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October - 1 
National Investigation Agency (NIA) and other security agencies are carrying out raids in various parts of West Bengal and Jharkhand, after the arrest of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) militant Tarikul Islam to get clues on October 2, 2014 Bar
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National Investigation Agency (NIA) and other security agencies are carrying out raids in various parts of West Bengal and Jharkhand, after the arrest of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) militant Tarikul Islam to get clues on October 2, 2014 Bardhaman (West Bengal) blast, The Times of India reports on October 1. Islam, who played an important role in running of JMB in Bangladesh and India, is believed to have given leads to NIA prompting the agency about presence of other members of the outfit, said sources. So far, some cards used in mobile phones and laptops to store data have been recovered at the instance of Islam who has since been taken on a transit remand to Kolkata, sources said.
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October - 1 
On October 1, acting on a tip-off, Police arrested three persons identified as, Sunil Dattoba Kamble alias Bhausaheb, Sachin Bhikaji Kadam and Mahesh Laxman Dhotre for circulating Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) and seized 491 fake notes of 100 rup
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On October 1, acting on a tip-off, Police arrested three persons identified as, Sunil Dattoba Kamble alias Bhausaheb, Sachin Bhikaji Kadam and Mahesh Laxman Dhotre for circulating Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) and seized 491 fake notes of 100 rupees denomination from them, reports Indian Express. They were arrested from Donje Phata area in the jurisdiction of Haveli Police Station in Pune. Police have also seized the car they used and also a colour printer used by them to take print-outs of real currency notes to make counterfeit ones. Police said the three operated in markets in rural areas and targeted older vendors who would find difficult to differentiate between original and fake notes.
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October - 1 
Principal District and Sessions Court Judge R. Poornima dismissed the bail plea of a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre Neelamegham alias Kadhir alias Vinayakam (29) on October 1, reports The Hindu. Opposing the bail petition, Police
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Principal District and Sessions Court Judge R. Poornima dismissed the bail plea of a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre Neelamegham alias Kadhir alias Vinayakam (29) on October 1, reports The Hindu. Opposing the bail petition, Police claimed that granting of bail to Neelamegham would hamper their investigation.
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Rubbishing Pakistan’s 4-point formula for peace, India on October 1, asserted that it is ready to discuss all issues if the neighbouring country addresses “just one” point of ending terrorism emanating from there as she proposed National Security Adv
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Rubbishing Pakistan’s 4-point formula for peace, India on October 1, asserted that it is ready to discuss all issues if the neighbouring country addresses “just one” point of ending terrorism emanating from there as she proposed National Security Advisor (NSA)-level talks to address the problem, reports Daily Excelsior. Addressing the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj referred to the perpetrators of 26/11 attacks who continue to roam freely in Pakistan and pressed the world community to ensure that countries which provide finances, safe havens and arms to terrorists “pay a heavy price”. A day after Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif raked up Kashmir, the Indian minister used the same forum to raise the issue of “illegal occupation of parts of the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir” by Pakistan and said terror attacks from there are engineered to legitimise it. She made it clear that terrorism emanating from Pakistan is hampering normalisation of bilateral relations as she underlined that “talks and terror cannot go together”. “Yesterday the Prime Minister of Pakistan proposed what he termed as a four-point new peace initiative. I would like to respond. We do not need four points, we need just one – give up terrorism and let us sit down and talk,” Swaraj said while addressing the 193-member body of UNGA.
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The account from which messages relating to Areeb Majeed one of the four youth who had joined the Islamic State (IS) were being posted has been traced to the Ansar-ul-Tawhid (AuT), oneindia.com reports on October 3. A handle@spamci17 had put out a se
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The account from which messages relating to Areeb Majeed one of the four youth who had joined the Islamic State (IS) were being posted has been traced to the Ansar-ul-Tawhid (AuT), oneindia.com reports on October 3. A handle@spamci17 had put out a series of tweets claiming that Areeb Majeed had returned to India only to carry out a suicide attack on a Police Station. Indian Intelligence Bureau (IB) officials say that the account was being handled by a member of the Ansar-ul-Tawhid or the erstwhile Indian Mujahideen. According to IB report, AUT was started a year ago by Sultan Armar. However with conflicting reports of his death being posted on the IS media, the outfit is said to be handled now by brother Shafi Armar. There has been a pause in the recruitment process from India and hence messages on social media accounts are being posted to give a brighter side to the IS. The account from which the Areeb Majeed messages were tweeted has now been taken down. Intelligence Agencies say that it is the same person who continues to tweet under different handles. He has tweeted similar material in the past as well and the account has been taken down. With the IS's social media team, it is always a catch and mouse game. There are nearly 45,000 accounts sympathetic to the IS that are being run on the social media. Around 200 are related to India. These accounts disappear and then resurface. There is a need to constantly monitor these accounts. These accounts post propaganda material and also suggest routes and means on how to reach the IS camps, the officer also adds.
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Three persons, identified as Shaikdar Abdulla alias Motu Shopan Mandal, Mohammad Shobug Motur Khan and Najmul Hasan Ahad Ali Shaikh near railway station in Thane on October 3 along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) with a face value of INR 406, r
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Three persons, identified as Shaikdar Abdulla alias Motu Shopan Mandal, Mohammad Shobug Motur Khan and Najmul Hasan Ahad Ali Shaikh near railway station in Thane on October 3 along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) with a face value of INR 406, reports The Times of India. "Shaikdhar had a Bangladeshi passport. A couple of days ago, he had moved into the city with the name of Motu Shopan Mandal along with the other two accused in a room at Mumbra near," said a senior Police Officer. Interrogation revealed that Shaikhdhar had also procured Pan card and Aadhaar card under the name of Mandal. "We are trying to find out the other links of the accused if any as there could be many more persons living like them," said the officer. A case has been registered at Thane Nagar Police Station under 489 (b) (c) of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and relevant sections of Indian Passport Act.
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According to Intelligence Bureau (IB) report, Islamic State (IS) has put up posters in West Bengal Districts of Murshidabad and Nadia bordering Bangladesh, in a bid to attract people, New Indian Express reports on October 4. The cyber cell of the IB
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According to Intelligence Bureau (IB) report, Islamic State (IS) has put up posters in West Bengal Districts of Murshidabad and Nadia bordering Bangladesh, in a bid to attract people, New Indian Express reports on October 4. The cyber cell of the IB has conducted a national survey to mark the areas from where the IS is trying to recruit youths. Among the five top states are Jammu and Kashmir, West Bengal, Assam, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh. Apart from bordering Districts, even Howrah in West Bengal figures on the list. The survey found that many, including women aged between 16 and 30, are showing interest in IS related activities on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. In September, where officials of the National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) were present, the Police Chiefs were directed to form special teams to keep a watch on websites that are allegedly trying to recruit for the IS. They were also told to seek help of Muslim religious leaders to preach against the hatred and violence preached by the IS. An NTRO official said the scenario in West Bengal was particularly “disturbing as several youths were preaching and recruiting for the IS from the state by using the Internet”.
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October - 4 
Smuggler Mir Hussain (30), who was arrested on October 4, along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) with face value of INR 911,000 by Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) from Howrah-Kurla Express train in Nagpur (Maharashtra), was part of Pakistan's Inter-S
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Smuggler Mir Hussain (30), who was arrested on October 4, along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) with face value of INR 911,000 by Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) from Howrah-Kurla Express train in Nagpur (Maharashtra), was part of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) network spread in India. Official sources said that the incident came to light during interrogation of the accused. The ATS officials had recovered PAN cards and railway tickets from the accused who was found to be connected to ISI's network in India. The arrested accused has been remanded to the custody till October 13, 2015.
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The Border Security Force (BSF) seized Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) and around 20 kilogram silver on Indo-Bangladesh border on October 4, reports kolkatapost.com. According to the reports, the face value of FICN was set INR 500,000 by the offic
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The Border Security Force (BSF) seized Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) and around 20 kilogram silver on Indo-Bangladesh border on October 4, reports kolkatapost.com. According to the reports, the face value of FICN was set INR 500,000 by the officials. A BSF release said that the fake notes and silver were being smuggled into India at the Sukhdevpur border outpost in Malda District of West Bengal. The smugglers ran away as they were challenged by the officials.
