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Terrorism related Incidents in Kerala since 2008
 
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Incident
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January 29
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Karela
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The NIA informed that Muhammed Shameer, a native of Kannur in Kerala, who was arrested in Delhi, in connection with the 2008 Bangalore Blast case, on January 25 was a vital link for the inflow of money for terrorist purposes.
The NIA has undertaken two major FICNs cases in the State, after some Pakistan links were established in both the cases.
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| 2 | February 9 | Kochi |
NIA submitted charge sheet against 18 accused in the Kashmir Terrorist Recruitment Case at NIA court Kochi, in Kerala. According to the charge sheet, Tadiyantavide Nazeer and Shafas who are accused in several other terrorism cases have joined hands with the banned LeT to execute anti-national activities.
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3
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February 14
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Kochi
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NIA suspects the role of state-sponsored agencies behind the printing of FICN. The high quality of duplication exhibited in the FICN seized at Taliparamba of Kerala shows the involvement of a state-sponsored racket.
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4
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February 18
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Perla / Kasargod District
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Police recovered a huge cache of explosive substances from a parked car at Perla under the Badiaduka Police Station limits in Kasargod District. The recovery of nearly 200 kg of Ammonium Nitrate kept in four plastic bags, 500 aluminium detonators kept in five packets and six roles of wicks were recovered by the Badiaduka Police.
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| 5 | March 2 | Kochi |
Kerala Government submitted before the Kerala High Court that Susan Nathan- a British-born Jewish writer- has close connections with some extremists in the State, including the SIMI and NDF and should be deported.
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| 6 | March 7 | Dubai, UAE |
Abdul Rehman Haji from Hosdurg Kolavayal in Kasargod District, who is said to be the chief operator of a cartel engaged in supplying FICN printed in Pakistan to Kerala and Karnataka, was arrested by the Dubai police in Dubai, UAE
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| 7 | March 14 | Kochi |
SIMI leader Habib Falahi was produced before NIA Special Court in Kochi and was included as accused 32 in the Wagamon SIMI training camp case. After ascertaining the role of Habib Falahi, NIA is now on the lookout for another Uttar Pradesh-based SIMI leader Fariz who attended this camp.
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| 8 | April 24 | Puthiyatheru/Kannur |
The Kashmir terror recruitment case involving LeT 'southern commandant', Thadiyantavide Nazeer, the Police arrested two militants, Shahraz and Muneer who "extorted money" from people to fight the case of the culprits in Puthiyatheru of Kannur District of Kerala.
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| 9 | April 26 | Chunnambuthara/Palakkad |
Police arrested three youths from Chunnambuthara town in Palakkad District of Kerala with FICN of face value of INR 846,000 with 1000 and 500 denominations brought in a car from Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) to Thrissur. The three arrested persons have been identified as Prasad (37), M.K. Joy (43) and Manoj (38).
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| 10 | May 28 |
Kizhakkambalam/ Ernakulam
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Two suspected LeT militants, identified as K.P. Shabeer and Ismail alias Bomb Ismail were arrested by Kerala crime branch team, in connection with the attack on a jewellery owner and his two sons, and looting of 2.25 kilogram of gold at Kizhakkambalam in Ernakulam District on June 20, 2002.
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| 11 | June 4 | Kizhakkambal/Ernakulam |
The crime branch team probing the Kizhakkambal (Ernakulam District in Kerala) robbery case, involving suspected LeT militants, took suspected LeT militant, Thadiyantavide Nazeer into custody.
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| 12 | June 7 | NS |
Thadiyantavide Nazeer, the suspected LeT terrorist, pleaded guilty in two vehicle theft cases that he had mastermind in 2008.
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| 13 | June 27 | Kochi/Palakkad |
An Iranian national, Abdul Majeed Abu Najli was arrested in Kochi with INR 32 FICNs of a denomination of INR 500.
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| 14 | July 4 | Wagamon/Idukki |
Seven terror related cases, including the camp held by SIMI activists at Wagamon (Idukki District), were handed over to the National Investigating Agency.
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| 15 | August 4 | Perumbavoor, Ernakulum | Kerala Crime Branch team arrested three suspects, alleged links with terrorist outfit LeT, from their hideout at Perumbavoor in Ernakulum. The arrested have been identified as Abdul Halim (35), Shamnad (24), Ponnani and Anaz (28). |
| Sl. No. | Date | Place/ District |
Incident
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| 1 |
January 14
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Kochi
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The Police filed a charge sheet against 27 members of the Popular Front of India (PFI) in the case relating to the attack on college teacher T.J. Joseph in Muvattupuzha in Kerala.
