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Terrorism related Incidents in Kerala since 2008

2018
Sl. Date Place Incident Nature
No.
1 January Kochi The NIA is likely to Non-violent

1 appeal for the custody
of five unidentified IS
sympathisers who were
arrested in October
2017 from Kannur city
of Kannur District in
Kerala. These IS
sympathisers were
arrested while their
attempt to flee to Syria
and join the terror
organisation. They
were sent to the judicial
custody and later
lodged at Kakkanad
District Jail in Kochi,
Kerala. The NIA had
filed charges under
Sections 38 and 39 of
the UAPA, 1967
2 January Ernakulam Kerala Chief Minister Non-Violent

4 Pinarayi Vijayan
ordered the closure of
the Peace International
School in Ernakulam in
Ernakulam District
which has been under
scanner for
objectionable and non-
secular content in the
syllabus. The action
comes in the wake of
reports filed by the
District Collector and
the Education
Department. The
Kozhikode-based
Peace Foundation
operates more than 10
schools under the
name 'Peace
International.' Whether
the directive is
applicable to other
schools of the
foundation will be
known once the
Government Order is
issued. The Chief
Minister has demanded
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that the students in the
school, located at
Chakkaraparambu in
Kochi in Ernakulam
District, be shifted to
other schools in the
region. The Police are
trying to bring the
school Managing
Director M M Akbar
from abroad [Dubai,
UAE]. Earlier, a probe
conducted by the
Education Department
found that the school
does not follow
textbooks of NCERT,
CBSE or SCERT. The
District Education
Officer's report had
stated that teaching a
syllabus giving
prominence to a single
religion is violation of
education rights. The
Intelligence agencies
have found that Abdul
Rashid and Yasmin
Ahammed, who are
facing NIA probe for
alleged links with the
IS, have worked in the
school. Police probe
has revealed that the
school teaches
textbooks compiled by
Burooj Realization, an
Islamic education
institution based in
Navi Mumbai in
Maharashtra. Three
people who readied the
text books were later
arrested by Kochi
Police from Mumbai.
Though there were
allegations that they
have links with
controversial preacher
Zakir Naik, it has not
been confirmed.
3 January Kochi The NIA court in Kochi Non-Violent

5 of Ernakulam District in
Kerala granted
permission to NIA for
interrogating two IS
accused operatives,
Omar al-Hindi and
Safvan alias Rayyan of
Kanakamala IS module
case as a part of
Hadiya case of 'love-
jihad'. The NIA team
consists of IT experts
would interrogate two
accused on January 8
at the Viyyur Central
jail in Thrissur, Thrissur
District (Kerala), in the
presence of jail
superintendent. The
NIA team will question
if Shafin Jahan,
husband of Hadiya had
any connections with IS
operatives or IS
module in Kerala. The
Kanakamala IS module
was planning to attack
sensitive places and
key personalities in
various regions in
South India.
4 January Kerala The Government of Non-Violent

6 Kerala has issued an
alert to all of its DCs to
take precautionary
security measures
against the possible
modules of IS
operating in the state.
Abdul Rasheed-an
operative and Emir of
IS Kerala module, send
an audio message to
other members of the
group focusing on the
assassination or
destroy the non-
Muslims with any
modus-operandi
including poisoning the
drinking water and to
carry-out massive
killing through plying
trucks over the crowd
in Indian festivals such
as Thrissur Pooram
and Kumbh Mela,
stated the confidential
letter sent out on
December 16, 2017 by
the UMHA Additional
Chief Secretary (Home
and Vigilance) Subrata
Biswas. Number of IS
threat messages are
spreading out on social
media and all of such
messages are getting
checked for their
authenticity by the state
Police, said Kerala
Police Chief Loknath
Behera.
5 January Kerala The evident information Non-Violent

8 about its members
joining IS came as a
'shocking' to the
Popular Front of India
(PFI) and it was
expressed it through an
internal circular
distributed among the
PFI cadres. Though the
numbers are
insignificant but events
are the violations of
organisation's
teachings that poses as
matter of a serious
concern, stated as in
the circular (dated
November 30, 2017)
issued by the National
Chairman of PFI- E.
Aboobacker. Since
identifying the dangers
inherent in IS, the
organisation has been
guiding its members
about the anti-religious
and anti-national nature
of the outfit [IS]. The
PFI also warned its
members to be
cautious about the
radicalisation
performed by the
mysterious radical
groups through various
means including social
media, said
Aboobacker. The
circular was issued
after at-least 15 PFI
members, including
former Divisional
Convener from Kannur
District, Kerala, had
joined IS.
6 January Thalassery/Kannur District/Kerala The two are friends of Non-Violent

10 Muhammad Riyaz from
Thalassery in Kannur
District, the prime
accused in the case.
"They have been
charged under the
UAPA", Ernakulam
Rural SP A V George
said, adding a hunt is
on to arrest eight more
accused, including
Riyas, in the case. He
said the police have
begun a probe into
their alleged link with
the Islamic State
terrorists. George said
both Fayaz and Siyad
were arrested based on
the woman's complaint
that she was allegedly
tortured by them in a
house in North
Paravoor before Riyaz
took her abroad. The
woman had alleged
that Riyaz pretended to
be in love with her
when she was studying
in Bengaluru
(Karnataka) in 2014
and forced her to
convert to Islam and
married her. The
woman from
Pathanamthitta District
was brought up in
Gujarat. She had
moved the Kerala High
Court last year seeking
an NIA probe against
Riyaz for attempting to
take her to Syria from
Saudi Arabia and sell
her to the Islamic State
terrorists as a sex
slave. She has also
alleged that her
marriage was
registered using forged
documents.
7 January Kerala The Kerala Police team Non-Violent

16 will be expanding the
investigation to
Bengaluru (Karnataka)
regarding an alleged
'forcible' conversion of
an unnamed 25 years-
old woman with
intentions of taking her
to Syria and join the IS.
Regarding the case,
the accused Fayas and
Siyad, will be taken too
few places in North
Kerala and Bengaluru
where the primary
accused Muhammad
Riyas had stayed, said
an unnamed senior
official of the
Ernakulam Rural
Police. The woman had
escaped from 80 days
'custody' of her
husband Riyas, from
an apartment in
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
She claimed that Riyas
insisted her forcefully to
watch videos of Islamic
preacher Zakir Naik
and attempted to take
her to Syria.
8 January Kannur Kerala Police said that Non-Violent

18 one more IS operative
from Kannur District
engaged in extremist
activities has been
killed in Syria.
According to Police, the
death of the youth,
identified as Abdul
Manaf P P (30),
resident of
Valapattanamin Kannur
District, was conveyed
to the family on
January 17 by his
friend and another IS
operative from the
District, Abdul
Khayyoom (25), who is
also in Syria.Police
have received
information that nearly
17 people from the
State, who had been
waging the so-called
holy war in Syria have
lost their lives. At least
six of them are from
Kannur. As per
available information,
the IS operative Abdul
Manaf was killed in
November. Police said
Manaf went to Syria
using a fake passport
and there is a case
against him in this
connection. He was a
close associate of
Shahjahan Velluva,
another IS operative
who was arrested in
Delhi a few months
back. He had also
worked as the office
secretary of the
(PFI) for some time
before leaving for
Syria.Prior to that he
was named an accused
in the murder of a CPM
worker Bineesh, in
2009, said
Police.According to the
investigating agencies,
it was through the
network of Manaf that
nearly 15 people out of
the 29 who left for Syria
to wage 'jihad', reached
there.
9 January Kerala The NIA has taken into Non-Violent

19 custody five terror
suspects, including a
person who was
intercepted at the
Mangaluru International
Airport in 2016, in
connection with their
attempts to join the IS
in Syria. The accused
are Midlaj (26), Abdul
Rasak K V (34), Rashid
M V (24), Manaf
Rahman (42) and
Hamza U K (57), all
residents of Kannur,
Kerala. Manaf Rahman
was intercepted at
Mangalore International
Airport on December
23, 2016, when he
attempted to travel
along with his family to
the UAE, allegedly with
the intention of
travelling to Syria to
join ISIS. He was
influenced by Hamza U
K, who was also
supposed to travel to
the UAE on December
25, 2016, and had
booked air ticket
accordingly. But he
dropped the plan after
finding out that Manaf
Rahman was
intercepted at
Mangalore airport. The
investigation hitherto
has revealed that
Midlaj and Rashid had
travelled along with one
Shajahan V K to Turkey
in October, 2016, with
the intention of
crossing over to Syria,
but were apprehended
by the Turkish
authorities and
deported to India in
January, 2017. Further,
Abdul Razak had
travelled to Turkey
through Tehran, Iran,
along with one Abdul
Khayoom of Kannur in
mid-April, 2017.
Shajahan had again
reached Turkey in
April/May, 2017, using
a fake Indian passport
as part of his second
attempt to migrate to
Syria and join the IS.
Subsequently, Abdul
Razak and Shajahan
were apprehended by
Turkish authorities
when they attempted to
cross over to Syria.
They were deported to
India on July 1, 2017.
Abdul Khayoom
managed to cross over
to Syria and join the
Islamic State.
10 January Perinthalmanna / Malappuram District The Kerala Police Non-Violent

24 arrested two persons
identified as Saleem
alias Sallu (38)-resident
of Vatakara of
Kozhikode District and
Abdul Latheef (42)-
resident of
Perinthalmanna,
Malappuram District,
for distributing the
FICNs. The Police
approached them on
pretext to exchange
currency and seized
the FICN in
denomination of INR
2,000 and INR 500
worth INR 49,000. After
preliminary
interrogation, the Police
has recovered
additional FICNs of
worth INR 2,67,500
from their houses, said
Rural SP M.K.
Pushkaran. All the
FICNs had threads and
look like the original
currency notes that
were printed in
Wayanad District of
Kerala. The state
Police is looking-out for
another person
involved in this case.
11 January Kerala The NIA is likely to Non-Violent

29 interrogate the Kerala
woman who was
allegedly forced to
'conversion to Islam' by
her husband-Mohamed
Riyaz (26) and later
'almost sold' to IS in
Syria. The unidentified
woman who is resident
of Pathanamthitta of
Pathanamthitta District
in Kerala had
approached the Kerala
High Court and claimed
that her husband
forced her to convert to
Islam and conspired to
sell her off to IS in
Syria. In her plea in the
court, the woman
claimed that she is a
'victim of forceful
conversion, fraud
marriage, and an
attempt of sexual
slavery'. Her father had
filed an application
seeking an
investigation to be
carried out by the
Central Investigation
Agency. Intelligence
agencies are keeping
an 'eye' over people
from Kerala joining
jihadi groups active in
Iraq, Syria and
Afghanistan.
12 January Kerala During the probe of the Non-Violent

31 conversion case of an
unidentified woman
from Kerala, the NIA
has found that she was
forced to follow the
preaching and become
a disciple of an Islamic
preacher Zakir Naik.
Although, the NIA has
registered the case
against nine persons
accused for conspiring
a fraud marriage
between Mohammad
Riyaz/Riyas and the
woman, and forcing her
to convert to Islam.
Originally, the woman
is a resident of Gujarat.
13 February Kozhikode District Police arrested one Non-Violent

1 Kerala youth, identified
as Riyazur Rehman
alias Riyad, a native of
Kallai in Kozhikode
District, for trying to join
terror outfit IS in April
2015. Riyad, who was
hiding in Ras Al
Khaimah (UAE) for the
past two years, was
deported to India
through Delhi airport
(New Delhi) from where
he was arrested by
Kerala Police a few
days ago (unspecified
date). Earlier, in Karipur
(Malappuram District)
Police had registered a
case against Riyad
under Section 125 of
the IPC and Section 20
and 38 of the UA (P)
Act. It was the first IS-
related case registered
by Kerala Police. The
Police said the 26-year-
old man was
indoctrinated while he
was working in Ras Al
Khaimah. Riyad, along
with a Bangladesh
national, left Ras Al
Khaimah to join the IS
in Yemen. He returned
to Ras Al Khaimah
after the Bangladesh
national disappeared.
By the time Riyad's
disappearance became
big news in the media;
his brother was
deported to India along
with some others who
were suspected to
have IS links. Riyad
was hiding in various
locations in Ras Al
Khaimah and was
engaged in small-time
criminal activities for
livelihood, the Police
said.
14 February Kannur District The NIA arrested Non-Violent

2 Mohammed
Riyaz/Riyas-a resident
of Kannur in Kannur
District of Kerala, from
Chennai Airport in
Chennai District of
Tamil Nadu.
Mohammed Riyaz was
alleged to force his wife
to convert to Islam and
attempted to sell her to
the IS operatives in
Syria. We had prior
information about
Mohammad Riyaz
travelling from Jeddah
city (Saudi Arabia) via
Colombo (Sri Lanka)
and arrested upon his
arrival at Chennai
Airport. He has been
interrogated at NIA
office in Chennai and
his arrest has not been
officially recorded so
far, said an unnamed
NIA officer. Mohammed
Riyaz is also accused
of using Fake Indian
Passport.
15 February Kannur District The NIA has been Non-Violent

3 surveillance over
Tasleem alias Rocky-a
resident of Kannur
(Kerala) but staying in
the UAE, for allegedly
financing the travel of
IS sympathisers from
Kannur (Kerala) to
Syria. Tasleem
provided financial
support of 4,000 US
dollars (approx. INR
2.5 Lakh) to
Mohammad Shajil alias
Abu Dhain-a resident of
Kannur (Kerala) for
meeting his travel
expenses to Syria and
stay-over in Turkey. So
far, Tasleem has not
been charged as an
accused but there is a
need to make sure if
Tasleem has any links
with IS and its active
module in Kerala, said
an unnamed NIA
officer. The NIA teams
of Delhi and Kochi are
questioning other two
cases related to the
migration of Kannur
residents to Syria.
16 February Mukkom/Kozhikode District The Mukkom Police Non-Violent

7 arrested two persons, (FICN
both natives of Tamil recovery)
Nadu, and seized
FICNs worth INR 1
million, following a
secret operation. One
of the accused Suresh
Kumar, resident of
Salem District in Tamil
Nadu, was arrested
from a lodge room at
Mukkom in Kozhikode
District, along with
FICNs to the tune of
INR 50,000, following a
tip off received by the
Police. "On
interrogation, we
received information
that a woman named
Nirmala from Salem
also is involved in the
fake currency racket.
Nirmala was arrested
by a Police team from
Salem and counterfeit
currencies to the tune
of Rs 9.5 lakh and
equipment used for
printing fake currency,"
said K P Abhilash SI of
Mukkom Police Station.
The Police have seized
FICNs in the
denomination of INR
2,000, INR 500, INR
200 and INR 100 from
both the arrestees.
Investigation is on to
identify the remaining
members of the
network. According to
Police, the some of the
gang members of the
same group were
arrested by Thrissur
Police in May 2017,
with FICN to the tune of
INR 300,000. The
racket was trying to
distribute the FICNs in
different parts of
Kozhikode District,
Police said.
17 February Kochi The NIA got the Non-Violent
12 custody of Mohammad (Custody)
Riyas/Riyaz-an
accused of selling her
wife as a 'sex slave' to
the IS in Syria. The
NIA's Special Court in
Kochi (Kerala) granted
the custody of Riyaz
and other two of his
unnamed associates to
the NIA in the same
case. The unnamed
woman filed a
complaint and alleged
that Riyaz raped her
and later recorded an
"objectionable footage"
of her, and held her
hostage in Jeddah,
Saudi Arabia. A native
of Kannur district in
Kerala, Mohammad
Riyaz has been under
the scanner for forging
documents in order to
marry the woman and
take her to Saudi
Arabia, with intentions
to rape her and further
sell her as a sex slave
to IS. So far, 11
persons have been
accused in the case
including Riyaz's
mother who continues
to be in Jeddah, Saudi
Arabia.
18 February Kerala The Jharkhand Non-Violent

20 Government banned (ban on PFI)
the Kerala-based
Islamic organization-
PFI for its alleged links
to IS. The Government
of Jharkhand banned
PFI, which is active in
Jharkhand as well;
mainly in Pakur District,
under the Criminal Law
(Amendment) Act,
1908. The Home
Department of
Jharkhand Government
also recommended the
ban. Reportedly, some
PFI members in Kerala
had travelled to Syria
and joined IS, read a
statement released by
the Government of
Jharkhand.
19 February Kerala Around 28 youths from Non-Violent

22 Tamil Nadu are under
scanner of the NIA for
alleged links with IS.
Out of 28, 20 people
are residents of
Coimbatore District,
said an unnamed
senior NIA official. The
majority of youths, with
age between 20-25
years, belong to the
State of Kerala, and
residing in Tamil Nadu
for over a decade. The
suspicious overseas
travelling details of
these youths raised an
alarm to NIA and soon
the agency started
collecting their cell
phone and social
media details, said an
unnamed senior NIA
official. All of them are
well educated-with
graduate degrees and
some of them are
postgraduate too.
20 February Kerala Acting upon the alert Non-Violent

25 issued by the Interpol (Arrest)
and Telangana State
Intelligence, the
Immigration
Department officials
arrested the managing
director of Peace
International School-
M.M. Akbar at Rajiv
Gandhi International
Airport (RGIA) in
Hyderabad. Reportedly,
M.M Akbar absconded
since the Kerala Police
registered criminal
charges against him for
inciting the communal
hatred through
preaching
objectionable content in
his school's syllabus.
After the arrest, Akbar
was handed-over to the
State Police officials for
temporary custody. The
officials of Kerala
Police would arrive on
following day to take
over Akbar's custody.
There were Intelligence
inputs that Akbar would
be travelling from
Australia to Dubai and
the flight would have a
layover at RGIA and
Akbar would board the
connecting flight on
February 26. But with
the assistance from the
Interpol and airport's
Immigration
Department, he got
arrested at the airport,
said an unnamed
Intelligence official.
21 February Kochi The NIA submitted the Non-Violent

27 evidences before the (submission of
NIA Court in Kochi, CD)
Kerala- including IS'
documentaries and
videos recovered from
the digital devices of
the accused-
Mohammad
Riyas/Riyaz Rashid,
Fawas Jamal and
Siyad, in a case of
forcefully conversion
and forged marriage.
Opposing the bail plea
filed by the accused,
the NIA presented a
Case Diary (CD) before
the NIA Court. In the
evidence report
submitted by the NIA's
prosecutor Arjun
Ambalapatta, the NIA
managed to recovered
a deleted documentary
of Syria from a digital
device acquired from
Mohammad Riyas and
several videos related
to IS was found on the
digital device belong to
Fawas Jamal.
22 March Kerala The case of 'IS Non-Violent

17 recruitment' filed (Statement)
against 10 people
including a resident of
Peringadi near Mahe in
Puducherry, has
several loopholes and
went against the
established facts of the
modus operandi of IS.
The Kerala Police had
filed a case under the
Unlawful Activities
(Prevention) Act on the
basis of a complaint
filed by an unnamed
girl against the accused
Mohammed Riyaz and
his associates for
'trying to sell-off the girl
as a sex slave to the IS
operatives in Syria'.
Earlier, the girl
informed the High
Court, that she married
Riyaz at Bangalore
(Karnataka) and
converted to Islam on
her own. But now the
Police said that the
accused had taken the
nude photos of the girl
and compelled her to
depose in favour of
Riyaz in the court. The
girl was in the custody
of her parents, so how
is it possible that she
was threaten by
showing the nude
photos of her, said a
close friend of
Mohammed Riyaz. The
case is being
investigated by the
National Investigation
Agency (NIA). Two of
Riyaz's friends hailing
from Paravur in
Ernakulam District
were arrested and have
been released on bail,
later. Mohammed Riyaz
who was arrested at
Chennai (Tamil Nadu)
when he arrived from
Saudi Arabia, is still in
Police custody.
23 March Kochi In first of the six cases Non-Violent

20 of IS, the Special Court (Judicial
in Kochi, Kerala has Statement)
announced to give
verdict on March 24. In
a case where 15
persons from
Kasaragod District,
Kerala alleged to
migrate to Nangahar
Province of
Afghanistan to join IS in
2016, the final hearing
of the case was
completed on March
20. The only person
arrested in the case is
Yasmin Mohammad
Zahid-resident of Bihar
who is facing trial at the
moment but out on bail.
24 March Kochi The NIA's Special Non-Violent

24 Court in Kochi (Kerala) (Sentence
has announced the granted)
verdict in the 'Kerala IS
recruitment case' and
sentenced Yasmeen
Mohammed Zahid to
seven-year
imprisonment with a
fine of INR 25,000. The
case was related to the
illegal migration of 15
persons from Kerala to
Afghanistan in 2016,
with further intentions
to join IS. On July 30,
2016, Yasmeen Zahid
was arrested from the
IGI Airport in New
Delhi, just before
travelling to Kabul
along with her child.
The first accused of the
case-Abdul Rashid
Abdulla is suspected to
have joined IS and
living in the Nangarhar
Province of
Afghanistan.
25 March Kochi One of the founder and Non-Violent

28 member of IM-Abdul (Investigation
Subhan Qureshi alias Statement)
Tauqeer likely to be
bought to Kochi
regarding a probe in
Wagamon SIMI camp
case. Qureshi was in
Gujarat Police's
custody regarding the
Ahmedabad serial
blasts case. However,
the NIA is planning to
bring Qureshi to Kochi
and produce him
before the Kochi NIA
Court on April 3, said
an unnamed NIA
officer. In December
2007, Qureshi was a
treasurer of the SIMI
when the camp at
Wagamon or Vagamon
in Kottayam and Idukki
District of Kerala. The
trial of the case is on-
going at the NIA's court
in Kochi.
26 March Kasaragod As per the claims of Non-Violent

30 Kerala Police, four (Statement)
people from Kerala's
Kasaragod District who
joined Islamic State in
Afghanistan reportedly
have been killed in a
bomb attack. The
'killed' people included
Shihaz, his wife-Ajmala
and their child, along
with another person-
Mohammed Mansad.
The Police have been
waiting for more
information, said an
unnamed Police officer.
Including these four,
the total number of
deaths of Kerala
natives after joining IS
in Afghanistan has
risen to eight, after the
NIA had confirmed
death of four people,
last year. Though, the
State Police has no
confirmation from the
NIA in this matter.
28 March Kochi One of the founder and Non-Violent

28 member of IM-Abdul (Investigation
Subhan Qureshi alias Statement)
Tauqeer likely to be
bought to Kochi
regarding a probe in
Wagamon SIMI camp
case. Qureshi was in
Gujarat Police's
custody regarding the
Ahmedabad serial
blasts case. However,
the NIA is planning to
bring Qureshi to Kochi
and produce him
before the Kochi NIA
Court on April 3, said
an unnamed NIA
officer. In December
2007, Qureshi was a
treasurer of the SIMI
when the camp at
Wagamon or Vagamon
District of Kerala. The
trial of the case is on-
going at the NIA's court
in Kochi.
29 March Kasaragod As per the claims of Non-Violent

30 Kerala Police, four (Statement)
people from Kerala's
Kasaragod District who
joined Islamic State in
Afghanistan reportedly
have been killed in a
bomb attack. The
'killed' people included
Shihaz, his wife-Ajmala
and their child, along
with another person-
Mohammed Mansad.
The Police have been
waiting for more
information, said an
unnamed Police officer.
Including these four,
the total number of
deaths of Kerala
natives after joining IS
in Afghanistan has
risen to eight, after the
NIA had confirmed
death of four people,
last year. Though, the
State Police has no
confirmation from the
NIA in this matter.
30 April 6 Kochi One of the IM founders Non-Violent

and member Abdul (NIA
Subhan Qureshi would Statement)
be produced before the
NIA Court on April 24.
A communication has
been conveyed to the
officials of Tihar Jail
(Delhi) to produce
Qureshi in Kochi
(Kerala) on April 10.
The Kerala Police will
arrange his security
and record his
presence. In the case
of Vagamon/Wagamon
training camp of the
SIMI, the NIA has
requested the Court to
issue another warrant
to produce him before
the NIA court in Kochi
on April 24, said an
unnamed official of the
NIA.
31 April 7 Kerala The NIA filed a Non-Violent

chargesheet against (Chargesheet)
two accused-Sadham
Hussain and Subair in
murder case of a Hindu
Munnani Spokesperson
of C. Sasikumar. When
raided the houses of
both accused, the
investigators found
incriminating
documents and DVDs
of Zakir Naik, read the
chargesheet. The team
of investigators
recovered the donation
receipts of Islamist
extremist organisation-
(PFI), PFI literature,
mobile phones, CDs
and pen drives, DVDs
of Zakir Naik, said
unnamed official of the
NIA. On September 22,
2016, C. Sasikumar of
Subramaniyampalayam
near Thudiyalur in
Coimbatore District of
Tamil Nadu was
brutally hacked to
death by four-member
gang while he was
returning home on his
motorbike.
32 April 23 Kochi Two persons-Rashid Non-Violent

