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'Malegaon blast arrest exposes Hindu militancy' (12) Mumbai, October 30: : Muslim intellectuals and political leaders said that the arrest of a Sadhvi and other activists in connection with the Malegaon and Modasa blasts, marks a good begining in exposing the role of Hindu outfits in Terror activities. "This is just a tip of the iceberg and names of many top brass leaders of Hindu right wing organisations would figure if the investigations are carried out without any political pressure," said Prof Dr Anwar Amir Ansari, Secretary, Aman Committee. "Though it (arrest of Hindu fundamentalists) is a late action, its a good beginning, let there be impartial probe, Ansari said. "Why there are double standards in booking the accused under soft act and why are they are they not placed under stringent laws like MCOCA," Ansari asked. Chief Maulana Kashmiri, said, with these arrests police can lead to the real culprits involved in the earlier blasts including the Mumbai train blasts. "Why the ATS is not talking openly to the media. Is it under any pressure from the government" Kashmiri asked. He also rubbished reports that the move is to appease the minorities with an eye on the forthcoming elections. "Terrorism does not have any religion, but this is a reality, that members of the Hindu outfit have been involved, but of course they are not members of BJP," Hyder Azam, BJP Minority Cell, Mumbai President said. (Indian Express 1/11/08) Top terror recruiter arrested formally (12) Kannur: The newly formed special anti-terror squad of the Kerala Police on Monday formally arrested Mujeeb (28) of Mouvanchery, Chakkarakkal, Kannur after the officials were convinced of his terror links following six days of intense interrogation in a secret facility. With this those put under arrest for terror operations so far by the squad headed in Kannur by S Sreejith, Superintendent of Police, rose to three, the others being NDF activist Abdul Jaleel and terror recruiter Muhammad Faizal. Sources in the police confirmed that Mujeeb, like Faizal, was a recruiter of young men from Kerala for the terror outfits based in Pakistan. He was taken into custody by the Kollam police from his wife’s house in Ochira on October 28. Mujeeb had gone into hinding just when the police were observing his activities as per the information received by them during the interrogation of the others arrested. The Superintendent of Police, Kollam, later handed him over to Sreejith. Sources confirmed that Mujeeb had recruited several young men from Kannur for terror outfits. The hunt for two other top Lashkar-e-Taiba recruiters, Nazeer of Neerchal, Kannur and Ibrahim Moulvi of Vellamunda, Wayanad district, were still on, and sources said they could fall into the police net anytime. Officials indicated that Mujeeb was an associate of Nazeer and Ibrahim Moulvi in recruiting young men to be sent to Pakistan for training in terror operations. Sources suspected that Jaleel, Faizal and Ninar of Thayyil, Kannur, who was already in custody but yet to be arrested formally, were sub-agents functioning under the top recruiter-trio of Nazeer, Ibrahim Moulvi and Mujeeb. However, a clear picture would emerge only after further investigations. But the police had already got convincing information that the four Malayalee ultras — Muhammad Yasin, Muhammad Fayaz, Muhammad Faiz and Abdul Raheem — killed by security forces in Kashmir last month had been recruited by the Nazeer-Ibrahim-Mujeeb trio. The police were of the belief that Nazeer, trained in terror operations in Pakistan and elsewhere, was the seniormost recruiter in Kannur. Ibrahim Moulvi was mostly in charge of taking classes for recruited and prospective recruited young men, by traveling all over the State. Sources in the police said that they had got evidences to prove that he had organised classes in Kannur city, Neerchal, Thana and Maithanappally. They said that Ibrahim Moulvi, who had married a girl from Kappad, used to visit her house regularly. Meanwhile, the Jammu and Kashmir Police handed over the bodies of the four Malayalaee militants killed by security forces in Kupwara sector while trying to sneak into Pakistan early October to the Lalpura Masjid Committee. The relatives of the killed terror operatives, Yasin, Fayaz, Faiz and Raheem, had refused to receive the bodies despite the Jammu and Kashmir Police’s offer to hand over them. At the same time, Islamist organisation NDF and Adbul Nasser Madani’s PDP, presently under the shadow of suspicion in the context of the Kerala Police’s terror hunt, launched pre-emptive campaigns to project themselves as peace-loving outfits. The NDF held a massive demonstration followed by a public meeting in Kannur, in which hundreds of activists participated asking the Government “not to destroy Kerala by creating terror”. Senior leaders of the organisation addressed the participants at the public meeting. PDP’s working chairman Poonthura Siraj alleged that the Indian Union
