Smuggling into Republic of India from China held Territories, Bhutan and Myanmar

[Hindustani78]

02-June, 2018 12:14 IST

Acting on an specific intelligence, the Indian Military Intelligence officers have effected a seizure of 32 kgs of foreign origin bomb making material, smuggled from China into Republic of India into the State of Sikkim.

Acting on the said tip off, the officers of Indian Military Intelligence led strict surveillance over the area on Sevoke Road, Siliguri, Near Payal Cinema Hall where they intercepted a white colour Maruti Wagon R on 23:15 hrs. Of 31.05.2018. On preliminary enquiry, it was found that the Wagon R vehicle was taken on hire by three passengers. All these three passengers are natives and they had hired the vehicle for their journey from Siliguri to Gangtok and back.

On further enquiry, the three intercepted persons admitted the fact that they were carrying in their persons bomb making material of foreign origin that had been smuggled into India from China into the State of Sikkim. All the three persons were taken to Indian Military Intelligence office at Siliguri where, on search, three specially tailored cloth belts having several pockets and secured by metal Zip fasteners were found to be fastened around their waist. On opening of the said belts, a total of 32 pcs of primary bomb making material bearing foreign inscription were recovered. Each of the bomb making material was found to weigh 1 kg, bringing the total haul to 32 kgs.

On even more further enquiry it revealed that the intercepted persons have temporary residence at Siliguri which too was searched by the Indian Military Intelligence officers in the early morning of 01.06.2018 from where Indian Currency worth Rs.20,19,850/- was recovered which the intercepted persons identified as being a part of sleeper cell who were to proceed with the smuggled bomb making material to carry out bombings to avenge the killings of hundreds of Maoists cadres in the recent flush out by the Indian Armed Forces and even the arrest of the ULFA chief, top Maoist female Cadre who is injured in the fighting against the Indian Armed Forces.

This is one of the biggest bomb making material seizure by Indian Military Intelligence officers in the recent past in Eastern Command of Indian Military.

In the current year (2018) in the Eastern Command of Indian Military, the Indian Military Intelligence officers has seized over 137 kg of bomb making material, land mines, grenades and shells which are being smuggled from Bangladesh, Myanmar ,Bhutan and even from China.

In the previous year (2017), Indian Military Intelligence officers has seized close to 430 kgs of bomb making material, land mines, grenades and shells in the Eastern Command of Indian Military by the Indian military Intelligence officers.

The handyman and three persons were taken into custody by the administeration and search is going on for the accomplices.

The East Khasi Hills district authorities had imposed night curfew in the entire city from 10 pm till 5 am.

The curfew, which was imposed since 4 am yesterday in at least 14 localities under Lumdiengjri police station and Cantonment Beat House, continues, district deputy commissioner PS Dkhar told PTI.

Chief minister Conrad K Sangma, who chaired a high-level meeting yesterday, had appealed for calm and urged the people to help bring back normalcy in Shillong.

“Them Metor has become a den for anti-nationals and it is sad that several governments in the past have not taken initiatives to evict them and provide them space somewhere else,”

 

[Hindustani78]

Indian Army holds flag march in Shillong

GUWAHATI, June 02, 2018 21:14 IST
Updated: June 02, 2018 21:14 IST

Officials say 11 persons have been arrested | Photo Credit: The Hindu

Hundreds of tourists were stranded as curfew continued in parts of Shillong for the second day on Saturday. The Army conducted flag marches in the disturbed areas

Superintendent of Police (City) Steve Rynjah was injured late on Friday when militant group attacked a posse of policemen. The East Khasi Hills district authorities said four persons, accused of being involved in the assault were arrested.

Most of the hotels in the capital are in the Police Bazaar area, close to Them Iew Mawlong where a clash on Friday forced the East Khasi Hills district administration to impose curfew in 14 localities. a shop and a house were set on fire and at least five vehicles were damaged.

 

[Hindustani78]

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/n...-smuggling-racket-held-in-manipur/647144.html
Posted at: Sep 3, 2018, 12:02 PM; last updated: Sep 3, 2018, 12:02 PM (IST)
Imphal, September 3

Two members of an arms-smuggling racket have been arrested at Manipur’s Churachandpur district during a search operation, a police officer said.

The two accused, who were arrested on Saturday, confessed to have brought arms from Behiang village at the India-Myanmar border to Churachandpur town via Singngat, the sub-divisional headquarters of the district, he said.

