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May - 1 
Meanwhile, Garrett Marquis, a spokesperson for the United States (US) National Security Council said, “The United States commends the United Nations Security Council 1267 Sanctions Committee for the designation of Masood Azhar, the leader of Jaish-e
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Meanwhile, Garrett Marquis, a spokesperson for the United States (US) National Security Council said, “The United States commends the United Nations Security Council 1267 Sanctions Committee for the designation of Masood Azhar, the leader of Jaish-e Mohammed, a UN-designated terrorist group that was responsible for the February 14 terrorist attack in Kashmir that killed over 40 Indian paramilitary forces”, reports Times of India on May 2. He added, "Designating Azhar demonstrates international commitment to rooting out terrorism in Pakistan and bringing security and stability to south Asia."
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May - 1 
The United Nations (UN) on May 1 designated Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) ‘chief’, Masood Azhar as a ‘global terrorist’ after China lifted its hold on a proposal to blacklist him, reports Daily Excelsior. The UN Committee listed Azhar on May
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The United Nations (UN) on May 1 designated Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) ‘chief’, Masood Azhar as a ‘global terrorist’ after China lifted its hold on a proposal to blacklist him, reports Daily Excelsior. The UN Committee listed Azhar on May 1, 2019 as being associated with Al-Qaeda for “participating in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing, or perpetrating of acts or activities by, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf of, or in support of”, “supplying, selling or transferring arms and related material to”, “recruiting for”, “otherwise supporting acts or activities of”, and “other acts or activities indicating association with” the JeM. However, there was no mention of the deadly February 14 Pulwama attack in Jammu and Kashmir, which was claimed by the JeM. A United Nations Security Council (UNSC) designation will subject Azhar to an assets freeze, travel ban and an arms embargo. An assets freeze under the sanctions committee requires that all states freeze without delay the funds and other financial assets or economic resources of designated individuals and entities. “Big, small, all join together. Masood Azhar designated as a terrorist in @UN Sanctions list. Grateful to all for their support,” India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Syed Akbaruddintweeted. “This is for us a significant outcome because we have been at it for several years. The first effort that we made in this regard was in 2009. More recently, we have been persistent, diligent and in a subterranean manner making all our efforts towards this goal. Today that goal stands achieved,” Akbaruddin said. “All in all it’s been a happy day, a good day for all this who would like to pursue the approach of zero tolerance for terrorism,” he said.
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May - 2 
Pakistan has issued an official order to freeze the assets of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar and impose a travel ban on him on May 2 after the United Nations (UN)declared him a global terrorist, reports The Indian Express.The Security and
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Pakistan has issued an official order to freeze the assets of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar and impose a travel ban on him on May 2 after the United Nations (UN)declared him a global terrorist, reports The Indian Express.The Security and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) ordered all non-banking financial institutions and regulating authorities to block all investment accounts of Azhar.
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May - 2 
The Enforcement Directorate on May 2 attached assets worth INR7.3 million in connection with a terror financing and money laundering case linked to global terrorist Hafiz Muhammad Saeed and Pakistan-based proscribed group Falah-e-Insaniyat (FIF), rep
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The Enforcement Directorate on May 2 attached assets worth INR7.3 million in connection with a terror financing and money laundering case linked to global terrorist Hafiz Muhammad Saeed and Pakistan-based proscribed group Falah-e-Insaniyat (FIF), reports The New Indian Express. On May 2, a provisional order was issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and a residential flat and shop in Delhi, and cash and bank balance belonging to a person named Mohd Salman were attached in a case being probed against FIF, which is a front for terror group Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), the agency said. The ED had filed a criminal case in this regard in February after taking cognisance of a National Investigation Agency (NIA) FIR. In the case, the NIA had carried out searches in the past and had seized over four dozen SIM cards, phones and INR 1.56 crore cash, and arrested four people, including Salman. Salman, who was based in Delhi, was in "regular touch with a Dubai-based Pakistan national, who in turn was connected with the deputy chief of the FIF", the ED and NIA have claimed. Salman, at present, is lodged at the Tihar jail in connection with the NIA case. He is alleged to have received funds from FIF operators through Hawala and he and others were reported to have received money illegally from various persons, including those in Pakistan and the UAE, the ED had said earlier.
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The Enforcement Directorate on May 2 filed its first direct charge sheet against Islamic preacher Zakir Naik on charges of laundering criminal money to the tune of INR 193 crore and allegedly creating illegal real estate assets worth crores in India
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The Enforcement Directorate on May 2 filed its first direct charge sheet against Islamic preacher Zakir Naik on charges of laundering criminal money to the tune of INR 193 crore and allegedly creating illegal real estate assets worth crores in India and abroad, officials said, reports The New Indian Express. The agency filed the prosecution complaint under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) before a special court in Mumbai and said Naik's "inflammatory speeches and lectures have inspired and incited a number of Muslim youths in India to commit unlawful activities and terrorist acts. His thoughts created disharmony amongst various faiths and created hatred amongst people following different faiths," it said. This is the second charge sheet in the case by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), but the first against Naik that specifically underlines his role. The agency claimed its probe revealed that "most of the incriminating speeches of Naik were delivered during the 10-day Peace Conference organised by the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) in Mumbai during the period between 2007-2011." The IRF is owned and promoted by Naik. "The said conference was planned, organised, funded and promoted by the IRF and people of other religions were openly converted into Islam by Naik," it charged. "Investigation has also revealed that Naik was also involved in suspicious unaccounted cash transactions," it said.
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May - 2 
The February 14 Pulwama (Jammu and Kashmir) terror attack played a role in designation of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) ‘chief’ Masood Azhar as global terrorist by the United Nations (UN), the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said, asserting that Pakistan
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The February 14 Pulwama (Jammu and Kashmir) terror attack played a role in designation of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) ‘chief’ Masood Azhar as global terrorist by the United Nations (UN), the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said, asserting that Pakistan was making claims over the listing to divert attention from the ‘huge diplomatic’ setback it has suffered, reports Daily Excelsior. The assertion came after Pakistan claimed that it agreed to Azhar’s listing after all ‘political references’, including attempts to link him to the Pulwama attack, were removed from the proposal to designate him a global terrorist. “The designation is not based on the basis of a specific incident, but on the basis of evidence which we have shared with members of the UN’s 1267 Sanctions Committee, linking Azhar to several acts of terrorism,” MEA spokespersonRaveesh Kumar said at a media briefing. He said the notification broadly covers all terrorist acts. “Elements are being introduced by Pakistan to divert attention from this huge diplomatic setback,” Kumar said
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on May 2 carried out searches at 20 locations in Tamil Nadu in connection with the February 5 murder of PattaliMakkalKatchi (PMK) functionary Ramalingam in Thanjavur in which members of Popular Front of India (
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on May 2 carried out searches at 20 locations in Tamil Nadu in connection with the February 5 murder of PattaliMakkalKatchi (PMK) functionary Ramalingam in Thanjavur in which members of Popular Front of India (PFI) have been named as accused in the case, reports The Indian Express. The raids, sources said, were conducted at Kumbakonam, Thanjavur, Trichy and Karaikal in connection with the case. NIA recently took over the case from the local police. “Searches were conducted in the houses of the arrested accused, absconding accused persons, and four offices of PFI,” an NIA statement said. The agency recovered 16 mobile phones, 21 SIM cards, three laptops, nine hard disks, seven memory cards, 118 CDs/DVDs, one tab, seven diaries, two PFI banners and one DVR, it claimed. “Besides these, one sword, one sharp-edged knife and cash to the tune of Rs 2 lakh were recovered from three different houses, and about 100 incriminating documents have also been seized,” NIA claimed. Thanjavur Police had arrested 10 people. “Six other accused are still absconding,” the NIA statement said.