M.V. and Manouf (Judicial
Rehman who are proceeding)
accused in the
Valapattanam case of
Islamic State (IS) in
Kerala, turned to be
'approvers'. The
Statements of Rashid
and Manouf were
recorded in the
presence of the
Magistrate and the NIA
initiated the steps to
turn them approvers in
the case, said an
unnamed NIA officer.
The investigation in the
case is on-going as
more persons from
Kerala and their close
associates have had
travelled to Syria and
probably staying in IS-
controlled region, read
the NIA statement.
33 April 24 Kottayam/Idukki District According to the Non-Violent

chargesheet filed by (statement
Delhi Police's Special from
Cell, the accused of chargesheet)
2008 Gujarat blasts-
Abdul Subhan Qureshi
aka Tauqeer, was in
contact with founder
leader of Indian
Mujahideen (IM)-Riyaz
Bhatkal, soon after
executing the blasts.
Qureshi secretly
worked for the SIMI
and visited every part
of India. During that
period, he met Riyaz
Bhatkal and upon his
instructions, Qureshi
carried out the
Ahmedabad and Surat
blasts in July 2008,
read the chargesheet.
Qureshi was among
other 38 people
chargesheeted for their
involvement with SIMI
and for organising a
training camp at
Wagamon/Vagamon
area in Kottayam and
Idukki Districts of
Kerala. He [Qureshi]
also carried a bounty of
INR four lakhs declared
by the NIA for attending
the training camp in
Kerala. The
Chargesheet also
narrated the arrest
operation in which
Qureshi was arrested
from Delhi's East
Ghazipur area on
January 20, 2018.
During his arrest, shots
were fired from both
sides [Police and
Qureshi] but the nearby
residents, including
residents of Khoda
colony claimed that
they did not hear any
gunshots and did not
acknowledge the Police
presence at the
location. However, the
chargesheet stated that
Qureshi and his driver-
Mohammad Aziz were
spotted at Ghazipur
paper market and their
car was intercepted by
the Police car. After the
surrender warning, the
accused came out of
the car and ran in
different directions.
Reportedly, Qureshi
fired two rounds at the
Police team and a
bullet hit DCP Pramod
Singh Kushwah but he
was saved by the
bulletproof vest that he
was wearing. The
Police team fired back
and finally arrested
Qureshi but
Mohammad Aziz
managed to escape,
read the chargesheet.
34 April 26 Kannur According to the Non-Violent

Chargesheet filed by (Chargesheet)
the NIA in the court,
Shahjahan Velluva
Kandy aka Abu
Awwad-a former
activist with the Popular
Front of India (PFI)
based in Kerala, along
with his wife, was
arrested and deported
by Turkish authorities in
July 2017 while
crossing-over the
Turkey-Syria border to
join the Islamic State
(IS) and formed a small
cell of IS sympathisers
of the PFI in Kannur
District of Kerala. In the
chargesheet, an
unnamed Police
constable was also
named who conducted
the verification of his
[Shahjahan] passport
and the postman who
delivered the passport,
are named as accused
in the case.
Muhammad Shameer
was the first in the PFI
group to do hijra to
Syria in 2016. He then
prompted others,
including Shahjahan,
Midhilaj, Rashid, Abdul
Manaf, Muhammad
Shajil and Abdul
Khayoom to migrate to
the IS-controlled
region.
35 May 8 Kerala The ED has registered Non-Violent

criminal charges (Statement)
against the Kerala-
based 'radical' outfit-
PFI in connection with
money laundering and
its alleged links with
terror activities and
funding. The ED has
filed a case under the
Prevention of Money
Laundering Act (PMLA)
on the basis of a FIR
and the chargesheet
filed by the NIA in
2013. In their
chargesheet, the NIA
has alleged PFI for
their involvements in
terror activities,
including-organising a
training camp in
Kannur, Kerala where
NIA officials recovered
swords, country-made
bombs and ingredients
to make an IED, and
the conspiracy of
executing terror attacks
in South India with the
involvement of an
outfit-Islamic State al-
Hindi. The PFI has a
presence in 23 States
with a stronghold in
Kerala, Tamil Nadu and
Karnataka.
36 May 10 Kasargod After the Friday prayers Non-Violent

in a local Mosque in (de-
Kasargod District, the radicalisation
Mosque's Imam project)
coordinated with the
special team of the
Kerala Police and
disseminates the
Constitutional Rights of
an Indian citizen and
the importance of
democracy to the group
of young Islamic
believers. The Kerala
Police has been
carrying such sessions
as a part of 'de-
radicalisation' project
aimed at preventing
young Muslims from
being prey of the
terrorist outfits such as
Islamic State (IS), IM,
and LeT. In the de-
radicalisation project,
the Kerala Police had
identified the Muslim
scholars and clerics
who have in-depth
knowledge of the Holy
Quran and Hadis for
implementing the
various schemes of the
project.
37 May 14 Kochi, Kottayam, Idukki The NIA court in Kochi, Non-Violent

Kerala has convicted (conviction)
18 people; including
Safdar Nagori-founder
of SIMI for organising
the arms training camp
at Wagamon/Vagamon
Districts of Kerala in
2007. The Special NIA
court Judge Kauser
Edappagath convicted
18 people under the
various Sections of the
Unlawful Activities
(Prevention) Act
[UA(P)A], The
Explosives Substances
Act (ESA) and Section
120-B of the IPC, and
acquitted 17 people in
the same case. The
Court will pronounce
the quantum of
punishment on May 15.
38 June 1 Kozhikode/Kannur/Malappuram/Ernakulum Following an advisory Non-Violent

from the UMHA, the (Statement)
NIA file a case under
the Unlawful Activities
(Prevention) Act
[UAPA] against eight
Islamic State (IS)
sympathisers-Shaibu
Nihar, Mansoor, Fajid
(all three from
Kozhikode), Muhadis,
Manzoor, and Ashraf
Moulavi (all three from
Malappuram), Shahnad
from Kannur, and
Safeer from
Ernakulum, Kerala. In
2017, Kerala Police
booked these eight
accused for allegedly
joining the IS as they
were planning to travel
from Bahrain to Syria to
join the outfit [IS], said
an unnamed NIA
officer.
39 June 4 Kerala The NIA Court has Non-Violent

extended the remand (Judicial
period of Abdul Subhan Statement)
Qureshi - one of the
founder of Indian
Mujahideen (IM) and
accused of 2007
Wagamon SIMI camp
case, till July 4. The
NIA would seek
Qureshi's custody in
coming days but as of
now he was sent back
to the Viyyur Central
Jail in Thrissur in
Kerala.
2017
No.
1 January 2 Goa Two persons hailing from Kerala's Non-violent

Kasaragod District were arrested
near Panaji, while canvassing for a
convention of Salafi Muslims
scheduled to be held in Karnataka's
Mangalore later this month, and
distributing Kannada language
pamphlets which had Islamic State
(IS) symbol and a message titled,
"ISIS Shaitan". The arrested persons
have been identified as Ilyas and
Abdul Nazir. According to Police
sources, the pamphlet is being
analysed by top Police officials as
the content of the pamphlet
canvasses for a convention of Salafi
Muslims due to be held in Mangalore
from January 9-16. Police is also
checking the mobile number
mentioned on these pamphlets.
"They have been booked under
sections 107 (breach of peace) and
151 (preventive arrest) of the
Criminal Procedure Code. They
have been sent for medical
examination at the Goa Medical
College", Police official said.
2 January 5 Kerala Intelligence agencies are weighing Non-violent

inputs indicating the radical
elements within the proscribed SIMI
are forging links with similarly
minded groups within the recently
banned IRF and may lead to the
birth of a new radical outfit. Such
inputs, described by sources as
"very disturbing", have been pouring
in for more than a month ever since
the Central Government banned IRF
led by controversial Islamic preacher
Zakir Naik. The IB is likely to issue a
note to State intelligence agencies
regarding these developments
shortly. Top sources disclosed that
over the past couple of months,
person-to-person contact and group
interactions between members of
the banned groups have been taking
place lately. ''Similar inputs have
been coming from certain areas that
are known to be breeding grounds
for militants in different states. Some
political parties, which used to
sympathise with SIMI, are now
sympathising with IRF too,'' said one
senior official.
While IRF, an NGO run by Salafist

preacher Zakir Naik, was banned for
five years in November 2016, SIMI
was 16 years ago and still has a
large number of supporters. Sources
in the intelligence agencies said they
consider SIMI as a ''very active''
group despite the ban. Though SIMI
members attending the taqreer
(speeches) of Zakir Naik is nothing
new, intelligence sources say there
is electronic evidence of increasing
interaction between members of
these two groups, especially since
the IRF ban.
Interestingly, just days after IRF was

banned, the Kerala-based Islamic
fundamentalist organisation PFI
organized massive rallies in different
parts of the country in support of
Zakir Naik. A majority of PFI
members are actually from SIMI.
"Since SIMI is banned, the members
work in different outfits. But SIMI is
alive and kicking,'' said a senior
official. Sources said inputs indicate
that these radical interactions could
lead to the formation of a new
radical outfit similar to IM which was
involved in a series of bomb blasts
across the country since it was
founded by Abdus Subhan Qureshi
in 2010. IM mostly comprised of
lower-tier SIMI members. The
change in name was widely seen as
a change in tactics by SIMI
members. Till date, while senior SIMI
leaders are still available, there are
minimal inputs about the cadres.
"The same tactic is being used
again. Only this time, SIMI has IRF
to look to. IRF has dedicated
members across the length and
breadth of the country, which will
come in handy and this is enough for
extremist elements in both groups to
form a new group and continue with
their subversive activities,'' another
official said.
3 January 15 Kerala Anti-terror intelligence agencies Non-violent

have found instances of medicines
from India landing up with the
Islamic State (IS). The agencies
strongly suspect that medicines
supplied to the Gulf countries were
ending up in Syria and Iraq for the
use of the terror group.
At the recent All-India Police

Science Congress in Kerala, a top
IPS official of the IB noted during a
discussion on the IS: "A total of 70
incidents of violence have been
reported outside the area of ISIS
control in 20 countries including
several lone wolf attacks. The
targets have been remarkably
similar to the ones chosen by other
terror outfits targeting India, whether
it is the Indian Mujahideen or the
Lashkar-e-Tayyaba." The officer
said, "There have been loose ISIS
motivated or inspired groups in
Hyderabad (one led by one
Yazdani), one in Roorkee and lone
wolves like in Parbhani. Instances of
supply of logistics have come to our
notice, particularly in the form of
supply of medicines."
According to top IB sources, around

300 individuals in India are on the
radar of various Police forces and
central agencies for their "proclivity
towards the ISIS cause".
So far, around 100 persons have

tried to travel to join IS and around
67 have reached the area of
operation of the extremist group.
Agencies have arrested about 60
persons, including some in
Telangana state for linkages to the
IS.
Explaining the magnitude of the

problem, an IB officer said, "Over 70
lakh Indians work in the Gulf and
West Asia and remain vulnerable to
radical propaganda." Several expats
from Hyderabad based in the United
Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi
Arabia have joined the IS, as has
one person from Machilipatnam in
Andhra Pradesh who was based in
Kuwait. Analysis by the police has
revealed that recent IS recruits from
India were young - about 90 per cent
in the 18-33 age group. More
specifically, half the recruits from
India were in the 23-28 age group.
About 70 per cent had a technical
background and 50 per cent were
graduates.
4 January 15 Kerala Investigations following the arrest of Non-violent

five members of a group called Base
Movement in November 2016 have
revealed that a leader of the group
was involved in four blasts carried
out in Madurai between 2011 and
2014,. The five members were
arrested by the NIA from Madurai in
Tamil Nadu in connection with a
series of bomb blasts at court
premises in South India. One of the
arrested men, N Abbas Ali, who is
linked to former operatives of Al
Ummah, has revealed that he
planted four bombs in Madurai
between 2011 and 2014. Ali is
accused by the NIA of planning and
executing blasts in the premises of
courts in Chittoor, Kollam, Mysuru,
Nellore and Malapuram between
April 7 and November 1, 2016.
Following are the accounts of the

Madurai blasts provided by Ali to
investigators, which are
corroborated by news reports:
The May 2011 blast occurred in a

dustbin near the crowded
Mattuthavani bus stand at 9.15 pm.
Nobody was injured in the minor
blast. On September 29, 2011, Ali
planted a device in a Tamil Nadu
State Transport Corporation bus to
mark the anniversary of the 2002
killing of Al Ummah leader Imam Ali
by police in Bengaluru. The IED,
made with materials sourced from
firecrackers, was found by
employees of the transport
corporation and defused. On
September 29, 2012, Ali planted an
IED outside a TASMAC wine shop in
Theni to mark the death anniversary
of Imam Ali. The device exploded
but no casualties occurred. The
fourth blast occurred on February 9,
2014, at the venue of an AIADMK
meeting in Madurai. The bomb,
placed below the stage, exploded
when no one was around. The date
was the anniversary of the hanging
of Afzal Guru, who was convicted in
the 2001 Parliament attack case. "Ali
has claimed to have been involved
in four blasts in the Madurai region.
It seems that these cases are
undetected or some others have
already been arrested,'' a source
said.
5 January 27 Kochi The NIA arrested two people, Non-violent

identified as Abdul Rashid Abdulla
and Yasmeen Mohammad Zahid
from Kochi (Kerala) in connection
with the criminal conspiracy hatched
within and outside India, with the
intention of furthering the objectives
of the IS and for joining and
supporting the organization.
Accused Abdul Rashid, resident of
Kasaragod District and Yasmeen
Mohammad Zahid, resident of
Sitamarhi District, Bihar were
booked under sections 120-B and
125 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC),
besides sections 38, 39 and 40 of
the Unlawful Activities (Prevention)
Act (UAPA), 1967.
6 February 9 NS The NIA filed a charge sheet against Statement

two persons in connection with its
probe in the alleged indoctrination of
Kerala youths to join terror group IS.
The agency filed the charge sheet in
a special court here against Arshi
Qureshi (47) alias Arshid, a resident
of Thane, Maharashtra who has
been arrested by the agency, and
Abdul Rashid Abdulla (30), hailing
from Kasaragod in Kerala, who is
absconding. The NIA said it has
charged the two for "their
involvement in unlawful activities
and in spreading hatred against
India and for providing support to the
proscribed terrorist organisation IS
by furthering its activities", under
various sections of the Unlawful
Activity (Prevention) Act-UAPA.
7 February 15 New Delhi The NIA has arrested a Kerala Non-violent

youth, Mouinudheen Parakadavath
(25), for being part of an IS terrorist
conspiracy in India. The agency said
the youth hailing from Kasaragod
District was questioned at the NIA
headquarters when he arrived at the
IGI airport in Delhi from Abu Dhabi.
During his examination, he admitted
to his involvement in the conspiracy,
NIA said. The case relates to a terror
module in which a group of youths
from Kerala including some
members based in the Middle-East,
hatched a conspiracy as per
instructions from their online IS
handlers.
8 February 18 NS The NIA team investigating the case Statement

related to the radicalisation of Kerala
youths by terror groups, has found
key accused Shajeer Mangalassery
had created a group titled 'The Gate'
on the Telegram app for coordinating
terror activities in South India.
Shajeer, a hardcore IS ideologist, is
the 13th accused in the Kanakamala
secret terror camp case. Earlier, the
agency had arraigned seven
persons as accused in the case.
9 February 25- Afghanistan One of the youth among the 21 Violent

26 persons from Kasaragod District of
Kerala suspected to have joined the
Islamic State (IS) in June 2016,
identified as Hafeesudheen T K, was
reportedly killed in a drone attack at
an IS-stronghold in Afghanistan. The
information on Hafeesudheen's
death reached the relatives in
Padanna village in Kasaragod
District on February 26 through a
'Telegram app' message from the
account of Ashfaq Majeed, who is
also a member of the 21-member
group that joined the terrorist outfit.
According to Afghan media, at least

six leaders of the IS were among 47
other militants killed in an air and
ground operations carried by the
SFs in Haska Meean and Bati Kot
Districts of Eastern Nangarhar
Province. As many 25 other IS
cadres were also wounded in
operation, the reports said.
However, the Kerala Police have

intimated the relatives of
Hafeesudheen that there is no
immediate possibility to confirm the
news. The Nangarhar Province is
out of bound even for Afghan
Government agencies and NIA has
sought the help of Interpol to get the
details of the Indians in the IS.
10 February 27 Kasaragod A day after the startling message to Violent

his close relatives that Hafeezuddin
(26), a native of Padanna village in
Kasaragod District, who was among
the 21 suspected to have joined the
Islamic State (IS), was killed in a
drone strike, the local Police are
groping in the dark about the
information. The Kerala Police are
still ascertaining the veracity of the
information even as a 'WhatsApp'
message said to have been received
by a relative of the 'slain' youth
showed the photo of his body lying
on the ground, Special Branch DSP
V.T. Assainar said. "The local police
could not as yet ascertain the
whereabouts of the persons who
went missing under mysterious
circumstances in June last year and
are said to have joined the IS later,"
Assainar said, adding that only
Central agencies like the NIA could
get any information, a stance
maintained by SP K.G. Simon too.
11 March 14 Bengaluru Arrested for alleged involvement in Non-violent

the October 2016 murder of an RSS
worker in Bengaluru (Karnataka),
Asim Shariff, leader of the District
chapter of social and political
organisation PFI, was associated
with members of terror groups such
as IM and Al Ummah, the NIA has
alleged. The probe agency made its
contentions while arguing in a plea
filed by Shariff in Karnataka High
Court. Shariff has questioned the
invoking of provisions of UAPA,
1967, against him for the murder of
RSS leader R Rudresh, and the suo
motu decision of the UMHA to ask
the NIA to probe the case. In the
course of arguments, the UMHA and
NIA have stated that provisions of
UAPA are applicable in the case
since it involves issues of national
security.
12 April 4 Kochi A prominent political leader from Statement

Kozhikode and the Chabad House at
Vattakanal near Kodaikanal in Tamil
Nadu frequented by Israeli tourists
were the prime targets of the IS
module, says the NIA chargesheet
filed in the Kochi Special Court. But
the name of the politician does not
appear in the report. It says the
module operated in Kerala and Tamil
Nadu under the leadership of its
'amir' (chief) and NIT graduate
Shajeer Mangalasseri. The kingpin
from Kozhikode, also known as Abu
Ayisha, appears in one of the
Telegram groups as AfdolAX.
Shajeer, who holds an Indian
passport (M2957534), was working
in the Gulf before shifting to
Afghanistan.
13 April 6 NS IS has reportedly made a 'hit list' of Statement

15 Malayalees including four
journalists who, according to the
terror outfit, have allegedly been
campaigning against Islam. The list
includes 11 computer professionals
and four journalists from Kerala.
There are reportedly 152 Indians in
the list. The NIA got the information
from the laptop seized from Najir Bin
Yafi, a Maharashtra native recruiting
people for IS. The list was handed
over to IS leader Shafi Armar via
Instagram.
14 April 13 Kerala At least two of over 20 people from Non-violent

Kerala who were lured by the Islamic
State (IS) are feared killed in US's
superbomb attack on Afghanistan's
Nangarhar. The Pentagon confirmed
that the US dropped GBU-43 bomb,
the largest non-nuclear weapon in its
arsenal, on the IS tunnel in
Afghanistan's Nangarhar province.
Indian intelligence agencies said that

the last known location of Indian IS
recruits was Nangarhar, the region
where the US military dropped its
'Mother Of All Bombs' (MOAB)
targeting secret tunnels of the terror
group. The NIA is now planning to
send a team to Afghanistan to
ascertain the fate of Indians affected
in the US bomb attack.
15 April 30 Kerala Two Keralites who allegedly joined Non-violent

terror groups in 2016, have
reportedly been killed in air strikes
by the US in Syria and Afghanistan.
They were identified as Yahya and
Abu Thahir, both hailing from
Palakkad District of Kerala. Yahya
had reportedly joined Islamic State
(IS) and Abu Thahir the al Qaeda,
Police said. They were among 21
people from Kerala, including
women and children, who travelled
to West Asia and went missing in
2016. Police said they received an
information on April 30, night about
the death of Thahir in Syria. A
message received by a social
worker in Kasargod said: "Yahya has
been martyred while fighting in
Afghanistan." "He was killed while
fighting the U.S. forces," the
message read. It, however, did not
say when he was killed.
16 April 30 Kochi A suspected Islamic State (IS) Non-violent

recruit, identified as Subhani Haja
Moideen, has led the NIA to France
and Austria while revealing a
possible link between the LeT and
IS. Moideen was chargesheeted by
NIA in its case related to the IS
Kochi module. Moideen is one of the
two Indians who fought for IS in
Syria and Iraq. He had come back to
India in 2016 to lead a normal life
but was arrested by NIA (on October
5, 2016) on charges of trying to set
up an IS module in south India. The
NIA chargesheet accuses him of
trying to kill RSS leaders in Kochi.
The chargesheet also accused him
of forming an IS module that
conspired and prepared to target
prominent persons including high
court judges, political leaders and
senior police officers besides
foreigners visiting India.
17 May 6 Kasaragod A Kasaragod resident exposed Pro- Non-violent

Islamic State (IS) messages being
circulated via WhatsApp messaging
services hailing the terror group. A
pro-Islamic State message being
circulated via WhatsApp was
brought to the notice of the NIA after
a complaint was filed. Haris Mastan,
in his complaint, alleged that
messages promoting the Islamic
State were circulated in WhatsApp
groups. He claimed to have received
the message on May 6, in a group
where he was added as one of the
200 members.
18 May 18 Kerala Abdul Rashid, a fugitive Islamic Non-violent

State (IS) preacher from Kerala, has
sent out a warning to India, claiming
the Islamic Caliphate will expand
and reach India in the near future. A
native of Trikaripur in Kasaragod
District of Kerala, Rashid was part of
a 21-member group, including
women and children, that went
missing from Kerala last year and
later joined the IS in Afghanistan. He
is currently functioning as the leader
of the terror outfit's Kerala members
in the Nangarhar Province, and is
sought by the NIA.
19 June 14 Kerala The NIA has uncovered evidence to Non-violent

show that key aides of Zakir Naik
helped Indian youth convert to Islam,
and these youth then left for
Afghanistan to join the Islamic State
(IS). On September 12, 2014, Bestin
Vincent Francis became Yahiya.
Three of his associates converted in
the next few months. Raids by the
NIA on Zakir Naik's close aide
Rizwan Illiyas Khan eventually blew
the lid off this terror chain. Rizwan,
according to the probe body, was
closely involved in processing the
documents of conversion to Islam. In
all, 78 affidavits, including the ones
for Bestin Vincent, Bexen Vincent
alias Isa, Merin Jacob alias
Mariyam, and Nimisha alias Fatima,
were seized from the residence.
Apart from Rizwan, another Naik

aide, Arshi Qureshi, was closely
involved in active conversion of
people from other religions to Islam
and radicalising them to follow the
path of IS. NIA has collected
material to show that Francis and his
three associates were among the 24
youths who migrated from Kerala to
Afghanistan to join IS. All of the
accused were regular visitors to the
office of Naik's Mumbai-based non-
profit IRF and attended meetings
that took place between key Naik
aide Arshi Qureshi and the youths.
20 June 18 Kasaragod District A street in Thuruthi ward of Non-violent

