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'''Azam Ghauri''' was a |
'''Azam Ghauri''' was a Terrorist belonging to [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] and was wanted for various crimes including the [[1993 Bombay bombings|1993 serial bomb blasts]].<ref name=rd1>{{cite web|url=http://in.rediff.com/news/2000/jul/14isib.htm|title=Azam Ghauri: The ISI kingpin|author=George Iype}}</ref><ref name=fl>{{cite web|url=http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1710/17100390.htm |title=The 'liberation' of Hyderabad |author=Praveen Swami |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017231201/http://frontlineonnet.com/fl1710/17100390.htm |archivedate=2007-10-17 }}</ref> |
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In 1992, he returned to India and was involved in the murder of G Krishna Prasad, an [[Additional Superintendent of Police]] in Hyderabad.<ref name=red>{{cite web|url=http://in.rediff.com/news/2000/jul/14isi1.htm|title=Liberating Hyderabad is a priority for Lashkar-e-Toiba|author=George Iype}}</ref> |
In 1992, he returned to India and was involved in the murder of G Krishna Prasad, an [[Additional Superintendent of Police]] in Hyderabad.<ref name=red>{{cite web|url=http://in.rediff.com/news/2000/jul/14isi1.htm|title=Liberating Hyderabad is a priority for Lashkar-e-Toiba|author=George Iype}}</ref> |
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In 1993 he was part of the criminal group that carried out the [[1993 Bombay bombings|1993 serial bomb blasts]] in [[Mumbai|Bombay]]<ref name=rd1 /> which caused over 250 fatalities and 700 injuries.<ref>{{cite book | last=Hansen | first=Thomas | year=2001 | title=Wages of Violence: Naming and Identity in Postcolonial Bombay| publisher=Princeton University Press | location=Princeton, New Jersey | isbn=978-0-691-08840-2 | page=125 }}</ref> He fled again to Pakistan to escape prosecution and received further weapons training. |
In 1993 he was part of the criminal group that carried out the [[1993 Bombay bombings|1993 serial bomb blasts]] in [[Mumbai|Bombay]]<ref name=rd1 /> which caused over 250 fatalities and 700 injuries.<ref>{{cite book | last=Hansen | first=Thomas | year=2001 | title=Wages of Violence: Naming and Identity in Postcolonial Bombay| publisher=Princeton University Press | location=Princeton, New Jersey | isbn=978-0-691-08840-2 | page=125 }}</ref> He fled again to Pakistan to escape prosecution and received further weapons training.{{Citation needed|date=March 2018}} |
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Ghauri infiltrated back into India and came to [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]] and started recruiting Muslim youths for disruptive activities in India and founded ''Indian Muslim Mohammadi Mujahideen'' outfit with the stated objective "to eradicate western culture from India".<ref name=rd1 /><ref name=fl /> |
Ghauri infiltrated back into India and came to [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]] and started recruiting Muslim youths for disruptive activities in India and founded ''Indian Muslim Mohammadi Mujahideen'' outfit with the stated objective "to eradicate western culture from India".<ref name=rd1 /><ref name=fl /> |
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On 6 April 2000 he was killed by [[Hyderabad Police]] in a police shoot out, after he pulled out a 7.65 mm Mauser pistol to fire at policemen.<ref name=fl /> |
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Police records show Ghauri was involved in as many as 60 crimes such as extortion, killings and theft.<ref name=rd1 /> |
Police records show Ghauri was involved in as many as 60 crimes such as extortion, killings and theft.<ref name=rd1 /> |
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Latest revision as of 04:06, 31 August 2022
Azam Ghauri | |
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| Died | 6 April 2000 |
| Organization(s) | People's War Group(PWG) Tanzim Islahul Muslimeen(TIM) Lashkar-e-Taiba Indian Muslim Mohammadi Mujahideen (IMMM) |
Azam Ghauri was a Terrorist belonging to Lashkar-e-Taiba and was wanted for various crimes including the 1993 serial bomb blasts.[1][2]
History
[edit]In 1990, Azam Ghauri was part of People's War Group. He was seriously injured during an attack that he carried out in Warangal. To escape arrest he fled Andhra Pradesh and went to Pakistan and joined Lashkar-e-Toiba.[1] He received training at the hands of Taliban in Afghanistan.[3]
In 1992, he returned to India and was involved in the murder of G Krishna Prasad, an Additional Superintendent of Police in Hyderabad.[3]
In 1993 he was part of the criminal group that carried out the 1993 serial bomb blasts in Bombay[1] which caused over 250 fatalities and 700 injuries.[4] He fled again to Pakistan to escape prosecution and received further weapons training.[citation needed]
Ghauri infiltrated back into India and came to Hyderabad and started recruiting Muslim youths for disruptive activities in India and founded Indian Muslim Mohammadi Mujahideen outfit with the stated objective "to eradicate western culture from India".[1][2]
On 6 April 2000 he was killed by Hyderabad Police in a police shoot out, after he pulled out a 7.65 mm Mauser pistol to fire at policemen.[2]
Police records show Ghauri was involved in as many as 60 crimes such as extortion, killings and theft.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f George Iype. "Azam Ghauri: The ISI kingpin".
- ^ a b c Praveen Swami. "The 'liberation' of Hyderabad". Archived from the original on 17 October 2007.
- ^ a b George Iype. "Liberating Hyderabad is a priority for Lashkar-e-Toiba".
- ^ Hansen, Thomas (2001). Wages of Violence: Naming and Identity in Postcolonial Bombay. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 125. ISBN 978-0-691-08840-2.