Author: Times News Network
Publication: The Times of India
Date: July 16, 2006
On July 11, 2005, six people, including four
of a family, were arrested from Faizabad in connection with the July 5, 2005
attack in Ayodhya. They were all associated with SIMI, a senior intelligence
official said.
Soon after the 2001 riots in Kanpur, dozens
of SIMI activists were arrested. Among those who evaded arrest was the then
state chief of SIMI, Mohd Amir.
Against this backdrop, chief minister Mulayam
Singh's clean chit to SIMI has come as a shock to intelligence agencies.