Based on their statements, the police raided a storage vault at Sumchinvum village in Churachandpur and seized two rifles and several magazines, the officer said, adding that more details in the case would be available after further investigation. PTI

 

[Hindustani78]

According to National Investigation Agency officials, the kingpin of a racket that brought FICN from the international borders. File photo

Sleuths from the National Investigation Agency arrested the kingpin near Guwahati.

The National Investigation Agency has arrested a man from Assam for circulating fake Indian currency notes (FICN).

A National Investigation Agency team from Hyderabad arrested the kingpin, a resident of Goroimari Pathar in Kamrup district, near Guwahati. The kingpin was produced before a local court for a transit remand. The kingpin is being produced before a special NIA court.

National Investigation Agency officials said the kingpin of a racket that brought FICN from the international borders and circulated them . The National Investigation Agency had registered a case against the kingpin in 2015 after announcing a reward of ₹25,000 for information leading to his whereabouts.

The case pertains to the seizure of FICN worth ₹ 501,500 in September 2015.

“Investigation revealed that arrests made in September 2015 was part of a larger group involved in smuggling of FICN and had travelled between West Bengal’s Malda and other cities four times for circulating the fake currencies,” an National Investigation Agency officer said on condition of anonymity.

The proceeds of the fake currency distribution were deposited in the accounts those who were arrested in 2015, including the kingpin who is being arrested near Guwahati, and suppliers in Malda.

Charge sheet

The National Investigation Agency in Hyderabad had filed charge sheets against two in 2016 and two other associates on July 24 2018 this year.

“The kingpin went to Bengaluru from Assam in 2007 and began working in a flower shop. He was soon introduced to the FICN business by his uncle whose chargesheet has been filed on July 24 2018. The kingpin gradually formed an inter-state gang to spread the network,” the National Investigation Agency officer said.

 

[Hindustani78]

Posted at: Oct 19, 2018, 10:10 PM; last updated: Oct 19, 2018, 10:10 PM (IST)
High-quality fake currency notes of Rs 1.52 lakh seized
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/n...ency-notes-of-rs-1-52-lakh-seized/670620.html

The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on Friday arrested a man from Junagadh city in the state and seized Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) with a face value of Rs 1.52 lakh from his possession, an official release said.

The accused was identified resident of Madhuram society in Junagadh.

Based on information provided by the Mumbai unit of the National Investigation Agency, an ATS team raided
accused’s house and allegedly seized 53 fake notes of Rs 2000 denomination and 92 notes of Rs 500 denomination.The notes seemed to be of high quality, containing security thread, watermark and other security features, the ATS said.

This was the first recovery of high-quality fake notes in Rs 500 and 2000 denominations, it said.

Accused was a “dealer” who had allegedly brought the notes from West Bengal to circulate them in Gujarat, and the ATS had identified the kingpin of the network, it added. — PTI

 

[Hindustani78]

The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs of Republic of Myanmar, Maj. Gen. Aung Thu calling on the Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi on October 25, 2018.

The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs of Republic of Myanmar, Maj. Gen. Aung Thu calling on the Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi on October 25, 2018.

 

[Hindustani78]

Poor imprints: Fake currency with face value of ₹5.5 lakh seized in New Delhi last December. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar


But forensic reports say notes are of poor quality, security features not copied

Two years after demonetisation, the fake currency notes seized so far are not of a high quality, a probe by the National Investigation Agency has found.

Another Home Ministry official said the network of same fake currency operators was still intact as two years ago, that pushed fake notes from the border. But there was not much evidence to link it to Pakistan yet. A reason cited by the government for scrapping ₹500 and ₹1,000 notes in 2016 was to wipe out fake notes.

Republic of India had accused Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of printing high-quality fake notes and channelling it into Republic of India. Agencies suspected that certain security features of ₹500 and ₹1,000 notes were compromised as the supplier of raw currency notes, ink and silver thread was same for India and Pakistan.

“The fake notes seized recently are of poor quality, and look like photocopies in most cases. It seems Pakistan has not been able to copy the security features yet. The carriers and the receivers have links to Bhutan, not Pakistan. Most arrests were made from Malda in West Bengal, and some cases registered in Kerala, Karnataka and Gujarat. China is using Bhutan as a transit to push in the fake notes,” said an National Investigation Agency official.

