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Wanted LeT operative brought back from Rwanda

Wanted LeT operative brought back from Rwanda

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At the instance of the NIA, the CBI had got an Interpol Red Notice issued against the accused, a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative on August 2, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP The Global Operations Centre of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has coordinated with the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Interpol National Central Bureau-Kigali for securing the return of a terror case accused from Rwanda. Also read: India seeks extradition of Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed from Pakistan The accused has been identified as Salman Rehman Khan, who was wanted as a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative in a case registered last year by the NIA. “The subject being a member of internationally proscribed terrorist organisation LeT had assisted in providing of arms, ammunition, and explosives to further terrorist activities in Bengaluru. An FIR 149/2023 was also registered in Hebbal Police Station, Bengaluru city,” said the CBI. At the instance of the NIA, the CBI had got an Interpol Red Notice issued against the accused on August 2, 2024, and it was circulated to all the law enforcement …

Israeli forces capture senior Hezbollah operative in north Lebanon, Israeli military official says

Israeli forces capture senior Hezbollah operative in north Lebanon, Israeli military official says

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Smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike on Dahiyeh, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, early Friday, Nov. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) | Photo Credit: AP Israeli naval forces captured a senior Hezbollah operative in north Lebanon, an Israeli military official said Saturday, as the conflict between the Iran-backed group and Israel showed few signs of easing. Earlier on Saturday, Lebanese authorities said it was investigating whether Israel was behind the capture of a Lebanese sea captain who was taken away by a group of armed men who had landed on the coast near the northern town of Batroun on Friday. “The operative has been transferred to Israeli territory and is currently being investigated,” the military official said, without providing the name of the person in detention. The operation marks the first time Israel has announced it deployed troops deep into northern Lebanon to take a senior Hezbollah operative captive since the conflict between the two sides escalated in late September. Since then, Israeli forces began a ground invasion of southern Lebanon and intensified …

NIA arrests alleged terror operative during pan-India searches

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In a massive pan-India crackdown against terrorists` outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), the NIA on Saturday conducted searches at 26 locations in five states and arrested one person and questioned several suspects involved in motivating youth into committing violent terror attacks across the country, according to an official statement. Sheikh Sultan Salah Uddin Ayubi alias Ayubi was taken into custody after searches at 26 locations in Assam, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir, it said. The accused was arrested on account of his incriminatory role in the conspiracy case, said the statement issued by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). He will be produced before the NIA special court, Patiala House, New Delhi, it added. In addition, “several other suspects” have also been rounded up for questioning, the NIA said. The suspects were engaged in radicalising individuals associated with Pakistan-based JeM and were engaged in disseminating terrorist related propaganda, and “radicalising and recruiting youth into the Jamaat outfit” inspired by it, it said. These suspects were involved in motivating the youth into committing violent terror attacks …

‘Individual Is Not Greater Than The Nation’: Karnataka High Court Denies Bail to Alleged ISIS Operative

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The High Court concluded that the NIA Special Court had not erred in refusing bail to the accused. (Getty file) The court found there was sufficient evidence to believe that the accused actively participated in radicalising local youth to support the establishment of an Islamic Caliphate in India. The Karnataka High Court denied bail to Arafath Ali, an accused in an ongoing ISIS-related investigation. The court upheld the decision of the Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court, ruling that national interest must outweigh individual liberty when issues of unity, sovereignty and integrity of the nation are involved. A Division bench of Justice Sreenivas Harish Kumar and Justice JM Khazi, delivered the verdict, stating that the materials presented against the accused demonstrated prima facie involvement in a conspiracy against the nation, warranting denial of bail under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). The case stems from an incident on August 15, 2022, when a youth named Prem Singh was stabbed in Shivamogga City. During the investigation, authorities uncovered the involvement of a network allegedly conspiring to …

HC grants bail to alleged Indian Mujahideen operative in terror case | Latest News India