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India and Germany on October 5, agreed to intensify their cooperation in countering terrorism in all its forms, including recruitment, financing, propaganda, training and movement of terrorists, reports The Times of India. The two countries signed a
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India and Germany on October 5, agreed to intensify their cooperation in countering terrorism in all its forms, including recruitment, financing, propaganda, training and movement of terrorists, reports The Times of India. The two countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on security cooperation during the visit of German Chancellor Angela Merkel to India. The MoU was signed by Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju and German Parliamentary State Secretary at the Ministry of Interior Gunter Krings. According to an official release, "The MoU proposes to intensify cooperation in countering terrorism in all its forms, including recruitment, financing, terrorist propaganda, training and terrorist movements, countering organised crime, preventing and combating unlawful production/extraction of any narcotic and psychotropic substances". The MoU also covers border protection, aviation security, cyber crime, illegal migration and counterfeit currency. During his interaction with Krings, Rijiju is said to have pointed out that the 'Khalistan' flag and photographs of terrorists bearing weapons were openly displayed in many Sikh shrines in Germany to "incite hatred and anger against India". While recalling that the Annual Report on Protection of Constitution published in June 2015 had made a specific reference to "extremist Sikhs" in the list of extremist organisations of foreigners in Germany, Rijiju said Indo-German "collaboration" against Sikh radicals needs to be effective at all stages starting from recruitment to training, funding, propaganda and movement of terrorist elements. The Indian security agencies have compiled an elaborate document on how Germany has become a meeting point of Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) and other terrorist groups of late. There have been massive Germany-based recruitments in BKI in recent months, agencies have been informed. As per the document, BKI modules have been under immense pressure from Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) to attack Indian establishments. The latter has even asked BKI to coordinate with outfits like Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). As per an intelligence communique circulated among agencies a few months ago, BKI's Pakistan-based commander Wadhwa Singh and his counterpart from LeT held a number of meetings in Choburjee, Lahore. They have been trying to orchestrate a "synchronized attack" on Punjab and Delhi, sources said. The communique further said Wadhwa Singh and LeT 'commander' Tufaili Nayat Mir had visited Germany and Canada a number of times to meet BKI operatives lying low there. "There have been sustained efforts by Wadhwa Singh, Pakistan-based chief of BKI and others based abroad to rejuvenate the organization. Singh has been able to raise human bombs to be used at an opportune moment. Large quantities of arms, ammunitions and explosive are being smuggled from across the border in the Jammu region and delivered to BKI cadres in Delhi-Punjab regions using Trans-border smugglers," the note prepared a few months ago said.
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Indian agencies seem to discount the possibility of Islamic State's (IS) involvement in the recent killings of an Italian and a Japanese national in Bangladesh, The Times of India reports on October 6. They have instead sought to blame Jamaat-e-Islam
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Indian agencies seem to discount the possibility of Islamic State's (IS) involvement in the recent killings of an Italian and a Japanese national in Bangladesh, The Times of India reports on October 6. They have instead sought to blame Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) rebels and see the murderous attacks as a ploy to draw attention of the Western nations to "targeting of their top leaders for 1971 war crimes without proper trial as required by an international war tribunal". "The hanging of some top Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) leaders may be due in the near future; one of the most prominent leaders on the death row is Motiur Rahman Nizami, whose appeal is now being heard by the Supreme Court," a senior officer of the Indian establishment pointed out. "The attacks on foreigners seem to aimed at drawing the immediate attention of the West. Also, given that IS generates the widest interest across the globe, JeI may be projecting attacks by extremists linked to it as those executed by IS. This attracts immediate condemnation by the western world and may further JeI's intention to project the Hasina government as ineffective in managing the security situation," said the officer. Agencies feel the Bangladesh killings do not bear the IS hallmark. Beheading victims and videographing the brutal murders is a known modus operandi of IS and the killings in Bangladesh were both shooting incidents. Though Bangladesh has rounded up some suspects, no evidence of their links with IS has been found so far. "Those detained may not be the real perpetrators, but investigations are on to identify them...but until now, there is nothing beyond a claim to establish any IS link," said an official following the events in Bangladesh.
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October - 5 
Nagpur unit of Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on person identified as Mir Anwarul (30) hailing from Malda District in West Bengal along with FICN with face value of INR 900,000, Asian Age reports on October 6. “The currency is of very high qu
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Nagpur unit of Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on person identified as Mir Anwarul (30) hailing from Malda District in West Bengal along with FICN with face value of INR 900,000, Asian Age reports on October 6. “The currency is of very high quality,” said an ATS source. The ATS strongly suspect it was smuggled into the country from across the border from Bangladesh. An ATS source said, “Rs 9 lakh is a big amount. He could not have circulated such a huge amount by himself. We suspect there are foot soldiers below him to whom he wanted to circulate this money after getting a cut. They would have further distributed it in busy market places.” He has been booked under the relevant sections of the IPC and will be produced before a magistrate’s court where the Nagpur ATS will seek his custody for further investigations.
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October - 6 
The Indian Navy commissioned Indian Naval Ship (INS) Astradharini. The vessel will be used to carry out technical trials of underwater weapons and systems developed by Naval Science and Technological Laboratory (NSTL). Astradharini is a replacement
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The Indian Navy commissioned Indian Naval Ship (INS) Astradharini. The vessel will be used to carry out technical trials of underwater weapons and systems developed by Naval Science and Technological Laboratory (NSTL). Astradharini is a replacement vessel of the erstwhile Astravahini.
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October - 6 
The multi-crore narcotic, gold and hawala (illegal money transaction) rackets operating in Kerala, particularly in Aluva of Ernakulam District, with national and international connections will likely come under the scanner of the National Investigati
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The multi-crore narcotic, gold and hawala (illegal money transaction) rackets operating in Kerala, particularly in Aluva of Ernakulam District, with national and international connections will likely come under the scanner of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), New Indian Express reports on October 6. NIA officials on October 5 interrogated Aluva based narcotic operator Ibrahim, who was arrested by the Excise Enforcement and Anti-narcotic Squad the other day in connection with brown sugar haul. According to the Excise Enforcement and Anti-narcotic Squad, the narco racket led by Ibrahim was instrumental in smuggling brown sugar consignments to the Middle East, especially Kuwait, on several occasion. “Aluva-native Basheer, who has been in Kuwait for the last 25 years, was handling the Kerala operations of the racket. Members of the racket allegedly sourced contrabands from different parts of the country, especially Jammu and Kashmir, on Basheer’s instructions. It was Basheer who handled the financial dealings of the racket also, operating from abroad,” said Excise officials. During interrogation, Ibrahim admitted to having received payments in proxy accounts for handling the racket in the State. It was found that the INR 400,000 received in the account of Ibrahim’s wife recently was for the last consignment he had handled. The top-layer of the racket is well-knit. Ibrahim had surrendered before the officials with a cooked-up story. The gang also allegedly smuggled large quantities of gold into the State through airports in South India on several occasions, and made payments through hawala.
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October - 7 
The United States (US) said that a strong relationship between Pakistan and India is “absolutely critical” to achieving peace and stability in South Asia. At a daily news briefing, a spokesperson for the US State Department, Mark Toner, also stresse
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The United States (US) said that a strong relationship between Pakistan and India is “absolutely critical” to achieving peace and stability in South Asia. At a daily news briefing, a spokesperson for the US State Department, Mark Toner, also stressed the need for India and Pakistan to work together to defeat terrorists. “We want to see better, stronger, closer counter-terrorism cooperation not only between the US and India but of all the countries in the region, including Pakistan,” he said. “We all need to be on our guard. We all need to be vigilant. We all need to cooperate and share information and intelligence where we can … to prevent future attacks,” he said.
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October - 8 
Mumbai Police on October 8, filed an application in the sessions court seeking issuance of a letter of request against Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist David Coleman Headley, reports Pune Mirror. They want Headley to be produced through video conferen
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Mumbai Police on October 8, filed an application in the sessions court seeking issuance of a letter of request against Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist David Coleman Headley, reports Pune Mirror. They want Headley to be produced through video conference, from the US, in the 26/11 (November 26, 2008) terror attack case. The court is trying, LeT operative and key plotter of 26/11 terror strikes, Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal for his alleged role in case. "This court may kindly issue a letter of request to the US district court of Illinois to produce Headley before this court on the next date through video conferencing," said the application moved by the Mumbai Police. The request further states that Headley deserves to be tried by this (Mumbai) court together with Jundal as both of them are conspirators and abettors behind the 26/11 terror attack. "The offences with which Headley is likely to be charged by this court are distinct and separate than the offences with which he had been charged and punished in USA", the application added. In the application, the Mumbai Police said that from the judgment passed by the US court against Headley, serving 35 years for his role in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, it was clear that he was a member of LeT and had played an active role in the terror attack.
