09-01-2008, 12:16 AM
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Pioneer.com
Rakesh K Singh | New Delhi
It is not without reason that regional forces like Rashtriya Janta Dal, Lok Janshakti Party and Samajwadi Party are supporting the cause of banned Students Islamic Movement of India.
Interrogation reports of SIMI chief Safdar Nagori and his top aides reveal that the outfit has entrenched its hold amongst the community, including within the financially sound, educationally qualified and opinion making section of the community, for carrying out subversive activities.
Significantly, most of the political parties supporting SIMI have presence in the States where the homegrown face of terror is active through a developed network of cadres and leaders. The interrogation reports of top SIMI leadership reveal that the outfit has significantly developed its network in<b> major States like Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, West Bengal, New Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, besides Bihar.</b>
The other disturbing fact that has emerged from the first hand account by the top-rung leadership of SIMI is that the activities of the outfit are now being coordinated and supported by well-educated and financially sound Muslims.
The SIMI terrorists are not the typical uneducated and the superstitious Muslims and the rank comprises well educated and financially sound sections of the community who extend support to the outfit despite the knowledge that the group is banned, Aamil Parwaz told the interrogators earlier this year.
The outfit has been regularly holding meetings at mosques and the premises of well-off leaders of the community but the security agencies failed to get a wind of it unless it was busted by the Madhya Pradesh Police in March this year.
<b>While Nagori himself was a master in journalism and mass communication, his key aide Hafeez Hussain alias Adnan alias Zaid alias Tameem alias Rashid was an alumnus of the NITK, Mangalore and obtained a BTech degree. Likewise, Shivli PD Ekkal alias Savit, 30, has a diploma in computer science from Model Polytechnic of Calicut in Kerala. Another key associate of Nagori, Aamil Parwaz was also has a diploma in engineering.</b>
These SIMI leaders, currently under the custody of Gujarat Police for interrogation into the Ahmedabad serial blasts case, have told the interrogators that they used to recruit cadres in engineering, medical and other professional institutes for taking forward the terror agenda of the outfit. Besides, they have also admitted about the support of influential sections of the community across the country.
Key SIMI cadres of Bhopal with sound academic background include Arshad alias Ehtesham Ali (MA in Arabic), Mohammad Aleem Qureshi (MSc in Chemistry), Mohammad Shohrab alias Babbu (LLB and PGDCA) and had consciously chosen the path of terror, said a senior official related to the interrogation of the SIMI leaders who were arrested by the Madhya Pradesh Police in March and added that the list of other highly qualified cadres of the outfit runs into hundreds.
The outfit's activities were funded by donations collected from the community members as well as from the contributions of former SIMI activists based in the Gulf and through the sale of goatskin offered to the mosques on the occasion of Bakr-Eid, Nagori and his associates told the interrogators.
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Pioneer.com
Rakesh K Singh | New Delhi
It is not without reason that regional forces like Rashtriya Janta Dal, Lok Janshakti Party and Samajwadi Party are supporting the cause of banned Students Islamic Movement of India.
Interrogation reports of SIMI chief Safdar Nagori and his top aides reveal that the outfit has entrenched its hold amongst the community, including within the financially sound, educationally qualified and opinion making section of the community, for carrying out subversive activities.
Significantly, most of the political parties supporting SIMI have presence in the States where the homegrown face of terror is active through a developed network of cadres and leaders. The interrogation reports of top SIMI leadership reveal that the outfit has significantly developed its network in<b> major States like Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, West Bengal, New Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, besides Bihar.</b>
The other disturbing fact that has emerged from the first hand account by the top-rung leadership of SIMI is that the activities of the outfit are now being coordinated and supported by well-educated and financially sound Muslims.
The SIMI terrorists are not the typical uneducated and the superstitious Muslims and the rank comprises well educated and financially sound sections of the community who extend support to the outfit despite the knowledge that the group is banned, Aamil Parwaz told the interrogators earlier this year.
The outfit has been regularly holding meetings at mosques and the premises of well-off leaders of the community but the security agencies failed to get a wind of it unless it was busted by the Madhya Pradesh Police in March this year.
<b>While Nagori himself was a master in journalism and mass communication, his key aide Hafeez Hussain alias Adnan alias Zaid alias Tameem alias Rashid was an alumnus of the NITK, Mangalore and obtained a BTech degree. Likewise, Shivli PD Ekkal alias Savit, 30, has a diploma in computer science from Model Polytechnic of Calicut in Kerala. Another key associate of Nagori, Aamil Parwaz was also has a diploma in engineering.</b>
These SIMI leaders, currently under the custody of Gujarat Police for interrogation into the Ahmedabad serial blasts case, have told the interrogators that they used to recruit cadres in engineering, medical and other professional institutes for taking forward the terror agenda of the outfit. Besides, they have also admitted about the support of influential sections of the community across the country.
Key SIMI cadres of Bhopal with sound academic background include Arshad alias Ehtesham Ali (MA in Arabic), Mohammad Aleem Qureshi (MSc in Chemistry), Mohammad Shohrab alias Babbu (LLB and PGDCA) and had consciously chosen the path of terror, said a senior official related to the interrogation of the SIMI leaders who were arrested by the Madhya Pradesh Police in March and added that the list of other highly qualified cadres of the outfit runs into hundreds.
The outfit's activities were funded by donations collected from the community members as well as from the contributions of former SIMI activists based in the Gulf and through the sale of goatskin offered to the mosques on the occasion of Bakr-Eid, Nagori and his associates told the interrogators.
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