Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)

Bengaluru, Oct 22: National Investigation Agency (NIA) has released a list of 258 terrorists including 15 women. The list includes names of Lashker-e-Taiba head, Hafiz Sayeed, Hizbul Mujahideen chief, Syed Salahuddin, and others. The list also contains names of 11 terrorists from Karnataka. Most of the people named are terrorists but a few among them are naxals. Out of the list, rewards would be given to those who give information about 57 terrorists. The list also has names of 15 terrorists from Pakistan.

Those who provide information about Muppala Lalxman Rao alias Ganapati in the list will get reward of Rs 15 lac.

NIA has published details and photos of people who had indulged in terrorist activities in its website and sought help of the citizens to find them out. NIA has promised to maintain the names of informers a secret. People can either call 011-24368800 or send email to NIA.

The terrorists from Karnataka the agency has named happen to be Muhammed Iqbal Bhatkal, Riaz Bhatkal, Muhammed Anwar Hussain Bhatkal, Mohammed Saleem, Ishakhi Bhatkal, Mohammed Shahid, Faisal Bengaluru, Usman Ghani Khan Dharwad, Moideen Ummer Beary from Udupi, Ghouse Bhai Bengaluru R T Nagara, Shafi Armer Bhatkal, Mohammed Hussain Farhan Bhatkal, and Jayaprakash from Kadaba.

Moideen Ummer Beary named in the list belongs to Muloor in Udupi district. He is notorious for circulating fake currency notes. He had built a large empire by getting fake currency notes printed, and has succeeded in evading the police.

Beary had built a huge house at Muloor by the side of national highway. After Kerala police began searching for him, he had sold his house along with a land he owned near Sunni Centre Muloor. It is learnt that he had promised to build an apartment complex on the land near Sunni Centre, Muloor, and several cheque bouce cases relating to this transaction had been registered against him. He had been jailed at Dubail but was released. Police sources say that his passport has been impounded by the Dubai authorities. It is said that he had acquired properties at Bengaluru and Hyderabad out of money he earned through fake currency note circulation.