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May - 3 
Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) Superintendent Ravindrasinh Pardeshi, filed an affidavit before the tribunal on May 3 justifying the ban on Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), reports The Indian Express. Pardeshi submitted information on the Mumbai
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Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) Superintendent Ravindrasinh Pardeshi, filed an affidavit before the tribunal on May 3 justifying the ban on Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), reports The Indian Express. Pardeshi submitted information on the Mumbai local train bombings of July 2006, in which alleged SIMI operative Ethesham Siddiqui was convicted by court. He said that alleged terror operative Abdul Subhan Qureshi alias Tauqeer, arrested last year and allegedly involved in several terror cases including the 2006 Mumbai train bombings, was also associated with SIMI.Besides, Pardeshi told the tribunal that Mirza Himayat Inayat Baig, convicted in the 2010 German Bakery blast in Pune, was convicted under the UAPA Act for his links with SIMI.Moreover, Pardeshi told the court about the fake currency case of 2011, in which an alleged SIMI operative was arrested.Also, Pardeshi submitted details of the bomb blast of July 16, 2014 near the Faraskhana–Vishrambag police station in Pune. Investigation and CCTV footage revealed the involvement of five alleged SIMI operatives. Three of the accused died in an encounter with police in Madhya Pradesh while two died in Telangana, he told the tribunal. Pardeshi said that information from MP police revealed these accused were SIMI operatives.Pardeshi told the tribunal that SIMI continued to indulge in terror activities even after 2014, so the ban on the outfit was essential.DCP Ganesh Shinde of Special Branch (SB-1), CID, Mumbai City, also deposed before the tribunal, justifying the ban on SIMI. He cited a 2001 case from Dharavi in which an alleged SIMI operative was arrested and incriminating material like pamphlets in Urdu and other languages were recovered.He also cited the conviction of SIMI general secretary Saquib Abdul Hamid Nachan under the Prevention of Terrorism Act in the 2003 Mulund train blast case. He then told the tribunal about a suspect, an alleged SIMI operative, arrested in connection with the 2002 Ghatkopar bomb blast, who was later discharged.Justice Gupta then slammed the police officials for submitting details of cases in which the suspects were discharged and asked police to submit relevant information, mainly pertaining to SIMI’s terror activities after 2014.Justice Gupta said that none appeared on behalf of the organisation (SIMI).Also, no public witness appeared before the tribunal, despite the public notice.
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May - 3 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) investigation into the Islamic State (IS) links of Non-resident Keralites (NRKs) found that a Koduvally native with his family had reached till Istanbul airport to join the terrorist group in 2017, reports The
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) investigation into the Islamic State (IS) links of Non-resident Keralites (NRKs) found that a Koduvally native with his family had reached till Istanbul airport to join the terrorist group in 2017, reports The New Indian Express on May 4. ShaibuNihar alias Abu Mariyam was grilled by the NIA recently in which details of IS sympathisers among NRKs were revealed.Shaibu was intercepted from Qatar by the Interpol after which he was forced to return to India. On his arrival at Calicut airport, he was arrested by the NIA last month. In the interrogation, Shaibu revealed he along with seven other members working in Bahrain had decided to join the IS. The agency suspects they were frequent visitors to Al Ansar Salafi Centre in Bahrain where they were radicalized.“There were attempts to attract Keralites working in Middle-East countries to IS ideology. The exact number of Keralites who joined the IS while working in Middle-East countries is yet to be ascertained. The interrogation of Shaibu has helped us in getting details of IS propaganda activities among NRKs,” an officer said.Shaibu of Thamarassery; Mansoor of Kondotty; Mansoor of Vadakara; Shahnad of Kannur; FajidHamsa of Koilandy; Ashraf Moulavi of Vaniyambalam; Safeer Rahman of Perumbavoor, and Muhadis of Vaniyambalam are the members of the module. Of this Shahnad, Manzoor of Kondotty, Mansoor of Vadakara and Muhadis were reportedly killed in Syria.The NIA found Shaibu handed over 3,000 Bahrain Dinar to Safeer Rahman, another member of the module, to reach Syria. Similarly, he also gave financial assistance to Muneer of Thalassery. Muneer was arrested by the police in Saudi Arabia for propagating IS ideology.
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May - 4 
According to Security sources, sub continental units of Islamic State (IS) and Al Qaeda – Neo Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (neo-JMB) and Ansar Bangla Team (ABT) - pose a threat to Assam and West Bengal, reports Assam Tribune on May 4. The sources
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According to Security sources, sub continental units of Islamic State (IS) and Al Qaeda – Neo Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (neo-JMB) and Ansar Bangla Team (ABT) - pose a threat to Assam and West Bengal, reports Assam Tribune on May 4. The sources also added that “so far, the security agencies have not noticed any activity of these outfits in Northeast India, but no one knows whether such outfits managed to poison the minds of anyone”.
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May - 4 
Sources further added that Bodh Gaya (Bihar) blasts were carried out by activists of the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and the persons involved in it did not receive training in any terrorist camp. The youths involved in the attack decide
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Sources further added that Bodh Gaya (Bihar) blasts were carried out by activists of the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and the persons involved in it did not receive training in any terrorist camp. The youths involved in the attack decided to take revenge against the attacks against Rohingya in Myanmar, and they learnt bomb making through internet and tried it out in a jungle near Ranchi (Jharkhand).
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May - 6 
According to a report, a special group headed by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)'s Muzzamil Bhat from Sialkot in Pakistan and his lackeys made forays into Bangladesh, the Maldives and Sri Lanka between 2005 and 2007, knowing well that these areas could be used
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According to a report, a special group headed by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)'s Muzzamil Bhat from Sialkot in Pakistan and his lackeys made forays into Bangladesh, the Maldives and Sri Lanka between 2005 and 2007, knowing well that these areas could be used to further their agenda and to target India, reports The New Indian Express on May 7. The Indian state had been following Islamic militancy in Sri Lanka since 2004.The tipping point in the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in Sri-Lanka had LeT foot prints all over it. Muzzamil Bhat one of the planners of 26/11 and is reported to be the architect of the Chittisinghpora massacre. The entire construct of this planto use these countries as a launch pad to train terrorists was part of his larger architecture.The FBI in its 26/11 charge sheet named Bhat as D, a key LeT military commander, who was involved in the Chittisinghpora massacre in Jammu and Kashmir on the eve of President Bill Clinton's visit to India in March 2000. In its second chargesheet, filed in a Chicago court, the FBI named an ISI officer, Major Iqbal, and four LeT operatives - SajidMajeed, Abu Qahafa, Abu Alqama and the unknown Lashkar member 'D'. About 'D' the charge sheet states that after the arrest of Zaki-ur-RehmanLakhvi in Pakistan in connection with the 26/11 attacks, he became the overall operational commander of LeT. According to FBI, 'D', who is yet to be arrested by Pakistan, was a handler of David Coleman Headley. Headley told Indian investigators that Muzzamil was involved in the Chittisinghpora massacre. In turn, Headley also said Muzzamil was most trustworthy lieutenant of Lakhvi and apart from Chittisinghpora killings of Sikhs; he planned the Akshardham temple attack in September 2002.Bhat, on the other hand, is a planner and his understanding was that with Indian intelligence and security forces keeping a close vigil on southern India in those years, he reckoned that taking the training camps offshore would be a better idea. Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) was already active in southern India, they had set up a southern chapter across the four states, while Bhatkal had become a new centrifuge.Muzzamil arrived in Sri Lanka and quickly realized that there was traction amongst Tamil Muslims after the Tsunami, and in Bangladesh among the Rohingyas between 2004-2008.But Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) which was extremely active in both Bangladesh and Sri Lanka did not allow Bhat or his henchmen to stabilize their operations. In 2011, ably abetted and assisted by Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) officer Amir Zubair Siddiqui (Counselor in the Pakistan High Commission in Colombo), a new name popped up on the radar - Zakir Hussain - who began to actively consort with and recruit Tamil Muslims on the island. The plan was to recruit them and attack diplomatic missions in Chennai and Bangalore, but RAW once again found the scent and pursued them to cut off their feed stock of financing, explosives and weapons.Once RAW had blown his cover, NIA moved in to charge sheet Siddiqui who was then visa counselor at the Pakistan High Commission in Colombo. Siddiqui was arrested for allegedly conspiring to attack vital establishments in India and was quietly withdrawn before the NIA's request under Mutual Assistance Legal Treaty (MLAT) reached Colombo.The terror plot was uncovered after the NIA police personnel arrested an ISI agent Mohammed Zakir Hussain (37) through the 'Q' Branch of the Tamil Nadu police in 2013. The reason was that he was gathering details about vital installations in Tamil Nadu and sent photographs to Siddiqui. Hussain used his counterparts Sivabalan and Mohammad Salim to circulate Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) in the state.During questioning, Hussain also confessed that he had also used Rafeeque (29) to pump in FICN in the state.A much larger network of Maldivians, Sri Lankan Muslims and Malaysian Tamils was discovered through this overarching probe.
