On Friday, a team of the Gujarat Police managed to arrest Shahid Badr, former chief of the Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), a banned terrorist organisation after almost 18 years of registering a case against him. A senior Police officer from Azamgarh said, "A four-member team of the Gujarat Police arrived here on Thursday and arrested Badr from his home in the Karbala area."

After almost 18 years of registering a case against #ShahidBadr, former chief of the Students' Islamic Movement of India (#SIMI), a banned terrorist organisation, a team of the #GujaratPolice arrested him on Sept 5.

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According to the police officials, the Gujarat Police informed the Uttar Pradesh Police about the arrest of Badr. A case was registered against Badr in 2001 at Kutch, Gujarat for delivering an "inflammatory speech." Back in 2012, a Gujarat court had issued a warrant against Badr in connection with a case under sections 353 (criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) and 143 (unlawful assembly) of the Indian Penal Code, reports news agency IANS.