NIA arrests suspected terrorist in Chennai, day after Army issued alert in South India
India | September 10, 2019 14:18 ISTThe suspected terrorist has been identified as Asadullah Sheikh. The investigation is underway.
The suspected terrorist has been identified as Asadullah Sheikh. The investigation is underway.
The NIA was looking for Sheikh for a long time. Sources had informed the police about the whereabouts of Sheikh, who was working as a painter and a labourer in Indore. The NIA team performed the operation in total secrecy, without even informing the local police.
We are well aware of racist incidents taking place across the world, many of them reported from the UK and USA. But this time, a 10-year-old Sikh girl in London was targeted for no fault of hers. She was branded a terrorist. Yes, it is quite a shock. Why will anyone call a little girl a terrorist? Here's what happened.
Munsimar Kaur's video message, posted by her father on Twitter, has attracted over 47,000 views already since it went live on Thursday. The video shows the young turbaned girl bravely relate the incident, which took place at Plumstead playground in south-east London earlier in the week.
A plane carrying 70 terrorists and hardcore pro-Pakistan separatists from Kashmir landed at the Kheria airport in Agra on Thursday.
These officials also reached villages on the border which live under the shadow of cross-border firing, he said, adding that they also visited sensitive villages in the districts of Shopian, Pulwama, Kulgam and Anantnag- districts which have seen the heightened militant activity of late, without any fear.
A Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist carrying a reward of Rs 5 lakh was arrested in a joint operation in the forest area of Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district on Wednesday, police said.
The gun battle started after security forces comprising special operations group of state police (SOG) and Rashtriya Rifles (RR) surrounded the Gund Brath area on the town outskirts following information about militant presence.
Police in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir has appealed to civilians to refrain from wearing combat or army-pattern dresses besides advising shopkeepers not to sell such clothing as terrorists camouflage themselves in army uniforms to carry out their evil designs.
According to Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) officials, it received a tip-off that some BRA terrorists planted IED on a railway track in Rajanpur, nearly 400 km from Lahore.
"A total of 10 terrorists -- eight belonging to the Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) and two to the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) are active in Kishtwar district, said M K Sinha.
Two motrocycle-borne terrorists, believed to be from the Jaish-e-Mohammed group, fired at a CRPF patrol party on the Khanabal-Pahalgham road in Anantnag district, killing five personnel from the paramilitary force and injuring three others on Wednesday.
Various police stations in the area were put on alert and CCTV footages were checked soon after a call, informing his presence, was received.
Security forces are on high alert in and around these bases. It may be recalled that on 2 January 2016, terrorists attacked the Pathankot Air Force Station, part of the Western Air Command of the Indian Air Force.
Terrorists had planned to carry out a blast at Matoshree, the abode of the Thackerays in 1989, forcing Shiv Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray to direct every member of the house to shift to a safer place for a few days, claims former Sena member Narayan Rane.
The operation took place on Thursday night into the early hours of Friday.
According to the police officials, the terrorist was carrying arm and ammunition along with him.
According to witnesses, the blast was so powerful that it shook the whole area. A fire also broke out following the blast and fire-fighters were called in to douse the blaze.
The encounter took place at Watergam town in north Kashmir's Baramulla district. Some weapons and war-like stores were recovered from the site of the operation, the official said.
Lesser-known Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist Mudasir Ahmed Khan, alias 'Mohd Bhai', has been identified as the brains behind the audacious terror strike in Pulwama that left 40 CRPF personnel dead on February 14, officials said on Sunday.
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