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May - 6 
Former Intelligence Officer Gopal B Hosur stated that Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), which had orchestrated terror attacks in India, including Mumbai and Bengaluru, had engaged its operative Abu Hamza to set up bases in various parts of the co
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Former Intelligence Officer Gopal B Hosur stated that Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), which had orchestrated terror attacks in India, including Mumbai and Bengaluru, had engaged its operative Abu Hamza to set up bases in various parts of the country, reports The New Indian Express on May 7.Hamza hired a man from Bihar and they carried out the December 28, 2005 attack at the Indian Institute of Science, killing mathematics professor MunishChanderPuri of IIT-Delhi and injuring four, Gopal B Hosur, former ADGP in the department said."The Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) had engaged Abu Hamza to plant terror in various parts of India. He in turn found Sababuddin from Bihar to carry out terror operations Sababuddin got admission to a local college in Bengaluru only to get an identity card. His intention was to set up a base and to survey the city," Hosur said.Hosur said he came to know of LeT's role in the IISc attack after interrogating Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the terrorist nabbed alive after the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.
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May - 6 
Mohammed Sabir alias Ayub, the fugitive accused, among the most wanted in terrorism cases in Kerela, is settled in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi and using that country’s passport to travel to Dubai. Sabir is an accused in the Kalamassery bus burni
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Mohammed Sabir alias Ayub, the fugitive accused, among the most wanted in terrorism cases in Kerela, is settled in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi and using that country’s passport to travel to Dubai. Sabir is an accused in the Kalamassery bus burning case, the trial of which will commence at the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) court soon, reports The New Indian Express on May 7. “We’ve information that he’s frequently travelling between Dubai and Rawalpindi using a Pakistani passport. As he’s holed up in Pakistan, like Indian Mujahideen (IM) founder Riyaz Bhatkal and underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, extraditing him to India is a daunting task,” an officer said. A native of Marakkarkandi in Kannur, Sabir left India for Dubai when agencies started a manhunt for the suspects having links with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) after four Keralites were killed in Kashmir in an encounter with security forces in 2008.He along with ThadiyantavidaNazeer were the main men for LeT in south India. While Nazeer was traced to a hideout in Bangladesh, Sabir fled to Dubai using a fake passport. “During an interrogation of a terror suspect in 2016, we got information that Sabir met some Keralities in Dubai. From there he moved to Pakistan,” an officer said.Sabir came on the agencies’ radar after he allegedly hatched a plot to murder former Chief Minister E K Nayanar in 1999.A lookout notice and Interpol red corner notice are pending against him.
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May - 7 
An Islamic State (IS) suspect with alleged links to RiyasAboobackeralias Abu Dujana,a member of IS’ Kasargod module in Kerala who was arrested last week and was deported from Doha on May 7 evening, an Intelligence Bureau official familiar with the de
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An Islamic State (IS) suspect with alleged links to RiyasAboobackeralias Abu Dujana,a member of IS’ Kasargod module in Kerala who was arrested last week and was deported from Doha on May 7 evening, an Intelligence Bureau official familiar with the development said, reports Hindustan Times on May 8.The National Investigation Agency (NIA) took the custody of the man, identified as Faisal, as soon as he was brought to Delhi.The official said, Faisal, also a native of Kerala, had been in regular touch with Aboobacker, who was arrested last week. The latter was allegedly planning suicide attacks in Kerala after being inspired by the mastermind of Sri Lanka bombings, Maulvi Zahran Bin Hashim, leader of National TowheedJama’at (NTJ).Agencies suspect that IS members, including Aboobacker, Faisal, Abdulla (in Afghanistan) and others were planning something big in India as well.Members of Coimbatore module and Kasargod module of IS in Tamil Nadu and Kerala respectively, were either in touch with Sri Lanka attacks mastermind or followed his speeches.Zahran Hashim and another Sri Lanka bomber, Mohammad Azaan, had travelled to India in 2017 and 2018 to discuss the plans of Islamic State.The NIA has claimed Aboobacker followed speeches/videos of Zahran Hashim for more than a year and had also followed the speeches of Zakir Naik.“Riyas revealed that he was also having online chat with Abdul Khayoom alias Abu Khalid (suspect in the Valapattanam ISIS case) who was believed to be in Syria,” the NIA stated in a statement last week.
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May - 7 
Nearly 10% of mock attacks launched during India’s largest ever coastal security exercise in January 2019 were successful in breaching the multilayered defenses, three officials with knowledge of the matter said on condition of anonymity, reports Hin
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Nearly 10% of mock attacks launched during India’s largest ever coastal security exercise in January 2019 were successful in breaching the multilayered defenses, three officials with knowledge of the matter said on condition of anonymity, reports Hindustan Times on May 8. “It is still possible to sneak in despite a massive infrastructure upgrade,” said one of the officials.The two-day exercise – Operation Sea Vigil – was simultaneously undertaken on the eastern and western coast to check coastal safety measures put into place after the November 2008 Mumbai attacks.The officials said small boats, which are less that 20 metres in length, and are yet to get Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) remain a primary cause of concern. An AIS automatically provides information about a vessel to other ships and to coastal authorities. India has about 250,000 such small boats, according to figures available with the Indian Navy.The potential threat from smaller rogue boats is likely to be addressed as a satellite-guided friend or foe identification system of the Indian Space Research Organisation with a two-way messaging system in all local languages is finally ready for induction within the next three or four months.The system was successfully tested on about 1,100 smaller fishing boats in Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry recently. “The transponders will be inducted soon,” a second official said.The ill-equipped maritime police forces of coastal states are also a cause of concern for the Indian Navy, which is the lead agency for coastal security. “Serviceability [or availability of boats] is as low as 50%,” said a third official.Only half the boats are available when required and policemen posted to the state maritime police wings get shifted after two to three years. “Sea training starts all over again,” said the second official cited above.The Navy has suggested to state police forces to enlist sailors, who are about to retire, to man their maritime wings. “Instead of training a new batch of policemen every three years, superannuating sailors could be inducted into the state maritime police forces,” the second official said. The third official, who is also involved in analyzing Operation Sea Vigil, blamed lack of adequate training, motivation and non-availability of boats with state maritime police wings for the success of mock attacks.
