BREAKING: NIA busts ‘Pak-sponsored Al Qaeda module’; arrests 9 terrorists from West Bengal and Kerala. Today early morning, NIA conducted simultaneous raids at several locations at Ernakulam (Kerala) & Murshidabad (West Bengal) and arrested 9 persons
NIA had learnt about an inter-state module of Al-Qaeda operatives at various locations in India including WB and Kerala. The group was planning to undertake terrorist attacks at vital installations in India with an aim to kill innocent people and strike terror in their minds.
Case filed on Sept 11, 2020. 6 terrorists arrested from WB & 4 from Kerala. Incriminating materials including digital devices, documents, jihadi literature, sharp weapons, country-made firearms, a locally fabricated body armour, and literature on home made explosives seized
As per preliminary investigation, these individuals were radicalised by Pak-based Al-Qaeda terrorists on social media and were motivated to undertake attacks at multiple places including Delhi NCR.
NIA says module was actively indulging in fund raising and a few members of gang were planning to travel to New Delhi to procure arms and ammunition. These arrests have pre-empted possible terrorist attacks in various parts of the country.
Arrested are: Murshid Hasan,
Iyakub Biswas & Mosaraf Hossen, all r/o Ernakulam, Kerala; Najmus Sakib, Abu Sufiyan, Mainul Mondal, Leu Yean Ahmed, Al Mamun Kamal & Atitur Rehman, all r/o Murshidabad, West Bengal.
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HM Amit Shah: Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF) had accepted Rs 1.35 crore as foreign contribution under FCRA from China. This is revealed by MHA in reply to a question asked by a Congress member in Lok Sabha today
Shah: Not an inch of land will be ceded to China under Narendra Modi govt
Shah: Foreign contribution from Chinese embassy was used to research on Indo-China ties. But did RGF research cover how thousands of acres of land was taken away by China in 1962? Did it cover how India’s permanent seat in UN was sacrificed due to Nehru’s love (for China)?
BREAKING: Home ministry cancels registration of Rajiv Gandhi Foundation and Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act @HMOIndia
Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, set up on June 21, 1991, is chaired by Sonia Gandhi. Other trustees are Dr Manmohan Singh, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, P Chidambaram, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Suman Dubey & Ashok Ganguly
Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust is chaired by Sonia Gandhi with Rahul Gandhi, Ashok Ganguly, Bansi Mehta and Deep Joshi as its trustees
MoS (Home) Ajay Kumar Mishra writes to Delhi deputy CM Sisodia on Rohingya issue: Delhi Chief secy chaired mtg on July 29, 2022, in which MHA director & FRRO were invited. They informed that India is not a signatory to the 1951 UN Convention on refugees and 1967 protocol..1/n
Mishra: MHA and FRRO said all foreign nationals, including Rohingyas, who enter into India without valid travel documents are treated as illegal migrants & dealt as per the law. UNHCR cards or refugee cards are not recognised by Indian law
Mishra to Delhi deputy CM: Neither MHA official not FRRO proposed that the illegal Rohingya immigrants be shifted to EWS flats built by NDMC in Bakarwala. Neither have they proposed this earlier
HM Amit Shah inaugurates 2-day National Security Strategies (NSS) Conference 2022. The NSS conference brings a unique mix of top leadership addressing national security challenges alongside cutting edge police officers/security practitioners and experts from specialized fields
On the first day of the conference today, deliberations were held on various subjects of national security, including counter-terrorism, radicalisation, issues pertaining to crypto currencies, counter rogue drone technology and challenges posed by Maoist outfits.
HM upon the importance of human intelligence towards countering terrorism, underscoring the crucial role of district level police officers in identifying emerging terror hotspots.
Update on killing of Kashmiri Pandit Sunil Kumar Bhat in Shopian on Aug 16: During initial probe, involvement of an active terrorist, Adil Ahmad Wani r/o Kutpora, surfaced. Meanwhile, an input was received on presence of Adil at his ancestral house at Kutpora
On this information police, 34 RR and 178 Bt CRPF launched a CASO in the area at wee hours on Aug 17. During search, terrorist lobbed grenade on the search party which was retaliated by search party. However, terrorist escaped taking benefit of darkness.
Later on, the security forces found a hideout in the house at rooftop where arms and ammunition (one AK rifle along with a magazine and one pistol was found in the hideout). A separate FIR in this terrorist act was registered on August 17.
J&K Govt terminates service of deputy superintendent of jails, J&K prison deptt Feroz Ahmad Lone and principal of Govt boys school in Bijbehara Javid Ahmad Shah over alleged terror links, by invoking Article 311(2)(c) of the Constitution of India.
J&K govt sources: DSP Lone, appointed in 2012, hatched conspiracy with terror commanders to send youths illegally into Pakistan/PoK, for weapons training before they were pushed back into Kashmir as terrorists of Hizb. Lone was working of Hizb commander Riyaz Naikoo, since killed
J&K official: It is an open secret that prisons in J&K were being used as for radicalisation and even sensational assassinations and terror plots were hatched from jail before August 2019. The facilitating role of elements like Lone had led to complete breakdown of prison system