Muslim League, the second largest constituent of the Congress-led Opposition UDF in Kerala, was responsible for the growth of extremism in the State. He demanded an intense probe into the sources of funds the Muslim League had been receiving from abroad. Siraj also wanted the Government to launch an investigation into the frequent (once in a week) visits abroad by Muslim League leaders. (Pioneer 4/11/08) 'I have done my job', blast accused told Sadhvi: (12) Nashik, November 3: : Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, arrested in connection with Malegaon blasts, allegedly had a long telephonic conversation with the absconding main accused in the case and told him why there had been lesser casualties in the incident, the prosecution told a court in Nashik. The lawyer of Maharashtra Anti Terrorist Squad told chief judicial magistrate K D Boche, before whom Thakur and two others were produced amidst high drama, that during the long conversation between her and prime accused Ramji after the September 29 Malegaon blasts, Ramji told her "I have done my job." Pragya asked Ramji whether police have seized her motorcycle used in Malegaon blasts and why less people had killed in the blasts, said the prosecution. Ramji told Pragya that "I did not find proper parking place for the bike", claimed the prosecution. The court sent the sadhvi, Shivnarayan Singh Kalsangram and Shyam Bhawarlal Sahu to magisterial custody till November 17 in connection with the blast that left six persons dead. When the CJM asked Pragya Singh Thakur whether she wanted to speak, the sadhvi replied, "I have to tell you a lot of things and needs long time." She asked the court: "can I get justice" Pragya fainted briefly but regained consciousness after having water. The court also remanded three others arrested in connection with the Malegaon blasts to police custody till November 10. They are Ajay Rahirkar, Jagdish Mhatre and Rakesh Dhawade. Meanwhile the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), of Mumbai police on Monday said they have solid proof against the key accused in the Malegaon blasts case. The ATS had arrested Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur along with two others -- Shivnarayan Singh Kalsangram and Shyam Bhawarlal Sahu in this case. (Indian Express 4/11/08) Attacks meant to prove that Hindus aren’t weak: Purohit (12) BANGALORE: Lt-Colonel Srikant Prasad Purohit, the first serving officer to be arrested as a terror suspect, is reported to have confessed during his narco test in Bangalore that he planned the attack in Malegaon to ‘‘prove that Hindus are not weak”. According to Forensic Science laboratory and ATS sources here, Purohit is said to have broken down a number of times during the test. He is reported to have emphasised the fact that he was an honest officer and that it was not his fault. He said he came under the influence of a spiritual mentor of Abhinav Bharat. Purohit told interrogators that when he was posted in Malegaon, his duty was to collate information on terror suspects. During the course of his work, he had stumbled on a group owing allegiance to SIMI, which had assembled bombs in previous attacks. Sources quoting Purohit approached them for help. He wanted them to assemble bombs to target mosques. Realising his intentions, the SIMI terror cell declined. However, he is said to have managed to get some people to plant the bombs and replicate the SIMI modus operandi to hoodwink cops. (The Hindu 16/11/08) Terror laws diluted (12) NEW DELHI, Nov. 17: While most of the countries have enacted tough laws to deal with terrorism, the provisions of the existing anti-terror laws in India have been diluted over a period of time, according to an official study. The second Administrative Reforms Commission, appointed by the Centre, has found that when compared anti-terror laws in India have lost teeth and there is a serious threat to the security of the country from terrorists who are “highly organised, motivated and possessing links with international terrorist groups”. It said the existing penal laws in the country were not enacted to deal with this situation. “There is ample evidence to indicate that terrorists have been able to escape the law either by exploiting the loopholes or by intimidating witnesses to subvert justice,” this panel headed by Mr M Veeprappa Moily noted. Many western countries with strong traditions of democracy and civil liberty have enacted legislations to deal with the threat of terrorism, it said. Among others they have provisions for special fast track courts which make securing bail extremely difficult for the accused and enhanced penalties to cut the source of funding for terror activities, the panel said. In said, in comparison to this while
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