LeT plan to recruit and forge a relationship with Maoists

LeT member motivated hired Maoists

NEW DELHI: Key Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative Mohammad Umer Madani reportedly motivated and recruited Maoist fighters from Jharkhand and Bihar.

Madani, who was arrested on June 4, disclosed this to the police during his 14-day remand. He was produced in court on Friday, following which his remand was extended by another week.

Madani revealed names of several Maoist leaders he was in regular touch with. On his current visit to India, Madani was scheduled to meet them in Bihar and Jharkhand. “He had been instructed by his bosses at LeT to recruit Maoists and forge a relationship with them with the help of money and firearms. It seems that LeT wanted to exploit the areas which are under the control of Maoists to smuggle arms and explosives,” said a senior police officer.

Sources said Madani also planned to train those recruited from other parts of India in Maoist strongholds before sending them to Pakistan for further training. “We need to catch his contacts who will shed more light on the talks that Madani had with them,” added the officer. Madani was produced before duty metropolitan magistrate Manish Yaduvanshi.

“Along with LeT, Madani was also supposed to recruit Maoists in Jharkhand. He acted as conduit for LeT and provided training to recruits in POK and sent them to India to carry out terror strikes,” said Rajiv Mohan, the public prosecutor, while seeking Madani’s remand.

Meanwhile, the police added that they would take Madani to Jharkhand and other places in Bihar to trace the entire network. “We are also in the process of verifying his visits to other countries to find out the source of money he accumulated,” said a police officer.

Madani, who had established a base in Nepal, was wanted in India for quite some time as his name was revealed with the arrest of three associates in 2002.

Madani was carrying foreign currency including USD 8,000 which he had received from Italy to carry out terror activities in the country at the time of his arrest. Meanwhile, the police also received the details of his two accounts at Himalayan Bank and Everest Bank in Nepal and learnt that there had been several transactions over past few months, amounting to more than Rs 25 lakh.

Islamic terror network gains ground in Bihar

June 8, 2009

Terror network gains ground in Bihar

Amarnath Tewary | Patna

Lashkar-e-Tayyeba Nepal chief Mohd Omar Madni’s arrest has blown the lid off the terror networks gaining ground in Bihar. LeT Nepal chief’s arrest has also alarmed the authorities about the youth missing from Basopatti panchayats, native village of Madni.

Basopatti in Madhubani district is barely four km from Nepal’s bordering district of Jaynagar. Madni owns a palatial building in Balkatwa village of Basopatti panchayat where his mother and other relatives are still living. Villagers say that Madni last visited his village some two years ago to dispose his landed property.

Madni has been living in Nepal since 1985 and was reportedly running a travel agency there. Village head (Mukhia) Madan Paswan said that Madni even contested the State Assembly election in 1980 from Harlakhi constituency in Madhubani. Madni’s name appears as Mohd Mokir in voter’s list. His name also figured in the family survey conducted by the State Government.

Madni is said to be third of his five siblings. His eldest brother Mohd Juhair Salfi is a professor in Delhi. The other three brothers, said the villagers, are settled in Saudi Arabia. They also recalled that Madni too had earlier told them that he had a big business in Saudi Arabia.

When Madni was arrested and was later identified as Mohd Mokir, Basopatti villagers told local reporters that at least eight to ten young boys of the village have been missing since long. However, when some of the mediapersons tried to visit Madni’s house in Balkatwa village on Saturday and Sunday, the villagers chased them away saying that media is earning their village a bad name.

Madni’s father Moulvi Mohd Shamsul Haque was a moulvi at Salfia Madrassa in Varanasi where Madni and some of his brothers were educated.

After his arrest, the Delhi police are also expected to visit Basopatti to know more about Madni’s past and apparently to find out why and how many youth of the area have crossed the border to get training by ISI and LeT.

According to a local report, Madni had recruited over three dozen youth, including the Mumbai local train serial bomb blast accused Kamal Ansari. Ansari too belonged to Basopatti panchayat in Madhubani.