Kasaragod municipality that was
recently named 'Gaza', a reference
to the disputed strip of land between
Israel and Egypt, under Palestinian
self-rule, has got intelligence
agencies interested. The agencies
are looking at possible radical
influence behind the naming,
considering the locality's proximity to
Padane from where the majority of
the 21 youths from Kerala, who have
gone missing since 2016 and are
suspected to have joined the Islamic
State (IS) hail.
21 June 19 Kerala News has been received here about Non-violent

the death of another Kerala resident,
Sajeer M. Abdullah who had gone to
Afghanistan to join the Islamic State
(IS) terror group, an intelligence
official said. The news about the
death of Sajeer and a picture of his
body was received on the mobile of
a man, whose relative is among the
21 Keralites who left their homes
here to join the IS, said the official of
the Kerala Police's intelligence unit.
However, there was no information
about time and cause of Abdullah's
death. An intelligence official told
that the news and picture came to
the same person who received
reports about the death of three
others of this group during the
course of this year. "Beyond this,
there are no other details...we have
done what we normally do when we
get these types of reports," said the
official.
22 June 22 Kodungallur / Police arrested Yuva Morcha leader Non-violent

Thrissur District Erassery Rakesh (31) and recovered
FICNs and printing machines from
his house at Sree Narayanapuram
near Kodungallur in Thrissur District.
Police said they have seized fake
currencies worth over INR 1,31,000.
BJP sources said Rakesh was a
regional committee member of the
Yuva Morcha. His brother Rajeev
who was also suspected to be
involved in the case, was
absconding. The party has expelled
both of them, party District president
A Nagesh said.
23 June 30 Kerala Days after news of the massive Non-violent

Islamic State (IS) recruitment drive
from north Kerala's villages in mid-
2016 shocked the state, Kerala
police launched a de-radicalisation
drive named Operation Pigeon
aimed at preventing a repeat of a
Padanne-like situation. What started
as a focused drive in "certain areas''
in Kasaragod District, spread across
the state with various agencies
mining social media to prepare a list
of "vulnerable Malayali youth'. The
tally at the end of initial online recce
came to 350.
All Districts except Pathanamthitta

reported footprints of recruiters who
had "made more than preliminary
contacts with them''. The state
intelligence sleuths formed a special
task force with personnel from NIA
and IB. "Kannur district topped with
118 names followed by Malappuram
(89) and Kasaragod (66),'' a top
source told. While Kozhikode had 25
youth with ``deep interest'', Palakkad
reported 16. ``It was single digit for
the rest. And there was not even one
girl in this list of 350,'' he said.
Operation Pigeon's first phase saw a
majority of the youth realising that
"the route was not as easy as they
were made to believe''. But about 30
youngsters were firm in their
commitment. We continue to engage
them ``without ruffling any feelings'',
sources said. The best part of the
campaign, a senior officer said, was
that not even one mosque
committee or a single parent
protested against police's frequent
visits.
25 July 2 Kerala Intelligence agencies have found out Non-violent
that at least five persons from
Kerala's Malabar region have been
killed while fighting for the Islamic
State (IS) in Syria in the past four
months. With this the number of
Malayalis killed in the IS stronghold
has risen to 10.
According to report, information on

the death of Sibi from Kanjikkode in
Palakkad District reached his
relatives two days ago. Further
details of Sibi, who was working in
Bahrain, is not immediately
available. It is suspected that he had
links with Yahya alias Esa, who left
to join the IS in July 2016.
Another person killed in Aleppo in

Syria is Muhadis, hailing from
Vandoor in Malappuram District. It is
suspected that he was killed in the
military operations in Aleppo in last
February. Sources said that his
brother Manaf, who was working in
Bahrain, came to Malappuram one
month ago to tell the family about
the death of Muhadis.
Another person hailing from Chalad

in Kannur District is also suspected
to be killed in Syria. Two more
people, one from Vadakara in
Kozhikode District and another from
Kondotty in Malappuram District, are
also believed to have been killed in
Syria. All these people are branded
as 'Bahrain group' in the Police
circles.
Sources said that the group which

joined the IS in Syria, unlike the 21-
member group in Afghanistan, were
the frontline soldiers of the terror
organization. "The Syrian group was
engaged in actual fighting while the
group in Afghanistan was helping
the jihadis in various capacities. The
members of the Afghan group got
killed in the surprise attack by the
US forces," they said.
Earlier it was reported that,

Hafisudeen, Murshid and Yahya
from Padanna in Kasaragod district
and Shajeer Mangalassery Abdulla
have been killed in Nangarhar in
Afghanistan in the last two months.
Abu Thahir from Palakkad, who
joined the Jabahat al-Nusra, an ally
of the IS, was killed in Syria last
month.
27 July 5 Thiruvananthapuram The Central Government will provide Statement

funds to Kerala to enhance its
coastal security and keep a vigil on
Pakistan-sponsored terror modules,
Union Minister of State for Home
Affairs Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said.
Pointing out that Pakistan-sponsored
terror modules could be expected to
create problems in any part of the
country, he said Police must be
vigilant against such activities.
Talking to reporters in
Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala after
reviewing the country's internal
security in a meeting with the State
Government officials, Ahir said the
Centre would provide funds to
Kerala for enhancing the coastal
security.
Lauding Kerala for having a good

policing system, he said its
community policing was helpful to
arrest radicalisation of the youth. "So
far only 22 youths from the state
were reported to have joined the
Islamic State outfit," Ahir said. He
also said the fake currency note
menace has come down
considerably in the last one year.
28 July11 Kannur A 32-year-old man, identified as Non-violent

Shahjahan Velluva Kandy with
suspected Islamic State (IS) links
has been arrested by the Delhi
Police's Special Cell from IGI airport.
Kandy, a resident of Kerala's
Kannur, was arrested after the
Indian intelligence agencies received
an input from CIA on June 30.
Kandy was deported by Turkey
police for travelling with a fake
passport. Sources said he was
planning to enter Syria through
Turkey.
Investigations have revealed that

this was Kandy's second attempt to
go to Turkey. In February, 2017 he
went to Turkey from Chennai, also
with a fake passport. He was
deported after which he made
another fake passport in the name of
Mohammed Ismail Mohideen from
Chennai. However, his plan was
busted by the Turkish police. The
Special Cell also found hundreds of
telegram IDs of IS sympathisers on
Kandy's mobile phone. He was in
touch with several IS sympathisers
in India and Syria through the
Telegram application. The data from
his phone has been sent for
verification.
29 July 12 Kerala A high security alert has been issued Non-violent

at airports, as the Indian youth
including Keralites who joined
Islamic State (IS) may return after
the IS continues to lose grip over
Iraq. The NIA has launched an
extensive investigation on 'IS recruit'
after a man from Kannur (Kerala)
arrested in New Delhi with
suspected IS links on July 11. There
are reports that IS-joined Indian
youth may use forged documents to
return the country. The NIA has
directed the Immigration
departments at airports across the
country to remain on high alert. The
NIA had already sent the list of those
who left the country to join IS. The
list includes 183 youth from Kerala in
which 95 are in Namgarhar in
Afghanistan and rest are suspected
to be at Iraq, Syria and Lebanon.
Among the Keralites in the list, 88

are from Kasragod, 33 from Kannur,
28 from Malappuram, 19 from
Kozhikode, six from Kollam and five
from Palakkad. The NIA has revised
the list including those who went
missing after reaching Gulf
countries. Following NIA warning,
the IB has issued a 'Red-corner
notice' to the immigration
departments at the airports across
the country. Besides, Indian
embassies in Turkey, Saudi Arabia,
Iran and UAE have been told to
remain on high alert while issuing
documents especially to those who
lost passports. It must be noted that
Subahani Haji of Thodupuzha in
Idukki District in Kerala, had
returned from Syria in 2015 and
worked as IS agent till he was
arrested in 2016 by NIA.
30 July 24 Kerala In the recent times, Kerala has fast Non-violent

emerged as a hot bed of terror-
related activities with many having
close links with the Islamic State
(IS). What is certainly an alarming
situation for the Indian security
agencies, many residents of Kerala
are believed to have forged strong
links with the IS. Though the agency
didn't confirm the number of IS
recruits, it, however, quoted the
sources saying that suspects have
gone to Syria to join the dreaded
terror outfit.
31 August 1 Kerala A 23-year-old man from Kasaragod Non-violent

District of Kerala who was suspected
to have joined Islamic State (IS) in
2016, was reportedly killed in an air
strike in Afghanistan. Police said his
father had received a message
through Telegram app two days ago
informing him about the death of
Marwan Ismail of Thrikkaripur in an
undisclosed location in Afghanistan.
The message purportedly sent by
one Asfaq Majeed, one of the 21
youths from Kerala who allegedly
went missing and joined the IS, did
not provide more details about
Marwan or the place where he was
killed. Marwan had been working as
a physiotherapist in a Gulf nation
before joining the terror group last
year, Police said.
32 August 3 Alappuzha Three persons have been taken into Non-violent

custody by the NIA on the charge
that they were affiliated with the
Islamic State (IS). The NIA arrested
one person from Alappuzha in
Kerala and two from Coimbatore.
They were detained after raids at
their residence following inputs that
they were in contact with suspected
IS recruits from South India. Data
storage devices, mobile phones and
other materials were seized. The
raids were conducted after obtaining
orders from the NIA court in Kochi.
Alok Mittal, Inspector-General, NIA,
confirmed the detention and said no
arrest had been recorded. An NIA
Kochi team is interrogating the
Alappuzha native, who is employed
by a private firm in Kochi, and the
two others. Reports said the
detained men were maintaining
social media contact with suspected
IS recruits. The NIA raids were
linked to the investigation in a case
regarding the Umar Al Hindi module
and a meeting held by its members
in Kanakamala in Kannur District of
Kerala, in October, 2017. According
to the NIA charge sheet in the case,
members of the module - youth from
Kerala and Tamil Nadu entered into
a criminal conspiracy to wage war
against the Government of India.
33 August 4 Kerala The NIA was questioning two more Non-violent

persons from the Coimbatore city
(Tamil Nadu), believed to be 'close
friends' of the duo who were
interrogated two days ago in
connection with an Islamic State (IS)
module busted in Kannur District
(Kerala) last year. A team of officials,
led by a DSP from Kerala arrived in
Coimbatore and took the youths to a
Police station for "questioning" about
the movement of their friends from
Karumbukadai and Ukkadam in the
Coimbatore city. According to Police
sources, one youth is running a shop
that sells second-hand books and
the other a shoe outlet in the city.
They would either be released after
questioning or taken to Kochi, they
said.
In the past few days, NIA has

questioned "a few persons" from
Coimbatore and Alappuzha in Kerala
as part of its probe in connection
with an Islamic State module busted
in Kannur District in 2016. Report
adds that Basil Shihab of Alappuzha
(Kerala), Abdul Rahman, of
Ukkadam in Coimbatore, and S
Abdullah, of Karumbukadai in
Coimbatore, are being questioned
by the NIA team at its Kochi office
since August 4. Their interrogation
will continue on August 6 too. The
NIA had on August 3 carried out
searches at the residences of these
youths.
34 August 8 Kerala Forty-two people linked with various Non-violent

organisations, including IS (Islamic
State), were suspected to have gone
missing from Kerala in last five
years, Chief Minister Pinarayi
Vijayan said. There was no
information about these missing
people, Vijayan said in a written
reply in the state Assembly, adding
that all cases connected with IS
were probed by the NIA. Vijayan
also said that the state government
did not receive any confirmation
report from central agencies about
the death of any of these missing
persons.
35 August 10 New Delhi The SC ordered the Kerala Police to Non-violent

hand over to the NIA the probe
records of a case concerning the
alleged conversion and
radicalisation of a Hindu girl, and her
marriage to a Muslim. A Bench led
by CJI, J.S. Khehar said the NIA had
to get involved to gauge whether this
was an "isolated case" or part of a
radicalisation trend in the southern
State, threatening National Security.
When the lawyer for Shafin Jahan
protested the move, the court
promptly recorded its "impression"
that he "does not desire the correct
and independent view of the
controversy".
36 August 11 Kerala The NIA filed a charge sheet against Non-violent

Islamic State (IS) operative
Moinudheen Parakadavath, who
was a member of outfit called Ansar-
ul-Khilafah Kerala (soldiers of the
Caliphate as propagated by IS),
formed by Shajeer Mangalessary.
Moinudheen, a resident of
Kasaragod District, had also
travelled to Tehran (Iran) along with
the group leader Shajeer and even
met five members of the 22 missing
persons from Kerala, who are now in
Afghanistan, at the Iran border. He
was deported from UAE on February
15, 2017.
He had told the investigators that the

eight member group wanted to
target several Hindu leaders,
Ahmadiyya mosques and Jamaat-e-
Islami Hind to "create ripples" in
India and mark IS's presence. In one
of his conversations in a closed IS
group on `Telegram' channel, he had
informed NIA officials, that someone
posted details of a Jamaat-e-Islami
programme to be held in Kochi last
year (2016) where Rahul Eashwar, a
Hindu orator, was invited as a
speaker. "One person suggested
that we should target such events. I
suggested that Kochi Jewish temple
is also close to the venue. Someone
suggested that we should use a bike
to carry out the attack. But I
suggested that we should use a
tipper lorry for the attack,"
Moinudheen said during his
interrogation. About the missing 22
persons from Kerala, who are now
said to be in Nangarhar in
Afghanistan, Moinudheen had said
that while he tried to reach IS
territory via Tehran in June 2016, he
met five of them on the Iraq border.
"I was travelling from Abu Dhabi to

Tehran with Shajeer Mangalasseri
Abdulla, another resident of
Kasaragod in Kerala. We reached
Tehran in June. After travelling 15
hours from Tehran to the city of
Mashhad in Iran, we were informed
on chat that there were some
Keralites in Mashhad who were also
travelling to IS territory and if we
would like to meet them," he said.
"We met five persons from
Kasaragod in Mashhad - Dr Ijas,
Marwan, Manzad, Hafeesudheen
and one more person whose name I
don't remember," he told his
interrogators.
37 August 13 Malabar region The NIA has received information Non-violent

that the major chunk of foreign funds
routed from Qatar to Malabar region
(Kerala) in the name of charity works
has been distributed to agencies
related to an organisation having
alleged links with terror outfits.
Around INR 96 crore was received
by agencies affiliated to this
organisation. Sources said the
money has been transferred to
various parts of the country.
Earlier, officials had received

information that the perpetrators of
terror attacks in Hyderabad and
Bengaluru received financial
assistance from Kerala. According to
NIA, majority of the NGOs that
received funds exist only in paper.
Further, it is learnt that the
functionaries of the outfit, who are
under the clouds of suspicion for
their role in recruitment to Islamic
State (IS) and terror outfits in
Kashmir, have purchased properties
and buildings in Wayanad,
Kozhikode, Malappuram Districts.
Officials have raised suspicions that
foreign funds were used for major
real estate deals carried out before
the demonetisation. It may be noted
that the NGO was active in social
service and other philanthropic
activities in the last five years and
the office-bearers used it as a cover
to receive funds from Qatar.
38 August 19 Kerala With the country ranking second Non-violent

globally for online searches on the
Islamic State (IS), the Kerala Police
have been on a high alert to spot the
potential homegrown recruits who
are being radicalised online. A
senior officer with the Kerala Police
said a good number of these
searches on the outlawed outfit were
from the State, also alluding to the
possible radicalisation of youths
through the Internet. "We have
prioritized about 60 user accounts
associated with or sharing extremist
material and have zoomed in to
examine the persons of interest
closely,'' the official said. The
majority of these groups intend to
propagate the ideology of Islamic
terrorism by posting communally
flared up videos and pictures
coupled with vitriolic messages,
while there are also a few that
espouse the cause of a Hindu
Rashtra and LWE. The department
has succeeded in sneaking into
some of these groups using fake
profiles. Besides the social media
accounts, the Police are also
monitoring their Internet usage
patterns and the kind of websites
they are surfing to trace their
interaction with the terror outfit's
propagandists in West Asia.
According to officers, the number of

these groups almost remained
stable over the past several months.
They, however, have noticed a
recent trend of some of the
members of these groups making
one-to-one communications on their
individual capacity as well. Besides
monitoring their activities, the Police
often disrupt their messages and
even delete whole of their contents
and post counter-messages.
Besides, tracking the handlers of
these pages and booking them
under IPC 153(A) may not be
practical given that the majority of
them are settled abroad, report said.
39 August 29 Malappuram Weeks after he went missing, a Non-violent

Kerala youth, identified as Najeeb
(24) has sent a Telegram app
message to his family that he has
escaped from among the kafirs
(unbelievers) and soon would
become Shaheed (martyr). The
message has raised suspicion that
the MTech student of Malappuram,
has moved out of country. Police on
August 28 registered a missing case
following a complaint from his
mother, Khamarunnisa, a school
teacher. Police sources said they
could not trace Najeeb, who has not
been home for weeks. A message
informing that he has met with true
jihadis which was sent to his mother
via Telegram messenger triggered
suspicion about the youth. The
message further said: "There is no
meaning in living with kafirs and I
have escaped from the world of
kafirs.'' Najeeb advised his mother
not to inform Police. Following this
message, the mother filed a
complaint.
Intelligence sources said they

suspect the youth might have joined
the Islamic State (IS), going by the
nature of his message. "However,
we could not confirm it. All airports
have been alerted and probe is on.
We began the probe today (August
29). We have not got any details
regarding his whereabouts,'' a
source said. Najeeb's father is
employed in the UAE and he had
completed his education there. He is
an MTech student in Vellore in Tamil
Nadu. Informing his family in Kerala
that he was going for some special
coaching programmes, Najeeb had
recently moved to Hyderabad in
Telangana. Police sources said the
family had recently noticed changes
in his behaviour. He had been close
to his family, particularly mother. But
recently, he had become aloof.
40 September 7 Kerala NIA has shared details with UMHA Non-violent

of four terror probes where cadres of
PFI and its political arm SDPI were
chargesheeted or convicted under
the UAPA. The four cases related to
chopping of a professor's palm in
Kerala's Idukki District; holding of a
training camp in Kannur from where
NIA allegedly seized swords,
country-made bombs and
ingredients for making IEDs; murder
of RSS leader Rudresh in Bengaluru
and the Islamic State- IS Al-Hindi
module case in which attacks were
plotted in south India.
Based on its probe findings, NIA has

claimed that PFI pursues a strategy
aimed at communalising Indian
polity, enforcing Taliban brand of
Islam, heightening existing social
divisions and maintaining a trained
bank of volunteers for physical
actions. "PFI had consistently been
indulging in actions detrimental to
overall national security," NIA said
while blaming the outfit for seeking
to impose religious orthodoxy on
Muslims and using sister outfits like
Sathya Sarani based in Malappuram
to carry out "forceful conversions",
with the most recent cases being
that of Akhila Asokan and Athira
Nambiar in which PFI women's wing
chief Sainaba A S name figures.
The dossier pointed out that many of

PFI's founding leaders were
associated with SIMI before it was
banned. This includes former PFI
chairman E M Abdurahiman, who
was all-India general secretary of
SIMI in 1980-81 and 1982-93, PFI
national vice-chairman P Koya who
was with SIMI in 1978-79 and SDPI
president E Aboobacker who was
Kerala state president of SIMI in
1982-84, among others.
41 September Kerala The Centre is mulling a crackdown Non-violent

11 on 'radical' outfit Popular Front of
India (PFI), including banning it
under the UAPA, over alleged
involvement of its cadres in terror
activities, sources in the UMHA said.
"We have enough material on PFI's
terror links. The time has come to
act and carry out a crackdown on it,"
an unnamed senior UMHA official
said days after the NIA submitted a
dossier to the ministry detailing four
terror cases in which its PFI cadres
have been chargesheeted or
convicted under UAPA. The cases
relate to chopping of a professor's
hand in Idukki, Kerala; holding of a
training camp in Kannur from where
swords and country-made bombs
were allegedly seized; murder of
RSS leader Rudresh in Bengaluru;
and the Islamic State Al-Hindi
Module case in which accused from
Kerala and Tamil Nadu planned to
hit targets in south India.
42 September Kerala Catholic priest from Kerala Non-violent

28 Reverend Father Tom Uzhunnalil,
who was rescued from the Islamic
State (IS) or ISIS captivity in Yemen,
arrived in New Delhi. After his arrival
at the IGI Airport in New Delhi,
Father Uzhunnalil said, "Very happy,
thank almighty for making this day
possible. All people who have
worked in their own ways, I am
grateful." Reverend Father
Uzhunnalil was allegedly abducted
from Yemen by ISIS on March 4,
2016, before releasing him on
September 12. Soon after his
release, Father Uzhunnalil was
brought to the Vatican and efforts
were made with the intervention of
Oman, India to bring him back to his
hometown in Ramapuram at
Kottayam District of Kerala.
43 October 2 Kerala UMHA held a series of meetings last Non-violent

week to review the terror cases
involving PFI's cadre which are
being probed by NIA and Police
forces of Kerala, Karnataka and
Tamil Nadu. PFI, which claims to be
an NGO, could face action under the
UAPA, if the UMHA concludes that it
is sufficiently linked with cases of
jihadi terror and promotes Islamic
fundamentalism. UMHA sources
said there is enough material against
PFI, including a dossier from NIA
detailing role of its cadres in six
terror cases probed by and inputs
from states where the organisation's
members face allegations of
religious extremism, terror and
'forced' conversions to justify a ban.
However, NIA recently added to its

dossier that originally cited four
terror cases involving PFI cadres -
chopping of a professor's hand in
Kerala's Idukki District, a training
camp in Kannur where NIA seized
swords and ingredients for making
IEDs, murder of RSS leader
Rudresh in Bengaluru and the
Islamic State Al-Hindi Module case
in which IS-inspired youth from
Kerala and Tamil Nadu planned to
target prominent people and places
in South India. Two more cases
involving alleged PFI cadres were
cited - that of Hadiya alias Akhila
Asokan's "forced" conversion and
the 2017 IS-Islamic State/Daesh
Chennai case where linkages to PFI
have surfaced.
44 October 6 Ernakulam District The NIA questioned a 26-yer-old Non-violent

youth, identified as Amir in
Mettupalayam in Coimbatore Rural
District of Tamil Nadu for his
suspected links with the militant
group Islamic State (IS/ISIS). The
youth, who is running a mobile sales
and service shop, was picked up by
a NIA team from Kochi in Ernakulam
District of Kerala on October 6th
morning. Amir, who has no criminal
record in the local police stations,
was taken to Mettupalayam station
and questioned him. NIA officials
recovered a mobile phone and five
SIM cards from him. After
questioning him for hours, the
officials let him go. He was asked to
appear before them in Kochi on
October 9.
45 October 9 Kannur District The NIA arrested one accused, Non-violent

identified as Azharudeen aka Azhar
(24) for organising a terror camp in
Kerala's Kannur District in 2013. The
person arrested was a resident of
Narath in Kerala. The counter-terror
agency said the arrest involved the
April 23, 2013, case when the secret
training camp was organised by
Thanal Foundation Trust inside one
of its building to impart training in
using of swords and explosives. The
case was first registered by the state
police, before it was taken over by
the NIA in August 2013.
46 October 22 Kerala Indian security agencies are looking Non-violent

for information about a doctor,
believed to be from of Kerala, who
recently featured into a propaganda
video of Islamic State (IS). Abu
Muqatil al-Hindi, who appears to be
in his mid-forties and speaks with a
thick accent, is seen exhorting
medical professionals from across
the world to join the healthcare
services at the IS-held zones of
Syria in the name of Islamic
brotherhood. Agencies point out to
another doctor in the same video,
named Abu Yusuf al-Australi who
turned out to be Dr Tareq Kamleh
from Adelaide (Australia) who joined
the terror outfit in 2015. "We strongly
suspect al-Hindi to be at the helm of
recruiting jihad-sympathisers from
India," a top security official said.
"Shahjahan Velluva Kandy from
Kannur (Kerala), who was deported
from Turkey after he was caught
trying to sneak into ISIS territory, had
revealed during questioning that at
least six persons from the state have
joined ranks in Syria," the official
said.
47 October 25 Kannur District Three youths from Kerala, identified Non-violent

as Midilaj K.C (26), Rashid M.P (23),
and Abdul Razakh K (24) who joined
the Islamic State (IS) and left the
country to undergo training in Syria
were arrested by the Police in
Kannur District of Kerala on October
25 after four months of Police
surveillance. The youths were
arrested by the Valapattanam Police
in Kannur District after they were
questioned by Police officers led by
the Kannur DSP P.P. Sadanandan.
They had been under surveillance
after they returned to the country
four months ago from Turkey.
Police said that they had gone to