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May - 7 
Two of the Sri Lankan suicide bombers, Ilham Ahmed Mohammad Ebrahim and his older brother Inshaf Ahmed, who had led the fidayeen attacks in Shangri-La and Cinnamon Grand Hotel which claimed 253 lives and injured more than 500 people, had travelled to
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Two of the Sri Lankan suicide bombers, Ilham Ahmed Mohammad Ebrahim and his older brother Inshaf Ahmed, who had led the fidayeen attacks in Shangri-La and Cinnamon Grand Hotel which claimed 253 lives and injured more than 500 people, had travelled to Bengaluru, Kochi, Chennai, Mumbai and Delhi with valid passports on business in 2012, reports The New Indian Express on May 8. Indian investigating agencies have confirmed that two of them did, in fact, visit India in 2012 on business visas, but the duo did not receive any kind of training.Their father Mohammed Ibrahim, who was subsequently arrested, is a spice tycoon and his company Ishana Exports Pvt Ltd, based in Colombo, is listed in Trade India’s list of verified exporters offering quality spices and copper tubes, top sources in central intelligence agencies said.“Ishana has business interests in various cities from Kerala to Delhi. Seven years ago, Inshaf and Ilham had come on a business trip. They neither visited Kashmir nor did they participate in any training camp in India as has been alleged by the Sri Lankan army chief,” the source said.Highly placed sources have said that Sri Lanka has not yet shared any leads or information that link that attackers to India or their travel.Indian agencies have sought information from their counterparts in the island nation on the timeline and travel details of the terrorists to India along with their photographs. “Since the army chief has made a specific statement on the travel of some of the suicide bombers to India, they should be in possession of the information, which is critical for the security of the region. Sri Lanka has so far not provided any details. Hence, it (Senanayeke’s statement) remains in a realm of speculation,” said a highly placed source.
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May - 8 
An 18-year-old United States (US) national on May 8 pleaded guilty to the charges supporting and recruiting fighters for Pakistan-based terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) which carried out the deadly 2008 Mumbai terror attack, reports The New Indi
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An 18-year-old United States (US) national on May 8 pleaded guilty to the charges supporting and recruiting fighters for Pakistan-based terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) which carried out the deadly 2008 Mumbai terror attack, reports The New Indian Express on May 9. Michael Kyle Sewell, from Fort Worth, Texas, was arrested in February, has admitted to encouraging an individual, identified in court documents only as coconspirator 1, to join the LeT.According to the guilty plea, Sewell provided the coconspirator, who he spoke to on social media, with contact information for an individual he believed could facilitate the coconspirator's travel to Pakistan to join the LeT. Unknown to Sewell and the coconspirator, the facilitator was an undercover Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent.Sewell and the co-conspirator discussed what the co-conspirator should say to the undercover agent who posed as the facilitator, in order to gain the facilitator's trust and be permitted to join the LeT.
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May - 8 
Controversial Islamic preacher ZaikNaik has said he is ready to return to India if the Supreme Court gives an assurance that he would not be arrested till his conviction, report The Indian Express on May 9. Naik is living in Malaysia after fleeing fr
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Controversial Islamic preacher ZaikNaik has said he is ready to return to India if the Supreme Court gives an assurance that he would not be arrested till his conviction, report The Indian Express on May 9. Naik is living in Malaysia after fleeing from India in 2016. He has been given permanent resident status by the Malaysian government.“Before the BJP government came, you could speak against the government, and at least 80 per cent of the times you would get justice. Today, the chances are 10-20 per cent.“Moreover, if we see the history, more than 90 per cent Muslims who faced terror charges have been let free after 10-15 years. So if I look at an average, I will be behind bars for about 10 years, and my entire mission would get disrupted. Why should I be a fool,” he said.The preacher said the NIA can question him in Malaysia if they want. When asked whether he will return to India if he has an assurance of justice, Naik said, “If there is an assurance from the Supreme Court of India, that if DrZakirNaik comes, they will not arrest me till I am convicted, I will come.”The preacher was booked by the NIA after his name cropped up during the probe of a terror attack on Gulshan’s Holey Artisan Bakery (cafe) in Dhaka’s posh diplomatic area, claimed by the Islamic State (IS) terror group.The NIA had registered a case against him and his organisation Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) under anti-terror laws and for allegedly promoting enmity between groups on the basis of religion and race.
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May - 9 
Central intelligence and security agencies which have been tasked to look for possible Islamic State (IS) modules in Kerala and Tamil Nadu in the wake of the April 21 suicide bombings in Sri Lanka have identified over two dozen radical Islamic preach
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Central intelligence and security agencies which have been tasked to look for possible Islamic State (IS) modules in Kerala and Tamil Nadu in the wake of the April 21 suicide bombings in Sri Lanka have identified over two dozen radical Islamic preachers in these two states who are spreading venom in the name of religion and their speeches and motivating young people to join the jihad or holy war, two top counterterrorism officials said, reports Hindustan times on May 10. There are 25-26 Islamic preachers who regularly give provocative lectures on religious fundamentalism, hand out jihadi literature, belittle other religions in their speeches and encourage young Muslims to propagate the Sharia law.Somego far enough to support the activities of global terror outfits like Al-Qaeda (AQ) and IS.
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May - 9 
Controversial tele-evangelist Zakir Naik on May 9 criticized the Enforcement Director (ED) for alleging that though he had no earnings, he had transferred Rs 46 crore to his Indian bank accounts in a six-year period, reports The New Indian Express on
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Controversial tele-evangelist Zakir Naik on May 9 criticized the Enforcement Director (ED) for alleging that though he had no earnings, he had transferred Rs 46 crore to his Indian bank accounts in a six-year period, reports The New Indian Express on May 10. In a detailed statement, Naik said: "Why is the ED lying? When everyone - including all the government agencies - know that I have multiple businesses and revenue streams and my earnings have always reflected in the tax returns I have filed, why is the ED lying about it?" Naik said he has filed all his tax returns dutifully every year till 2016 and the ED had access to his tax documents which clearly show his revenue streams through multiple businesses. He pointed out that he is an NRI since 2010, and living and earning outside India for nine years. "I earn over a crore (rupees) a month, and I send money back to India as and when required. I sent it from my Dubai account to my India account and every penny is then accounted for in my tax returns," Naik contended. The controversial tele-evangelist - who reportedly lives in Malaysia currently - admitted that between 2010-2016, he may have sent Rs 49 crore, or Rs 65 lakh per month for charities."For a country that receives more than Rs 6,000 crore every month from UAE-based Indians, how is my Rs 65 lakh a problem," he asked. Naik dared the ED to prove that a single rupee of the Rs 49 crore sent by him was used for any purpose other than the declared charitable purpose. "I don't charge for my lectures, nor do I earn from the Peace TV, so I do need another revenue stream to survive, which I have... (The premise) I can survive outside India without earning anything is not just illogical, its childish," he said.
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May - 9 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested Popular Front of India (PFI) member Mohammad Faruk, a resident of Trichy, in connection with the murder of catering contractor Ramalingam in February this year, reports Hindustan Times on May 10. T
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested Popular Front of India (PFI) member Mohammad Faruk, a resident of Trichy, in connection with the murder of catering contractor Ramalingam in February this year, reports Hindustan Times on May 10. The NIA had earlier carried out searches at 20 locations, including the houses of accused persons on May 2, in connection with the case during which incriminating material had been seized. A NIA spokesperson said that Mohammed Faruk, 48, was summoned and interviewed and simultaneously search was also conducted at his residence on May 9 during which some digital evidences were seized. “Faruk will be produced before the special NIA Court on May 11. He and other accused had hatched a criminal conspiracy to commit a terror act following which they chopped off the hands of Ramalingam, who later succumbed to injuries on February 6. Accused persons in this case are PFI/SDPI cadres. Tamil Nadu Police had earlier arrested 10 accused in this case. Six other accused are still absconding,” the NIA spokesperson added.
