Vicky Nanjappa

1,800 Lashkar terrorists waiting to strike India: IB

With the foreign media reporting a continued Lashkar-e-Tayiba threat to India , Indian intelligence agencies say that this dreaded outfit has at least 1,800 men on standby all set to enter into India and spread terror. Intelligence Bureau sources told rediff.com that the reports coming in from foreign intelligence agencies were correct and the Lashkar…
How ISI masterminds fake currency racket in India

India’s fake currency problem gets bigger and bigger. So dependant are Pakistan-based terror outfits on fake currency they recently stole a secret template India used to print its currency. The Central Bureau of Investigation is currently probing the theft with the help of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, the Reserve Bank of India and the…
Why Naseer is a prize catch for Indian security agencies

Indian investigators have plenty to smile about with the arrest of Thadiyantavida Naseer and his associate, Shafas, who were picked up by the Bangladesh police on the Meghalaya-Bangladesh border. Naseer is a prized catch since he played a crucial role in the various serial blasts that rocked the country. Moreover, he is also suspected to…
One handler three names four countries

The arrests in the United States of America and also at Italy have thrown up a whole new angle to the Mumbai 26/11 plot. Investigations by the National Investigating Agency has made it clear that the Lashkar-e-Tayiba which plotted and executed the 26/11 attack had not only used Indian and Pakistani modules to carry out…
How Indian intel sleuths goofed up on Headley

The Intelligence Bureau and Research and Analysis Wing are downplaying their team’s failure to meet David Headley, the Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative currently in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s custody. Agents from India’s domestic and external intelligence agencies traveled to the US recently to interrogate Headley, who the FBI arrested last month and charged with being part…
Fake Bose from Russia had US worried

Rediff.com’s Vicky Nanjappa speaks to Author Anuj Dhar about his latest book on Subhash Chandra Bose and uncovers some of the CIA’s long-lost records, along the way. For the first time, the Central Intelligence Agency has declassified and released to an India n citizen, two very important records — pertaining to the death of freedom…
The future terrorist attacks on India

A year has gone by since Mumbai was attacked by the Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Tayiba. Following this attack India put a lot of pressure on Pakistan to shut down terror factories in their country. Several arrests and releases were carried out of Lashkar militants and Pakistan claimed that they have been able to deal with the…
An Urdu poem keeps the terrorists going

The brutality with which the 26/11 operation was carried out by “ten” fidayeens could be attributed more to the training of the ‘mind’ compared to physical training. According to experts, the training which is imparted to these men physically makes them tough fighters, it is the mental training and constant brainwashing that makes them brutal…
‘No tangible proof of Muslims’ involvement in terrorism’

Upset at what they consider the deliberate implication of the Muslim community in terror attacks, varoius Muslim organisations last week formed an umbrella body — Coordination Committee for Indian Muslims — to raise their voice against the development. After a meeting at the Jamaat e Islami Hind in New Delhi, held in the wake of…
‘The Mumbai ATS is a brand new force today’

The Mumbai Anti-Terrorist Squad came in for a lot of flak post 26/11 since many believe this high profile police unit was caught napping by the attacks. The ATS also lost its chief Hemant Karkare in the terror assault. ATS Chief K P S Raghuvanshi tells rediff.com’s Vicky Nanjappa that the Squad is now fully…