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Hyderabad, December 24: All of a sudden the deployment of Rapid Action Force and APSP police personnel in Saeedabad created panic among the people and they offered their Juma Namaz under panicky situation.

East Zone Dy. Commissioner of Police Mr. Rajendranath Reddy said that police had got an information that DJS and TTSI are going to stage a demonstration and would burn the effigy of police commissioner A K Mohanty in protest the arrest of Kaleem and M A Zahid who were suspected to be involved in a bomb blast occurred in Task force Office.

On this, the police took the precautionary measures and high alert to tackle any untoward situation. At 10.30 a.m. the half company of Rapid Action force and a platoon of APSP was deployed in the area. Moreover, the Inspector of Saeedabad police station M. Ram Mohan Rao had increased the patrolling of the Rakshak vans and Blue Colt constables.

In and around of Masjid Ujale Shah, there was heavy bandobast of the police. The entire area was panicky. After Namaz-e-Juma, police personnel evicted the place at around 3.00 p.m.

After this, the head of DJS Mr. Sheikh Mahboob Ali had spoken to Mr. Rajendranath Reddy and denied any such activities by DJS and TTSI was planned to create disturbance in the otherwise peaceful atmosphere of the city.

He asked the police to check such rumours before taking any action. This is to be noted that similar panicky atmosphere was seen at Chaderghat, Azampura and Akber Baug.

Convoy of police vehicles escorted DJS president

Siasat, 07-12-2005

A young one dressed in as military holding a placard "The Quran will be Constitution of India and I will be the Soldier" at a rally organised by DJS in Hyderabad.

Two young ones raising slogans at the

DJS protest rally in Hyderabad.

Hyderabad, December 07: A curfew-like situation was witnessed in parts of the Old City on Tuesday following a bandh call given by various Muslim organisations and political parties, including the MIM and the MBT, to protest against the demolition of Babri mosque in Ayodhya 13 years ago.

Life in other parts of the twin cities remained unaffected, with buses, shops and business establishments functioning normally even as- the Sangh Parivar outfits organised victory rallies at different places in the city.In the Old City barring a few eateries, business establishments remained closed all through the day on Tuesday.

Except for a stone-pelting incident reported from Santoshnagar, the bandh was observed peacefully.The Dursgah Jihad-o-Shahadat (DJS) activists were allowed to hold a protest march from DBR Mills to Indira Park, where a group of 300 people,including women, raised slogans demanding rebuilding the Babri mosque at the same place.

The police took four persons into custody at Santoshnagar on charges of throwing stones near Edi Bazar. They pelted stones when a shopowner refused to down the shutters.In another incident, the police foiled attempts of protestors, who tried to put up black flags in L B Na-gar. Four persons were taken into custody as a preventive measure.

The police heaved a sigh of relief once the afternoon prayers passed off peacefully at the historic Mecca Masjid. Less than 100 worshippers gathered at the mosque to offer prayers while youngsters had been advised to pray at the nearby mosques.

In the afternoon, the DJS, took out a vehicle rally from Saidabad to DBR. In the afternoon, a convoy of police vehicles escorted DJS president Shaik Mahboob Ali and his supporters when they started from the outfit's office at Saidabad to proceed towards DBR Mills.

Addressing the gathering, Mahboob Ali said they would not allow construction of temple at Ayodhya and would sacrifice their lives for reconstructing the masjid.

On the other hand, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal organised Shourya Diwas to mark demolition of Babri Masjid. The VHP, at a Ram mandir in Gowliguda, organised bhajans, pujas and distributed sweets.

VHP leader Laxminathacharya said Ayodhya would be developed on par with Vatican City.The Bajrang Dal activists paid floral tributes to former prime minister the late P V Narasimha Rao, during whose tenure the masjid was demolished, at Necklace Road. Six persons of the Lodha community were taken into custody at Indira Nagar in Man-galhat for trying to organise Shourya Diwas.

