Author: S. Chandrasekhar
Publication: Organiser
Date: February 4, 2007
URL: www.organiser.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=169&page=6
Introduction: The train blasts on December
6, Marad carnage, Beypore boat blasts, attacks on Tamil Nadu buses, demanding
release of Madhani, explosions at Kozhikode bus stop, seizure of hundreds
of gelatine sticks, activities of banned SIMI and NDF and the Kerala connection
of FAHAD, show that the ISI-jehadi threat is very real.
Loudly proclaiming that they are alive and
kicking and that they have graduated from stone age swords and axes to automatic
assault weapons, the jehadis of Kerala have once again, marked their presence.
In the biggest haul of arms in Kerala, Customs and Police officials seized
35 pistols and 47 air-guns from among a container consignment of 817 boxes
on January 8.
The boxes were kept in a customs godown owned
by Tissan Thachankery (brother of IGP Tomin Thachankery, who is close to the
CPM boss-Pinarayi Vijayan) and the consignment from Dubai was addressed to
M.O. Koya of Orumanaoor, Chavakad near Guruvayur. The weapons were concealed
among boxes of plastic furniture and footwear and was stumbled upon during
a routine customs check-up. But the greatest surprise was that a copy of the
Koran was found in every packing box of each gun!
The guns were of international arms manufacturers,
Gamo of Spain and Walther and Beretta of U.S. Excise Additional Commissioner
Rema Mathew who master-minded the raid, said that on several occasions earlier,
goods were smuggled out of the godown before customs clearance, and due to
the high hold of Tomin and Tissan, they couldn't do anything.
Apart from Customs, Excise and State Police,
officials of RAW, IB and ballistic experts of defence examined the seized
weapons. The weapons were carbon-dioxide powered and can be used for training
purposes. The defence experts gave the final verdict, that with suitable modifications,
they can be converted into lethal assault weapons. Added to this, the ship
which delivered the consignment is also not traceable.
R.O. Koya, the kingpin of this arms-smuggling
racket, is involved in supplying foreign goods in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka
for past several years, was tipped off by his connections in customs and police
and he left his house, minutes before they raided his house. A Pakistan passport
was seized from his house. Police and media investigations reveal that Koya
and his gang of Shamsudeen, Mohammed and Abdul Kahadder have been in this
business for several years. Moreover Koya was caught red-handed in Thiruvananthapuram
airport with four guns in 2003, but was let-off due to political pressure,
may be from Muslim League. These guns are converted into firearms at Coimbatore,
the Engineering capital of Tamil Nadu and a hot-bed of Islamic terrorism.
The ritualistic police raids on armories in
Kerala disclosed startling revelations. Thousands of banned versions of air-guns
and pistols have been converted into assault weapons and sold to all and sundry,
at exhorbitant rates, and with no proper records. This must have gone into
the hands of Islamic militants and Christian encroachers who are involved
in Ganja cultivation, opine Raw and IB officials.
For almost a decade the Southern Command of
Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard having been warning of increased ISI
sponsored Islamic militantancy in Kerala. The train blasts on December 6,
Marad Carnage, Beypore boat blasts, attacks on Tamil Nadu buses demanding
release of Madhani, explosions at Kozhikode bus stop, seizure of hundreds
of gelatine sticks, activities of banned SIMI and NDF, the Kerala connection
of FAHAD, etc., shows that the ISI-jehadi threat is very much alive. The E-mail
threats to President and PM and the land buying spree in coastal areas and
isolated islands near Kochi airport only strengthen the needle of suspicion
on the jehadi outfits like SIMI, NDF is this racket. There are also IB and
RAW reports that NDF is conducting arms training in huge estates brought by
giving crores. The IB report of arrival of two containers of PAK printed Indian
currence also lends credency to the suspicion on NDF.
The normally outspoken Chief Minister V.S.
Atchudanandan, without naming Muslims, gave a guarded opinion that the arms
import is a religious extremist plot for creating trouble in Kerala. Perhaps
V.S. to hold on to his chair, does not want to rub jehadis, on the wrong side.
Due to intense probe by police supervised
by IB, RAW, Defence establishment etc. the heat on Koya was so great, that
local politician and police benefactors couldn't save him. He surrendered
to the customs officials and was booked for violation of Arms Act and Customs
Act.
BJP President P.K. Krishnadas has called for
a high-level probe by a central agency, since efforts for sabotaging investigations
to help jehadi outfits are, already on. He said that RSS and BJP have been
steadily warning of increased ISI jehadi activities and this arms haul have
proved them right. He said the UPA's soft approach towards terrorism and delay
in hanging Afzal Guru, have given an impetus to jehadi outfits to go to any
lengths, to create trouble in India.
This arms haul once again emphasises the point
that all Muslims are not terrorists, but world over, all terrorists are Muslims,
who subscribe to jehad.