Earlier, Kamal Ahmad and Khalid Aziz both residents of Basopatti too were reportedly arrested for their alleged involvement in serial blasts in Mumbai trains. Another ISI operative Mohd Salahuddin, who too belonged to Madhubani, was arrested by UP police from Lucknow for his alleged involvement in attack on CRPF camp at Rampur.

There are a sizeable number of Muslims in Madhubani and Darbhanga, and since they are situated on the Indo-Nepal border, the ISI and LeT recruit maximum youth from these districts.

If intelligence reports are to be believed, Jaynagar in Nepal, barely ten km away from Basopatti, has become the main operative point for ISI and LeT operatives.

The anti-nationals could easily sneak into both the countries, India and Nepal crossing the porous border through villages like Mahwapur, Harlakhi, Basopatti, Ladanyian, Loukaha, Khutauna and Andhramath.

These villages on the Indo-Nepal border in Madhubani district have become a breeding ground for recruits in ISI and LeT.

Madni, said the local sources, was operating as the main conduit for recruiting the local boys for ISI and LeT.

Madni had reportedly caught the Delhi-bound train from Patna Junction and de-boarded at Aligarh. The interrogating agency is now trying to get Madni’s contacts in Patna.

Significantly, Bihar police have preferred to maintain tight-lipped on either the arrest of Madni or Basopatti in Madhubani becoming the breeding ground for anti-national activities.

June 8, 2009

Terror network gains ground in Bihar

Amarnath Tewary | Patna

Lashkar-e-Tayyeba Nepal chief Mohd Omar Madni’s arrest has blown the lid off the terror networks gaining ground in Bihar. LeT Nepal chief’s arrest has also alarmed the authorities about the youth missing from Basopatti panchayats, native village of Madni.

Basopatti in Madhubani district is barely four km from Nepal’s bordering district of Jaynagar. Madni owns a palatial building in Balkatwa village of Basopatti panchayat where his mother and other relatives are still living. Villagers say that Madni last visited his village some two years ago to dispose his landed property.

Madni has been living in Nepal since 1985 and was reportedly running a travel agency there. Village head (Mukhia) Madan Paswan said that Madni even contested the State Assembly election in 1980 from Harlakhi constituency in Madhubani. Madni’s name appears as Mohd Mokir in voter’s list. His name also figured in the family survey conducted by the State Government.

Madni is said to be third of his five siblings. His eldest brother Mohd Juhair Salfi is a professor in Delhi. The other three brothers, said the villagers, are settled in Saudi Arabia. They also recalled that Madni too had earlier told them that he had a big business in Saudi Arabia.

When Madni was arrested and was later identified as Mohd Mokir, Basopatti villagers told local reporters that at least eight to ten young boys of the village have been missing since long. However, when some of the mediapersons tried to visit Madni’s house in Balkatwa village on Saturday and Sunday, the villagers chased them away saying that media is earning their village a bad name.

Madni’s father Moulvi Mohd Shamsul Haque was a moulvi at Salfia Madrassa in Varanasi where Madni and some of his brothers were educated.

After his arrest, the Delhi police are also expected to visit Basopatti to know more about Madni’s past and apparently to find out why and how many youth of the area have crossed the border to get training by ISI and LeT.

According to a local report, Madni had recruited over three dozen youth, including the Mumbai local train serial bomb blast accused Kamal Ansari. Ansari too belonged to Basopatti panchayat in Madhubani.

Earlier, Kamal Ahmad and Khalid Aziz both residents of Basopatti too were reportedly arrested for their alleged involvement in serial blasts in Mumbai trains. Another ISI operative Mohd Salahuddin, who too belonged to Madhubani, was arrested by UP police from Lucknow for his alleged involvement in attack on CRPF camp at Rampur.

There are a sizeable number of Muslims in Madhubani and Darbhanga, and since they are situated on the Indo-Nepal border, the ISI and LeT recruit maximum youth from these districts.

If intelligence reports are to be believed, Jaynagar in Nepal, barely ten km away from Basopatti, has become the main operative point for ISI and LeT operatives.