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October - 8 
Security has been increased at Somnath Temple in Gujarat following a terror threat to blow up the temple . According to the security agencies, the letter is written in Gujarati language and has been sent from Vadodara. The sender, claiming to be from
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Security has been increased at Somnath Temple in Gujarat following a terror threat to blow up the temple . According to the security agencies, the letter is written in Gujarati language and has been sent from Vadodara. The sender, claiming to be from 'Indian Mujahideen', has threatened to explode the temple with a bomb. Following the threatening, the security agencies have been put on high alert and an investigation is on to trace the sender of the letter. Indian Coast Guard have also been alerted about the threat to the temple, which is located on the sea shore.
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October - 8 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has asked the US to examine two sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for which 26/11 (November 26, 2008) accused David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana have been charge-sheeted here but were not cov
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has asked the US to examine two sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for which 26/11 (November 26, 2008) accused David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana have been charge-sheeted here but were not covered by US law during trial there. If the US Department of Justice (DoJ) is convinced, it could lead to NIA getting the custody of at least Rana. During a recent videoconferencing with DoJ, NIA cited Section 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating) and Section 471 (using a genuine a forged document) of the IPC where there is no 'double jeopardy'. Double jeopardy is legal parlance for a law that prevents punishing of a criminal twice for the same offence. According to officials, DoJ raised the issue of double jeopardy. "We have supplied the legal opinion to the DoJ in consultation with international law experts. The same is under examination by US authorities," said a top NIA investigator said, adding that NIA was hopeful of getting at least the custody of Rana.
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October - 9 
Legislators of the 11 mountain states of India-- Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand -- will come under one banner to look into multiple issues rel
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Legislators of the 11 mountain states of India-- Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand -- will come under one banner to look into multiple issues related to the mountains and the people living there, it was decided on October 9,
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October - 9 
On October 9, Ramanathapuram District ‘D-team’ constituted exclusively to deal with drug traffickers and maintain surveillance on former offenders neutralised a new drug trafficking network after arresting two accused, as Maiazhagu and Samidurai, rep
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On October 9, Ramanathapuram District ‘D-team’ constituted exclusively to deal with drug traffickers and maintain surveillance on former offenders neutralised a new drug trafficking network after arresting two accused, as Maiazhagu and Samidurai, reports The Hindu. It has also launched a hunt for three others, including two persons from Kerala.The local smugglers, who were so far dependent on ‘sources’ in Sri Lanka for carrying out smuggling activities, appeared to have established their own network as Bakiaraj from Danushkodi, an important link in the network, had gone to Sri Lanka to receive the contraband, Superintendent of Police N.M. Mylvahanan has said.
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October - 9 
State-sponsored cross-border terrorism is of particular concern, India has told the United Nations (UN) on October 8 as it called upon the world community to have zero tolerance towards those who aid and abet terrorist acts and provide safe havens to
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State-sponsored cross-border terrorism is of particular concern, India has told the United Nations (UN) on October 8 as it called upon the world community to have zero tolerance towards those who aid and abet terrorist acts and provide safe havens to their perpetrators, in a veiled attack on Pakistan, reports NDTV. "Terrorism has emerged as the most serious scourge of our times and endangers international peace, security and prosperity," First Secretary in the Indian Mission to the UN Mayank Joshi said at a session titled 'Crime Prevention and International Drug Control' at the Third Committee. He also noted that "state-sponsored cross-border terrorism is of particular concern to India". Joshi said the international community must have a policy of zero tolerance towards terrorism and "towards those who aid and abet terrorist acts and provide safe havens to their perpetrators". "Any country that allows the perpetrators of dastardly terrorist acts against innocent people, poses a serious threat to all nations," Joshi added. "Increasing threats of cybercrime have the potential of being even more lethal than conventional wars and calls for national capacity building, technical assistance and global cooperation and response. "Use of advanced information technology by terrorists has to be met with a global response," he said. Joshi underscored that the need of the hour is not to dilute the Drug Conventions, but to strengthen their implementation in their spirit and address the drug problem on the basis of principle of common and shared responsibility. He pointed out that India is in the process of finalising its first national policy for drug demand reduction. The government has also established a monitoring committee to bring the New Psychoactive Substances (NPS), which now number over 540, and synthetic drugs, under control. India is also moving towards an 'Online regulatory regime' aimed to better serve the victims of drug abuse and patients in need of relief, he said.
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October - 9 
The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Gujarat arrested Umesh Rathod 25, along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) with INR 52,25,000 face-value from Gundlav crossroads on Valsad District. ATS Superintendant of Police (SP) Himanshu Shukla, said while
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The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Gujarat arrested Umesh Rathod 25, along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) with INR 52,25,000 face-value from Gundlav crossroads on Valsad District. ATS Superintendant of Police (SP) Himanshu Shukla, said while Umesh was arrested from the spot a person named Rakesh alias Kabootar managed to give Police a slip. During primary interrogation of the accused it came to light that Vishal, also a resident of Valsad, had asked Umesh and Rakesh to reach Gundlav crossroads to deliver the notes. Shukla added that the notes appear to be printed locally and were not of good quality.
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October - 9 
Union Home Minister (UHM) Rajnath Singh , said problems created by Pakistan were coming in the way of improving bilateral relations though India has been asserting that “our hearts should meet”. The Home Minister said it was an irony that from time t
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Union Home Minister (UHM) Rajnath Singh , said problems created by Pakistan were coming in the way of improving bilateral relations though India has been asserting that “our hearts should meet”. The Home Minister said it was an irony that from time to time Pakistan created problems. “I am not leveling a direct allegation, but may be in a bid to distract attention of its people from internal problems, some other persons are doing such acts (terror),” he said. “But the problems persist,” he said during felicitation function of senior citizens on the occasion of 75th birth anniversary of veteran leader D P Bora in Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh
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October - 10 
A 28-year-old youth from Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh, who went to Syria about six months back to join the Islamic State (IS), recently called his family from Raqqa (Syria) and asked his parents to help him come back home, The Times of India reports on
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A 28-year-old youth from Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh, who went to Syria about six months back to join the Islamic State (IS), recently called his family from Raqqa (Syria) and asked his parents to help him come back home, The Times of India reports on October 10. The IS recruit is said to be scared of dying in air strikes and has been frantically calling his family members to facilitate his return to India. "He is also frustrated with the activities of IS and desperately wants to come back," said an intelligence officer. The youth was recruited by IS and sent to Syria about six months back via Turkey by a Dubai-based operative of the militant outfit. However, his family didn't know about his whereabouts for the past six months and approached the security agencies after receiving his call. The intelligence agencies are making efforts to bring him back. In Lucknow, Additional Director General of Police (ADG) (law and order) Daljit Singh Chowdhury said the state police is coordinating with intelligence agencies in Delhi. "Only on Saturday I would be able to divulge name of the youth and other details," said Chowdhury. The Dubai-based IS operative had found the Azamgarh youth surfing about the militant outfit. Later the Class XII passout, son an artisan, decided to go to Syria. He arranged money for his flight to Turkey from where he went to Syria. Officials said the Azamgarh youth is the 20th Indian so far to have travelled to Iraq and Syria after being radicalised.
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October - 10 
An alleged terror sympathiser Rehmath has been arrested by the Special Cell of Delhi Police, IBNLive reports on October 10. The suspect is believed to have links to terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM).The suspect was allege
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An alleged terror sympathiser Rehmath has been arrested by the Special Cell of Delhi Police, IBNLive reports on October 10. The suspect is believed to have links to terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM).The suspect was allegedly influenced by terror propaganda found on the internet related to Islamic State (IS). He has been booked under the Arms Act. Raids are also being held in Hyderabad to look for the suspect's associates.
