A team of Indian investigators will travel to the United States next week to question David Coleman Headley, arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for plotting terror-attacks overseas, including India.
Vicky Nanjappa analyses the Indian Mujahideen's modus operandi.
Indian investigators would join their Federal Bureau of Investigation counterparts on Monday to question David Coleman Headley, nabbed by FBI for plotting a major terror attack in India at LeT's behest, as fresh inputs indicated that he was planning to visit Pakistan this month.
The Pakistani actor's tweet came after violence that broke out in many cities of the neighbouring country following the arrest of former prime minister Imran Khan for alleged corruption.
The Indian Mujahideen earlier relied on extortions and arms smuggling but has now realised that donations are a better and safer way to collect funds for its operations, reports Vicky Nanjappa.
Rumour-mongering has largely affected the process to calm down the situation and bring peace in troubled Manipur.
The Intelligence Bureau's suspicions about a terror strike led to the spot-fixing arrests. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
National security advisor Ajit Doval on Friday suggested that various central armed police forces of the country should have "jointness" and interoperability among themselves like the ongoing plan for the defence forces.
'There is a trust deficit between Delhi and Srinagar. It is there even today.'
The roots of the Indian Mujahideen (IM) which has claimed responsibility for every terror strike since the Uttar Pradesh serial blasts is becoming a serious threat to the security of the country. The Intelligence Bureau says this outfit of the outlawed Students Islamic Movement of India is aggressive by nature.
Even as the police force and the Intelligence Bureau verify the Deccan Mujahideen's claims of orchestrating the Mumbai terror attacks, they are not ruling out the involvement of the Indian Mujahideen, an offshoot of the Students Islamic Movement of India.The IB points out that the e-mail sent by the Indian Mujahideen in September had made revealed their animosity towards Mumbai and the Anti Terrorist Squad. The IM, in an email sent out in September, had warned the ATS.
The Intelligence Bureau and Research and Analysis Wing are downplaying their team's failure to meet David Headley, the Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative currently in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's custody.
A case of extortion and cyber terrorism was registered by the Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations unit of the Delhi police on November 25.
The Mumbai police named a person by the Amir Raza Khan, who is allegedly controlling the IM from Pakistan. Amir Raza Khan, according to the Intelligence Bureau, is a mafia don who used to operate from Bangladesh. An IB official told rediff.com that Khan shuttled between Bangladesh and Pakistan, and was linked with the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami, which was responsible for the attacks at Hyderabad and Ajmer last year.
Terror outfit Indian Mujahideen is back to haunt security agencies in the country. An Intelligence Bureau report indicates that the group, which was wiped out to a large extent in India, is all set for a comeback. There are intercepts to show that cadres recruited for the IM are undergoing heavy training in Pakistan.
The ICG and Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad apprehended the fishing boat in a joint operation in the high seas on Sunday afternoon, the coast guard said in a release in Ahmedabad.
The Intelligence Bureau states that a full-fledged colony has been created in Karachi, Pakistan, for Indian Mujahideen operatives. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
The terror outfit carried out Wednesday's attack following a directive from the Lashkar-e-Tayiba to possibly avenge the execution of Afzal Guru, according to the Intelligence Bureau. Vicky Nanjappa reports
Although the Hyderabad blasts bear the signature of the Indian Mujahideen, the police and the Intelligence Bureau say that it is too early to pin point the blame on the infamous terror outfit.
The Indian Army guards the Line of Actual Control -- India's border with China -- along with the ITBP.
Four suspected operatives of terror outfit Indian Mujahideen were arrested by Delhi police from Rajasthan on Sunday morning.
Vigilance Commissioner Suresh N Patel was on Wednesday appointed as the Central Vigilance Commissioner, a year after the post fell vacant.
In a sea-air coordinated operation, narcotics worth Rs 480 crore were seized from a Pakistani boat with six crew in the Arabian Sea near Porbandar by a multi-agency team led by the Indian Coast Guard, the defence ministry said on Tuesday.
The IB said they have informed all those involved in investigating cases pertaining to terror not to take such news seriously and go about their investigation in a routine manner.
The syndicate used "stooge" bank accounts and shell companies to transfer the largest amount linked to a single case recorded in the city, the Customs and Excise Department of Hong Kong said.
As the investigations into the serial blasts progress, it becomes clear that the police were caught napping despite warnings and alerts from the Intelligence Bureau over the past couple of months.
A day after the Central Bureau of Investigation told a court in Ahmedabad that it is probing the role of Intelligence Bureau officers in the Ishrat Jahan case, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said those guilty of carrying out the alleged fake encounter should be punished.
'They are worried that the BJP government is trying to reduce Kashmiris as a minority.'
The overnight operation in the Arabian Sea was carried out in coordination with the Gujarat Anti-terrorism Squad and the Narcotics Control Bureau, it said.
Intelligence Bureau officials are not ruling out the role of Lashkar-e-Tayiba behind the attack. Sources in the Intelligence Bureau said that while this blast bears the signature of the Indian Mujahideen, they could have very well got the help of the Lashkar to execute this attack.
Preliminary investigations have revealed that 7 IEDs were used and the explosive device was wrapped in cloth bags and tiffin carriers. This bears the signature of the Indian Mujahideen, a member of the NIA who is also investigating the case says.
The CPI (Maoist) on Sunday vowed to avenge the death of its top leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad in an encounter with police in Adilabad district of Andhra Pradesh.
Asim Umar, Al Qaeda's Sharia council chief, heads its operations on the sub-continent.
'An entire operation was running systematically prior to the revoking of Article 370.'
How Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal, the Indian link in the 26/11 conspiracy, was captured after a painful 43-month chase.
Cellular phones with cameras, in-built memory for storage of data, and Bluetooth and infrared connectivity that allow wireless transfer of data from computers are barred.
The Commission has desired to incorporate Aadhaar-based fingerprint authentication (else digital fingerprint capturing) and facial recognition of candidates, scanning of QR Code of e-admit cards and monitoring through live AI-based CCTV video surveillance, it said.
The IB says the latest e-mail shows that the Indian Mujahideen was behind Friday's blasts too, and the Bengalaru police is trying to ascertain the similarities between the two blasts.
A fresh terror alert has been issued, this time it is Kolkata. Based on the interrogation of some Indian Mujhaideen cadres who are in custody, the Intelligence Bureau has informed the Ministry of Home Affairs that the outfit is targeting the eastern city.
How Lashkar-e-Tayiba's bomb maker Abdul Karim 'Tunda' was arrested after being on the run for 30 years.
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