Ranchi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday conducted raids at the house of SIMI activist Manzar in Ranchi. Manzar is a trained SIMI activist with suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) links. Though the Indian Mujahideen is the prime suspect in the Mumbai blasts case, the NIA sources have told CNN-IBN that the raids are not related to the Mumbai blasts. The raids were conducted on a tip-off from another man...
12:46 PM, Jul 15, 2011
Mumbai: A day after three blasts rocked Mumbai killing 17 and injuring 133 people, it is still unclear who was behind the blasts. Home Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday made it clear that all militant groups targetting India are on the list of suspects. There are first signs of an emerging pattern between three blasts in 2010 at German Bakery in Pune, Jama Masjid in New Delhi and Sheetla Ghat...
09:06 PM, Jul 14, 2011
New Delhi: A day after three blasts ripped Central and South Mumbai, UK Bansal, Secretary (Internal Security) in the Home Ministry, said that Mumbai Police are carrying out investigations on the fact that a body was recovered with wires. He said there could be a possibility that he was very near to the explosives or there could be a possibility that he was the human bomb as well. Bansal said...
04:59 PM, Jul 14, 2011
New Delhi: Home Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday said all groups hostile to India were suspects in the Mumbai serial blasts that killed 17 and injured almost 100 on Wednesday. However, the name of the Indian Mujahideen (IM), which recently formed a group called the 313 Squad and has been recruiting youngsters to organise attacks across the nation, once again tops the list of suspects. Sources told CNN-IBN that since...
02:39 PM, Jul 14, 2011
Pune: Three blasts that rocked Mumbai once again made Punekars shudder with memories of February 13 terrorist attack on the German Bakery last year, that killed 17 persons including some foreigners and injuring over 100. Even as the city was put on a very high alert since last night, after the blasts, with thick security blanket covering all sensitive places identified after the German Bakery blast, the numerical connotation of...
11:27 AM, Jul 14, 2011
New Delhi: Three blast rocked the city of Mumbai on Wednesday leaving the country in a state of panic. On the investigation front, the Maharashtra Anti-terrorism Squad and the Mumbai Police have formed teams to investigate the serial blasts. In a late-night high-level meeting of senior police officials, details of the initial examination of the blast sites were discussed. Home Minister P Chidambaram also visited the blast sites and met...
07:20 AM, Jul 14, 2011
Mumbai: Police on Sunday said that the anonymous phone call from Yemen claiming that Indian Mujahideen (IM) was behind the murder of crime reporter J Dey, could to be hoax. "The probe indicates it was a hoax call. But we want to double check before coming to a conclusion that it was a hoax call. We are in touch with the authorities of Yemen," a senior police officer said. On...
07:33 PM, Jun 19, 2011
Mumbai: A week after the murder of the senior crime reporter Jyotirmoy Dey, the police control room in Mumbai on Saturday received an anonymous phone call from Yemen with the caller saying Indian Mujahideen (IM) was behind the killing. "A person called from Yemen and said that the IM hired shooters from Kashmir and bumped Dey off," a senior Crime Branch official said. However the police are verifying the call...
08:01 PM, Jun 18, 2011
New Delhi: Paving the way for the trial to begin, a Delhi court on Tuesday formally slapped charges against Shahzad Ahmed, a suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorist, arrested in south Delhi's Batla House shootout in which a Delhi Police inspector was killed in 2008. Additional Sessions Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar framed the charges against Shahzad Ahmed alias Pappu. Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma of Delhi Police's specialised anti-terror squad, Special Cell,...
08:13 PM, Feb 15, 2011
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday found sufficient evidence to put to trial 13 suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorists in the 2008 serial blasts in New Delhi, in which 26 people were killed. Charges against them would be framed Feb 21. Additional Sessions Judge Santosh Snehi Mann said there was sufficient evidence to put the 13 accused to trial for their alleged involvement in the conspiracy of carrying out...
