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India-Pakistan
Terrorist held in south Delhi, 2.5 kg RDX seized
2006-07-11
A terrorist was on Tuesday arrested in south Delhi and 2.5 kg RDX seized from his possession, police said. Aijaz Hussain, hailing from Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, was arrested from Lodhi road area after police received a tip-off about his movement, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Alok Kumar said. Police was interrogating him to find out if he has any links with the serial blasts in Srinagar and Mumbai and to find which terrorist outfit he belonged to, he said.

An amount of Rs 49 lakh was also seized from his possession, police said, adding according to their information Hussain was working for one Pakistan-based militant Mukhtar Ahmed. Hussian, who has been living in Jangpura locality of south Delhi, was arrested when he reached the Lodhi Road area in a car to apparently hand over the cash and explosives to someone.

Police, meanwhile, has stepped up security and checking in and around the national capital in the wake of blasts in Mumbai and Srinagar. They are also conducting random searches in hotels and lodges.
Posted by:Steve

#9  That policeman has balls big enough to come in a dump truck. We need him in New Orleans.
Posted by: Shush Sleresing8080   2006-07-11 18:43  

#8  Bombay police are calling the explosions "a well-coordinated attack," and the quick succession of bombs in crowded rush hour trains echoes the strike on Madrid's train system in 2004 that killed 191 people. And the timing of the Mumbai attack, just days before the G-8 summit of leading economic powers, parallels the London subway bombings which occurred on the day of last year's G-8 meeting.

Analysts say that these similarities, as well as the sophistication of the Mumbai attack, suggests ties to international Islamic terror groups, perhaps working through a local militant outfit.

"[The attack was] well planned, orchestrated, simultaneous [and was] designed to inflict maximum loss of life. It's probably the handiwork of a well-equipped, well-funded, terrorist group that hews to the Al Qaeda school of thought," says Sajjan Gohel. "In the region, only Lashkar-e-Tayyaba has such capabilities."
Posted by: john   2006-07-11 17:35  

#7  "Kim" the character in Rudyard Kipling's 1901 book reported to the IB.

Posted by: john   2006-07-11 17:02  

#6  The Indian IB (Intelligence Bureau) - created by the British during the days of the Raj for internal security is quite good. It has a vast network of informers.

They recently raided RAW (the external spy agency) investigating a number of double agents they tracked.

Posted by: john   2006-07-11 16:58  

#5  Absolutely, John. You've posted before about these fine gentlemen. Their dedication and skills have undoubtedly kept India safe from other attacks.

I am very sorry for the losses suffered today by our friends and allies in India. I'm sure they will find the fortitude to take the steps they will need to take next.
Posted by: Seafarious   2006-07-11 16:51  

#4  Bombay doesn't need RAB!!

Bombay has "Encounter Specialists" like Daya Nayak (83 kills) and his colleagues..

They are a small, tightly-knit group of policemen who are given much of the credit for cleaning up crime in India's commercial and entertainment capital Bombay (Mumbai).

But they are no ordinary cops.



I have done 83 encounters. I have arrested more than 300 criminals. I have solved many big cases.



I eliminated many top criminals of Mumbai -- Vinod Matkar, Rafik Dabawala, Taufiq Kaliya. In an encounter at Dadar's busy flower market during peak hours I was injured and hospitalised for 17 days. I gunned down three terrorists. They had thrown a bomb at me but luckily I only suffered minor injuries.

"Anyone can be killed," says Daya Nayak.

He recalls being shot twice and badly wounded when he ambushed a notorious gangster in 1997.

"I shot him dead in front of 10-15,000 people, but got hit twice. I was in hospital for 27 days."



They have Pradeep Sharma

The leader of the crack team Pradeep Sharma says he is just doing his job.

"As a policeman my job is to clean the city of criminals which is what I am doing."

Recently, Mr Sharma marked a grand total of 100 "successful" encounters with suspected criminals.

Pradeep Sharma insists most deaths at his hands have been accidents.

"When criminals on the run resist arrest, such encounters happen. It is more of an accident when we go to arrest criminals," says Mr Sharma.

They have up and coming Vijay Salaskar (33 kills)

Posted by: john   2006-07-11 16:43  

#3  Islamic thrill killers.
Posted by: RD   2006-07-11 15:45  

#2  Any chance Bangla could put a couple of RAB batallions on loan? RAB-7 and RAB-9 would do nicely, and perhaps a few members of the shadowy RAB-10 interrogation team. They can leave the shutter gun safe at home in the evidence locker, it won't be needed in Bombay.
Posted by: Seafarious   2006-07-11 15:42  

#1  Nice work.
Posted by: Mike   2006-07-11 15:37  

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