Simi has 50 front outfits

Over two dozen “cover” organisations of the banned Students’ Islamic Movement of India are now operating in South India, and government documents reveal there are 50 such front outfits across the country.

Simi activist Shibli’s confession statement, a copy of which is available with this newspaper, said the jihadi outfit was “looking for ways to establish links with the Taliban.” It is using these “cover” organisations to recruit educated young people to carry out tasks such as acquiring arms and ammunition, collection of funds, training Simi cadres and circulating literature, particularly in the southern states.

Intelligence inputs show that some of these outfits are state-specific, while others operate on a national or regional level. At the national level, Simi is using Tahrik Tahaffuj-e-sha’aire Islam (TTSI), Wahadat-eIslami, Tahrik-e-Ehyaa-eUmmat and Tehrik-TalabaeArabia as front organisations.

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Sleeper terror cells active in Bengaluru

The Karnataka police appears to be blissfully sleeping over an intelligence report which has alerted them to the existence of three terror modules and various sleeper cells in the state.

The state intelligence bureau's report states that the "sleeper cells" have been "recommissioned" and the state needs to be vigilant against possible terror attacks, mostly masterminded by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).

"It is clearly mentioned in the report that there are two terror modules by the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba operating across the country. Its modules in India have been divided into the western and southern Corridor and the eastern and northern corridor," officials said.

The official assessment of the intelligence sleuths and the recent court blasts in Hubli have indicated the involvement of even banned organisations like the Students' Islamic Movement of India (Simi).

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