Intelligence sharing
The National Investigation Agency and the Rapid Action Battalion , the anti-crime and anti-terror unit of Indian Armed Forces, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in 2015, to share intelligence on fake notes and other terrorist modules in real time.

The National Investigation Agency registered at least 13 cases related to the seizure of fake currency in the past two years, but could not invoke the provisions under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, (UAPA) because of the inferior quality of the fakes seized. By norms, the UAPA can be invoked against the accused only if the notes are of high quality. In all the cases, the forensic report ruled out that the notes were of a fine quality and that any of the security features had been compromised.

According to an National Investigation Agency official, the National Investigation Agency passed on information to the local police in many cases, which led to the arrests. The police book the accused under Sections 489B and 489C (possession of forged or counterfeit currency notes, punishable by life imprisonment) of the Indian Penal Code which is then taken over by the National Investigation Agency.

“Since Section 498B and Section 489C of the Indian Penal Code are scheduled offences, the National Investigation Agency can investigate such cases,” the National Investigation Agency official said.

High face value
Though there was no definite account of the number of fake notes in circulation with the government when demonetisation was announced, a study done by the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata, in 2015, had said that at any given point of time, fake notes of ₹400 crore face value were in circulation.

The National Investigation Agency official said the impact of fake notes on the economy could only be computed if it entered the banking system. In the two years before demonetisation was announced, the National Investigation Agency registered 25 cases of fake currency notes and 26 persons were convicted in three cases.

 

[Tshering22]

Acting on an specific intelligence, the Indian Military Intelligence officers have effected a seizure of 32 kgs of foreign origin bomb making material, smuggled from China into Republic of India into the State of Sikkim.

This is serious.

If bomb-making materials are being smuggled into a fortress like Sikkim, then we have to be very worried about what is in store.

The Army needs to get more firepower here. The plan for shelving the mountain strike corps was a foolish one; it was something we really wanted on our side of the border despite the raising of Sikkim Scouts who really aren't ready for what is coming in store.

Such unrest in Sikkim is directly related to disturbances at our border.

supplier of raw currency notes, ink and silver thread was same for India and Pakistan.

This is what happens when sensitive tenders are let out in the open global market on an L1 or lowest bidder basis.
Stupid government employees and their L1 protocol.

“Them Metor has become a den for anti-nationals and it is sad that several governments in the past have not taken initiatives to evict them and provide them space somewhere else,”

We seriously need to take this re-emergence of terror outfits with a fistful of salt. Investigating and opening files won't help when there is a lot of gunning to be done.

 

[axisofevil]

This is serious.

If bomb-making materials are being smuggled into a fortress like Sikkim, then we have to be very worried about what is in store.

The Army needs to get more firepower here. The plan for shelving the mountain strike corps was a foolish one; it was something we really wanted on our side of the border despite the raising of Sikkim Scouts who really aren't ready for what is coming in store.

Such unrest in Sikkim is directly related to disturbances at our border.



This is what happens when sensitive tenders are let out in the open global market on an L1 or lowest bidder basis.
Stupid government employees and their L1 protocol.



We seriously need to take this re-emergence of terror outfits with a fistful of salt. Investigating and opening files won't help when there is a lot of gunning to be done.

Maoist supporters form a certain country are being replenished and supplied .......India better step up its intel and security apparatus.

 

[Tshering22]

Maoist supporters form a certain country are being replenished and supplied .......India better step up its intel and security apparatus.

The problem is under-funding of intelligence agencies and political interference beyond what is required. Unless we build a secondary-state system with them and give them enough firepower to deliver hell to terrorists, our intelligence agencies will have to keep playing catch-up with make-do equipment.

We need some serious legislative revolution for our intelligence groups; supra-national authority like what RAW gives to its operatives.

IB and MI need agents armed with compact and concealable weapons, with a free hand to operate in states suffering from internal insurgencies. This would mean that operatives should have the clear authority to eliminate even suspected targets in dense Red Zones and even zones controlled by the likes of Kangleipak. Homeland security needs to deploy micro and mini-drones across these zones and further invest in smaller, more lethal armed platforms.

Imagine arming a regular sized medium-size drone with a silenced remote sniper. Or use micro drones the size of dragonflies to do precision-assassinations without being tracked.

A drone armed with IR cameras and silenced sniper rifle turrets, operating high above the visibility range of Maoists can take out multiple targets in one go. No explosion, no political meddling.

