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SIMI
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On Feb 7,
2008 GoI
decided to
reimpose the
ban on
Students
Islamic
Movement Of
India (SIMI)
for two
years
Unlawful
Activities
(Prevention)
Act for its
alleged
links with
certain
Pakistan-
based
terrorist
outfits.
·
Nearly three
dozen
outfits
including
Hizb-Ul-Mujahideen,
Jaish-e-Mohammed
and
Harkat-ul-Jehadi
Islami,
have been
banned by
the
government
for their
links with
terror
outfits,
most of them
based in
Pakistan.
·
The decision
to continue
the ban on
SIMI was
taken as the
group
continued to
indulge in
unlawful
activities
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The ban on
SIMI was
imposed
for the
first time
in
September
2001
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SIMI was
initially
banned for
two years
after
intelligence
reports
showed that
its cadres
were joining
Pakistan-based
Lashker-e-Taiba
(LeT) and
was
providing
logistical
support in
setting up
of "sleeper
cells"
in the
hinterland.
Some of its
members had
also
received
training by
Lashker in
Gulf
countries.
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The ban has
been
extended
subsequently.
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SIMI has
been accused
of carrying
out terror
attacks
across the
country,
including
the Mumbai
train blasts
in 2006.
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The banned
organisation
had
challenged
the
government
move in
various
courts but
could not
get any
reprieve.
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