"For us, any name starting with `Narendra' means enemy" - DJS president

The Hindu, 16-11-2004

BE IT Modi or Amin, but for the outfit like Darsgah-Jihad-O-Shahadat (DJS), all the names that start with `Narendra' only mean `enemy'. At a press conference recently, the DJS president, Shaik Mahboob Ali, went on referring Narendra Amin, the ACP from Ahmedabad, as Narendra Modi. His supporters tried to correct him, but Mr. Ali was so immersed in the subject that he ignored the reminders and continued to say Narendra Modi instead of Narendra Amin.

Finally, when he realised that he was mistaking the names, he quickly covered it up by saying "For us, any name starting with `Narendra' means enemy. There is not much of a difference between Narendra Amin and Narendra Modi."

DJS for judicial probe into Naseeruddin affair

The Hindu, 14-11-2004

The Darsgah-Jihad-O-Shahadat (DJS) on Saturday sought an enquiry by a sitting High Court judge into the events from August 28 when Moulana Naseeruddin and six other youths were arrested, for their alleged connection with the militant outfit, Lashkar-e-Toiba, till the killing of a youth, Mujahid, near the DGP's office and the trouble that broke out in Saidabad.

They also sought the arrest of Narendra Amin, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Ahmedabad, holding him responsible for Mujahid's death.

Want trial in Hyderabad

Addressing a press conference here, the DJS President, Shaik Mahboob Ali, said the trial of Moulana Naseeruddin, presently in judicial remand in Gujarat, should be held in Hyderabad or some other city and not in Gujarat, as it was `unsafe.'

Dharna planned

He said the DJS would stage a three-day dharna in Charminar or at any other place in the old city from November 22 to voice their demands.

He further wanted that all the cases booked against `innocent Muslims' during the violence at Saidabad and those registered when Mujahid was shot dead, be withdrawn immediately.

Holding the police responsible for the Saidabad riots, Mr. Ali said they would take out a protest rally from Mecca Masjid on Babri Masjid demolition day on December 6.

"This time we will take out the rally from the Masjid, come what may. We do not have any weapons like the police, but we will be ready with stones, if police try to stop us. Even we are fond of Shahadat (martyrdom)," he said.

Activists of the DJS attacked policemen as they reached Sayeedabad

Yahoo India, 01-11-2004

Police imposed prohibitory orders in parts of this Andhra Pradesh capital's old quarter Monday after 20 people were injured in violence during a procession taken out with the body of a Muslim youth killed in firing by Gujarat Police.

Additional Commissioner of Police A.K. Khan said orders banning the assembly of five or more people were imposed in the limits of Saeedabad and Madannapet police stations and parts of Chaderghat and Malakpet police stations.

Five policemen and four media personnel were among those injured when a violent mob clashed with police, who resorted to firing in the air and used tear gas to disperse the protestors.

The violence erupted when the body of Mujahid Saleem Islahi, killed in Sunday's firing by Gujarat Police, was being taken to his residence in a massive procession.

Activists of the Muslim organisation Darasgah Jihad-o-Shadath (DJS), who were following a vehicle carrying the body of the 20-year-old Islahi, suddenly attacked policemen as they reached the volatile Saeedabad area.

Islahi was killed when a Gujarat Police officer opened fire after about 50 followers of cleric Moulana Naseeruddin tried to prevent a police team from taking him to Gujarat.

Naseeruddin was arrested in connection with the murder of former Gujarat home minister Haren Pandya. He was taken to Gujarat Sunday night.

Islahi was buried in the graveyard near his house in Saeedabad Monday evening.

Police made tight security arrangements to prevent any untoward incident. Some angry youth manhandled Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) legislator Ahmed Pasha Quadri during the burial, questioning the absence of MIM leaders since last night.

As tension prevailed in Saeedabad, additional police forces were deployed in sensitive localities to prevent further violence.

Minority Welfare Minister Mohammed Fareeduddin visited the violence-hit area. He told newsmen that a magisterial inquiry would be conducted into Sunday's firing.

"If necessary we will also order a judicial probe," he added.

The main road near Islahi's house looked like a battleground with stones and glass strewn all around the place.

But for the intervention by community leaders, the situation could have taken a serious turn. Police were about to open fire on the stone-pelting mob when some community elders intervened and advised police and the mob to restrain.

