Information About Incident 69225-141861-360103 in Delhi India

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Faizan Azmi alias Faizan Ahmed Sultan, the UAE-based laundry businessman who was arrested on May 2 by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), allegedly helped procure Sharjah work visas for five suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives in the year 2009 as they attempted to flee India in the wake of a Police crackdown after the September 2008 Batla House encounter in Delhi, Indian Express reports on May 12. Azmi is said to have facilitated the visas for Salman alias Fahad Ansari alias Chhotu, Dr Shahnawaz Alam, Mohammed Khalid, Mohammed Sajid alias Bada Sajid, all currently on the NIA's most wanted list and Abu Rashid Sheikh alias Danda.

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Faizan Azmi alias Faizan Ahmed Sultan, the UAE-based laundry businessman who was arrested on May 2 by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), allegedly helped procure Sharjah work visas for five suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives in the year 2009 as they attempted to flee India in the wake of a Police crackdown after the September 2008 Batla House encounter in Delhi, Indian Express reports on May 12. Azmi is said to have facilitated the visas for Salman alias Fahad Ansari alias Chhotu, Dr Shahnawaz Alam, Mohammed Khalid, Mohammed Sajid alias Bada Sajid, all currently on the NIA s most wanted list and Abu Rashid Sheikh alias Danda.

Event ID Date Country Storyhead
69225-141861-360103 5/12/2014 India IM militants were provided Sharjah work visa by one Faizan Azmi, reveals IM operative Salman

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