Mumbai Muslim criminal has 4 wives and 28 children

Maha man gives up crime for family
Mateen Hafeez, TNN, Dec 19, 2010

MUMBAI: Here’s a man really committed to family life! A total of 28 children from four wives, all of whom finally got fed up with man’s criminal ways and convinced him surrender to the cops in the hope it will mitigate his sentence.

Atique Shaikh (36) had been on the run for the last two years and his four wives along with the children, who live in the same Mumbai neighbourhood, put their heads together and decided to convince Shaikh to surrender.

Shaikh fell in love with all four women at different times and got married to them. They all stay in Govandi in separate houses. While his eldest son, a 17-year-old, is graduating in Arts, his 10 other children are studying in various schools in Govandi. His wives work as domestic helps and run their respective families.

According to police, it were his kids who implored him to quit crime. His children pleaded that if he continued, it would become difficult for them in school and during their weddings. “It really had an impact on his mind and he decided to heed them,” said a police officer.

“I want a chance to get rid of my criminal identity. I want to spend life with dignity,” Shaikh told the court on Wednesday after surrendering.

A resident of Baiganwadi in Shivaji Nagar, Shaikh has as many as 19 cases against him since 1991 and cops from at least six police stations were hunting for him. His crimes include eight cases of extortion, two of attempt to murder and nine of assault and robbery.

Assistant police inspector, Bhimrao Valatkar, who is probing the case, said, Shaikh, a habitual offender, stepped into crime in 1991. Though he has been arrested in most of the cases and trial is on, he was on the run and could not be arrested in two previous cases.

At the Kurla court, Shaikh pleaded that he wanted to spend his remaining life with dignity. He also told the court that he was worried about the future of his four wives and 28 kids, said an officer. The court remanded him to police custody till December 20. Currently, he is lodged at the Ghatkopar Central lock up

Islamic terrorists strike Varanasi

Terror strikes Varanasi

HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times

Varanasi, December 08, 2010

Terror struck the holy town of Varanasi on Tuesday — a day after the 18th anniversary of Babri Masjid demolition — as an explosive device killed a one-year-old child and injured at least 20 people. The blast

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took place at 6.35 pm at the old Dashashwamedh ghat on the banks of the Ganga where one of the main tourist attractions, Ganga Aarati, was being performed.

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Indian Mujahideen claimed responsibility for the blast in an e-mail traced to Malad in Mumbai. It said, “Indian Mujahideen attribute (sic) this attack to the 6th of December that will haunt your nation of world’s ‘Greatest DemoNcracy (sic)’.” The mail also warned of more attacks.

The five-page IM email referred to the Allahabad High Court judgment on Ayodhya and the “manhandling and heckling of the Kashmiri leadership in Indian cities”.

Condemning the blast, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said it was an attempt to “weaken” India’s resolve to fight the “evil forces of terrorism” and that the “terrorists will not succeed”.

The blast took place near the railing of an elevated platform. The explosion destroyed the railings and the stone stairs of the ghat and bloodstains could be seen all around the place.

“It was a powerful blast that shook buildings up to 500 metres away. We saw dismembered limbs being thrown about,” said Kishori Raman Dubey who organises the show at the ghat.

The PM asked the union home ministry for a report on the incident. In fact, the home ministry had recently alerted the UP government against possible terrorist attacks around the time of the Babri demolition day.

Varanasi police chief RP Singh confirmed the death of one-year-old Swastika Sharma and injury to more than 20 people.

A local trader, Kuldip Beri, told HT that no policeman was present at the spot when the blast took place and there was total chaos for at least 15 minutes before the cops arrived.

Wikileaks: LeT planned to kill Narendra Modi, establish bases in Kerala, Tamil Nadu

LeT planned to kill Narendra Modi, establish bases in Kerala, Tamil Nadu
Sunday, Dec 5, 2010
Place: Washington, DC | Agency: PTI

Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba had planned to assassinate Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and use Kerala and Tamil Nadu as base for carrying out strikes in southern India, according to a secret US diplomatic cable.

Information coming out of a secret state department cable dated June 19, 2009, released by WikiLeaks indicates that LeT has established a facilitation centre in Sri Lanka and was looking at setting up a base of operations in Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

It also reveals the dangerously expanding Lashkar network in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal.

The United States, which has charged the Wikileaks of indulging in a criminal act by stealing and releasing these cables, has neither confirmed nor denied the authenticity of these documents.

The secret state department cable is based on various intelligence inputs received by it, the source of which is not mentioned in the cable.

The cable notes that the network of Shafiq Khafa – a Lashkar leader – is “striving to stand up two teams in southern India that rely on the support of LeT members based in India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Nepal”.

Although specific details of planned LeT attacks remain unknown, late-May 2009 intelligence indicates that Khafa’s cells were engaged in surveillance activities of potential targets, likely in southern India.

“Early-May reporting further suggests Kerala or Tamil Nadu may be used as a base of operations following the establishment of a facilitation team in Sri Lanka, with the estimated time of completion for setting up the facilitation route and camps to be two to three months,” the cable said.

It is understood that the specific intelligence information was passed on to India.

“Separate tearline indicates, & Pakistan-based Shafiq Khafa prepared in mid-June with India-based associate S J for possible operations in India.

“Khafa was looking for information on possible training sites in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Kerala,” the cable said.

The cable says that LeT’s Shafiq Khafa was preparing for operations in India including the assassination of Modi.

“Tearline reports, & Hussein, an India-based Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LT) member, continued operational planning on three tasks in early June.

“The tasks were associated with a possible operation against Gujarat chief minister Narendar Modi, the establishment of a training camp, and unspecified work involving a car.

“Hussein would coordinate his activities with an India-based colleague identified as Sameer,” the cable said.