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New Delhi, The Delhi High Court has granted bail to Abdul Subhan Qureshi, co-founder of banned terror organisation Indian Mujahideen , in a terror case. HC grants bail to alleged Indian Mujahideen operative in terror case A bench of Justices Suresh Kumar Kait and Manoj Jain considered the period of incarceration undergone by him, which was around five years, and directed that the terms and conditions of the bail would be decided by the trial court. Unlock exclusive access to the latest news on India’s general elections, only on the HT App. Download Now! Download Now! “In case there is any violation of any condition imposed by the trial court or appellant attempts to threaten or influence any witness, directly or indirectly, or attempts to delay the trial, it would be open to prosecution to seek cancellation of bail, without any reference to this cour,” the bench said. The high court passed the order while allowing an appeal by Qureshi challenging a trial court’s December 2023 order, in which his plea seeking bail in the …

Maharashtra: SIMI operative arrested in Jalgaon by Delhi Police

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A 47-year-old member of Students` Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) who also allegedly edited a magazine of the banned organisation besides indoctrinating many gullible youths has been arrested by the Delhi Police, officials said on Sunday. Hanif Sheikh was declared a proclaimed offender in 2002 and has been absconding for the last 22 years. He was nabbed on February 22 from Bhusawal in Jalgaon district in Maharashtra where he was a teacher in an Urdu school under a different identity, they said. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell)  Alok Kumar claimed that Hanif was the most notorious and wanted SIMI terrorist who had played pivotal roles in various activities of the proscribed organisation across the country. Police said the SIMI magazine that Hanif Sheikh edited had his name printed as Haneef Hudai. This was the only lead available with the police, making it difficult to trace him, they said. A case of sedition and under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) was registered against him in 2001 at New Friends Colony police station in the …

Delhi court grants transit remand of Lashkar operative Riyaz to J&K Police

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Delhi`s Tis Hazari Court on Tuesday granted transit remand of Lashkar operative Riyaz Ahmad Rather, the key conspirator of the recently busted terror module in Kupwara, to Jammu and Kashmir Police. Rather, a retired army personnel, was arrested by Delhi Police on February 4 from New Delhi Railway station and his arrest was informed to the Jammu and Kashmir Police from which specific information was received about him. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Anuj Kumar Singh granted transit remand of Riyaz Ahmad to Jammu and Kashmir police after considering its application. He was allegedly involved in a hatching conspiracy along with one Khursheed Ahmad Rather and Ghulam Sarwar Rather in receiving arms and ammunition from across the LOC by the terrorist handlers. Riyaz Ahmad is suspected of having received a consignment of arms and ammunition from Khursheed Ahmad Rather and Ghulam Sarwar Rather, residents of New Gabra Karnah in Kupwara. Both were already arrested by J&K Police. As per Delhi police statement, on February 4, specific information was received from investigation agencies in Jammu and …

Delhi Police arrest wanted Hizbul Mujahideen operative Javaid Mattoo

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Delhi Police`s Special Cell has arrested a Hizbul Mujahideen operative wanted in multiple terrorism-related cases. Quoting an official said, newswire PTI reported that Javaid Matoo was wanted in multiple terrorism-related cases in Jammu and Kashmir. Further details are awaited. Hizbul Mujahideen is a militant organization operating in Kashmir. Its goal is to merge Kashmir with Pakistan. Meanwhile, an anti-terror operation in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir entered the second day on Thursday as security forces continued search operations to track down militants who had briefly engaged in a firefight last night. There has been no fresh firefight but search operations are still in progress, a police official said. He said an encounter broke out between security forces and militants at Hadigam village on Wednesday night after the law enforcing agencies launched a cordon and search operation in the area.  Source link

Centre declares Hizbul operative Asif Maqbool Dar as terrorist under UAPA | Latest News India

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The ministry of home affairs has designated Hizb-ul-Mujahideen operative Dr Asif Maqbool Dar as a terrorist under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. In a notification issued on Saturday, the ministry said Dar, presently based in Saudi Arabia, has been involved in instigating the youth of Kashmir Valley using social media platforms for terrorist activities. “Dr. Asif Maqbool Dar is one of the leading radical voices on social media and involved in nefariously influencing Kashmiri youth to take up arms against Indian Government and Security Forces,” the ministry alleged. Dar is accused in a case relating to conspiracy hatched by the cadres of terrorist organisation to undertake violent terrorist act in Jammu and Kashmir and major cities in India, including New Delhi, on the direction of handlers based across the border. The National Investigating Agency (NIA) is probing the case. The central government believes that Dar is “involved in terrorism and…is to be added as a terrorist under the said Act”, the notification said. Earlier, the MHA designated Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) member Arbaz Ahmad Mir as …