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May - 9 
Twitter suspended 166,513 accounts for promoting terrorism in the July-December 2018 period, saying there's a steady decrease in terrorist groups trying to use the platform owing to its "zero-tolerance policy enforcement", reports Business Standard o
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Twitter suspended 166,513 accounts for promoting terrorism in the July-December 2018 period, saying there's a steady decrease in terrorist groups trying to use the platform owing to its "zero-tolerance policy enforcement", reports Business Standard on May 10."We have received government information requests from 86 countries. The United States (US) now comprises only 30 per cent of global government information requests and 35 per cent of all global accounts specified in the same category," informed Gadde. The second highest volume of information requests were submitted by Japan (24 per cent of global information requests). Requests from the United Kingdom (UK) (13 per cent), India (6 per cent), Germany (6 per cent) and France (5 per cent) together account for 30 percent of all global information requests, and 29 per cent of all global accounts specified. "We received roughly 8 per cent fewer global legal requests to remove content, impacting approximately 2 per cent fewer accounts, compared to the previous reporting period," said Gadde.
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May - 10 
On May 10, Sri Lanka’s Army Commander Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake stated that threat of more Islamist militant attacks had been contained and the security services had dismantled most of the network linked to the Easter Sunday bombings. He s
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On May 10, Sri Lanka’s Army Commander Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake stated that threat of more Islamist militant attacks had been contained and the security services had dismantled most of the network linked to the Easter Sunday bombings. He stated that ‘Up to now the investigations do not go beyond many areas, so we don’t have to worry about the situation; it is controllable, it is contained. ’He also added that the investigators had established that the plotters had links to Islamic State, but said the authorities were still trying to establish how deep those contacts were. Sri Lankan authorities have said the bombings were believed to have been carried out by two little-known domestic Islamist groups, the National Tawheed Jamaath (NTJ) and Jamathei Millathu Ibrahim (JMI). Islamic State has claimed responsibility. The Commander stated that ‘Definitely there is an Islamic State (IS) link. That doesn’t mean it was a direct IS hit. But we are trying to establish how deep it is in order to plan our (military) operations’. Investigators from eight countries, including the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and Interpol, are helping Sri Lanka with the investigation. According to him, India, China, United States, Israel, Australia and the United Arab Emirates were looking to provide high grade military technology, including communication and surveillance equipment, to deal with future threats. He further stated that Senanayake said the bombers had mostly used local explosives but may have also sourced some from southern India, likely Tamil Nadu.
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May - 11 
According to intelligence officials, Chinese designed weapons enter the north-eastern Indian states from Myanmar and are then finding their way to the hilly border of Mizoram with Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), reports Northeast Now on Ma
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According to intelligence officials, Chinese designed weapons enter the north-eastern Indian states from Myanmar and are then finding their way to the hilly border of Mizoram with Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), reports Northeast Now on May 12. Bangladesh’s security apparatus is worried over flow of illicit arms entering its territory from India’s Northeast and West Bengal state. In one such seizure near Mizoram’s only airport Lengpui (Mizoram), more than thirty AK series rifles were recovered in March 2013. Bangladesh intelligence says that in the last two years, the arms cartel linking Burmese producers with end-users in Bangladesh have become active again. According to an intelligence official, ‘While sophisticated weapons reach Bangladesh through Northeast India, countrymade weapons manufactured in Bihar are entering Bangladesh through West Bengal’s border Districts ofMaldah (West Bengal) and Murshidabad (West Bengal)’. while the AK rifles ends up with Islamist militants and underground groups in CHT, the country made weapons ends up with local gangsters and political activists. A former Chakma insurgent leader in CHT frequently visits India because he was connected with the weapons trafficking.
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May - 11 
Concessions were made to secure the designation of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar as a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) sanctioned terrorist, Britain’s most senior diplomat Simon McDonald said on May 11, asserting that the United Kin
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Concessions were made to secure the designation of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar as a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) sanctioned terrorist, Britain’s most senior diplomat Simon McDonald said on May 11, asserting that the United Kingdom (UK) had played a “central role” in ensuring that the listing went through after talks with New Delhi and Islamabad, reports The Hindu. McDonald, Permanent Under Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the U.K. government, did not deny a suggestion that China had agreed to the listing of the JeM chief after all references to terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, including the Pulwama strike, were dropped.
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May - 12 
The principal of Welham Girls School, Dehradun in Uttarakhand, JytosnaBrar has received a threatening letter from Indian Mujahideen (IM)‘commander’ Imam Lakhvi on May 12 threatening to blow up the school, reports IndiaTV.The letter, written in Hindi,
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The principal of Welham Girls School, Dehradun in Uttarakhand, JytosnaBrar has received a threatening letter from Indian Mujahideen (IM)‘commander’ Imam Lakhvi on May 12 threatening to blow up the school, reports IndiaTV.The letter, written in Hindi, says the attack will be carried out to avenge the Gujarat and Muzaffarnagar communal riots. The principal of the school has alerted police and security agencies after getting the letter.
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May - 13 
Fake Indian currency notes (FICN) with face value of Rs 2,00,000 were seized in Kolkata in West Bengal and two Tamil Nadu residents have been arrested in this connection on May 13, reports India TV. the Special Task Force on Monday intercepted two Ta
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Fake Indian currency notes (FICN) with face value of Rs 2,00,000 were seized in Kolkata in West Bengal and two Tamil Nadu residents have been arrested in this connection on May 13, reports India TV. the Special Task Force on Monday intercepted two Tamil Nadu-based FICN racketeers near the Shaheed Minar monument in central Kolkata. A total of 100 fake notes of Rs 2,000 denomination each have been seized from Mani Govindan, 27, and VeluMallapan, 29, both residents of Tamil Nadu's Dharmapuri district.
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May - 13 
Nisar Ahmed Sayyed Bilal, whose son Sayyed Azhar died in the 2008 Malegaon blast, filed a plea before a special court on May 13, seeking directions to the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) to assist the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the
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Nisar Ahmed Sayyed Bilal, whose son Sayyed Azhar died in the 2008 Malegaon blast, filed a plea before a special court on May 13, seeking directions to the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) to assist the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the ongoing trial, reports The Indian Express. “The ATS has not been present during the trial proceedings while ATS witness statements are being recorded by this court. It is unfortunate that the investigating agency that recorded material statements and drew panchnamas against the present accused is not interested in the trial proceedings without any cogent reasons,” the application filed by Bilal through lawyer Shahid Nadeem states. “The NIA and ATS must work in symphony for a fair prosecution. Instances such as tracing documents and witnesses have been a herculean task and without the assistance of ATS officers, it becomes even more difficult to deal with such instances, often leading to delays and adjournments,” the plea states. The court has directed the NIA to file its reply on the application on May 20. SPP AvinashRasal has been representing both the NIA and the ATS in the trial since 2015.
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May - 13 
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), in a notification, said the Tamil militant group has not abandoned its pursuit for a separate state for Tamils and has been regrouping at a local and international level, and extended the ban on the Liberation Tige
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The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), in a notification, said the Tamil militant group has not abandoned its pursuit for a separate state for Tamils and has been regrouping at a local and international level, and extended the ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for five years, citing its “strong anti-India posture” and “grave threat to security of Indian nationals”, reports The Indian Express on May 14. It also said the “diaspora continue to spread through articles in the Internet portals, anti-India feeling amongst the Sri Lankan Tamils by holding the Government of India responsible for the defeat of the LTTE and such propaganda through Internet, which remains continued, is likely to impact Very Very Important Persons (VVIP) security adversely in India”. Cases were registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967, against the LTTE, pro-LTTE elements and chauvinist groups since the May 2014 notification, besides cases under the provisions of the Explosive Substances Act 1908 and the Indian Penal Code, among others, adds The Hindu.
