Recent Appearances...

Warning: Undefined array key "rbname" in /data/rantburg.com/www/rantburg/pgrecentorg.php on line 14
Hello !
Recent Appearances...

India-Pakistan

Delhi Police Nabs Suspected ISIS Operative Shahnawaz Alam In Major Crackdown

2023-10-03

[OneIndia] In a major breakthrough, the Delhi Police Special Cell apprehended Shahnawaz alias Shafi Uzzama, the National Investigation Agency's (NIA) most wanted terrorist. Shahnawaz, who had a reward of Rs 3 lakhs on his head, was wanted in connection with the Pune ISIS case.

The 32-year-old engineer by profession and resident of Delhi had managed to escape from Pune police custody, triggering a massive manhunt that spanned several states.

Delhi Police Special Cell officials have also detained several individuals in connection with the case. Details about these detainees and their potential involvement in terrorist activities are yet to be disclosed. The authorities said that further investigation is underway.

The recent arrest of Shafi Uzzama is part of the NIA's ongoing efforts to apprehend individuals linked to the Pune ISIS module case. The NIA had earlier released pictures of four terror suspects wanted in connection with this case and declared a reward of Rs 3 lakh each for credible information leading to their arrest.

Shafi Uzzama, along with Talha Liyakat Khan, Rizwan Abdul Haji Ali and Abdulla Faiyaz Sheikh alias Daiperwala, was the subject of an extensive nationwide manhunt.

WHAT IS PUNE ISIS MODULE CASE
Shahnawaz and two others, Mohammad Imran Mohammad Yunus Khan and Mohammad Yunus Mohammad Yakub Saki, were arrested by the Kothrud police in Pune on July 18 following their attempted theft of a two-wheeler. When the police were taking them to their residence at Kondhwa in Pune for a search, Shahnawaz jumped out of the police vehicle and managed to escape.

Police found that Khan and Saki, originally hailing from Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh, were allegedly involved in a separate terror case registered in Rajasthan, where explosives were discovered in a car in March 2022. Both Khan and Saki carried a bounty of Rs 5 lakh each on their heads.

The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) took over the investigation on July 22. During the course of their inquiry, the ATS arrested additional suspects, including Qadir Dastagir Pathan, an IT engineer, and SN Kazi, at Kondhwa. The agency invoked sections of the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act against Khan, Saki, and other accused.

The investigation took a critical turn when Khan and Saki revealed that Shahnawaz had stored acid at Bopatghat near Kondhwa. The NIA sought the assistance of the Bomb Disposal and Detection Squad to seize the acid along with various chemicals used in bomb-making.

ATS also seized several other materials and found 500 GB data in the laptops and mobile phones of the accused which contained links to YouTube videos on making bombs and Google images of various places.

Link

India-Pakistan

3 OGWs booked under PSA in Kishtwar: Police

2023-09-19

3 OGWs booked under PSA in Kishtwar: Policehttps://t.co/rHkb8g4CVR
— Greater Kashmir (@GreaterKashmir) September 18, 2023

Three hardcore over ground workers were booked under Public Safety Act (PSA) in Kishtwar district of the Jammu region on Monday, police said.

Senior Superintendent of Police Kishtwar, Khalil Poswal as per the news agency—Kashmir
Kashmir

Link

India-Pakistan

‘NGO Funding Case’: NIA raids multiple locations in Kashmir

2023-08-01

CIK raids underway at multiple locations in #Kashmir https://t.co/g6yY4c9LCu
— Greater Kashmir (@GreaterKashmir) August 1, 2023

Reliable sources informed Srinagar based news agency Kashmir
Kashmir

Link

India-Pakistan

NIA raids absconding accused's house in Hizb conspiracy case

2023-07-23

#NIA raids absconding accused's house in Hizb conspiracy case@NIA_India https://t.co/mhzSRUvR5m
— Greater Kashmir (@GreaterKashmir) July 22, 2023

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday raided the residential premises of an absconding accused in the Hizb ul Mujahideen (HM)

...the militant wing of Jamaat i-Islami on Pakistan’s ISI payroll for the purpose of conquering Indian Kashmir...

terror conspiracy case, officials said.

The accused has been identified as Riaz Ahmed @ Hazari, a resident of Kishtwar district of Jammu & Kashmir
Kashmir

Link

India-Pakistan

SIA conducts raids in three districts of south Kashmir in Sanjay Sharma killing case

2023-07-19

[GreateraKashmir] The State Investigation Agency (SIA) Kashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
carried out raids at different locations in three districts of South Kashmir, an official said on Tuesday.

