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Incidents and Statments involving SIMI: 2014

Date

Place
Incident

Nature of incident

January 2

India

Substantial sums of money are flowing into terrorists' coffers from Karachi (Pakistan) and Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) to revive the IM parent organisation, the SIMI, the IB has warned the states' law enforcement agencies.

Non-violent
January 3

India

Military intelligence warned of a possible attempt by the IM to hijack an aircraft in order to barter the release of its arrested 'Indian operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal.

Statement
January 3

India

IM 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal and his close aide Asadullah Akhtar were remanded in Police custody for 10 days by a Delhi court in connection with a case lodged against them for the September 2010 Jama Masjid terror attack.

Non-violent
January 3

India

IM is more lethal and resilient because of the support it receives from Pakistan, according to a new report titled 'Jihadist Violence: The Indian Threat' by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Non-violent
January 5

New Delhi

There are two intelligence inputs about possible terrorist strikes ahead of Republic Day. The first pertains to a joint strike by LeT and IM with imported explosives, the second talks about IM plan to storm Police special cell office in Lodhi Road (New Delhi) and free 'Indian operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal.

Statement
January 5

Bihar

CISF has intensified security at Patna (Bihar) airport after the Intelligence Bureau (IB) alerted Bihar Police about the threat of a plane hijacking by the IM.

Statement
January 5

Gujarat

IM operative Asadullah Akhtar, is believed to have claimed that a SIMI ideologue, Mufti Sufiyan accused of masterminding the 2003 killing of former Gujarat Minister Haren Pandya, was present at a meeting the operative attended in Karachi (Pakistan) last year.

Statement
January 5

Bodh Gaya

The terror attack in and around Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya on July 7, 2013, was targeted at international Buddhist tourists to avenge the killings of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, according to arrested SIMI and IM suspect Mohammed Umair Siddiqui.

Statement
January 7 India

The interrogation by Delhi Police of IM 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal and his aide Asadullah Akhtar revealed that IM planned to set up a module in Nepal, where Bhatkal claimed to have recruited around a dozen men and got support of the "like-minded" to finance terror.

Non-violent
January 10 India

IM 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal was sent to Tihar Jail (Delhi) by a trial court for the first time.

Non-violent
January 11 India

The property of top fugitive IM operative, Tahseen Akhtar alias Monu, considered being brain behind Patna and Bodh Gaya serial blasts in the State,at Maniyarpur village under Kalyanpur Police Station in Samastipur District.

Non-violent
January 15 India

The posters, now being displayed at many Police Stations, beat chowkies and important junctions, also have the photograph of Indian Mujahideen's (IM) arrested 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal.

Non-violent
January 15 Karnataka

The Karnataka Police moved to Patiala House Court in New Delhi seeking custody of IM 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal in connection with the April 17, 2010 Chinnaswamy Stadium blast case.

Non-violent
January 16 MP

Abu Faisal, the alleged chief of IM Madhya Pradesh module and his gang were holed up in a CPI-Maoist-infested forest in Odisha for more than a week after escaping from a prison in Khandwa District.

Non-violent
January 17 India

The 14 alleged SIMI activists, who were arrested in a crackdown following arrest of two persons in connection with a plot to assassinate Gujarat Chief Minister, Narendra Modi, while campaigning in the state in November, were further remanded to judicial custody till January 31, 2014.

Non-violent
January 17 Karnataka

NIA court allowed the plea by Karnataka Police and remanded IM co-founder Yasin Bhatkal in its custody till January 28 in connection with the blasts at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore in April, 2010.

Non-violent
January 17 India

A latest alert from IB says Pakistan's spy agency ISI has given a huge fund to IM and its associates, around INR 800 million to carry out terror strikes in India.

Non-violent
January 17

Buldhana / Maharashtra

A sessions court at Khamgaon in Buldhana District (Maharashtra) upheld conviction by a lower court of a SIMI leader, Sayyad Wasimoddin, and sentenced him to one-month imprisonment for possessing literature and other items pertaining to SIMI.

Non-violent
January 17 New Delhi

IM is planning to abduct Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for release of its 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal who was arrested from India-Nepal border on August 27, 2013.

Non-violent
January 20 Bangalore

Yasin Bhatkal, IM 'India operations chief', has reportedly confessed before Bangalore Police about his involvement in many terror activities, including the blast at Chinnaswamy stadium in 2010.

Non-violent
January 20 Mumbai

Bombay High Court recused itself from hearing confirmation of death penalty awarded to IM operative Himayat Baig in the German Bakery blast of February 13, 2010.

Non-violent
January 21 Delhi

A red alert has been sounded on Indo-Nepal border after intelligence reports of increased terrorist activities and IM's conspiracy to kidnap the Delhi Chief Minister, Arwind Kejriwal on Republic Day.

Non-violent
January 21 UP

According to sources in the Police, JeM, LeT and IM have joined hands to disturb peace in UP.

Non-violent
January 23 India

Pakistan's ISI has roped in IM to create mayhem during Republic Day by using magnetic explosive device for spectacular strikes.

Reports
January 23 India

IM has sourced explosives for its bombs from at least three places in the country. The revelations were made by Intelligence agencies after analyzing transcripts of the chats between (IM) 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal with Riyaz Bhatkal. The transcripts also include alleged chats of IM operative Asadullah Akhtar alias Haddi. The chats, sources said, indicate the IM did not always find it easy to source explosives.

Non-violent
January 25 Pune

Maharashtra ATS, Pune unit is on the lookout for a man identified as 'Ibrahim' for allegedly supplying gelatine to IM 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal at Swargate in Pune District.

Non-violent
January 27 New Delhi

Delhi Police officially substantiated the claim in a trial court that IM is plotting to kidnap to secure IM 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal's release.

Non-violent
January 28 India

IM operative Hyder Ali Shaqoor is said to have been assigned the task of assassinating BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. The IB further said that LeT is also part of the ploy and the duo have detailed plans to carry out the task.

Non-violent
January 30 MP

Three SIMI operatives Safdar Nagori, Kamruddin and Mohamad Shafi were produced before three different courts in connection with old cases in Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh).

Non-violent
February 3 India

An Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative, Abdul Wahid Siddibappa alias Khan, said to be close to IM 'India operations chief', Yasin Bhatkal, was arrested by authorities in Abu Dhabi, according to Union Ministry of Home Affairs.

Non-violent
February 4 Mumbai

A court allowed the Mumbai (Maharashtra) ATS to arrest IM 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal and his aide Asadullah Akhtar in connection with the July 13, 2011 terror attack in the Mumbai in which 20 persons were killed.

Non-violent
February 5 MP

A SIMI cadre, identified as Irfan, was arrested by the ATS near Ujjain city of Ujjain District.

Non-violent
February 7 India

The Centre has renewed the ban on SIMI under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) for another five years, saying that if its activities were not curbed, it would reorganize its activists and threaten the integrity and security of the country.

Non-violent
February 7 Mumbai

The Maharashtra ATS while taking custody of IM 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal and his aide Asadullah Akhtar alias Shakir alias Daniel alias Haddi alias Tabrez on February 5, for his alleged role in July 13, 2011 (13/7) Mumbai (Maharashtra) serial blats, focused on two points in court: they intend to find out the source of hawala (illegal money transaction) money sent for the blasts and to establish that Yasin was a key IM man whose custodial interrogation was required.

Non-violent
February 8 Mumbai

Maharashtra ATS identified IM 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal as having extensively surveyed Police establishments and religious institutions in south Mumbai, apart from Juhu Beach and a branch of the fast-food chain McDonald's located at the Andheri (West) railway station, for the July 13, 2011 (13/7) serial blasts.

Non-violent
February 9 India

The interrogation of IM 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal and his associate Asadullah Akhtar alias Tabrez revealed that after the July 13, 2011 (13/7) incident, the accused went on to procure 4 kilograms of explosives containing RDX (Research Department Explosive) for more terror strikes.

Non-violent
February 10 Mumbai

IM top operative Yasin Bhatkal during interrogation said that he and his accomplices had recced the McDonald's Andheri outlet twice with a terror attack on their mind in 2008 because the place is always crowded but was discouraged by the CCTVs and security.

Non-violent
February 11 India

Minister of State for Home R.P.N. Singh told the Lok Sabha, that Indian hinterland continues to remain the prime focus of Pakistan-based terrorist outfits, particularly the LeT and the IM.

Non-violent
February 12 India

During the interrogation of IM 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal and Asadullah Akhtar, Police learnt that they had conducted recce of Goa beaches before 13/7 triple blasts. "While Yasin had conducted a recce once, the second reconnaissance was carried out by Waqas and Asadullah. Goa beaches were on their target list because they were frequented by foreigners," said another ATS officer.

Non-violent
February 12 India

IM is planning to carry out terror strikes at several historical and religious sites in Bihar like Nalanda and Bihar Sharif.

Non-violent
February 18 India

IM operative and September 13, 2008, Delhi serial blasts accused, Faizan Ahmed Sultan, was arrested by Dubai Police in Dubai.

Non-violent
February 18 India

A special MCOCA court extended the custody of IM operatives Yasin Bhatkal and Asadullah Akhtar till February 28.

Non-violent
February 20 India

The NIA filed its second chargesheet against IM 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal and his associate Asadullah Akhtar in connection with a case of alleged conspiracy to carry out terror acts in India According to court sources.

Non-violent
February 21 Maharashtra

IM operatives Yasin Bhatkal and Asadullah Akhtar alias Tabrez were brought to the Mumbai Crime Branch headquarters for recording of their confessional statements before the DCP.

Non-violent
February 24

 Mirzapur / Uttar Pradesh

Two IM operatives, identified as Fakhruddin and Ahmed, who procured explosives for the blasts at Narendra Modi's October 27, 2013 rally in Patna and sheltered its prime accused Haidar Ali, were arrested by the NIA from Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh.

Non-violent
February 24

New Delhi

IM has established a new module in Rajasthan and operatives of the outfit were "highly motivated" to carry out terrorist activities in the country, the NIA has said in its charge sheet filed in a Delhi court.

Non-violent
February 25

New Delhi

Delhi's Akshardham temple and Pune's cantonment area were on top of IM’s list of places to be targeted, the NIA has said in its charge-sheet against IM's India operations ‘chief’ Yasin Bhatkal and his three aides.

Non-violent
February 25

India

IM initially started as a small group called “Usaba” in Bhatkal, Karnataka, and got its present name from media reports after its 2007 terror strike in Uttar Pradesh, according to the NIA chargesheet.

Non-violent
February 25

India

The chargesheet further stated that, splinter group of IM had plans to form a group called Tehreek-e-Taliban Hindustan, along the lines of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan.

Non-violent
February 26

India

Top IM leaders have joined al-Qaeda and are “fighting in Afghanistan-Pakistan border” and Afghanistan, the NIA stated in the chargesheet against IM India operations 'chief', Yasin Bhatkal and his associate Asadullah Akhtar.

Non-violent
February 26

India

According to the chargesheet, the IM has split into two groups, one of which is led by “Sajid Sheikh @ Bada Sajid, 27, of Azamgarh, UP”, and the other by “Iqbal and Riyaz Bhatkal”.

Non-violent
February 26

India

IM terrorists had on their target some tourist spots, a royal train and some other places in the state, especially in western Rajasthan including Jodhpur, Barmer and Jaisalmer, sources said.

Non-violent
February 27

India

IM India operations 'chief' Yasin Bhatkal’s associate Asadullah Akhtar confessed that they had planned three blasts in Dilsukhnagar (Andhra Pradesh).

Non-violent
February 27

India

CIA has tipped off Delhi Police about the presence of a "wanted terrorist" of IM in Bihar or Kerala who could be arrested soon, a local court has been informed.

Non-violent
February 27

India

IB alerted Andhra Pradesh about possible terror strikes by IM and the LeT, during the 2014 election campaign.

Non-violent
February 28

India

NIA revealed that Kolkata (West Bengal) has been an important hub for the activities of IM.

Non-violent
February 28

India

Haddi added that he got arms training and learnt how to make explosives at a training camp conducted by Pakistan’s ISI.

Non-violent
February 28

India

Haddi and Bhatkal had revealed that the ‘Bihar module’ was the first thing to come up under the leadership of Yasin Bhatkal and Mohammad Tariq Anjum Hasan.

