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December - 1 
According to media reports, police in the southern Indian metropolis of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, arrested two suspected terrorists of the hitherto unknown Muslim Defence Force (MDF), an Islamist terrorist outfit, on December 1, from the suburban Kodingyur area of the city. The suspects––Zahir Hussain an
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According to media reports, police in the southern Indian metropolis of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, arrested two suspected terrorists of the hitherto unknown Muslim Defence Force (MDF), an Islamist terrorist outfit, on December 1, from the suburban Kodingyur area of the city. The suspects––Zahir Hussain and Toufiq––reportedly belong to Royapettah and Korukkupet, respectively. Police seized detonators, gelatin sticks and other items for making bombs from them. Police suspect the two have links with those involved in the November 21-blast near Sai Baba temple, in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, and were planning to plant bombs in different parts of Tamil Nadu. They were waiting for instructions and their arrest has averted a major disaster, a report claimed. In a related development, another person has been picked up by police in Vellore district of Tamil Nadu and is being interrogated to secure more information.
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December - 2 
Chennai police arrested nine terrorists of the newly formed Muslim Defence Force (MDF), an Islamist terrorist group, on December 2, in Chennai. With the arrest, police claimed they have averted a conspiracy to plant bombs in temples in Tami, Naduon December 6, the anniversary of the Babri Masjid dem
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Chennai police arrested nine terrorists of the newly formed Muslim Defence Force (MDF), an Islamist terrorist group, on December 2, in Chennai. With the arrest, police claimed they have averted a conspiracy to plant bombs in temples in Tami, Naduon December 6, the anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition. Some of the arrested persons are believed to have been trained in Pakistan and had links with the terrorists who had planted bombs near the Sai Baba Temple in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, on November 21, police said.
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December - 2 
Police have arrested three more persons and seized explosive materials, bombs and weapons from their possession at Mallipattinam, in Tamil Nadu’s Tanjavur district, on December 2. Their connections with the two MDF cadres arrested in Chennai on December 1 were being probed, reports added.
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Police have arrested three more persons and seized explosive materials, bombs and weapons from their possession at Mallipattinam, in Tamil Nadu’s Tanjavur district, on December 2. Their connections with the two MDF cadres arrested in Chennai on December 1 were being probed, reports added.
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December - 3 
Speaking to media persons in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, City Police Commissioner K. Vijay Kumar said the newly-formed Muslim Defence Force (MDF), an Islamist terrorist group, has links with the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), and that the MDF had chalked-out plans to set-off blasts across the State. Reports said t
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Speaking to media persons in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, City Police Commissioner K. Vijay Kumar said the newly-formed Muslim Defence Force (MDF), an Islamist terrorist group, has links with the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), and that the MDF had chalked-out plans to set-off blasts across the State. Reports said the MDF’s chief is Abu Hamsa, and added that he resides in Saudi Arabia. The Police Commissioner also said that, with the arrest of nine MDF cadres, on December 2, in Chennai, a major terrorist plot to set-off blasts in Tamil Nadu was foiled.
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December - 4 
Reports said police in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, would launch a probe into the financial operations of the Muslim Defence Forces (MDF), a newly-formed Islamist fundamentalist group, nine of whose cadres were held in Chennai, on December 2.
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Reports said police in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, would launch a probe into the financial operations of the Muslim Defence Forces (MDF), a newly-formed Islamist fundamentalist group, nine of whose cadres were held in Chennai, on December 2.
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December - 4 
Reports said, Tamil Nadu police is on a full alert to stall the setting-off of blasts at temples in the State. Earlier reports said there was the possibility that explosions would be triggered in the State on December 6, on the anniversary of `Babri Masjid demolition'.
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Reports said, Tamil Nadu police is on a full alert to stall the setting-off of blasts at temples in the State. Earlier reports said there was the possibility that explosions would be triggered in the State on December 6, on the anniversary of `Babri Masjid demolition'.