Quoting an official, news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) reported that the SIA personnel, accompanied by police and the paramilitary CRPF, are carrying out raids at different locations in the three districts.

"The searches are underway in Chakoora and Shirmal area of Shopian, Qaimoh area of Kulgam and main town Anantnag in South Kashmir," he said.

He said these searches are being carried out in connection with investigation in the killing of Sanjay Sharma (Bank ATM guard) who was killed by murderous Moslems in Achan Pulwama in February this year.

Link

India-Pakistan

Police search HM terrorist’s house in J&K's Kishtwar

2023-06-11

[GreaterKashmir] Police conducted an extensive search operation today at the residence of an active Hizbul Mujahideen
<span class=Inverse>Hizbul Mujahideen</span>

<span class=Inverse>Hizbul Mujahideen</span>

...Party of Holy Warriors, founded by Muhammad Ahsan Dar in September 1989. One of the Pak sock puppets waging jihad in Indian Kashmir. It was originally organized as the armed wing of Jamaat-e-Islami. In 1990, Dar declared Hizbul as the sword arm of Jamaat. Hizbul murdered many of the pro-independence intelligentsia in Kashmir. After the organization was taken over by Syed Salahuddin Dar and several other ex-Hizb leaders were assassinated between 2001 and 2003...
terrorist in Kishtwar district, officials said.

According to SSP Kishtwar, Khalil Ahmad Poswal, a house search warrant was obtained from the NIA court in Jammu for Case FIR Number 1 of 2022, registered at Police Station Dachhan under sections 13/18/19/20/39/UAPA, 7/25 I.A Act, 4/5 Explosive Substance Act.

"The search was conducted at the residential house of Muddasir Ahmed, an active member of the HM outfit and son of Tariq Hussain Gainoo, residing in Tander Dachhan," stated the SSP.

During the search, evidence was seized, which will be investigated to determine the accused person's involvement in anti-national activities and terrorism, leading to judicial proceedings.

Furthermore, SSP Kishtwar Poswal revealed that all supporters and associates of the Lions of Islam found involved during the investigation will also face prosecution.

The police officer urged the general public to share any information about the presence of anti-national elements (ANEs) by contacting the numbers 9905154100 and 97972 86841. Informants will be suitably rewarded, and their identities will be kept strictly confidential, he added.

Link

India-Pakistan

Kupwara DM restricts entry, usage of shopping complex belonging to Jamat e Islami: SIA

2023-06-01

[GreaterKashmir
Kashmir

Goodness! The JeI comptroller has been very prudent in his handling of the organization’s funds in excess of immediate needs.

which have either been notified or are under the process of being notified for further legal action. These are as a result of investigation of case FIR number 17 of 2019 U/S 10, 11 & 13 of Police Station Batmaloo being investigated by SIA", read the statement further.

Link

India-Pakistan

NIA Court Convicts One More In Assam Hizbul Mujahideen Case

2023-05-26

[OneIndia] A special court of the National Investigation Agency has convicted another accused in a conspiracy case related to the formation of a Hizbul Mujahideen
<span class=Inverse>Hizbul Mujahideen</span>

...Party of Holy Warriors, founded by Muhammad Ahsan Dar in September 1989. One of the Pak sock puppets waging jihad in Indian Kashmir. It was originally organized as the armed wing of Jamaat-e-Islami. In 1990, Dar declared Hizbul as the sword arm of Jamaat. Hizbul murdered many of the pro-independence intelligentsia in Kashmir. After the organization was taken over by Syed Salahuddin Dar and several other ex-Hizb leaders were assassinated between 2001 and 2003...
module case in Guwahati.

The court sentenced Mohammad Saiful Alam of Hojai district, Assam to five years in jail. He was awarded rigorous imprisonment and also slapped with a fine.

"Five people were chargesheeted by the NIA on March 11, 2019, and two of them, identified as Md. Sahnawaj Alom and Md. Omar Faruque was convicted by the NIA Court on December 23, 2022," an NIA release read.

The case was originally registered at the P.S. Jamunamukh, District Hojai, Assam under various sections of the IPC and UA(P) Act. The NIA re-registered the case on October 5 2018.

The probe by the NIA revealed that the three convicted accused had conspired with one Kamruj Zaman to establish a module of the Hizbul Mujahideen in Assam.

"During 2017-2018, they organised a series of meetings in various mosques, such as Milonpur Masjid, Islampur Masjid and Solmari Masjid, in and around the Jamunamukh area. The meetings were used to spread the banned outfit's hardcore fundamentalist ideology, with speeches about alleged atrocities and Jihad. Youth attending these meetings were told about the need to raise a module of HM for committing terrorist acts in response to the alleged atrocities etc," the NIA release also read.