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October - 10 
This was for the first time during past 10 days that not even a single bullet or shell was fired by Pakistan Army on the International Border (IB) from October 9 night during past 10 days, reported Daily Excelsior on October 10. The Line of Control (
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This was for the first time during past 10 days that not even a single bullet or shell was fired by Pakistan Army on the International Border (IB) from October 9 night during past 10 days, reported Daily Excelsior on October 10. The Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch District was also calm for past three nights. During past 10 days of shelling along the IB and LoC, eight civilians including five women have been killed and nearly 100 including Army and Border Security Force (BSF) personnel were injured while there was huge loss of property including houses, shops, cattle sheds and other structures.
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October - 12 
Indian and Chinese armies on October 12 (today) started off their fifth annual anti-terrorism exercise in China's Kunming city as both the sides seek to share their successful experiences in counter-terrorism operations during the 10-day drill. Both
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Indian and Chinese armies on October 12 (today) started off their fifth annual anti-terrorism exercise in China's Kunming city as both the sides seek to share their successful experiences in counter-terrorism operations during the 10-day drill. Both sides are fielding the same number of troops for the joint exercises, which will culminate on October 22. Troops from 14 Corps of China's Chengdu Military Region, which focuses on borders with India are taking in the exercise. Troops of both sides will undergo intensive joint training, which will include displays, demonstrations, and a comprehensive joint exercise. The purpose of the exercise is to develop joint operating capability, share useful experience in counter-terrorism operations and to promote friendly exchanges between the armies of India and China, the press release said. The first drill was held in southwest China's Yunnan Province in 2007, followed by drills in Belgaum in Karnataka in 2008. The third round was held in southwest China's Sichuan in 2013, followed by fourth in Pune in 2014.
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October - 12 
The Bombay High Court (HC) on October 12 granted bail to Aslam Shabbir Shaikh alias Bunty Jahagirdar, one of the prime accused in the case of the low-intensity serial blasts on Jangli Maharaj (JM) Road of Pune (Maharashtra) in August 1, 2012. However
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The Bombay High Court (HC) on October 12 granted bail to Aslam Shabbir Shaikh alias Bunty Jahagirdar, one of the prime accused in the case of the low-intensity serial blasts on Jangli Maharaj (JM) Road of Pune (Maharashtra) in August 1, 2012. However, while granting bail, the bench imposed several restrictions, asking Shaikh to co-operate with the investigating agency. He was also asked to not leave the country till the case is disposed of. Surprisingly, the special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court had rejected Shaikh's bail plea last month but, despite major opposition from Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS), he has managed to get bail now. Going against ATS, the bench of Justice Revati Mohite-Dhere observed that there was no direct role of the accused in the blast or planting explosives on the road; his role was restricted to the supply of arms, weapons and cartridges to some other accused. Passing strictures against ATS, the judge also said that Jahagirdar should have been implicated separately under the Arms Act, which the agency failed to do. The court also considered the argument of the defence lawyer that Jahagirdar has been behind bars since January 2013 and has the right to get bail as per provisions of the law.
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October - 12 
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on October 12 approved the release of Khalistani militant Waryam Singh, who is lodged in a Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh, UP) jail since 1990. Sources said that Rajnath Singh signed the file for Waryam Singh's release on "
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Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on October 12 approved the release of Khalistani militant Waryam Singh, who is lodged in a Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh, UP) jail since 1990. Sources said that Rajnath Singh signed the file for Waryam Singh's release on "humanitarian grounds" as the convict is very old now and his family is living in poverty. UP Government had given a report to Union Ministry of Home Affairs favouring the Singh's release on the grounds that his conduct has been very good for the past 24 years and he has never availed the parole. Waryam Singh, who hails from UP’s Shahjahanpur District, was convicted by a court in Pilibhit for criminal conspiracy and TADA sections. He was arrested by UP police in 1990.
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October - 12 
With reports of five Pakistani terrorists entering India, the Centre has asked all states to be extra vigilant against any attempt by terrorists to disrupt peace and communal tension by subversive elements during the upcoming festival season. Acting
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With reports of five Pakistani terrorists entering India, the Centre has asked all states to be extra vigilant against any attempt by terrorists to disrupt peace and communal tension by subversive elements during the upcoming festival season. Acting on intelligence inputs, the Home Ministry has issued a country-wide advisory asking all states to deploy additional forces in crowded places like markets, railway stations, bus terminus and religious sites to foil any attempt by terrorists to carry out any attack. The advisory was issued after intelligence inputs suggested that five Pakistani terrorists have entered India in recent past, official sources said. The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) particularly told Police Forces of major cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad to be extra vigilant during the upcoming festival of Navratri, Durga Puja, Dussehra and Moharram, beginning tomorrow (October 13).
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October - 13 
India has now managed to get list of Dawood Ibrahim's assets in the United Kingdom (UK) which is worth around INR 10 billion, oneindia.com reports on October 14. India has been in talks with the agencies in the United Kingdom regarding the properties
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India has now managed to get list of Dawood Ibrahim's assets in the United Kingdom (UK) which is worth around INR 10 billion, oneindia.com reports on October 14. India has been in talks with the agencies in the United Kingdom regarding the properties of Dawood Ibrahim. The entire empire of Dawood in the UK was set up by his close aide Iqbal Mirchi prior to his death in 2013. Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials probing the case informed that the probe in the UK has been on for sometime now and there are several leads that they have gathered. In all we have managed to trace 50 properties belonging to the D gang worldwide out of which there are around 10 in the UK alone estimated at around INR 10 billion. Moreover, ED is hoping to seize all the properties that have been listed in the names of the D gang in the UK. When Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits the UK, he will raise this issue and also hand over the dossier prepared in this regard. The PM is expected to visit the UK in November. The ED hopes that with the help of the authorities in the UK, the properties would be seized and handed over to the Indian authorities. The global assets of Dawood is estimated to be at around INR 3 billion. He has investments in Morocco, Spain, United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Thailand, Cyprus, Turkey, India, Pakistan and the United Kingdom. The probe in India is primarily focused in Mumbai (Maharashtra) as the D gang has a majority of its assets in this city. Details of the properties and the transactions are being gathered. Some of the transactions made through the banks are also under the scanner and the ED has sought the assistance of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for the same. There are around 20 different bank accounts under the scanner and transactions carried out by 30 firms to help the D network is also being analysed by the ED.
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October - 13 
National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials tracked down the origin of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) in Dubai, being pumped into the country via Bangladesh. Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has been able to set up a production unit o
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National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials tracked down the origin of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) in Dubai, being pumped into the country via Bangladesh. Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has been able to set up a production unit of FICN in Dubai. The fake currency notes are being smuggled into India via Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, NIA sources have revealed. The ISI had been running the fake currency racket from Karachi (Pakistan) previously. It changed it's strategy due to growing international pressure, and are now using citizens of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka for such activities.
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October - 14 
An intercept shared by Intelligence Bureau (IB) and other intelligence agencies with Uttar Pradesh Police says that terror groups are trying to activate sleeper cells in various cities to launch bomb attacks in the wake of the recent Dadri lynching a
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An intercept shared by Intelligence Bureau (IB) and other intelligence agencies with Uttar Pradesh Police says that terror groups are trying to activate sleeper cells in various cities to launch bomb attacks in the wake of the recent Dadri lynching and Mainpuri-like instances of violence, The Times of India reports on October 15. In the intercept, two men are found exchanging details about sleeper cells in Uttar Pradesh and are continuously referring to a man based in Allahabad who is known to provide assistance to people associated with terror groups. During the conversation, one man assures the other that "a few women cops honey-trapped by the outfits' men will also provide assistance" in their mission. Several communally-sensitive locations across the state, including Kashi Vishwanath temple and Ramlala temple in Ayodhya, feature as targets in the intercept. Police across the state have been put on a high alert following the 5-page intercept, which also contains a list of targets, including top Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leaders Ashok Singhal and Pravin Togadia. Senior Superintendent of Police for Government Railway Police Gopeshnath Khanna stated on October 15, "Having failed to execute their deadly assault in Gurdaspur in July, the terror outfits may now take advantage of the recent Dadri lynching incident to create disturbance during festival time as well as the ongoing panchayat polls. We are on high alert." According to sources, two men have been detained by intelligence agencies and are being questioned by military and IB personnel in Allahabad. "During interrogation, the accused have disclosed their plans to attack UP Vidhan Sabha, Allahabad High Court, Kanpur railway station and residential colonies for former military personnel in Allahabad," a source claimed.