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| 2 | April 28 | Kochi |
The NIA was granted the permission by a CBI judge in Kochi in Kerala to conduct further probe into a case relating to chopping off of the palm of T J Joseph, a lecturer of Newman College in Thodupuzha following blasphemy allegations in 2010.
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| 3 | June 8 | Kottayam |
According to highly placed sources in the Indian intelligence agencies, the SIMI and the CPI-Maoist have recently conducted a secret meeting in Kottayam District of Kerala.
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4
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June 25
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Kochi
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Madhya Pradesh Police arrested a former cadre of the SIMI at the Cochin International Airport in Kochi town of Kerala.
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| 5 | July 27 | Guruvayur, Kochi |
Authorities of the Lord Krishna Temple at Guruvayur received a letter which warned of bomb attacks from al- Qaeda on the temple.
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6
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December 9
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Karela
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Three fishermen of Azhikkal harbor suffered stab injuries when they were attacked by cadres of PFI, an Islamic extremist outfit, and Campus Front, its student wing.
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7
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December 29
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Karela
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An ATS official said that Habib's name had come to light in the interrogation of another SIMI cadre, Abu Bashar of Azamgarh who was arrested in August 2008 in Lucknow by Gujarat and UP ATS in connection with the same case. Habib allegedly had played role in conducting recce of places where the timer devices were planted in Ahmadabad and also in triggering off the blasts. The official added that Habib had studied at Islah madarsa (seminary) near Sarai Mir where he came in contact with SIMI operatives Abu Bashar, Abu Jafar and Anwar Azam, and then joined the outfit. He also had attended training camps at Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh and Ernakulum in Kerala between 2007 and 2008. The camps were organised by SIMI president Safdar Nagori, said the ATS official. Habib had been in regular contact with top SIMI men, including Nagori, Kayamuddin Kapadia and Tauqir before he played a role in the Ahmadabad serial blasts.
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2010
| Sl. No. | Date | Place/ District |
Incident
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| 1 |
July 12
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Thiruvananthapuram
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Kerala Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Abdul Nassar Madani, one of the accused in the 2008 Bangalore serial blasts case, filed an anticipatory bail application before the Bangalore (Karnataka) High Court. Madani moved high court after the fifth fast track court had dismissed his anticipatory bail application on July 9. City Crime Branch police named Madani as the 31st accused in the blast case.
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August 5
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Kerala
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A new outfit, Popular Front of India (PFI), which calls India its enemy and asks for 'total Muslim empowerment', is under scanner in Kerala for its alleged anti-India ideology. The documents seized from cadres of the outfit, prove its anti-national ideology. The documents portray the nation as its enemy and calls to work towards 'total Muslim empowerment’. The documents also describe the so-called 'freedom parade' organised by the PFI at various centres on Independence Day (August 15), as a means to motivate and rejuvenate Muslims.
The PFI activists recently chopped the hands of a college lecturer, T. J. Joseph, who allegedly set a question paper, which hurt Muslim sentiments. Meanwhile, Kerala's Education Minister M. A. Baby said that the State Government would soon be banning the Freedom Parade organised by PFI activists on every Independence Day in the light of the attack on Joseph
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August 15
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Kollam
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Facing arrest warrant in the July 2008 Bangalore serial blast blasts case, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Abdul Nassar Madani said he would surrender before the nearest court in the coming days. Addressing a press meet at his camp at Anwarassery near Kollam in Kerala amid intense speculation and suspense over his arrest, Madani said he "preferred surrendering before the nearest court in the coming days" as he was keen to avoid law and order problems that his arrest could trigger.
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| 4 | August 17 | Kollam District |
The PDP leader, Abdul Nasir Madani, was arrested in Kollam in Kerala in connection with the 2008 Bangalore blasts case. A Karnataka Police team backed by the Kerala Police entered the Anwarssery camp of the PDP leader and arrested him. Madani was brought to Bangalore and produced before the First Additional City Metropolitan Magistrate, Venkatesh R. Hulgi, at the latter's residence. He was remanded to Police custody till August 26.
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5
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September 6
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Muvattupuzha
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Union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai said that there was no need for the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to inquire into the attack on lecturer T.J. Joseph at Muvattupuzha in Kerala as the State Police were investigating the case creditably. Speaking to newspersons, Pillai said the State Government had made no demand for an NIA investigation into the incident. It had only intimated the Centre about the ongoing investigation. As regards the radical outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) whose cadres allegedly had attacked Joseph, Pillai said that the State Police was aware of the activities of the PFI and it was under close watch but there had been no discussion about banning the outfit, as of yet.