And these things should be kept under wraps; not released with stupid open tenders like the ones government releases every year. The problem is the elaborate supply chain they have established through Nepali Maoists, drug and cattle traffickers in Indo-Bangla and drug smugglers on Indo-Myanmar borders. This allows Maoists to continue channeling small arms, bomb making equipment etc through porous borders in dense jungles.

If we have to take out the entire network, we should be willing to operate "illegally" in all the neighbouring countries and give free hands to intelligence agents in eliminating as many suspected targets as possible.

Unless we take a deep-state approach against terrorism, we will only be appeasing terrorists. The aim should be to terrorize the terrorists and show them that the state can be both warm and nurturing and cold and brutal if required, beyond their own imagination.

This isn't 70s where the poor man would be joining a 'communist revolution of proletariat'; it is purely an employment scheme of sorts for many poor foot soldiers who can easily be persuaded to walk away from their path of violence.

However, there should be no mercy against insurgents conducting trans-national operations, especially those in the higher ranks and those managing networks of supplies to different groups.

If they are hiding in Nepal, take them out. If they are in Myanmar, hunt them down. If they are in Bangladesh, don't spare them. If they are in Bhutan, no mercy. If they operate from the bordering regions of China (not just Tibet border alone), take them out.


For that, we need to remove the obvious uniformed-troops from the ground and replace them with shadowy elements who remain unknown and wreck havoc among militant ranks.

 

[cerilchan]

just encounter them,

 

[axisofevil]

The problem is under-funding of intelligence agencies and political interference beyond what is required. Unless we build a secondary-state system with them and give them enough firepower to deliver hell to terrorists, our intelligence agencies will have to keep playing catch-up with make-do equipment.

We need some serious legislative revolution for our intelligence groups; supra-national authority like what RAW gives to its operatives.

IB and MI need agents armed with compact and concealable weapons, with a free hand to operate in states suffering from internal insurgencies. This would mean that operatives should have the clear authority to eliminate even suspected targets in dense Red Zones and even zones controlled by the likes of Kangleipak. Homeland security needs to deploy micro and mini-drones across these zones and further invest in smaller, more lethal armed platforms.

Imagine arming a regular sized medium-size drone with a silenced remote sniper. Or use micro drones the size of dragonflies to do precision-assassinations without being tracked.

A drone armed with IR cameras and silenced sniper rifle turrets, operating high above the visibility range of Maoists can take out multiple targets in one go. No explosion, no political meddling.

And these things should be kept under wraps; not released with stupid open tenders like the ones government releases every year. The problem is the elaborate supply chain they have established through Nepali Maoists, drug and cattle traffickers in Indo-Bangla and drug smugglers on Indo-Myanmar borders. This allows Maoists to continue channeling small arms, bomb making equipment etc through porous borders in dense jungles.

If we have to take out the entire network, we should be willing to operate "illegally" in all the neighbouring countries and give free hands to intelligence agents in eliminating as many suspected targets as possible.

Unless we take a deep-state approach against terrorism, we will only be appeasing terrorists. The aim should be to terrorize the terrorists and show them that the state can be both warm and nurturing and cold and brutal if required, beyond their own imagination.

This isn't 70s where the poor man would be joining a 'communist revolution of proletariat'; it is purely an employment scheme of sorts for many poor foot soldiers who can easily be persuaded to walk away from their path of violence.

However, there should be no mercy against insurgents conducting trans-national operations, especially those in the higher ranks and those managing networks of supplies to different groups.

If they are hiding in Nepal, take them out. If they are in Myanmar, hunt them down. If they are in Bangladesh, don't spare them. If they are in Bhutan, no mercy. If they operate from the bordering regions of China (not just Tibet border alone), take them out.


For that, we need to remove the obvious uniformed-troops from the ground and replace them with shadowy elements who remain unknown and wreck havoc among militant ranks.

Damn man...I wish you worked for Indian Intel....instead of some lazy god for nothing bastards I have seen.....we need to shake the political tree like crazy to get the message

 

[Tshering22]

Damn man...I wish you worked for Indian Intel....instead of some lazy god for nothing bastards I have seen.....we need to shake the political tree like crazy to get the message

The problem is IAS level officers are allowed to take charge of intelligence agencies which makes them slow. Also, IAS should not have authority over decisions of national intelligence and security. That decision should solely be left to PM.

This election model is really not working for us.