Turkey and stayed there for three to
four months and had been captured
by Turkish authorities while they
were trying to cross the border to
Syria. Valapattanam Police
registered a case against the three
on charges of joining a banned
terrorist organisation under Sections
38 and 39 of the UAPA. Hinting that
more arrests would be made in the
coming days, Sadanandan said that
those who had gone to Syria and
Afghanistan to join IS saw
themselves as participants in hijira
(migration), and members of Islamic
fighters for Ghazwa-e-Hind
(conquest of India). The latest case
relates to those who returned to the
country after joining IS, the Police
were also probing cases of IS
fighters from the region who had
been killed in Syria and Afghanistan
and those who were still fighting in
those countries, he added.
48 October 25 Kannur District Five Kerala youths, Shahanad (25) Non-violent

of Chalad, Rishal (30) of
Valapattanam, Shameer (45) of
Pappinissery and his son Safwan
(20), Shajil (30) of Koodali (all from
Kannur District) were among those
who were reportedly killed in Syria
and Afghanistan. In the neighbouring
Kasaragod District, five of the 21
people from Padanna who had gone
to Afghanistan had been confirmed
dead, Police said adding that two
youths from neighbouring Vadakara
in Kozhikode District were also
reportedly dead. Police also
identified Manaf and Shameer of
Valapattanam and Abdul Qayyoom
of Mayyil in Kannur District as an IS
fighter still in Syria.
49 October 26 Thalassery / Kannur Two more persons suspected of Non-violent

District having links to the terror group
Islamic State (IS) were arrested in
Kannur District of Kerala. With this,
the number of persons apprehended
in IS terror connection from Kerala
so far has raised to five. Thalassery
natives Hamza aka Taliban Hamza
and Manaf were picked up in the
morning, Kannur District DSP PP
Sadananandan said. "Hamza, who
has strong connections with the
terror outfit's high command, was
behind the recruitment of youths
from the state for IS... He had
worked in Gulf countries for more
than 20 years," he said. About six
months ago, Manaf was prevented
by authorities at Mangalore airport in
Karnataka from leaving the country,
the official said. All the five suspects
were put under surveillance for the
last months, he added. The accused
have been charged under sections
38 and 39 of UAPA.
50 November 2 Kannur District The Kerala Police confirmed that six Non-violent
more youth from Kannur District
have joined the Islamic State (IS) in
Syria. The Police said these people
were active workers of the PFI in
Kerala. Those who have been
identified now are Abdul Khayyoom
(25), resident of Chekikulam near
Kuttiattoor, Abdul Manaf P P (30),
resident of Valapattanam, Shabeer
Muhammed Shafi (33), resident of
Mooppanpara in Valapattanam, his
relative Suhail and his wife Rizwana,
and Safwan (18), resident of
Pazhanjirapally in Pappinissery (All
in Kannur District). Kannur DSP P P
Sadanandan said that all six men
were active as PFI activists in the
state. Police said that these men
managed to move out of India,
possibly to Syria, with fake
passports.
Police said that the families of four of

them are in Syria, and efforts are on
to get their complete details.
Khayyoom went to Syria on April 18,
2017, while Abdul Manaf travelled
using a fake passport, said Police.
Moreover, he was a close associate
of Shahjahan Velluva, another IS
operative who was arrested in Delhi
a few months ago. When Shahjahan
and his group reached Istanbul
(Turkey) in an effort to sneak in to
Syria, Manaf had met them, but the
group could not coordinate and their
bid to enter Syria failed, and they
were deported. Suhail reached Syria
from Dubai in 2016, said Police. Last
week, the investigating team had
confirmed the death of Safwan's
brother Salman and their father T V
Shameer in Syria, along with three
others from the District.
51 November 8 Kerala Kerala Police have registered a case Non-violent

against eight persons for joining the
Islamic State (IS) and going to Syria
to wage the 'holy war'. The case has
been registered against Shybu Nihar
from Thamarassery in Kozhikode
District, Shahnad from Kannur
District, Mansoor from Kondotty in
Malappuram District, Mansoor from
Vadakara in Kozhikode District, Fajid
from Koyilandi in Kozhikode District,
Ashraf Moulavi from Vaniyambalam
in Malappuram District, Safeer from
Perumbavoor in Ernakulam District
and Muhadhis from Vaniyambalam
in Malappuram District. Among
them, Shahnad, Mansoor
(Kondotty), Mansoor (Vadakara) and
Muhadhis are believed to be killed in
Syria.
Wandoor Police have registered the

case under Section 38 and 39 of the
UAPA on the basis of confessions of
U K Hamza, a Thalassery (Kannur
District) native who was arrested by
Police on October 26. They said
Hamza had confessed that he met
Shybu while he was in Bahrain 20
years ago and that they used to
discuss religious matters. They were
in contact after Hamza left Bahrain.
Shybu told Hamza that some youths
had already left for Syria to join the
IS. Hamza said the youths had
contacted him over phone to clear
their doubts on doing Hijra
(migration) to Islamic countries.
Quoting various religious texts,
Hamza advised them that it would
be better to go to Syria. The group
had met at various places, including
at the houses of Hamza and Ashraf
Moulavi. Hamza further told the
police the youths had told him that
Ashraf Moulavi and Safeer had
conducted classes at a Salafi centre
in Bahrain. It was reported that
Moulavi and Safeer had an
important role in radicalising youths,
known as the `Bahrain Group'.
District Police Chief Debesh Kumar
Behra said the group of men who
were in Bahrain were on the radar of
the State's investigation agency.
52 November 9 Kochi The trial in the first Islamic State Non-violent

(IS)-related case registered in
Kerala, in which 15 persons from
Kasaragod District migrated to
Afghanistan to join the terror group,
began at the NIA Court in Kochi.
NIA-II Court judge Santhosh Kumar
examined three witnesses on the
first day of the trial. The lone
arrested person, Yasmeen
Mohammed Zahid of Bihar was
produced at the court as part of the
trial.
"The witnesses examined by the

court on the first day include the
brother of Abdulla Abdul Rashid of
Kasaragod, his aunt and a village
officer, who is an official witness.
Abdul Abdulla Rashid is the prime
accused in the case and his brother
has deposed some crucial matters
regarding the case before the judge.
As many as five witnesses will be
examined on Friday," an NIA officer
said. Though there are 16 accused
persons in the case, the NIA had
filed the first chargesheet against
Rashid and Yasmeen. The probe
against the other accused is still
proceeding. There are 68
prosecution witnesses in the case.
The witness examination will be
completed on December 4. NIA
prosecutor Arjun Ambalapatta
appeared for the investigation
agency.
53 November 9 Kozhikode The Kozhikode Rural Police arrested Non-violent

three youths, identified as Aswin
Venugopal (26), Mohammed Aslam
(24) and Sanal Sahadevan (31) in
connection with the FICN distribution
case from Kozhikode District.
According to Police, the youths
joined the FICN network hoping to
make money enough for their silver
screen entry. The youngsters were
allegedly lured to the gang by the
three persons who were arrested by
the Rural Police from Karnataka.
Earlier, Police had arrested P V Gold
Joseph, M Shihab and Josephs's
nephew Vipin and recovered printers
and FICN to the tune of INR 32 lakh.
According to Police, the gangsters
have distributed counterfeit currency
notes to the tune of INR 1 crore in
Kerala and Karnataka. The currency
notes were in the denominations of
2000 and 500. All the six arrests
were made after the arrest of
Punaloor Sabu from Koduvally in
Kozhikode District while trying to fill
fuel from a petrol pump by giving
fake note in 500 denominations.
54 November Kochi A 25-year old woman filed a petition Non-violent

10 in the Kerala High Court accusing
her husband of forcing her into
marriage and conversion and
attempting to sell her as a sex slave
to the Islamic State (IS). The woman
has claimed that her husband
Muhammed Riyaz is a member of
Popular Front of India (PFI), which
has been under the scanner for its
alleged terror links. In her plea, the
woman, a native of Kerala who was
born and brought up in Gujarat,
stated that she met Riyaz in
Bengaluru (Karnataka) and the two
got into a relationship. Riyaz later
recorded a private video and forced
the woman to change her religion
and marry him using the footage.
victim also stated that she was taken
to Saudi Arabia and made to join the
ISIS in Syria. Somehow, the girl
managed to contact her parents and
asked them to rescue her. The case
will be considered by the court on
November 13.
55 November Kannur Around 100 persons from Kerala are Statement

11 suspected to have joined the Islamic
State (IS) over the years, Kerala
Police said in Kannur. The Kerala
Police has collected evidence in this
regard, including over 300 voice
clips and messages from WhatsApp,
Telegram messaging applications
and other social media platforms,
sources said. The latest proof was
an audio clip from a woman, wherein
she can be heard informing her kin
in Kannur District about the death of
her husband, who had joined IS. The
woman can be heard saying her
husband Shajil was killed recently in
the 'jihadi war'. According to the
audio clip, she and her two children
are still in Syria, the sources said.
The woman can be heard telling her
kin that many Keralite women, who
have lost their husbands, and their
children are in Syria, they said. The
voice clip was received by Shajil's
brother. Police have another audio
clip from one Qayoom, whose
photos in the IS uniform are
available on the Internet, the source
said.
56 November Kochi The NIA has confirmed that the Non-violent

12 youths from Kasaragod District of
Kerala, who had fled the country last
year (2016), have joined the Islamic
State (IS) in Nangarhar Province in
Afghanistan. In the charge-sheet
filed against Yasmin Muhammad,
who was arrested at the Delhi airport
while she was allegedly trying to
leave for Kabul on August 1, 2016,
NIA states that some of the youths,
who are in Afghanistan, "are still
spreading the messages in favour of
the IS and are inviting others join the
terror organization." There are 15
persons in the charge-sheet who
have been charged under Section
120 (B), and Sections 38, 39 and 40
of the UAPA. NIA took over the case
on August 23, 2016 from the State
Police after initial investigation.
According to the NIA, witnesses
have revealed that Abdul Rashid
had taken secret classes in support
of IS to motivate others 'in the path
of violent jihad terming it as holy war,
by showing them online propaganda
material of ISIS like the Dabiq
magazine.' "Investigation by the NIA
has established that Abdul Rashid
(first accused) along with his wife
Sonia Sebastian alias Ayisha had
taken secret classes in support of
the proscribed organization ISIS and
violent jihad, as propagated by it,
during last part of Ramadan,
sometime in the month of July,
2015," said the chargesheet.
The charge-sheet further added that

the "mobile communication made by
the absconding accused with their
relatives, over internet-based social
media platforms, have been
recovered during investigation and
the same establish that the
absconding accused Sajid is staying
at same place as Murshid." It is
believed that two among the youth,
Hafeesudeen and Marwan have
been killed in the battle. The charge-
sheet said, "The mobile phone, SIM
Cards and memory cards seized
from the possession of accused
Yasmin Mohammed were subjected
to digital forensic examination. The
two memory cards contain pro-ISIS
propaganda videos, videos
advocating violent jihad, ISIS
propaganda material as PDF
documents, besides certain
communication amongst the
accused." The charge-sheet has the
passport details and travel
information of all the accused.
Abdul Rashid and Ayesha left via

Mumbai airport on May, 31, 2016 on
the flight WY 204. Muhammad Sajid
went through Mumbai on March 31,
2016 on the flight AL 983 and
Muhammad Murshid on November
11, 2015 on the flight 9W502.
Muhammad Marwan and
Hafeesudheen also left the country
through Mumbai airport on June 5,
2016 on the flight EK 507. Firoskhan
left India on July, 5, 2016 on flight
EY 203, Shamsiya, Ashfak and
Muhammad Manzad departed the
Mumbai airport on July 2, 2016 EK
507. Dr Ijas and Refeala had gone
via Hyderabad airport on July 2,
2106 on WY 232 flight and Shihas
and Ajmala via Bengaluru on May,
24, 2016 on the flight KU 354.
57 November Kerala A Malayalam audio clip, claiming to Non-violent

14 be from the Islamic State (IS), has
surfaced on the internet calling for
war against India and conducting
lone-wolf terror attacks on crowds
thronging Indian festival events like
Kumbh Mela (major Hindu religious
festival in North India) and Thirssur
Pooram (major Hindu Temple
festival in Kerala). The male voice in
the 10-minute clip liberally quotes
from the Quran with an authentic
Arabic pronunciation. It claims that it
is the 50th audio clip from Daulatul
Islam (house of believers). "You use
your intellect. Poison them in food.
Use trucks. Drive over them at
Thirssur pooram or at Maha Kumbh
Mela. IS Mujahideen are doing it in
several parts of the world. In Las
Vegas, one of our supporters killed
many people at a music concert. At
least you should try to derail a train.
Or use a knife," the clip said.
Police sources said the audio clip

has been transmitted over Telegram
Messenger from Afghanistan and its
voice belongs to Rashid Abdullah,
the leader of the Kasaragod IS
module who left to join Islamic State
in Afghanistan. He has been
chargesheeted by NIA under IPC
sections 120B r/w 125 and UAPA
Sections 38, 39 and 40. There has
also been an Interpol red notice
issued against him. The case
against him came to light after his
father filed a Police complaint last
year saying Rashid Abdullah, his
wife and son were missing from
Kasaragod.
The clip in question says that

Muslims should go for hijrah
(migrate) from Darul Kufr (house of
non-believers) to Darul Islam (house
of believers). "If you are not able to
do that despite your prayers and
efforts, then you should financially
support Daulatul Islam and Islamic
State," it says. According to sources,
Rashid Abdulla's previous audio
clips had only urged people to
perform hijrah. However, in his 50th
clip, he has changed his tone and
has made an open call for attacks in
India, which he has described as a
country where 'Hindus rule.' "Many
are trying to finish IS and khilafat.
We have been reduced to nothing in
many parts. But, Daultaul Islam is
still active and we will fight until the
last man," the clip adds. Responding
to the audio clip, former special
Director of Cabinet Secretariat, V
Balachandran said, "This is very
serious. They are going to take the
battle to India from Europe and
Middle East."
58 November Kerala Kerala Police have come across a Non-violent

15 money trail behind the migration of
youths from Kannur (Kannur District)
to fight for the Islamic State (IS) in
Syria. Police sources said the
money was handed over to the
recruited persons by K O P
Thasleem, a native of Pappinissery
in Kannur District. "All those who
either migrated to Syria or tried to
sneak into that country from Kannur
have got financial assistance to the
tune of $400 each. They were paid
through Popular Front of India [PFI]
activist Thasleem, who channelled
the funds from the Gulf through a
hawala route. Thasleem has been in
Sharjah for the last six months and
we now suspect he has moved to
Syria,'' a Police source said.
Sources said documents seized

from the houses of the arrested
persons substantiated the money
transactions. "We are yet to look into
the sources who have channelled
the money from the Gulf through
Thasleem. The amount handed over
to the recruited persons was meant
only to meet their travel and other
expenses. We have not come across
any evidence to suggest that money
was paid to lure youths to join the
IS,'' the source said. Two weeks
back, Police in Kannur had arrested
six persons who had earlier tried to
go to Syria but were deported by
security agencies. Based on the
input received from the arrested
persons, Police said five others from
Kannur were still fighting in Syria,
while five others had been killed
since 2015.
59 November Kerala The national executive member of Non-violent

15 the PFI, P Koya said that getting
killed in an unknown country that,
too, for a mysterious organization
which has ulterior motive is not the
martyrdom envisaged in Islam.
Inaugurating a public meeting held
here against the Islamic State (IS),
he said martyrdom in Islam is
sacrificing life in the fight against
injustice. "IS is a dubious outfit, the
origin of which is shrouded in
mystery," he said. Koya said that
only less than 150 Muslims have
reportedly joined IS from India which
has 18 crore Muslims. "That means
IS has not succeeded in influencing
the Muslim population in the
country'" he said.
60 November Kerala Kerala Police are on the lookout for Non-violent

17 a former PFI worker from Kannur
District who is suspected to have
raised funds for the Islamic State
(IS) cadres from the State to travel
to Syria. Thasleem, from
Pappinassery in Kannur District, is
presently in the Gulf and is an
accused in eight cases related to the
clashes between the PFI and the
CPM, Police said. "Thasleem had
handed over $400 to two of the IS
cadres who were leaving the country
at the Kannur railway station
premises. He had also arranged
money for another group in the
Gulf," said a Police officer. PFI
Kannur district president V K Noufal
said that Thasleem had dissociated
from the organisation ever since he
left for the Gulf around seven years
ago. "He used to come to
Pappinassery while on leave but
never contacted our organisation.
We learnt that Thasleem was in
Kannur around six months ago," he
said.
Police have also found out that V K

Shajahan, the PFI worker from
Koodali in Kannur District who was
arrested from Turkey for trying to
sneak into Syria four months ago,
had received money sent from
Kannur while he was in the Gulf. The
money was sent through 'reverse
hawala' channels operating in Kerala
and the Gulf. A businessman from
Kannur, who was in the WhatsApp
group of IS leader Abdul Rashid
Abdualla, is also in the radar of the
Police for lending financial help to
the IS module from Kannur.
61 November Kerala Considering the gravity of the Non-violent

19 growing Islamic State (IS) related
activities, the Kerala Police
machinery has been forced to
change its operational procedures
and the State is now in high alert
mode. Ever since the first migration
of Malayalees to join IS in Syria and
Afghanistan was reported in June
2016, Kerala Police have been on
the trail of suspected IS operatives
in the State. With the latest audio
clip of Rashid Abdullah, the leader of
the Kasaragod group which left for
Syria to join IS, exhorting IS
modules to unleash lone wolf attacks
in Kerala, the Police have become
even more determined to go for an
all out offensive drive.
State Police chief Loknath Behera

said the situation has become very
alarming and the Police have taken
necessary operational measures to
counter IS activities. "We are fully
geared up. The entire force has
been put on high alert," he said.
Though the State Police have been
tracking the activities of dedicated IS
cells camouflaged in the form of
other organisations, the real,
functioning modules in the State
were identified after a dedicated
Kerala Police started to coordinate
with Central agencies in analyzing
various communication channels of
the suspects. "We have been
interacting with Central agencies on
various levels to ensure we don't
miss any leads in the investigation
into IS activities in the state," said a
senior intelligence officer.
A few senior police officers in north

Kerala have been specifically tasked
with keeping track of the activities of
a few suspects flagged for their
association with certain
organisations clandestinely
supporting IS modules in Kerala,
Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. "In the
past two years, a few suspects have
flown to West Asia to raise funds
using the cover of some
organisations, said the intelligence
officer. "The fund is used to
strengthen IS activities in Kerala.
62 November Kerala The NIA have intensified search for Non-violent

21 more than 20 suspected Islamic
State (IS) recruits, including 12
Keralites, who they believe, might
have returned to the country from
Syria. According to information
provided by foreign intelligence
agencies, the members of the IS's
Bahrain module, who were engaged
in militant activities in Syria, have
returned to the country. Most of them
found their way back home via
Turkey and had used fake
passports. NIA has handed over the
details of 12 Malayalees to the
Kerala Police. Eleven people are
from Kannur (Kannur District) and
Kasaragod (Kasaragod District)
regions and one belongs to
Malappuram (Malappuram District).
A total of 97 Indians were learned to

have joined the terror outfit's Bahrain
module. Of them, 67 people
migrated to the war-torn regions of
Syria. Fifteen of them were killed in
various conflicts.
63 November Kerala The NSG is planning to train their Non-violent

22 commandos exclusively to deal with
'lone wolf' terror attacks using
vehicles at public places. The elite
SF has taken this decision in the
wake of some recent incidents
across the world where terrorists
used vehicles to mow down people
at crowded places. According to
sources, the NSG is likely to send
their commandos to European
countries to get training to deal with
'lone wolf' attacks. This comes amid
Indian authorities fearing a possible
attack by the Islamic State (IS) on
places of religious significance like
Kumbh Mela (major Hindu religious
festival in North India) and Thirssur
Pooram (major Temple festival in
Kerala).
64 November Thrissur The Railway Police on the basis of Non-violent

26 an intelligence tip-off have warned of
a likely security threat to the lives of
commuters, especially Ayyappa
devotees, in Thrissur (Thrissur
District of Kerala) from the so-called
Islamic State (IS) terror outfit.
According to the advisory received
by the Station Master at the Thrissur
Railway station, the IS operatives
might well poison the potable water
provided at the station as part of the
terror design. Hence, the Station
Master has been advised to
undertake a safety audit of the food
and potable water made available to
commuters and Sabarimala pilgrims.
Thrissur Station Master K R

Jayakumar said he had indeed
received a tip-off in this regard from
the Railway Police. He revealed the
missive specifically referred to a
possible bid by the IS operatives to
lace the potable water with poison.
"We are not taking any chances and
viewing the issue in all seriousness.
The water tanks and food items will
be properly inspected and regular
checking will be carried out,"
Jayakumar said.
65 November Kerala State Police Chief Loknath Behera Statement

26 cautioned people against spreading
threat messages through social
media, claiming to be those of IS
(Islamic State). Against the backdrop
of Police issuing an alert to railway
authorities in Thrissur, Behra said it
was a normal Policing activity and
there was no need to panic. "Every
aspect of threat messages, including
their veracity, is being inquired into
by the police. We normally give
certain alert messages to the
authorities concerned, as a
precaution and to remain alert. We
are keeping a watch on the critical
infrastructure of public interest." said
a statement from Police chief.
66 December 3 Kerala The NIA probe has found that Shafin Non-violent
Jahan - husband of Akhila Asokan
alias 'Hadiya', was allegedly in
contact with two members of IS -
Manseed and P. Safvan - through
group chats on Facebook, during the
months preceding his marriage with
Hadiya. Manseed and P. Safvan
were arrested by the NIA and
chargesheeted in a case related to
the criminal conspiracy to target the
judges of the High Court, Senior
Police Officers and well-known
political leaders in South India, says
the report.
67 December Kannur The NIA has registered a case Non-violent

17 against five men from Kannur in
Kerala for allegedly being members
of the IS. The men had gone missing
from Kannur between 2015 and
2017 and are suspected to be in
Syria. In October 2017, Kerala
Police had booked the five - Midhilaj
(26), Abdul Rasak (34), M V Rashid
(24), Manaf Rahman (42) and U K
Hamsa (57). The central probe
agency said it has taken over the
case from the Kerala Police. The
NIA case against the five was
registered under the UAPA for
"being members of the proscribed
terrorist organisation, ISIS/Daesh,
and for supporting the organisation
by travelling out of India to join the
terrorist organisation in Syria and
fight on its behalf". Some of the
accused, NIA sources said, had
been activists of PFI. According to
them, one of the suspects used fake
passport to move out of India while
one of them is suspected to have
died fighting. Abdul Manaf Rahman,
from Valapattanam in Kannur,
allegedly went to Syria on a fake
passport. Manaf allegedly had close
links with Valluva Kandy Shajahan,
who was arrested by Delhi Police in
July after his deportation from
Turkey. U K Hamsa is suspected to
be behind prompting the youths from
Kannur to move to Syria. Hamsa,
who lived in Bahrain for two
decades, had close links with IS
ideologue Abu Thurki, according to
Police.
68 December Kannur A youth from Kannur in Kannur Non-violent

19 District of Kerala, who is allegedly an
activist of the PFI and now working
in a Gulf country, is under the Police
scanner for his suspected links with
the IS operatives from Kerala. DSP
of Kannur P.P. Sadanandan, who is
probing the IS-related cases, said
investigation was under way into the
suspected links of K.O.P. Thasleem,
PFI activist from Pappinissery
(Kannur District), with two youths
who had gone to Syria or tried to
reach there to join the IS. He said
the youths were provided financial
assistance by Thasleem, who had
also collected funds from various
sources in the Gulf. The Police had
registered a case against him. The
DSP said the Police had already
collected evidence that established
the money trail linked to the
recruitment of youths to the IS in
Syria.
2016
No.
1 January 1 Kerala NIA filed its final charge sheet in Non-violent