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6
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September 8
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Cochin
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Kerala High Court on dismissed the bail applications of seven activists of the radical outfit Popular Front of India (PFI), arrested in connection with the brutal attack on a college lecturer for preparing a question paper with alleged derogatory reference to Prophet Mohammad. The seven accused are Siyad, Sikander, Kamarudeen, Abdul Lateef, Moideen Kutty, Shiyas and Mohammed Ali.Turning down their bail pleas, Justice V Ramkumar said if the objective of the activity was to disturb harmony and tranquillity of the society and create fear, it would be held to be a terrorist activity.
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7
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October 15
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Kasargod
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The Rajasthan Police and Karnataka anti-terrorist squad (ATS) arrested two alleged LeT militants from Kasargod (Kerala) and Ajmer (Rajasthan) for their role in the 2008 blasts in Bangalore in which one person was killed and over a dozen people were injured. The suspects were identified as Umar Farooq and Ibrahim Moulvi. "Umar was held in Ajmer and Ibrahim in Kasargod in Kerala," said Bangalore Police Commissioner Shankar Bidari. There were reports that an accomplice of Farooq was also caught in Ajmer, but it could not be confirmed. The Police have named 32 people in the chargesheet in the blasts case.
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8
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December 30
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Panayuikkulam/Kochi
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed a chargesheet against 18 cadres of the banned outfit SIMI, in a Kerala court for allegedly conspiring to advocate, incite and abet unlawful activities for secession of Kashmir from India.
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2009
| Sl. No. | Date | Place/ District |
Incident
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| 1 | February 27 | Kottayam |
Two suspected Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) cadres, identified as Shibili and Hafeez Hussain, who were arrested for reportedly attending a secret training camp held by the outfit in 2007, were remanded to a 15-day judicial custody. About 40 cases were pending against the duo in various parts of the country, including in Gujarat, Indore in Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Malegaon in Maharashtra. Nearly 40 SIMI cadres had participated in the camp for about three days, the Police mentioned, adding that till date, ten cadres were arrested in this connection.
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| 2 |
March 30
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Thiruvananthapuram
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E. T. Zainudheen alias Abdul Sattar, who was a key operative in the suspected terrorist network having links with the LeT, was sent to the Police's SIT custody till April 13 for interrogation in connection with the ongoing investigation into the operations of terrorist recruitment modules in the State.
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May 7
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Thiruvananthapuram
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Sarfras Navas alias Hakim, an accused in the suspected operation of terror modules in Kerala, was remanded till May 19. He will be in Police custody till May 18 for interrogation, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate V.K. Rajan ordered.
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4
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March 17
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Kannur and Ernakulam
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185 people from Kerala were reportedly selected by the LeT and provided preliminary training at camps conducted in various centres. The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the terror link to Kerala obtained this information from three Kashmiri youngsters, identified as Fiyaz Ahammed (26), Sajad Ahammed Reshi alias Hanzulla and Shabbir Ahammed Tali alias Abu Saquib (20). These three youngsters took part in the terror camp organised by the LeT in Kupwara and Dorusa forest areas in Kashmir during October 2008, along with a five-member team from Kerala. The Lashkar camp had 17 members, including seven Pakistanis and three Kashmiris. Yasin, Fayaz, Shakeer alias Rahim and Fayiz who were killed in encounters with the Police in Kashmir and Abdul Jabbar, who had escaped the scene, constituted the militants’ team sent from Kerala to Kashmir. "The Malayalis joined the camp in the second week of September. Shakeer alias Rahim was their leader. He could speak Urdu," said Fiaz Ahammed. Shabbir Ahammed Tali told the Police that 180 more youngsters were waiting in Kerala after the preliminary training to join the Jihad. "One Ustad had indoctrinated them," said Tali.
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5
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March 30
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Thiruvananthapuram
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E. T. Zainudheen alias Abdul Sattar, who was a key operative in the suspected terrorist network having links with the LeT, was sent to the Police's SIT custody till April 13 for interrogation in connection with the ongoing investigation into the operations of terrorist recruitment modules in the State.
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6
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May 7
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Thiruvananthapuram
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Sarfras Navas alias Hakim, an accused in the suspected operation of terror modules in Kerala, was remanded till May 19. He will be in Police custody till May 18 for interrogation, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate V.K. Rajan ordered.