Non-violent
February 28

India

According to the Mumbai ATS, Bhatkal played a very important role in procuring explosives and making IED used in 2011 Mumbai terror attack.

Non-violent
February 28

India

IM was keen on 26/11 suicide attack, targeting Police and politicians, instead of planting bombs and running away. IM operative Mirza Shadab Baig and Asadullah Akhtar had discussed that bomb explosion killing common people had little impact as the government moved on after paying compensation to victims.

Non-violent
February 28

India

According to the chargesheet filed by NIA, Riyaz Bhatkal and Yasin Bhatkal were particularly impressed with what Maoists had achieved in Darbha, Chhattisgarh where a Congress cavalcade was ambushed killing 27 people, including the party’s top leaders. They had discussed that IM, too, should do something similar that would shake the government.

Non-violent
March 2

India

IM India operations 'chief' Yasin Bhatkal seems unrepentant and he told Police during interrogation that if released he would again set off bombs across India and that he did not regret what he did.

Non-violent
March 2

India

3,000 pages of internet chats between top IM leaders accessed by the NIA revealed its grand plans to strike terror across India, its growing differences with Pakistan's ISI, split within the group, IM's links with Taliban and Al Qaeeda, its hideouts in other countries, plans to run a kidnapping syndicate to raise funds and striking a possible deal with the Maoists- the entire tale is hidden in over.

Non-violent
March 2

India

IM operative Asadullah Akhtar alias Haddi has revealed that a member of al Qaeda is working with IM for operations in India.

Non-violent
March 7

India

Investigation by NIA found that during the June 2012 conflict in Assam, IM contributed to the flare-up by spreading text messages and online posts falsely claiming atrocities against Muslims.

Non-violent
March 8

India

IM made attempts to spread communal hatred across India; according to the NIA chargesheet filed against IM 'India operations cheif' Yasin Bhatkal.

Non-violent
March 10

India

Arrested IM top operative Yasin Bhatkal during interrogation said that Pakistani spy agency, ISI, wanted IM chief Riyaz Bhatkal to convince his family in Karnataka to cross borders and join him in that country.

Non-violent
March 10

Maharashtra

Maharashtra ATS suspects that the money required to  orchestrate the 13/7 Mumbai blasts was sent to IM operatives through the hawala route (illegal money transfer) and it came through Pune.

Non-violent
March 10

New Delhi

IM co-founder Yasin Bhatkal and his aide Asadullah Akhtar were refused bail in connection with a September 13, 2008, Delhi serial blasts case by a court  which allowed the plea of Police seeking 15 days time to complete its probe against them.

Non-violent
March 11

New Delhi

IM 'Indian operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal and his aide Asadullah Akhtar were denied bail in September 2010 Jama Masjid (Delhi) terror attack case.

Non-violent
March 13

Maharashtra

A MCOCA court granted ATS the transit remand of IM 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal to take him to Pune (Maharashtra), where his custody would be sought in the 2010 German bakery blast case.

Non-violent
March 14

Maharashtra

A special court remanded IM 'Indian operations cheif' Yasin Bhatkal in Police custody for 14 days. The Maharashtra ATS has custody of Bhatkal who allegedly planted the bomb in German bakery.

Non-violent
March 14

Andhra Pradesh

NIA officials claimed that the DNA fingerprints lifted from various hideouts of IM matched with that those of Asadullah Akhtar and the absconding Tahseen, both accused in the Dilsukhnagar twin blasts (February 21, 2013).

Non-violent
March 15

India

The Delhi Police in its chargesheet filed against alleged LeT operative Abdul Karim Tunda said that a nexus has been surfaced between Dawood Ibrahim and banned militant groups like LeT, IM and Babbar Khalsa International.

Non-violent
March 18 India

IM is planning to abduct a politician in New Delhi to secure its 'India operations cheif' Yasin Bhatkal's release.

Non-violent
March 18 India

A special NIA court issued production warrants against IM 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal and his close aide Asadullah Akhtar and suspected IM operative Obaid-Ur-Rehman seeking their presence before it on April 2 in connection with a case of alleged conspiracy to carry out terror acts in India.

Non-violent
March 20 India

A court in New Delhi dismissed the bail application of IM 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal and his aide Asadullah Akhtar in the September 13 2008 Greater Kailash (New Delhi) blast case.

Non-violent
March 21 India

One of the two alleged facilitators of IM has been found to have links with Abu Salem.

Non-violent
March 21 India

NIA opposed in the Delhi High Court the bail plea of Asadullah Akhtar, aide of IM 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal, saying he is a member of the banned terror outfit allegedly responsible of various attacks in the country.

Non-violent
March 22 India

Four IM terrorists were arrested by the Delhi Police Special Cell from Rajasthan. IM top 'commander' Waqas alias Javed Mohammmad alias Zia Ur Rehman is a Pakistani who came to India for the first time in September 2010, along with Asadullah Akhtar alias Haddi. Waqas was arrested outside Ajmer railway station when he alighted from a train, which came from Bandra. His three associates, identified as Mohammad Mahruf (21), Mohammad Waqar Azhar alias Haneef (21), both residents of Jaipur, and Shaquib Ansari alias Khalid (25), were arrested at his instance from their residences with the help of Rajasthan Police.

Non-violent
March 24 India

Waqas has confessed to undergoing intense training in Pakistan before he came to India to join IM, according to sources in the Delhi Police.

Non-violent
March 24 India

IM 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal's aide Asadullah Akhtar was in touch with Mohammad Atif Ameen, who died in the September 19, 2008 Batla House shootout, for planning Delhi serial blasts, Delhi Police told a court in New Delhi.

Non-violent
March 24 India

A team of NIA raided the places of three IM modules in Sanjarpur and one of Kotwali area in Azamgarh District of Uttar Pradesh on Mrach 24 to begin the process of their property attachment.

Non-violent
March 25 India

Tehsin Akthar, who is suspected to have replaced arrested IM 'India Operations Chief' Yasin Bhatkal, has been detained by a special team of Delhi Police from Samastipur, near the India-Nepal border, in Bihar.

Non-violent
March 25 India

Barkat Ali, an alleged accomplice of suspected IM terrorist Mohammad Sakib Ansari, was arrested in Jodhpur (Rajasthan).

Non-violent
March 25 India

A well-coordinated network of IM sleeping cell was in existence in Rajasthan for the past few months. "It was a completely different module of IM cropping up in Rajasthan.

Non-violent
March 25 India

IM's current leader in India, Tehsin Akhtar created this module. Waqas was entrusted with the task of teaching these students to put together IED.

Non-violent
March 25 India

An advanced team of highly trained Pakistani terrorists was going to enter India next month to assist IM disrupt the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian Parliament) polls, an intelligence officer claimed on the basis of the interrogation of Waqas.

Non-violent
March 25 India

As reported earlier, Police arrested one Barqat Ali who allegedly arranged explosives for IM in Jodhpur.

Non-violent
March 26 India

A Delhi court sent IM 'commander' Tehseen Akhtar in Police remand till April 2, 2014.

Non-violent
March 26 India

NIA which is probing the Vagamon SIMI camp case had found that one of the accused in the case, Mansar Imam had close links with Tehseen Akthar.

Non-violent
March 26 India

The arrest of IM operative Waqas, a Pakistani national, would help establish the "missing links" in the probe into the September 2010 Jama Masjid terror attack, Delhi Police told a court.

Non-violent
March 26 India

IM operative Riyaz Bhatkal has been tapping new recruits in India through social networking sites.

Non-violent
March 27 India

The IM planned to hit tourism in India by targeting famous places like the Taj Mahal in Agra (Uttar Pradesh) and Pushkar in Rajasthan.

Non-violent
March 28 India

Five persons were arrested by the ATS from Sikar (Sikar District) in connection with the ongoing investigation into the IM Rajasthan module. .

Non-violent
March 28 India

Investigations have found out that IM has already prepared the next leadership for the outfit, inspite of the arrest of Waqas and Tehseen Akhtar.

Non-violent
March 28 India

Sources in the Special Cell said that IM planned to attack the Red Fort in the national capital and some of its operatives recently carried out a reccee of the Moghul era monument

Non-violent
March 29 India

The five youths who were arrested from Sikar used to self finance their terror activities and arrange accommodation and logistics for IM trainers by collecting money from among themselves every month, ATS officials said.

Non-violent
March 29 India

A letter purportedly sent by banned terror outfit IM, was received by Welham Girls' School in Dehradun.

Non-violent
March 30 India

One suspected IM terrorist, identified as Addas was arrested by Sikar District Police from Sikar in connection with the ongoing investigation into IM's Rajasthan module.

Non-violent
March 30 India

Pakistan's ISI gave around INR 26 crore to IM operative Riyaz Bhatkal in the last three years for anti-India operations, a recent intercept from Pakistan by central intelligence agencies revealed.

Non-violent
March 31 India

A suspected IM operative, Afsal alias Binu Varghese was arrested by the NIA officials from the Medical College Hospital (MCH) in Thrissur (Thrissur District).

Non-violent
April 1 India

A threatening letter demanding the release of suspected IM terrorists arrested from Rajasthan over the past few days was delivered to the Kota Superintendant of Police's (SP's) office.

Non-violent
April 1 India

Yasin Bhatkal, IM 'India operations chief', wanted to carry out a jihad in the country using 'gulels' (catapult/slingshot), the NIA has found in its course of investigations.

Non-violent
April 1 India

IM operative Zia-ur-Rahman's alias Waqas came in touch with LeT while studying at Government College of Technology in Faislabad (Punjab province of Pakistan.

Non-violent
April 1 India

On the prosecution's request, the special MCOCA court, issued production warrants against two IM operatives, Tahseen Akhtar and Waqas in connection with the July 13, 2011 Mumbai (Maharashtra) serial blasts.

Non-violent
April 2 India

A special NIA court issued production warrants against IM co-founder Yasin Bhatkal, his aide Asadullah Akhtar and two others for their presence before it on April 15 in connection with a case of alleged conspiracy to carry out terror acts in India.

Non-violent
April 2 India

Delhi Police told a court that IM operative Tehseen Akhtar alias Monu was planning to carry out a terror strike in the national capital Delhi with the help of other members of the outfit.

Non-violent
April 3 India

Delhi Police filed two chargesheets in the September 13, 2008 Delhi serial blasts case naming 29 terrorists belonging to LeT and IM.

Non-violent
April 3 India

The accused persons in the Vagamon SIMI case are believed to be behind the Ahmedabad bomb blast case with some of them having links with top leadership of the IM. .

Non-violent
April 3 India

NIA told a court in New Delhi that arrested IM operatives Tehsin Akhtar and Zia-ur-Rehman alias Waqas were actively associated in the "planning" and "planting" of two IEDs which exploded at Dilsukhnagar in Hyderabad in 2013

Non-violent
April 4 India

Union Minister of Home Affairs Sushilkumar Shinde said IM has been "almost finished.

Non-violent
April 4 India

The spate of arrests of senior IM operatives in recent months was the result of a long-drawn intelligence operation by Indian agencies, specially Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), which has, in the process, uncovered an ambitious Pakistan-sponsored terror effort plotted in collusion with Indian fugitives in the aftermath of the November 2008 Mumbai attack.

Non-violent
April 6 India

A trial court has given Delhi Police 20 more days to complete its investigation against IM 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal and his aide Asadullah Akhtar.

Non-violent
April 6 India

A team of Delhi Police officials brought suspected IM terrorists Zia-ur-Rehman alias Waqas and Tehsin Akhtar alias Monu to Mangalore (Karnataka) to collect more evidence on their stay in the city.

Non-violent

April 6 India

MHA gave Delhi Police Special Cell charge to handle the case regarding two IM operatives.

Non-violent

April 14 Bihar

Members of a joint team of IB and NIA are camping in Darbhanga and Kataiya block of Muzaffarpur in Bihar search of Abdul Mikas Afzal, a IM operative who is absconding for a long time.

Non-violent

April 15 Delhi

IM operative Tehsin Akhtar alias Monu and Pakistani national Waqas alias Zia-ur-Rehman were planning to carry out blasts in Delhi in 2012 with the help of the LeT, Delhi Police told a court in New Delhi.

Non-violent

April 17 India

IM operatives decided to take a new route to escape to Pakistan due to constant watch of Indian security and intelligence agencies at Nepal and Bangladesh borders for the past one year.

