Safdar Nagori was born on 1969 and was the General-Secretary of the Students Islamic Movement of India, an Islamist organization designated as a terrorist organization by the Government of India.
16 Facts About Safdar Nagori
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Safdar Nagori was born in Mahedpur village in the Ujjain district of Madhya Pradesh in 1969.
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Safdar Nagori graduated with a Masters in Journalism from Vikram University, Ujjain in 1999 and was a merit holder.
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Safdar Nagori was forcing us to alter our religious belief and we have no regard for such a man.
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When SIMI was banned in September 2001, Safdar Nagori told BBC that allegations that the organization had links with Islamic militant separatist groups were baseless.
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The first FIR against Safdar Nagori was filed in Indore in 1998.
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Safdar Nagori was arrested and then released, after which he went into hiding.
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Safdar Nagori absconded shortly after SIMI was proscribed as terrorist organization by the Government of India on 27 September 2001.
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Safdar Nagori then moved to Murshidabad, West Bengal where he would spend the next five years.
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In Murshidabad, Indian law enforcement officials believe that Safdar Nagori was training 200 people for Mullah Omar, the spiritual leader of the Taliban.
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Safdar Nagori was arrested by Madhya Pradesh Police from a flat in Sanyogitaganj, Indore on 26 March 2008.
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Ten other SIMI militants, including his brother Kamruddin Safdar Nagori, were arrested in the operation.
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Safdar Nagori told investigators that SIMI had about 400 active members and 20,000 supporters.
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Safdar Nagori stated that SIMI militants received training in Jammu and Kashmir, alongside Hizbul Mujaheedin militants.
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Safdar Nagori claimed that he had advocated for the inclusion of more women in SIMI.
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On 11 February 2013, authorities at Sabarmati Central Jail in Ahmedabad, where Safdar Nagori was being held, discovered a 213-feet long tunnel that been dug from the prison cells in the Chhota Chakkar area of the jail.