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October - 14 
Indian President Pranab Mukherjee on October 14 said that India was "disturbed" by the continuing violence in the region rocked by Israel-Palestinian clashes and that it condemned all forms of terrorism, reports The Times of India. He also said that
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Indian President Pranab Mukherjee on October 14 said that India was "disturbed" by the continuing violence in the region rocked by Israel-Palestinian clashes and that it condemned all forms of terrorism, reports The Times of India. He also said that India has always "sought a peaceful resolution of disputes". "We are disturbed at the recent violence. India condemns all forms of terrorism. We have always sought a peaceful resolution of disputes," he said in his remarks.
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October - 14 
Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has blocked a website, Isdarat.in that was allegedly propagating jihadi content and urging Indians to join the Islamic State (IS), Indian Express reports on October 14. The crackdown followed the agency scouting
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Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has blocked a website, Isdarat.in that was allegedly propagating jihadi content and urging Indians to join the Islamic State (IS), Indian Express reports on October 14. The crackdown followed the agency scouting for internet content aimed at inciting Indians to either take up arms in West Asia or commit acts of terror in India. Isdarat.in was blocked around a fortnight ago after sleuths from the state counter-terrorism agency stumbled upon the website that used Arabic language for posting IS-related content. “During a routine scan, we came across this website, and as the content was posted in Arabic, we roped in an expert who helped us translate the material. Finding the content highly offensive, we wrote to the Centre, following which it was blocked,” an official said. Isdarat in Arabic means ‘to spread’ or ‘publish’. The website mainly posted reports on current activities in Iraq related to Indian nationals who have joined the outfit. It referred to IS jihadists as ‘martyrs’ and urged the Indian youth to join ‘the holy war’ that the outfit is currently fighting under the Caliphate. It also posted pictures of various Indians, including the four Kalyan youth-Ariz Khan alias Junaid, Mohammad Khalid, Mirza Shadaab Baig and Mohammad Sajid alias Bada Sajid-who are believed to have joined the IS recently and have entered Syria through Afghanistan to participate in the war. In the last three months alone, the agency has deleted around 1,000 posts from various social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter and various messenger services that were allegedly used by ‘IS sympathisers’ for propaganda. According to sources, the Internet Protocol address of the website was tracked to Indonesia but it is suspected to have been created using a proxy server. “We do not think that it originated in Indonesia and might have been floated using a proxy server. This means that finding the origin of the website becomes next to impossible,” the official said. One of the challenges Police face in taming the digital space is the failure to locate the culprits as most of them use proxy servers. “Many of these posts do not originate from India. It is a mammoth task to locate the miscreants, as we have to send out letters to the websites or the social networking platforms which consumes a lot of time,” Police sources explained. The ATS decided to finally ban the website after it found many Indians active on the website. “We monitored the comments page and found that day by day the number of Indian youths commenting on their website was increasing. This is alarming in nature and therefore we decided to ban it,” the official further said.
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October - 14 
The Border Security Force (BSF) on October 14 (today) seized Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) with face value of nearly INR 12,92,000 in Sasani border outpost of Malda District in West Bengal.The troopers seized fake currency wrapped in a plastic ba
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The Border Security Force (BSF) on October 14 (today) seized Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) with face value of nearly INR 12,92,000 in Sasani border outpost of Malda District in West Bengal.The troopers seized fake currency wrapped in a plastic bag and thrown from across the Bangladesh border. "The fake notes in a plastic bag were thrown across the fence into the Indian side. A BSF team challenged some miscreants who tried to pick up the packet. But they fled taking advantage of foggy weather," said a BSF officer.
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October - 14 
The Odisha Government on October 13 sounded high alert in all Districts on possible terror strikes during upcoming festive season, according to The Times of India. On October 14 (today), the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) issued advisory to al
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The Odisha Government on October 13 sounded high alert in all Districts on possible terror strikes during upcoming festive season, according to The Times of India. On October 14 (today), the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) issued advisory to all states. "Though there is no specific threat to Odisha, we have asked the police in all districts to remain on toe to thwart any untoward incident. The commissionerate of police in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack and SPs in Balasore and Puri have been asked to remain extra vigilant," said a senior officer in home department. Quoting the UMHA letter, the officer said: "Some terrorists belonging to SIMI and Lashkar-e-Toiba have reportedly entered India and are planning to disrupt peace and cause communal tension during Navratri, Durga Puja and Muharram." Police have been asked to fortify Jagannath Temple in Puri and Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), in Balasore. In Puri Police intensified checking and frisking at the four entrances of the shrine. Seaside hotels have been asked to keep a strict watch on suspicious guests. In Bhubaneswar, the commissionerate of police asked the inspectors-in-charge of police stations, mostly Capital, Kharavel Nagar, Nayapalli, Chandrasekharpur and Khandagiri, to check hotels. Night blocking and checking of vehicles started from October 12.
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October - 14 
The special National Investigating Agency (NIA) court in Mumbai (Maharashtra), while rejecting the bail application of Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit and two other accused in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blasts case, observed that they could again engage
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The special National Investigating Agency (NIA) court in Mumbai (Maharashtra), while rejecting the bail application of Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit and two other accused in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blasts case, observed that they could again engage in similar activities, Asian Age reports on October 15. After hearing arguments of the applicants’ advocates, Special Public Prosecutor and Intervener, Special NIA Judge S.D. Tekale, in his order observed, “There is reasonable apprehension that after release on bail, again applicants will engage in activities for implementing their ideology (of turning India into a Hindu Rashtra called Aryavart) with the same mindset.” “Moreover, most of the witnesses are closely acquainted with applicants. It appears that some of them had participated in the meeting but as they had a different opinion on the applicants’ extreme attitude towards Muslim community and their talks about causing bomb blasts to take revenge, they left the organisation. There is some substance in the submission of special public prosecutor Avinash Rasal that if applicants are released on bail, there is every chance of tampering with prosecution witnesses,” the Judge said.
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October - 15 
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) decided to increase security on the Indo-Nepal border after intelligence agencies warned of increased activities by jihadi elements and smugglers of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN), narcotics and human traff
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The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) decided to increase security on the Indo-Nepal border after intelligence agencies warned of increased activities by jihadi elements and smugglers of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN), narcotics and human traffickers as the Himalayan nation grapples with internal crisis, The Times of India reports on October 16. Sources said multi-layer security rings will be set up within 15 km from the border areas in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim. Officials said security infrastructure and intelligence network along the border would be enhanced in the next six months. The home ministry has been repeatedly getting inputs on anti-India activities like movement of Jehadi elements and smuggling of fake Indian currency notes and narcotics along the Nepal border. Of the 1,751 km long border, 263 km is in Uttarakhand, 560 km in Uttar Pradesh, 729 km in Bihar, 100 km in West Bengal and 99 km in Sikkim.
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October - 16 
An associate of the arrested alleged Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) operative Mohammed Nasir, identified as Alim Ul Islam Mandal was arrested on October 15 by Central Crime Station (CCS) officials when he came to meet Nasir at Cherlapally jail in H
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An associate of the arrested alleged Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) operative Mohammed Nasir, identified as Alim Ul Islam Mandal was arrested on October 15 by Central Crime Station (CCS) officials when he came to meet Nasir at Cherlapally jail in Hyderabad, Telangana, reports The Times of India. Police said that two were planning to start a madrasa to impart jihadi training. CCS officials said that Alim Ul Islam Mandal hails from Baltha village in Dakshin Dinajpur District of West Bengal."In the interrogation report Nasir earlier stated that he along with Alim Ul Islam Mandal and another person had conspired to construct amadrasa to impart jihadi training. Alim Ul Islam then came to Hyderabad to meet Nasir for charting out further plans for their unlawful activities," Additional Commissioner of Police (ACP) (crimes) Swati Lakra said. It was on August 14, city police arrested four people including Pakistani national Nasir and a Myanmar national for illegally residing in the city using fake documents. Nasir was found to be in touch with Indian Mujahideen (IM) outfit and he helped one Dilsukhnagar blast accused in crossing over to Bangladesh.
