Delhi (Islamist/Other Conflicts): Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2023

National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval on January 6, met his counterpart, the visiting Diplomatic Adviser to the French President, Emmanuel Bonne, and reiterated their commitment to take forward their strategic partnership to ensure peace, stability and security in the Indo-Pacific based on common beliefs in rules-based international order and strategic autonomy, reports The Indian Express. The French Embassy in Delhi stated that they discussed aspects of the Indo-French strategic partnership which includes defence and security cooperation, major international and regional issues, including the war in Ukraine, and cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, counter-terrorism cooperation, cyber-security, space and civil nuclear energy. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) stated that the agenda included discussions on the situation in Afghanistan, Africa, South East Asia, Eurasia; Third Country Cooperation; cooperation in the lndo-Pacific, nuclear energy, space and cyber domains. Read less...

The Delhi High Court on January 9, disposed of the petitions of two leaders of the Popular Front of India (PFI), identified as Mohd Perwez Ahmad, who was the president of PFI's Delhi unit, and its office secretary Abdul Muqeet, seeking for interim bail in a money laundering case, stating that they should wait for the trial court's order in the matter, reports theweek.in. The two persons had sought interim bail in the case registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) as the agency failed to file a charge sheet within the stipulated period of 60 days from arrest which expired on November 21, 2022. Read less...

The Special Cell of Delhi Police on January 12, arrested two persons from Jahangirpuri in Delhi, identified as Jagjit Singh alias Jagga, a resident of Udham Singh Nagar in Uttarakhand, and Naushad, a resident of Jahangirpuri in Delhi, over their suspected links with terror organisations and involvement in heinous crimes, reports The Print. Delhi Police spokesperson Suman Nalwa revealed that Jagga had suspected links with a Canada-based Khalistani terrorist and is a member of the notorious 'Bambiha' gang and had been getting instructions from anti-national elements based abroad while Naushad had suspected links with terror organisation 'Harkat ul-Ansar'. Three pistols and 22 live cartridges were recovered during the arrest. Read less...

The Delhi Police on January 14, recovered two hand grenades and a man’s dismembered body following the interrogation of two terror suspects, identified as Jagjit Singh alias Jagga, and Naushad who were arrested on January 12, reports Hindustan Times. The two persons led the Police to their rented accommodation in North-West Delhi on January 13, with a team recovering two grenades and “traces of blood” from the house. The recovery of hand grenades, arms, and ammunition, and decomposed parts of a human body in Delhi at the instance of the two suspects prompted Delhi Police to tighten security arrangements ahead of Republic Day celebrations as Police suspect a possible terror strike plan. Read less...

Two terror suspects arrested by Delhi Police on January 12, identified as Jagjit Singh alias Jagga and Naushad for their suspected links to terror organisations, revealed on January 14, that being inspired by Islamic State, they beheaded a 21-year-old man in Delhi on December 14-15, 2022, and made a 37-second video of the killing which they sent to their Pakistan-based handler, Sohail, reports The Indian Express. Police stated that the act and the video were meant to prove their allegiance to Sohail, who used to be associated with the Lashkar-e-Toiba(LeT) and is currently linked to Pakistan’s the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Police further revealed that the arrested men confessed that they took the man to Naushad's house in Bhalswa Dairy in North East Delhi on December 14-15, 2022, strangulated the man before beheading him and then chopped his body into eight pieces. Police recovered six pieces of what they believe is the man’s body and a few clothes from Delhi’s Bhalswa Dairy area. SATP earlier reported the arrests on January 13. Read less...

Investigations in the case related to the arrest of the two terrorists, identified as Jagjit Singh alias Jagga and Naushad by Delhi Police on January 12, further revealed that the two terrorists were in direct contact with four terrorists -- Nazeer Bhat, Nasir Khan and Nazeer Khan of Harkat-ul Ansar, and Nadeem of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), reports latestly.com on January 18. Other than these, the duo was also in touch with gangsters-- Sunil Rathi, Neeraj Bawana, Irfan Chhenu, Hashim Baba, Ible Hasan and Imran Pehelwan. The Special Cell of the Delhi Police state that there are total of eight persons who were involved in the cross-border terror operation which targeted right-wing Hindu leaders in India, and they all had used the messaging application Signal to communicate with each other. Police sources also revealed that the two people used to procure weapons, while the other two were assigned to supply weapons to other members, adds The New Indian Express. As per the sources, the arms were from Pakistan through the drop-dead method, which was being received at an unidentified location in Uttarakhand – which is being verified by the police. The two suspects, who were arrested by Delhi Police, had been supplying hand grenades and pistols to the module – which were seized from their rented accommodation in Jahangirpuri. Read less...

The Special Cell of Delhi Police arrested two more terror suspects, identified as Jagpreet alias Jagga and Gurupreet from Delhi, who were tasked with carrying out terror activities in Delhi and Punjab and plotting to assassinate a politician in Punjab, India Today reports on January 19. According to sources, on August 9, 2022, the Punjab Police arrested terrorist Gurvinder Singh and his two accomplices Sandeep Singh and Gurpreet Singh for the murder of Shaurya Chakra awardee Balwinder Singh alias Sandhu. Following this, the Punjab Police initiated a case under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in search of Gurvinder’s accomplices Jagpreet and Gurupreet. During interrogation, the apprehended terrorists stated that they were tasked to carry out a big terrorist attack in Punjab on August 15, 2022. When the Punjab Police failed this mission, they were given the task of committing terrorist acts in Delhi and Punjab and target a politician in Punjab. Read less...

The Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, along with Director Intelligence Bureau Tapan Deka, held discussions with the Assam Chief Minister (CM), Himanta Biswa Sarma, at the Assam House in New Delhi on January 18 to discuss the peace agreement that is likely to be signed with the Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) this week, reports India Today NE. The Assam CM further added that discussions for the peace process and on various other topics are going on with Home Minister Amit Shah and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Read less...

Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannu posted a video on social media asserting to execute a terrorist attack during India's 73rd Republic Day on January 26, 2023, reports India Today on January 22. “Stay indoors on January 26, or you’ll be thwarted by the SFJ. Delhi will be our target, and we will unfurl the flag of Khalistan,” said Pannu. He also offered 5,00,000 dollars to anyone who unfurls Khalistan’s flag on the Red fort. In the posted video, he claimed to “liberate Punjab from Indian occupation in 2023”. Read less...

On January 29, the Delhi Police arrested two persons, identified as, Vikram Singh and Balram Singh, in connection with alleged "anti-national" and "Khalistan-related graffiti’ that appeared on walls in areas of West Delhi District in Delhi on January 19, ahead of Republic Day (January 26), reports PTI. The walls were painted with slogans like “Khalistan Zindabad”, “SFJ”, “1984”, “Punjab Banega Khalistan”, “Vote for Khalistan” and “Referendum 2020” at various locations in West Delhi. The officials stated that the accused were tasked to paint the “pro-Khalistani” slogans in lieu of INR 2,00,000 and further lucrative offers in future. Read less...

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on January 31, filed a charge sheet against Mohammad Mohsin Ahmad, who is a resident of Bihar and also a second-year electrical engineering student of Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi for propagation of the ideology of Islamic State (IS) and to raise funds for the organisation and send the amount to his Syria based handlers through cryptocurrency channels for recruitment of youth for terror activities in India, reports The Hindustan Times. Ahmad was arrested by an NIA team from Delhi’s Batla House earlier on August 8, 2022 after receiving information that he was actively engaged in raising funds for IS. The NIA charged Ahmad with criminal conspiracy and under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), in a charge sheet filed at Delhi’s Patiala House Court. Read less...