Indian police raid houses in southern state week after Sri Lanka bombings
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Indian police said on Sunday they raided the houses of three suspects in connection with a case concerning 15 people who left India to join the militant Islamic State (IS) group, a week after bombings in Sri Lanka that killed more than 250.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) said it carried out searches at three houses in the southern state of Kerala, located near the tip of the Indian peninsula.
Read more: Suspected mastermind of Sri Lanka attacks spent 'substantial time in India': The Hindu
The coordinated suicide bombings by militants at hotels and churches in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday sent shockwaves through the Indian Ocean island state that had enjoyed relative peace since a civil war ended a decade ago.
“These persons are suspected to have links with some of the accused persons in the said case who had exited India to join the proscribed terrorist organisation ISIS/Daish,” the NIA said in a statement, using other names by which the IS is known.
The investigators recovered mobile phones, SIM cards, digital storage devices including CDs and DVDs of radical Islamist preacher Zakir Naik and diaries with notes handwritten in Malayalam and Arabic, the NIA said.
Current and former state police officials told Reuters Islamist extremism hardly posed a threat in the state, which they said had a history of peaceful co-existence between the majority Hindu community and religious minorities.
“Compared to the large Islamic population, the percentage of people is a very small number, not at all a significant number,” a senior state police official told Reuters.
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Apr 29, 2019 11:05am
India is following zero tolerance principle against terrorism.
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Apr 29, 2019 11:09am
Just a sham show of action, once the terrorists trained in India were allowed to leave via non commercial transportation.
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Apr 29, 2019 11:11am
So, India after a week of terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka and pressure from international communities that the mastermind was trained in India decide to take some action. Will this be a cosmetic move or serious effort to crack down terrorism and their training camps in India? Time will tell, and I have my strong reservations. (Main Hu Awam ki Awaz).
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Apr 29, 2019 11:12am
Publicity stunt.
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Apr 29, 2019 11:19am
India is taking action but some countries just want to fool the world and save these people in the name of actionable evidence.
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Apr 29, 2019 11:20am
So the terrorists of the deadliest attack on Christians were trained in India. India has only one policy blame everything on Pakistan but this time things were wrong.
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Apr 29, 2019 11:26am
1. It's time for India to eliminate "terror factories" and "safe haven of terrorists" from it's country.
2. India should remove all of the launchpads which are used for killing innocent People all across south Asia specially the one used in Sri Lanka.
3. India should eliminate all of them sanctuaries and terrorist safe heaven immediately from its ground before terrorist who get teaching from those launchpads operated with India spread more terror.
Courtesy ALIG
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Apr 29, 2019 11:30am
Spreading terrorism and terrorist groups in neighboring countries is part of India’s foreign policy this horrific suicide bombing in Sri lanka against Innocent people is latest attempt of India to pressurize Sri Lanka to become its vessel state
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Apr 29, 2019 11:31am
The Sri lanka terrorist attack mastermind lived in India for quite a long time before carrying out this horrific attack against Innocents, India should stop supporting terrorism in neighboring countries
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Apr 29, 2019 11:34am
Why is India doing this without any proof?
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Apr 29, 2019 11:36am
Where are those? who were asking when India will take action? all the culprit will be killed
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Apr 29, 2019 11:45am
@Anti-Corruption_Pakistani, some people live in their own dreamy world
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Apr 29, 2019 12:03pm
No one gonna buy news accusing india lets be real
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Apr 29, 2019 12:04pm
This is India which will act immediately against terrorism against any country including SL or any other neighbour. We don’t ask for actionable evidence and take the required actions.
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Apr 29, 2019 12:12pm
Who can be involved in this attack and from which country?
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Apr 29, 2019 12:13pm
India has & had zero tolerance policy towards terrorism. It need a gut to admit that there is an issue & strive to address it. Rather than always pushing back saying to give an actionable evidence. Srilanka only gave the leads, not the evidence.
But, its the will of India to pursue evidence with the given leads & rectify the issue. Commendable, I would say!!!
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Apr 29, 2019 12:23pm
@Surya Kant , India itself sponsors terrorism esp Modi and BJP/RSS and its alliance.
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Apr 29, 2019 12:23pm
@Sabir, Punjab Pakistan , Where is mentioned they were trained in India?
