Panayikulam Simi Camp, August 2006

On 15 August 2006, 18 members of Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), a banned organisation, met in secret at Happy Auditorium, Panayikulam near Aluva in Ernakulam district. The meeting of SIMI was anti-Government, seditious, inflammatory, provocative and capable of creating religious animosity. Accordingly, a case was registered at Binanipuram Police Station.

The convicted 5 - Shaduli, Rasik, Nadvi, Nizamuddin, Shammas

 At around 12 noon of the Indian independence day of 2006, an SI of Binanipuram police station, K.N Rajesh during his patrol duty got information about a secret meeting of SIMI taking place at Happy Auditorium, Panayikulam. He quickly reached the auditorium and overheard the speeches being made. He heard a man named Abdul Rasik say,

“the nation India is built by the British. Before that it was a group of Muslim countries ruled by Mughals and Nizams. The existing governments are against Muslims. There are various types of black laws against the Muslims in India. They are torturing the Muslims by invoking TADA and NSA. The Indian military is killing the Muslims who are conducting Jihad for the freedom of Kashmir. SIMI is trying to protect the interest of Muslims in India. Nobody can restrict or eradicate SIMI. We should bring back India to its original position through SIMI etc”

to which all the others present applauded. SI Rajesh along with fellow officers then entered the hall and all 18 present were taken to the police station after which the arrests of those on the dais to speak were registered. Books and literature related to SIMI that were pro Pakistani, anti-Govt., seditious and inflammatory were seized from their possession.

In November 2015, an NIA special court in Ernakulam convicted 5 of the accused and 11 were acquitted. NIA had filed an appeal at the Kerala High Court against their acquittal. However, the Kerala High Court on 12 April 2019, overturned the conviction of the 5 and set free the 2 who were awarded 14 years imprisonment and fines and the 3 who were awarded 12 years imprisonment and fines.

Some far-left activists organised an event facilitating the released Panayikulam case accused on 2 May 2019 in Kochi.

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Kozhikode Twin Blasts of March 2006

On Friday 3, March 2006, 1:05PM, bomb blasts took place at KSRTC bus stand and Mofussil bus stand in Kozhikode city injuring two. This was done in retaliation for denying bail to the accused in the Marad incident.

The time of 1:05PM of a Friday was chosen so that most Muslims will be at prayer at Mosques and will be spared from the blasts.

Thadiyantavide Naseer

Of 9 suspects, one turned approver, 4 were arrested, 1 died and the rest were absconding as on 11 August, 2011 when the Kerala High Court convicted Thadiyantavide Naseer and Shafas for manufacturing, posessing and using explosives with the intent of causing harm. They were given life sentences. Other two arrested were acquitted.

Convicted Thadiyantavide Naseer from Kannur was a prolific Islamic terrorist from a very young age. He started as a follower of Abdul Nasser Madani and would later become the South India commander of Lashkar e Toiba. He is also an accused in the the Kalamassery bus burning case of 2005 and in a conspiracy to assassinate former chief minister EK Nayanar. Both Thadiyantavide Naseer and Shafas are also accused in Edakkad - Kashmir terror recruitment case.

Mohammer Asher one of the absconding suspects was arrested in January 2019. He had fled to Saudi Arabia to evade arrest.

Another suspect Yussuf is still at large.