The police later chased the mob into the narrow lane where Islahi's house is located and caned the people gathered there. The victim's father, Abdulaleem Islahi, and DJS president Mahaboob Ali were also injured in the violence.

The angry mob targeted the media, specially the TV cameramen and photographers, suspecting them to be police agents.

The body of Islahi was brought to his house in Saeedabad in a procession from Osmania General Hospital where an autopsy was conducted. The procession took one hour to cover a distance of five kilometres as hundreds of youths joined the procession.

Earlier, amid high drama, Mujahid's body was shifted from a private hospital to the government-run Osmania hospital for autopsy. Five people, including DJS president Mahaboob Ali, who were arrested Sunday night, were released to pacify the agitated mob.

The autopsy was conducted after Islahi's father rushed here from Kuwait and declared he was proud to be the father of a martyr.

DJS Activist dies in Hyderabad police firing

Deccan herald, 01-11-2004

One person was killed in police firing in front of the office of the Director-General of Police in Hyderabad on Sunday evening when a crowd tried to prevent the arrest of religious leader Moulana Nasiru-ddin by the Gujarat police, DHNS reports.

Moulana Nasiruddin is an accused in the case of murder of former Gujarat minister Haren Pandya. The dead person has been identified as Mujahid (26).

City police commissioner R P Singh said the Gujarat police had brought a non-bailable arrest warrant against the Moulana and arrested him as he came with his lawyer, to sign the attendance in a case of fomenting communal trouble in the city.

As he was being whisked away in a van, about 20 activists of Darsgah-Jihad-o-Shaadat (DJS), including women, threw stones and obstructed the van. As the vehicle stopped, they forcibly opened it and tried to take Moulana away. Police prevented it by opening fire in which one person, believed to be a DJS activist died. Nobody was injured.

DJS lawyer oppose Gujrat police petition

The Hindu, 02-102004

Naseeruddin was kept in the hospital's jail ward with armed guards keeping surveillance. The police refused to allow Naseeruddin's family members to meet him since he was in judicial custody.

Meanwhile, the Ninth Metropolitan Magistrate transferred the petition filed by the Gujraat police seeking Naseeruddin's custody to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of City Civil Courts.

Mr. Shaik Saifullah Khalid, DJS Advocate, opposed the petition on the ground that it was not in conformity with mandatory Criminal Provision Code rules. On hearing both sides, the Ninth Metropolitan Magistrate transferred the petition to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate to decide upon the issue.

DJS protest

The Darsgah Jihad-O-Shahadat (DJS) president and six others, courted arrest at Charminar in protest against the continued detention of Naseeruddin. The DJS general secretary, Md. Majid, and the TTSI leader, Ahmed Bin Aslam, were among the arrested. Mr. Ali charged that the Government was deliberately delaying Naseeruddin's release.

Plea to arrest MLA under POTA

The Hindu, 02-09-2004

The city unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has accused the MIM MLA, Akbaruddin Owaisi, and the president of the Darsgah Jihad-O-Shahdat (DJS), Shaik Mahboob Ali, of provoking people in the name of religion and demanded their arrest under POTA.

At a press conference here on Wednesday, the president of the city BJP unit, Venkataramani, and the Deputy Mayor, Subash Chanderji, said Mr. Mahaboob Ali's "outburst" against police officials and the way Mr. Owaisi had taken up the issue made one suspect their intentions.

Mr. Venkatramani charged the Government with succumbing to the MIM's "blackmail tactics."

He came down heavily on the police for "abruptly" cancelling the permission given to the BJP to hold a demonstration.

"We were arrested after being given permission, while the DJS was allowed to hold a demonstration without permission. What kind of a message are they sending?" he asked. He lashed out at the CPI, the CPI(M) and other democratic organisations for "never condemning terrorist activities." Mr. Chanderji said organisations like the DJS didn't have the support of majority of Muslims.