Non-violent

April 18 Bihar

IM arrested terrorist Mohammed Mahruf had put the pictures of 2009 Gopalganj (Bihar) riots on social networking site Facebook to instigate violence in India on the instruction of Afif Bhatkal alias Atta.

Non-violent

April 19 Jaipur

The Rajasthan ​​ ATS brought three suspected IM operatives Mohammed Mahroof, Mohammed Waqar and Mohammed Saqib to Jaipur and taken them on Police custody for interrogation. 

Non-violent

April 19 Delhi

Yasin Bhatkal and his aide Asadullah Akhtar were chargesheeted by Delhi Police in connection with the September 2010 Jama Masjid terror attack case

Non-violent

April 20 Bhubaneswar

Two Indian Mujahideen operatives, Tehsin Akhtar and Waqas visited Bhubaneswar, Puri and Cuttack in January, 2013.

Non-violent

April 21 India

Intelligence agencies still consider Yasin Bhatkal to be a major threat because of his capability to motivate youths to join the terror network. 

Non-violent

April 21 Delhi

IM operatives Tehsin Akhtar and Waqas, revealed to Delhi Police that terror groups in India, are relying more on indigenously made weapons and ammunition, from underground ‘arms factories’, rather than smuggling them in from abroad, an official said. 

Non-violent

April 22 Puri

The security at Tirumala temple in Chittoor District has been increased with reports of a ‘visit’ of two IM operatives to Jagannath temple in Puri of Odisha. 

Non-violent

April 23 Delhi

Delhi Police Special Cell took alleged Madhya Pradesh 'chief' of SIMI Abu Faisal alias 'Doctor' in custody.

Non-violent

April 25 Delhi

The Kerala Police and the NIA produced further evidence before the Centre-appointed tribunal for reviewing the ban on SIMI. 

Non-violent

April 25 India

IM operative Tehseen Akhtar alias Monu disclosed during interrogation that the terror outfit had planned to launch a fidayeen (suicide) attack on a gathering of Bollywood stars. 

Non-violent

April 27 Bhopal

Madhya Pradesh ATS arrested suspected SIMI activist, identified as Gulrez Mustafa from Bhopal railway station.

Non-violent

April 27 India

Police learned about his links with Abu Faizal alias "Doctor", arrested SIMI cadre, who used to motivate Muslim youth to form a separate wing called "Maal-e-Ganimat", to indulge in dacoity by robbing banks. 

Non-violent

April 27 India

For investigating the IM-SIMI linkage, Delhi Police has taken custody of Safdar Nagori who was the "general secretary" of SIMI.

Non-violent

April 28 India

IM 'acting chief' Tehsin Akhtar alias Monu has told his interrogators that the militant organisation had split into two groups with two senior operatives - Ahmad Zarar Siddibappa alias Yasin Bhatkal and Mohammad Qateel Siddiqui running 'parallel leadership' in the outfit due to ideological and operational differences between them.

Non-violent

April 28 India

A suspected IM operative, Imteyaz Alam who was also accused in the Patna (Bihar) blasts of October 27, 2013 has been remanded in Police custody till May 7, 2014 by a Delhi court in connection with a case of allegedly setting up an illegal arms factory in Delhi.   

Non-violent

April 29 New Delhi

An alleged SIMI cadre, Aftab has threatened to kill a Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) MLA (Member of Legislative Assembly), Manjinder Singh Sirsa and blow up a gurdwara, prompting Police to lodge an FIR (First Information Report) and throw a security cordon around gurdwaras in New Delhi. 

Non-violent

April 29 New Delhi

More than 30 sleeper cells of SIMI have become active across the country.

Non-violent

April 29 Haryana

An explosives supplier, identified as Biju Thomas, considered to be possible explosives source for some IM blasts in India has been arrested for allegedly selling explosives illegally in Haryana. 

Non-violent

May 1 Cuddalore District

The Rajasthan ATS arrested a suspected IM operative, Ashraf Ali from Chidambaram town in Cuddalore District.  

Non-violent

May 2 India

The Supreme Court refused to issue any further direction to the tribunal constituted to examine the ban on the SIMI for the seventh time.

Non-violent

May 5 Tamil Nadu

IM operative, Asraf Ali, who was arrested from Cuddalore District of Tamil Nadu on May 1, was the main source of setting up IM modules in western Rajasthan, Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) investigations have revealed.

Non-violent

May 5 India

SIMI activist Gulrez Mustafa was produced in the court after his Police remand expired and he has been sent to jail till May 13.

Non-violent
May 5 Delhi

A Delhi court kept its order pending over NIA Hyderabad's and ATS's application seeking custody of IM operatives Tehsin Akhtar and Zia-ur-Rehman alias Waqas in connection with the Dilsukhnagar blast in February 21, 2013. The sessions court sent them to judicial custody till May 19 on a plea by Delhi Police Special Cell.

Non-violent
May 5 India

Suspected IM operative Imteyaz Alam, who was accused in the Patna blasts in October 27, 2013, has been remanded in 14 days of judicial custody in connection with a case of allegedly setting up an illegal arms factory.

Non-violent
May 5 Kerala

The Kerala Police asserted that IM operatives Zia-ur-Rehman alias Waqas and Tehseen Akhtar, who stayed in Munnar from September to November 2013, didn't get more local help than what was found earlier. The state Police called off their investigation in this regard.

Non-violent
May 6 Bihar

A suspected IM operative, identified as Ammar Yasir was arrested from Bihar.

Non-violent
May 7 NA

Suspected IM operative Tehseen Akhtar and Zia-Ur-Rahman alias Waqas were remanded in NIA custody till May 16, 2014 after the agency said their custody was required for interrogation to unearth the entire conspiracy of the terror outfit.

Non-violent
May 8 Delhi

Delhi Police said that arrested IM 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal and his aide Asadullah Akhtar carried out a terror attack at Jama Masjid in New Delhi in 2010 to dissuade other nations from participating in the Commonwealth Games of 2010. The special cell also filed a charge sheet before a trial court against the duo for offences under provisions of the IPC, Explosive Substances Act, UAPA and the IT Act.

Non-violent
May 8 Chennai

Police sources said that the explosives used in the May 1 explosions on board the Bangalore-Guwahati Express at Chennai Central railway station were prepared with local material including ammonium nitrate and detonators and the blasts bore the stamp of IM

Non-violent
May 9 Jodhpur

Rajasthan ATS arrested IM operative Zahir from Jodhpur and they also contacted the Gujarat Police to ascertain whether Zahir had visited Ahmedabad along with IM operatives Shaqeeb, Adil and Barkat in March 2013.

Non-violent
May 9 Delhi

A Delhi Court remanded Suspected IM operative Faizan Ahmed Sultan in judicial custody till May 22, 2014.

Non-violent
May 11 India

Faizan Azmi alias Faizan Ahmed Sultan, the UAE-based laundry businessman who was arrested on May 2 by the NIA, allegedly helped procure Sharjah work visas for five suspected IM operatives in the year 2009 as they attempted to flee India in the wake of a Police crackdown after the September 2008 Batla House encounter in Delhi.

Non-violent
May 11 Punjab

HM militant, Ravish-ul-Islam confessed before the Railway Police in Pathankot (Punjab) during his Police remand, that some of the outfits in the Kashmir Valley were getting supply of weapons from the gangsters based in Bihar including sophisticated pistols and revolvers. Police said they were not ruling out the nexus between Kashmir militants and IM as they suspected that the gangsters of Bihar supplying weapons to HM and other such outfits could be part of the IM module, which has strong roots in Bihar.

Non-violent
May 12 Madhya Pradesh

ATS, in a charge-sheet filed against 12 SIMI operatives, including its MP 'chief', Abu Faisal before CJM Pankaj Maheshweri stated that MP Ujjain module of SIMI led by Irfan Nagori had drawn an explosive jailbreak blueprint to free their leader Safdar Nagori from Sabarmati Central Jail in Ahmedabad.

Non-violent
May 13 India

The Intelligence agencies warned of possible fidayeen (suicide) attacks in India soon after the formation of the new government at the Centre. The leader of the banned terrorist outfit JuD, Hafiz Saeed is allegedly behind the resurrection of the banned terror groups, SIMI, IM and the Al Ummah in India. "Saeed is also said to be behind sending vulnerable youth from India to militant training camps run by the Taliban," a source said.

Non-violent
May 16 Delhi

A Delhi court extended the NIA custody of IM operatives Tehseen Akhtar and Zia-Ur-Rahman alias Waqas till May 23, 2014. NIA said that they both had personally participated in various bomb blasts on the instructions of Pakistan-based handlers, Riyaz Bhatkal and Iqbal Bhatkal, who both are co-founders of the IM and are absconding.

Non-violent
May 19 Kerala

Police and intelligence agencies are investigating the origin of a 'circular' purportedly written by an IM operative, which details the recruitment drive initiated by the banned terrorist outfit in Kerala.

Non-violent
May 20 Ranchi

NIA arrested four suspected IM militants, identified as Haider, Numan, Taufeeq, and Muzibullah for alleged involvement in Patna blasts of October 27, 2013, targeting PM designate, Narendra Modi, from Seethio village in Ranchi District.

Non-violent
May 20 New Delhi

Intelligence sources said at least six former IM operatives, Mirza Shadab Beg, Shahnawaz Alam, Muhammad 'Bada' Sajid, Alamzeb Afridi, Shafi Armar and Sultan Armar are believed to be training at al Qaeda-linked camps in Pakistan's North Waziristan Agency for a fresh round of attacks in India.

Non-violent
May 21 New Delhi

NIA claimed that it has solved the October 27, 2013 Patna blast case with the arrest of four suspected IM terrorists, identified as Haidar Ali alias Black Beauty, Mujibullah, Nauman Ansari, Taufeeq. NIA Chief further added that Haider was a most wanted terrorist who was trying to galvanise SIMI and IM operatives after the arrest of the top terrorists.

Non-violent
May 21 India

A counter-terror official identified that two of the four IM suspects arrested in Jharkhand had booked train tickets to visit Delhi and Amritsar on May 25, a day before Narendra Modi is scheduled to take oath in the national capital.

Non-violent
May 21 Madhya Pradesh

Interrogation of SIMI operatives by Madhya Pradesh ATS revealed that the organisation wants to be the real face of home-grown terror, swearing allegiance to Taliban and al Qaeda, looking beyond ISI patronage enjoyed by IM.

Non-violent
May 21 Madhya Pradesh

SIMI Madhya Pradesh 'chief' Abu Faisal told the ATS that they had plans to take American tourists hostage and use them as a bargaining chip to free Aafia Siddiqui, convicted al Qaeda 'financer'.

Non-violent
May 22 Ranchi

NIA arrested one suspected aide, identified as Soyeb Akhtar of IM operative Haidar Ali alias "Black Beauty" and seized explosive materials along with a laptop and a pen drive from a lodge at Bariyatu area in Ranchi city.

Non-violent
May 22 New Delhi

A Delhi court extended till June 5, 2014 the judicial custody of suspected IM operative Faizan Ahmed Sultan, who was arrested on May 2 at IGI Airport in New Delhi.

Non-violent
May 22 India

IM operative Haider Ali alias Black Beauty revealed that major terror outfits operating in the Kashmir Valley like LeT, JeM and HM had joined hands with IM and SIMI with the objective of eliminating PM-elect Narendra Modi.

Non-violent
May 23 Bihar

NIA Special Court Judge in Patna remanded four IM operatives arrested by the central intelligence agency in connection with Patna blasts on October 27, 2013 to 14-day Police custody.

Non-violent
May 23 New Delhi

A court in New Delhi handed over three days' transit remand of IM suspects Tehseen Akhtar alias Monu and Waqas alias Zia-ur-Rehman to the NIA team conducting investigation in 2013 blasts in Hyderabad's Dilsukhnagar,

Non-violent
May 23 India

According to Indian security agencies, IM leader Riyaz Bhatkal has told IM cadres that ISI might now eliminate him so he is planning to flee Pakistan and join hands with al Qaeda. Relations between ISI and IM apparently soured after IM reportedly squandered a major portion of fund given to them for conducting terror operations in India.

Non-violent
May 23 Jharkhand

NIA searched the Ranchi Lake, where IM operatives had reportedly dropped bags full of explosives during the raids conducted at various houses in Ranchi in December, after blasts October 27, 2013 in Patna. However, NIA could not find anything.