December 2007 Wagamon SIMI
arms training camp case against two
absconding accused Wasiq Billa and
Alam Jeb Afridi for alleged sedition
and other offences. They have been
charged with participation in terror
activities and association with terror
groups besides criminal conspiracy
and violation of Arms Act among
others in the charge sheet filed
before the special court for trial of
NIA cases in Ernakulam, Kerala.
NIA has alleged that they conducted
camps at Karnataka, Madhya
Pradesh and Gujarat from December
10, 2007 to December 12, 2007.
They organized a secret training
camp at Thangalpara, Wagamon
within the limits of Mundakayam
Police Station, Kottayam
(Kerala).The agency alleged that the
SIMI cadre were involved in physical
training, arms training, firing
practices, manufacture of
bombs/petrol bombs, motor bike
racing, rope climbing practices in the
camp.
They also allegedly conducted

"jihadi" classes in the camp with an
intention to train the cadres to
advocate, incite and abet unlawful,
terrorist activities, disrupt communal
harmony and causing threat to the
sovereignty and integrity of the
country, thereby waging war against
Government of India.
2 January 19 Wayanad District Kerala Police started a special drive Non-violent

to collect information about all
missing persons following the arrest
of a man Dineshan alias Riyaz
Rasheed from the Punjab, who went
missing from north Kerala's
Wayanad, in connection with the
terror attack on Pathankot airbase.
"An NIA team had visited the district
two days ago and questioned some
of his relatives," Wayanad
superintendent of police MK
Pushkaran said. Dineshan's relatives
told the NIA that he had left home 16
years ago and was incommunicado
all these years. The state police had
booked him in 2000 after he was
involved in a hooch smuggling case.
He jumped bail, slipped to Saudi
Arabia and later converted to Islam
and changed his named, police said.
The arrest of Dineshan has forced
Kerala Police to start looking at the
list of the missing persons in detail.
3 January 20 Ernakulam A Special NIA Court jailed 21 people Non-violent

who were found guilty in a case of
seizure of weapons from an arms
training centre of PFI at Narath in
Kannur District of Kerala in April
2013. While convict Abdul Aziz was
awarded seven years jail term, the
rest 20 were sentenced to five years
imprisonment each by NIA Special
Judge S Santhosh Kumar. The court,
which found them guilty under
various sections of IPC, UAPA, Arms
Act and Explosives Act, also
imposed a fine of INR 5000 each on
the convicts. In default, they will
have to undergo jail term for six
months more. The court acquitted
Kamaruddin as the charges against
him could not be proved.
4 January 20 Mananthavady Security agencies have intensified Non-violent

their search for the absconding
accused in various terror-related
cases registered in Kerala. The
move assumes significance in the
backdrop of the recent terror attack
on the Pathankot Air Force base and
the arrest of Mananthavady native
Dinesh alias Riyas in connection with
the incident. Dinesh had been on the
run after a court in Wayanad
declared him wanted. The search for
at least six accused in major cases is
being carried out by the NIA. "We
had arrested six accused in various
cases in 2015, while two
surrendered before court. We are
now on the lookout for the other
absconding accused," said an NIA
source.
5 February 24 Kerala According to Enforcement agencies Non-violent

the flow of FICN to Kerala has
recorded an increase of 360 per cent
in 2015 compared to 2014. Though
the total seized value of counterfeit
money is INR 34,55,000 in 2015
compared to INR 7,51,000 in 2014,
the Police estimate that the seized
amount is just below 10 per cent of
the actual volume being circulated in
the state.
Police officials said counterfeit

valued around INR 3 to 4 crore was
being pumped into the state by the
rackets every year and the bulk of it
was used for real estate
transactions. As per the latest Police
data, Kozhikode accounted for
highest seizure of FICN, INR
9,04000 lakh in September 2015,
followed by Malappuram - INR
2,09000 in June 2015. Officials with
the DRI and NIA confirmed the
increase in the inflow of FICNs to
Kerala in the last one year and the
seized amount was minuscule.
The NIA has already tracked the role

of Pakistan's ISI in production and
distribution of FICNs via Dubai,
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. "Sri
Lankans are the new suppliers of the
FICNs. Ports are still the hot
destinations for the rackets to
smuggle in FICNs. The new strategy
is to smuggle in printed sheets of
counterfeit and cut them to size in
various hideouts in the state," said
an intelligence officer.
6 May 2 Malappuram Expanding the probe into Islamic Non-violent

State (IS) related case registered in
Kerala, the ISIT has taken over the
case from Malappuram Crime
Detachment Wing and will
coordinate with NIA to trace the links
of Non Resident Keralites with the
terrorist organisation. "Though we
conducted a detailed probe in the
case, a comprehensive investigation
is required to unearth the wider terror
network. Being a district crime
squad, our reach is limited and a
case of this magnitude requires an
agency like ISIT," said Malappuram
Crime Detachment DySP C K Babu,
who confirmed the order directing to
handover the case file to ISIT.
7 May 10 Ernakulam A Police probe into Thadiyantavida Non-violent

Nazeer, an alleged IM operative,
sending letters from the jail through
one of his aides, has found that
those letters were intended to
promote terrorist activities in the
country. On May 10, in a charge-
sheet submitted at the Ernakulam
Principal Sessions Court, Police
stated that the letters recovered from
Shahnaz, an aide of Nazeer, were
written in a coded script and
intended to promote terrorist
activities. Police names Shahnaz
P.A. and Taslim K.K. as the two
accused in the case.
8 May 24 Kannur District Police arrested three people, Non-violent

identified as M K Fainaz, C Rasaq
and Rasheed along with FICN worth
INR 28,000 in Kannur District.
According to Police Rasaq was
supplying the fake notes to Fainaz
for distributing the fake note. Fainaz
paid INR 65,000 for getting a INR
1,00,000 value of fake currency
notes. Police have begun an
intensive investigation in this regard.
9 May 26 Kochi The Indian Coast Guard ship 'Arush', Non-violent

the 17th in the series of 20 FPVs,
designed and built by Cochin
Shipyard Limited, was commissioned
in Kochi (Kerala). The ship was
commissioned by the Coast Guard
Commander (western seaboard)
Additional Director General SPS
Basra in the presence of the
Commander Coast Guard Region
(West) Inspector General K
Natarajan and other senior
dignitaries of the central and state
governments.
10 May 29 Kerala A key accused in the Bengaluru Non-violent

serial blasts of July 25, 2008, K P
Sabeer alias Mohammed Sabeer
alias Ayub is living in Peshawar, KP
Pakistan, investigations by the NIA
and the Kerala Police have revealed.
Sabeer, allegedly linked to the LeT,
had fallen off the radar of
investigating agencies after fleeing
India on a fake passport in
November 2008. He was also the
'former president' of SIMI in Kerala.
His whereabouts have reportedly

emerged now following
investigations around K A Anoop, an
alleged associate of Sabeer who
was deported from the UAE in April,
2016. The NIA had arrested Anoop
on April 8, 2016, after he was
detained on his arrival at IGI Airport,
New Delhi in connection with the
September 2005 Kalamassery
(Kochi) bus-burning case. Sources
familiar with the investigations
claimed the two were in touch and
that analysis of Anoop's Dubai
phone call records has revealed a
number linked to Sabeer. "He has
been trying to take his wife to
Pakistan and has been offering
100,000 dirhams to obtain travel
documents for her. This is the first
time in many years that some
information has emerged about
Sabeer," said sources.
11 June 3 Attingal / Police recorded the arrest of five Non-violent

Thiruvananthapuram people in connection with the probe
District into the FICN, from Attingal in
Thiruvananthapuram District. Police
identified the accused as Jayanthan,
Pradeep, Bose Thomas, Ansari and
Shinu Krishnan. Police have seized
counterfeit notes amounting to INR
1,25,000 from the accused after
raiding their residences. All the notes
were of denomination 500. Police
said that Pradeep and Manju had
been circulating fake notes in various
parts of the state for the past two
years. It was the other four accused
who delivered them the notes. They
got the notes from gangs based in
Bengaluru and Coimbatore.
12 June 15 Kollam District A bomb hidden in a tiffin box and Violent

planted inside a parked jeep at the
Kollam civil station premises in
Kollam District of Kerala exploded at
around 10.45am, injuring one
person. The civil station houses the
district collector's office apart from
several courts and government
offices. Though it was a low-intensity
explosion, Police are examining all
possibilities including a terrorist link.
Thiruvananthapuram Range IG
Manoj Abraham, who visited the
spot, said that the explosion was of a
serious nature and more than one
individual may have been involved.
He also said that the Police are not
ruling out the involvement of
extremist groups.
Police confirmed that gun powder

had been used in the bomb at
Kollam. Kollam city Police
Commissioner, S Sathish Bino, said
eight teams have been formed to
probe the case. He said a clear
picture would emerge only after a
detailed probe.
13 July 2 Kerala A Facebook group, which levelled a Non-violent

death threat against Bangladeshi
writer Taslima Nasrin, has raised
fears of the influence and presence
of dreaded terrorist group Islamic
State (IS) in Kerala. The Facebook
page, Ansarul Khilafa (The Followers
of Khalifa), which had posts in
Malayalam and English, was taken
down today morning soon after
media started reporting about its
existence.
The threat against the Bangladesh

writer known for her progressive
views was made by one of the
members of the group. The group
had 135 likes before it was
deactivated. The group's presence
comes amid a spate of terror attacks
in Bangladesh, the busting of an IS
module in Hyderabad and the arrests
of IS sympathizers from various
states in the last few months. It
raises troubling concerns about
whether the terrorist outfit, known for
its beheading and sex slavery of
captured non-Muslim women, is
striking deeper roots in India.
14 July 8 Kerala At least 16 Muslim people, including Non-violent

a doctor, his wife and their toddler
son, are missing for a month from
north Kerala, family members said,
sparking fears that they might have
joined radical groups in Syria or Iraq.
The missing people, said to be well-
educated from fairly good economic
background, also include four
women who are suspected to have
travelled to the Middle East to join
militant groups such as the Islamic
State (IS).
A relative of one of the missing youth

told that they left the country on June
6 on the pretext of going on a
pilgrimage. While 12 of those
missing are from Kasargode District,
four are from Palakkad. "One of
them sent a message on an
encrypted site Telegram saying they
reached their final destination. (The)
initial message came from an
Afghanistan number. We now fear
that they might have reached the
conflict zone, either in Syria or Iraq,"
said TK Salam, whose 23-year-old
nephew TK Afizudding is among the
missing.
15 July 9 Kerala The Kerala Government ordered a Non-violent

probe into reports that at least 17
youths, including three women, from
the State who had travelled to West
Asia and reportedly gone missing,
may have joined the Islamic State
(IS). The disappearance of the
youths, some of whom are medical
students and engineering graduates,
came to light after their relatives
brought the matter before the
authorities. Some families from
Kasaragod and Palakkad Districts
had approached Kasaragod MP P.
Karunakaran and expressed fear
that their children were missing for
the past one month and they have
no contact with them. CM Pinarayi
Vijayan said it was a "very serious
issue" and ordered an urgent probe.
DGP Loknath Behara said on the

basis of information provided by the
families, Police has started
investigation. "We do not know if
children and women are part of the
group. But they (families) say that
some women are in the group. We
also do not have any confirmation so
far that the missing youths have
joined the IS. But we have started
investigation," Behara said. Of the
17 persons, 11 hail from Padna and
Thrikaripur in the Kerala's
northernmost Kasaragod District
while the others hailed from
Palakkad. There are at least three
women in the list of missing persons,
including a pregnant woman.
16 July 10 Kerala India is investigating claims that a Non-violent

girl, identified as Nimisha claimed
she was going to Sri Lanka but had
later joined the Islamic State (IS).
Bindu, mother of that woman, who
converted to Islam after marriage
and is among a group of people from
Kerala suspected to have joined IS,
met Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan
and sought investigation into the
matter. Bindu, said her 25-year-old
daughter Nimisha came along with
her husband to her house on May 16
last and on May 18, she received a
call from her daughter that she was
going to Sri Lanka on some
business. Meanwhile, Leader of
Opposition in Kerala Assembly,
Ramesh Chennithala said, "...what I
came to know is that the state and
Central agencies have started an
investigation in the matter."
17 July 11 Kochi The Kochi unit of the NIA has started Non-violent
gathering information from its
counterparts in Hyderabad, where an
IS-Islamic State module was
neutralised. "Top officials of NIA-
Kochi, who are currently in
Hyderabad in connection with the
investigation, will be looking into the
Kerala-link of the IS link as well,"
said officials. "Online activities of
suspected IS sympathisers are
under surveillance. Probe of the
Hyderabad case showed that the IS
module had connection with several
youths in South India, including
Kerala. It is being probed whether
the Hyderabad module received any
aid from Kerala," said an NIA official.
18 July 14 Kerala India has sought Iran's help in Non-violent

tracing 17 persons from Kerala, who
have been missing for over a month,
and are suspected to have joined the
Islamic State (IS). Investigations by
Indian agencies have revealed that
the 17 Indians, including women and
children, travelled till Iran on tourist
visas before going off the radar, a
senior intelligence official told. "We
have shared the details of these
people with the Iranian authorities
and have asked them to find out
about their further movement," the
official said. The missing include
nine men, four of their wives, a child
and an infant. Three of the women
are pregnant. All are in their 20s.
19 July 17 Kerala One of the missing youngsters of Non-violent

Kerala, identified as Mohammad
Marwan (23) has sent a message to
his family, accepting that he has
become a terrorist. "People may call
me a terrorist. If fighting in the path
of Allah is terrorism, yes I am a
terrorist (sic)," reads the message
sent by one of the missing Kerala
youngsters to his family. Marwan
sent the message to his family in the
last week of June saying he is in
West Asia. Moreover, in the
message, he promises to come back
after he finishes work with Islamic
State (IS) to help the persecuted
Muslims in Kashmir, Gujarat and
Muzaffarnagar, the report added.
Quoting Quran, Marwan said, "Allah
will ask what I was doing when the
community was being persecuted".
He added, "Didn't the Prophet taught
(sic) us that the entire ummah is like
one body? It is my religious duty to
fight for the protection of the
community".
20 July 20 Kerala Kerala has become a breeding base Non-violent

of many hardcore terrorists operating
in international arena, the most
wanted among the Islamic terror
operatives from the state is
Mohammed Sabir alias K.P. Sabir
alias Ayub, who now controls the
terror-linked FICN cartel operating
from Peshawar in Pakistan. Once
they are caught on the radar of
intelligence agencies, they shift their
operations to other countries,
including Bangladesh, Dubai,
Pakistan and Afghanistan, according
to sources.
21 July 25 Kochi A court in Kochi (Kerala) sent the Non-violent

two suspected Islamic State (IS)
sympathisers, Arshid Qureshi and
Rizwan Khan to Police custody till
August 8, 2016. Arshid Qureshi and
Rizwan Khan, who are known to be
close to preacher Zakir Naik of the
IRF, were last week picked up in
Mumbai in a joint operation of
Maharashtra ATS along with a team
of Kerala Police. "It was Sunday that
the two were brought here and they
were produced before the court on
Monday. Now we will begin our job,"
Inspector General of Police,
Ernakulam, S.Sreejith told. The
arrest took place after a Police
complaint was raised by Ebin
Abraham, brother of Kochi resident,
Merin alias Mariyam, who along with
her husband, is reported to be
missing and is alleged to have joined
the IS. The Police probe team plans
to now seek the help of the NIA in
finding out more about the duo and
their acts.
22 July 25 Kerala Many of the people from Kerala Non-violent

accused of terror links in the recent
past have been new converts to
Islam, including five of the 21
currently missing who are feared to
have joined the Islamic State (IS). In
2008, when four youths from Kerala
were killed in an encounter in
Kashmir while allegedly trying to
cross over to PoK for training, one of
them was Muhammed Yasin, a
Christian who had recently converted
to Islam. The Police and NIA said
their probe showed that Yasin,
earlier Joseph Varghese, was
handpicked by suspected LeT
militant Tadiyantavide Nazir, who is
now serving life term after being
convicted in the terror recruitment
case. Nazir was alleged to have at
least two more converts in his
network. Hindu youths Baburaj and
Abhilash, took on the names
Muhammed Sahal and Vahabudeen
respectively. Sahal gave a statement
to Police that Nazir and his gang had
played a crucial role in converting
him to Islam. "When Nazir met me
first in Kochi, he asked me to get
converted to Islam. I learnt about
Islam from the Internet," Sahal said
in his statement. Another person,
Vahabudeen, a native of
Kalamassery near Kochi, claimed
Nazir had imparted religious lessons
to him as a new convert. And that he
had tried to arrange a woman from
Kannur to marry him.
Of the 21 from Kerala missing now,

one is Merin, who took on the name
Mirriam after conversion. Her brother
Ebin Jacob has complained to the
Kochi city Police that R C Qureshi, a
member of the Mumbai-based IRF
and close aide of preacher Zakir
Naik, had forced her to embrace
Islam. Qureshi was arrested from
Navi Mumbai on July 20. Also
missing is her husband Eshia, who
was known as Bestin before
conversion, Eshia's brother Isa
(Bexen before conversion) and Isa's
wife Fatima (once known as
Nimisha). Jacob has told police
Eshia had taken Mirriam to Qureshi
for conversion. Eshia's Christian
family who lives in Palakkad in turn
says the two embraced Islam at the
behest of Naik. Data on conversion
obtained by Police from various
conversion centres shows that 5,793
people have embraced Islam in the
last five years.
23 August 3 Kochi After managing to evade arrest for Non-violent

the past seven years, Sasi alias
Poovar Sasi, a 48-year-old man, who
had been booked for distributing
FICN was finally arrested by the
Crime Branch (Organised Crime
Wing) in Kochi. It was the
investigation carried out by special
crime squad set up to apprehend the
fugitive accused in various cases
followed by a tip-off to Crime Branch
SP Alex K John that led to Sasi's
arrest.
24 August 6 Kerala Yasmin Ahmad, a 28-year-old Non-violent

schoolteacher in Kerala, told
investigators that Abdul Rashid, a
fugitive Islamic State (IS) recruiter
from Kerala who is now operating
from Afghanistan, indoctrinated
about 40 people. "We have identified
some of those who attended
radicalization sessions conducted by
Rashid in Thrikkaripur in north
Kerala's Kasargode. We are closely
watching movements of some of
them," a source in the Kerala Police
SIT said. Investigators said some of
the radicalized people from Rashid's
"terror class" might have backed out
and decided to lie low as the
disappearance of the 21 triggered a
national outcry. Yasmin too was
supposed to leave the country along
with the group of 21, but delayed
travel documents for her four-year-
old child held her back.
25 August 16 Kerala Indian investigative agencies have Non-violent

found that youths who want to join
Islamic State (IS) are using current
bank accounts instead of savings
account. The trend is very unusual
given that current accounts are
generally meant for businesses and
trading and they don't give any
interest. "The police have come
across at least three such savings
accounts which the holder stopped
using to begin financial transactions
through current accounts," a Police
source said.
Police sources said that since they

had come across this new piece of
information, they might look at bank
accounts of other potential suspects.
"In case of Arshi Qureshi, arrested
by Kerala police in an UAPA case
two weeks ago, he had also changed
his family's two accounts from
savings to current. We are trying to
find out if there are such more
cases," an officer said.
26 August 23 Kerala The NIA took over the probe into 21 Non-violent
missing youths from Kerala,
including women, who are suspected
to have joined Islamic State (IS).
Kerala Police had meticulously
investigated the case and identified
at least 21 youths who have gone
missing from the State. Among them
17 were from Kasaragod District and
four from Palakkad District. They
include four women and three
children. Out of those women who
have joined ISIS, two women are
from Palakkad. The probe so far has
revealed that the 21 persons had left
India in May to July this year (2016)
and took separate routes to reach
ISIS held areas. Sources said the
Kerala Police had finished its part of
investigation and the case was
transferred to the NIA for carrying
out the probe overseas. The
exercise will include collecting of
evidence from foreign countries..
27 August 25 Kochi The Kochi unit of NIA submitted FIRs Non-violent

of the two cases before the special
court in Kochi in Ernakulam District
for starting probe into suspected
recruitment of Kerala youths to
Islamic State (IS). The missing
cases, 17 from Kasaragod and five
from Palakkad will be probed by two
DSP-ranked officers. There are 19
accused in the two cases against
whom UAPA has been invoked
among other sections of the IPC.
"The investigating officers and the
NIA team will interact with officers of
state police who have investigated
the cases so far. Some of electronic
equipment recovered by the state
police will be examined by the NIA at
government-run forensic
laboratories," said an NIA source.
28 August 25 Kochi The investigation team probing the Non-violent

theft of cash and gold from a house
at Perumbavoor, by persons with
terror links who posed as VACB
officials, found that a Kochi-based
gang was also involved in the crime.
Earlier, the investigators had
established the involvement of a 14-
member group in the crime, and had
arrested five persons including
mastermind Abdul Halim and his
associate Shamnas. Halim is a close
aide of IM operative Thadiyantavide
Nazeer.
29 August 26 India Earlier this month, the Global Islamic Non-violent

Media Front (GIMF), an international
proscribed affiliate of the terror group
al Qaeda (AQ) that creates and
disseminates jihadi media, formed a
new branch -- GIMF Sub-continent to
publish and translate the group's
messages, videos and magazines in
Hindi, Bengali, Urdu and Tamil.
Other AQ-related media and its
supporters too have begun a big
propaganda drive particularly
targeting Tamil and Malayalam
speakers to reach out to the Muslim
youth for recruitment in South India.
Post-Dhaka attack in Bangladesh,

both terror groups the Islamic State
(IS) and AQ, have upped their
recruitment drive in the Indian sub-
continent, with the former clearly
winning more supporters online as it
publishes its official information in
Bengali language in addition to
English, Arabic, French etc. To
counter the IS propaganda, AQ too
has started disseminating messages,
videos and jihadi literature in Tamil
and Malyalam language. And it is
heavily using the social media
platform of Facebook for propaganda
and communication. Groups like
Tamil Ansar and Olivin Charathu
(under the shade of Olive tree), Syria
through Indian Eyes regularly update
information on AQ and its activities in
Syria in Tamil and Malayalam.
30 August 29 Kerala A radicalised Kerala schoolteacher, Non-violent

Yasmin Ahamd (29) who was
arrested at Delhi airport on August 2
before she could board a flight to
Kabul has revealed that Islamic
State (IS) is now running "terror
classes" in the country. 40 young
men and women have already been
indoctrinated there by fugitive IS
recruiter Abdul Rashid, who
persuaded Mumbai graduate Ashfaq
Abdul Majid to join the group, which
controls swathes of territory in Iraq
and Syria. Ashfaq is believed to have
left India on June 2, 2016. The
information provided by Yasmin, has
deepened counter-terror agencies'
worries as it confirms the growing
perception that IS has overtaken
Pakistani outfits as the biggest threat
to national security.
31 October 2 Kozhikode and The NIA neutralised an Islamic State Non-violent

Kannur Districts (IS) inspired module from Kerala and
Tamil Nadu as it arrested six
youngsters who were reportedly
planning to carry out terror attacks in
the country. The arrest was made
during the agency's ongoing
investigation into the disappearance
of 21 people from the state who were
suspected to have joined the so
called caliphate led by Abu-Bakr al-
Baghdadi. Those arrested have been
identified as Manseed alias Omar Al
Hindi, Abu Basheer alias Rashid,
Swalih Mohammed T alias Yousuf,
Safwan P, Jasim NK and Ramshad
Nageelan Kandiyil alias Aaamu from
Kozhikode and Kannur Districts of
Kerala. Five of them were arrested
when they were allegedly conducting
a meeting at Kanakamala hilltop in
Kannur District. During subsequent
searches, another person was
detained from Kuttiyadi in Kozhikode
District and later arrested.
NIA was assisted by Police

personnel from Kerala, Delhi and
Telangana during the operations.
The NIA spokesman said that during
the searches, incriminating material
besides electronic devices were
seized. "Follow up searches are
being conducted by NIA in Chennai,
Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu and
Kannur, Kozikhode and Mallapuram
in Kerala with support of Tamil Nadu
and Kerala Police," the spokesman
said.
32 October 3 Kannur A day after the NIA busted an Non-violent

