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| SIMI chief in ATS custody |
| 2008-06-24 |
| Safdar Nagori (38) the all- India secretary –general and Shibly Peedical Abdul (30) south-India-chief of Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) are under the police custody of the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Mumbai police till June 26. Nagori and Shibly were brought to city by ATS along with Nagori’s brother Kamruddin (35), Hafeez Hussain Tajuddin Mullah alias Zahid (27) other top SIMI members on Sunday June 22. Nagori was arrested on March 26, 2008 by the Special Task Force of Madhya Pradesh Police in Indore. All the four accused were wanted in the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act case in Maharashtra for printing and distributing Jehadi literature in 2006. The accused were produced at the Esplanade court on Sunday afternoon. To understand just how big the arrest of Nagori is, one needs to have a look at his past. Nagori, a native of Madhya Pradesh joined the SIMI over 10 years ago but fell out in 2001 when several SIMI leaders urged the organization to renounce terror and return to its more academic and religious roots. In 2001-2002, he came to Delhi and spent a year, which indicates he had some local support. In 2003, he moved to Mumbai. The fact that he spent the next five years in Murshidabad in West Bengal clearly indicates that he has a big base in West Bengal, where no big Jehadi attack has taken place, except the USIS attack in 2002. Investigators say that Nagori was training a group of 200 people, who would be dedicated foot soldiers for Mullah Omar, the leader of the Taliban in India and abroad. By 2005, he was also working for the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). He provided crucial support to LeT, Jaish-e-Mohammad and Taliban for money. In February this year, two terrorists, Naseer and Asadullah, were held in the Devangere district of Karnataka. Both were interrogated and admitted to being supervised by Nagrori. |
| Posted by:Fred |