Non-violent
May 24 India

According to intelligence sources, IM operative Riyaz Bhatkal is in Afghanistan. He reportedly decided to flee after some operatives of the IM revealed about his whereabouts.

Non-violent
May 25 India

Indian security agencies have come across a series of code words reportedly used by IM terrorists to communicate with each other. "It is a gold mine of information which will help security agencies understand how terror operatives communicate with each other," said a senior intelligence officer.

Non-violent
May 25 Madhya Pradesh

Haider Ali alias Black Beauty, the alleged Patna blast accused wanted to build a splinter group of the banned SIMI by inducting fringe elements, who were on the run after Khandwa (Madhya Pradesh) jailbreak. Jailbreak mastermind and state's SIMI ''chief'' Abu Faisal had met Haider before his arrest in Barwani District on December 24, 2013.

Non-violent
May 27 India

Intelligence agencies have established a link between IM operatives who carried out serial blasts at Patna in October 26, 2013, and the seven activists of SIMI who had escaped from the Khandwa jail in Madhya Pradesh on October 1, 2013. Sources said IM operative Haider Ali, during interrogation, confessed that he used to receive money from Abu Faisal who was the leader of SIMI in Khandwa. Of the seven SIMI activists, three including Abu Faisal, were arrested again.

Non-violent
May 28 New Delhi

Suspected IM operative Faizan Ahmed Sultan, who was arrested early this month after being deported from Sharjah, was remanded in Police Custody till June 2, 2014 by a court in New Delhi in connection with the September 13, 2008 Delhi serial blasts case.

Non-violent
May 28 India

Interrogation of the Patna blasts accused revealed that IM operative Tehseen Akhtar, named in the FIR as one of the accused, may not be involved in the blasts.

Non-violent
May 28 Andhra Pradesh

NIA officials took IM militants Tahseen Akhtar and Waqas to Dilsukhnagar in Andhra Pradesh where the twin blasts took place on February 21, 2013.

Non-violent
May 29 India

NIA Court will frame charges against the accused in the Panayikulam (Ernakulam District in Kerala) camp case of SIMI on June 16, 2014. The court has asked all the accused, including those who received bail in the case, to be produced in court on June 16 for completing procedures before beginning trial in the case. Lhari Dorgee Latoo, SP, NIA, New Delhi, filed the charge sheet against the 17 persons in the case in 2010.

Non-violent
May 29 New Delhi

Arrested IM operative Haider Ali alias Black Beauty allegedly told interrogators from the Delhi Police's Crime Branch that had he succeeded in eliminating then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi during BJP's Patna rally on October 26, he would have been taken to a Taliban training centre on the Af-Pak border. Haider, a confidant of IM founder Yasin Bhatkal, said Taliban subgroup Ansar-ul-Tauheed used to give training to IM and SIMI operatives at the Af-Pak camp.

Non-violent
May 30 India

IM operative Haider Ali alias Black Beauty admitted that Abu Faizal alias Doctor, the self-styled head of the MP unit of SIMI had funded the Bodh Gaya and Patna blasts last year. During the sustained interrogation, Haider told the NIA team that it was Faizal who was the brain behind the five bank robberies in MP, including a Mallapuram heist in Khandwa in which Rs 1.25 crore was looted in October last year. Haider's confession has helped the investigating agency to establish the link between IM and SIMI.

Non-violent
June 2 India

A court in New Delhi sent IM operative Faizan Ahmed Sultan, an accused in the September 13, 2008 Delhi blasts, to judicial custody till June 13, 2014.

Non-violent
June 3 Pune

A special court in Pune granted 60 days more to the ATS for completing its investigation related to connection of IM arrested ''India operations chief'' Yasin Bhatkal's with the February 13, 2010 German Bakery bomb blast case.

Non-violent
June 6 India

According to investigators SIMI ideologue Hyder Ali alias 'Black Beauty', who was arrested last month in connection with the blasts, revealed that another arrested SIMI operative Abu Faisal, who was linked to the robbery, had given Hyder INR 5,00,000. Hyder has revealed that Faisal and the other SIMI operatives had collected a large sum of money by looting banks and had deposited the money with him. The investigators also suspect that another arrested SIMI ideologue Umer Siddiqui, who oversaw the Patna operation, was part of this collection chain.

Non-violent
June 7 Ranchi

NIA recovered a cache of 18 live bombs, explosives and detonators in Ranchi District following information from two suspected aides of alleged IM militants, arrested in connection with Patna blasts in 2013. While one of the suspects has been arrested, the other is being interrogated.

Non-violent
June 7 India

A supplementary charge sheet was filed by Police against IM's arrested India operations 'chief' Yasin Bhatkal and his associate Asadullah Akhtar for allegedly setting up the arms manufacturing factory in Meer Vihar for manufacturing arms and ammunition to carry out terrorist activities in Delhi and other parts of the country.

Non-violent
June 8 India

SIMI leader Haider Ali alias Black Beauty, who masterminded Bodh Gaya blasts of 2013, was also allegedly planning to bomb a special train from Delhi to Gaya carrying pilgrims as well as some other Buddhist sites. Ali has allegedly told his interrogators that the attacks were meant to avenge atrocities against Muslims in Myanmar.

Non-violent
June 8 India

NIA arrested two suspected IM operatives, Eshtekhar Alam and Firoz Aslam alias Sonu from Ranchi in connection with Patna blasts in October 2013. According to Police the two used to work as facilitator for IM's Ranchi Module.

Non-violent
June 9 India

Investigations by Indian security agencies have revealed that IM operative Mirza Shadab Baig has planned to set up an extortion cell in Dubai called 'Maal-e-Ghanimat' (system for collection of funds from people) for jihad.

Non-violent
June 10 New Delhi

A top Delhi Police officer said that firearms from eastern Bihar's Munger District are the preferred choice of IM as revealed by arrested IM 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal.

Non-violent
June 12 Ahmadabad

Ahmadabad metropolitan court sent three alleged militants, Afroz Khan, Bilal Ahmed and Mustafa Sayyed associated with banned outfit SIMI to Police remand till June 16 in connection with the 2006 terror conspiracy case. ATS had sought 14-day remand of the trio on the ground that they are members of the banned SIMI.

Non-violent
June 12 Delhi

IB warned Delhi Police about a possible terror strike at north Delhi's Chandni Chowk market in the run-up to Independence Day (August 15). IB official added that the SIMI was the number one suspect.

Non-violent
June 14 Jharkhand

IM operative Haider Ali revealed before the intelligence agency that he and another IM operative Tehsin had trained 15 persons as suicide bombers (fidayeen) in Seethio forest of Ranchi District in Jharkhand. He said the 15 would attack any particular place or person on the order of LeT unit operating from Karachi in Pakistan.

Non-violent
June 16 Mumbai

Maharashtra ATS filed a 542-page charge sheet against Yasin Bhatkal IM 'India operations chief' and his aide Asadullah Akhtar alias Tabrez, before a special MCOCA court. In the charge sheet, Police also disclosed the role of a new accused, Wasim, alias Ibrahim, who is still wanted. The two have been accused of planning and executing the 13/7 blasts of Mumbai.

Non-violent
June 16 India

Intelligence inputs and details provided by arrested Patna blasts accused Hyder Ali revealed that there is an aggressive regrouping and resurgence of SIMI across the country. And the man behind this resurgence is Abdus Subhan Qureshi alias Tauqeer who is re-energizing and motivating the cadres. In fact, the emergence of the Hyder Ali-led module and blasts in Bodh Gaya and Patna last year were all results of this effort.

Non-violent
June 17 India

Investigations and the questioning of IM operative Zia-ur-Rehman alias Waqas now revealed that he was trained by TTP in Pakistani camps before being sent to India, where he was expected to pass off as Indian on account of his family's pre-Partition roots in Phagwara of Kapurthala District in Punjab.

Zia-ur-Rehman alias Waqas told investigators he stockpiled 50 digital timers for bombs in an apartment in Mangalore, which was used as an IM base to prepare for the Hyderabad attack in 2013.

Non-violent
June 20 Gaya, Bihar

Two IM operatives Haider Ali and Mojibullah were taken to Bodh Gaya in Gaya District of Bihar by a joint team of NIA and IB to ascertain how they had reached the Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya, where they had planted bombs and other details.

Non-violent
June 20 India

NIA has written to Maharashtra Police and Delhi Police warning them to be vigilant and take ample precautions to prevent terror attacks in Delhi and Maharashtra cities, including Mumbai. According to the NIA letter, some IM terrorists led by key operative Haider Ali alias Black Beauty had earlier surveyed various places in Maharashtra and Delhi to identify their possible targets.

Non-violent
June 22 Ranchi

NIA arrived in Ranchi to investigate into the case of multiple blasts in Patna in 2013. A source said that NIA has come along with two suspected IM terrorists, Haider Ali alias Black Beauty and Mujibullah Ansari with whom it is here to investigate the case.

Non-violent
June 28 Delhi

Delhi Police received multiple alerts from IB about possible threats to dignitaries, including VVIPs and ministers, from IM and fundamentalist groups operating in J&K in the wake of the recent attacks on the airport Karachi (June 8-9), the provincial capital of Sindh. In a recent meeting held after the attacks on Karachi Airport, Delhi Police was asked to verify and check more than 100 hotels as they are in very close proximity to Delhi's international airport.

Non-violent
July 2 Kolkata

An IM terrorist, identified as Zahid Hussain, suspected to be involved in the Pune German Bakery blast of February 14, 2010, was arrested outside Kolkata rail station under Chitpore Police Station. Hussain, a resident of Mirpur of Kushtia District in Bangladesh, is suspected to be one of the main conduits of IM leaders in India, a senior STF official told. "Zahid Hussain was in touch with all the important IM leaders and used to supply them with FICNs and explosives. He is also suspected to be involved in German Bakery blast in Pune," the official said. "We are investigating all the aspects. He will be produced before the court tomorrow," he said.

Non-violent
July 3 Azamgarh

NIA and UP ATS are concerned over six men from Azamgarh, who are said to have links with IM and feared to be in Pakistan now. The six have been identified as Dr Shah Nawaz, Abu Rashid, Khalid, Mohammad Sajid alias Bada Sajid, Mirza Sadab Beg, Azia Khan alias Zunaid. They are wanted by Police in many states and investigating agencies for their suspected involvement in numerous terror attacks between 2005 and 2008 in different parts of the country.

Non-violent
July 3 Mumbai

IM 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal, told Mumbai Police that he feels "proud of himself" for carrying out the blasts. "Whatever I have done, I feel proud of myself," Bhatkal said in his confessional statement, recorded by the Mumbai Police. Bhatkal also told the Police that he does not consider the blasts carried out by him as a crime.

Bhatkal's aide Asadullah Akthar, also told the Police, in the confessional statement, that he too does not regret the blast carried out by him. In the confessional statement, both the accused stated the details of the blasts carried out by them in various places in the country, since 2005 to avenge the 2002 Godhra riots.

Non-violent
July 4 Raipur

Rakesh Bhatt, Civil Lines City Superintendent of Police of Raipur, told Justice Suresh Kait that some cadres of SIMI were involved in the October 27, 2013 Patna serial blasts. "Umer Siddiqui and Azaharuddin, arrested by Chhattisgarh Police, are members of SIMI and evidence recovered during raids at separate places in Patna and Ranchi after the recent Patna blasts showed their involvement in these cases," Rakesh Bhatt stated.

Non-violent
July 8 India

NIA Court has decided to merge two chargesheets in the Wagamon SIMI camp case. The NIA had filed the main chargesheet against 30 persons and filed another supplementary chargesheet against six accused persons later. For speedy conduct of the trial, the NIA had filed a petition before the NIA court to merge both the chargesheets in the case. Following the petition, the NIA Court gave its nod in this regard. With the merger of the chargesheets, the NIA Court can conduct trial against 36 accused persons together. Among the 36 accused persons, two are still absconding.

Non-violent
July 10 India

The Nagpur unit of Maharashtra ATS plan to take custody of Abu Faisal, alias 'doctor', failed due to Bhopal Jail's inability to provide security escort to the alleged culprit whose name has been linked to several terrorist activities across the country. The Bhopal Jail's warrant, stating their inability, was produced before Judicial Magistrate first class DS Parwani. Faisal had formed a sub-unit within cadres of banned SIMI called 'Maal-e-Ganimat' with an objective to raise fund for terror activities by robbing non-believers.