The anti-nationals could easily sneak into both the countries, India and Nepal crossing the porous border through villages like Mahwapur, Harlakhi, Basopatti, Ladanyian, Loukaha, Khutauna and Andhramath.

These villages on the Indo-Nepal border in Madhubani district have become a breeding ground for recruits in ISI and LeT.

Madni, said the local sources, was operating as the main conduit for recruiting the local boys for ISI and LeT.

Madni had reportedly caught the Delhi-bound train from Patna Junction and de-boarded at Aligarh. The interrogating agency is now trying to get Madni’s contacts in Patna.

Significantly, Bihar police have preferred to maintain tight-lipped on either the arrest of Madni or Basopatti in Madhubani becoming the breeding ground for anti-national activities.

Bihar legislator calls Muslim RLD MLA ‘Pakistani’ in assembly

Bihar legislator calls Muslim colleague ‘Pakistani’ in assembly
February 25th, 2009 – 9:13 pm ICT by IANS

Patna, Feb 25 (IANS) The Bihar assembly Wednesday witnessed unruly scenes after a ruling party legislator called an opposition Muslim legislator a “Pakistani”.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Ramadhar Singh made the comment against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) legislator Shakeel Ahmad Khan during a discussion after the state budget was presented.

The incident occurred when some RJD Legislators, including Khan, made a remark about L.K. Advani, BJP’s prime ministerial candidate.

“Singh then told Khan that he had no right to say anything because he is a Pakistani,” RJD legislator Shyam Rajak told IANS.

Soon after the comment was made RJD legislators, along with other opposition members, rushed to the well of the house demanding an apology and action against Singh.

Furious RJD legislators said Singh’s remarks had again exposed the “communal politics of BJP”.

Khan, a former minister and now spokesperson of RJD, is considered close to Railways Minister Lalu Prasad and is a known as critic of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led coalition government in the state.

Speaker Uday Narayan Choudhary has called for an all-party meet over the incident.

It is not the first time that Singh’s remarks have created furore in the assembly. In 2005, he called former chief minister Rabri Devi as “little educated Rabri’.

Violent Muslim mob attacks Saraswati idol immersion, pelt stones at police and set ablaze tractors in Gopalganj, Bihar

According to the police, some miscreants set ablaze a tractor and pelted stones at the police escorting the immersion procession, which led to the clash.

The mob also opened fire at the police team escorting the procession, police said.

Tension grips Bihar village after clash over idol immersion
Thursday 5th February, 2009 (IANS)

Tension gripped a village in Bihar’s Gopalganj district Thursday, a day after a clash between two communities over idol immersion, a police official said.

Nearly a dozen people, including policemen, were injured Wednesday afternoon in a clash between two communities over idol immersion at Pathan Toli near Vishnipur village. A police sub-inspector died of a heart attack immediately after the scuffle.

‘There is still tension in the village but things are under control as several security personnel have been deployed. Senior district officials are there and are trying to defuse the situation,’ said Kesharichand, officer incharge of Sidhawalia police station under which the site of the clash falls.

According to the police, some miscreants set ablaze a tractor and pelted stones at the police escorting the immersion procession, which led to the clash.

However, the Times of India as usual attempts to hid and muddle the facts. As if we Indians don’t know between Ram and Rahim, who is the persistently violent, intolerant one.

But here is a give away,”The mob also opened fire at the police team escorting the procession, police said.”  Is it any wonder the Muslims are treated as terrorists and  violent by the police.
Tension over idol immersion route
5 Feb 2009, 0453 hrs IST, Alok Mishra , TNN

GOPALGANJ: The Gopalganj police had a tough time after members of two communities clashed with each other, attacked vehicles and made abortive  attempts to torch vehicles over immersion of idols of Goddess Saraswati in Sidhwaliya area of the town on Wednesday afternoon.

Gopalganj ditsrict magistrate Ramesh Lal said the situation was tense but under control. He said that an inspector-rank officer, Jai Prakash, died due to some disease at the place of occurrence.