Islamic State (IS) module in Kerala
and Tamil Nadu which was allegedly
planning to carry out major strikes in
several parts of south India, the
probe revealed that one of the senior
members of the module - Majeeb
alias Omar Al Hindi, a resident of
Kannur - was associated with
Kerala-based PFI. Investigations
revealed that the module members
came in touch with each other on
Facebook and later started
interacting on Telegram channel as
they were all inclined towards the
ideology of the so-called 'caliphate'
led by Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi. "They
forged an alliance and decided to
operate from India instead of
travelling to Iraq and Syria. However,
we are questioning them on their
links with online recruiters including
Shafi Armar alias Yousuf Al Hindi," a
source said. The NIA is investigating
the module's link with 21 missing
Kerala persons, including children
and women, who travelled to
Afghanistan in May-June. According
to reports, Omar Al Hindi was an
important cog in this IS module
which was collecting explosives for
its activities. He was working in
Qatar and came to India recently.
The, PFI, however has declined.
PFI's director of media and PR
Mohammed Arif Ahmed said, "PFI
has taken a strong stand against the
Islamic State and has condemned its
activities. As an organisation, PFI
has no links with people involved in
such activities."
33 October 3 Kerala The mastermind behind the Islamic Non-violent

State (IS)-inspired module that the
NIA neutralised on October 2, was
allegedly operating from Qatar
through a WhatsApp group, to keep
in touch with other members of the
group. The NIA believes that 30-
year-old Manseed alias Omar Al
Hindi, a native of Kerala and
employed in Qatar, had devised
plans to carry out terror attacks in
India. Manseed was on a short four-
day visit to his native Kannur and
had asked other members to come
there for a meeting when the NIA
sleuths were believed to have got a
tip-off and acted swiftly to arrest him
and five others. The members of the
module, who were residing in
different places, had reached Kannur
on October 1 for the meeting.
Though he was in Qatar, Mansheed
was operating a WhatsApp group
with him as the admin to keep in
touch with other members of the
module, sources said.
34 October 4 Kerala Intelligence agencies in Kerala have Non-violent

alerted the State government of a
threat from an Islamic State (IS)-
linked module to two High Court
judges and some politicians, close
on the heels of the NIA arresting six
persons of the terror module from
the State. NIA teams along with the
Kerala Police, the Delhi Police and
the Telangana Police had launched
surveillance on the movement of the
accused involved in the conspiracy.
The NIA has registered a case in
connection with the 21 missing
youths from Kerala who are believed
to have joined the IS in Afghanistan
and later moved to Syria and other
countries.
35 October 11 India After arresting over 50 suspects for Non-violent

conspiring to set-up terror modules
inspired by the Islamic State (IS) or
for providing material support to the
militant group, the NIA has identified
another 130 radicalised individuals,
believed to be in contact with the
accused. This watch list is a
"preemptive measure" by the agency
to track and monitor these
individuals.
The individuals on the watch list

have not participated in any
incriminating activities till now. They
are, however, active on the social
media and have made efforts on
ground to gather support for IS,
officials said. "They've tried to gather
support for IS online and offline and
enroll other members. They
themselves, however, have refrained
from joining any module,'' they
added. The decision to put these
individuals under surveillance was
taken recently, after a few names
cropped up frequently during
interrogations. Consequently, the
NIA wrote to police authorities in
nine states - Delhi, Maharashtra,
Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala,
Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Jharkhand
and Haryana - asking them to
monitor these supporters.
36 October 19 Kerala According to reports, ever since the Non-violent

NIA arrested six men from Kerala
this month for allegedly planning
terror attacks in the country, the
intelligence agencies of India, UAE
and Afghanistan have been on the
lookout for one man, identified as is
Sajeer Mangalachari Abdullah, a key
Islamic State (IS/ISIS) recruiter in
Afghanistan. Given the rapid
advance of US-led forces into ISIS
bastions in Iraq and Syria, the
terrorist group is now focusing on a
new target - Afghanistan. As part of
this plan, Islamic State has been
telling Indian volunteers keen for
military training to make their way to
Afghanistan. It has also been
pushing them to stage attacks at
home, providing detailed do-it-
yourself instructions on
manufacturing explosive devices.
The volunteers are being routed to
the Nangarhar province of
Afghanistan, which has its capital in
Jalalabad. "Nangarhar is about as
close as you can get to a black
hole," an Indian intelligence official
was quoted as saying. "It's the
perfect place to go if you want to
disappear. Even Afghanistan's
intelligence services have next to no
on-ground reach there."
37 October 19 Kerala A red alert has been sounded across Non-violent

three countries, India, Afghanistan
and UAE for the arrest of a native of
Kerala, who is suspected of
recruiting Indians for Islamic State
(IS). Sajeer Mangalachari Abdullah,
who hails from Kozhikode city, has
fled to Dubai in April this year. "He
passed immigration and security
checks without trouble, and settled
into an economy-class seat for the
four-hour flight to Dubai," the report
said.
His name had come up during the

interrogation of six suspected IS
supporters, also from Kerala, by the
NIA in October, 2016. Besides India,
Afghanistan and the United Arab
Emirates are also hunting for
Abdullah who is now "believed to
occupy a key position" in Islamic
State.
38 October 21 Kerala The seven people who were recently Non-violent

arrested for working as Islamic
State's (IS) south India module were
planning to carry out 'lone wolf'
attacks on targets, revealed the NIA.
NIA officials said the members were
having their first meeting at
Kanakamala in Kannur District of
Kerala after the group was formed a
year ago.
"When the attacks are carried out by

a group, it is easy for security
agencies to track and foil its plans.
However, when it comes to single-
man operations, agencies cannot
keep focusing on one person. The IS
attack in Nice in France, in which a
truck was used to ram into the
crowd, was carried out by a lone
wolf," said an NIA official. The IS
group decided to have a face-to-face
meeting in Kannur after security
agencies managed to secure some
of their plans, and they found it tough
to procure explosives. Five members
of the group were arrested on
October 2. "Subahani, who had
fought for the IS in Iraq, had the task
of arranging explosives. Even though
he had contacted several explosives
agents, none of his attempts bore
fruit. The meeting was organised to
make changes in the operations of
the module," the official said.
After tracing the funds received by

Subahani, the NIA suspects that
more IS modules are functioning in
south India. He was directed by
handlers stationed abroad and was
told that the money for purchasing
explosives would be kept under an
idol at a park in Chennai in Tamil
Nadu. "As directed, Subahani visited
Butterfly Park in Chennai where he
found `20,000 under an idol. We are
trying to trace the people who kept
the cash there," said the NIA official.
39 October 25 Kerala The NIA probe into 21 missing Non-violent

persons from Kerala has unearthed
that more than 30 youths from the
state had attended Islamic State (IS)
training camps in Afghanistan.
According to a report, many of these
youth may have returned to India to
set up sleeper cells. Many educated
Muslim youths from Kerala who were
working in Gulf countries had strong
links with IS terror networks, the
report also said. Furthermore, some
NRI businessmen had funded the
terror activities of these youth. Apart
from radical Muslim outfits operating
in the state, so-called secular
religious groups are also involved in
encouraging youth to join IS, said the
report. Handlers of terror outfits have
used social media effectively to
recruit the youths from the state
without alerting the police and
intelligence agencies.
Earlier, NIA identified Sajeer Abdulla

Mangalaseri as the 'chief' of IS
network in Kerala. 35-year-old
Sajeer, a Civil Engineer from NIT,
Kozhikode and a Salafist who hails
from Moozhikal in Kozhikode District
had been recruiting people from
Kerala in IS fold. Intelligence
agencies now believe that Sajeer is
no more working in UAE, but hiding
somewhere in Afghanistan, keeping
in close touch with the missing youth
from Kerala.
40 November 1 Malappuram A low intensity IED went off in a car Non-violent

parked near the judicial first class
magistrate court inside the civil
station in Malappuram in Kerala. No
one was injured in the incident. The
investigation officials suspect a terror
group named `The Base Movement'
behind the explosion. The explosion
occurred around 1 pm near a taxi car
hired by district medical officer
(homoeopathy), which was parked in
front of DMO office near the court
complex. The windshield of the
vehicle and another car in the
parking area suffered damages in
the explosion.
Police said the explosive material

was placed inside pressure cooker,
but there is no confirmation whether
a timer device or remote control was
used to trigger the blast. Initial
finding is that ammonium nitrate was
used in the explosive. The bomb
squad of Police and forensic experts
who collected evidence from the spot
recovered a box on which `The Base
Movement' was written. Police have
also recovered a damaged battery, a
pen drive and a notice issued by
`The Base Movement' from the site.
41 November 2 Malappuram The terror outfit, the Base Movement Non-violent

that claimed responsibility of the
blast at collectorate in Malappuram
on November 1, has warned of
similar attacks in various parts of the
country. It is learnt that the Base
Movement has also issued a death
threat against Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and Union ministers
in a pen drive abandoned at the blast
site but police have not confirmed it.
A special Police team, led by

Narcotic Cell DSP P T Balan, has
been formed to probe the incident.
An eight-member team of the NIA,
also visited the spot on November 2.
The agency will be assisting the
police team. IG (Thrissur range) M R
Ajithkumar, said the pen drive
contained visuals of six spots across
the country -including one in Kerala.
He said a preliminary investigation
hinted at the role of `The Base
Movement', reportedly the Indian
affiliate of Al Qaeda, in the blast.
"The pen drive contained visuals
similar to those recovered from blast
sites in Kollam, Nellore and Mysuru.
There were no personal references
made in the pen drive or in the map.
There is a warning also that such
things can happen again. The state
police chief is directly supervising the
probe," he said.
42 November Ernakulum District For the first time 28 accused of July Non-violent
21 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts were
produced before the special court for
trial of NIA cases at Ernakulum,
Kerala, through video conferencing
arranged by National Informatics
Centre in the morning at the District
collector office in Ahmedabad. The
accused are facing a trial for
allegedly being part of the training
camp organized by SIMI, a banned
organization, in December 2007 in
the forests of Wagamon in Kerala.
43 November Kerala The NIA probing activities of the Non-violent

22 Islamic State (IS) in South India has
confirmed the involvement of one
person, Abu Ayisha a native of
Kerala in instigating members of the
local IS module to carry out terror
activities in various parts of the
country. The agency has initiated
steps to ascertain whether it is IS
activist and Kozhikode-native
Shajeer Mangalassery operating in
the name of 'Abu Ayisha.' Once the
identity of Abu Ayisha is confirmed,
he will be prosecuted as accused in
the case. Earlier on November 21,
NIA sleuths had conducted raid at
the residence of Shajeer, who is a
graduate from the NIT.
According the NIA, Shajeer who

moved to Afghanistan via the UAE
has been communicating with the IS
operatives in India. The agency had
neutralised the South Indian module
of the terror organisation in October,
2016 and arrested six persons, while
the group was holding a meeting at
Kanakamala in Kannur.
"The IS members used to receive

messages from Abu Ayisha through
Telegram. The initial inquiry revealed
that Abu Ayisha instigated members
of the module to wage war against
the nation and the Government of
India. We suspect that 'Abu Ayisha'
is Shajeer himself, who has also
been actively propagating the IS
ideology through Facebook, under
the profile name Sameer Ali," said
NIA officials. It was also found that
Abu Ayisha was the link between the
local IS module and the 22 persons
who moved to Afghanistan from
Kerala to join the IS.
44 November Kerala The NIA and state security agencies Non-violent

22 have so far arrested 68 supporters of
Islamic State (IS) in various parts of
the country, Lok Sabha was
informed. The NIA and state security
agencies have so far arrested 68
ISIS supporters/sympathisers,"
Minister of State for Home Hansraj
Ahir said replying to a written
question. Ahir further said a total of
50 people have been arrested by
security agencies during 2016 of
whom 11 belonged to Maharashtra,
11 belonged to Telangana, 7
belonged to Karnataka, 4 from
Uttarakhand, 6 from Kerala, 1 from
Delhi, 2 from West Bengal, 1 from
Rajasthan, 2 from Uttar Pradesh, 1
from Madhya Pradesh, 1 from
Jammu and Kashmir, 1 from Bihar
and 2 from Tamil Nadu.
45 November Kerala The 'Base Movement' was linked to Non-violent

28 the five court blasts - in Chittoor
(Andhra Pradesh) on April 7, Kollam
(Kerala) on June 15, Mysuru
(Karnataka) on August 1, Nellore
(Andhra Pradesh) on September 12
and Malappuram (Kerala) on
November 2 - following messages
from the group claiming credit.
Computer printouts of messages
from the 'Base Movement' were
found at the blast sites in
Malappuram and Nellore. Pen drives
found at both sites contained
messages with a picture of Osama
bin Laden and a map of India. The
messages claimed that the blasts
were being carried out in retaliation
for alleged injustices to members of
the Muslim community. The outfit
also sent a mail to authorities
claiming credit for the Chittoor court
blast. "Almost all the bombs, from
Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh to
Malappuram in Kerala, have been
found to be assembled by someone
well-trained in bomb-making. Except
for one bomb which was packed in a
pressure cooker, all other bombs
were relatively less lethal as they
had no shrapnel. The organisation
also deliberately left pen drives and
leaflets at blast sites. It seems they
were trying to make a statement. But
things will be more clear now after
interrogating the three arrested from
Madurai," said an unnamed officer.
The term 'Base Movement' is

suspected to be a reference to the
AQIS formed in August 2014, with
the official name of "JamaatQaidat
al-jihad fi'shibhi al-qarrat al-Hindiya''
or "Organisation of the Base of Jihad
in the Indian Sub-Continent''.
"Investigations indicate that the
'Base Movement' is inspired by Al
Qaeda but probably has no links with
it. In the pen drives that it left at
some blast sites and the letters sent
to authorities, there is mention of Al
Qaeda and pictures of bin Laden, but
no mention of the Islamic State or
any other terror organisation," said
an unnamed intelligence officer.
Sources said it appears that the
group is self-funded and self-
motivated. "It doesn't appear to be a
Pakistan-supported group as such
groups always aim for mass
casualty," the officer said.
46 November Kerala Tamil Nadu, followed by Kerala have Statement

30 emerged as the new safe haven for
Islamic terrorists operating from
South India, say senior intelligence
officials based in Chennai. They
were reacting to the arrests of five
suspected Islamic terrorists from
various places of Tamil Nadu over
November 28-29. Official sources
confided that those arrested were
conspiring to unleash a series of
terrorist activities including
assassinations all over India. "We
have tracked strong undercurrents of
secessionist activities in Tamil Nadu
and Kerala spearheaded by various
Islamic outfits. All these arrests have
been made based on precise
information gathered by our moles,"
said a senior intelligence official. He
said all espionage agencies have
increased the intensity of monitoring
the suspects. "All suspects are
always on our radars and hence
there is nothing to panic," he said.
47 December Kerala The NIA has approached the NCB, a Non-violent

14 wing under CBI that acts as Interpol
in India, for issuing red corner notice
(RCN) against 19 Keralites, including
five women, who are believed to
have joined Islamic State (IS) in
Afghanistan. The notice, which is an
arrest warrant circulated by Interpol
on behalf of the government of a
particular country and serves as a
request from one country to another
to arrest and deport the wanted
individual, will enable the NIA to
track the missing persons with
assistance from police agencies,
which act as Interpol in Afghanistan.
NIA officials said an application for

the notice was filed a few weeks
ago. "NCB would proceed on the
application against the absconding
accused in the missing person cases
reported in Kasargod and Palakkad.
It will be sent to the Interpol
Secretariat for issuing red corner
notices. There is a non-bailable
arrest warrant pending against the
19 accused," said an NIA official.
The official added that once the
notice is issued, agencies acting as
Interpol in Afghanistan would assist
in tracking them. "They can also be
nabbed easily at airports, should
they choose to fly. We suspect the
accused have reached Nangarhar
Province in Afghanistan, where IS
has gained a foothold after Syria,
Iraq and North African countries.
Hence tracking them would not be
easy," the official said. In all, 22
persons - 14 men, five women and
three children - were reported
absconding from Kasargod and
Palakkad. The children were not
named as accused in the case.
48 December Kerala The NIA arrested one person, Non-violent

22 identified as Abdul Salam alias Podi
Salam, wanted in connection with a
2013 FICN case as soon as he
landed at the IGI airport in New
Delhi. Earlier, Saudi Arabia has
deported Abdul Salam, a resident of
Malappuram District in Kerala, is
wanted in connection with a 2013
case.
The case relates to conspiracy to
smuggle FICN worth of INR 9.75
lakh, which were recovered from one
Abid Chullikulavan Hassan by
Customs wing Kochi at
Nedumbasserry International Airport
in Kochi in Ernakulum District in
2013. NIA took over the probe in July
2014. Abdul Salam was part of the
criminal conspiracy to smuggle high
quality counterfeit Indian currency
notes to India from UAE and had
facilitated smuggling of the
contraband through Abid
Chullikulavan Hassan.
49 December Kerala Abdul Salam alias Podi Salam, the Non-violent

23 key accused in the Nedumbassery
FICN case who was deported from
Saudi Arabia and arrested on
December 22 from New Delhi
airport, was brought to Kochi in
Ernakulum District of Kerala. After
arresting him at the IGI airport, he
was brought from New Delhi to Kochi
and produced before the NIA court.
The court sent him to the agency's
custody for three days. Salam
worked with members of Dawood
Ibrahim's gang and was instrumental
in bringing in a sum of INR 9.75 lakh
worth FICN to the country.
Abdul Salam from Wandoor in

Malappuram District was the third
accused in the case. "There was
also an Interpol red corner notice
issued against him," said an NIA
official. Salam, who was engaged in
hotel business, was absconding ever
since the case was lodged against
him. On January 26, 2013 when
around 1,950 counterfeit notes in the
denominations of INR 500 were
recovered from a man, Abid Hassan,
who arrived at the Cochin airport
from Dubai. Aftab Bhatki, a member
of Dawood Ibrahim's crime syndicate
had arranged the counterfeit notes.
Aftab is still absconding. Salam had
arranged the carrier for transporting
the notes from Dubai to Kerala. The
agency had found that the notes
were printed in Pakistan.
50 December Kerala Indian External Affairs Minister Statement

27 Sushma Swaraj said India will spare
no effort to secure release of Father
Tom Uzhunnalil, a Keralite priest
abducted nearly nine months ago by
Islamic State (IS) a terror group in
war-torn Yemen. The minister's
remarks come a day after a
purported video by the priest
appealing to the government to free
him surfaced. "We have spared no
effort and we will spare no effort to
secure Fr Tom's release from
captivity," Swaraj tweeted.
Expressing government's resolve to
bring him back, she cited examples
of India ensuring release of
kidnapped citizens like Judith
D'Souza and Fr Alexis Prem Kumar
from Afghanistan.
2015
No.
1 February 7 Kochi Commodore G. Prakash, Director of Statement

the Maritime Warfare Centre at the
Southern Naval Command said that
the security of the seas surrounding
India has financial, diplomatic and
geopolitical ramifications, hence the
need to incorporate coastal and
seaward security subjects in school
and college curriculums. "Citizens
must be made aware of the
significance of maritime security and
its link to the growth of the country
and its ties with nations across the
seas," he said while speaking on
'ocean and national security' at the
World Ocean Science Congress in
Kochi in Kerala.
2 March 17 Palakkad The Additional District Court of Non-violent

Palakkad sentenced two Al Ummah
cadres, Pandamkodu Myhammed
Sherif and Malappuram Valanchery
Karthala Said Habeeb Koya to
double life term for murdering BJP
leader Kollangode Mani on
September 13, 1996. The convicts
also have to pay INR 215,000 as
fine. The court recently pronounced
that four Al Ummah cadres from
Palakkad and Malappuram Districts
guilty in the murder of Muthalamada
Mani. The other two Saidali Bava
and Abdul Khader did not appear
before the court then. The court has
issued an arrest warrant against
them. The charges against the four
include murder, conspiracy and
inciting communal hatred.
3 March 26 Panayikulam / The examination of prosecution Non-violent

Ernakulam District witnesses in the August 15, 2006,
Panayikulam (Ernakulam District,
Kerala) SIMI camp case was
completed at the NIA Court in Kochi.
The court would begin procedures
under Section 313 of the CrPC on
April 18, 2015. NIA Court Judge K M
Balachandran examined 50
witnesses, 230 documents and 10
material objects in the first phase of
the trial. The accused persons in the
case are P A Shaduly alias Harris,
Abdul Rasik, Ansar alias Ansar
Nadim, Nizamudeen alias Nizamon,
Shammi alias Shammer, Shammer,
Abdul Hakeem, Nizar,
Mahayudheenkutty alias Taha,
Muhammad Nisar, Ashkar, Nissar
alias Muhammed Nissar, Salih,
Hasim, Riyas, Muhammad Naizam,
and Nisar. Binanipuram Sub
Inspector K N Rajesh had received
information on August 15, 2006,
about a secret meeting of SIMI
(Students Islamic Movement of
India) at an auditorium at
Panayikulam. On visiting the spot,
he found that there were 17 persons
in the room and some of them were
making inflammatory speeches.
Seditious books and pamphlets were
also seized from the spot where the
meeting was being organised. Later
on, Lhari Dorgee Latoo,
Superintendent of Police, NIA, filed
the chargesheet against a total of 17
persons in the case in 2010.
4 May 8 Ernakulam The Special Court for NIA, Non-violent

Ernakulam in Kerala sentenced 10
convicts in the sensational palm
chopping case to 8 years of rigorous
imprisonment and three others have
been sentenced to two years of
rigorous imprisonment. Earlier, on
April 30 the Court had found 13
persons guilty of various charges
including terrorism and criminal
conspiracy in the cases related to
the chopping of the palm of T J
Joseph, a professor with the
Newman College in Thodupuzha in
Idukki District by the activists of
radical outfit Popular Front of India
(PFI).
5 May 25 Perinthalmanna A special investigation team of Non-violent

town / Malappuram Police arrested two persons,
District identified as K K Krishnakumar and
David Sam and seized FICN with a
face value of INR 2.1 million in
Perinthalmanna town of Malappuram
District in Kerala. According to
Police, the accused are active in
smuggling and fake currency rackets
based n Bangalore (Karnataka) and
they collect the currencies from a
Chennai based Malayali, who was
arrested earlier by Kerala Police.
Police also said that the search for
the agents and distributors
functioning under the gang has
already started and they would be
arrested soon.
6 July 31 Kochi The naval harbour at Kochi has Non-violent

become the first in the country to get
a top-notch defence system which
will enable operators to foresee, and
respond to, surface and sub-surface
threats to vital assets along the
harbour and warships in the quay.
The IUHDSS, a state-of-the-art
automated system capable of
detecting, identifying, tracking and
generating warning for surface and
underwater threats, was
commissioned by Vice-Admiral Sunil
Lanba, Flag Officer Commanding-in-
Chief of the Southern Naval
Command. The system, comprising
a cluster of coastal surveillance
radars, high-power underwater
sensors and diver detection sonars,
was designed by IAI ELTA.
7 August 3 Kerala The Intelligence Wing of the Kerala Non-violent

Police has confirmed that a youth
from the state has joined the Islamic
State (IS). Officials who refused to
share the whereabouts of the person
said he had been working in the
Middle East before joining the
militant group a year ago. "The
information is reasonably confirmed.
He is reported to have lived in Syria
and Iraq afterwards," the official
said. Though there are reports that
two other Keralites too joined the
group, the Police said they were yet
to receive reliable information in this
regard.
8 August 5 Alappuzha The NIA began its probe into an Non-violent

