Renamed simi weds Huji-B

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Four other SIMI activists were arrested on Sunday night after a secret meeting of 30 operatives in a mosque in Maana village, Akola.

ATS prepared

Anti-terrorism Squad (ATS) officials have been on their toes since the secret meeting in Akola.

A team of ATS officers is already in Akola and a massive manhunt has been launched for 20 missing activists of the outfit.

The ATS plans to question SIMI's Amir Safdar Nagori's right-hand-man Nazer in connection with the Akola module and their links to HUJI-B.

A person named Mohammed has also come under the scanner after the death of mastermind Shahid Bilal in Karachi in 2008.

Additional Commissioner of Police (ATS) Param Bir Singh refused to give details, but said his officers are carrying out investigations in the case.

Danger Signals

Arabic literature was found on the four SIMI activists arrested on Sunday night in Akola. Police sources said that the activists have revealed the names of their 15 associates who are on the run.

The four have been arrested under section 10 (being members of an unlawful association) and 13 (punishment for unlawful activities) under the Prevention of Unlawful Activities Act, 1967

1997
The year SIMI was formed in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh

2002
The year SIMI was banned. The ban was lifted in 2008, but a special tribunal reinstated it in August that year

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