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7
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May 13
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Thiruvananthapuram
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The ATS of the Kerala Police questioned the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chairman Abdul Nazer Madhani for several hours, in connection with his terrorism linkages. Madhani is suspected to have links with the LeT militants. According to unnamed sources, the Police questioned Madhani based on the confessions of Sarfras Nawas and Sainudheen, who were arrested in connection with the July 26, 2008 Bangalore serial bomb blasts case. Nawas had told the Karnataka Police that he had met Madhani in his residence at Kollam a few months after the PDP leader was released from Coimbatore jail, where he had been housed as an under trial in the Coimbatore bomb blast case.
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8
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July 22
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Kannur
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The Kerala Police arrested a suspected terrorist, identified as Mohammed Abdul Haleem, for his involvement in the July 2008 Bangalore serial bomb blasts and a series of low-intensity blasts in Kerala in the last decade. Police said he was associated with the ultra-Islamic Noorish Tariquat based in Hyderabad and received terror training there. Meanwhile, the Kochi Police commissioner Manoj Abraham said that the vehicle used to plant bombs in Bangalore was the one stolen by Haleem from Aluva in Ernakulam.
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9
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August 30
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Thiruvananthapuram
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The Kerala Police arrested a suspected militant, identified as Kabir, a resident of Rippon in the Wayanad District, who had a lookout notice issued against him by the Intelligence Bureau (IB). Unconfirmed reports said the IB suspects him of being involved in terrorist attacks, including the Bangalore serial bomb blasts in July 25, 2008.
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10
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December 17
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Kochi
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Soofiya Madani, wife of PDP leader Abdul Nasser Madani, was arrested from her residence in Kochi shortly after the Kerala High Court dismissed her anticipatory bail application in connection with the burning of a Tamil Nadu bus in the State in September 2005.
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2008
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Incident
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1
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January 6
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Kumili, Idukki
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Police arrested a Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) militant, Altaf Ahmed, a 29-year old native of Jammu and Kashmir. Assistant Superintendent of Police Vikramjith Singh said that he was involved in various crimes against the state. He had reportedly applied for a passport in Idukki and the Kerala Police had sent his documents to their counterparts in Jammu and Kashmir for verification when his identity came to light, police said adding the accused got training from Pakistan.
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October 6
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Thrissur
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The Kerala police arrested two persons for their suspected links with the banned SIMI. Abdul Hakeem (22) from Azheekal in Guruvayur and Shameer (29) from Karukapadathu were arrested on information that the duo attended a clandestine meeting of SIMI activists at Panayikulam on August 15, 2006. The police had taken 18 persons into custody. Five of them were arrested and the others released for lack of evidence. Shibili and Ansar, who were among those arrested from Panayikulam and later released on bail, were again arrested from Indore in Madhya Pradesh with firearms in their possession. They were produced before the Paravoor Judicial First Class Magistrate who remanded them to judicial custody till October 21.
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October 21
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Thrissur
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Thrissur Police arrested two SIMI cadres from Kodungallur. The two cadres, identified as Nisar and Asghar, reportedly participated in a SIMI camp at Panayikulam on August 15, 2006.
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November 9
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Kannur
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Kerala police has arrested one suspected militant, identified as Mohammed Nainar, from the District Hospital area. He was accused of supporting terrorist activities and motivating a local youth Mohamad Fayaz, who was killed in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir in October 2008. He was reportedly also associated with a network that is involved in recruiting cadres for Kashmir-based militant groups.
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November 22
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Kasargod
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Two youths suspected to have links with Islamist extremist activities were arrested by the Kerala Police from Kanhangad. They were identified as Firose, a trader on the railway station road, and his relative Shakeeb.
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December 2
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Thrissur
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A four-member squad of District police arrested two National Development Front cadres, identified as Pappali Thechalveettil Naushad and Thekkekattil Majeed, at Mangalamkunnu.
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December 20
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Kannur
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The Police arrested a militant, identified as Sheneej, from Anayidukku for suspected links to a gang recruiting cadres from Kerala for terrorist outfits in Jammu and Kashmir. Police suspected that Sheneej had a close association with persons from Kerala having links with the Jammu and Kashmir-based terrorist outfits, Deputy Superintendent of Police, V. K. Akbar, said. Sheneej was produced before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate court in Thalassery on the same day and remanded to judicial custody till January 3, 2009.
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