Non-violent
July 11 India

IB has warned the Gujarat and Maharashtra Police that terror outfit IM is trying to re-group in the two states. Intelligence sources said they had specific information that IM could target SFs in these two states.

Non-violent
July 12 Maharashtra

The Maharashtra ATS reportedly spotted a suspect in a CCTV footage recovered in connection with July 10 Pune blast. The footage shows the suspect parking a bike near Faraskhana Police Station's parking lot before the blast occurred. On the other hand, monitoring of the emails has revealed that online messages were exchanged among IM terrorists in Karachi (Sindh, Pakistan) before carrying out blasts, as per reports. A case has been registered under Sections 307 (attempt to murder), 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means), 120 (B) (criminal conspiracy), besides various sections of the Explosives Act and UAPA.

Non-violent
July 14 New Delhi

The bail pleas of two suspected IM operatives, Tehsin Akhtar and Zia-ur-Rahman alias Waqas was rejected by a local court in New Delhi which allowed the plea of Delhi Police seeking 15 days to complete its probe against them in a case of conspiracy to carry out terror strikes in New Delhi. District Judge I S Mehta allowed the plea of Special Cell of Delhi Police in which it had sought 15 days to conclude its probe against Akhtar and Rahman who are now in judicial custody in Hyderabad in connection with February 21, 2013 Dilsukhnagar twin blasts case that claimed 16 lives.

Non-violent
July 16 India

Abdul Mateen Damada, suspected of facilitating payment for 13/7 triple blasts of Mumbai was arrested by Maharashtra ATS. He was brought to Mumbai from Goa and produced before the MCOCA Court which remanded him in Police custody till July 28, 2014. Following the blasts, he fled to Dubai, and a look-out notice was issued in 2013 for him, after his name came up in connection with funding IM for carrying out the blasts.

Non-violent
July 18 Afghanistan

Anwer Bhatkal, a distant relative of IM operative Riyaz Bhatkal has been killed in fighting in Afghanistan. This came to light after the terrorist group Ansar ul-Tawhid ul-Hind released a Twitter message paying homage to a member. Anwer was an integral part of the IM's activities in Dubai since 2008. He had been working for several years in Dubai as a car driver and was serving as a logistics person for the IM in Dubai till recently, sources said. He was identified by sources as Noor alias Anwer Bhatkal on the basis of a photograph that was tweeted along with an online message announcing his death. Sources said that Anwer Bhatkal sheltered IM operatives Riyaz Bhatkal and Iqbal Bhatkal when they fled to the Gulf after a crackdown on the IM across India in 2008 and was constantly in their company.

Non-violent
July 24 New Delhi

NSG Director General J.N. Chaudhary said in New Delhi that threats from Pakistan-based terror outfits like the LeT, HM and IM are very real, and urged SFs to be alert to this danger. "Though our SFs have been really successful, as they have picked up many operatives, the incidents won't be frequent. They will be of the Black Swan variety and with huge impact," said Chaudhary.

Non-violent
July 28 India

Intelligence agencies who questioned IM operative Zahid Hussain, arrested by STF believe that Zahid was an expert counterfeiter of FICN. Zahid, according to them, was handpicked and trained by ISI appointed master counterfeiter Iqbal Kana. His questioning has also revealed that the 2010 German Bakery blast of Pune was a joint operation by the IM and the LeT operatives. Officials said: "After Hussain's arrest the NIA and the ATS has been asked to relook cases and probe counterfeit currency cases registered across Bengal, UP, Bihar and Maharashtra especially since 2010."

Non-violent
July 29 Kolkata

West Bengal's prisons have turned into free hi-tech communication zones for terror suspects. Cadres of terror groups such as IM and LeT, and even ISI agents, regularly make phone calls and video calls to associates outside, using applications such as Skype, V-Chat, Viber and Tango for face-to-face chats with their counterparts in Pakistan, Dubai and PoK, a source in Alipore Central in Kolkata Jail said.

Non-violent
July 30 India

A special tribunal upheld the ban imposed by the Centre on SIMI under the UAPA for another five years. SIMI allegedly has links with Pakistan based terrorist outfits including LeT and IM.

Non-violent
August 1 Mumbai

Justice Abhay Thipsay of the Bombay High Court granted bail to Saquib Nachan, a former cadre of SIMI, accused in the August 3, 2012, Bhiwandi (Thane District, Maharashtra) firing case.

Non-violent
August 1 New Delhi

NIA told a special court that suspected IM terrorists Tehsin Akhtar and Zia-ur-Rahman are "still conspiring" to carry out terror strikes at various prominent places in India, especially the national capital, with the aid of Pakistan-based handlers.

Non-violent
August 1 New Delhi

A Delhi court allowed NIA's plea to complete its investigation against the alleged IM terrorists Tehsin Akhtar and Zia-Ur-Rahman. The NIA had sought an extension of investigation period from 90 days to 180 days. The court sent Tehsin and Zia-Ur-Rahman to judicial custody till August 14.

Non-violent
August 4 New Delhi

Delhi Police have filed two separate charge-sheets against IM operative Zia-ur-Rehman alias Waqas in September 2010 Jama Masjid terror attack case. In the charge-sheet filed before Additional Sessions Judge Reetesh Singh in the firing case, Special Cell of Delhi Police charged Zia-ur-Rehman, for offences punishable under sections 323, 307, 120-B of the IPC and UAPA and the Arms Act.

Non-violent
August 4 New Delhi

Central agencies have warned the security machinery and the UMHA that apart from a possible direct attack on PM Narendra Modi, groups like LeT and SIMI may carry out bombings in the markets and outskirts of New Delhi to disrupt Independence Day celebrations. IB and anti-terror units are trying to get details of the terror plans.

Non-violent
August 4 India

Banned outfit SIMI was possibly involved in sending controversial pictures to some Facebook users in Bareilly that led to communal violence in Meera Ki Paith locality a few days ago, cyber wing sleuths have found. The origin of the controversial Facebook posts was traced to Hyderabad, Secunderabad, Karmagunda and Madanpet, which are considered hubs of SIMI. Cyber wing experts have also found evidence that funds were supplied by some banned militant outfits in Kashmir to foment trouble in the city.

Non-violent
August 5 New Delhi

The Delhi High Court dismissed separate pleas for statutory bail of three alleged IM operatives, accused in September 2011 Delhi High Court blast case. A bench of justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Mukta Gupta also rejected their appeal against a special NIA court's decision to extend the period of investigation from 90 to 180 days.

Non-violent
August 6 New Delhi

The Special Cell charge sheeted IM operatives Tehsin Akhtar, Zia-ur-Rehman and four other terror suspects in the 2011 Meer Vihar (Delhi) illegal arms factory case. The charge sheet, sources said, lists Mahroof, Saqib Ansari, Waqar and Imtiyaz Alam as those involved in the conspiracy. It also mentions the names of 14 important IM members including Amir Reza Khan and Riyaz and Iqbal Bhatkal as absconding accused. The list also includes IM and LeT suspects identified as Mohseen Chaudhary, Waqas, Tehsin alias Monu, Danish, Mohammad Ismail, Mohammad Zasim, Abdul Kadir, Afif, Khalil, Anwar, Sabir, Salim and Abdul.

Non-violent
August 7 India

IM 'arrested India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal, told Uttar Pradesh Police's ATS that the only time he participated actively in a terror strike was in Varanasi blast of December 7, 2010. The case was being investigated by the ATS but no arrests had been made.

Non-violent
August 7 Maharashtra

Maharashtra ATS filed a supplementary charge sheet Yasin Bhatkal in the 2010 German Bakery blast case. The ATS submitted a copy of the charge sheet before the Additional Sessions Judge N P Dhote.

Non-violent
August 8 New Delhi

Delhi Police filed a charge sheet in a Delhi court against suspected top IM operatives Tehsin Akhtar, Zia-ur-Rahman and three others, identified as Mohammad Maroof, Wakar Azhar and Mohammad Saqib Ansari for allegedly setting up an illegal arms factory in Meet Vihar area of Delhi from where arms and ammunition were recovered in 2011.

Non-violent
August 8 New Delhi

Suspected IM operatives planned to send letters soaked with poison to kill its targets, says a Delhi Police charge sheet filed in a case relating to an illegal arms factory operated by the terror group. The charge sheet said, "During their interrogation, accused Tehsin Akhtar and Zia-ur-Rahman alias Waqas had disclosed that they had made efforts to make poison with the help of available chemicals such as magnesium sulphate, acetone and castor seeds." "Their purpose behind making poison was to attempt target killing by sending letters soaked with poison. These chemicals have been recovered from Waqar," it said.

Non-violent
August 11 Mumbai

The Bombay High Court has granted bail to Majid Akhtar Shaikh, an accused in the 2008 IM terror email case. He is the sixth accused in the case to have been granted bail. Even five years after the charge sheet was filed, trial is yet to begin in the case.

Non-violent
August 11 Bhatkal

A team of the ATS of the Jaipur Police has been camping in the town of Bhatkal to collect information regarding two IM?cadres from the town, who are alleged to have had a role in bomb blasts and acts of terrorism across India. Ten suspects had been arrested at Jaipur in April, 2014. During questioning, the suspects had mentioned the names of Shafi Armar and Sultan Armar, hailing from the town. The ATS?team suspects them to have fled to Karachi.

Non-violent
August 12 India

In a letter of caution to Mumbai International Airport and other airports of the country, the BCAS has asked authorities to increase security arrangements after they received inputs indicating that IM may organise an aircraft hijacking or forcible intrusion at smaller airports to release Yasin Bhatkal.

Non-violent
August 13 Tamil Nadu

At least six persons, identified as Saddam Hussain, Abdul Zuan, Rehmatullah Ali, Abdul Rasheed, Mohammed Azharuddin and Abdul Rehman, were arrested for plotting to kill Hindu Makkal Katchi leaders from Sultan Mosque in Rathina Sabapathi Puram area of Coimbatore District. Police said that one of the accused Abdul Rehman was found to be a former SIMI member, Saddam Hussain and three others were youth members of PFI.

Non-violent
August 15 New Delhi

A senior Police officer said, "Operatives of terrorist groups like IM, SIMI and LeT have been using criminals to gather funds to carry out terror strikes. Evidence of use of maal-e-ghanimat (war booty) has come to fore during interrogation of several operatives. We are verifying who Anwar had been in touch with and whether he was planning a big heist or even a terror strike in the capital."

Non-violent
August 18 India

PM Narendra Modi is facing threat terror outfits like LeT, JeM, IM and SIMI. His road travels in particular have been under scanner of jehadis. Sources say intelligence agencies have come to know about at least two meetings - one held in Nepal between IM and SIMI cadres and another in Pakistan by LeT wherein Modi was discussed.

Non-violent
August 21 New Delhi

Three IM operatives, arrested for their alleged involvement in a conspiracy to carry out terror activities across the country, were remanded to judicial custody till September 2, 2014 by a special NIA court in Delhi.

Non-violent
August 21 India

Ansar-ut Tawhid fi Bilad al-Hind (AuT) is calling Indian Muslims for global jihad and urging them to fight the democratically elected secular government. According to reports, the man behind the mask is Sultan Abdul Kadir Armar, the 39-year-old son of a small businessman from Bhatkal in northern Karnataka. He was once a key recruiter for the IM.

Non-violent
August 21 New Delhi

Delhi Police charge sheet stated that the three engineering students, Mohammad Maroof alias Ibrahim, Waqar and Mehrajudeen who were arrested from Jaipur for allegedly being IM members in March, 2014 have been accused of helping IM operatives Tehsin Akhtar and Zia-ur-Rahman in setting up an illegal arms factory in Meet Vihar area of Delhi from where a huge quantity of arms and ammunition were seized.

Non-violent
August 21 Indore, Madhya Pradesh

Application of IM operatives, who had sought permission to meet their family members on court premises during hearing at Indore local court in Madhya Pradesh was rejected on security grounds. IM operatives Mobin and Ameen, who were allegedly involved in Ahmedabad serial blast that occurred in 2008, are currently in Mumbai jail along with 17 other accused. They were produced before third Additional Sessions Judge PK Sinha in Indore in connection with cases of bank robberies in city.

