DRDO Staffer Arrested For Terror Links

[Windjammer]

DRDO staffer, 10 others arrested for terror links in Bangalore

BANGALORE: An employee of a DRDO division and a journalist were among 11 men, all in their twenties, arrested by Karnataka police for alleged links with global terror outfits. A day after an operation to nab these men ended on Wednesday, police said they had been told the group had plans to assassinate MPs and MLAs from the state, a businessman and two journalists from Bangalore.

Six of them were picked up from Bangalore on Wednesday morning, hours after the others were arrested in Hubli. Police said all had links with Lashkar-e-Taiba and Harkat-ul-Jihadal-Islami. Ejaz Mohammed Mirza, one of the men arrested, works for Airborne Early Warning and Control System, a DRDO division, sources in central intelligence and state home ministry said. An imported 7.65 mm revolver, seven bullets, computers, hard disks, mobile phones and religious tracts were recovered from the men, state police chief Lalrokhuma Pachau told reporters on Thursday.

Those arrested in Bangalore are Muthi-ur-Rahman Siddiqui, 26; Shoaib Ahmed Mirza alias Chhotu, 25; Abdullah alias Abdul Hakim Jamadar, 25; Ejaz Mohammed Mirza, 25; Mohammed Yusuf Nalbandh, 28; and Riyaz Ahmed Byahatti, 28.

Bangalore City Crime Branch (CCB) officials had kept their visit so secret that even local police had no information about it. A six-member BCCB team headed by police inspectors NB Sakri and Anand Kabbure arrived in Hubli on Sunday morning in a private vehicle. The team brought with them a computer analyst, videographer, photographer and technical experts.

They stayed at a lodge close to the old bus terminus and chalked out a plan to trail and arrest the youths. The team had information about their alleged links with terrorist organizations. Before picking up the accused, the CCB officials reportedly travelled through the city on motorbikes and monitored the movements of the suspects. They also verified registers of all local hotels to find out whether any suspects were lodged there.

After confirming the fact that all the suspects were staying in their houses in Hubli, the team began to execute its plan. Around 9am Wednesday, the BCCB team members raided the houses of all the suspects and took them into custody. The operation was over in just 30 minutes. Around 11am, the team left for Bangalore with the youths. "Five officials in civil clothes came home when my wife, daughter and daughterin-law were there. They asked for Jaffer,who was sleeping in his room. They asked my wife whether our son is a drug addict. They have left after seizing his laptop and cell phone. They haven't said why they were picking up my son,'' said Shaikh Rafeeq Ahmad, father of Jaffer Iqbal Sholapur, one of the accused.

Local police came to know of the detainment when the family members of the youths visited the local police stations in Keshwapur and Old Hubli, seeking clarifications. Hubli-Dharwad police commissioner BA Padmanayan said: "We are not aware of the arrest of the youths. The operation was carried out by CCB."

The Times of India - Indian Newspapers in English Language from six editions.

 

[turbo charged]

lets wait for internet hindus now...they will probably deny it.

 

[illusion8]

Nice!!, there are a number of sleeper cells of foreign militant organizations in the country, and it's inevitable because of India's large Muslim population. The intelligence and investigation departments have to work real hard to take down these terrorists both when active and when they are in a stagnant stage.

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

Nice!!, there are a number of sleeper cells of foreign militant organizations in the country, and it's inevitable because of India's large Muslim population. The intelligence and investigation departments have to work real hard to take down these terrorists both when active and when they are in a stagnant stage.

Its more to do with improper background check and monitoring of employees.

 

[KS]

Thread already running

 

[vsdoc]

Nice!!, there are a number of sleeper cells of foreign militant organizations in the country, and it's inevitable because of India's large Muslim population. The intelligence and investigation departments have to work real hard to take down these terrorists both when active and when they are in a stagnant stage.

These sleeper cells sounds good when you are talking of KGB style kids planted on US soil and growing up and killing the President.