The NIA also found that Kamruj and Shahnawaz conspired to raise funds for the procurement of arms and ammunition.

"Omar, alongwith another accused Jaynal Uddin, provided logistic support. To keep their communications a secret, Kamruj Zaman and Saiful Alam had also installed the Blackberry messenger (BBM) App on their mobile sets. Kamruj had used this app to stay in touch with Hizbul Mujahideen cadres in Jammu and Kashmir
Kashmir

Link

India-Pakistan

Two Hizbul Terrorists Accused Of Killing Mirwaiz Farooq Arrested 33 Years After Incident

2023-05-17

[OneIndia] The Jammu and Kashmir
Kashmir

...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
Police arrested two people who were involved in the killing of Mirwaiz Mohammad Farooq, 33 years after the then chief priest of the Valley fell to the bullets of Hizbul Mujahideen
...Party of Holy Warriors, founded by Muhammad Ahsan Dar in September 1989. One of the Pak sock puppets waging jihad in Indian Kashmir. It was originally organized as the armed wing of Jamaat-e-Islami. In 1990, Dar declared Hizbul as the sword arm of Jamaat. Hizbul murdered many of the pro-independence intelligentsia in Kashmir. After the organization was taken over by Syed Salahuddin Dar and several other ex-Hizb leaders were assassinated between 2001 and 2003...
assassins, a police brass hat said on Tuesday.

Special DG CID Jammu and Kashmir R R Swain said the State Investigation Agency (SIA) arrested Javed Bhat and Zahoor Bhat who had managed to escape along with two others after the killing of Mirwaiz Farooq at his residence on May 21, 1990, as reported by PTI.

Officials, however, did not divulge other details such as when and from where the accused were arrested.

Ayoub Dar, also an accused, was already arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment by a court.

''The four accused were absconding. Main accused Abdullah Bangaroo was killed in an encounter while another accused, Ab Rehman Shigan, was also killed in an encounter during the investigation.

''Javed Bhat alias Azmat Khan and Zahoor Bhat alias Bilal managed to escape. It was Zahoor who had pulled the trigger after entering the bedroom of the Mirwaiz,'' Swain told news hounds here.

He said the absconders have been arrested by ''the long arms of the law after more than 30 years. They will face a trial now''.

''With this all accused of Mirwaiz killing have been brought to justice,'' he added. Swain said the duo, who was arrested on the basis of intelligence developed by the SIA, have been handed over to the CBI.

Giving details, Swain said Javed and Zahoor had gone underground and during all these years were hiding in Nepal and Pakistain among other places before returning to Kashmir a few years ago. ''Maintaining a low profile, changing addresses and shifting residences, they avoided the gaze of law enforcement agencies. They are now liable to immediately face trial in a designated TADA court in Delhi which has already completed the trial in respect of Dar," he added.

According to police, Mirwaiz Farooq was killed by Hizbul Mujahideen cadres, accusing him of being a 'peacenik' and an 'Indian agent'.

''A case FIR No 61/1990 came to be registered in Police Station Nageen, Srinagar to investigate the crime. Thereafter the government of the day transferred the investigation to CBI on 11 June 1990,'' Swain said.

Before killing the Mirwaiz, all the five Hizb murderous Moslems had gone to Pakistain for training in 1990. Back in Srinagar, Bangroo received instructions in April 1990 from his ISI handler in Pakistain to eliminate the Mirwaiz.

Link

India-Pakistan

NIA Crackdown In Kashmir Continues: Properties Of JeM, Hizbul Terrorists Attached

2023-05-12

[OneIndia] The National Investigation Agency (NIA) in a major operation has intensified its crackdown in Kashmir
Kashmir

...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
by attaching the properties of three accused persons who are linked with terror-organizations sponsored by Pakistain.

Stepping up its vigil on terror outfits and their affiliates, the NIA conducted raids on the properties of overground workers across various locations.