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May - 14 
An object resembling an improvised hand grenade and containing explosive material was found on the premises of the Air Force School at Lohegaon in Pune in Maharashtra on May 14 morning, said Police, reports The Indian Express. While the device was de
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An object resembling an improvised hand grenade and containing explosive material was found on the premises of the Air Force School at Lohegaon in Pune in Maharashtra on May 14 morning, said Police, reports The Indian Express. While the device was defused by the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS), both police and the Indian Air Force (IAF) authorities have launched a probe in the case. “The BDDS dog indicated the presence of an explosive material on the soil around the object. Explosive vapor detector was used, which confirmed the presence of explosive substance inside the object. After primary conclusion that the object was some type of an improvised hand grenade, the decision to defuse it was taken,” said a senior police officer. “We have sent the samples of the soil, explosive mixed soil and pieces of the outer body of the object for further analysis. Prima facie, the explosive substance resembles what’s used in firecrackers…,” added the officer. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Branch) Mitesh Ghatte said, “Though the object looked like a grenade, the composition and inner structure was not that of one…”
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May - 14 
At least three Islamic State (IS) suspects arrested in India in 2015 and 2017 were in contact with an online entity called Aadhil AX from Sri Lanka who could be software engineer Aadhil Ameez, arrested last month in Colombo for providing technical an
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At least three Islamic State (IS) suspects arrested in India in 2015 and 2017 were in contact with an online entity called Aadhil AX from Sri Lanka who could be software engineer Aadhil Ameez, arrested last month in Colombo for providing technical and logistical support to the bombers in the April 21 Easter terror attack, reports The Hindu on May 15. Aadhil was monitored by Indian intelligence agencies three years ago for links with IS suspects. Two IS suspects, Ubed Mirza and Kasim Stimberwala, arrested by the Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad in 2017 were allegedly in touch with Aadhil through WhatsApp. Both Stimberwala and Ubed are in judicial custody in Surat and have been charge sheeted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which accused them of plotting a lone wolf attack in Ahmedabad. Ubed is a lawyer while Stimberwala is a medical technician and both were arrested by Gujarat’s ATS. As per the charge sheet filed by the NIA, Ubed, in 2017, had a WhatsApp chat with one Aadhil but ATS officials said did not find any other actionable intelligence. “Except a few chats on social media, no other material or connection or link has been found,” said a Gujarat police official said. A source said another IS suspect, Mohammad Naser, deported from Sudan in 2015 was also in online contact with Aadhil AX from Sri Lanka. It is not clear if the Indian authorities shared the information with the Sri Lankan authorities.
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May - 14 
The United Nations (UN) has sanctioned Islamic State (IS)’ South Asia unit, a terrorist group formed in 2015 by a Pakistani national and a former commander of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), for its links with Al-Qaeda (AQ) and involvement in s
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The United Nations (UN) has sanctioned Islamic State (IS)’ South Asia unit, a terrorist group formed in 2015 by a Pakistani national and a former commander of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), for its links with Al-Qaeda (AQ) and involvement in several deadly attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan that killed over 150 people, reports Business Standard on May 15.The United Nations Security Council's 1267 Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee on May 14 sanctioned Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant - Khorasan (ISIL-K), which is also known as 'ISIS' South Asia Branch, ISIL Khorasan, Islamic State's Khorasan Province' and 'South Asian Chapter of ISIL'.
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May - 15 
India became one of the signatories to the Chirstchurch Call for Action to remove extremist and violent online content, reports Times of India on May 16. The global document, spearheaded by French President Emmanuel Macron and New Zealand PM JacindaA
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India became one of the signatories to the Chirstchurch Call for Action to remove extremist and violent online content, reports Times of India on May 16. The global document, spearheaded by French President Emmanuel Macron and New Zealand PM JacindaArdern, signed in Paris on May 15 brought together governments and technology giants to commit to action that would weed out such content from online spaces like Facebook etc. The idea, which germinated during Macron’s visit to Wellington in April, culminated in the release of a global document on Wednesday at an event attended by leaders of Britain, France, Canada, Ireland, Senegal, Indonesia, Jordan and the European Union as well as tech giants like Twitter, Google, Microsoft among others. India was represented by Ajay Prakash Sawhney, Secretary in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. The document “outlines collective, voluntary commitments from governments and online service providers intended to addressthe issue of terrorist and violent extremist content online and to prevent the abuse of the internet as occurred in and after the Christchurch attacks.” Facebook, which has come under sustained criticism for refusing to battle the growing menace pledged to tighten restrictions and committed $7.5 million to fund research for technology to remove such content. The Christchurch killer posted the video of his massacre on Facebook. Increasingly, terror attacks in many parts of the world are happening as a result of online radicalization. Interestingly, the Christchurch Call for Action is a rare instance where governments and private sector have made similar pledges with the same intent. Of course, this will run into objections from free speech activists, but increasingly there is a growing concern among countries about the need to regulate online content. This was brought home quite starkly during the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka, as well as the Holey Artisan Bakery attack in Dhaka in 2016.
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May - 16 
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on May 16 arrested one person in Ahmadabad in Gujarat while busting a network operating across India, China, Pakistan and Myanmar that had been engaged in smuggling high-end drones, reports The Hindu. Acc
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The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on May 16 arrested one person in Ahmadabad in Gujarat while busting a network operating across India, China, Pakistan and Myanmar that had been engaged in smuggling high-end drones, reports The Hindu. Accusing the arrested person Chinmay Anand of being the network’s kingpin, the DRI also seized high-end drones and recovered other equipment that is normally used in espionage and surveillance. According to the DRI, the drones were supplied by Chinese companies, based on orders received from Pakistan-based firms, to a warehouse in Dehong, in China’s Yunnan province. From Dehong, which is located close to Myanmar’s eastern border, the drones were smuggled into Myanmar and from there to India. While all transportation up to Imphal was by various modes of road transport, the final leg from Imphal to Ahmedabad was done using domestic airlines by mis-declaring the prohibited cargo as camera stands, household goods, electronic items, etc. to elude detection by Indian agencies. The seized articles include 85 high-end drones of DJI Mavic, DJI Phantom and MI brands. Besides, 27 DJI Mavic Air Fly More Kit and 34 DJI Ronin S Handheld Gimbal Stabilizer for DSLR and mirror-less cameras used in film shootings were also recovered. The agency contended that the racket had been going on since 2017 and that drones worth10 crore had already been smuggled into and supplied in the country. “Illegal drones in private hands can pose a threat to national security as they can be used for espionage and sabotage purposes by the enemy states and anti-national and terrorist groups,” the DRI asserted.
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May - 19 
One person was arrested with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) with new notes of the INR 500 denomination worth INR 146,000 from Amrut Nagar area in Mumbai in Maharshtra, reports Asian Age on May 20. The arrested accused, Wasim Shaikh alias Jasim was
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One person was arrested with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) with new notes of the INR 500 denomination worth INR 146,000 from Amrut Nagar area in Mumbai in Maharshtra, reports Asian Age on May 20. The arrested accused, Wasim Shaikh alias Jasim was also in possession of at least 14 mobile phones and SIM cards.