Iranian boat, which was captured by
the Indian Coast Guard off the
Alappuzha coast in July. The 12
crew members of the captured
Iranian boat, who are now in judicial
custody, are likely to be interrogated
by the NIA team. According to
reports, the crew had made calls to
Pakistan and Afghanistan using a
satellite phone.
9 August 10 Kerala The Centre has alerted Kerala that a Non-violent

dormant module of the IM having
links with the Islamic State (IS)
militia may be planning to recruit
fighters for strife-torn Syria and Iraq.
Sources said the IM's links with the
IS had come to light after the death
of Muhammed Sajjid aka Bada
Sajjid, an IM operative. He was killed
during a shelling in Syria last month.
The IM had been dormant in the
country after the arrest of some of its
top leaders such as Yasin Bhatkal,
T.A. Shibili and Safdar Nagori. There
were others from Kerala as well who
had links with IM and Jam-I-yyathuk
Ansurul Muslimeen. IM operatives
behind bars include Thadiyanvide
Nazir aka Ummer Haji, Umar
Farooq, and Ibrahim Moulavi.
However, intelligence sources said
many absconders, including Ayub
and Shoaib from Kannur and
Shuhaib from Parappangadi, wanted
in terror-linked cases, may have
joined the IS using new names and
identities
Sources said the case of two
missing Keralites from the UAE and
Qatar a few months ago had
increased suspicion that radicalised
Kerala youths were joining the IS
militants. Intelligence agencies had
already traced the identity of Abu
Thahir, who had left his home at
Puduppariyaram, near Palakkad in
Kerala for Qatar, two years ago. But
the Indian Consulate in Qatar had no
clue if he had reached the Emirate,
even as his Facebook page
remained active for long after he
was reported missing. Another is an
unnamed Keralite youth hailing from
Kunnummal in Kozhikode District.
He has been missing from Ras-al-
Khaimah in UAE for the past four
months. Sources said that a
Keralite's name figured in the radar
of intelligence agencies after the
detention of IM sympathisers in
Saudi Arabia. It was unclear whether
he was still alive, sources said.
10 August 20 Kerala Kerala government decided to open Non-violent

three more Cyber Police Stations in
major cities, including Kochi,
Kozhikode and Kannur in 2015 to
tackle the menace of cyber crime.
Kerala Home Minister Ramesh
Chennithala also said that the state
will soon have a CyberDome
functional at the Technopark campus
in Thiruvananthapuram to tackle
cyber crime.
11 September 1 Kochi Two youth from Kerala have been Non-violent

deported by the UAE after they
posted pro-Islamic State (IS)
comments on Facebook. Sources
said that the Facebook posts
indicated that they had been
"radicalized." The two men are
reportedly part of a group of 10
Indians being monitored closely in
the UAE for sharing terror group
Islamic State's propaganda on social
media. The UAE has sent the two
men back to India, but has not
registered cases against them. It has
also not revealed their names citing
security reasons.
The two youth are Kochi based. On

their return to Kochi, they were taken
in by the Intelligence Agencies for
questioning. After being questioned,
the agencies found that they were
misguided and decided to let them
go home with a warning. The two
youth will now be counselled and a
close watch will be kept on them.
The UMHA is opposed to the idea of
booking cases against such youth.
They were in the process of
committing an offence while trying to
join the ISIS, a Home Ministry official
informed.
12 September 4 Kerala Kerala Police is conducting a probe Non-violent

into the allegations against two
Keralites, who were deported by the
UAE for 'endorsing' the ideas of
Islamic State (IS) through social
media. It has not been confirmed
that the deported persons have any
link with terror outfit IS, State DGP T
P Senkumar stated. However, he
said probe into the issue was on. In
UAE a person would be under
scanner if they react even though
social media, he added.
13 September Ernakulam A youth working with a private Non-violent

13 company at Kakkanad in Ernakulam
District received a series of text
messages from a WhatsApp group
in the name of Islamic State (IS).
The youth hailing from Kasaragod
has filed a complaint before the
Cyber Cell of Kochi city Police in this
regard. The conversation started
with a text message: "You are in our
contact list. Welcome to Dawlathul
Islam Dwah group." The messages
were sent from the number
+1(509)871-0700 by a person who
introduced himself as Shami. The
sender has warned the youth that
joining the WhatsApp group of IS
involves risk and hence needs to be
careful.
The stranger first messaged the

youth on September 11 with the
greeting 'asalamu alaikkum'. When
the youth asked the sender's
identity, the stranger sent the reply
"Shami, from Islamic State". The
other messages in the conversation
were sent on September 12. The
stranger had also asked the
whereabouts of the youth, including
his profession. Later, the youth
received an audio file, which is
believed to be in Arabic. After seeing
the flag of IS as display picture of
the group, the youth left the group.
Before quitting the group, the youth
took screenshots for evidence.
According to the youth, the stranger
could have accessed his mobile
number from a Facebook group
named Right Thinkers, wherein he
used to have conversation with
many.
14 September Thiruvananthapuram Four youth of Kerala origin, Non-violent

14 & Kozhikode reportedly sympathizers of Islamic
State (IS) have been deported from
the UAE. While two youth were sent
to Thiruvananthapuram the other
two were detained at Kozhikode.
This is the second incident of
sympathizers of the IS being
deported in two weeks.
15 September Kerala The four youths informally deported Non-violent

15 from the UAE for suspected links
with Islamic State (IS) are suspected
to be part of a 20-member module of
radicalised Malayali youths
operating out of Ras Al Khaimah at
UAE. The module came to light and
was subsequently neutralised after
UAE Police started investigating the
disappearance of another Malayali
youth now believed to have joined
the IS in Syria. "We have details of
one Malayali who has gone to Syria
and possibly joined the IS. Riyad, a
native of the Kundungal in
Kozhikode, is missing and is
suspected to be in Syria," said an
intelligence source, who is part of a
coordinated effort by central and
state agencies to track the growing
influence of IS among Indian youth.
Riyad is reportedly from an
influential family in north Kerala. His
immediate family members, who
were in Ras Al Khaimah, were sent
back to Kerala two days ago.
16 September Kerala The Kerala Police registered a case Non-violent

16 against Riyab-ul-Rehman, a youth
from Payyanakkal in Kozhikode
District on the charge of joining the
Islamic State (IS) and trying to
recruit people to the banned militia
operating in Syria and Iraq.
Intelligence agencies say that
Rehman had left for Syria from the
UAE about six months ago. He is the
son of a textile businessman, who
too was deported from the UAE on
September 16. The entire family had
been in Ras-al-Khaimah, one of the
seven emirates in the UAE, for the
past 41 years. ADGP (North Zone)
N. Shankar Reddy stated the case
was registered under Section 125
(waging war against an Asiatic
Power that is in alliance with the
government of India) of the IPC and
Section 18 of the UAPA.
17 September Kerala Intelligence sources said that Non-violent

16 Rehman had left home after he had
fallen out with his father over his
radical ideology. His name had
figured in the radar of security
agencies after the detention of IM
sympathisers in Saudi Arabia. The
case of two missing Keralites from
the UAE and Qatar a few months
ago had increased the suspicion that
radicalised Kerala youths were
joining the IS militants. Security
agencies had traced the identity of
Abu Thahir, who had left his home
Palakkad for Qatar two years ago.
But the Indian consulate in Qatar
has no clue if he has reached the
emirate.
18 September Kerala Several Muslim organisations have Non-Violent

29 started a strong campaign against
terror outfit IS asserting that "it was
justifying terrorist actions by
distorting Islamic symbols as well as
history". Muslim organisations in
Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram
(Kerala) Jodhpur and Ajmer
(Rajasthan) Lucknow (Uttar
Pradesh) and Delhi and other cities
have organised conclaves, press
conferences, public meetings and
youth conferences which hundreds
of Muslim youngsters/men have
attended in the past few weeks.
19 October 5 Kerala The multi-crore narcotic, gold and Non-Violent

hawala rackets operating in Kerala,
particularly in Aluva of Ernakulam
District, with national and
international connections will likely
come under the scanner of the NIA.
NIA officials interrogated Aluva
based narcotic operator Ibrahim,
who was arrested by the Excise
Enforcement and Anti-narcotic
Squad the other day in connection
with brown sugar haul. According to
the Excise Enforcement and Anti-
narcotic Squad, the narco racket led
by Ibrahim was instrumental in
smuggling brown sugar
consignments to the Middle East,
especially Kuwait, on several
occasion.
20 October 16 Kerala The NIA has decided to set free two Non-violent
persons accused of attending a
terror training camp in Kerala for
launching a series of attacks across
India. NIA sought the sanction of
UMHA for dropping charges against
Abu Saad and Shah Alam, residents
of Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh. They
were accused of attending the
training camp organised by leaders
of the banned SIMI at Wagamon in
Kerala in 2007. The two were named
by multiple investigating agencies for
being part of various terror attacks in
the country from 2008 to 2011. The
investigation by the NIA, however,
could not find any evidence against
the two. The NIA also stated that
they found that the two persons had
not attended the camp.
21 November 2 Kakkodi Mukku in A team of the Kerala State Special Non-violent

Kozhikode District Branch (Intelligence Wing) arrested
the State (Assam) 'organising
secretary' of NDFB-IKS, identified as
Dimga alias Lidion Basumatary (34)
from Kakkodi Mukku in Kozhikode
District. Dimga, hailing from Chirang
District of Assam, was arrested after
the police received an intelligence
input about his stay at a rented
house at Kakkodi Mukku for the past
two weeks.
22 November Kochi / Ernakulam The Kerala Police arrested a close Non-violent

14 District aide of alleged LeT operative,
Thadiyantavide Nazir, identified as
Shahanas from Kochi in Ernakulam
District
23 November Kerala The Kerala State Intelligence is Non-violent

15 closely monitoring a suspected
larger network in the State working
for alleged LeT operative,
Thadiyantavide Nazir who is
currently in Police custody. The
racket has come under the scanner,
especially after the arrest of his
close aide Shahanas from Kochi in
Ernakulam District on November 14.
''There is a group of sympathisers,
who are evolving into the form of a
network and is facilitating and
coordinating Nazir's activities from
inside the prison. Their number may
not be statistically significant but
most of them are enjoying the
support of some mainstream political
organisations, known for their affinity
towards such fringe radical groups,''
a top intelligence official said.
24 November Mannam Paravur / The Police recovered a couple of Non-violent

15 Ernakulam District mobile phone from the residence of
Nizammuddin, an accused of
Panayikulam SIMI case, at Mannam
Paravur in Ernakulam District.
25 November Kochi The NIA court in Kochi found five Non-violent

25 persons guilty in a case pertaining to
the conduct of a secret meeting of
banned SIMI nine years ago. Of the
total 17 persons arraigned as
accused, the court acquitted 11 for
want of evidence. The trial of one of
the five accused, a minor at the time
of the incident, is being held at a
juvenile court. The others found
guilty were P A Shaduli, Abdul
Rasik, Ansar Nadvi, Nizamudheen
and Shameem. The court upheld the
UAPA charges against the first three
accused. The quantum of
punishment will be announced on
November 26.
As per the prosecution, the five

accused entered into a criminal
conspiracy in Kochi and other places
to advocate, incite and abet unlawful
activities for cession of Jammu and
Kashmir from India and to bring
hatred and contempt towards the
government, and in pursuance
therefore, organised a secret
meeting at Panayikulam near Kochi
on August 15, 2006.
The NIA chargesheet said that all

the 17 accused had attended the
meeting with books and pamphlets
that were anti-national, seditious and
contained inflammatory writings.
They brought a publication of SIMI
with an intention to bring hatred and
contempt against the government, to
conduct jihad for cession of Kashmir
from India and bring back Muslim
rule in India, the chargesheet said,
adding that the five accused found
guilty were sitting on the dais and
the acquitted persons were in the
audience.
26 November Ernakulam The Additional Chief Judicial Non-violent

27 Magistrate court in Ernakulam
District in Kerala, has issued a
production warrant against
suspected IM operative
Thadiyantavide Nazeer in
connection with a case of attempting
to influence witnesses of Bengaluru
(Karnataka) blast case of 2008. The
Police said the warrant stipulated
production of Nazeer before the
court on December 4, 2015. Police
may also record his arrest. A convict
in the Kozhikode twin blast case,
Nazeer is currently lodged in a
Bengaluru jail.
27 November Kollam District As part of the Navy week activities Non-violent

27 CSACs along the coastal villages of
Kollam District (Kerala) was
organised by a team from Southern
Naval Command of Kochi. The
campaign was aimed at bringing in
awareness among fishermen about
the threats from the sea and the way
coastal populace can help in
thwarting it and safety precautions to
be taken by fishermen at sea, a
Navy release said.
28 November Kalamassery / Police arrested one person, Non-violent

29 Ernakulam District identified as Rabi ul Haq, a West
Bengal-native along with four FICNs
of 1,000 denomination, while trying
to change the notes at a lottery
vending shop at Kalamassery in
Ernakulam District. He is suspected
to have brought the FICN from
Bangladesh.
29 November Kochi The NIA court in Kochi sentenced Non-violent

30 two persons to undergo 14 years of
imprisonment and three others to 12
years after they were found guilty in
a case pertaining to the conduct of a
secret meeting of banned SIMI nine
years back. Of the 17 persons
arraigned as the accused, the court
had acquitted 11 persons for lack of
evidence. The trial of another
accused, a minor at the time of
crime, is going on at the juvenile
court.
The court granted jail term of 14

years to the first accused P A
Shaduli and second accused Abdul
Rasik. The three others who were
sentenced to undergo 12 years of
jail term are Ansar Nadvi,
Nizamudheen and Shameem. While
the first two convicted have to pay
fine of INR 60,000 each, the three
others have to pay INR 50,000 each.
As per the prosecution, the five
accused entered into a criminal
conspiracy in Kochi and other places
to advocate, incite and abet unlawful
activities for cession of Kashmir from
India and to bring hatred and
contempt towards the government,
and in pursuance therefore,
organised a secret meeting at
Panayikulam near Kochi on August
15, 2006.
30 December 7 Kerala After repeated cases of migrant Non-violent

labourers being held with FICN of
high denominations, in Kerala, the
NIA has decided to probe the origin
of such notes. The NIA, after
assessing recent cases reported in
Ernakulam and Kottayam Districts,
has found that the counterfeits were
printed with great precision using
high quality paper. A senior NIA
official said the seized FICN are
suspected to be of Pakistan-origin.
According to NIA officials, such

counterfeits can only be printed by a
neigbouring country on sophisticated
machineries. "Similar FICNs seized
were subjected to examination in
Mumbai in 2008. The physical
features of the seized FICNs were
tested and found similarities with
Pakistan currency. Also, the paper
used for FICNs matched with the
legal tender of Pakistan," the officer
said. The NIA has found that the
currencies are initially trafficked to
Malda District of West Bengal which
borders India and Bangladesh.
Moreover, migrant labourers who
were held with FICNs in Ernakulam
and Kottayam were getting a
commission of 50 per cent.
31 December Kerala With the case of suspected Popular Non-violent

24 Front of India (PFI) activists running
a weapons training camp at Narath
in Kannur District in April 2013
reaching trial stage, there is concern
that the accused are trying to
influence witnesses and delay
proceedings, according to the NIA,
which is probing the case. "The
tactics being used are the same as
in the hand-chopping case of
Thodupuzha Newman College
professor and the Bengaluru blast
case. The witnesses are made to
turn hostile by various means," said
an NIA source.
NIA suspects that the manner in

which the 22nd accused,
Kamarudheen, surrendered in court
was also intended to delay the court
process. "There is a concerted effort
to sabotage the case with the
support of leaders of a major political
party in the ruling front. However,
evidence clearly shows that it was a
weapons training camp. The
members were taught to hurl bombs
and use swords, for which they were
taught human anatomy," the official
said. Under threat, the witnesses are
afraid to even register a Police
complaint. However, the accused
could not get bail. Many parents are
now hesitant to send their children to
PFI training programmes, said a
cop. "So they are hell bent on
sabotaging the case to regain their
eroding mass support," he said.
32 June 22 Dharmadam / A FICN case with a Chinese Non-violent

Kannur District connection has been established by
investigation agencies in Kerala. The
NIA which interrogated the accused
in the counterfeits seizure from
Dharmadam, Kannur, recently found
that FICN was sourced by a
Pakistani national residing in China.
The inflow of FICN have increased
double fold in the past few years as
seizure of notes having face value of
INR 34,55,000 were recovered in
2015 compared to INR 7,51,000 in
2014. In the first three months of
2016, there were 11 FICN seizure
cases were registered in Kerala. NIA
is currently probing eight fake
currency seizure cases reported in
Kerala. NIA has unraveled
Pakistan's ISI and D-company link in
some of the cases here earlier.
33 September Kerala Yasmin Zaid, the radicalised Non-violent

12 schoolteacher from Kerala who was
arrested at Delhi airport last month
before she could board a flight to
Kabul (Afghanistan) in her attempt to
join Islamic State (IS), has told the
NIA that at least 22 people from
Kerala had left India between May
and July this year to join the terror
outfit. Yasmin told the interrogators
that among the 22 people, six were
women and three infants, and all of
them exited India in batches, from
Bangalore (Karnataka), Hyderabad
(Telangana) and Mumbai
(Maharashtra). She also provided
information on fugitive IS recruiter
Abdul Rashid, saying she had in fact
married him on May 3 during a nikah
conducted over the phone.
The NIA sources said that Yasmin

told the interrogators that Rashid
and his first wife Ayisha were in
touch with a couple from the UK,
who were actively championing IS
on the internet. Yasmin has already
told the NIA that IS was running
"terror classes" in India, and that 40
people had already been
indoctrinated by Rashid, who also
persuaded Mumbai graduate Ashfaq
Abdul Majid to join the group.
"Yasmin revealed that Rashid is a
vital cog in Daesh's India operations.
In fact, he provided her with Rs 1.5
lakh to facilitate her travel to
Afghanistan," an NIA source said.
2014


No.
1 January 7 Kerala Kochi is turning out to be the Non-violent

cybercrime capital of Kerala,
registering an almost 75 per cet
increase in such crimes in 2012
compared with 2011.
2 January 9 Kochi, Eranakulam Three persons were arrested from Non-violent

District Old Market Road in Angamaly of
Ernakullam District while shopping
with FICN with a face value of INR
1000.
3 February 12 Kasargod The NIA arrested an accused, Non-violent

Shihab H.K. from Bushra Manzil in
Kanhangod town of Kasargod
District. He is the seventh accused
as per the FIR in Thaliparamba FICN
case.
4 February 18 Ernakulam / Kerala The NIA has filed a chargesheet at Non-violent

the NIA Special Court against two
accused, Abdul Kalam alias Azad
and Abdul Majeed in the
Nedumbassery (Ernakulam District,
Kerala) FICN case of March, 2010.
5 February 23 Kerala A team of Kerala and Tamil Nadu Non-violent

Police arrested a key suspect, K
Sahul Hameed alias Paravi Badusha
wanted in connection with a bomb
blast on April 17, 2013, outside a
BJP in Bangalore (Karnataka), from
his hideout in Anchal in Punalur of
Kollam District. Police also seized a
pistol and 17 kg of explosive
substances from him.
6 March 3 Taliparamba / NIA Special Court dismissed the bail Non-violent

Kannur petition of Aboobacker Haji alias
Masthigooda Aboobacker, the fourth
accused in the Taliparamba (Kannur
District of Kerala) FICN case.
7 March 14 Kerala The central enforcement and Non-violent

intelligence agencies have
commenced surveillance activities to
curb high inflow Hawala (illegal
money transaction) money in Kerala.
8 March 14 Trichi The counterfeit currency wing of the Non-violent

Crime Branch of Criminal
Investigation Departement (CID)
neutralised a four-member gang who
were trying to exchange FICN with a
face value of INR 1,96,500 in Trichy.
9 April 3 Ernakulam Police arrested two persons, Non-violent

identified as Deenabandhu Barman
and Shine Mandal hailing from West
Bengal along with FICN to the tune
of INR 56,500 at Muvattupuzha in
Ernakulam District.
10 April 3 Kerala The Union Ministry of Home Affairs Non-violent

has given notification to the NIA
Special Court I in Kochi (Kerala) to
resume trial of NIA cases registered
in the state.
11 April 25 Kerala The Kerala Police and the NIA Non-violent

produced further evidence before the
Centre-appointed tribunal for
reviewing the ban on SIMI.
12 May 5 Kerala The Kerala Police asserted that IM Non-violent

operatives Zia-ur-Rehman alias
Waqas and Tehseen Akhtar, who
stayed in Munnar from September to
November 2013, didn't get more
local help than what was found
earlier. The state Police called off
their investigation in this regard.
13 May 6 Kochi The Additional District and Sessions Non-violent

Court of Kochi sentenced three
persons, identified as Mohanan (61),
his son Visak (27) and Vijyan (51) to
four years imprisonment for
involvement in a FICN case and the
court also ordered them to pay a fine
of INR 5,000.
14 May 16 Kochi One person, identified as Naveen Non-violent

was arrested by Kadavanthra Police
in 'Operation Kuber' along with FICN
with a face value of INR 1,45,495 in
Kochi of Ernakulam District.
15 May 19 Kerala Police and intelligence agencies are Non-violent

investigating the origin of a 'circular'
purportedly written by an IM
operative, which details the
recruitment drive initiated by the
banned terrorist outfit in Kerala.
16 May 29 Ernakulam, Kerala NIA Court will frame charges against Non-violent
the accused in the Panayikulam
(Ernakulam District in Kerala) camp
case of SIMI on June 16, 2014. The
court has asked all the accused,
including those who received bail in
the case, to be produced in court on
June 16 for completing procedures
before beginning trial in the case.
17 May 30 Thiruvananthapuram Kerala Police seized over 200kg of Non-violent

ammonium nitrate and over 2,000
gelatine sticks from the outhouse of
the residence of Binu of Arattukuzhi
near Vellarada in
Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala.
The explosives were brought from
Trichy in Tamil Nadu. Besides Binu,
Police have booked one more
person, Vinod in the case.
18 May 30 Thiruvananthapuram Interceptor vessel C-407 was Non-violent

commissioned into the Indian Coast
Guard to strengthen coastal security
off Kerala coast by K S
Balasubramanian, Kerala DGP. The
induction of interceptor boat in Coast
Guard will enhance the capability of
the Coast Guard towards coastal
security, Search and Rescue and
enforcement of Maritime laws off
Kerala coast.
19 May 31 Malappuram, Kerala NIA arrested a native of West Non-violent

Bengal, identified as Muhammed
Inshan Ali who is an accused in the
Manjeri (Malappuram District of
Kerala) FICN case from Chennai.
20 June 1 Kerala Muhammed Inshan Ali, who is an Non-violent

accused in the Manjeri (Malappuram
District of Kerala) FICN case was
produced before the Special Court
which remanded him in judicial
custody until June 13, 2014.
21 June 16 Kochi NIA was granted 10 days custody of Non-violent

an accused, Mammunhi alias
Muhammad Kunji in the Kasargod
FICN case by the NIA court in Kochi.
22 June 21 Kasargod Police arrested an underworld Non-violent

militant and former aide of Dawood
Ibrahim, identified as Abdul Hameed
alias Puttu (40) from Manjeshwar
town of Kasargod District in Kerala.
23 June 24 Ernakulam Kerala Police arrested two persons, Non-violent

identified as Israt Ali and Mohammed
Ujeer in Ernakulam District and
seized FICN worth INR 2,10,000.
Both are reportedly from Bihar.
24 June 26 Kochi FICNs seized earlier on June 24 Non-violent

from two persons have been
reportedly brought to Kochi from
Pakistan through Bangladesh border,
RBI verified the notes and revealed
the information. According to official
sources, Police are investigating the
probable role of Pakistan in
producing the FICNs. According to
sources, the notes were handed over
to a Bangladeshi citizen residing
illegally in Jharkhand. The notes
came to Kerala through migrant
labourers working in the state who
frequently visit their native places.
25 June 28 Kerala NIA has taken over the investigation Non-violent

into the case of alleged plot by
Pakistan-based terror group to carry
out suicide attacks on the US and
Israeli consulates in South India. The
probe was handed over by the Tamil
Nadu Police so that the complete
conspiracy hatched overseas
including in Sri Lanka and Malaysia
could be unravelled, official sources
said. Besides these two countries,
investigation would also be carried
out in Maldives from where the
suicide attackers were supposed to
take a boat ride to reach a coast in
Kerala, the sources said.
26 June 29 Kochi The Kochi International airport in Non-violent

Kerala, where security had been
tightened following receipt of
threatening calls of attack by
terrorists, would continue to be on
red alert. Police, CRPF and
Thunderbolt Commandos will
continue to provide security to the
airport.
27 July 2 Kalamassery Police received information that Non-violent