Muslims charge Hyderabad police of ‘prejudice’

Deccan Herald, 01-09-2004

Various Muslim organisations and the Majlis have charged the Hyderabad police of acting with “prejudice” against Muslims.
This was alleged after the arrest of eight men and the “harsh” handling of Muslim women when they barged into the office of the Hyderabad police commissioner on Monday.
Several human rights and civil liberties organisations joined the protest on Tuesday organised by Darsgah-Jihad-o-Shaadat (DJS) against the ‘harassment’ of Muslim youth.
DJS president Shaikh Mahboob Ali has demanded the suspension of city Police Commissioner R P Singh and Deputy Commissioner of Police M Shiva Prasad alleging they were “communal”.
The Majlis Ittehadul-e-Muslimeen and he alleged that the top police officials had “raked up” the issue of Lashkar-e-Toiba activities in the city only to prove his “efficiency”.
The DJS has demanded the release of Maulana Naseeruddin, president of Tehreek Tahfuz Sher-e-Islam and others who were arrested on Sunday on charges of trying to blow up a temple in the city to foment communal violence.
Mr Akbaruddin Owaisi demanded that the Congress government throw out the “RSS sympathisers” and “fascist-minded police officials” or the Congress would lose support of the Muslims. He condemned the “manhandling” of women protesters at the commissionerate office on Sunday.
However, Bashiruddin Babukhan former minister and chairman, Forum for Equity and Justice condemned Sunday’s protest by Muslim women and said they had brought disrepute to themselves and the community. There were other ways of protest in a democracy instead of trespassing into the building and trying to take law into their hands.
Meanwhile, the eight arrested men suspected to be LeT operatives have been remanded to judicial custody till September 10. In a parallel move the Hyderabad police ordered an enquiry as to how 100 women barged into the Commissioner’s office.

Insider angle to plot against BJP leader?

The Hindu, 21--01-2004

Days after the city police arrested Darsgah Jihad-O-Shahadat (DJS) activists on the charge of conspiring to assassinate the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State president, N.Indrasena Reddy, the organisation made a claim of its trainees being in the team of special personal bodyguards that provided security to Mr. Reddy.

The DJS president, Shaik Mahboob Ali, stated this at a press conference here on Tuesday while denying the police charge of the arrested being members of his outfit. "Two of them did train with us some 10 years ago but we are not aware of what they are doing after that. They just underwent training and are not members of the DJS," he said.

The short-term training in self-defence, karate and `lathi' offered by the outfit had been taken by more than 20,000 men and 1,200 women so far, he said. "After the term, we don't usually have any contact with most of the trainees."

The DJS has completed 20 years and, to mark the occasion, has decided to organise a public meeting near Idgah Hazrath Ujale Shah Saheb Reh, Saidabad, on January 24 followed by a motor cycle rally from Dabeerpura Darwaza to the Saidabad crossroads.

Mr.Mahboob Ali charged the police with harassing members of the outfit at the behest of what he described as leaders having connections with the Sangh Parivar. He took a dig at the claims made by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and other outfits on ushering in `Hindu Raj' in the country.

Noisy scenes over DJS activities

The Hindu, 26-02-2003

The State Assembly witnessed noisy scenes and heated debate on Tuesday, over the activities of Darsgah-e- Jehad-o Shahadat (DJS) and the killing of two Muslim youths in alleged encounter with police. The BJP members flashing the photographs of the victims of murders committed allegedly by DJS, had a wordy duel with MIM and Congress members.

The issue came up for discussion for over two hours, through Rule 304 notice given by the BJP floor leader N. Indrasena Reddy and 25 others. A procedural wrangle took much of the time, with Mr. Indrasena Reddy insisting on the Home Minister, T. Devender Goud's reply soon after his party colleague, K. Laxman spoke, as was decided at the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) meeting.

The Deputy Speaker, K. Harishwar Reddy informed Mr. Reddy that the MIM floor leader, Asaduddin Owaisi, was being given a chance in accordance with the decision taken by the Speaker, K. Pratibha Bharathi, as the issues raised by BJP and MIM were similar. But the BJP members did not relent. They softened their stand only after the Speaker came on, took the views of the floor leaders and asked Mr. Owaisi to speak.