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May - 21 
A pro-Islamic State (IS) hacker group, cyber revenge army, brought down the police website in the southern Indian state of Karnataka on May 21, declaring a "cyber war", a police official said, reports Sputnik News. A few hours later the website was r
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A pro-Islamic State (IS) hacker group, cyber revenge army, brought down the police website in the southern Indian state of Karnataka on May 21, declaring a "cyber war", a police official said, reports Sputnik News. A few hours later the website was restored, a Karnataka police official added. "This is beginning of our cyber war on you infidels and this hacking is in retaliation for the Daesh soldiers and for their support", the message read on the website before it was restored.
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May - 21 
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on May 21 apprehended a Pakistani fishing vessel off Gujarat and seized 200 kg heroin, worth 600 crore in the international market, reports The Hindu. According to Additional Director General K. Natarajan, Coast Guard Com
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The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on May 21 apprehended a Pakistani fishing vessel off Gujarat and seized 200 kg heroin, worth 600 crore in the international market, reports The Hindu. According to Additional Director General K. Natarajan, Coast Guard Commander (Western Seaboard), late on May 20 received intelligence input from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) and other agencies that a Pakistani fishing boat was to deliver narcotics off Gujarat and that it was to be received by an Indian boat. The ICG swiftly diverted its ships to effect interception of the boat. In the early hours of May 21, one of the Coast Guard ships intercepted the Pakistani fishing boat Al-Madina off Jakhau in the Arabian Sea. “Despite evasive manoeuvres carried out by the crew of Al-Madina and rough sea conditions, it was successfully intercepted within Indian waters. During the hot pursuit, the crew threw bags containing suspicious material into the sea. The Coast Guard team, upon boarding the vessel, took the crew into custody and retrieved the material,” Mr. Natarajan said. “On initial checking 195 packets containing 200 kg of heroin has been found. The Pakistani vessel crew are being subjected to interrogation and rummaging is being carried out by various agencies,” Mr. Natarajan said.
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May - 22 
An army man, earlier arrested from Mhow in Madhya Pradesh for passing on critical information about the country’s defence apparatus to his Pakistani handlers, was ‘honey-trapped’ by a young woman who was involved in a similar case in Jhansi a few yea
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An army man, earlier arrested from Mhow in Madhya Pradesh for passing on critical information about the country’s defence apparatus to his Pakistani handlers, was ‘honey-trapped’ by a young woman who was involved in a similar case in Jhansi a few years back, reports New Indian Express on May 23 .The 28-year-old junior clerical staff posted at Mhow, who hails from the district of Vaishali in Bihar, is currently in police remand till May 26 for passing sensitive Army details on a day-to-day basis, investigators said. Based on investigations and interrogation of the arrested man, it has come to the fore that his Pakistani handlers used a young woman, aged around 25, to honey-trap the accused. The woman, a well-trained Pakistani operative, posed as an Indian national, Prishi Agrawal, to lure him into explicit chats over social media platforms, including WhatsApp and Facebook. She later began asking him to provide details on defence installations, locations, besides movement and exercises of the Indian Army. The probe has revealed a strong possibility of the woman being the same person who honey-trapped another Army man posted at Jhansi’s Babina Cantonment, who was arrested back in 2014. According to sources, investigators have also zeroed in on the money which was deposited into bank accounts of the arrested army man and aides over the last two years by his Pakistani handlers through their men in other parts of India. Three years back, MP Police’s Anti-Terror Squad had busted a Pakistani spy ring facilitated by a series of Chinese sim box exchanges in various cities of the state, including Bhopal, Jabalpur and Gwalior, that was used for phone frauds. The money earned was parked in bank accounts in MP’s Satna and Rewa districts before being handed over to operatives based in Old Delhi. Part of the money earned through phone frauds was also sourced to hawala operators and a few dry fruit traders in northern India, including Jammu and Kashmir. It was then routed to spies.
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May - 22 
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on May 22 took up terror strikes at Pulwama and Sri Lanka and urged member nations of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) for greater counter-terror cooperation, reports The Hindu. Addressing the ministeria
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External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on May 22 took up terror strikes at Pulwama and Sri Lanka and urged member nations of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) for greater counter-terror cooperation, reports The Hindu. Addressing the ministerial meet of SCO at Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, the External Affairs Minister said that India remains committed to regional connectivity and peace in Afghanistan. “Our heart goes out to our brothers and sisters of Sri Lanka, who have recently witnessed the ghastly act of terrorism. Our wounds of Pulwama attack were still raw and the news from the neighborhood has made us more determined to fight firmly [and] resolutely against this menace,” said Ms. Swaraj addressing a gathering which included her Pakistan counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi. Ms. Swaraj said that India is open to strengthen the Regional Anti-Terror Structure or RATS of SCO to fight terrorism and security challenges in the region. Taking up the situation in Afghanistan, the Minister said that India wants Afghanistan to be “united, peaceful, secure, stable, inclusive and economically vibrant”. “I wish to once again underscore the importance India attaches to SCO Afghanistan Contact Group and welcome an early conclusion of the Draft Roadmap of further actions of the Contact Group,” said Ms. Swaraj in her speech.
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May - 23 
At least 300 fighters from Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), designated a global terror organisation by the United States (US) and the United Nations (UN), are active in war-torn Afghanistan, a Pentagon report has said, reports Business Standard
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At least 300 fighters from Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), designated a global terror organisation by the United States (US) and the United Nations (UN), are active in war-torn Afghanistan, a Pentagon report has said, reports Business Standard on May 24. The report also identified LeT among the three terrorist groups posing the greatest threat to the US and its allied forces in Afghanistan. Among the 20 prominent terrorist organizations active in Afghanistan, LeT ranks fifth in terms of fighters along with Al Qaeda and Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, stated the Pentagon report, 'Lead Inspector General for Operation Freedom's Sentinel', for the quarter ending March 31. The report said the Department of Defence "identified the Haqqani Network, the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba as groups that present the greatest threat to US and allied forces in Afghanistan". The report also stated that an estimated 300 LeT and 1,000 Islamic Emirate High Council operatives are active in the war-torn country. The ISIS-K, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Haqqani Network (HN) with an estimated 3,000-5,000 fighters each top the list of terrorist groups active in Afghanistan, it said.
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May - 23 
Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) allegedly involved in the 2016 terror attack at a cafe in Bangladesh's capital city Dhaka was declared as an unlawful association by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on May 23, reports Times of India. A notific
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Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) allegedly involved in the 2016 terror attack at a cafe in Bangladesh's capital city Dhaka was declared as an unlawful association by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on May 23, reports Times of India. A notification issued by MHA said that the outfit was planning to set up permanent bases within ten kilometers along Bangladesh border in several Districts of West Bengal, Assam and Tripura. MHA said the outfit has committed and promoted acts of terrorism and has been engaged in radicalization and recruitment of youths for terrorist activities in India. "Therefore, the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh or Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen India or Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Hindustan and all its manifestations have been inserted in the First Schedule to the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967," the notification said.
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May - 23 
The Coastal authorities in Kerala are on high alert after an intelligence report said that 15 Islamic State (IS) terrorists had set off on boats from Sri Lanka for Lakshadweep islands, reports Indian Express on May 26. While such alerts are ‘usual pr
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The Coastal authorities in Kerala are on high alert after an intelligence report said that 15 Islamic State (IS) terrorists had set off on boats from Sri Lanka for Lakshadweep islands, reports Indian Express on May 26. While such alerts are ‘usual practice’, sources said that that this time they have specific information about the number of terrorists. The Coastal Police Department has been on alert ever since Sri Lanka issued the intelligence input on May 23. The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) today deployed its ships and maritime surveillance aircraft around the Lakshadweep and Minicoy Islands territory and borders that the country shared with Sri Lanka in order to thwart any attempt by the IS terrorists to enter Indian waters.