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December - 6 
Speaking to media persons on December 6, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Chief of Army Staff General S Padmanabhan said infiltration from the Pakistan side of the Line of Control (LoC ) into the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir has declined by 43-44 per cent now, compared to the corresponding period last y
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Speaking to media persons on December 6, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Chief of Army Staff General S Padmanabhan said infiltration from the Pakistan side of the Line of Control (LoC ) into the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir has declined by 43-44 per cent now, compared to the corresponding period last year, reports said.
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December - 9 
According to media reports of December 9, Tamil Nadu police has intensified searches to nab more terrorists across the State. The drive follows the arrest, on December 2, of two Muslim Defence Force cadres in the State capital Chennai, and in other parts of the State. During an informal chat with me
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According to media reports of December 9, Tamil Nadu police has intensified searches to nab more terrorists across the State. The drive follows the arrest, on December 2, of two Muslim Defence Force cadres in the State capital Chennai, and in other parts of the State. During an informal chat with media persons, Chennai City Police Commissioner K Vijaykumar said, a senior police officer of the State had gone to Hyderabad and met with Andhra Pradesh police officials and obtained some valuable information about the activities of terrorists. To recollect, two Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists were killed in Andhra Pradesh, following the attack, on November 21, on a temple in the State capital Hyderabad
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December - 18 
According to media reports, a Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) Court, Chennai, on December 18, extended till December 30 the remand of Marrumalarchi Dravida Munetra Kazhagam (MDMK) general secretary Vaiko, and eight other party colleagues, detained under POTA. The Court inquired of the police th
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According to media reports, a Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) Court, Chennai, on December 18, extended till December 30 the remand of Marrumalarchi Dravida Munetra Kazhagam (MDMK) general secretary Vaiko, and eight other party colleagues, detained under POTA. The Court inquired of the police the reason for the delay in filing the chargesheet and directed that it be done early. Vaiko was arrested under POTA, on July 11, 2002, for making pro-Liberation of Tamil Tigers Elam (LTTE) speeches at a conference near Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
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December - 20 
According to media reports, a special court in Coimbatore, on December 20, convicted eight Al-Ulmma activists including Mohammed Ansari, president of Al Umma, and Sidhique Ali, son of S.A. Basha the outfit’s founder president. They were all accused in the murder of traffic constable Selveraj in Nove
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According to media reports, a special court in Coimbatore, on December 20, convicted eight Al-Ulmma activists including Mohammed Ansari, president of Al Umma, and Sidhique Ali, son of S.A. Basha the outfit’s founder president. They were all accused in the murder of traffic constable Selveraj in November 1997, which triggered communal violence causing the death of 17 persons in Coimbatore. The special public prosecutor contended that the genesis of the serial bomb blasts that ravaged Coimbatore in 1998, lay in Selvaraj’s murder. The Al-Ulmma is an Islamist extremist Organisation that engineered the serial bomb blasts in Coimbatore. At least 33 people––including eight women and a child––died while 153 more were injured in a series of 12 bomb blasts in Coimbatore on February 14, 1998.
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December - 22 
According to media reports, Tamil Nadu police detained nine more Muslim Defence Force activists on December 22. They were arrested in Sivaganga, Tirunelveli and Tuticorin districts based on information provided by Hamid Bakri of Kayalpattinam, the principal of an Arabic College and brother-in-law of
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According to media reports, Tamil Nadu police detained nine more Muslim Defence Force activists on December 22. They were arrested in Sivaganga, Tirunelveli and Tuticorin districts based on information provided by Hamid Bakri of Kayalpattinam, the principal of an Arabic College and brother-in-law of Imam Ali, an organizer of the All India Jihad Committee who was killed in an encounter in Bangalore recently. As already reported, the Muslim Defence Force (MDF) is an Islamist extremist organization whose existence came to light after two MDF cadres were arrested on December 2. Investigators are also probing its possible links with the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) agency, Pakistan’s external agency, besides its finances.