Listing out a number of incidents involving ISI-supported terrorist groups, Mr.Laxman said Andhra Pradesh in general and Hyderabad in particular had become a refuge for these groups, as the Government remained soft and indifferent. From the police officer, Krishna Prasad, several the BJP/ VHP activists to the 10 innocents, they were all brutally killed by these groups. A number of Pakistanis overstayed after the expiry of their visa period. Far from condoling such kilkings, the MIM and Congress leaders sympathised with the perpetrators of heinous crime. The Congress members protested noisily. He went on to demand a ban on DJS and invoking of POTA against its arrested activists.

BJP and the DJS, observed a parallel bandh in the state

THE TELEGRAPH, 12-02-2003

Chandrababu Naidu may be opposing the Ram mandir in Ayodhya, but he is not averse to building Balaji temples in his state.

The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet yesterday decided to sanction from the common good fund Rs 25 lakh for each of the 295 Assembly constituencies for constructing Venkateswaralayas. The public will be involved to promote communal amity.

Earlier, Ramalayas (Ram temples) were built in most Dalit colonies to reduce tension between upper castes and Harijans over entry to temples.

The dole is sure to leave Naidu open to charges of going soft on Hindutva like some of his peers, namely Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijay Singh and Rajasthan’s Ashok Gehlot.

While Gehlot had recently backed a controversial Ramkatha hosted by Governor Anshuman Singh at Raj Bhavan to raise funds for drought relief, Digvijay claims he is a champion of cows and even talked of drinking cow’s urine for its medicinal value.

The Telugu Desam Party government’s decision came at a time when both the BJP — an ally — and the Darsgah Jihad-o-Shahadat, a fundamentalist organisation, observed a parallel bandh in the state.

While the BJP had called a statewide strike to protest the growing activities of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence and “jihadi terrorism”, the Darsgah Jihad-o-Shahadat, a city-based fringe outfit, called a “Hyderabad bandh” to “expose the designs of the BJP to whip up communal hatred”.

The state BJP has been demanding a ban on the Darsgah. The Naidu government is also contemplating a ban following recent revelations of Rangareddy district police that the outfit’s men were behind serial murders in Hyderabad.

“The case is being investigated by the CB (CID) and we will take a decision after the completion of the inquiry,” home minister T. Devender Gowd told reporters yesterday.

The Darsgah claims that none of those arrested belonged to the organisation. The outfit’s chief, Shaik Mahboob Ali, said that like “fake encounters” against civil rights activists and Naxalites, this was a design of the BJP to eliminate members of his organisation.

The twin strikes passed off without any major incident of violence or unrest. Around 5,000 people were arrested all over the state including 700 in the city for obstructing vehicles and forcing shopkeepers to down shutters.

About 500 BJP activists and leaders — including the party’s floor leader in the Assembly N. Indrasena Reddy, three legislators, city deputy mayor Subash Chander and five corporators — were taken into custody, police said.

Ironically, the strike also gave an opportunity to the BJP and the Desam to show their concern for Muslims. On an appeal by the Desam, the BJP had announced that the bandh will be lifted in the afternoon so that Muslims could shop for Id tomorrow.

Police allegations were an attempt to discredit the DJS

Times of India, 04-02-2003

Even as the government is planning to try the Dursgah-Jehad-o-Shahadat (DJS) case in a special court, the kingpin of the gang of robbers -- accused of killing nine people of a particular community -- was reportedly arrested by the Rajendranagar police on Monday evening.

Imtiyaz, 27, was said to be the leader of a band of robbers who are alleged to be members of the DJS. The police had earlier arrested four members of the six-member gang, which the Ranga Reddy SP Ramachandra Raju had said killed victims only from a particular community.

With the case acquiring a communal overtone, it is understood that the government has decided to designate a special court to try this case as well as all other cases of similar nature.

It's learnt that the government came to this conclusion because such cases needed to be tried without any loss of time to prevent recurrence of such crimes.

It is learnt that the CID, which has been handling the case, is looking at the possibility of the four arrested DJS members — Mohammed Jaffer Khan, Syed Muktar, Khalid and Akbar alias Ladoo — and another member of their gang being involved in more crimes than the nine murders and 12 cases of robbery and extortion they have so far been accused of.

Elsewhere, chief of DJS Shaik Mahboob Ali on Monday denied that the arrested men had any association with the DJS. The police allegations were an attempt to discredit the organisation, he said.