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Apr 29, 2019 12:26pm
We indians have no mercy for medical muslims and very much ready to cut them in pieces. But there again the people from neighborhood will ask for human right s of their fellow religious brothers.
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Apr 29, 2019 12:41pm
@Surya Kant , tell me when you take action against RSS.
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Apr 29, 2019 12:51pm
@Surya Kant , Drama
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Apr 29, 2019 12:51pm
@Anti-Corruption_Pakistani, How about our fishermen, Do India feel ashamed?
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Apr 29, 2019 01:01pm
So India is harbouring dangerous terrorists on its own land. Yet it does not spare a minute to condemn its neighbour. What a hypocrisy.
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Apr 29, 2019 01:15pm
@Jawed, use your own id . Do not hide .
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Apr 29, 2019 01:22pm
Chose you choice of words carefully. Zakir Naik is by no means a radical preacher , he is just a preacher.
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Apr 29, 2019 01:22pm
@Nauman M, So India is harbouring dangerous terrorists on its own land. Yet it does not spare a minute to condemn its neighbour. What a hypocrisy.
Please name few 'dangerous terrorists' hidden in India.
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Apr 29, 2019 01:23pm
India is breading terrorism against neighbors it does not like. Sri Lanka is one.
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Apr 29, 2019 01:23pm
Now south-indian muslims are gone. Well done indian govt.
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Apr 29, 2019 01:24pm
India my friend is behind this. Only instead of LTTE it is now IS or Daesh, the purpose is the same, create instability in Sri Lanka. How come your intelligence agencies knew precisely about what was going to happen and they had no idea that there are training camps in INDIA literally training people to carry out acts of terror in different countries. Like someone said " the best way to predict future is to create it " all the acts of terrorism in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran and India itself should be thoroughly checked. All training camps to be destroyed and punitive measures should be put in place.
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Apr 29, 2019 01:28pm
@Surya Kant ,
Yes only when caught red handed? were indian agencies sleeping before ????
India must not allow its territory to be used by extremists!
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Apr 29, 2019 01:30pm
@Jawed,
Yes India only takes cosmetic action when pressured !!! why didnt they take action before srilanka bombing ?? were your agencies sleeping
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Apr 29, 2019 01:32pm
India to take serious action. Should not be coerced by political parties. Like Sri Lanka, it should NOT allow anyone moving in public with their faces covered. Terrorism has no religion. Taking steps to providing security is of paramount importance.
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Apr 29, 2019 01:33pm
No dossiers needed, no more information requested......Thats how you act if you have intention of rooting out terrorism.
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Apr 29, 2019 01:39pm
@KAMAL NAYAN RAI, You mean Indians?
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Apr 29, 2019 01:41pm
@realistic, Do provide us with actionable evidence and we will take action.
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Apr 29, 2019 01:45pm
eye wash
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Apr 29, 2019 01:49pm
India already alerted Sri lanka but no action was taken by SL govt.
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Apr 29, 2019 01:56pm
@Huz, terrorist mentality breeds terror all around. Specially RSS, Bajrang Dal, Vishwa Hindu Parishad, shev sena and Mother of ALL Bharatiya Janata Party
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Apr 29, 2019 01:57pm
Funding and training terrorist is indian state policy to destabilise neighbouring countries.
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Apr 29, 2019 02:06pm
At least dosier (proof) should be given by sri lanka. Then india should take action. Here before any proof india is taking action (showing self interest, zero tolerance against terrorist)
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Apr 29, 2019 02:13pm
It's time for India to eliminate "terror factories" and "safe haven of terrorists" from it's country.
India should remove all of the launchpads which are used for killing innocent People all across south Asia specially the one used in Sri Lanka.
India should eliminate all of them sanctuaries and terrorist safe heaven immediately from its ground before terrorist who get teaching from those launchpads operated with India spread more terror. Courtesy ALIG
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Apr 29, 2019 02:13pm
What else can they do to once again mislead the world by looking busy but in essence, doing nothing.
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Apr 29, 2019 02:22pm
@GK, so what proof you want? Kindly say.
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Apr 29, 2019 02:25pm
@GK, The proof is in the pudding with the link which is deniable and more will come to surface.