Non-violent
August 22 Patna, Bihar

NIA filed a charge sheet against 10 people, including alleged activist of banned SIMI group of Hyder Ali, in a court in Patna in the case relating to the serial blasts at Narendra Modi's rally in Patna in 2013. The charge sheet alleged that Ali, who was SIMI in-charge of Jharkhand, had allegedly conspired with others to target Modi.

Non-violent
August 22 Patna, Bihar

IM's top commander Tehsin Akhtar alias Monu, who was earlier suspected to be the mastermind of blasts at Narendra Modi rally in Patna in 2013 and listed as prime accused in the FIR filled by Patna Police in the case, has been absolved by the NIA.

Non-violent
August 23 Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh

In the wake of increasing incidents of communal tension in Bareilly, the administration suspects that sleeper modules of ISI and SIMI are becoming active again and has decided to track the neo-rich in the city with no established sources of income to unearth such activities. The administration has also decided to track down Pakistani nationals who came to Bareilly and then went underground.

Non-violent
August 24 New Delhi

The Delhi Police has told a Delhi court that IM operatives used social networking sites like Facebook and email chats to communicate with each other. Police claimed that IM operative Riyaz Bhatkal also used to communicate through social networking sites to execute his plans.

Non-violent
August 24 India

Investigation into the blasts at Narendra Modi's election rally in Patna on 27 October, 2013 revealed that IM and SIMI are trying to turn communally peaceful states such as Chhattisgarh into new hubs of terror activities. Chhattisgarh figures prominently in the charge sheet filed by the NIA in connection with the Patna bomb blasts.

Non-violent
August 24 Kolkata

Sources said that a man was detained in a European country more than a week ago on the suspicion that he was the IM founder Amir Reza Khan, turned out a case of mistaken identity. The detained person had the same name as Khan, who is also an accused in the American Centre bombing case in Kolkata, and was picked up on this count, sources said.

Non-violent
August 26 India

Sources said that IS, in a deadly pursuit to establish an Islamic Caliphate, is recruiting poor Muslims in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra and J&K. The several security agencies including RAW and NIA have said that more than 100 Indian men could have already joined the ISIS in Iraq and these ISIS recruits could be used to strike terror in India once the war in Iraq and Syria ends. Sources also said that an IM man who is declared as wanted by the NIA could be recruiting for the ISIS.

Non-violent
August 29 Kerala

Kerala Police arrested Jamil Akhtar, a suspected aide of IM operatives Waqas Ahmed and Tehseen Aktarat from Munnar in Idukki District on charges of arranging accommodation for them in 2013. According to Police, Aktar hails from Bihar.

Non-violent
August 30 Kerala

Police have released Jamil Aktar who was taken into custody from Munnar in Idukki District of Kerala on August 29 for suspected links with IM operatives Waqas Ahmed and Tehseen Aktar. Police said they had decided to release Aktar after a detailed interrogation failed to yield any substantive evidence to establish his suspected IM links.

Non-violent
August 31 India

Security officials say after one year of IM 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal's arrest a lot has changed with almost all the active IM modules neutralized or lying low. Intelligence agencies and anti-terror units, under the new regime, now have trained their guns on stalking cyber movement, cutting financial and logistical channels of home-grown terror groups. SIMI is trying to raise its head significantly with vast reorganization of cadres.

Non-violent
September 5 Saharanpur / Uttar Pradesh

IM operative identified as Aijaz Sheikh who had sent e-mails claiming responsibility for the Jama Masjid and Varanasi blasts in 2010 was arrested by the Delhi Police Special Cell in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh.

Non-violent
September 8 Delhi

Delhi Police informed Central intelligence agencies that IM had meticulously chalked out a plan to carry out multiple blasts at a Delhi market.

Non-violent
September 12 Delhi

The Delhi Police Special Cell that has arrested top ten IM operatives during the last two years claimed that the banned terror outfit IM is driven purely by its ideology rather than monetary gains.

Non-violent
September 12 India

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh announced that the ban on SIMI has been extended for five more years.

Non-violent
September 12 Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh

A low-intensity blast occurred in a house in Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh.

Violent
September 13 Bijnor District / UP

A senior Bijnor District Police official said that scanning of CCTV footage, retrieved from cameras installed near the clinic of a local doctor has revealed five men taking their badly burnt aide to a doctor. These five men resemble the SIMI men who escaped from Tantya Bheel Jail in Khandwa on October 1, 2013.

Non-violent
September 15 Mumbai

An alleged IM operative, Farooq Turkish approached the special MCOCA court situated inside Arthur Road Jail of Mumbai (Maharashtra) seeking bail on the ground of parity as few other accused have already been granted bail.

Non-violent
September 12 Jabalpur District, Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh ATS arrested one person associated with SIMI from Jabalpur District tracing incoming and outgoing calls on one of the mobile phones left by Khandwa jailbreak (October 1, 2013) fugitives before they escaped from their hideout in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor District.

Non-violent
September 15 India

Investigators probing the July 10, 2014 bomb blast in Pune (Maharashtra) suspect the role of four absconding members of the banned SIMI in the terror act. The suspects, Aizazuddin alias Aizaz Mohammed Azizuddin, Mehboob alias Guddu Ismail Khan, Aslam Ayub Khan and Amzad Ramzan Khan, were also allegedly involved in an explosion at a rented house in Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, on September 12. Another fugitive, Zakir Hussain alias Sadiq Badrul Hussain, was also suspected to be present at the Bijnor house, but his role in the Pune blast is not yet known.

Non-violent
September 16 New Delhi

A suspected IM operative, identified as Ajaz Sheikh (27), who was allegedly involved in the September 19, 2010 Jama Masjid bomb blast was remanded in 20 days' Police custody by a trial court which said the accused needed to be interrogated on various aspects.

Non-Violent
September 16 Rajastan

Nearly six months after neutralising an alleged IM network in Rajasthan, the ATS will file charge sheet this week against the IM suspects arrested from Jaipur and Jodhpur. Under the UAPA and Section 121A of IPC (waging war against nation), the State Government provides prosecution sanction but the ATS waited for almost two months to get the prosecution section.

Non-violent
September 16 Hyderabad

The NIA filed its second charge sheet in the Dilsukhnagar twin blasts case. The charge sheet was filed against three IM operatives, Mohammad Riyaz alias Riyaz Bhatkal alias Ismail Shahbandri alias Riyaz Ismail Shahbandri, Zia-ur-Rahman alias Waqas alias Javed alias Ahmed alias Nabeel Ahmed, a Pakistan national and Tahaseen Akhtar alias Monu alias Hassan alias Sameer.

Non-violent
September 19 India

Terror group AuT which recently uploaded a video of IS 'chief' Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi with Hindi, Urdu and Tamil subtitles hailed IM operatives who died in the Batla House Encounter of 2008 as its "martyrs".

Non-violent
September 21 India

Investigations by UP ATS suggest five members of SIMI, who escaped from Khandwa District jail in Madhya Pradesh on October 1, 2013, might be on their way to neighbouring Uttarakhand, 90 km from West UP's Bijnor District. The fugitives, who were holed up at a rented house in Bijnor district of UP, fled after explosives they were assembling, blew up on September 12.

Non-violent
September 22 India

The NIA filed a supplementary charge sheet against at least 20 IM operatives for their involvement in terror attacks in India, including Hyderabad. Some of the 20 who were charged are - Tahseen Akthar and Haidar Ali, Zia-ur-Rehman alias Waqas, Ariz Khan, Mohammed Sajid, Mohammed Khalid, Abu Rashid, Shanawaz Alam and Mirza Shadab Beg, Amir Reza Khan, Mohsin Choudary, Riyaz Ahmed Shah, Iqbal, Mohammed Saleem.

Non-violent
September 23 New Delhi

NIA charge sheeted IM under various provisions of the IPC, UAPA, 1967, Arms Act, 1959, Explosives Act, 1884 for unleashing terror in the country. The charge sheet - 6/2012 - submitted in the special NIA Court in Delhi is the first such charge sheet against the outfit by the NIA to combat terror.

Non-violent
September 24 India

IM was planning to carry out terror strikes in Muzaffarnagar town (Muzaffarnagar District) of UP, in retaliation to communal riots that had taken place in the region, Delhi Police sources said. The revelation came out in an email message found in the laptop of Ajaz Sheikh, an IM operative, arrested by Delhi Police on September 6 from outside Saharanpur Railway Station in Western UP.

Non-Violent
September 26 Maharashtra

The special MCOCA Court discharged Abdul Mateen Damda, who was accused of channelling INR 1 million through hawala in July 13, 2011, Mumbai blasts, also known as 13/7, due to lack of evidence. Officials of the state ATS had claimed that Damda had sent money to a hawala operator in Delhi who relayed the funds to IM.

Non-violent
September 26 Delhi

The NIA has told a Delhi court that suspected IM operatives Tehseen Akhtar and Haidar Ali were 'instrumental' in forming the Ranchi module of the outfit that allegedly carried out blasts in Patna on October 27, 2013, during an election rally addressed by Narendra Modi. NIA alleged that Tehseen acted upon the directions of absconding IM leader Riyaz Bhatkal to contact SIMI operatives in Ranchi for assisting the terror group in executing its plans during the months of November-December in 2012.

Non-violent
September 29 Uttar Pradesh

Report said that Muzaffarnagar city of Muzaffarnagar District in Uttar Pradesh is in jihadi crosshairs and has become a new reference point for motivating new recruits joining terror modules. An unnamed counter-terror official of UP Police said, "An accidental blast in a room in Muzaffarnagar's neighbouring Bijnor town on September 12 revealed the presence of a suspected six-member module of outlawed SIMI here. One member of the module got injured in the blast. Though, we have reasons to believe that the module was planning a terror strike in Muzaffarnagar. The members of the module are yet to be nabbed." Central counter-terror officials say it was not the first time a terror strike was planned in Muzaffarnagar.

Non-violent
September 30 Bijnor District

A person, identified as Mohammad Fuqran, who is said to have helped SIMI militants allegedly involved in a blast in Bijnor District of Uttar Pradesh on September 12, 2014, was arrested by Police in Bijnor. Police recovered INR 96,600 in cash from his possession.

Non-violent
September 30 India

Investigations by the NIA against key IM operatives have revealed that their relationship with Pakistan's ISI has turned sour and is almost on the verge of a breakup. The NIA got the whiff of it when scouring through the voluminous chats and e-mail correspondence between senior IM operatives, including Iqbal Bhatkal, Riyaz Bhatkal and Shadaab Beg, it came across that they are not happy with the ISI control and have code named ISI as kutte (dogs) for treating them as slaves living on its crumbs. IM is now trying to forge alliance with al Qaeda and TTP to intensify war against India and some of its members are even fighting against NATO forces in Af-Pak region.

Non-violent
October 2 New Delhi

The NIA in its supplementary charge sheet filed against 20 suspected IM operatives, has told a Delhi court that Pakistan's ISI was closely connected with top terrorists of the IM. The NIA told the Court that ISI had been provoking them against Indian and had been giving them shelter too.

Non-violent
October 2 Burdwan District of West Bengal

Two suspected IM militants were killed and another one critically injured when an IED they were allegedly making exploded in the house of a TMC leader in Khagragarh area in Burdwan District of West Bengal. The killed militants were identified as Shakeel Ahmed from Nadia District and Shobhan Mondal from East Midnapore District. The third militant, identified as Hasan Saheb of Murshidabad District is in critical condition. Police sources said 55 IEDs were seized along with RDX, several wrist watch dials, maps and SIM cards. Sources also said that among the half burnt papers found later were leaflets of al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri and IM. Security agencies believe that since the militants were already assembling IEDs, they planned to hit an Indian city in a few days.

Violent
October 5 UAE

According to sources, a suspected terror financier and senior IM operative slipped out of India's hands when the UAE, under pressure from Pakistan, freed Abdul Wahid Siddibappa as New Delhi was slow in sending the extradition request. Abdul Wahid Siddibappa is a suspect in 2006 Mumbai (Maharashtra) train blasts in which 209 people were killed. He is also a cousin of jailed top IM member Yasin Bhatkal. Wahid was arrested in Abu Dhabi in January 2014. Source said that Wahid was released from a prison in Abu Dhabi in May and he could be in Pakistan now.