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October - 16 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has decided to set free two persons accused of attending a terror training camp in Kerala for launching a series of attacks across India, reports Khaleej Times on October 17. NIA sought the sanction of Union Mi
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has decided to set free two persons accused of attending a terror training camp in Kerala for launching a series of attacks across India, reports Khaleej Times on October 17. NIA sought the sanction of Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) for dropping charges against Abu Saad and Shah Alam, residents of Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh. They were accused of attending the training camp organised by leaders of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) at Wagamon in Kerala in 2007. The two were named by multiple investigating agencies for being part of various terror attacks in the country from 2008 to 2011. The investigation by the NIA, however, could not find any evidence against the two. The NIA also stated that they found that the two persons had not attended the camp.
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October - 16 
Two more letters in the names of Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Indian Mujahideen (IM) threatening blasts at the department of physics of Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda's Faculty of Science a
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Two more letters in the names of Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Indian Mujahideen (IM) threatening blasts at the department of physics of Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda's Faculty of Science and Gotri-based Shaishav School in Vadodara (Gujarat) were received on Friday (October 16) morning, reports The Times of India. The city Police and bomb detection and disposal squad (BDDS) conducted an extensive search operation at both these spots, but found no suspicious objects. The letter received by the department of physics was in Hindi while that addressed to Shaishav School's principal was written in Gujarati. Sayajigunj Police said the letter sent to the University was long and its anonymous writer had stated that there will be blasts in the university and also at the railway station.
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October - 17 
On October 17, in wake of the increasing footprint of new terror groups like the Islamic State (IS) and Boko Haram, India has called for enhancing cooperation with the 54 African countries to combat the global menace, reports Daily Pioneer. While add
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On October 17, in wake of the increasing footprint of new terror groups like the Islamic State (IS) and Boko Haram, India has called for enhancing cooperation with the 54 African countries to combat the global menace, reports Daily Pioneer. While addressing the ministerial meeting of 3rd India-Africa Forum Summit, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj urged African countries to come on a common platform and join hands in Intelligence sharing, training programmes and capacity-building to tackle terrorism. India has also promised several African countries help in fighting Boko Haram and Al-Shabab. In this context, Swaraj pushed for early adoption of the India-initiated Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism. Terrorism and development remained an important topic of discussion during Swaraj’s bilateral talks with South Africa, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Congo, Ghana, South Sudan and Tunisia as well. Cameroon and some other African countries have openly sought help from India in capacity-building in the Defence sector so that the combined forces combating Boko Haram can be strengthened. India has agreed to information sharing, capacity-building and training programmes in counter terrorism. India already has such a tie-up with Nigeria.“All our nations find themselves faced with the growing scourge of terrorism. The menace of non-State actors and cross border terrorism has acquired a new dimension. The scale of this challenge is huge and undermines peace and stability in our countries, which is essential for our development efforts. In view of the fast growing linkages of such terrorist groups across the globe, we must step up our cooperation through Intelligence exchange, training and other measures to counter this menace. We also hope that the international community will cooperate with urgency to adopt the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism,” Swaraj said.
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October - 18 
A National Investigation Agency (NIA) team on October 18 arrested the kingpin of a network involved in smuggling high quality Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) in India, identified as Uttam Kumar Sinha from Dhanbad in Dhanbad District of Jharkhand. A
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A National Investigation Agency (NIA) team on October 18 arrested the kingpin of a network involved in smuggling high quality Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) in India, identified as Uttam Kumar Sinha from Dhanbad in Dhanbad District of Jharkhand. A total of five mobile phones and 13 SIMs was recovered from him," said the NIA official. Taking over the investigation of a case relating to recovery of FICN of face value of INR10 lakhs from Murshidabad (West Bengal), NIA had been on the hunt for Sinha for two months after investigation revealed him to be the kingpin of the racket. According to NIA, Sinha used to procure high quality FICN through his contacts in Bangladesh.
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October - 18 
BSF and Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) discussed the problem of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) being smuggled into the country (India) and both sides assured cooperation to each other. “There is a massive decline in the cross border smuggling of FI
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BSF and Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) discussed the problem of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) being smuggled into the country (India) and both sides assured cooperation to each other. “There is a massive decline in the cross border smuggling of FICN,” the BSF Public Relation Officer (PRO) said. The BSF in the last few years has seized lakhs of FICN that was being smuggled from Bangladesh. However, according to the BSF official, this year only one seizure was made so far. He further said that information about FICN is shared with the Bangladeshi counterparts.
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October - 19 
A red alert has been sounded all over West Bengal during Durga Puja about possible terror attacks by various Islamist fundamentalist groups. The Indian Mujahideen (IM), Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and various other Bangladeshi outfits opera
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A red alert has been sounded all over West Bengal during Durga Puja about possible terror attacks by various Islamist fundamentalist groups. The Indian Mujahideen (IM), Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and various other Bangladeshi outfits operating in the State might resort to subversive activities during the festival, which started on October 19, intelligence agencies said. While vigil along the border is being stepped up, all police stations in border districts have been alerted to look out for Bangladeshi infiltrators trained by Islamist terror outfits to wreak havoc during the festive season and organise riots.
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October - 19 
Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Coastal Security Group, C Sylendra Babu, who inspected the security arrangements in coastal areas in Rameswaram in Ramanathapuram District of Tamil Nadu said the vigil has been intensified, reports The Ti
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Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Coastal Security Group, C Sylendra Babu, who inspected the security arrangements in coastal areas in Rameswaram in Ramanathapuram District of Tamil Nadu said the vigil has been intensified, reports The Times of India on October 20. The Police force will get more advanced patrol vessels for surveillance, he said. He also said that out of 30 new marine Police stations announced by the State Government, 11 stations have started to function and the rest will become functional shortly. Subsequently, the strength of coastal security group is also increased from 200 personnel, he said.
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October - 20 
The Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on October 20 arrested a wanted man, identified as Gulam Zafar Gulam Husain Sheikh (50) from Hyderabad (Telangana) in connection with 2003 alleged 'jihadi conspiracy” case, reports The Indian Express. Gulam Husa
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The Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on October 20 arrested a wanted man, identified as Gulam Zafar Gulam Husain Sheikh (50) from Hyderabad (Telangana) in connection with 2003 alleged 'jihadi conspiracy” case, reports The Indian Express. Gulam Husain Sheikh, originally from Ahmedabad (Gujarat), was evading the law for the past 12 years. He is also alleged to have played a role in the murder of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Haren Pandya. According to ATS officials, Gulam Husain Sheikh was reportedly “hiding” at IAS colony in Hakim Pet in Hyderabad since 2003. Officials said that Sheikh is an accused in the “jihadi or Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) conspiracy” case which was allegedly hatched to avenge 2002 post-Godhra riots with the help of Pakistan-based terrorist organisations such as Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) among others. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Himanshu Shukla said that Sheikh is accused of supplying bullets and weapons to co-accused involved in Haren Pandya murder case.
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October - 20 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 20 arrested a suspect, identified as Purshottam Kesri, in a fake currency case from Trikampura area of Surat District, reports The Times of India. NIA sources said they had taken over the investigat
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 20 arrested a suspect, identified as Purshottam Kesri, in a fake currency case from Trikampura area of Surat District, reports The Times of India. NIA sources said they had taken over the investigation of a case relating to recovery of fake Indian currency notes (FICN) bearing a face value of INR 10 lac from Murshidabad in West Bengal. "During investigations, the name of Uttam Kumar Sinha came to light after which he was arrested from Dhanbad in Jharkhand on October 18," said an NIA official. NIA sources said during Sinha's primary interrogation, it came to light that his accomplice Purshottam Kesri was hiding in Surat. NIA dispatched a team to Surat and arrested Kesri with the help of Surat Crime Branch from Trikampura in Surat. "Sinha is supposed to be the kingpin of the fake currency racket and his gang was instrumental in dispatching fake currency notes worth more than Rs 4 crore to parts of the country," said an NIA official. According to NIA sources, Kesri is an important associate of Sinha and was a key person in despatching the fake currency notes. NIA officials said the modus operandi of the gang was to dispatch fake currency by couriers disguised as laboures and masons and in turn received payments through cash deposits from states like Gujarat, Maharashtra and Jharkhand.
