Man allegedly linked to HuJI arrested in Bareilly

October 6th, 2009 KOLKATA - Two members of the city-based Lalgarh Sanhati Mancha were arrested here for allegedly funding Maoist leader Chhatradhar Mahto, police said Tuesday. Prasun Chattapadhyay and Raja Sorkhel of Lalgarh solidarity platform were arrested late Monday for allegedly backing People's Committee against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) leader Mahto, a police officer said.

September 12th, 2009 JAMMU - A 50-year-old man, the father of a former militant, was shot dead in a village in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district by terrorists, police said Sunday. Three militants led by Mohammad Amin, the area commander of the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) separatist outfit, barged into Ghulam Mohammad Chaupan's house in Sigdi village, some 250 km from here, Saturday night and shot him dead, an official said.

September 9th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A bank manager was held captive for nearly 12 hours in his office by farmers in an Uttar Pradesh village for allegedly demanding a bribe to issue their Kisan Credit Card (KCC), police said Wednesday. Angry farmers in Barsera village in Bareilly district Tuesday barged inside the office of a Punjab National Bank (PNB) branch manager.

September 4th, 2009 JAMMU - The security forces Friday apprehended an 18-year-old youth who they claimed was a "fresh recruit" of the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district. Defence spokesperson Lt.

August 20th, 2009 KOHIMA - The Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM) Thursday rejected charges of any link with Pakistan-based Islamic terror outfits like the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami (HuJI). The NSCN has (had) no relation at all with HuJI or any terrorist organization at any point of time, an NSCN-IM statement said.

July 14th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Over a hundred students have allegedly submitted fake marksheets to secure admission to a collge in Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh, an official said Tuesday. The marksheets were found forged when the administration of the Bareilly College scrutinised the students' applications.

July 4th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader and his two aides have been booked for allegedly raping a 25-year-old married woman in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district, police said Saturday. "BSP leader Sumer Singh, who is in charge of the party's affairs in the Nawabganj assembly constituency of Bareilly, along with two of his friends raped the woman after abducting her," police Inspector Veer Singh Nayak told IANS on phone.

June 10th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Two women from Nepal were arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district with about 25 kg of opium worth Rs.5 million, police said Wednesday. The women were nabbed Tuesday evening.

May 10th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi was Sunday prohibited from addressing a rally in a Muslim-dominated area of Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district, as authorities feared it could lead to a law and order problem. However, he was permitted to hold a rally at some distance from the area.

March 11th, 2009 LUCKNOW - One person was killed and at least seven were injured as groups of Hindus and Muslims clashed Tuesday during a religious procession in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district, police said. Several vehicles and at least half a dozen shops were set on fire in the violence, which erupted when a group of Muslims taking out the Barawafat procession entered Faridpur area, Superintendent of Police (Rural) Vijay Gautam told IANS on telephone.

March 5th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Three men wanted in several cases were killed by the police Thursday in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly town after a two-hour-long gun battle, a police official said. Five policemen were injured in the process, three of them critically.

January 31st, 2009 LUCKNOW - At least 13 people were killed and four injured when the truck they were travelling in went off the road and fell into a ditch in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district Sunday, police said. The mishap took place around 5 a.m.

January 18th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Seven people, including six policemen, have been arrested for abducting a schoolgirl in Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh, police said Monday. 'A case has been filed against seven people, including a sub-inspector and five constables, who this morning (Monday) abducted a schoolgirl,' Bareilly district police chief Piyush Mordiya told IANS on phone.

January 14th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Two aides of underworld don Chhota Rajan who allegedly tried to kill a builder in Mumbai last year have been arrested here, an official said Thursday. The gangsters were held in a joint raid by the Mumbai Police and the Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh Police.

January 9th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Six people allegedly involved in printing and circulation of fake currency notes were arrested in Uttar Pradesh, the police said Saturday. 'The six were nabbed Friday night from a hideout in Premnagar area in Bareilly (some 250 km from Lucknow),' police inspector Chandra Pal Singh told IANS on phone.