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Averting a potential Jihadi attack, the National Investigation Agency has arrested or detained 14 Jihadi youths in a major swoop conducted across India before Republic Day. The crackdown came at a time when India was on high alert. The Jihadists allegedly formed a module on the pattern of dreaded ISIS to carry out strikes at different places. The raids were carried out in five different states; Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Uttar Pradesh, where 14 people were “arrested or detained”. They were part of a group named Janoodul-Khalifa-e-Hind, a terror group which has ideologies similar to the IS. While an official spokesman of the Union Home Ministry has maintained that five people have been arrested “so far” and nine have been detained, sources said that eight people were detained besides the five arrests in
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Prime Minister Modi with French President Francois Hollande during India’s Republic Day
Mumbai and Bangalore, while one person has been let off. The NIA has released the names of those arrested. Muttabir Mustaq Sheikh from Thane, Mumbai, Mohammad Nafees Khan from Hyderabad, Mohammad Shareef Mounuddin Khan from Hyderabad, Najmul Huda from Mangalore, and Mohammad Afzal of Bangalore. Family members of some of them maintain they have nothing to do with any terror plot and claim their innocence. Sheikh had made himself 'Ameer' (Chief) of the group and Huda the
'Ameer-e-Wyulat' (finance) and they were in touch on Internet with some persons believed to be from ISIS based in Syria, sources said. These people were under surveillance for quite sometime and the decision to arrest them was taken as the group received 'instructions' to carry out 'some sensational' attacks in the country. All of them range between age group of 25 and 30 and were well educated, with some of them holding degrees in software engineering. The group had begun to receive money through 'hawala Continued on page 26
India celebrated its Republic Day on January 26. The main function was held at Rajpath, New Delhi with French President Francois Hollande as chief guest. Along with the rest of the world the Indian dias-
Flag hoisting ceremony at the Indian High Commission in presence of High Commissioner Navtej Singh Sarna
pora in Britain also celebrated Republic Day with much pomp and gaiety. In London the High Commission of India organised a flag hoisting ceremony at India House on 26th January, that was open to public (on invitation). This was followed by a dinner reception at the Grosvenor House Hotel on 29th January, that was attended by MPs, Peers and creme de la creme of the community. PM Cameron’s Indian Diaspora Champion and Employment Minister Priti Patel was the Chief Guest and the event was hosted by the new High Commissioner Navtej Singh Sarna. Extensive report on pages 16-18