On Wednesday, the NIA attached the immovable properties of three accused in two different cases. The cases pertained to the Hizbul Mujahideen
...Party of Holy Warriors, founded by Muhammad Ahsan Dar in September 1989. One of the Pak sock puppets waging jihad in Indian Kashmir. It was originally organized as the armed wing of Jamaat-e-Islami. In 1990, Dar declared Hizbul as the sword arm of Jamaat. Hizbul murdered many of the pro-independence intelligentsia in Kashmir. After the organization was taken over by Syed Salahuddin Dar and several other ex-Hizb leaders were assassinated between 2001 and 2003...
and Jaish-e-Mohammad
...literally Army of Mohammad, a Pak-based Deobandi terror group founded by Maulana Masood Azhar in 2000, after he split with the Harkat-ul-Mujaheddin. In 2002 the government of Pervez Musharraf banned the group, which changed its name to Khaddam ul-Islam and continued doing what it had been doing before without missing a beat...
In the first case, the NIA attached the immovable properties of Doulat Ali Mugal and Ishaq Pala, in Herman Shopian.

While Ishaq Pala, currently lodged in Central Jail Agra, was a terrorist of Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) / al-Badr terrorist organization, Doulat Ali Mugal was an overground worker of the proscribed Hizbul Mujahideen. He is currently out on bail.

Pala while in Central Jail Srinagar, had conspired with his co-accused, including Riyaz Naikoo and Doulat Ali Mugal, and assisted Danish Ghulam Lone and Suhail Ahmad Bhat to cross the border from Kupwara Sector to join terror ranks and wage a war against the state. Accused Doulat Ali Mugal had provided logistic support to accused Danish Ghulam Lone and Suhail Ahmad Bhat at Kupwara when both were about to cross the Line of Control or LoC, the NIA said.

The properties attached on orders of NIA Special Court, include land measuring 5.5 Marla and 3.5 Marla under survey Nos.1597 Min and 1598 Min, including one double storey house of accused Doulat Ali Mugal located at Village Manigah Kupwara, and Immoveable property in the form of two rooms under the ownership of accused Ishaq Pala at village Allora, Tehsil Herman, Shopian, the NIA said.

The probe was launched in 2018, following which a module of the Hizbul Mujahideen was busted. The others who were charged included Danish Ghulam Lone, Suhail Ahmad Bhat and Feeroz Ahmad Lone. Another co-conspirator, Reyaz Ahmad Naikoo was killed by the security forces in an encounter.

In the second case, the NIA attached the property of Fayaz Ahmad Magray, who is an associate of the Jaish-e-Mohammad. He is currently lodged in jail. The property seized, included six shops constructed on land measuring 5.5 Marlas under survey No. 2664 Min at Lethpora, Pulwama, belonging to the accused.

Fayaz was charged in 2018 for conspiring with other accused which led to the suicide kaboom on the CRPF group centre in Pulwama. He had carried out a recce of the CRPF centre and also provided logistic support to Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists, the NIA noted.

During the attack two faceless myrmidons Fardeen Ahmad Khandey and Manzoor Ahmad Baba, along with one Pak Abdul Shakoor were killed inside the CRPF camp, the NIA also said.

Link

India-Pakistan

Residence of Hizb terrorist's father searched in Kashmir

2023-05-07

Residence of #Hizb terrorist's father searched in #Kashmir https://t.co/LEv8VEaa2L
— Greater Kashmir (@GreaterKashmir) May 6, 2023

Continuing its crackdown on terror elements, Special Investigation Unit (SIU) conducted searches in the residential premises of Abdul Gani Bhat, father of active terrorist Farooq Ahmad Bhat alias Nali, at Chek Desen Yaripora in South Kashmir
Kashmir

The mills of Justice grinding slowly... though to be fair, there was that whole changing of Kashmir’s status thingy that led to a police lockdown, followed by the Covid lockdown, which no doubt slowed the hunt considerably.

The SIU is investigating the case and has been conducting searches and investigations to bring the perpetrators to justice, said the police.

Link

India-Pakistan

NIA attaches property of militant comdr killed in Pak

2023-03-05

[Daily Excelsior] The National Investigation Agency (NIA) today attached properties of a Hizbul Mujahideen
...Party of Holy Warriors, founded by Muhammad Ahsan Dar in September 1989. One of the Pak sock puppets waging jihad in Indian Kashmir. It was originally organized as the armed wing of Jamaat-e-Islami. In 1990, Dar declared Hizbul as the sword arm of Jamaat. Hizbul murdered many of the pro-independence intelligentsia in Kashmir. After the organization was taken over by Syed Salahuddin Dar and several other ex-Hizb leaders were assassinated between 2001 and 2003...
(HM) commander, who was killed last month in Pakistain, in the Kupwara district.

The properties of Bashir Ahmad Pir, a resident of the Babarpora area of Kralpora in the north Kashmir
Kashmir

Link

Warning: Undefined property: stdClass::$T in /data/rantburg.com/www/rantburg/pgrecentorg.php on line 132
-12 More