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October - 22 
The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) investigating the Yavatmal case (Yavatmal District of Maharashtra) in which a 20-year-old youth allegedly stabbed a Police constable to “avenge beef ban” is probing if the arrested accused was a member of the newly-floa
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The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) investigating the Yavatmal case (Yavatmal District of Maharashtra) in which a 20-year-old youth allegedly stabbed a Police constable to “avenge beef ban” is probing if the arrested accused was a member of the newly-floated ‘electronic warfare technology group’ of the banned outfit, the Student Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), reports The Indian Express on October 23. Officials claim that the group was formed to facilitate creating an Indian wing “on the lines of al Qaeda”. Accused Abdul Malik is learnt to have told the ATS that he had been in touch with Shah Mudassir alias Talha (25), a businessman from Omerkhed in Maharashtra, and Shoeb Ahmed Khan alias Pusad Shoeb alias Tariq Bhai (24) of Hingoli District in Maharashtra. The two were arrested by the Hyderabad Police in October 2014. According to the Police, Malik, who might have been radicalised by the same “handler” or some other person who was in charge of the Maharashtra operations, had stabbed the constable to lodge his protest against the beef ban imposed by the State Government on September 25.
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October - 25 
In its latest report, 'Emerging Terrorist Financing Risks', the 36-member Financial Action Task Force (FATF) says crowd-funding through e-wallets, virtual currency bitcoin, prepaid cards for playing on internet etc., online payment systems such as Pa
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In its latest report, 'Emerging Terrorist Financing Risks', the 36-member Financial Action Task Force (FATF) says crowd-funding through e-wallets, virtual currency bitcoin, prepaid cards for playing on internet etc., online payment systems such as PayPal, CashU and social media networks are fast becoming potential fundraising tool of terror financing, dnaindia.com reports on October 25. These largescale and well-organised hi-tech fundraising methods help terrorist organisations widen their outreach to several thousands of sponsors and raise significant amounts in short notice. The modus operandi is peer-to-peer horizontal communication in the form of chat goups and forums on social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and sometimes take to mobile applications such as WhatsApp and Viber or more secure networks like Surespot and VoIP, says the report. Listing several cases, and indicating that the donors from crowd-funding and social networks had no idea of end use of the collected funds, the FATF report states that probe is on in many cases of false crowd funding campaigns, where in ultra groups resort to such methods as a ploy to obtain money. The US Secret Service had observed that terrorists are looking for and finding virtual currencies that offer: anonymity for both users and transactions, the ability to move illicit proceeds from one country to another quickly, low volatility, which results in lower exchange risk, widespread adoption in the criminal underground, and reliability. As late on August 28, 2015 Ali Shukri Amin was charged for providing instructions to new terror recruits on how to use bitcoin, a virtual currency, to mask the provision of funds to terror outfit Islamic State (IS), as well as facilitation to IS supporters seeking to travel to Syria and Iraq. "Amin had tweeted a link to an article he had written entitled 'Bitcoin wa' Sadaqat al-Jihad' (Bitcoin and the charity of jihad). The article discussed how to use bitcoins and how jihadists could utilise this currency to fund their efforts. Amin suggested using Dark Wallet, a new bitcoin wallet, which keeps the user of bitcoins anonymous," FATF report stated. Some terror financing cases involving low-value transactions via online payment systems such as PayPal have also been linked to a number of terror suspects. Besides, CashU, a prepaid online and mobile payment method is also under the scanner of law enforcement agencies terrorist financing.
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October - 25 
Money exchanges and their customers have been warned to be cautious as perfect-looking Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) are found in circulation in the UAE, Khaleej Times reports on October 26. The technology used in printing counterfeit Indian not
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Money exchanges and their customers have been warned to be cautious as perfect-looking Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) are found in circulation in the UAE, Khaleej Times reports on October 26. The technology used in printing counterfeit Indian notes is so sophisticated that ordinary people or even exchange employees cannot distinguish them from the original notes. The call for caution has come from a teller with a foreign exchange company in Sharjah, who was recently acquitted by the UAE Supreme Court in a fake currency case, and his advocates. Indian M.S, 35, was arrested by the Sharjah Police in June after the Police received information that some Indian rupee notes that he had disbursed to a customer in exchange to dirhams were found fake. The Police received the information after a woman was arrested in Kerala for handing some fake Indian currency notes to a bank over there. "Her husband had apparently exchanged dirhams with Indian rupees from our client," said Advocate Mahmood Alavi. "She paid Rs6,000 to a bank in Kerala as payment for her daughter's educational loan. Of that five Rs1,000 notes were found to be fake," he said. Many cases of FICNs have been reported in the UAE in recent years and people who travelled from the UAE have been reportedly involved in counterfeit currency seizures in India. Some reports in the Indian media even claimed that counterfeit currency mafia had shifted their base to the UAE and were routing the fake notes to India via its neighbouring countries.
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October - 26 
Law enforcement agencies have been asked to step up security around dignitaries attending the Indo-Africa Summit due to the possibility of terror outfits Boko Haram and Islamic State (IS) attempting to disrupt the meet, sources in the intelligence es
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Law enforcement agencies have been asked to step up security around dignitaries attending the Indo-Africa Summit due to the possibility of terror outfits Boko Haram and Islamic State (IS) attempting to disrupt the meet, sources in the intelligence establishment said, The Times of India reports on October 27. The threat perception of the summit has been marked as "very high" as several heads of state visiting Delhi are under threat from Boko Haram, which is mainly active in Nigeria and has recently pledged its allegiance to IS. Highly-placed sources said the foreign region registration office (FRRO) and Delhi Police sleuths were keeping a tab on African nationals who have arrived in Delhi in the last one week. Over 25,000 Delhi Police and paramilitary personnel are operating in tandem with the African security apparatus in central and New Delhi areas for the summit. Security will be much increased on October 29, 2015 when all heads of state, along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and high-ranking Indian and African officials will congregate at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium.
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October - 26 
Pakistan uses militants as proxies to counter India's growing influence in Afghanistan, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Brennan has said in an email, which has been hacked and released by WikiLeaks, The Times of India reports on Octob
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Pakistan uses militants as proxies to counter India's growing influence in Afghanistan, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Brennan has said in an email, which has been hacked and released by WikiLeaks, The Times of India reports on October 26. The email is among documents, released by the whistleblower website and deemed classified by the CIA, contained reports on Afghanistan and Pakistan, and also ideas for US policy towards Iran. Brennan, three days after Barack Obama was elected US President in November 2008, wrote to him in a position-cum- strategy paper that Pakistan uses the Taliban to counter India in Afghanistan. "Pakistan's desire to counter India's growing influence in Afghanistan and concerns about US long-term commitments to Afghanistan increase Pakistan's interest in hedging its bets by ensuring that it will be able to have a working relationship with the Taliban to balance Indian and Iranian interests if the US withdraws," Brennan wrote on November 7, 2008. Brennan, then a top foreign policy and counter-terrorism adviser to Obama, then a president-elect, was in the running to be CIA Director. Brennan's views on Pakistan was disclosed in a 13-page executive summary of key findings and recommendations on Afghanistan and Pakistan. Brennan, in the summary, said efforts in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) have been challenged by Pakistan's ambivalence towards, and perhaps outright support for, the Taliban. "While the US Intelligence Community differs on the extent of the relationships, at least some elements of Pakistan's military and intelligence services appear to be ambivalent about the anti-Taliban and anti-militant mission in the FATA, in part due to their history of close ties to the Taliban in Afghanistan's conflict with the Soviet Union and Pakistan's use of militant proxies in its conflict with India," he wrote.
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October - 27 
Acting on a tip off, the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) arrested one person, identified as Sahim Alam (21) along with the consignment of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) with face value of INR 73,000, at Gamharia-Laxmipur chowk in Raxaul town of East Ch
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Acting on a tip off, the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) arrested one person, identified as Sahim Alam (21) along with the consignment of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) with face value of INR 73,000, at Gamharia-Laxmipur chowk in Raxaul town of East Champaran on October 27, reports Business Standard. The accused, native of a village under Abhapur Police Station area of the District, confessed of having been given the consignment of counterfeit notes by a relative of an incarcerated man Munna Mian for delivery to a client in New Delhi.