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December - 23 
According to media reports, four cadres––Mohamad Safi, Asic, Abbas and Abhudhagir––of the outlawed Al-Umma, an Islamist extremist organization, have been awarded the death penalty by a Sessions Court Coimbatore, on December 23. They are the accused in the 1997-murder of police constable Selvaraj. "
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According to media reports, four cadres––Mohamad Safi, Asic, Abbas and Abhudhagir––of the outlawed Al-Umma, an Islamist extremist organization, have been awarded the death penalty by a Sessions Court Coimbatore, on December 23. They are the accused in the 1997-murder of police constable Selvaraj. "The accused were aware of the consequences and the consequences were their intentions'', the Judge said, noting "it was the gravest of grave and rarest of rare offences", while awarding the death penalty. The judge also sentenced three more accused in the case––, Siddiq Ali, Aslam alias Tada Aslam and Samsudeen––to rigorous imprisonment for a year for unlawful assembly and life term for murder. The eighth accused, Md.Ansari, was sentenced to life imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 25,000. Selvaraj was stabbed to death at Ukkadam, Coimbatore, on November 29, 1997. This led to the subsequent communal clashes and finally the February 14, 1998-serial bomb blasts, in which 59 persons were killed and 249 more wounded, besides damaging property worth Rs 17 crores.
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December - 26 
Media reports quoting unnamed police officials said, on December 26, monitoring the Coutrallam hills and the vicinity, in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, has been intensified following reports that Muslim Defence Force (MDF) extremists have been terrorists there. Reports said they holding regular
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Media reports quoting unnamed police officials said, on December 26, monitoring the Coutrallam hills and the vicinity, in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, has been intensified following reports that Muslim Defence Force (MDF) extremists have been terrorists there. Reports said they holding regular meetings in lodges and using the surrounding forests as hideouts. The MDF is an Islamist extremist organisation who existence came to light recently, following the arrest in Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu nabbed nine suspected MDF cadres.
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December - 28 
Media reports said Tamil Nadu police arrested three suspected extremists of the outlawed Tamil National Liberation Army (TNLA), near Chidambaram in Cuddalore district, on December 28- night and recovered a large quantity of explosives from their possession. They were arrested at Senthiyathope, while
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Media reports said Tamil Nadu police arrested three suspected extremists of the outlawed Tamil National Liberation Army (TNLA), near Chidambaram in Cuddalore district, on December 28- night and recovered a large quantity of explosives from their possession. They were arrested at Senthiyathope, while they were travelling on a motor cycle, police said. The Chidambaram magistrate has, on December 29, remanded them to 15 days in judicial custody.
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December - 30 
According to media reports, Tamil Nadu police, on December 30, filed the chargesheet against Marumalarchi Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (MDMK) general secretary Vaiko and eight party colleagues, all arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) for allegedly making speeches supporting the banne
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According to media reports, Tamil Nadu police, on December 30, filed the chargesheet against Marumalarchi Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (MDMK) general secretary Vaiko and eight party colleagues, all arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) for allegedly making speeches supporting the banned Liberation of Tamil Tigers Elam (LTTE). The chargesheet was filed nearly 180 days after Vaiko and his colleagues were taken into custody. POTA provisions do not allow an accused to be detained for more than 180 days in the absence of a chargesheet. While Vaiko was arrested on July 11, 2002, the others were arrested on July 9.
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December - 30 
According to media reports, the chargesheet filed by Tamil Nadu Police on December 30, 2002 against Marumalarchi Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (MDMK) leader Vaiko and eight others under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) was admitted by the designated POTA Court in suburban Poonamalee, Chennai, on
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According to media reports, the chargesheet filed by Tamil Nadu Police on December 30, 2002 against Marumalarchi Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (MDMK) leader Vaiko and eight others under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) was admitted by the designated POTA Court in suburban Poonamalee, Chennai, on December 31. Vaiko was arrested on his arrival at Chennai airport on July 11,2002, after a tour of US, while the others were arrested on July 9, 2002. All nine were charged for making pro- Liberation of Tamil Tigers Elam (LTTE) speeches at a public meeting at Tirumangalam in Madurai on June 29, 2002,
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*Data till , April 25, 2024
Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.
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