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SIMI orchestrated the 2008 Malegaon blast: Pragya Singh’s lawyer

While Thakur and former army officers Ramesh Upadhyay and Prasad Shrikant Purohit are among the prime accused in the case, her lawyer JP Mishra made the claim as part of his final arguments before the special NIA judge AK Lahoti

SIMI orchestrated the 2008 Malegaon blast: Pragya Singh’s lawyer
Updated on Oct 04, 2024 07:28 AM IST

Absconding SIMI member arrested after 22 years

The Delhi police’s special cell, in coordination with the local police in Bhusawal in Maharashtra, on February 22 arrested Hanif Sheikh, 47, an alleged member of the banned organisation SIMI (The Students’ Islamic Movement of India)

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Updated on Feb 26, 2024 07:44 AM IST
ByManish K Pathak

Delhi Police arrest alleged operative of banned SIMI from Maharashtra

Hanif Sheikh was the editor of SIMI magazine’s Urdu version and arranged meetings in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Karnataka, and Kerala

A team of the Special Cell recently learned that Hanif Sheikh had changed his identity to Mohammed Hanif and was working as a teacher in an Urdu school in Maharashtra’s Bhusawal. (Representational image)
Updated on Feb 26, 2024 05:52 AM IST

MHA extends ban on SIMI for further five years

SIMI was first banned in September 2001 and since then the ban has been extended on it by the government

Union home minister Amit Shah announced the decision on X (formerly Twitter). (Amit Shah | Facebook)
Published on Jan 29, 2024 05:03 PM IST
ByNeeraj Chauhan

NIA files chargesheet against former SIMI member in PFI terror case

The chargesheet was filed before the NIA special court of Patna against the key accused Anwar Rashid, a resident of Sant Ravidas Nagar in Uttar Pradesh

The NIA case pertains to unlawful and anti-national activities associated with the PFI by the 26 named accused and suspected persons, who had assembled in the Phulwarisharif area of Patna in July 2022. (Representative Image)
Updated on Oct 28, 2023 09:35 PM IST

Aurangabad arms haul case: HC suspends convict’s life sentence, grants bail

The Bombay high court has suspended the life term of a man convicted in the 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case and granted him bail during pendency of his appeal. Afroz Khan Shahid Khan Pathan, a pharmacist, was convicted in 2016 for being part of a larger conspiracy to commit anti-national activities. The court granted him bail after accepting his contention that there was no evidence to suggest he had visited Bangladesh via Calcutta and brought funds pursuant to the conspiracy. The court also took into consideration that Pathan had been in jail for the last 17 years.

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Updated on Jun 25, 2023 01:20 AM IST

20 years on, court acquits 122 people accused of SIMI links

The accused were held in 2001 under UAPA for allegedly being SIMI members and organising a meeting.

The court of chief judicial magistrate AN Dave acquitted 122 persons arrested for being members of the banned outfit SIMI, giving them the benefit of doubt.(Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Updated on Mar 07, 2021 05:42 AM IST
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