Nasarullah Mansur
Langaryal, HuJI's deputy chief commander. He reportedly focused his effort in southern Kashmir where there was a thinner deployment of security forces and established a training camp near Kapran on the slopes of the Pir Panjal mountain range.
The
HuJI, like other Pakistan-based terrorist outfits functions under the patronage of the
Inter Services Intelligence. The HuJI has formed alliances with the proscribed Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and other Islamist extremists to spread violence in India.
The HuJI is part of the Deobandi extremist network of Pakistan and receives support from the ISI for its activities. ISI support has also been extended to the HuJI’s Bangladesh unit and for this unit’s activities with its Indian extremist and terrorist affiliates. Besides, the HuJI’s Bangladesh unit was set up with assistance from Osama bin Laden.
Leads in the Ajmer blast case are pointing to the involvement of Harkat-ul-Jehad-i-Islami — indications are that HuJI operative Shahid Bilal, who was reported killed recently in Karachi, might have planned the blast.
(Ajmer Sim Points To Hyd Mastermind, Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
The Ajmer dargah blast along with some other recent terror attacks, including the one in Hyderabad, is likely to figure high on the agenda of anti-terror talks between India and Pakistan here next week.
(India To Raise Ajmer Blast With Pakistan, Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
The Ajmer dargah blast along with some other recent terror attacks, including the one in Hyderabad, is likely to figure high on the agenda of anti-terror talks between India and Pakistan here next week.
(India To Raise Concerns With Pak On Latest Terror Attacks, New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
The Ajmer dargah blast along with some other recent terror attacks, including the one in Hyderabad, is likely to figure high on the agenda of anti-terror talks between India and Pakistan in New Delhi next week. (India To Raise Concerns With Pak On Latest Terror Attacks, Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 14, 2007)
Intelligence agencies have found a link between the May 18 Mecca Masjid blast in Hyderabad and the terrorist attack at the Ajmer shrine on Thursday, which conclusively establishes the involvement of the same group behind the two blasts.
(Mecca Masjid-Ajmer Blast Link Found, Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islami (HuJI), a militant outfit of Bangladesh, was suspected to be behind the blast at the sufi shrine of Khwaja Mohiuddin Chisti at Ajmer in which militants used a mixture Tri-Nitro Toluene (TNT) as the explosive material, sources said. (Huji May Be Behind Blast, Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
A Hyderabad police team arrived in the city on Friday to interrogate Mohammed Yusuf Mullawala, a 35-year-old computer engineer from Andhra Pradesh deported from the US last week. Mohammed Yusuf Mullawala, 35-year-old computer engineer is under . . . . (Hyderabad Cops To Grill Terror Suspect, Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
Two militants, including one belonging to the Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islami , have surrendered to security forces in Jammu and Kashmir. (Two Militants Surrender In Jammu And Kashmir, Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2007)
The Hyderabad police today said phone calls were made to Pakistan and Bangladesh before and after the twin blasts here on 25 August from a mobile phone of a Bangladeshi, who is now on the run.
(Hyderabad Links To Pakistan & Bangladesh, Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2007)
As the Bangladesh-based terrorist outfit, Harkat-ul-Jehad-e-Islami (HuJI) comes under the Indian security establishment’s scanner over a string of terror attacks in the country, the external affairs minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, today said. . . (Terror Fight: India Seeks Bangla Help, Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2007)
With pressure mounting on Bangladesh to act against Islamist terror groups operating from its soil, the police in Dhaka have arrested a key accused in the Hyderabad twin blasts.
(Hyderabad Blasts Suspect Held In Dhaka, Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2007)
Arrested Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islami (HUJI) operative Babu Bhai’s revelation that he had delivered 10 packets of RDX a month before the serial Diwali blasts in the Capital has punched holes into the Delhi Police team’s investigation that squarely . . . . (A Kashmir Link On Paper, And Now A Bangladesh Hole , Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Sep 01, 2007)
If the Hyderabad blasts have brought Bangladesh-based Harkat-ul-Jehad-e-Islami (HUJI) under the scanner, nothing highlights the failure of the government to tackle this group than the stalled investigation into the March 7, 2006 serial blasts in . . . . . (Bangla Terror Group’S Fingerprints Were Handed Over To Dhaka But No Word Yet, Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Aug 31, 2007)
At the Mediciti Hospital here today, five injured students from a Maharashtra engineering college who were at Lumbini Park on Saturday night and who survived the serial blasts that left 44 dead, were shown dossiers by the police in the hope that . . . . (The Other Hyderabad Attack: 2 Bombs, 3 Probes, Both Hands Tied, Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Aug 29, 2007)
Terrorist activities worldwide have taken place because of different reasons. (Terrorism Beyond Fundamentalism , Deccan Herald, Bala Chauhan, Aug 28, 2007)
Forty eight hours after the twin blasts in Hyderabad, investigators are looking at questioning a 40-year-old born in a village in West Bengal, who is now sitting in a Lucknow jail. (Terror’S New Face Babu Bhai Sits In Up Jail, Joins Dots From Dhaka To Hyderabad Via Delhi , Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Aug 28, 2007)
Two explosions within minutes, one at an amusement park in front of the State Secretariat and another at a popular eatery in the busy Koti area, left at least 34 people dead and more than 50 injured in the city on Saturday. (34 Killed As Two Blasts Rock Hyderabad, Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2007)
Three militants, including a self-styled commander of Harkat-ul-Jehad-e-Islami (HUJI), were killed and another militant surrendered before the security forces in Anantang district on Friday in separate operations, an Army spokesman said.
(3 Militants Killed, Another Surrenders, Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2007)
The CBI has registered a case to start probe into the Mecca Masjid bomb blast in Hyderabad which left 11 people dead last month.
(Cbi Starts Probe Into Mecca Mosque Blast, Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2007)
According to highly placed Intelligence sources, Shahid, an accused in the suicide bomb blast case targeting the Andhra Special Task Force in 2005, could have master minded the May 18 bomb blast in Hyderabad. (Mecca Blast: Bangla-Based Ultra Main Suspect , Deccan Herald, Bala Chauhan, May 25, 2007)
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