Kerala has turned out to be a hotspot
for racketeers who arrive here to turn
FICN into original currency notes.
The information was received after
interrogating two youths from Bihar,
who were arrested by the Police for
possessing counterfeit notes at
Kalamassery last week.
28 July 14 Kochi A Kochi court withdrew a warrant Non-violent

issued against Abdul Nasser Madani
after SC granted him bail. The case
related to organizing a meeting of
the banned Islamic Sevak Sangham
at Anwarssery (Kollam District) in
December 1992. In the warrant sent
to the Bangalore jail, the court had
ordered to produce Madani before it
by August 13, 2013. The warrant had
been lying unexecuted.
29 July 16 Kochi NIA has taken over the investigation Non-violent

into the seizure of FICN from
Nedumbassery Airport, Ernakulam
District in January 27, 2013. The NIA
re-registered the FIR in the case at
NIA Court in Kochi. According to NIA
officials, they have taken over the
investigation into the case in which
1,950 FICNs of INR 500
denomination, with a face value of
INR 9,75,000 were seized from
Nedumbassery Airport.
30 July 18 Malappuram Police arrested a person, Haroon Non-violent

Rasheed in connection with the
distribution of FICN worth INR
3,00,000, in Malappuram. "Haroon
Rasheed worked as a sub-contractor
at a hollow bricks firm in Kondotty.
He used the Bengali labourers there
to bring fake notes via Bangladesh to
India. Haroon Rasheed will use this
money in different shops during
hectic hours. More persons are
involved in this crime. It also has an
international link. National agencies
have collected evidence in the case
and we are in search for the
remaining persons in the mafia,"
Malappuram SI Manoj Parayatta
said.
31 July 23 Ernakulam The Kerala High Court dismissed the Non-violent

bail plea of an accused, Mastigudda
Aboobacker in the Thaliparamba
FICN case.
32 July 29 Palakkad Hindu Munnani's headquarters at Non-violent

Chintadripet in Chennai received a
letter, which threatened to kill Hindu
leaders who make inflammatory
speeches against Prophet
Muhammad. Police said the letter
had been posted from Palakkad in
Kerala and they were trying to trace
the sender.
33 July 31 Malappuram District An accused in the February 14, 1998 Non-violent

Coimbatore serial bomb blasts case,
identified as S Kunhi Mohammed
was arrested in Malappuram District.
However, three other accused
including B Mujibur Rehman alias
Muji, A Jagubar Sadiq alias Tailor
Raja alias Valarntha Raja and NP
Noohu are still absconding for the
past 16 years.
34 August 26 Kerala Sources said that IS, in a deadly Non-violent

pursuit to establish an Islamic
Caliphate, is recruiting poor Muslims
in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka,
Maharashtra and J&K. The several
security agencies including RAW
and NIA have said that more than
100 Indian men could have already
joined the IS in Iraq and these IS
recruits could be used to strike terror
in India once the war in Iraq and
Syria ends. Sources also said that
an IM man who is declared as
wanted by the NIA could be
recruiting for the ISIS.
35 August 29 Idukki District Kerala Police arrested Jamil Akhtar, Non-violent

a suspected aide of IM operatives
Waqas Ahmed and Tehseen Aktarat
from Munnar in Idukki District on
charges of arranging
accommodation for them in 2013.
According to Police, Aktar hails from
Bihar.
36 August 30 Idukki District Police have released Jamil Aktar Non-violent

who was taken into custody from
Munnar in Idukki District of Kerala on
August 29 for suspected links with
IM operatives Waqas Ahmed and
Tehseen Aktar. Police said they had
decided to release Aktar after a
detailed interrogation failed to yield
any substantive evidence to
establish his suspected IM links.
37 August 30 Kerala A noted Muslim cleric in Kerala Non-violent

issued a fatwa asking his community
members to boycott the IS and other
terrorist organisations. In his
religious decree, general secretary of
All India Sunni Jam-e-yyathul Ulema,
Shaikh Abu Bakr Ahmad said
favouring the extremist organizations
is antithetical to the Islamic sharia.
38 September Kochi NIA, which is investigating the Non-violent

18 Kasargod FICN cases, has found
that FICN with face value of INR
31,00,000 were brought to Kerala
from Dubai through the Bangalore
Airport in August 2012.NIA has
charge sheeted Abdul Jabbar
Usman Abdul Nazir K A alias Nasar
alias Safar Nazar A M Subaida
Moideen alias Moideenabba Ummer
Beary, Haji Master Manzil and Abdul
Rehman. The NIA exempted
Mammunhi alias Muhammed Kunji
alias Thailangadi Mammunhi and
Majeed Mohammad Abdul Khader
alias Majeed Koliyad from charge
sheet, stating that the evidence
available against them were not
sufficient for prosecution. Moreover,
another accused, Majeed Koliyad is
still absconding.
39 September Kerala The IB has warned that "groups and Non-violent

24 elements supportive of extremist
ideology similar to al-Qaeda" are
trying to "increase communal
tension" in states like J&K,
Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan,
UP, Bihar, Karnataka, Kerala and
Delhi. The intelligence report
(reference no-3627-60 & 3698-
3731/C&R Cell-C-2/SII), has
reiterated that al- Qaeda 'chief'
Ayman-al-Zawahari, who launched a
new branch for the Indian sub-
continent, also intends to target
commercial centres, tourist
destinations, religious places,
aviation sector, railways
infrastructure and BJP offices in
various states, including West
Bengal and Assam. The report has
been dispatched to all state police
agencies.
40 September Kozhikode The ISIT of the Kerala Police Non-violent

27 arrested a key accused, identified as
P. A. Raisal, in the 2008 Bangalore
bomb blast case, at the Kozhikode
International Airport. Raisal, an aide
of IM operative Thadiyantavide
Nazeer, who is an accused in many
terror-related cases in Kerala and
Karnataka, was arrested by a team
led by SP, Sam Christy Daniel.
41 September Kochi The Bangalore unit of the NIA will Non-violent

29 come to Kochi to interrogate P. A.
Raisal, the key accused in the
Bangalore bomb blast case.
According to sources, the NIA would
take Raisal to Bangalore for
collecting details pertaining to his
alleged role in the bomb blast. He
was arrested from Kozhikode
international airport of Kozhikode
District in Kerala on September 27.
42 October 11 Kerala The NIA's probe into the Burdwan Non-violent

blast is pointing to a bigger plot
extending not just to neighbouring
Assam, but also to J&K and the
southern states of Tamil Nadu and
Kerala. The NIA has, based on leads
gathered from the women arrested
from the Burdwan blast site, picked
up a suspect from J&K, a
construction worker belonging to
West Bengal. An official said that
"Phone records reveal that they had
contacts in almost all the major
megacities, also in South India. We
will have to verify the antecedents of
each and every contact. Six of the
Assam-based suspects who were in
touch with the two men killed in the
blast have already been arrested."
43 October 13 Kerala The six accused, including two Non-violent

women, who were arrested in the
Burdwan blast case have reportedly
given some important leads in the
transnational terror conspiracy, in
which JMB's key militant Kausar,
who is now on the run, reportedly
has connections with some Kerala-
based terror modules, which are an
alleged offshoot of the banned SIMI.
44 October 24 Kochi The security at the Kochi airport in Non-violent

Kerala had been tightened after the
airport authorities received
information from Kolkata that there
was a threat of a bomb explosion or
a possible suicide attack to the Air
India (AI) flight on the Mumbai-Kochi
and Ahmedabad-Mumbai sectors.
Airport director AKC Nair said that
they received information from
Kolkata that there was a threat of
bomb attack or bomb suicide attack
on an AI flight on the Mumbai-Kochi
sector on October 25 and
Ahmedabad-Mumbai sector on
October 24. Airport sources said that
the airport will be on high security till
Monday (October 27) when a review
meeting will be held. The situation
will be analysed after the meeting
after which a decision to continue
with the high security or not will be
taken.
45 October 28 Thiruvananthapuram Days after the Kerala Government Non-violent

was warned that the state was
turning into a recruiting hub for IS, a
poster supporting the terror outfit
appeared near the Thampanoor
Police Station in the
Thiruvananthapuram District. The
Police immediately removed the
poster and are investigating the
case. The poster reportedly carried a
message justifying IS's activities in
Iraq and Syria.
46 October 28 Thiruvananthapuram The BJP office in Kerala's capital has Non-violent

received a letter threatening harm to
PM Narendra Modi, who is slated to
visit Thiruvananthapuram next
month. The letter features Modi's
photo juxtaposed against that of
British aid worker David Haines, who
was beheaded by the IS.
2013
No.
1 January 26 Kochi Airport, Customs officials seized FICN worth Non-violent

Ernakulam District INR 975,000 on board a Dubai-
Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)-Kochi
Emirates flight.
2 February 12 Kochi, Eranakulam Police an imam and his assistant for Non-violent
District possession of Pakistan-printed
FICN.
3 March 11 Olavakode Railway Police arrested three persons Non-violent

Station, Palakkad involved in possessing FICN and
District seized FICN worth INR 49,000.
4 April 25 Kerala Terrorist organisations like IM have Statement

agents to source two-wheelers
which are used to plant bombs and
trigger blasts in various parts of
India.
5 May 2 Kochi District The security of the Court Complex Statement

which includes, NIA and CBI courts,
have been increased following an
alert issued by the Intelligence Wing.
6 May 2 Ernakulam The NIA on filed a chargesheet Statement

before the NIA special court against
Aboobacker Haji alias Masthigooda
Aboobacker, a close aide of
underworld don Dawood Ibrahim
and three others in the Taliparamba
(Kannur District of Kerala) FICN
case.
7 May 3 Kannur District Kerala CM Oommen Chandy said Statement

that his government was willing to
permit the NIA take over the probe
into the alleged seizure of weapons
from an arms training centre of the
Popular Front of India (PFI) at
Narath, near Kannur (Kannur
District), on April 23, 2013.
8 May 10 Kerala Kerala Government decided to hand Statement

over the investigation into the case
related to the seizure of weapons
from a training camp of PFI at
Narath in Kannur District to the NIA.
9 May 11 Thrissur District Police arrested two persons, Sulfikar Non-Violent

Ali (22) and Shabeer (24), for their
suspected involvement in the April
17, 2013 bomb blast in front of the
BJP office in Bangalore, from
Kecheri near Kunnamkulam in
Thrissur District.
10 May 13 Thiruvananthapuram The coastal security arrangements Statement

in Kerala, mainly along
Thiruvananthapuram, are not up to
standard and cannot effectively
thwart possible infiltration bid by
terrorists.The drawbacks in the
existing coastal security system
came to the fore after officers of the
Indian Navy, coast guard, Police and
other government agencies
analyzed the outcome of Gemini-2,
the recently concluded second
edition of coastal defence drill held
for Kerala and Lakshadweep
Islands.
11 May 30 Kollam Railway Police arrested two members of a Non-violent

Station, Kollam major FICN racket engaged in
District circulating FICN in various parts of
south India.
12 May 31 Varanasi District Despite adverse report from District Statement

administration, the UP Government
decided to withdraw cases against
suspected Bangladesh based
militant organisation HuJI militant,
Shamim.
13 June 11 Mudavanmughal, Police seized FICN of INR 285,000 Non-violent

Poojappura, Kollam from the residence of a former
District officer of ISRO, identified as
Madhava Kurup at and arrested him
and his accomplice- Sunil Thomas
for their alleged links with FICN
racket.
14 June 12 Kondotty, The NIA has filed a charge sheet Non-violent

Malappuram District against seven persons, including an
accused in the 1993 Mumbai bomb
blasts case, in a case related to
circulation of NIA.
15 June 13 Ernakulam, The NIA Special Court dismissed Statement

Ernakulam District the bail plea of Kamaludeen alias
Shobharaj Kamal, a key accused in
the Kondotty (Malappuram District)
FICN case.
16 July 1 Narath Kannur Kerala State Police submitted before Non- violent
District Kerala High Court that the PFI
cadres, who participated in the
Narath (Kannur District) weapons
training camp, had close links with
IM and Dawood Ibrahim. Police
found that one of the accused had
contacted Sanaulla Shabandri
belonging to the Bhatkal family,
founder of IM. The bank accounts of
the accused establish the link.
17 July 18 Tiruchirapalli District The counterfeit currency wing of Non- violent

CBCID at Trichy (Tiruchirapalli
District) arrested three people and
seized FICN with a face value of
INR 2.5 milion. Police arrested
Ramadass, Augustin and
Krishnamoorthy based on a
complaint filed by a land broker
Ramu of Pudukkottai (Pudukkottai
District).
18 July 31 Kannur District The Union Ministry of Home Affairs Statement

has given orders to the NIA to take
over the Narath Popular Front camp
case.
19 August 12 Kochi / Ernakulam NIA formally launched an Non- Violent

investigation into the April 2013
Narath Arms seizure case and filed
a fresh FIR before the NIA special
court II in Kochi (Ernakulam District)
in Kerala.
20 September Kerala An unnamed IB official said that Non- Violent

12 Yasin and Riaz Bhatkal had close
connections with JIAM which is the
Kerala module of Indian Mujahideen
suspected to be operating in rural
parts of Ernakulam, Kannur and
Kasargod Districts.
21 September Kerala Yasin Bhatkal told his interrogators Statement

18 that he has been instrumental in
setting up new sleeper cells of IM in
north Kerala Districts.
22 September Nadakkavu / Kerala Police arrested Non-violent

29 Kozhikode Kallarimangalam Puthenparakkal
Abdurehiman (38), a former activist
of the proscribed SIMI and
managing director of Nanma Books
from Nadakkavu area of Kozhikode
city in Kozhikode District, on the
charge of publishing a book aimed
at fomenting communal hatred.
23 October 4 Kochi The NIA special court in Kochi, Non-violent

sentenced 13 people to life
imprisonment after they were found
guilty on charges of recruiting youths
from Kerala to carry out acts of
terror with the support of LeT and
Pakistan's ISI.
24 October 14 Thiruvananthapuram Four persons, identified as Shehin S Non-violent

(20), Vishnu A (22), R Adarsh (19)
and Jithin Shanker (21), were
arrested for their involvement in
running FICN racket from Kilimanoor
area of Thiruvananthapuram city of
Thiruvananthapuram District.
25 October 15 Thiruvananthapuram Rajesh (24), was arrested for their Non-violent

involvement in the circulation of
FICN from Thiruvananthapuram city.
26 October 17 Kerala Yasin Bhatkal has admitted his Non-violent

indirect links with terror operators in
Kerala during an interrogation by the
State Police recently.
27 October 21 Kerala The chargesheet filed by NIA in Non-violent

Narath (Kannur District) arms
training case, in which 21 persons
were arrested on April 23, 2013 is a
sign of involvement of outfits like PFI
and their political outfit Socialist
Democratic Party of India in
conducting arms training camps
across Kerala under the pretence of
health awareness camps and yoga
classes.
28 October 24 Vadakara /Kozikode Minister of State for Home Non-violent

Mullappally Ramachandran laid the
foundation stone for the second
coastal Police Station in Kerala at
Vadakara in Kozikode District.
29 October 31 Kochi NIA arrested a key accused, Non- violent

identified as Abdul Karim alias Azad
in a FICN case from Kondotty in
Malappuram District and produced
him before the NIA special court in
Kochi.
30 November Kochi The Crime Branch investigating the Non- violent

10 FICN case, which were seized at
Nedumbassery airport, has identified
the kingpin of the FICN racket
operating from Dubai.
31 November Kerala NIA probing FICN cases in Kerala Non- violent

18 suspects that Haji Abdul Rahman, a
major dealer of counterfeit notes has
played a prominent role in the
Kasargod FICN case.
2012

Sl. Date Place/ District Incident

No.
1 January 29 Karela 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.
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.
3 February 14 Kochi 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.
4 February 18 Perla / Kasargod District 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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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).
10 May 28 Kizhakkambalam/ Two suspected LeT militants, identified as K.P.

Ernakulam 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.
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.
12 June 7 NS Thadiyantavide Nazeer, the suspected LeT

terrorist, pleaded guilty in two vehicle theft
cases that he had mastermind in 2008.
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.
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.
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).
16 August 6 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).
17 August 11 Thiruvananthapuram, According to the reports from the NIA South

Kerala Zone Coordination conference in
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala is the
fountainhead of most of the Islamist terror
operations in the country.
18 August 20 NS Cyber security agencies have detected the

hand of the PFI in Kerala and Bangladesh-
based HuJI, while tracking SMSs that led to
the exodus of Northeast people.
19 August 23 Velloor, Kottayam District Police defused a bomb found from the railway
track near Velloor (Kottayam District, Kerala)
along Kottayam-Ernakulam stretch.
20 August 24 Government report says that the recent cyber

attacks was to test the effectiveness of network
of 'modules and sleeper cells' of subversive
outfits in states like Karnataka, Andhra
Pradesh, Maharashtra and Kerala.
Intelligence agencies in their report have

warned that outfits like HuJI, IM, SIMI and
even the PFI have a formidable network in
southern India and have 'increased their
support base manifold' in the last few years.
21 September 3 Crime in India 2011 Report released recently

by the NCRB states Kerala is ahead in cyber
crimes.
22 October 10 Thalassery/ Kerala The chief judicial magistrate in Thalassery

(Kerala) sent terror suspect Rayeez to Police
custody in connection with a case of the
seizure of explosives in Malayalamkunnu
under Chakkarakkal Police limits on December
10, 2009.
23 November 3 NS NIA has learnt that Masthigudda Aboobacker,

prime accused arrested on November 2, in
FICN racket, has links with terrorist
organizations and has been funding them in
northern parts of Kerala.
24 November 9 NS A Special CBI Court, designated NIA Court left

Tahir Merchant alias Tahir Taklya known as
"cashier" of Dawood Ibrahim and a key
accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts
case, in the custody of NIA till November 16,
for questioning in Kerala's Karippur FICN case
of 2008.
25 November 9 Coimbatore A man was arrested near KMCH hospital on

Avinashi road, Coimbatore (Kerala) for
possessing FICN worth INR 5,000.
26 November 15 NS Tahir Merchant alias Tahir Taklya, told the NIA

that the underworld don and his company were
behind the operation of smuggling in Pakistan-
manufactured FICN worth several millions of
INR to India since 2007.
NIA will conduct a detailed probe on non-

resident Keralites, who acted as conduits for
the Karippur (Malappuram District of Kerala)
counterfeit currency note case racket.
27 November 21 Kannur Police have arrested a man suspected to be

part of a FICN racket in Kannur District
(Kerala).
28 December 7 Nedumbassery airport, Abdul Majeed, an accused in the FICN case of

(Ernakulum District) August 16, 2008, was arrested by NIA
following his deportation from Dubai. He was
picked up from Nedumbassery airport,
Ernakulum District (Kerala) and produced
before the NIA special court.
29 December 11 Bangalore Karnataka is facing a new challenge of dealing

with Cyber Crimes, with Bangalore continuing
to see a rapid rise in the numbers in the past
four years.
30 December 10 Chengamanadum The NIA said Supreme Court that bail should
Nadakkavu and Kochi not be granted to persons engaged in
circulating high value FICN as it amounted to
an act of terror intended to destabilize India's
economy.
It said the network for smuggling FICN was

seized from Chengamanadum Nadakkavu and
Kochi (in Kerala), Bettiah and Raxaul (Bihar),
Kolkata (West Bengal), Bhopal (Madhya
Pradesh) and Nawanshehr (Punjab).

2011


No.
1 January 14 Kochi 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.
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.
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.
4 June 25 Kochi Madhya Pradesh Police arrested a former cadre of

the SIMI at the Cochin International Airport in Kochi
town of Kerala.
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.
6 December 9 Karela 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.
7 December 29 Karela 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.

2010


No.
1 July 12 Thiruvananthapuram 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.
2 August 5 Kerala 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
3 August 15 Kollam 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.
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.
5 September 6 Muvattupuzha 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.
6 September 8 Cochin 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.
7 October 15 Kasargod 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.
8 December 30 Panayuikkulam/Kochi 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.

2009


No.
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.
2 March 30 Thiruvananthapuram 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.
3 May 7 Thiruvananthapuram 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.
4 March 17 Kannur and 185 people from Kerala were reportedly selected by
Ernakulam 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.
5 March 30 Thiruvananthapuram 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.
6 May 7 Thiruvananthapuram 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.
7 May 13 Thiruvananthapuram 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.
8 July 22 Kannur 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.
9 August 30 Thiruvananthapuram 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.
10 December 17 Kochi 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.

2008

No.
1 January 6 Kumili, Idukki 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.
2 October 6 Thrissur 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.
3 October 21 Thrissur 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.
4 November 9 Kannur 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.
5 November Kasargod Two youths suspected to have links with Islamist

22 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.
6 December 2 Thrissur A four-member squad of District police arrested two

National Development Front cadres, identified as Pappali
Thechalveettil Naushad and Thekkekattil Majeed, at
Mangalamkunnu.
7 December Kannur The Police arrested a militant, identified as Sheneej,

20 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.
Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.


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Terrorism related Incidents in Kerala since 2008

1 January Kochi The NIA is likely to Non-violent

2 January Ernakulam Kerala Chief Minister Non-Violent

3 January Kochi The NIA court in Kochi Non-Violent

4 January Kerala The Government of Non-Violent

5 January Kerala The evident information Non-Violent

6 January Thalassery/Kannur District/Kerala The two are friends of Non-Violent

7 January Kerala The Kerala Police team Non-Violent

8 January Kannur Kerala Police said that Non-Violent

9 January Kerala The NIA has taken into Non-Violent

10 January Perinthalmanna / Malappuram District The Kerala Police Non-Violent

11 January Kerala The NIA is likely to Non-Violent

12 January Kerala During the probe of the Non-Violent

13 February Kozhikode District Police arrested one Non-Violent

14 February Kannur District The NIA arrested Non-Violent

15 February Kannur District The NIA has been Non-Violent

16 February Mukkom/Kozhikode District The Mukkom Police Non-Violent

17 February Kochi The NIA got the Non-Violent

18 February Kerala The Jharkhand Non-Violent

19 February Kerala Around 28 youths from Non-Violent

20 February Kerala Acting upon the alert Non-Violent

21 February Kochi The NIA submitted the Non-Violent

22 March Kerala The case of 'IS Non-Violent

23 March Kochi In first of the six cases Non-Violent

24 March Kochi The NIA's Special Non-Violent

25 March Kochi One of the founder and Non-Violent

26 March Kasaragod As per the claims of Non-Violent

28 March Kochi One of the founder and Non-Violent

29 March Kasaragod As per the claims of Non-Violent

30 April 6 Kochi One of the IM founders Non-Violent

31 April 7 Kerala The NIA filed a Non-Violent

32 April 23 Kochi Two persons-Rashid Non-Violent

33 April 24 Kottayam/Idukki District According to the Non-Violent

34 April 26 Kannur According to the Non-Violent

35 May 8 Kerala The ED has registered Non-Violent

36 May 10 Kasargod After the Friday prayers Non-Violent

37 May 14 Kochi, Kottayam, Idukki The NIA court in Kochi, Non-Violent

38 June 1 Kozhikode/Kannur/Malappuram/Ernakulum Following an advisory Non-Violent

39 June 4 Kerala The NIA Court has Non-Violent

1 January 2 Goa Two persons hailing from Kerala's Non-violent

2 January 5 Kerala Intelligence agencies are weighing Non-violent

While IRF, an NGO run by Salafist

Interestingly, just days after IRF was

3 January 15 Kerala Anti-terror intelligence agencies Non-violent

At the recent All-India Police

According to top IB sources, around

So far, around 100 persons have

Explaining the magnitude of the

4 January 15 Kerala Investigations following the arrest of Non-violent

Following are the accounts of the

The May 2011 blast occurred in a

5 January 27 Kochi The NIA arrested two people, Non-violent

6 February 9 NS The NIA filed a charge sheet against Statement

7 February 15 New Delhi The NIA has arrested a Kerala Non-violent

8 February 18 NS The NIA team investigating the case Statement

9 February 25- Afghanistan One of the youth among the 21 Violent

According to Afghan media, at least

However, the Kerala Police have

10 February 27 Kasaragod A day after the startling message to Violent

11 March 14 Bengaluru Arrested for alleged involvement in Non-violent

12 April 4 Kochi A prominent political leader from Statement

13 April 6 NS IS has reportedly made a 'hit list' of Statement