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India-Pakistan

NIA attaches UP-based property used by Al-Qaeda member to prepare for terror attack

2023-09-16

[OneIndia] The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday said that they have attached a house in Uttar Pradesh as 'proceeds of terrorism' after discovering that it was being used by an active member of the banned terrorist organization, al-Qaeda/Ansar Gazwat-ul-Hind,

...also spelt Ansar Ghazwatul Hind, it’s Al Qaeda’s franchise in Kashmir and beyond since splitting from Hizbul Mujahedeen in 2017. They’re on their fourth emir since then, which doesn’t bode well for long term success...

to make preparations for carrying out terror attacks, an official said.

"The accused, Minhaj Ahmed, was using the property, situated on Ring Road, Dubagga,

...an up-and-coming area of Lucknow, which is in the center of the north of India, near Nepal, while Kashmir is waaaay over to the upper left of the thing as one looks at a map (yes, of course that means west, dear Reader — I’m not a total ignoramus!), which would have been a bit of a trek while carrying live bombs and such, so it’s just as well that the NIA johnnies picked him up just now....

Uttar Pradesh, for carrying out various terror-related unlawful activities, including fabrication of IEDs and petrol bombs, to carry out terrorist attacks in the state. The property is registered in the name of Minhaj's father, Siraj Ahmad and the latter's mother and brother," the official added.

The NIA has found that Minhaj had provided funds to the co-accused for the purpose of carrying out ~~violent~~ mostly peaceful Jihadi (terrorist activities) in Kashmir
Kashmir

...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
. The accused procured certain raw materials and components to fabricate an IED in a pressure cooker, which was recovered from the property attached on Monday.

...no doubt from that old Al Qaeda Magazine article “How To Make A Pressure Cooker Bomb In The Kitchen Of Your Mom” that the Tsarnaev brothers found so useful.

Minhaj had also prepared a sample IED using materials in small quantity and carried out its controlled explosion (testing) on the roof of the said house, NIA investigations have revealed.

The anti-terror agency has also found that Minhaj had recorded a video of the fabrication of IED as well as its controlled explosion and sent it to Musa. He had also prepared a petrol bomb and shared a video of its fabrication with Musa.

Minhaj had also procured a pistol and live ammunition, and concealed it in his room on the first floor of the said house.

The case was initially registered as on July 11, 2021, by the ATS, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow. It was taken over and re-registered by NIA on July 29 the same year.

The NIA has so far arrested and charge-sheeted six accused in the case.

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