Non-violent
October 6 India

The NIA in its supplementary charge sheet filed against 20 suspected IM men in a special court said that IM co-founder Riyaz Bhatkal not only used to send funds for terror acts across the country but also regularly provided money to families of the jailed and absconding operatives of the banned outfit. The NIA also claimed that Pakistan-based Riyaz Bhatkal had earlier asked arrested IM India chief Yasin Bhatkal to establish contacts with Maoists in Nepal for supply of arms for terror activities in India.

Non-violent
October 6 West Bengal

The central investigating agencies probing the Burdwan blast are not ruling out the involvement of Indian terror outfits like the banned SIMI. According to sources, SIMI's Safdar Nagori, who is now in jail, was present in this area between 2005 and 2009. An IB officer said "We need to know who gave them financial and logistic support." The NIA report says that this matter is not solely restricted to activities of JMB. According to NIA, Shakil used to frequent the port area of Kolkata from where a top SIMI leader was arrested in 2012.

Non-violent
October 7 Hubli, Karnataka

Police produced around 20 suspected SIMI terrorists, who were arrested in 2008 on charges of conspiring to spread terror by blasting bombs in several parts of South India, before the Additional District and Sessions Court in Hubli, Karnataka to record their statement. The accused were brought from different states. Eight of them from Ahmedabad prison (Gujarat), two from Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) and the others from Dharwad central jail (Karnataka). Another accused who is out on bail, was also present in court to record his statement. All the accused ruled out having any links with arrested IM terrorist Yasin Bhatkal and claimed that they were framed by the Police.

Non-violent
October 7 India

Intelligence agencies have warned the Centre that there is credible information to suggest that al Qaeda has already initiated a move to rope in the SIMI to spread its network in the country. According to a classified note sent by the IB to key agencies and some Union ministries, "al Qaeda through its operatives in Pakistan has already established contact with Riyaz and Iqbal Bhtakal, founders of IM, in Karachi, to gain access to SIMI's formidable network of sleeper cells in the country. Since IM has worked in close association with the SIMI in the past, they will definitely help the al Qaeda and SIMI to come together."

Non-violent
October 13 Kerala

The six accused, including two women, who were arrested in the Burdwan blast case have reportedly given some important leads in the transnational terror conspiracy, in which JMB's key militant Kausar, who is now on the run, reportedly has connections with some Kerala-based terror modules, which are an alleged offshoot of the banned SIMI.

Non-violent
October 13 India

Top officials with access to intelligence inputs have warned that al Qaeda has apparently joined hands with Indian terror outfits like the SIMI to plan a series of bombings in the country during the festival season. The two groups were found to have joined forces when investigators discovered their roles in the recent Burdwan (West Bengal) and Bijnor (Uttar Pradesh) blasts. A top official said "To impart a big blow in India, al Qaeda and SIMI had chosen the month of October and their motive was to conduct a series of bombings on Dussehra and Eid-ul-Adha." However, the accidental blast in Burdwan in West Bengal put paid to the terrorists' bombings plan and they could not carry out any bombings on these occasions, the official added. "But Diwali (October 23) might be on their radar and any Indian city could be targeted by these outfits on this festival," the official said.

Non-violent
October 15 India

A series of Internet chats between key members of IM based in India and Pakistan provided leads as early as July 2013 to the emergence of new terror modules with links to West Bengal, Assam and Bangladesh, and a branch leader identified only as "Bengali". The transcripts of some of these chats, unearthed last year by NIA reveal that the ground had been laid in 2013 to launch terror operations under the leadership of "Bengali". They also indicate that it was this operative who carried out the SMS campaign in 2012 that sparked panic among people from the northeast living in southern cities such as Bangalore (Karnataka).

Non-violent
October 16 India

The NIA has found fresh evidence which shows that the terror module stored IEDs at several hideouts in four Districts of West Bengal. According to central intelligence sources the nature of the planning and the information from the interrogation of Abdul Hakim at SSKM Hospital in Kolkata point towards links with HuJI, SIMI and LeT. The network's main targets in Bangladesh were Dhaka and Rajshahi but Indian cities may also have been on the radar. Hakim has told investigators that the module has extensive presence across Burdwan, Birbhum, Murshidabad and Nadia and was scouting for new hideouts in West Midnapore and Malda.

Non-violent
October 16 India

NSG director general J N Choudhury warned of the possibility of global jihadi outfits al Qaeda and ISIS joining hands to launch "multi-city, multiple attacks" in India. Choudhury said, "Now that they (al Qaeda) have declared an intention to attack India, they might combine with outfits like LeT, ISIS and IM." Calling the 2008 Mumbai attacks (26/11) a "curtain raiser", he said the country is facing threat of such attacks in more than one city at a time. He added that al Qaeda operatives had recced Bangalore and Goa several years ago and "looking for vulnerable spots in India is nothing new for al Qaeda". He said the NSG does not have its own intelligence setup to corroborate these inputs which were given by intelligence agencies.

Non-violent
October 17 Mumbai, Maharashtra

A special MCOCA court granted bail to one of the accused in the IM terror emails case in connection with the Ahmedabad, Jaipur and Delhi serial blasts. Farooque Tarkash, an accountant from Pune, was granted bail on grounds of parity, as another accused in the case who was arrested on the same charges had been granted bail earlier by Bombay High Court. Tarkash was among the 21 IM operatives arrested in September 2008 by the Mumbai crime branch, which was probing the terror emails sent by IM operatives after the Ahmedabad, Jaipur and Delhi serial blasts.

Non-violent
October 18 Telangana

The former president of banned extremist outfit SIMI, Salauddin Ahmed (45) died in a road accident at Peddakaparthi village under Chityal Police station limits on NH-65 in Nalgonda District of Telangana. Salahuddin, who originally hails from Nalgonda, was accused in the 2002 Dilsukhnagar Sai Baba Temple bomb blast case.

Violent
October 18 West Bengal

The NIA is getting new clues to a wider terror network with each passing day of its investigation into the Burdwan blast case. An intelligence sources said that What was suspected to be the handiwork of elements from SIMI, HuJI and LeT of India and JMB of Bangladesh now seems to point to a much bigger network that was trying to recruit, train and push back cadres into Bangladesh and parts of Assam to "revive Jihadi terrorism."

Non-violent
October 23

Hyderabad District of Telangana

A SIMI activist and an associate of arrested IM activist were arrested by North Zone Police in Secunderabad in Hyderabad District of Telangana. The duos, who are natives of Maharashtra, were reportedly in contact with three residents of Saidabad in their endeavour to go to Afghanistan for jihad training. Police said that one of them, identified as Shah Mudassir alias Talha, runs a general store at Umerkhed Yavatmal District and is a member of SIMI. The other youth is identified as Shoeb Ahmed Khan alias Tariq Bhai of Hingoli District and is an associate of Mansoor Ali Peerboy (Media in-charge of IM, Pune Module). Police recovered mobile phones, literature on explosive formulae and jihad, pen drives, CDs containing militant training programmes, passports and other documents from them.

Non-violent
October 26 West Bengal

India's intelligence report has revealed that JMB was plotting a terror attack on Bangladesh to assassinate PM Sheikh Hasina and opposition BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia. MHA official revealed that ISI was running the entire plot from Dubai and helping JMB to establish its modules in West Bengal, where at least 58 terror modules have been discovered by NIA so far. The report also revealed that JMB was not plotting the terror attack alone, IM, other Kashmiri radical groups and Al Jihad, an outfit of al Qaeda, were also assisting it in developing the terror camps across West Bengal.

Non-violent
October 27 India

The NIA expressed its concern that FICNs continue to be pumped across the border from Bangladesh to fund the activities of outfits like the JMB and IM. The high quality FICNs are printed in Pakistan and routed to India through Bangladesh. NIA sources said that "We now suspect that sending in FICN is a form of the much talked about 'Money Jihad'. A clear pattern has emerged regarding the route of the FICN once it reaches Indian soil. A large part of it is sent to places like Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh that have links to terror outfits. The remaining has been tracked to southern states, particularly to locations from where terror modules are known to operate."

Non-violent
October 28 India

The terrorists, who had escaped from the Jatana area of Bijnor in UP after a low-intensity bomb blast on September 12, were also involved in a bank robbery in Telangana. Shaikh Mehboob, Amjad Ramzan alias Dawood, Mohammad Aslam Ayub alias Bilal and Zakir Hussain alias Siddiqui, owing allegiance to a faction of the SIMI, had committed the bank robbery a few months after running away from Khandawa jail in Madhya Pradesh on October 25, 2013. Sources in the UP ATS claimed that they had committed bank robbery in Karimnagar to fund terrorist activities. It is also believed that they also have links to the October 2 Bardhaman blast in West Bengal.

Non-violent
October 29 India

The NIA, investigating the Bardhaman blast case, will interrogate two persons arrested from Chinwan in Madhya Pradesh along with huge amount of FICNs. NIA has found during the investigation that the duo arrested by Madhya Pradesh Police allegedly made several calls to Shakil Ahmed Gazi (who died in the Bardhaman blast) six days before the Bardhaman blast on October 2. NIA officers believe the duo might provide vital links in the case. The NIA also has information that the duo was in touch with the six suspected SIMI activists who fled from a jail at Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh and were allegedly responsible for the Bijnor blast in UP.

Non-violent
October 29 India

A NIA team on October 29 met Ahmedabad city Crime Branch officials to get details of the accused with a SIMI background arrested in the July 26, 2008, serial blasts case. According to sources before carrying out the serial blasts in the city, SIMI and IM operatives had attended terror camps held in the jungles of Wagamon in Kerala and Halol in Gujarat. Senior Police officials said after the Bijnor blast in Uttar Pradesh (September 12, 2014), it had come to light that the explosion had occurred when alleged IM operatives, who had earlier escaped from Khandwa jail (Madhya Pradesh), were making explosives inside the house. "There was an intelligence input that IM operatives, while on the run from Khandwa, had passed through a place near Ahmedabad. It is also believed that the IM operatives were helped by underground sleeper cells of SIMI," said a Police official.

Non-violent
October 30 India

According to reports the five SIMI fugitives wanted for Bijnor blast in Uttar Pradesh (September 12, 2014) operated and followed the methods mentioned in the al Qaeda training manual. The manual was first implemented by al-Qaeda while bombing US embassy in Kenya in 1998. It was produced as evidence in the case's trial by the FBI in 2001. FBI had first recovered it from the laptop of an alleged al Qaeda operative in Manchester in UK. The investigators probing the Bijnor blast case said that the way SIMI operatives functioned shows they followed the manual in toto. It guides on details like location of the hideout, lifestyle to be followed by operatives and keeping sufficient cash ready. Report adds that al Qaeda has already announced its intention to revive Islamist terrorism, which has ebbed in India following a crackdown on IM cadres. Now, SIMI elements are being warmed up to replace them. While IM supports the Iraq-based Islamic State, the SIMI operatives have cozied up to al Qaeda.

Non-violent
November 5 India

Decrypted communications between IM and al Qaeda and testimony from suspects have triggered alarm among intelligence officials in New Delhi, as the terror groups appear to be working together to launch major attacks in the region. The officials told that plots they had uncovered included the kidnapping of foreigners and turning India into a "Syria and Iraq where violence is continuously happening". Weeks after al Qaeda announced the formation of a South Asia wing to strike across the subcontinent, agencies said they had discovered IM cadres were training with al Qaeda and other groups in Pakistan and Afghanistan for major attacks. "The thing we are looking for is how al Qaeda/ISIS tie up with local groups, especially as the drawdown takes place in Afghanistan," said Sharad Kumar, head of the NIA.

Non-violent
November 6 India

A joint effort by the CERT from India, the US and the UK helped the NIA extract crucial online chats of key IM militants with the al Qaeda. The IM is not only banned in India but also in the UK and New Zealand. In the US, the outfit is listed as a FTO under the Immigration and Nationality Act and also declared a Specially Designated Global Terrorist under an Executive Order. Investigations revealed that the accused persons created chat accounts under fake names using proxy servers to hide identities and locations. They passed on the account details to one another either in coded language or through encrypted files. The chat contents revealed that IM operative Riyaz Bhatkal and other Pakistan-based operatives briefed each other about the outfit's developing association with the al Qaeda.