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A multi-agency probe involving Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Intelligence Bureau (IB), Customs and India’s external intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) has begun on suspicion of narco-terrorism soon after six Pakistan na
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A multi-agency probe involving Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Intelligence Bureau (IB), Customs and India’s external intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) has begun on suspicion of narco-terrorism soon after six Pakistan nationals were arrested in high sea off Gujarat coast from a fishing boat from Karachi, reports Times of India on May 25. This incident was earlier reported by South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP) on May 22. In a simultaneous operation, three Pakistani and three Nepali nationals were arrested in Kathmandu with Rs 7.6 crore in fake Indian currency notes (FICN) of Rs 2000 denomination. “Those arrested included FICN kingpin Yunus Ansari,” said a senior DRI official. Ansari is known to have links with India’s most wanted don Dawood Ibrahim and Pakistan intelligence agency ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence) and has been responsible for running FICN network from Nepal. He is also suspected to have links with proscribed Pakistani terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) that has been responsible for several bomb blasts in India. Son of a former Cabinet minister of Nepal Saleem Mia Ansari, Yunus was arrested twice earlier in 2010 and in 2014 based on DRI information for circulating FICN. “In the last few months, maritime route in the Indian Ocean has been exploited by the international organised narcotic smuggling syndicates for trafficking drugs. The other sensitive route has been India-Pakistan border in J&K where DRI had made seizure of heroin and arms and ammunition in a joint operation with Indian army last year,” a senior DRI official said.
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May - 25 
The Islamic Research Foundation (IRF), Mumbai-based charity trust promoted and controlled by Naik, “allegedly received funds in the form of donations and zakat (a form of alms giving in Islam) from domestic as well as overseas donors from countries l
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The Islamic Research Foundation (IRF), Mumbai-based charity trust promoted and controlled by Naik, “allegedly received funds in the form of donations and zakat (a form of alms giving in Islam) from domestic as well as overseas donors from countries like the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Malaysia among others” , reports Indian Express on May 26. According to the ED probe report, the IRF maintained various bank accounts in which funds from the donors were deposited. “These bank accounts are held with Citi Bank, DCB Bank Ltd and Union Bank of India,” it said. The agency said its probe found that the total quantum of funds received in the bank accounts of IRF, from 2003-04 to 2016-17, is to the tune of Rs 64.86 crore. “The donors remain unidentified as their names in the receipts are mentioned as ‘well-wishers’. As the donations are made by cash, only the names of the donors are mentioned on the receipts without disclosing their contact details, which raises suspicion of being bogus or sham entries,” the ED report said.
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May - 26 
Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) with face value aggregating Rs 7,00,000 have been seized in West Bengal's Malda District and one person has been arrested in this connection, police said on May 26, reports The Weekend Leader. Based on prior informat
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Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) with face value aggregating Rs 7,00,000 have been seized in West Bengal's Malda District and one person has been arrested in this connection, police said on May 26, reports The Weekend Leader. Based on prior information, a fake currency racket was busted in Enayetpur under the Manikchak Police Station, a spokesperson said. According to the official, a total of 350 fake notes of Rs 2,000 denomination each were seized from DilwarSk, 25, a resident of Malda's Churianantapur area.
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May - 27 
The Government on May 27 set up a tribunal for adjudicating whether or not there is sufficient reason to continue the ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a fortnight after it extended for five years the proscription of the terror, rep
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The Government on May 27 set up a tribunal for adjudicating whether or not there is sufficient reason to continue the ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a fortnight after it extended for five years the proscription of the terror, reports Business Standard. While extending the ban on the LTTE, the home ministry had said the group's continued violent and disruptive activities are prejudicial to the integrity and sovereignty of India and it continues to adopt a strong anti-India posture and also continues to pose a grave threat to the security of Indian nationals.
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May - 28 
India on May 28 issued an updated travel advisory for Sri Lanka, saying that the security situation was gradually returning to normal in the island nation but Indian nationals travelling there need to be careful and vigilant, reports The Hindu. “Secu
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India on May 28 issued an updated travel advisory for Sri Lanka, saying that the security situation was gradually returning to normal in the island nation but Indian nationals travelling there need to be careful and vigilant, reports The Hindu. “Security situation in Sri Lanka is gradually returning to normal with the lifting of curfew and restrictions on social media and the opening of schools. Indian nationals travelling to Sri Lanka are advised to be careful and vigilant,” an External Affairs Ministry release said.
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May - 28 
Indian Intelligence agencies have claimed that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has been targeting several retired Police officers and Indian Army veterans to instigate terror in Punjab, reports DNA. A report sent to the Union Home Minist
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Indian Intelligence agencies have claimed that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has been targeting several retired Police officers and Indian Army veterans to instigate terror in Punjab, reports DNA. A report sent to the Union Home Ministry, mentions a deeply classified plan titled 'Project Harvesting Canada' for this purpose. The report further claimed that a Khalistani terrorist living in Canada has been given the responsibility of 'Project Harvesting Canada'. According to an official in the Home Ministry, this report by the intelligence agencies is being taken very seriously.
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May - 29 
National Investigation Agency (NIA) Officials are in Colombo to probe two Islamic State (IS)-related cases, which could have possible links to the April 21 Easter terror attack that killed more than 250 people, reports The Hindu on May 29. A senior g
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National Investigation Agency (NIA) Officials are in Colombo to probe two Islamic State (IS)-related cases, which could have possible links to the April 21 Easter terror attack that killed more than 250 people, reports The Hindu on May 29. A senior government official said a two-member NIA team was in Sri Lanka in connection with the two IS-related cases, registered by the agency in 2015 and 2018. One of the cases was registered in October 2018 by NIA, which pertained to a “criminal conspiracy to kill some Hindu leaders of Coimbatore.” The FIR registered by NIA said, "a group of seven persons from different parts of Tamil Nadu formed a terrorist gang with allegiance to IS and had entered into a criminal conspiracy to kill some Hindu leaders of Coimbatore, thereby threatening the communal harmony besides the security and sovereignty of India." The other case was registered by NIA against an IS suspect Mohammad Naser in 2015.An IS suspect- Mohammad Naser deported from Sudan in 2015 was in online contact with one cyber entity Aadhil AX from Sri Lanka, who could be software engineer Aadhil Ameez, arrested last month in Colombo for providing technical and logistical support to the bombers in the Easter terror attack.
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May - 30 
A National Investigation Agency (NIA) team has busted an interstate Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) gang and arrested two people responsible for wide circulation of FICN in Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh (UP), at Gurugram in Haryana, reports NDTV
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A National Investigation Agency (NIA) team has busted an interstate Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) gang and arrested two people responsible for wide circulation of FICN in Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh (UP), at Gurugram in Haryana, reports NDTV on May 31. Based on a reliable input an operation was launched at Gurugram in Haryana resulting into the seizure of FICN with a face value of INR 1.20 crore. The FICN were all of the denomination of INR 2,000. The two people arrested are Kasim and Waseem, who belong to Mewat District of Haryana.
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May - 31 
Intelligence inputs suggest that Bangladeshi terrorist group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) have joined hands with the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) to expand the group’s activities in India, reports Hindustan Times. According to senior
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Intelligence inputs suggest that Bangladeshi terrorist group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) have joined hands with the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) to expand the group’s activities in India, reports Hindustan Times. According to senior home ministry officials, the JMB had plans to make permanent bases within 10 kilometres of the India-Bangladesh border (on the Indian side) in the Districts of West Bengal, Assam and Tripura.
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*Data till , March 28, 2024
Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.
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