This is India boss. Here there is no concept of cell. Here oftentimes it is well known big teeming pockets. Which every lay person know about, forget intelligence and police, but which are untouched because of politics.

Till it is too late.

Personally every Muslim having lived and worked for any length of time in the Gulf should be watched. The US is already doing it. There is simply no other way.

Bring back POTA full force. Clean up. Then lets move on.

 

[illusion8]

Its more to do with improper background check and monitoring of employees.

backgrounds can be manipulated, it's more to do with monitoring each and every person which happens to be difficult in large organizations and countries. The only protection against this is better policing and intelligence gathering.

 

[KS]

This is India boss. Here there is no concept of cell. Here oftentimes it is well known big teeming pockets. Which every lay person know about, forget intelligence and police, but which are untouched because of politics.

.

The concept of 'ghettos' must be demolished first.

 

[illusion8]

These sleeper cells sounds good when you are talking of KGB style kids planted on US soil and growing up and killing the President.

This is India boss. Here there is no concept of cell. Here oftentimes it is well known big teeming pockets. Which every lay person know about, forget intelligence and police, but which are untouched because of politics.

Till it is too late.

Personally every Muslim having lived and worked for any length of time in the Gulf should be watched. The US is already doing it. There is simply no other way.

Bring back POTA full force. Clean up. Then lets move on.

Are you saying sleeper cells are non existent? - though I do agree with your latter strategy - for eg. SIMI has a huge base in surrounding areas of Mangalore and Kasargod and incidently most people from these areas work in the Gulf so there definitely is a link.

 

[Imran Khan]

Nice!!, there are a number of sleeper cells of foreign militant organizations in the country, and it's inevitable because of India's large Muslim population. The intelligence and investigation departments have to work real hard to take down these terrorists both when active and when they are in a stagnant stage.

ever you haired indigenous Indian made pure terrorist organization ?

 

[Windjammer]

lets wait for internet hindus now...they will probably deny it.

They wouldn't, since the accused are Muslims.

 

[vsdoc]

The concept of 'ghettos' must be demolished first.

The root of ghettoization must be demolished first.

But that is again air-fairy theoretical and philosophical intellectualization which we Indians are too good at and fond of.

Unfortunately for us.

Hard action needed.

Bring back POTA.

Unleash the Police and stop tying their hands.

Believe me, it will take Mumbai Police less than 6 months to clean up.

Am sure other cities will not be far behind.

Everyone knows who is doing what.

No one can move past the boundary of the chawl without permission from the top.

 

[KS]

Are you saying sleeper cells are non existent? - though I do agree with your latter strategy - for eg. SIMI has a huge base in surrounding areas of Mangalore and Kasargod and incidently most people from these areas work in the Gulf so there definitely is a link.

There are no sleeper cells man, not to the extent we think of. First of all we have to acknowledge that there is a significant home grown portion of the terror we are facing today. Not all comes from Pakistan. Secondly there are huge sprawling ghettos in almost every major city that willingly or unwillingly act as a safe haven for jihadists of all hues. The police know it but they dont venture in because any mistake can be easily made into a 'police persecuting the innocent minority' plank and the police castigated for that. I know of a ghetto in Delhi where the electric bill collectors have not ventured in for close than 4 years for collecting the due electric bills ! Such is the pathetic state of politics in India.

 

[vsdoc]

Are you saying sleeper cells are non existent? - though I do agree with your latter strategy - for eg. SIMI has a huge base in surrounding areas of Mangalore and Kasargod and incidently most people from these areas work in the Gulf so there definitely is a link.

Bro I am saying it is an insult to our collective intelligence to call them sleeper.

They are in open sight.

In our face.

Yet we wait.

And tolerate.

Till a purge happens and innocents die on both sides.

Why can we not act and go after the ones we should?

Ask and you will know why.

 

[illusion8]

ever you haired indigenous Indian made pure terrorist organization ?

Was that some kind of a racist remark?