Police sources said that the situation became tense on Monday evening when some residents of Paithan Toli objected to passing of idols of Goddess Saraswati, installed at Jalalpur and Bishunpur villages, through Paithan Toli. On getting information, senior administrative and police officers reached there and tried to pacify both sides.

Police said that the idol of Jalalpur was diverted to another route for immersion. Sources said that when the villagers of Bishunpur remained adamant on taking the same route, it was provided tight security by the district administration.

Sources said that on Wednesday afternoon, hundreds of villagers of Bishunpur assembled around three tractors, carrying the idol of Goddess Saraswati, and as the immersion procession reached Paithan Toli, members of both rival sides clashed. Both sides also opened fire and lobbed countrymade bombs at each other. The mob also opened fire at the police team escorting the procession, police said.

Lal said that as both sides indulged in brickbatting and used whatever they could in the process, the district administration was forced to lob teargas shells to disperse the crowd. Enr

And the totally Islamofascist Muslim media gives a totally different spin: Blaming the mob of processionists here.  If Muslims don’t want Hindus and their religion around, and live in peace with other people, why are they in India??

Urdu writer arrested for writing book questioning islamic tennets. Wanted Muslims to be true Indian

January 21, 2009

Urdu writer arrested for teaching Muslims “to be true Indian”
Anoop Mishra – January 15, 2009

Patna : The author of a book that reportedly questioned Islamic tenets has been arrested and charged with hurting the sentiments of the Muslim community, police said Thursday.

Mohammed Yasin Ahmad, author of the Urdu book “Islami Surah Ya Beimani Ka Panchnama”, surrendered at the Pirbahore police station Wednesday night.

Ahmad was charged hurting the sentiments of the Muslim community after he raised certain queries in his book that he felt his fellow Muslims needed to address as true Indians.

Ahmad’s 154-page book stirred a controversy by questioning the 10 tenets of Islam and the functioning of the Khalifas.

On Monday, Maulana Kari Abdullah Bukhari, chief cleric of the Jama Masjid in Munger district, had complained about Ahmad and his wife Nilofer Yasin, who is the publisher of the book.

“The complainant told the police that there are objectionable references to Islam in the book,” Patna Superintendent of Police Anwar Hussain said.

Based on the complaint, police Wednesday arrested a bookseller and detained and interrogated Niofer Yasin.

“A bookseller, Sarfaraz, was arrested. Nilofer was interrogated. All three have been charged with hurting the sentiments of the Muslim community,” Hussain said.

Official sources said Bukhari had informed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar about the book and demanded immediate action.

Nitish Kumar directed Home Secretary Afzal Amanullah, the state minority commission chairman Naushad Ahmad and Patna Senior Superintendent of Police Amit Kumar to look into the matter.
Author of book questioning Islamic tenets arrested in Bihar

ISI planning super terrorism in India – must read

ISI expands network from J&K to South; talks ‘super terrorism’

NEW DELHI, AUG 29 (PTI)
Terror groups backed by Pakistan’s ISI could use chemical, biological, nuclear or radiological weapons against India initiating a form of “super terrorism”, warns a Union Home Ministry report.

With ISI spreading its tentacles in the country from Jammu and Kashmir to down South, the report spoke of active terror modules mushrooming in Bihar, Assam and West Bengal where the sleeper cells have been assigned with specific targets.

In its section on terror groups and weapons of mass destruction, the report said “super terrorism in this perspective can be defined as projected future use of chemical, biological, nuclear and radiological weapons by terrorist groups.”

The report said Indo-Nepal border in Bihar is being used for smuggling of arms, explosives, fake currency into the country, while the agency was focusing on Uttar Pradesh to fund Madrasas and recruit youngsters for subversive activities.

South India too is an important part of the overall ISI game-plan since it is being targeted to recruit unemployed youths.

The report also mentions that ISI is trying to revive Punjab militancy and form new anti-India groups in the state.

While Maharashtra has been a victim of underworld gangs which have strong links with ISI, the report mentions that the Pakistan agency was also trying to liaison with the underworld in Gujarat and are using the coastal line for transporting arms and drug running operations.