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Delhi (ISLAMIST/OTHER CONFLICTS): Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2019

Date	Incidents
January - 5	The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on January 5 filed a charge sheet in a Delhi court against Shabbir Ahmad Lone, a suspected member of the banned terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), for his alleged involvement in a money laundering case, reports Daily Excelsior. The ED attached foreign currency, Read more... The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on January 5 filed a charge sheet in a Delhi court against Shabbir Ahmad Lone, a suspected member of the banned terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), for his alleged involvement in a money laundering case, reports Daily Excelsior. The ED attached foreign currency, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), that was recovered from Lone which, it said, “was meant for the purpose of terrorist activities in India”. Lone was arrested by the Special Cell of Delhi Police in 2007 from the Chandni Chowk area in New Delhi. Read less...
January - 7	A Delhi Court on January 7 extended National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody of five of the 10 people arrested on suspicion of being members of Islamic State (IS) module, reports The Hindu. The court remanded the other five accused in judicial custody after the agency said they were not required Read more... A Delhi Court on January 7 extended National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody of five of the 10 people arrested on suspicion of being members of Islamic State (IS) module, reports The Hindu. The court remanded the other five accused in judicial custody after the agency said they were not required for custodial interrogation. The group was reportedly planning suicide attacks and serial blasts, targeting politicians as also government installations, in Delhi and other parts of north India. The court extended the NIA custody of Mufti Mohammed Suhail alias Hazrath (29) and Saqib Iftekar (26) till January 12.Zubair Malik (20), Rashid Zafar Raq alias Zafar (23) and Anas Yunus (24) were sent to further custodial interrogation till January 10.The others — Zubair’s brother Zaid (22), Saeed alias Sayeed (28), his brother Raees Ahmad, Mohammed Irshad (in late 20s) and Mohammed Azam (35) — were sent to judicial custody till February till February after the NIA did not seek their further remand.They were earlier produced before the court on December 27 after which they were sent to 10-day NIA custody which expired on January 7.The probe agency had initially rounded up 16 persons of the group ‘Harkat ul Harb e Islam’, which loosely translates into war for the cause of Islam.Of the 16 detained, 10 were later arrested — five from Amroha, in Uttar Pradesh (U.P) and five from Seelampur and Jafrabad localities in north-east Delhi. Read less...
January - 13	The special cell of Delhi Police has apprehended two alleged Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) operatives, reports Times of India on January 13. One of the suspects was identified as Kifayatullah Bukhari, who is considered to be close with HM ‘commander’ Syed Naveed Mushtaq alias Naveed Babu . The other suspec Read more... The special cell of Delhi Police has apprehended two alleged Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) operatives, reports Times of India on January 13. One of the suspects was identified as Kifayatullah Bukhari, who is considered to be close with HM ‘commander’ Syed Naveed Mushtaq alias Naveed Babu . The other suspect is a minor. DCP (special cell) Pramod Kushwaha confirmed Bukhari’s arrest and added that further investigation was under way. Bukhari is a resident of Pora Bara village in Shopian District of Kashmir. The two were apprehended after Police received intelligence about the movement of militants. The arrest has revealed that Kashmiri militants are procuring weapons from gun runners based in Delhi and neighbouring states as there has been a shortage of small arms used in targeted killings. The operatives travel to Delhi in a bus and carry only one or two pistols and magazines back to valley. Hindustan Times adds that a pistol and 14 cartridges were recovered from the militants. Times of India further adds that a minimal number of weapons are taken back to avoid Police detection. According to Police, the militants came under radar when he came to Delhi to procure weapons. According to sources, The modus operandi had surfaced earlier when the cell arrested two militant of Islamic State-Jammu Kashmir (IS-JK) — Parvaiz Rashid Lone and Jamsheed Zahoor Paul. The two were nabbed near Red Fort in central Delhi. The cell also nabbed three militants of the same module — Tahir, Haris and Asif — with grenades and weapons by tracking their supplier. Now, the special cell teams are trailing Naveed who may be hiding in Shopian. The police said that during this operation, an underground hideout, which could accommodate 4-5 militants at a time, was also found in J&K and destroyed. This hideout was created by Naveed himself. A resident of Nazneenpora of Shopian district, Naveed joined J&K police in 2012 as a constable. In 2017, he was deployed as a guard at a Food Corporation of India (FCI) Facility at Chandpora in BudgamDistrict when he fled with four self-loading rifles from the guard room. He later pledged allegiance to HM. Read less...
January - 18	A Delhi Court, on January 18, extended remand of Muhammed Absar, a man arrested from Uttar Pradesh under custody of National Investigation Agency (NIA) by seven days, reports News 18. He was arrested in connection with probe against an Islamic State (IS) inspired group for planning attacks in New De Read more... A Delhi Court, on January 18, extended remand of Muhammed Absar, a man arrested from Uttar Pradesh under custody of National Investigation Agency (NIA) by seven days, reports News 18. He was arrested in connection with probe against an Islamic State (IS) inspired group for planning attacks in New Delhi and other locations. Special Judge Rakesh Syal allowed the NIA's plea for further remand during in-chamber proceedings after 24-year-old Muhammed Absar was produced in court on the expiry of his six-day custodial interrogation. Read less...
