 contempt or court notices to five Police and administration officials of Islamabad on Dr Khan’s petition ch
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The Lahore High Court has asked the authorities not to restrain the free movement of nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, Dawn reported. Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry also issued on August 28 contempt or court notices to five Police and administration officials of Islamabad on Dr Khan’s petition challenging his official protocol and terming it a violation of his fundamental rights. Petitioner’s counsel Barrister Syed Ali Zafar submitted that Dr Khan had earlier filed a petition challenging his virtual house arrest by the Musharraf regime under the garb of providing security while the Islamabad High Court had declared him a free citizen. The counsel submitted that Dr Khan had agreed to a security protocol because the Government not only wanted to ensure his security owing to his sensitive status but the Islamabad High Court had also issued directions in this regard. The counsel submitted that the security protocol included conditions like informing the security agencies in advance of his movement. The authorities, however, restricted his movement to his house in violation of the court orders and the security package agreed with them. The court, after hearing the arguments, reportedly directed the Government not to restrain Dr Khan’s movement in any manner.
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August - 28 
The Supreme Court in Sri Lanka has ordered authorities to file charges or release the LTTE suspects in custody, reports BBC. Chief Justice (CJ) Asoka de Silva ordered the Attorney General to take a policy decision on the matter after discussing with the secretary to the justice ministry and create a
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The Supreme Court in Sri Lanka has ordered authorities to file charges or release the LTTE suspects in custody, reports BBC. Chief Justice (CJ) Asoka de Silva ordered the Attorney General to take a policy decision on the matter after discussing with the secretary to the justice ministry and create a mechanism to implement it. The Supreme Court made the order after considering a fundamental rights petition filed by one J. A. Francis, who claimed he was under detention for over one and half years. The Government has admitted that nearly 10,000 cadres were arrested and detained during the last stages of the war against the LTTE. It is also estimated that nearly 2000 suspected LTTE militants were detained before the fighting intensified. The hearing has been postponed until September 8.
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September - 2 
A division bench of the Lahore High Court on September 2 granted bail to 11 activists of the Jama’at-ud-Da’awa (JD, the Lashkar-e-Toiba [LeT] front), who were in jail since the UN imposed sanctions on the JD, The News reported. Abdul Shakoor, Muhammad Hanif and others were arrested from Bahawalnagar
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A division bench of the Lahore High Court on September 2 granted bail to 11 activists of the Jama’at-ud-Da’awa (JD, the Lashkar-e-Toiba [LeT] front), who were in jail since the UN imposed sanctions on the JD, The News reported. Abdul Shakoor, Muhammad Hanif and others were arrested from Bahawalnagar under the Anti-Terrorism Act. During the course of hearing, Deputy Prosecutor General Chaudhry Jamshed argued that the JD was a banned organisation but its activists continued collecting funds, distributing religious literature and doing other activities. However, the accused-petitioner’s counsel Irshadullah Chatta stated that there was no notification regarding the ban on JD. He argued that an organisation could not be banned until a notification under Section 11 B was issued. He said the Government had already admitted in the Hafiz Saeed case that it had no substantial evidence against the JD. The bench comprising Chief Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif and Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry after hearing the arguments granted them bail against surety bonds of PKR 100,000 each. The released JD activists included Muhammad Siddiq, Abbas Dogar, Saeed Amir, Arif Ali, Muhammad Akram, Dr. Muhammad Iqbal, Master Abdul Shakoor and Muhammad Anwar.
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