Question : ACTIVITIES OF SIMI



(a) whether some activists of the Student Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) have been apprehended recently;

(b) if so, the total number of SIMI activists arrested during each of the last three years and in the current year till date, alongwith the items seized from them, State-wise;

(c) whether these activists have joined hands with Laskar-e-Taiba and they are receiving financial assistance from foreign countries; and

(d) if so, the steps being taken by the Government to check such nexus and to curb the activities of SIMI?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI SRIPRAKASH JAISWAL)

(a) to (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.