January - 18	Delhi Police's Special Cell and an intelligence agency have reportedly arrested three sharp shooters including an Afghan national, reports Times of India on January 19. The arrestees were tasked by Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) to assassinate two prominent political leaders before Republic Day (J Read more... Delhi Police's Special Cell and an intelligence agency have reportedly arrested three sharp shooters including an Afghan national, reports Times of India on January 19. The arrestees were tasked by Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) to assassinate two prominent political leaders before Republic Day (January 26). Intelligence sources stated that mastermind of this operation was identified as Pak-based underworld don Rasool Khan 'Party', who was allegedly among the key plotters in assassination of former Gujarat Home Minister Haren Pandya in 2003. He is a key member of D-Company. The Afghan shooter was identified as Wali Raja, while the two other suspects were identified as Riyazuddin and Sonu. One of the arrestees hails from Kerala. At least two of these were picked up from near Nizamuddin area of southeast Delhi. The plot was busted after an agency intercepted a call exchanged between Rasool Party and a person from south India while they were talking about procurement of weapons and two "high-value" targets. This module, sources said, was being tracked since mid-December. Read less...
January - 21	Special Cell of Delhi Police arrested a Malda based smuggler identified as Khalik Sheikh near Anand Vihar Railway station in Delhi on January 21 along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) with face value of INR one Million, reports The Times of India. This is the biggest seizure of FICN since demo Read more... Special Cell of Delhi Police arrested a Malda based smuggler identified as Khalik Sheikh near Anand Vihar Railway station in Delhi on January 21 along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) with face value of INR one Million, reports The Times of India. This is the biggest seizure of FICN since demonetization. According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), "The recovered FICN appear to have been printed in a sophisticated unit. They have almost all the security features, including thread and watermark. It is very difficult for a common person to distinguish the fake ones from the original currency." The accused was roped into the FICN trade by a Bangladeshi national identified as Ashfaq. According to Police, the last four fake currency busts, including the second largest seizure of INR 800,000 in May 2018 had FICN notes of INR 2000 denomination. Read less...
January - 23	National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested a suspected militant for his role in the 2006 Kozhikode twin blasts case on his arrival from Saudi Arabia at Delhi Airport on January 23, reports The Hindu. The arrestee has been identified as Mohammed Ashar. NIA in a statement said ‘The cases pertain to Read more... National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested a suspected militant for his role in the 2006 Kozhikode twin blasts case on his arrival from Saudi Arabia at Delhi Airport on January 23, reports The Hindu. The arrestee has been identified as Mohammed Ashar. NIA in a statement said ‘The cases pertain to the twin IED blasts that had occurred at the Kerala Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) and Mofussil Bus Stands in Calicut (Kozhikode) City on March 3, 2006, causing injuries to two persons and damage to property. NIA had taken over the investigation of the cases on December 18, 2009 and had filed a chargesheet against eight accused persons, including Ashar’. Trial in this case against four available accused persons was completed in August, 2011 and two of the accused identified as T. Naseer and Sagas were sentenced to life imprisonment. Indian Express further adds that NIA Inspector General (IG) stated that ‘Investigation by NIA had revealed that Mohammed Ashar besides the other absconding accused P P Yusuf were parties to the criminal conspiracy hatched by the prime accused T Naseer, Safas (both convicted) and others to carry out Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blasts in Kozhikode city in protest over the denial of bail to Muslim accused persons involved in the Marad communal riots of 2003 at Kozhikode District. Mohammed Ashar, along with P P Yusuf, had assisted T Naseer in preparing the IEDs and had planted the explosive devices at the bus stands in Kozhikode city. Accused Mohd Ashar had gone to Saudi Arabia in 2007 itself, to evade his arrest’. Read less...
January - 23	National Investigation Agency (NIA) carried out raids at eight different locations across the country in connection with terror funding case of Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF), reports The Times of India. The places where raids were conducted include - Gonda (UP), Sikar and Jaipur (Rajasthan), De Read more... National Investigation Agency (NIA) carried out raids at eight different locations across the country in connection with terror funding case of Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF), reports The Times of India. The places where raids were conducted include - Gonda (UP), Sikar and Jaipur (Rajasthan), Delhi, Valsad and Surat (Gujarat) and Kasargod (Kerala). The raids were carried out in continuation following the arrest of Mohammad Hussain Molani from Nagor in Rajasthan on January 21. The Tribune further adds that 26 SIM cards, including three foreign ones, 23 mobile phones, five memory cards, one compact disc, five hard discs, one pen drive, one DVR and one CPU have been recovered. Read less...
January - 25	Delhi Police Special Cell and Military Intelligence arrested a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militant identified as Abdul Latif Ganai alias Umair alias Dilawar from Rajghat in Delhi, reports Times of India on January 25. He is the ‘district commander’ of JeM in Ganderbal in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). Police Read more... Delhi Police Special Cell and Military Intelligence arrested a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militant identified as Abdul Latif Ganai alias Umair alias Dilawar from Rajghat in Delhi, reports Times of India on January 25. He is the ‘district commander’ of JeM in Ganderbal in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). Police recovered two Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), 26 cartridges and a.32 bore pistol from him.A second militant identified as Hilal Bhat, from Hazratbal was arrested from Bandipora District in J&K. He had conducted reconnaissance of targets in Delhi. JeM was planning to conduct serial blasts in Delhi and Srinagar on January 26. The module had procured around a dozen IEDs, which are being located. JeM had chosen five targets in the city, including the Delhi Secretariat IGL gas pipeline in south Delhi, Haj Manjil building at Turkman Gate, India Gate and Lajpat Nagar market, and taken pictures of spots where IED had to be planted. During the interrogation, the arrested militants revealed that their Pakistan-based handler, Abu Mauz alias Abu Bakar, had provided them the IEDs in November 2018. Read less...

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