Non-violent
November 7 India

Latest intelligence inputs by security agencies have indicated that terrorists and LWE are planning to target upcoming assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand. A top intelligence official confirmed the alert shared with the state adding that Maoists and absconding IM terrorists may launch terror attack against politicians and security forces in Jharkhand. Agencies also fear that PLFI, a splinter group of the CPI-Maoist, may target politicians as the outfit has been involved in 'Supari killing' (contract killing).

Non-violent
November 8 Madhya Pradesh

Five cadres of banned SIMI, who escaped during the Khandwa jailbreak in October, 2013 are suspected to be involved in the bank heist at Satna District of Madhya Pradesh. ATS team has been dispatched to collect CCTV footage. Five masked robbers had looted INR 15, 00,000 at gunpoint from Nadan branch of Madhyanchal Rural Bank in Maihar Police Station. ATS officials said, the five SIMI fugitives - Aizazuddin alias Aizaz, Mohammed Azizuddin (Narsinghpur), Zakir Hussain alias Sadiq Badrul Hussain, Mehboob alias Guddu Ismail Khan, Aslam Ayub Khan and Amzad Ramzan Khan could be behind the Satna robbery.

Violent
November 9 India

NIA is investigating the angle of JMB involvement in the FICN business, according to a UMHA source. Indian intelligence agencies believe that FICN are used to fund the activities of outfits such as JMB and IM in the country. It is believed that NIA has many vital clues about the involvement of Northeast India-based militant organisations with the FICN business.

Non-violent
November 14 Uttar Pradesh

The judicial custody of arrested IM terrorist Saleem Patla, was extended to November 28, 2014 by Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Sunder Lal. He was arrested in Khatoli in Muzaffarnagar District of Uttar Pradesh after he was booked in the case on October 31. Patla was also involved in an attack on a PAC camp in Meerut in 1992. The Meerut police has also served a warrant against him in connection with the case.

Non-violent
November 15 UAE

The UAE Cabinet announced the names of 86 banned terror groups, including IM, JeM and LeT. The list comes after an anti-terror law was issued by President Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

Non-violent
November 16 India

Indian spy agencies have begun to see IM terrorists sheltered by Pakistan's ISI in Karachi (Sindh) abandoning the terror outfit to join IS which has an estimated 15,000 foreign terrorists from at least 80 nations operating in the terror-torn Middle East region for a new global jihad. Intelligence sources citing the intercepted chatters between IM cadres said that two IM operatives-Sultan and Farhan, suspected to be Indian nationals, may have entered Syria to join IS. Besides, four Pakistani terrorists, part of the IM module, have defected to IS. At least four other IM terrorists, who were used as arsenal by ISI, are also suspected to have disappeared into Afghanistan to fight the religious war with al Qaeda and the Taliban.

Non-violent
November 16 India

According to intelligence inputs, al Qaeda, which has announced plans to target India, is keen on recruiting youth trained in computers or aeronautics for its terror designs and is taking the help of banned terror outfit SIMI for this. Sources said intelligence inputs shared by central agencies with the Police in some major cities including Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata and Mumbai talked of al Qaeda not only planning to recruit disgruntled youth but had a target to pick up those familiar with use of computers or having knowledge about aeroplanes. They said that al Qaeda is using IM operatives in Pakistan to establish contacts with the sleeper cells of SIMI to recruit educated Muslim youth.

Non-violent
November 17 Nampally, Telangana

The NIA officials produced four alleged operatives of IM: IM 'India operations chief' Yasin Bhatkal, Asadullah Akhtar alias Haddi, Zia-ur Rahman alias Waqas and Mohammed Tahseen Akhtar alias Monu, all accused in the 2013 Dilsukhnagar twin blasts case, before the First Additional Metropolitan Magistrate in Nampally criminal court in Nalgonda District of Telangana. The accused were lodged in Tihar jail in Delhi.

Non-violent
November 20 Kurla, Maharashtra

A metropolitan magistrate court in Kurla in Mumbai Suburban District acquitted eight persons who had been accused of having links with SIMI. Two of the acquitted persons, Ehtesham Siddiqui and Dr Tanveer Ansari are accused in the 2006 serial train blasts case (7/11 train blast case). The prosecution failed to prove the charges levelled against the accused in 2001. All the accused were arrested after the Central Government declared SIMI as a banned organisation.

Non-violent
November 20 Uttar Pradesh

According to the Intelligence sources, the twin blasts in the Bangalore-Guwahati (Kaziranga) Express at Chennai Central Station on May 1, 2014, in which one person died and injured 14 others, was reportedly carried out by the five fugitive terror suspects from the terror outfit SIMI, who had escaped from the District jail in Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh. The breakthrough in the investigation came after the UP ATS tracked the call detail records of the suspects' mobile phones, which they had left behind. The terror suspects are also allegedly behind the September 12 accidental blast in Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh.

Non-violent
November 21 India

The US OSAC raised concerns about terrorist activity in Hyderabad. While noting that the "most common regional terrorist threat" is that from the Maoists, the "India 2014 Crime and Safety Report: Hyderabad" also raises concerns about radical Islamist groups in general and the IM in particular. Describing IM, which the US recognises as a "global terrorist organisation", as a "compilation" of groups such as SIMI and LeT, the report claimed that the militant group has on its agenda "carrying out terrorist actions" for the advancement of an Islamic Caliphate across South Asia.

Non-violent
November 22 India

Khaled Mohammed, the Myanmar national arrested from Hyderabad on November 16 in connection with Bardhaman blast of October 2, 2014, disclosed that IM, TTP and JMB had joined hands for terror activities in India. Khaled disclosed that he had come to India with a specific target of increasing JMB's terror network in the country with help of local outfits like IM. Intelligence sources said that Khaled had been running a number of training camps along Indian border in Bangladesh and Myanmar. During this time he came in contact with members of TTP who further trained him in making explosives.

Non-violent
November 24 India

Five members of a SIMI-linked group known as the Abu Faisal gang, who escaped from a Khandwa Jail, Madhya Pradesh, on October 1, 2013, have emerged at the centre of investigation into a series of terrorism-linked cases and a bank robbery since the jailbreak. Investigations since September 12, 2014, when a few members of the gang are said to have fled leaving behind a mobile phone and other material at a hideout in Bijnor in UP following an accidental bomb blast, have allegedly given vital leads on the gang's involvement in crimes across the country. These include a February 1, 2014, bank robbery in Karimnagar in Telangana the May 1, 2014, blast on a Bangalore-Guwahati train at the Chennai Central Station and the July 10, 2014, blast in the parking lot of Faraskhana and Vishrambag Police Stations near the Dagdusheth temple in Pune, Maharashtra.

Non-violent
November 25 India

Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju informed Lok Sabha that New Delhi, being the capital of the country and the seat of the central government, is always under the radar of terror groups, inimical to India's national security. Rijiju said that there are intelligence inputs that the IM terror outfit receives shelter, training, weapons and financing in Pakistan. "The Government of India is addressing this issue through enforcements, intelligence and diplomatic means," he added.

Statement
November 28 Uttar Pradesh

The judicial custody of arrested IM terrorist Saleem Patla was extended to December 11, 2014. Patla is currently lodged in a Meerut jail (Uttar Pradesh) in connection with an attack on PAC camp in Meerut in 1992.

Non-violent
December 3 India

The Delhi Police that had arrested IM operative Ejaz Shaikh, in the July 13, 2011 (13/7) Mumbai blasts case from Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh this September handed over his custody to Maharashtra ATS. ADGP, ATS, Himanshu Roy said Shaikh, a Pune resident, is the brother-in-law of another IM operative Mohsin Chaudhary. "Shaikh was produced before the MCOCA court, which has granted us his custody for 14 days. We have reasons to believe he was involved in the 13/7 blasts," Roy added.

Non-violent
December 8 India

A group of six SIMI cadres, including five who escaped from Khandwa (Madhya Pradesh) jail in October 2013, has been tasked by ISI to unleash terror acts in India, most likely in Karnataka, Maharashtra and Rajasthan. Issuing an alert to the states in this regard, the central intelligence agencies released photographs and other details of members of this SIMI module, also suspected behind the Chennai (Tamil Nadu) railway station blast in May 2014, the explosion near Pune's (Maharashtra) Dadguseth's temple in July 2014 and, more recently, the blast at a Bijnore (Uttar Pradesh) house in September 2014. According to intelligence sources, the five SIMI cadres involved in the Khandwa jailbreak have been moving from one state to escape surveillance.

Non-violent
December 12 Hyderabad

The 14th Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate in Hyderabad rejected the bail petition of two alleged SIMI operatives Shah Mudassir alias Talha and Shoeb Ahmed Khan alias Pusad Shoeb. The duo, who hails from Maharashtra, was arrested by the Gopalapuram Police on October 22, 2014. The investigation agencies have alleged that they were planning to travel to Afghanistan to seek militant training from al Qaeda.

Non-violent
December 17 India

The intelligence agencies have also warned of a serious threat from SIMI operatives, who, they claim, have capability to carry out attacks in most parts of the country.

Non-violent
December 17 India

Sources said that though terror attack by Taliban that killed at least 146 school children is not directly connected to India, the network of hardened affiliate terrorists like LeT, al Qaeda, IM, JeM and JMB etc. can always get emboldened by such incidents and take the fancy to do something more to keep the momentum of terror strikes.

Non-violent
December 19 India

Recent intelligence inputs had warned of possible terror strikes by LeT, SIMI or remnants of IM based in Pakistan, at places with high footfalls, including malls, railway stations, and, prominently, schools. Earlier, the Centre on December 16 issued an advisory to all states/Union territories, asking them to be on high alert until end of January 2015.

Non-violent
December 21 Ahmedabad / Gujarat

Letters written from the Sabarmati Central Jail (Ahmedabad, Gujarat) by high-security inmates will be scrutinised by the Ahmedabad CB and then sent to the addressees. The decision was taken after it came to light in October 2013 that an IM suspect lodged in Sabarmati Jail written letters to two addressees in Pakistan and that the letters went un-scrutinised.

Non-violent
December 24 India

During 2014, the UMHA also extended the ban imposed on SIMI saying if not curbed, the outfit will reorganise and "disrupt the secular fabric" of the country. The extension came as the government found that the activities of the outfit continue to be "prejudicial to the integrity and security of the country".

Non-violent
December 24 Mumbai

A special MCOCA Court dropped MCOCA charges from the 23 suspected IM operatives who are accused of sending terror emails before and after the 2008 Gujarat serial bomb blasts. This could help the accused get bails now. The Mumbai Police Crime Branch had arrested a set of 23 people in August 2008 and alleged that they were behind the terror emails that warned bomb blasts and later claimed the responsibility of the bombings. The accused, said the Police, had hacked into the unsecured wi-fi network of a private firm Chembur, Khalsa college's wi-fi and the wi-fi network of an American national, Ken Heywood (who stayed in Navi Mumbai).

Non-violent
December 24 India

The Indian hinterland continues to remain the prime focus of Pakistan-based terrorist outfits, particularly the LeT and IM, as the UMHA found that these groups were setting up their infrastructure in Bangladesh and using the porous Indo-Bangla border to send arms and ammunition into India. Blast in a madrasa in West Bengal's Bardhaman District has pointed out designs of the terrorists of the neighbouring country to set up bases in India.

Non-violent
December 26 Rajasthan

Police in Jaipur and other Rajasthan cities sounded a high alert after an email purportedly sent by IM appeared on the computers of 16 State Ministers, including the State Home Minister, threatening terror strikes across the state on January 26, 2015.

Non-violent
December 29 Bangalore / Karnataka

Five operatives of the banned SIMI, who escaped from Khandwa Prison in October 2013, have emerged as suspects in December 28 blast on Bangalore's Church Street. Pictures of Shaikh Mehboob (25), Amjad (25), Mohammed Aslam (26), Mohammed Aijajuddin (30) and Zakir Hussain (32) were circulated between agencies and Police, indicating that the five are under the scanner. Investigating agencies are mining call records and internet use by the fugitives for leads.

Non-violent
December 31 Telangana

The report said that AuT, a suspected offshoot of the IM, has been making efforts to recruit local youth online for the IS. Abdul Khadar Sultan Armar, a key member of AuT, has been scouring the internet for fresh recruits.

Non-violent

 

 

 

 

 

 
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