BJP demanded ban on the DJS

The Hindu, 05-02-2003

The Bharatiya Janata Party has called State-wide bandh on February 11 to protest the ‘jehadi’ killings by the Darsgah Jehad-o-Shahadat (DJS) and demanding strong steps to check its activists and MIM’s alleged support to the organisation.

Announcing the bandh call at a press conference here on Tuesday, S.V. Seshagiri Rao, State BJP vice-president, and N. Indrasena Reddy, party floor leader in the Assembly, demanded ban on the DJS and seizure of its property under POTA. Both sought arrest of its leader, Shaik Mahboob Ali, his son and son-in-law and other supporters.

While Mr. Rao charged the State Government with being "subservient’’ to the DJS and the MIM by adopting appeasement policy towards them, Mr. Reddy alleged that the DJS was involved in as many as 100 murders.

The BJP leaders pointed out that Ali’s arrest would result in unearthing of information about the activities of other similar organisations which were allegedly responsible for "jehadi’ murders.

Both Mr. Rao and Mr. Reddy traced the various incidents like the bomb blast in the Saibaba temple at Dilsukhnagar and the attack on the Birla Mandir besides several murder cases in City and the outskirts which remained unsolved. They suspected that organisations like the DJS were involved in these incidents and killings.

Mr. Reddy alleged that the MIM by sympathising with the alleged accused persons involved in the Saibaba temple case was proving to be no different from the DJS. He accused the Government of lacking courage to take action against the MIM for its alleged support to ‘jehadi’ organisations.

The BJP floor leader stated that the party executive meeting on February 8 and 9 in Cuddapah would also study the law and order situation in the State, keeping in view the threat to people because of the activities of the "jehadi’’ organisations.

SIO appeals for calm: Meanwhile, the Students Islamic Organisation of India (SIO) condemned "the attempt to provoke communal passions’’ and divide the Indian people at a time when a united stand against challenges to the nation was needed.

In a resolution passed by its Central Advisory Council, a copy of which was released to the press, the SIO appealed to Muslim students to understand the "tricks of the anti- national communal forces and not get trapped in their net.’’ The SIO asked them to "maintain balance as preached by Islam’’ and not to develop communal passions. Rather they should inculcate "true Islamic sentiments of love and fraternity’’ and develop good relations with non-Muslims, the resolution appealed.

The SIO also passed a resolution against the U.S. for "clear indications to attack Iraq’’ and for creating a danger to international peace by its arrogant actions. Another resolution expressed concern regarding the slow pace of progress in education and literacy. It condemned the "unregulated and blind privatisation of higher education’’ and underlined the Government’s responsibility to provide every citizen with equal right to higher and professional education.

Gang of 'communal killers' held

Khaleej Times, 01-02-2003

The police in Ranga Reddy district, skirting the Andhra Pradesh capital Hyderabad, has busted a gang of 'communal murderers' with the arrest of four youths involved in the serial killing of nine people of another community.

District Superintendent of Police V. Ramchandra Raju told a news conference here yesterday that the four were activists of the radical organisation, Darasgah-e-Jehad-o-Shahadat (DJS), active in the old city of Hyderabad.

Mr Raju said the gang had carried out the killings with the ulterior motives of inciting communal violence and to avenge the communal carnage in Gujarat. The four are 24-year-old owner of a hotel Jaffer Khan, 21-year-old bakery worker Akber alias Laddu, 20-year-old driver Mukhtar and 25-year-old Khalid.

The police have booked cases of murder, robberies, extortion and conspiracy to create communal discord and violence. The suspects have been sent to judicial custody. However Mr Ramchandra Raju said the gang leader, 25-year-old Imtiaz, a lorry driver was absconding and the police were hunting for him.

The SP said that the modus operandi of the gang was such that they used to pick up the unsuspecting persons from the bus stand or other places in their car and take them to deserted places where the suspects killed them after ascertaining their communal identity

Stone-pelting by youth in self-defence: DJS

The Hindu, 16-10-2001

The Darsgah Jihad-o-Shahadat will soon take out a rally from Mecca masjid to the Raj Bhavan condemning the US attacks on Afghanistan.