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Apr 29, 2019 02:35pm
Swift action - a lesson for some!
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Apr 29, 2019 02:36pm
You don't have to look far. Everyone has conveniently forgotten that the Tamils were routed from SL ten years ago. This their revenge.
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Apr 29, 2019 02:37pm
But Pakistan is still waiting for actionable evidence.
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Apr 29, 2019 02:44pm
If they were seriously raiding, it would he with guns, bulletproof vests and armor.
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Apr 29, 2019 02:44pm
@fairplay,
Watch Sri Lankan media, they tell the truth and know better on this matter.
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Apr 29, 2019 02:44pm
@Nand, "Do provide us with actionable evidence and we will take action."
Actionable evidence stems from your own country. Go check!
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Apr 29, 2019 02:49pm
@Surya Kant , you mean the opposite, train, recruit, and leave is the truth. The advance info was to cover their tracks.
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Apr 29, 2019 03:00pm
@fairplay, that’s what Pakistan does.
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Apr 29, 2019 03:15pm
A bit late don't you think.
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Apr 29, 2019 03:27pm
@fairplay, So you know everything.Prove it noe
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Apr 29, 2019 03:28pm
Pakistan on grey list,and people here pointing fingers at other's.Height of audacity
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Apr 29, 2019 03:35pm
@Adnan, please provide actionable evidence
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Apr 29, 2019 04:03pm
India should have waited for ‘more’ proofs.
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Apr 29, 2019 04:06pm
@Surya Kant , and who is the trrorists?
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Apr 29, 2019 04:11pm
Slowly and gradually the Indian propaganda is coming home to bite back. All fingers are now pointing to India for the tragic events in Srilanka. Where is FATF? The terrorism originating from India is Kosher?
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Apr 29, 2019 04:15pm
@Vaibhav, if that were true you wouldnt be so worried..
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Apr 29, 2019 04:49pm
@KAMAL NAYAN RAI, - to some people, TRUTH is always hard to swallow!
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Apr 29, 2019 05:16pm
This is done without waiting for actionable evidence.
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Apr 29, 2019 05:32pm
Superficial measure, They are just playing cleanup after they backed these terrorists.
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Apr 29, 2019 05:52pm
Drama
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Apr 29, 2019 06:24pm
@Vaibhav, Already world is focusing, see foreign news.
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Apr 29, 2019 06:28pm
Tightening the screws on terrorism... Go India, go!
Gordon D. Walker
Canada
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Apr 29, 2019 06:57pm
wait for a while, until they work out who is paying them, who is giving moral support etc ... then we will see the reality ....
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Apr 29, 2019 07:48pm
@Ali, No India took action and raided the places. That is how the intelligence was passed on to the SriLanka earlier. Those were not big news at that time. This is a followup action now.
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Apr 29, 2019 08:07pm
@Vaibhav, Sri Lankans and all rational Indians.
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Apr 29, 2019 08:23pm
@Jjacky, you mean genocide called something else.
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Apr 29, 2019 08:31pm
@Rashid, agree
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Apr 29, 2019 11:11pm
Time to nab these ugly heads before they can kill innocents. Maybe profiling is not such a bad idea.
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Apr 29, 2019 11:50pm
@Junaid, sri lankans know better buddy, they won't buy your imagination. They banned veil, by this news you should be able to figure it out.
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Apr 30, 2019 01:16am
Real Uniformed terrorists.
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Apr 30, 2019 08:52pm
@Ali, it’s election time and this news helped Govt to do what they had to without letting opposition take advantage of the action.
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May 01, 2019 12:44am
@Surya Kant ,But all terrorists activities by India from Afghanistan into Pakistan are 100% tolerable and good?
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May 01, 2019 01:02am
If we look the file photo, things have not changed much since as they look the same pathetic, with a 50-inch waist, undriven lethargic with no bulletproof vest or helmets or rifles or safety boots, etc: and they cluster around in dozens doing nothing and Indians here will tell us they are doing an excellent job in combating terrorism? What a joke ?
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May 01, 2019 03:06am
three countries USA, Israel and India take part in supporting terrorist regulrarly train and take active part in terrorism and killing citizens of other countries. It is for every one to see.
ahmed
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