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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/020283.php

March 13, 2008

India: Police in Mumbai on alert for sleeper cells of jihadists
Or, alternatively, narcoleptic inner spiritual strugglers.

“Terror sleeper cells hidden in Mumbai, say police,” from the Indo-Asian News Service:

Mumbai, March 12 (IANS) Many terrorist sleeper cells are hidden in Mumbai with designs to blow up top business and political hubs in the city, the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Mumbai Police disclosed Wednesday.

The revelations follow preliminary investigations after two Bangladeshi terrorists were gunned down late Tuesday night in Mira Road, in adjoining Thane district by the ATS.

‘The targets include the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), Jeejeebhoy Towers Building, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) headquarters, the Mantralaya, the Maharashtra government headquarters, all in south Mumbai, and the National Stock Exchange (NSE) in suburban Bandra-Kurla Complex,’ Additional Commissioner of Police (ATS) Param Bir Singh told IANS.

According to Singh, the two killed Bangladeshi terrorists had close ties with the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI). One of them has been identified as Mohammad Ali.

The police also recovered fake Indian currency notes, two small firearms and a white powdery substance suspected to be RDX from the two gunned down Bangladeshis.

‘We have sent this powder to the lab for analysis to ascertain whether it is RDX or not,’ Singh said.

‘The Mumbai police have gone on a high alert following the encounter and security at all important places has been beefed up,’ Singh said.

Posted by Marisol at March 13, 2008 12:19 AM

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UPDATING AND ADDING links to post no. 423:

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/020307.php
(RTT NEWS)

March 15, 2008
“Mumbai police: Jihadists intended to target stock exchange, atomic research center”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “(RTTNews) - The two suspected Harkat-ul-Jihadi Islamic terrorists gunned down in an encounter in Thane in Mumbai on Wednesday intended to target the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre-BARC and the National Stock Exchange-NSE, Mumbai police said on Thursday.

The Pune and Mumbai anti-terrorist units carried out the joint operation after intelligence reports emanated that two Islamic terrorists of Bangladeshi origin had crossed the border into India and entered the financial capital, Mumbai with a plan to strike at sensitive installations.

One of the dead militant gunned down on Mira Road in Thane, was identified as Mohammed Ali from the passport recovered at the site.

“It is a major success for us. We are investigating their links,” special inspector general of police and ATS chief Hemant Karkare said on Thursday, the 15th anniversary of the 1993 serial blasts that killed over 250 people in Mumbai. The Bombay Stock Exchange was among the 12 places where RDX-triggered bombs exploded on March 12, 1993. The 14-year trial wound up last July.

“We can say they were on a planned mission. Sensitive nuclear installations and the National Stock Exchange were some of their targets,” he said.
Karkare said fake Indian currency worth Rs. 10 lakh, 2kg explosives, suspected to be RDX, and two firearms, including a Smith and Wesson pistol, were seized from the militants. The seized fake currency, in thousand-rupee notes, will be sent to the Reserve Bank of India for analysis. The explosives have been sent for forensic tests.”

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Previously...

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/020283.php
(INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE)

March 13, 2008
“India: Police in Mumbai on alert for sleeper cells of jihadists”