Addressing a press conference here on Monday, its president, Mr. Shaik Mahboob Ali, took exception to the police entering the Mecca masjid wearing shoes. Justifying and defending the stone- pelting by youngsters on Friday, Mr. Ali said: "The youth began throwing stones only when the police resorted to lathicharge."

When asked if removal of stones of the mosque did not amount to damaging the masjid itself, he said that everything done in `self-defence' was acceptable. "Removing and breaking stones of the mosque, and damaging the mosque are two different issues," he hastened to add.

He asked the Government to initiate disciplinary action against the police personnel responsible for firing tear gas shells on `innocent' youth. Mr. Ali made it clear that there was neither a women's wing of the DJS in the name of Dukhtaran-e-Millat nor the DJS was involved in the October 12 incidents as reportedly stated by the Police Commissioner, Mr. P. Ramulu.

He said it was not befitting on the part of the Commissioner to make such statements. He stated that his organisation had a network of 20,000 activists in the State. Training was being imparted to activists in martial arts like karate for `self- defence.'

Mr. Ali showered praises on Osama bin Laden, describing him as "the best man around fighting for us". Referring to the statement of RSS leaders that a temple would be constructed at Ayodhya, he said: "If they build temple, we will remove the statues and offer namaz there."

HYDERABAD - Climate of Jehad

India Today, 08-01-2001

Seven-year-old Saleem came dressed as told. He covered his face and brought along his new gift-a toy Kalashnikov-to join the rally. The December 6 protest rally is an annual feature of Hyderabad but it is also illustrates how the jehadi mindset takes hold of a boy's mind. He is told to prepare for a holy war to rebuild a mosque at Ayodhya, and terrorism is glorified by toy guns. That's how the Darsgah Jehad-o-Shahadat (DJS) keeps passions inflamed in the bylanes of the old city. History blends with propaganda to create an explosive cocktail.

No wonder there is a section ready to play host to those carrying the real weapons in their jehad. "This is quite disconcerting and the terrorist threat is serious," admits Police Commissioner P. Ramulu. Perhaps more serious than the nihilism of the People's War Group.

For the itinerant terrorist, Hyderabad is a haven. There are plenty of safe houses both in the old city and pockets in west Hyderabad. The security of these enabled Mohammed Ishtiaq, a let activist from Pakistan to cultivate relationships, marry a Hyderabadi girl and pass off as a local for three years.

Ishtiaq may have stayed that way longer but for a tip-off from the Delhi police after blasts in the capital in the summer of 1998. The Hyderabad Police tracked him down and arrested two other Pakistanis, Mohammed Shafeeq and Farooq Ahmed-both trained by the let-with a large cache of weapons and 18 kg of RDX.

The alarm bells first rang in November 1992, when Additional Superintendent of Police G. Krishna Prasad and his gunman were shot dead in the labyrinthine Bhavani Colony while raiding a terrorist hideout. The militants had links with the Mujahuddin-e-Islam of Kashmir which in turn was handled by the ISI. Subsequently, activists of outfits like Iqwan-ul-Muslimeen and Tanzeen Islahul-Muslimeen developed Hyderabad as a major terrorist centre for the ISI.

"The isi strategy was to create several modules with non-descript names and independent of one another to put us off any strong leads," says a senior police official. Later, they secured local recruits and sent them to Pakistan for training. They included a wanted killer Abu Omer, who returned to India with a Pakistani passport and attempted to kill former Mumbai mayor Milind Vaidya in March 1999 before the police caught him at a guest house in Lucknow.

Hyderabad has been targeted by the ISI because of its communal mix and strategic location. It is both the hub from where militants head for get-aways in contiguous Maharashtra and Karnataka and the hide-outs of others who carry out operations elsewhere. Activists of the Al Umma, responsible for the Coimbatore blasts of February 1998, were provided shelter in the Secunderabad cantonment.

What baffles the police is the frequency with which terrorist facilitators change labels. Often, dormant groups are activated for specific missions. "We can't take any action as we lack evidence," admits a top official. At best the special task force for ISI activities can monitor jehadi groups. But there is no way it can anticipate when impressionable boys like Saleem turn activist and start harbouring terrorists.

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