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October - 27 
Terming “jihadi terrorism” as common threat to South Asia, National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on October 27, warned Pakistan not to engage in covert action saying it was a very short-sighted strategy of the neighbouring country, reports The T
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Terming “jihadi terrorism” as common threat to South Asia, National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on October 27, warned Pakistan not to engage in covert action saying it was a very short-sighted strategy of the neighbouring country, reports The Times of India. He said Pakistan has never realised that it can be "profitable" and "most effective" for its economic growth and stability if it engages with India and rest of the South Asian countries. "Till that happens, what can India do. I think one is that we should continue to work hard to persuade Pakistan, to convince Pakistan, through our sincerity, whatever we can do and whatever we think is the language in which the Pakistan can understand it well. We should be able to convey and convince it," he said
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October - 28 
Dawood Ibrahim's close aide Riyaz Bhati was arrested on October 28 from Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport of Mumbai (Maharashtra) along with two passports, reports dajiworld.com. Police officials arrested Bhati after they found two passports
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Dawood Ibrahim's close aide Riyaz Bhati was arrested on October 28 from Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport of Mumbai (Maharashtra) along with two passports, reports dajiworld.com. Police officials arrested Bhati after they found two passports in his baggage that had differing details mentioned in them. Bhati was at the airport to catch a flight to Johannesburg, where Dawood’s other associates were supposedly going to meet and discuss the future of D-company in Mumbai.
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October - 28 
Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit on October 28 denied India's renewed allegations in the aftermath of gangster Chhota Rajan's arrest in Indonesia's Bali that terror suspect Dawood Ibrahim was hiding in Pakistan, reports The Times of
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Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit on October 28 denied India's renewed allegations in the aftermath of gangster Chhota Rajan's arrest in Indonesia's Bali that terror suspect Dawood Ibrahim was hiding in Pakistan, reports The Times of India. "Who told you he is in Pakistan? If you have any information, please pass it on to us, we will nab him and hand it over to you," said Basit. He said Pakistan is ready to hold talks with India, at any level, with even some conditions in order to address each other's concerns but India should not make mistake that Pakistan made some ten years ago by refusing to sit at the negotiating table.
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October - 29 
A Lucknow court on October 29 acquitted six suspected Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) terrorists for want of evidence ‘beyond reasonable doubt’, reports The Hindu. The acquittal comes eight years after they were arrested from different parts of Utt
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A Lucknow court on October 29 acquitted six suspected Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) terrorists for want of evidence ‘beyond reasonable doubt’, reports The Hindu. The acquittal comes eight years after they were arrested from different parts of Uttar Pradesh (UP) in June 2007. The UP Special Task Force (STF) had claimed to have recovered one AK-47, several grenades and Research Department Explosive (RDX) from them. Of the six, Naushad belongs to Bijnore in UP, the rest - Mohammad Ali Akbar Hussain, Shaikh Mukhtar Hussain, Azizurrahman Sardar, Noor Islam and Jalaluddin - are from West Bengal. The six were charged with waging war against India and sedition. But the court acquitted all the six saying that the prosecution failed to substantiate its claims “beyond reasonable doubt.”
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October - 29 
Shimla Police arrested a man, identified as Jagdish Sharma with some Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) of INR 500 denomination while trying to plant them in a private hotel in Lakkar Bazaar in Shimla District of Himachal Pradesh, reports Webindia123
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Shimla Police arrested a man, identified as Jagdish Sharma with some Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) of INR 500 denomination while trying to plant them in a private hotel in Lakkar Bazaar in Shimla District of Himachal Pradesh, reports Webindia123 on October 29.
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October - 30 
Chief of Madhya Pradesh unit of banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), Abu Faisal alias Doctor, was pronounced guilty for the murder of anti-terrorist squad constable Sitaram Yadav by a special court in Bhopal on October 30, reports The Ti
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Chief of Madhya Pradesh unit of banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), Abu Faisal alias Doctor, was pronounced guilty for the murder of anti-terrorist squad constable Sitaram Yadav by a special court in Bhopal on October 30, reports The Times of India. Sitaram Yadav, who tracked down the SIMI terror network in the state, was shot on a highway in Khandwa District by Faisal and his gang on November 29, 2009. Special judge B S Bhadoria will state quantum of punishment on October 31. Another accused Mehtab was convicted under Arms Act in the same case.
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October - 30 
In a major development in the probe against Islamic State (IS) militant Areeb Majeed, investigators have identified the person who facilitated the travel of the Kalyan-based youth to Iraq after he was convinced to join the terror group, reports The T
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In a major development in the probe against Islamic State (IS) militant Areeb Majeed, investigators have identified the person who facilitated the travel of the Kalyan-based youth to Iraq after he was convinced to join the terror group, reports The Times of India on October 30. Presently on the run, the suspect, Abu Bakr Siddiqui, reportedly a resident of Kalyan itself, had arranged Majeed's passport and other travel documents to go with Fahad Shaikh, Shaheem Tanki and Aman Tandel to Iraq on the intervening night of May 24 and 25 2014, disguising them as pilgrims. Majeed was deported from Turkey in November 2014 while Tanki is said to have been killed in an airstrike in Iraq. Sources said that Abu Bakr Siddiqui was approached by Afghani businessman Rehman Daulati to arrange the travel of Majeed and others
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October - 30 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 30 submitted a charge sheet indicting an accused, identified as Barkat Ali of conspiracy involving cross border smuggling of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN), reports Business Standard. The case inv
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 30 submitted a charge sheet indicting an accused, identified as Barkat Ali of conspiracy involving cross border smuggling of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN), reports Business Standard. The case involves seizure of FICN of the face value of nearly INR 65,00,000 from the accused Barkat Ali near the Bangladesh border in West Bengal's Malda District on May 6, 2015. Filed before a special NIA court in Kolkata, Ali has been charged with several offences including under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). "Ali has been charged for his involvement in a terrorist conspiracy with a gang, involved in cross border smuggling of extremely high quality fake Indian currency notes (FICN) across Indo-Bangladesh border for further circulation in India, thereby damaging the monetary stability of India," the agency said.
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October - 31 
A special court at Bhopal on October 31 awarded life imprisonment to the 'chief' of Madhya Pradesh unit of Student Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), Abu Faisal alias Doctor reports The Times of India. Doctor was found guilty of murdering an Anti-Terr
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A special court at Bhopal on October 31 awarded life imprisonment to the 'chief' of Madhya Pradesh unit of Student Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), Abu Faisal alias Doctor reports The Times of India. Doctor was found guilty of murdering an Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) Constable Sitaram Yadav in 2009. Besides murder, court also sentenced him to life imprisonment under section 16A of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. The SIMI operative participated in the hearing through video conferencing. He was charged with murder, criminal conspiracy and different sections of UAPA. Faisal also mastermind of the 2013-Khandwa (Madhya Pradesh) jailbreak and was part of a criminal conspiracy hatched in MP to shoot Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pramod Tiwari in 2008. He actively participated in setting up terror camps in Indore, Baroda (Gujarat) and Kerala in 2008. He has also admitted to funding lawyer's fee to defend former SIMI 'chief', Safdar Nagori. He is alleged to be a vital link between Indian Mujahideen (IM) and SIMI. Besides Abu Faisal, court sentenced another accused, Mehtab with 3-year imprisonment under the Arms Act.
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October - 31 
Islamic State (IS) online recruiter Afsha Jabeen alias Nicky Joseph and her family was living illegally in Dubai since 2009 as their visas had expired and they didn't have money to extend their visas, The Times of India reports on November 1. Subsequ
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Islamic State (IS) online recruiter Afsha Jabeen alias Nicky Joseph and her family was living illegally in Dubai since 2009 as their visas had expired and they didn't have money to extend their visas, The Times of India reports on November 1. Subsequently, after the premature birth of her second and third daughter in 2012 and 2013, she and her husband Devender Kumar Batra's passport were kept by hospital authorities in Dubai since couldn't pay the hospital fees. Batra had converted to Islam after the marriage. Jabeen, told the Intelligence Bureau (IB) officials that they "owed huge amount to immigration authorities in Dubai for regularization of their stay" there. Deported from Dubai in September, Jabeen along with her associate Salman Mohiuddin had motivated several youths from different cities to join IS. Jabeen is being questioned by agencies about her association with other members who radicalized youngsters on social networking sites and Facebook pages. She has been booked under sections of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) 1967, section 66 (1) of IT Act and Section 153 of Indian Penal Code (IPC), which deals with promoting hatred or enmity in the name of religion, by the agencies.
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*Data till , April 25, 2024
Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.
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