04:23 PM, Feb 05, 2011
Sources reveal how a small-time convict from Kandivli went to Pakistan and pumped bullets into IM mastermind Riyaz Bhatkal. Even as the daring shootout that killed India's most wanted terrorist and chief of terror outfit Indian Mujahideen, Riyaz Bhatkal has thrown investigators into a huddle, the needle of suspicion points to a Mumbai assassin. According to sources, the man identified as the shooter is a former convict affiliated to Mumbai's...
05:19 PM, Jan 13, 2011
New Delhi: In an offensive against cadres of Indian Mujahideen, the Government has formed special teams to locate 31 most wanted men of the banned outfit, whose list has been circulated to all states and union territories. According to official sources, these special teams will make "concerted efforts" to apprehend the absconding IM terrorists within the country and coordinate with foreign countries where they are suspected to be holed in....
04:37 PM, Dec 14, 2010
Varanasi: The one-and-a-half-year-old girl, who was found at Shitla Ghat in Varanasi after the blast on December 7, has been identified by police and her residence located, but her parents cannot be traced. Deputy District Magistrate Atal Kumar Rai told reporters on Sunday that after publishing the child's picture in various newspapers and showing it on news channels, it was found that she is the daughter of one Gita and...
11:43 PM, Dec 12, 2010
Lucknow: Three forensic teams trying to get to the root of the Varanasi terror attack that killed two people still don't know what explosives were used. The deafening blast at Shitla Ghat on the Ganga banks during the routine evening 'arti' on December 7 claimed two lives and left about 30 injured. Besides the first team of forensic experts airlifted from Agra on December 7 night to study the nature...
09:03 PM, Dec 12, 2010
New Delhi: A Navi Mumbai disc jockey was baffled and shocked when police came to his house on Tuesday night asking him about an Indian Mujahideen e-mail claiming responsibility for Varanasi blast. The e-mail was sent by Akhil Talreja's unsecured WiFi connection, minutes after the blast. Later, it was found that his connection, which did not require a password, was hacked into by IM terrorists and used for the purpose....
05:24 PM, Dec 12, 2010
New Delhi: A day after terror struck Varanasi, killing one and injuring many, Home Ministry sources stated that the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Police has not been cooperative and the investigative agency had to wait for suspect to come out to be apprehended. According to sources, Indian Mujahideen's (IM) threat was evident as Shahzad, who was arrested in February had revealed that Dashashvemedh Ghat and German Bakery were potential targets. Sources...
09:27 PM, Dec 08, 2010
Varanasi: The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) on Wednesday detained three people in connection with Tuesday's blast outside a temple at the Shitla Ghat in Varanasi in which one child was killed and 32 persons injured. The ATS has identified Shahnawaz and Assadullah as key suspects behind the blast. Both are allegedly linked to the 2008 Delhi blasts and the Batla House encounter in Delhi. Shahnawaz is a resident of...
03:04 PM, Dec 08, 2010
New Delhi: Terror group Indian Mujahideen has taken responsibility for the blast in Varanasi. Union Home Secretary GK Pillai said that Indian Mujahideen was responsible for the blast in Varanasi on Tuesday evening in which at least one child has been killed and 20 others injured. "It's a terror strike," Pillai told CNN-IBN. Indian Mujahideen sent an e-mail to media houses claiming that the blast in Varanasi was in retaliation...
08:38 PM, Dec 07, 2010
New Delhi: Having failed to make headway in its probe into the firing on Taiwanese tourists, the Delhi Police on Thursday announced a reward of Rs 10 lakh for information about the two bikers involved in the Jama Masjid incident last month or those who helped them execute the attack. Announcing the reward, City Police Commissioner Y S Dadwal sought the help of public in providing investigators clues about those...
05:54 PM, Oct 07, 2010
Mumbai: With the Games barely a week away, security has been spruced up not just in Delhi but all metros. In the midst of this, a survey by the Mumbai Police has found astonishing figures showing a clear rise in the number of prepaid SIM cards given using fake ID proof. In fact, the state government has stepped in to clean up the mess. Recently, a terror e-mail was sent...
09:19 AM, Sep 25, 2010
